“What smells so good, miss Sue?” a deep velvety voice asked, Raymond. He stopped when he saw Jess behind the big woman. “Sadly, it’s not mine. Apparently, your new chef is not so bad after all.” Miss Sue said teasingly as she went to take another bite and gave Jess a small, barely noticeable, grin. Jess felt proud, even though she knew nothing of this woman, it felt nice to hear that she liked her food. “Of course, not as nearly good as my food, but acceptable. But it still doesn’t make sense why you would give up my cooking.” Miss Sue scolded Raymond. If Jess was not so obedient, she would laugh at the big bad alpha getting scolded by a short old woman. “We thought we were doing you a kindness, giving you less work to do.” Raymond said as he dropped his hands on miss Sue shoulder as he

