Over the next 24 hours, grandpa fully dives into tailoring my diet. There’s anise seed tea and anise in my coffee, and I can’t get enough of it. With his permission, I experiment with making anise seed muffins, and everyone goes nuts for them. I have to admit that part of the reason I enjoy this is how Alex reacts to it. He’s completely obsessed.
I invite him over while I’m baking because I want him to try my new recipe when it’s fresh. And I want to spend some time with him. And I really like that he’s so obsessed with me while I’m baking.
He keeps trying to hug me while I’m stirring the dough, and most of the time I let him.
“You’re just so cute baking!” Alex shakes my shoulders a little bit when he says it and tries to kiss me.
“Not yet!” I push him out of the way. “These need to go
