“I wasn’t ready for one thing,” he continued. “What was that?” She tried to guess. The hug had been nice, even promising. But if he was one of those guys who’d built a whole fantasy on such a brief contact, then he was in for a rude awakening. Life wasn’t that easy. “I’ve been cooking since I was six. Never wanted to do anything else. But I wasn’t ready to find out that you believed in me. I still amazed that you’re the one who saw…” he waved helplessly toward the kitchen. Luisa knew she was in so much trouble. It wasn’t the easy answer at all. Of course with Sam Walsh it couldn’t be, could it? And once she’d seen him, and began tasting his food regularly… “So I have a question,” his voice was little more than a low rumble. Was she ready for this? She wasn’t going to just jump into be

