Deadly Wager: My Husband's Twisted Plan to Save His Life

On our fifth wedding anniversary, my normally aloof professor husband, Alistair, actually cooked for me for the first time.

He pulled me close, his eyes full of tenderness. "I've neglected you before, Sera. I promise to make it up to you, tenfold."

For the next week, he showered me with daily homemade desserts and candlelight dinners.

I genuinely believed my efforts had finally paid off, that I'd melted this ice-cold heartthrob.

Even if I was stuffed to the gills every day, I refused to waste a single gesture of his affection.