The Scoville scale was not designed to measure sexual tension, but here we are.

As the host of the viral Sweet Heat show, I’ve built a career feeding celebrities desserts so spicy they should come with legal waivers. My guests sweat, cry, curse my name, and occasionally question every decision that led them to my kitchen. It’s gourmet chaos that makes fans go feral.

Then Niccolò de Rosa agrees to be a guest.

Yes, that Niccolò.

Three Michelin stars. Killer Italian accent. Ego whipped to stiff peaks.

The man who once called my desserts “what happens when a pastry chef mistakes psychological warfare for a cooking technique.”

I’ve been hopelessly in love with him ever since, because apparently my type is arrogant men who compare my baking to crimes against humanity.

My plan is simple. Blindfold Niccolò while feeding him increasingly unholy desserts to make the arrogant jerk eat every sassy word he’s ever said about me.

What I didn’t expect is Niccolò treating every bite like flirting, every argument like foreplay, and for the world’s most intimidating chef to look at me like I’m his favorite challenge.

Suddenly, I’m faced with a shocking possibility.

What if the man I’ve spent years wanting is starting to want me back?

If I’m lucky, we’re about to give the phrase “chef’s kiss” a whole new meaning.

Eat His Words is a steamy MM romantic comedy featuring culinary insults, a celebrity chef that makes “open wide” sound like naughty innuendo, and two men who should probably stop flirting through professional hostility.

This novella was originally published as Sweet Heat in the Delicious anthology. It has a new epilogue added for this version.

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