The apartment smelled like garlic and butter, the kind of scent that lingered in the air and made a man want to sit down and stay for a while. Lennox leaned against the kitchen island, his forearms resting on the cool marble as he watched Zara move around the stove, stirring something in a pan while Lucy sat across from him, propped up on her elbows with an all-too-amused look on her face. They had all been talking for a while now, but never really stayed on one topic for too long, and they had Lucy to thank for that. Although, Zara wasn't really participating in the conversation all that well, but he couldn't tell whether ur was because she was trying to focus mainly on her cooking or because she was trying to avoid him. Since that episode at his apartment, she had not come back agai

