A Dash of Christmas by Samantha Chase

Author:Samantha Chase
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2019-08-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

“What if I just add—”

“No.”

“But it will add so much flavor! We could just—”

“No!”

Sighing, Carter looked at the ingredients in front of him. Bland meatloaf. Bland mashed potatoes. And—“I’m sorry, did you say you wanted corn with this?”

Beside him, Emery nodded, her smile going from ear to ear. “That’s right. Corn. Not creamed, not grilled, not anything but good ol’ corn with a little bit of butter.” The look she gave him was downright impish. “It’s killing you, isn’t it?”

It wasn’t, but he wasn’t going to admit it. This was the third night of him making comfort food for her. The first night, he’d made fried chicken and mashed potatoes. He was finding that mashed potatoes were a big thing to Emery. If given the opportunity, she’d have them at every meal.

Not on his watch.

Last night, he made spaghetti and meatballs.

And the ways she had thanked him afterwards made him blush just thinking about it.

Neither of those meals had been particularly challenging, but they were extremely satisfying. It had been so long since he’d made something so simple and gotten such pleasure from it.

And not just from Emery.

When he glanced over at her, she was looking at him expectantly. Oh, right…she’d asked him a question.

“I wouldn’t say killing me, but I just have some ideas I wish you’d let me experiment with.”

She sighed loudly, crossing her arms over her chest. “You’re going to ruin this, aren’t you?”

“How can you say that? I haven’t told you what I’m thinking.”

The eye roll was her only response.

“I was thinking of stuffing the meatloaf with bacon and cheddar cheese,” he stated, gauging her reaction.

None.

“The bacon would be cooked first and be extra crispy—just the way you like it.”

She blinked. Her expression could only be described as bored.

“I could do a barbecue sauce glaze. It would be like a barbecue bacon cheeseburger and—”

“Say what, now?” she asked, leaning in a little closer—almost as if she were suddenly very interested in what he had to say.

The way to this girl’s heart was definitely through her stomach.

Leaning on the granite counter top, he gave her his most charming smile. “That’s right. I can make your beloved meatloaf taste like your favorite barbecue bacon cheeseburger. That is…if you’ll let me.”

Her beautiful eyes narrowed. “You’re not going to put anything weird in there, are you? Just the bacon and cheese, right?”

“Define weird,” he challenged. “Because even a basic meatloaf requires some seasonings. I don’t want you freaking out when you see me adding garlic or onion to the mix.”

“I’m aware of the use of seasonings, Carter. I’m not completely clueless when it comes to cooking.”

He shrugged. “I wouldn’t know, considering you’ve yet to cook anything other than frozen pizza and microwave popcorn.”

Watching her expression turn fierce was practically a turn-on at this point. There was something a little twisted about how much pleasure he got out of making her mad and then making love to her, but not twisted enough to make him stop.

“Bastard,” she snapped before storming around the island and launching herself into his arms.

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