WHEN LOVE IS GONE: Chapter 21 – 30
Chapter 21
Written by: Racheal Dennis.
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WHEN LOVE IS GONE: Chapter 21 – 30
Adele’s pov ?
I played with the hem of my dress nervously, as I watch him sip his wine slowly.
He kept glancing at me and smirking evilly, there’s this sinister glint in his eyes.. they held unreadable promise.
But I know that promise is nothing, but evil.. he must be thinking of a million ways to kill me right now.
“Mr Evans, how’s the wine?” Elvis asked from behind me.
Mr Evans? So that’s his surname… Elvis came to my side and smiled at him.
“The wine is good but the service is poor” Mr Evans…
Mr Evans doesn’t sound right to me, I’d rather stick to the jacka$s I usually call him… Jacka$s suit him better.
“How, sir? Is it the waitress you don’t like?” Elvis asked.
Elvis glanced at me, silently asking me what I did wrong.. I simply shrug, then he turned to jacka$s.
“Excuse her if she offended you, Mr Evans… Adele has always been a good girl, I don’t know what’s happening to her today… ”
Jacka$s cut him off with a loud scoff, he stared at me and scanned me from head to toe.
“She’s always been a good girl?”
I gave him an innocent expression…Elvis nodded at his question and jackass scoffed again.
“I don’t think you’re talking about the same girl I met last night” he said and adjusted on his chair.
I bite back a laugh, as I suddenly recalled how pained he looked last night… he must have been to he.ll and back.
He cleared his throat.
“I heard your restaurant offers touring services.. correct?” He asked.
“Yes, sir” Elvis answered.
“Good! This is my first time coming to Las Vegas, I want one of your tour guides to show me around town” he said staring in my eyes.. I looked away from him.
He’s cooking up something evil, but I’m not gonna let his plan succeed.
“Yes, sir, I’ll go get one of them right away”
“I want her!” He pointed at me.
Elvis turned to me, then back to him and shook his head.
“She’s not a tour guide, she’s just a waitress, sir”
“But she’s the one I want” he said firmly.
“Sir, please don’t put me in a tight corner.. Adele is just a waitress here, we have beautiful tour guides that will make your touring interesting”
I narrowed my eyes at Elvis, is he indirectly saying I’m ugly? I can be a beautiful tour guide too, if I wanna.
“Don’t worry, I love having ugly looking tour guides around me” jackass said.
I glared at him and balled my fist, how dare he call me ugly.. he must have a death wish.
*It seems you haven’t learnt your lesson yet!* I growled inwardly.
*And it seems you don’t know what I have in store for you!* I could read his eyes saying.
He turned his gaze away from me.
“I want her.. she’s the only one I want!” He said.
He’s making it sound as if he’s laying his claim on me.. like those possessive boyfriends in k-dramas.
“Well, you can refuse to give her to me.. it’s normal. All I have to do is write a bad review of your restaurant…”
I scoffed inwardly. As if he can do that to his friend’s restaurant, he’s just bluffing.
“..so, the choice is yours”
“Yes, sir”
Elvis held my hand and pulled me to a corner.. we both took a glance at jackass before he started talking.
“Adele, please.. just be his your guide or our restaurant’s reputation will be at stake”
“Elvis, I can’t, I don’t know anything about being a tour guide…”
“Please, it’s only for today.. please” Elvis pleaded and wiped off some beads of sweat from his forehead.
Elvis is a proud man, he’s never begged anyone before.. this is the first time.
“Adele, only for today ok?”
He’s been very good towards Jasmine and I, I should just do this for his sake…I took a deep breath.
“Fine, but just this once!” I said.
“Yes, yes” he replied.
I glared at the jackass, before we went back to him. He’s finished the wine in his glass and refilling the glass now.
“Sir, here’s your tour guide” Elvis said.
“Alright, since she agreed to be my tour guide.. I want her to prepare something for me”
“What?” I asked.
He rubbed his stomach briefly.
“Food!”
I frowned.
“Tour guides don’t cook for tourists”
“But I want you to cook for me”
Elvis leaned closer to my ear and whispered. “It’s all for our restaurant’s reputation”
I narrowed my eyes and balled my fist, I wish I can just strangle him to death.. I know this is his revenge.
“You want food.. food you shall eat!” I growled, then stormed towards the kitchen.
This dude haven’t learnt his lesson yet..
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WHEN LOVE IS GONE: Chapter 21 – 30
Jasmine’s pov ?
“… I won’t be coming back to Chicago any time soon, so, I want you to investigate properly and find out who the spy is in the team!”
That’s Thanatos having a meeting with his company people.. he’s having the meeting through a video call.
While Davis and I are eating lunch in the kitchen, I’m darn hungry after that chase we had.
“Momma, gimme more pancakes” Davis said.
I put more pancakes on his plate and he smiled. “Thank you, momma” he thanked me.
I simply ruffled his hair.
Just then my phone started ringing, I reached for it across the counter and swiped right to answer it… without checking the caller.
“Hello?”
“Hey, Jas!” Arthur’s voice popped up.
He sounded like he just woke up from sleep, I locate the wall clock and saw it’s 3pm…which means it’s either 3am or 4am in Japan.
“Arthur, shouldn’t you be sleeping by this time?” I asked.
“Yeah.. I just woke up to check some emails” he replied.
I heard him cough and told him sorry. I saw Davis struggling to get a spoon, I quickly helped him with it.
“I called you yesterday, but you didn’t pick any of my calls.. are you ok?” He asked me.
“I’m fine, I was just a little sick yesterday, so I was too tired to check my phone”
“Are you ok now?” He asked again.
“Yeah.. at least, I’m still alive”
He laughed at my lame joke, I’m very terrible at jokes but he always laughed at them anyway.
“When are you coming back?”
“I don’t know yet”
“Why? You didn’t get the deal?” I asked.
“I did but…”
He trailed off, dragging the last word.
“But what?” I gasped. “Don’t tell me you’ve decided to settle down in Japan!”
He laughed.
“I have something else to do here, I wanna make somethings clear before coming back”
I nodded.
“Alright, take care of yourself over there”
“Yeah.. you too, take care of yourself until I get back” he said.
“Of course” I hanged up.
I tossed my phone back on the counter and tilted my head, Thanatos is still in his meeting.
I wonder when he’s gonna be done, it’s so boring with him not nagging me with his love.. I kinda like it when he professes his love to me.
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WHEN LOVE IS GONE: Chapter 21 – 30
Adele’s pov ?
“Here’s your food!” I gritted out.
I dropped the tray of food on the table and glared at him, this is the fourth tray of food I’ve brought…he kept rejecting all of them.
The sweet aroma of fried eggs and bacon filled my nostrils.. there’s no way he’s gonna say no to this.
“Did I tell you I wanted to eat eggs and bacon?” He asked.
“You only said I should cook for you.. you didn’t tell me what kind of food to cook” I said.
“Exactly, you didn’t ask of my preference.. I’m not gonna eat this, take it back”
My shoulders slumped down at his words, I stared at him as if he’s nuts.
“Do you know I spent almost one hour making this?”
“I don’t care how many hours you spent, I don’t want this.. go cook something else” he said aloofly.
Now I understand what his revenge is all about, he wants to me suffer by cooking different dish for him.
Hmm… Well, two can play this game.
“It’s my fault, sir, please tell me what you wanna eat and I’ll cook it for you” I said in a very polite tone.
He smirked and gulped down the wine in his glass, I wonder how he doesn’t get drunk from drinking so my wine..
“I want fried chicken and spaghetti.. you can add some veggies to it” he replied.
“Alright, sir, I’ll be right back!”
I carried the tray of food and left.. he wants fried chicken and spaghetti, he shall get them.
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WHEN LOVE IS GONE: Chapter 21 – 30
Two hours later…
I arranged the food on a tray, I took a deep breath to inhale their sweet aroma.. I sighed.
“My masterpiece!” I smirked.
I carried the tray and headed towards the jackass’s table…
He’s resting his head on his hand when I got there, his eyes were shut and I passed him a nasty glare.
“You’ll regret ever making me cook for you” I said.
I dropped the tray on the table, making a banging sound.. he jerked and his eyes snapped open.
“What are you doing?”
“Sir, your food is ready!” I gritted out.
He looked at the food, he inhaled deeply and nodded.. there’s a satisfied smile on his face.
“It smells delicious” he said.
My lips twist in a smirk, if only he knows what he’s about to eat.
“I hope it’s as delicious as it smells?”
“Yeah.. it’s delicious, very delicious!” I said, giving the food a thumbs up.
He smiled and reached for his cutleries, I rolled my eyeballs..
I know I don’t know how to use those knifes and forks, but you don’t have to rub it in my face!
I’m so gonna enjoy this show. He cut a small piece of chicken and shoved it in his mouth.. he started chewing.
His joyful expression turned sour at once, he shut his eyes very tight and forcefully swallowed the chicken in his mouth.
“D-did you use a bag of salt in making this?!” He growled, his eyes glaring daggers at me.
I feigned a shocked and confused expression, my hands flew to my mouth.
“What? I was very careful and…”
I trailed off and pretended as if I just remembered something, I smacked my head and stomped my feet on the ground.
“…it must have been when I was washing the veggies, I might have mistakenly added too much salt”
I smacked my head again, he pushed the chicken aside and pulled the spaghetti in place of the chicken.
“I’m sorry about the chicken, sir, but I promise you’ll enjoy the spaghetti…”
“Shut up, please!” He snapped at me.
I set my lips on thin lines and folded my arms on my chest.
“This looks enticing, it must taste good” he said.
He dipped his fork in and pulled it out with spaghetti, he stared at it and smile.. then shoved it in his mouth.
He took just a bite and he tensed, his head slowly raised, he gave me a look that says.. what have you done?
His eyes bulged out, his mouth opened and the food fell back on the plate… His face and ears are turning red.
I’m still waiting for the real show, this is just a warm up.. wait for it.
He suddenly started fanning his mouth and searched the table for water.. but unfortunately for him, I didn’t bring any water along.
“Wa.. wa.. wa.. ter…” He stuttered out. “Hot! Hot! Hot!” He started chanting.
His expression is so funny right now, he got up and started jumping around.. trying to look for something cool to shove in his mouth.
I couldn’t hold myself back, I broke into an uncontrollable laughter.. even some of the customers started laughing at his madness.
“Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot!” He continued chanting.
He poured himself a glass of wine and gulped it down, but it doesn’t help..it seems to increased the hotness.
I held my stomach as I laughed very hard.
“What’s going on here?” Elvis asked as he walked into the scene.
Jackass quickly gripped Elvis’s hand and started gulping at him, he wants to say something but couldn’t.
Elvis seemed to understand what he’s trying to say, he turned to one of the waitresses.
“Get water, quick!”
The waitress left, within seconds she’s back with a bottle of water.. jackass snatched it and quickly opened it.
He took large gulps, until he finished the water, he didn’t remove it from his mouth.. he took deep breaths after drinking the water.
“How are you feeling now?” Elvis asked him.
Jackass moved his gaze towards me, he took slow predatory steps towards me.. he leaned closer to my ear.
“You’ll regret making a fool out of me today!”
“I don’t think so” I whispered back.
Elvis nervously tapped jackass’s shoulder, jackass turned to him with a smile on his face.
“I’m fine, we were just playing a game.. right?” He asked me.
He looked fine, but I know he’s dying inside.. I know how much pepper I added to the spaghetti.
“Yes, Elvis.. we were playing a game and he lost” I smirked.
He threw his arm around my shoulder.
“We are going on the tour now” his eyes moved to the food. “I really enjoyed the food”
Without waiting for Elvis to say another word, he dragged me towards the exit.
“Hey! Why are you pulling me?”
He didn’t speak, he dragged me outside…he continued dragging me until we stop in front of a range Rover sport.
He opened the passenger seat and forced me inside, he shut the door and locked it from outside..
I wanted to go out through the driver’s door, but he’s already sitting on the seat before I could.
“Where are we going?!”
He turned to me and smirked.
“You’ll soon find out”
He fastened his seatbelt, while I shook my head frantically.
“No, no, no.. I don’t wanna find out” I said.
“Put on your seatbelt”
“No! I wanna get out!”
“Suit yourself then” he said.
He started the car and took off in a dangerous speed, I quickly clung onto my seat as my eyes widened in fear.
“W-what are you doing?!”
“I’m touring”
“P-please slow down! We’re gonna crash if we’re go on this speed!”
He turned to me, my eyes grew bigger than before.
“Don’t take your eyes off the road! I don’t wanna die!!!”
“I guess this speed is too slow for you”
I shook my head but he ignored me, he turned back to the road and increased the speed.
“I’m gonna die today! I’m gonna die! I’m gonna die! Please slow down already!!”
He laughed. “Nope!! I love this speed!!”
God, I shouldn’t have cooked oversalted chicken and spicy spaghettis for him… Now he’s gonna kill me.
“Please, slow down! I haven’t achieved anything in life! I haven’t gonna married! I haven’t given birth to my 12 kids yet! I don’t even know what they look like!! Please don’t kill me, please slow down!!”
“Hoo-ha! I love this speed”
“No, please! Stop the car! Ahaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
WHEN LOVE IS GONE: Chapter 21 – 30
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