Heating up the Kitchen 7

The darkened room was nothing like the Kitchen. That was a state-of-the-art room that had everything someone could ever need. It was kept as clean as a restaurant should be. He took time to scrub every surface and make sure it was exactly as it was when it was brand new. She watched him as he worked and laughed as he cracked jokes about everything.

When they moved to a different room, she knew it was not as clean. It was actually a mess like a tornado had been in there. Maleek was serious about two things in his life, and extra cleaning wasn't one of them. He loved to fight. He was good at it. Having trained with some of the best over the years, he was a fighting machine when it came to the battlefield, a force to be reckoned with both as a tactical advisor and one on one. Off the battlefield, he was passionate about food. It was infectious, and Gina, of all people, had caught it from him.

This room she assumed was supposed