ed through the floor-to-ceilin

face, waking her from a deep,

s above her head, her

hopeful than she had in th

empty side of the bed whe

ing nice for him to show her gratit

straight down to the massive, state-

s bustling wit

toine and the entire kitchen s

nging. Knives ho

tile, screaming Scarlett as if

litely, clasping h

the kitchen? I want to cook

ged horrified, p

evacuated the room in under ten s

yal, stern-faced butler,

shold, his grey eyes narrowe

nored his i

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d clumsily chopped som

nearly slicing he

nto a hot pan, the oil

identally dumping a massive pile

it out by adding a bizarre, ra

er pour an excessive, terrifying amount of

e turne

g to poison Damian, or at the very leas

stepped back in

quickly dialing the inter

lett plated the disastr

tly of burnt garl

effort, wiping a smudge of

the grand dining room, setting it careful

the dining room

in a perfectly tailored navy suit, his

t the terrifying plate of pasta, then u

orward rapidly f

hispering to Damian, his

s heavily tampered with.

it, explicitly citing Scarlett's

heard e

mile faltere

crossed her eyes, her sh

her hurt

shot Arthur a lethal, silencing gla

his mouth shut,

his heavy wooden c

ilver fork without a sin

ing a desperate step forwa

ding it up in a sharp halt comma

ily coated portion of the te

put it directly

ewed

exploded on his tongue, but he didn't

muscle in his

watching him eagerly, her hand

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swallow

bobbed painfully as the spi

d in the eye, his

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ian in absolute, min

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took another