"who would be the judge?" Mark asked.
"I invited a chef to taste the food, am not stupid, but he would arrive later" Faye said and Hailey nodded.
"Let's get started, Hardin, wipe that annoyed look off your face or else the food won't taste good" Faye said and Hailey turned to Hardin.
"She's right, cooking comes from the heart" Hailey said and Mark chuckled.
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A few hours later, they were done cooking and the chef was already waiting for the food to be served.
Hailey, Mark and Faye were trying their hardest not to laugh cause Hardin was covered in flour, while cooking, Faye "accidentally" poured flour all over him and he wasn't allowed to change till everything was over.
So he had to remain like that, it wasn't like he actually did anything,
Hailey did most of the work cause Hardin knew nothing about cooking while Mark did most of the work in his team cause Faye was a bad cook, which Hailey found surprising and funny.
"You were really into the cooking" the chef said to Hardin and they all burst out laughing as they couldn't hold it anymore.
Hardin had a blank look on, entertaining Faye's idea was the most stupid thing he would ever do and he would never do it again.
After the chef tasted the food, he said Mark and Faye's cooking were the best and Hailey slumped her shoulders while Faye screamed in joy.
"Why are you so happy, it's not like you did anything" Mark said.
"It doesn't matter, we are a team, your win is mine" Faye said and she turned to Hardin and Hailey.
"You both owe us, don't forget that" Faye said to them.
"Can I leave now?" Hardin asked and Hailey turned to him, she laughed when she saw his white face.
"Yes you can" Faye replied amidst laughter and Hardin left. "What do you guys want?" Hailey asked.
"She wants something, not me" Mark said and Faye glared at him.
"I have a feeling you paid the chef" Hailey said, looking at the chef suspiciously.
"I will take my leave now" the chef said and got up.
"You paid the chef!" Hailey said in realization.
"Accusations!!" Faye yelled.
"Just accept your loss, my husband is a good cook and when I want my favour I will tell you" Faye said.
"I should never have trusted you" Hailey frowned.
"Welcome to my world" Mark said and Faye frowned at him.
"We have to leave now, tell Hardin I had fun" Faye said and Hailey laughed.
"Of course" she said and they left.
It was already very late and Hailey looked at the dishes, she tasted Mark's food and it was amazing but she believed her cooking was better.
"She definitely paid the chef" Hailey muttered before clearing the kitchen.
*
Hailey finished clearing the kitchen and she went upstairs to her room, but she decided to check on Hardin first, he seemed pretty angry with what Faye did.
Faye does know how to get under his skin and it is always very funny.
Hailey knocked softly on the door, a part of her doesn't want him to open the door.
They have been drowning in each other's desires and Hailey was scared it was something
more.
Maybe she was beginning to fall for him, no, that's impossible, she can't be falling for him not after everything he did to her but there's no doubt her body wants him whether she likes it or not.
Hailey knocked again after a while cause he wasn't answering but still no response.
She sighed in disappointment and decided to leave but the door opened revealing a shirtless Hardin, he had a towel tied around his waist and his hair was wet.
It was quite clear he just finished having a bath.
Hailey stared at him and then her eyes went down to his abs, he does have a very sexy body.
How did she never notice that, she so badly wanted to look away but she was too invested to look somewhere else.
She couldn't help but admire how good his body looked.
"Are you going to stare all night?" Hardin's voice came, a hint of mischievousness in his voice and Hailey snapped out of her thoughts, she looked up at him and she saw a smirk on his face.
"Done feeding your eyes?" He asked and Hailey bit her lips, her usual habit when she's nervous.
He hasn't even touched her and her skin was already burning up, this is bad, she wants him way more than she thought.
Hardin's phone rang from inside the bedroom and he turned towards it leaving the door opened as he walked to his bed side to get the phone.
Hailey assumed he wanted her to enter even though she could just turn around and go back to her room, her legs moved forward and she entered.
Her eyes roamed the entire room, this was the first time she was here since she married this man even during the time she was snooping around the house this door was locked.
Hardin had a few conversations over the phone about work and he hung up.
He turned towards Hailey who was admiring everything in the room, it was way more spacious than hers though it lacked color, it was still very beautiful.
Hailey felt arms wrapped around her and she stiffened.
"Wanna continue from where we stopped in the kitchen?" Hardin asked, his voice hoarse and Hailey's shoulders tensed.
She turned in his arm and faced him, his hands resting on her back while her palms were on his bare chest.
She liked how they felt on her palms.
Her heart began to race all over again, just a normal habit of her heart when she was this close to Hardin.
"You know what you're doing to me don't you" Hailey said, more of a statement than a question.
"I could say the same for you, wife" Hardin replied, his eyes
piercing into her amber eyes.
"What do you want?" Hailey asked, she didn't know why she asked that but she did any and it was too late to take it back
"You" Hardin replied after a while and Hailey held her breath.