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JADE I thought knew a thing or two about cooking––I could do some simple things like boil pasta and make scrambled eggs. I wasn’t the worst, but I sucked in the kitchen compared to Aaron. That man could cook. He made Chicken Parmesan as if it was normal to be able to do that. “If I could make that, I’d never stop eating it,” I said when he finally took it out of the oven, and divine smells filled the kitchen. Aaron chuckled. “It’s not that big of a deal.” Boy, was he wrong? Aaron was already hot-as-fuck. He had the tall-dark and handsome thing going. He was stinking rich. He had the attitude of a man who knew his worth, and now he could cook on top of it all. I didn’t want to say it out loud because not only would it have been inappropriate, it would have made me sound like a teenager with a crush. I wasn’t a teenager with a crush. Or at least…I wasn’t a teenager. We dished food onto plates, and Aaron poured us a glass of wine each. We carried our meals to the dining room table. One of