"You left early for home." Floyd entered the kitchen with a stern expression on his face as Lucielle was standing there finishing the cupcakes she had been working on for more than an hour. "What is the issue?"
"Nothing, sweetheart." He drew her close to him, his towering frame encircling hers as he gave her a tight hug and breathed in her perfume. He kissed her bare shoulder and whispered, "I missed you," against her neck. Floyd was always loving, but this change was confusing her since he'd been treating her extra cautiously for the better part of a week.
"Are you certain that everything is—"
With a sharp breath, Lucielle tried to push away from him, but her spine stiffened. Floyd continued to grip her tightly, almost causing her to gasp.
"Why do you have a perfumed smell?" She could
