Only For Her

ROMAN

I exhaled, the relief flooding through me so intensely that my knees almost gave out. I turned to my grandmother, whose expression had turned sour, and I said, "Granny, this is Valerie. She is my guest. I cooked for her. So that should tell you how important she is to me."

"Wow!" Odette suddenly exclaimed, her face lighting up with surprise. "You cooked? Roman, I have wanted to taste yo