Chapter 350

Damien leaned closer to Amelia's ear, his voice low and teasing, "Alright, we'll talk more at home, get to know each other deeper, okay?" Amelia rolled her eyes playfully. "Focus! We're here to buy groceries and cook!" The car rolled to a stop at the supermarket entrance. "Come on! Grocery shopping is a real art!" Amelia hopped out of the car, grabbing Damien by the arm as they headed inside. She had wanted to show off some of the cooking tips she'd recently learned, but to her surprise, Damien seemed pretty knowledgeable himself. In fact, she ended up learning several new tricks from him. "You seriously—" Amelia picked up a yam, holding it toward him. "You’ve been trained in cooking, haven’t you? And you totally kept me in the dark about it, huh?" She remembered flipping through a cookbook once, the cover featuring a line that stuck with her: cooking can be a personal passion or an act of love for someone special. For Amelia, it was both. Learning to cook had been a joyful experience