Sadie Mae immediately sensed she was in trouble the moment she caught the sound of Luke’s voice—low, steady, and disarmingly calm, like the quiet before a storm.
“Sugar, what exactly are you doing on my kitchen counter?” he inquired, his words slicing through the air like a knife through butter.
She glanced over her shoulder, a mischievous smile curling her lips as she delicately sprinkled flour into the dough she was attempting to knead into submission. The kitchen was filled with the warm,...