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“Spaghetti”

“Nothing too fancy Too bad” He dipped his finger into the sauce for a taste

She swatted the top of his hand “Raised the way you must have been, you didn’t spend much time in a kitchen”

They’d had servants to do the cooking and serving “Your cooking is irresistible” He could get accustomed to this, a delicious meal every dayand a beautiful woman by his side

That thought ca that And he could get accustomed to a delicious meal every day What troubled his appealed to hiood

“Why don’t you set the table?” Hazel asked

Callu part of a family unit Hazel put food on the table and had to force Evie away fro he hadn’t often done with his faether on holidays He and his siblings had tremendous respect and love for one another, but Callum had drifted apart from therown closer to Marlowe and Bowie And he couldn’t iine Ace could ever have shot their father

He ate dinner without talking, because he feared he could not survive the cost to his heart Despite all his efforts to steer clear of wo headfirst into a powerfullyrelationship with Hazel and Evie Where had all his resolve gone?

Hazel tucked Evie in to the sound of Callu Evie’s exciteht had been especially poignant He genuinely adored Evie He looked at her as though they had been a fauard down—unaware or not—he was a phenomenal man Evie could look up to someone like him

That terrified Hazel

She had to know more about him before they sank into a lovestruck quicksand

“I’d like a glass of wine before we turn in,” she said “You?”

A few seconds passed before he said a tentative, “Sure”

After she had two glasses on the counter, she took out a chardonnay from the cooler and found an opener Manly hands took over fro her hands on the counter, she watched hi his arms on each side of her