HIS RUDE CHEF: Chapter 1 – 10
CHAPTER 7
By Naomi Cindy B.
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“What gave you the guts to enter my room!” Philip yelled
She flinched in fear
“I’m… I’m. I’m very sorry” she stammered, facing the ground
“I don’t remember showing you this room as one of the rooms you can enter” Philip said still in a fit of rage
She fell on her knees immediately
“Forgive me, I won’t do it again” she said slowly
“Out!” Philip yelled again
She scurried out of the room quickly
Philip breathed hard and sat on the bed
“You shouted too much” Robin said, holding his hand
” I just.. lost my temper” he replied, calming down..
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Melanie hid her tears while cooking dinner so it won’t drop in the pot
She really crossed her limits and she’s aware of it
“I shouldn’t have entered his room to look for the key… And worse is I slept off on his bed…. ” She said slowly, covering the pot
She held her head
“Melanie you’re done for… I hope I don’t get fired .. God help me I promise not to pry again, I just promise” she thought
Minutes later when the food is done, she set the table and Robin came downstairs afterwards
“What of Mr Albert?” She asked
“You did a good job spoiling his mood… How could you enter his room… Dad loves people who stay on their lane but you just crossed your lane” he replied, sitting down
*I’m so sorry Rob… I never wanted to do that but….. I’m just…. Sorry” she said sincerely
” I’m hungry” Robin said
She quickly dished his food and he ate with relish
“How do you manage to make everything you cook sweet?” He asked…
“I dunno, maybe I just know a lot about cooking” she replied
” Oh… Really? ”
” I guess so … Robin what kind of people do you like?” She found herself asking
” Dad says it’s not good to talk while eating” he replied
” But you’ve been talking” she said
” Whatever…. Well I love people who aren’t betrayers like my mum, I love people who’ll stay forever too and people who’ll always make me happy” he replied
” Oh… Cool” Melanie nodded as he continued eating
” Mr Albert really won’t come downstairs for dinner?” She asked
” Trust me he won’t, he’s busy eating burgers, he said he’ll be ok with it” Robin replied
” What have I done?” She thought…
Throughout the early hours of that night, she kept thinking of how to apologise to him, thinking he didn’t come for dinner cos of what she did
Next morning**
She woke more early to prepare breakfast cos it’s Monday, she’ll go to school
She got to the kitchen and saw it’s bread and jam in the food timetable
“No need to stress myself” she thought and started cleaning the house
Her pay is huge so she should help with that at least
Exactly some minutes to seven, the doorbell rang
She checked and it’s a woman with a smile on her face
“I’m Mrs Fairweather the dry cleaner” she said
“Oh!’ she replied and turned to go upstairs
Robin is just standing on the stairs, dressed already
“Mrs Fairweather?” He said
“Yeah it’s me” she replied, coming in fully
She went straight to a room and came out with a nylon which she left with
“After washing the clothes, will she bring them back?” Melanie asked
” No…I never wear a clothe more than once except if I love the clothe so much” he replied..
” Then?”
” She washes them and supplies to the orphanage” he replied
” Oh” Melanie replied
” You cleaned” Robin said
” Well .. yes” she replied…
Robin went to the dinning and sat
Melanie quickly served him four slices of bread
She helped him put jam on it and he took it
He ate gently
“Mr Albert is not coming for breakfast too?” She asked
“He’s coming” he replied
Melanie smiled and almost immediately, Philip came downstairs looking as handsome as he has always been
“Morning Mr Albert” she greeted
“Same” he replied Curtly before taking his seat
She’s about to help him and jam on his bread but he stopped her
“I can help myself” he said
“Sure sir” she replied, leaving it to him
She started thinking of a way to apologise while he ate
But hard as she tried, the words stuck at her throat
She found it hard to say..
Till he finished eating and left for work with Robin
He actually takes Robin along when going to work, he drops him but the driver goes for him after school…
“Melanie..what will you do” she thought as she took her bath slowly
“I really want to apologise properly” she said ..
She got to school and was moody throughout the class
Chef Sally noticed and decided to ask after lectures
“I… actually crossed my lane, … I entered his room” she replied
” You what!”
” It doesn’t end there…I even slept on his bed though that was unintentional, and I’m sorry” she replied soberly
” You should find a way and apologize to him, that’s the only way for you to be free from guilt Melanie”chef Sally said
” That seems so hard to do” she replied
Sally held her shoulders
” Look at me Melanie” she said
She looked at her
“Tell me you’ll apologise to him today” she said
“I’ll apologise to him today” she replied
” Good” Sally replied.
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When she’s done in school, she left for AR group of companies to see her mum
“I hope I don’t bump into Mr Albert” she prayed silently as she got down from the cab in front of the company
She went in and scanned for her mum
It’s not the first time she’ll be going there to see her mum, but it’s the first time since she started working with Philip…
She later saw her mum entering a washroom, wearing the cleaners uniform and cap
She followed her and met her inside the washroom
“Melanie!” Susan exclaimed, too happy to see her again
It was Friday morning she saw her last
*Mum” she said, hugging her
” I missed you” Susan said
” Same here mother, hope it isn’t too stressful here” she said
” Nope, at all…I can’t believe I work as a cleaner in his company and you work as his Chef, hope it isn’t too stressful over there?, How are you coping with him?, He’s always frowning and his son is a handful” Susan said
Melanie smiled
” Yeah, they’re both hard to tackle but I’m managing, I think I’ll soon get used to it” she replied
” If it’s too hard, you can just run away” Susan
“Run away like his wife?, So I’ll be a runaway chef too?, No mum, Robin hates people who don’t stay till the end, he hates people who give up easily” Melanie said
” You both do talk?” Susan asked
” Yeah, though he’s rude most times but we do talk some few times, and trust me he’s smart and sensible” Melanie replied
” You like that spoilt brat already judging by the way you’re talking about him” Susan said
Melanie smiled broadly
” Sure ” she replied
” I just have two washrooms left to clean, the other cleaners are done with their own portion and they left already” Susan said
” Like how many times do you clean the seven washrooms you’re assigned to per day?” Melanie asked
” Just three times” Susan replied
Melanie’s eyes widened
“That’s…..hard!” She said
Susan smiled
“I have your spirit, I believe nothing is hard .. it’s getting late you should run along” Susan said
” Just take it easy mum, I love you” she replied and hugged her again before leaving the place..
She still went to the coffee shop to work part time for two hours before going home in the evening…
Robin is home already, writing his assignments in the study
“Is there anyone I can help you with?” Melanie asked
” Stop acting as if you’re smart” he replied, facing her
She sat beside him
” Just trust me and let me see any question you find very hard” she said
” Ok … This particular question in my English, what figure of speech is it?, I’ve been thinking and thinking” he said
She took a look at it…
“it’s oxymoron” she said
“Are you sure?’ he asked
” Sure, just write oxymoron and you’ll get it, trust me” she replied
He wrote it and closed the books before leaving the study…
He sat in the living room and Melanie went back to the kitchen
She started preparing dinner but Robin won’t let her be
*Chef!” He called
” He has started again” she thought as she went to him in the living room
” A glass of water” he said
He got him one from the freezer before going back to the kitchen to dice the onions
“Chef!’ he called some minutes later and in the rush to quickly go meet him, she mistakenly sliced her finger and it bled but she only dipped the finger into her mouth and sucked on the dripping blood
“I need a bowl of popcorn” he said when she got there
She got it from the freezer and placed it in front of him
“Yogurt please” he said
She got it too
“Foot massage” he said
She massaged his foot till what she was cooking almost got burnt, thankfully it didn’t
She rushed to the kitchen and put it down on time, breathing heavily
Her finger is still bleeding but she’s enduring the pains
She went back to the living room to continue massaging his foot
Philip arrived shortly
“Welcome Mr Albert” she greeted
“Thanks Chef” he replied properly
“Dad” Robin called and jumped on him, hugging him tight
“Kiss me” Philip said fondly
Robin kissed his cheeks loudly
Melanie smiled as she watched them
“What’s for dinner?” Philip suddenly asked
“Chicken and waffles” she replied
“I’ll go freshen up and come back with him for dinner” he replied and left
Melanie smiled, his mood Changed to a little bit lively
Different from his mood in the morning
She started setting the table and minutes later, he came back downstairs with Robin and they settled down to eat
He ate a lot, maybe he has a good appetite tonight
“Dad I’m glad you ate well” Robin said after the meal
He smiled widely
“Wait…you can’t watch cartoons today, it’s Monday, you need to sleep a lot, i don’t want you to get sick again” Philip said when Robin started heading to the living room
“But dad. .
” You promised to always listen to Daddy” Philip said
Robin pouted and kissed his cheeks
“Gnight daddy” he said and Melanie carried him
“Only kids get carried” he said as Melanie climbed upstairs with him
” Mr adult, I’m sorry but I just have to carry you” she replied
He smiled
” You just smiled” she said
” Yes, if it had been another person, she would have said I’m still a kid” he replied and yawned lightly
He slept off before they even got to his room
She put him to bed and watched him sleep for over ten minutes before going back downstairs
Philip is sitting on the couch, working on his laptop
She stood behind him, thinking of how to apologise
He suddenly took his tab but no icon is working in it
“This shouldn’t be happening now” he said, trying to make it work but it’s still the same
” No… please!, I just got this last week” he complained
“I need to submit this to the management team tonight!” He ranted
Melanie stepped in
” I can help” she said slowly
He looked back at her
” What do you know” he said
” Something like this happened to chef Sally’s tablet once and I can still remember how she tackled it” she replied and carefully took the tablet from him before stepping back, avoiding eye contact..
She long pressed the power button and rebooted it
“I have just five minutes left” he said impatiently
Melanie stared at the tablet screen as it started rebooting for more than three minutes
It later came on when he has two minutes left to submit whatever he has to submit
“It’ll work perfectly now” she said, giving it to him
He took it and went to recents, clicked submit..it clicked
And it went through in the last one minute
“Yes!!, OMG it worked!” He screamed loudly, standing up
Melanie smiled, at least he’s happy
He’s unaware of when he came to her, he stood right in front of her
“Thanks so much chef” he said gratefully with a big smile
She shifted back quickly
” It’s nothing sir, I just hope you can forgive me for what I did last night” she replied slowly
” Done… it’s ok now” he replied with a big smile, coming closer again
Seems he forgot what chef Sally said that instant
“Stop!” She found herself saying
Philip stopped on his tracks..
“Gnight Mr Albert” she said quickly and rushed upstairs…
Philip sighed softly
” Oh I forgot I have to keep my distance”..
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