“What are you doing up so early?” Liam asked through a yawn, walking into the kitchen wearing only boxers.
“Baking,” Charlotte, who was only wearing one of his shirts, replied cheerfully as she continued to zest the orange in her hand.
“Mm, what’s on the menu?” Liam asked. He came up behind Charlotte and wrapped his arms around her waist, peering over her shoulder at the mixing bowl full of cookie dough that she was zesting the orange into.
“Orange zest cookies with just a hint of black pepper,” Charlotte explained with a grin.
Liam chuckled. “Oh really? Any particular reason you chose that flavor combination?”
Charlotte shrugged innocently. “I don’t know,” she said as she finished zesting the orange and turned in Liam’s arms to face him, placing her hands around the back of his
