Episode 54

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SASKIA'S POV

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I knew from the moment Mikael made that absurd condition mandatory that the day was going to be flipped on its summit. Nevertheless, since his plan was to steal the peace and pleasure I'd have enjoyed on my own, mine was to make him miserable.

Glaring at him, I'd tendered my half of the bargain. "I have my own condition too."

His focus narrowed on me, and a childish thrill zipped through my nerve endings as I relished holding the hub of his attraction. "And that is?"

"You have to bake with me." He'd reared back in shock, trauma walloping down his features as if he were going through an ordeal. I fought the urge to laugh, letting it taper off, a dull reverberation in my stomach, as if I started, I would not be stopping any soon. "It's a good idea, right?"

I could have sworn I caught his hackles rise in plain sight. He'd whitened to ash, which was the most hilarious thing in history. I could well send him to the grave if I requested that he do this, cooking and othe