A Last Minute Vow to My Kitchen Nemesis

Just sixty minutes before the ceremony, Austin called everything off and handed the savings I earned through brutal kitchen shifts to the woman who tormented me. He mocked my decision to leave, daring me to find a husband, even naming Dexter Callahan, the chef I had battled for years. So I called my fiercest competitor with an irresistible bargain: my most guarded recipe in exchange for becoming my husband before the day was over.