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“That’s one of many things.” He made a face. “I love them all—my mother, my sisters—but they worry too much.”

They sounded nice, Grace thought. “They care about you and they want you to be happy.”

“This is true.” He grinned. “You could make them—and me—ecstatic, you know, if you would do me a favor.”

“What kind of favor?” She looked down at her empty plate. How had she eaten all of that?

His eyebrows rose. “You do owe me, sweetheart. For room and board.”

Grace choked back a laugh. “Nice try, Chef Hollywood.”

Nico groaned. “Cheap shot.”

“That’s what they called you in the tabloids. Hot Hollywood Chef, Chef Hollywood, Naughty Nico.”

“I’m not the man the media made me out to be. I never was,” he insisted, taking a sip of wine. He waved his arm toward his vintage kitchen. “Does this look like Hot Hollywood Chef style to you? The stove is green, for heaven’s sake.”

She wasn’t sure what the color of the stove had to do with Naughty Nico, but she remembered his mention of remodeling. “You’re going to modernize the kitchen, aren’t you?”