”“You insult me, my lord. If you truly see my value then you know I am capable of knowing what I want and whom I love. You were a better judge of ...my needs and my character before you presumed to condemn yourself on my behalf.”The Beast paused. “That’s fair,” he admitted. “Very well then. I will argue from what I know of myself, which our time together has taught me once more. I am a monster Rose. I always was one, and that girl who cursed me knew it. She only changed my appearance to match my. Usually the first thing the research teams wanted when they got off the ice sheet was a hot meal. I helped Mom in the kitchen from when I was about 5." She chuckled. "It taught me one thing, I never want to make my living as a cook. The hours are long, and can be fairly brutal. You cook until you're dead on your feet, then get up and do it all over again." I don't know," a girl said from down the table. "I like cooking. It gives me a chance to express myself." That's good for you," Robin said.. As we stood at the elevator, I nearly passed out from exhaustion. Luckily Ken had noticed and quickly picked me up before I fell to the concrete floor. I awoke the next morning in a large heart shaped bed not remembering anything since Ken saved me from falling. There was a red silk nightie with matching stockings and heels on the bottom of the bed with a note that read, “Take a shower, put these on and join us downstairs”!As I got to the bottom of the staircase the strong smell of bacon. "Really? That would be great. Thank you so much. What should I pay you in? Tequila?" I laughed. It was the first time I had laughed in a while. "Absolutely!" he said."Want some now?" I asked."Absolutely!"We went into my apartment and into my small kitchen. I poured each of us a shot and was slightly heavy on the pour. He shot it with ease and, in my competitiveness, I followed suit and then grabbed a beer for each of us. I was embarrassed about my place. I had a second-hand sofa and a.