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It was heavy on her tongue and fell apart allanced over her shoulder as Marco returned to the counter She set her fork down a moment and cleared her throat “I’m curious,” she murmured

“About what?” he asked casually, leaning over the counter again

“Do you make this stuff yourself?”

He nodded and ran his fingers through his thick, black hair “Yes So”

“How are you so good at this?”

He chuckled and popped a candy into his“I’m Italian Italian families are ruled by food I always cooked with s”

“But your specialty is baking?”

“I don’t really have a specialty I help prepare most of the food that is served in the main house as well”

“That’s a lot to do”

“We h We have our ways” As he said those words his eyes flashed and when he spread his lips in a full grin she swore she saw a set of razor sharp teeth

Marie blinked a few tiaze and smile returned to nor like this, but it still ht should have scared her, though it didn’t She should have been far o This was the only decent thing she had going on in her life right now She wanted to enjoy it

She finished the cake and brought the plate back up to Marco “Thank you again It was absolutely wonderful,” she said with a s a stray curl out of her face

Marco took the plate and set it aside, offering her another one of those breathtakingly char smiles “It’s was my pleasure, bella”

“Bella?”

“It means beauty in Italian,” he said with a chuckle