Lust & Love
Her mother wasn't usually one to cook heavy breakfasts, especially knowing how sensitive Hazel’s stomach had been lately.
She walked down the hall and stepped into the kitchen.
Hazel completely, entirely froze in her tracks.
Standing at her mother’s old, chipped stove was Xavier Sterling.
He had taken off his suit jacket. His white dress shirt was completely wrinkled, the sleeves rolled up past his forearms, exposing the thick cords of muscle and the dark, bruising scabs on his knuckles. His dark hair was completely messy and slightly damp, falling across his forehead. He was holding a spatula, expertly flipping a piece of bacon in the cast-iron skillet.