Ray couldn't help but laugh. "I wouldn't have guessed—you girls are actually pretty good in the kitchen."

All the women turned to look at Lola at once.

"We just helped out," they said. "Lola was the one doing the actual cooking."

Ray was genuinely surprised. He hadn't expected Bruce's mistress to have such impressive culinary skills. Was this how she'd won his heart—by first winning over his stomach?

He nodded. "From now on, whenever we're in the kitchen, Lola's in charge. She'll assign ever