The Untouchable Ex-Wife

Leia was left flushing all the way to her ears by Xavier’s obvious innuendos.

“Y-You’re such a pig!” She snapped, and slapped him across his chiseled cheek before shoving him as far as she could. “I must have been crazy to think that you were nice, but you’re nothing but a pig!”

Seeing that she really was upset, Xavier finally stopped smiling and explained, “Okay, okay —I was just messing with you. Also, I don’t mean ’ enjoy’ in the way you think. It’s a misunderstanding.’

“Then how do you mean it?!”

“I heard from someone that you like crayfish, and I bought ten pounds so that you’d have enough for a while. In some cultures, it’s a food that wards off bad luck too. How is that for your enjoyment?”

“Crayfish?!”

Leia’s eyes lit up at those words-she had to admit that crayfish was her favorite food, bar none. She would devour them whenever they were in season, or she could not stand it.

And while she was incarcerated, it was what she missed most of the world outside.

that case, Xavier did understand her-and at that moment, even reaching into

a vague smile.” Yeah. It’s your favorite, and I just happen to know how to

you know how to

stew, salad, with potatoes.

that was threatening to leak.

with a smug smile and got out of the car, thinking to himself that she had to be such a glutton to get swindled just by waving crayfish

would he really spare her so

headed to the basement elevator, which took them up to Xavier’s

days. There were plush toys at every corner, helping to create an atmosphere of

play a game or something while I cook,” Xavier told her as

suddenly appeared to be a domestic husband, and there was

Leia replied tamely. Though she was suddenly a little wary,

to give it to him-a man in an apron was awfully seductive, and her appetite for

she could not help surveying his house