Page 22 of Breakaway Heart
He gave me an unsatisfied look and then, when I didn’t say anything else, he shrugged and left me alone to dive back into my fantasies.
9
SALT AND BUTTER
“What the fuck is wrong with you? You really have no fucking idea how to be a decent human being, do you?”
“Mmm… I love the way you sayfuck.”
“You… What!?”
Randall stared at me with the devil in his eyes. His tongue flickering across his lower lip.
“It’s just so hot.”
“Randall!”
“Say it again.Please.”
“Don’t you dare, you fucki…” I quickly corrected myself, a beat too late, “You ass!”
“Those filthy words just roll off your tongue like temptation itself,” he smirked, just as a timer went off in the kitchen and Randall hopped up to attend to it.
This session was going badly. Randy was pulling out his playboy antics, and I was getting flustered by it. I needed to get him back in check before it got out of hand, but I also knew that I was secretly enjoying the attention from him.
“Randy, did you do your homework?” I asked as he cameback, realizing those words had a seductive feel to them.Was it the words, or was it me?
He sat down and seemed more composed.
“Okay. So Lucy,” His blue eyes settled on me. “I want to know more about you. Tell me something, like have you ever broken any bones?”
“Hmm, I went skiing once. Broke my collarbone.”
“Ouch.”
“Yeah. Except, I didn’t break it skiing. I slipped on the ice outside a grocery store before I even got to the slopes.”
Randy chuckled.
“How about you?”
“Never.”
“Wait. You’re a professional athlete in a violent sport, that’s literally played on ice while standing on two tiny sideways blades, and you haven’t brokenanything, I don’t believe it!”
“Wild, isn’t it? I might just be a medical marvel with an entirely unbreakable body.”
“Wow. I really did not expect to be having dinner with the future of evolution tonight,” I joked. “Also, this beef is amazing. How do you do it?”
“Ah, so now you’re asking for my deepest secrets.”
“You know, the best secrets want to be shared.”
“Well, this is a good one. I slow-cook the meat at a super low temperature first, then the trick is to put it in the freezer while it’s still warm. The surface freezes, but the center stays warm. Then when you sear it, you get that perfect crust while not overcooking the inside.”
“That’s kind of genius.”
“Also, there’s more salt and butter in there than is probably legal. That’s a cheap trick, but it works.”
