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“Aren’t they heavenly?” She popped a whole one into her mouth. “They’re cake balls, and it saddens me that you’ve never had one before.”

“You know I’m not into dessert.”

She winked, handing me another. “And you know I’m determined to change that about you.” She pointed to the new one in my hand. “That’s red velvet. I wasn’t sure what kind you’d like more, so I made a few different flavors. The first one you had was peanut butter, obviously. There’s also Oreo and butter cake.”

“When did you have time to make these?”

“At three this morning.”

“Kendall …”

“You’re worth it, so don’t even.”

I kissed her again, giving her a taste of the red velvet I’d just finished devouring. “They’re really excellent. Gooey cake, balled up and dunked in chocolate. Fucking genius.”

“Thank you.” She put the lid on the container. “We’ll save these for after dinner.” She nodded toward the kitchen. “Put me to work. I want to help with what you’ve got going on in there.”

I held her against me for several more sec