Chapter 8 ~Shocked (Unable to accept)~

Chapter 8

 CEO's Sweet But Cold Wife

 Shocked

 ~At resturant~

  “Kristi, Good morning.”

 “Good morning.”

  Everyone greeted each other with a delighted smile so as Kristi.

 “Kristi, You look sad. Are you okay? Is something wrong?” Simon inquired.   

 “Huh? No. Nothing at all.” A wry smile took a place in her pale face.

  Simon gently patted her shoulder “Are you worried about Feng?”

 

  A dejected smile replaced her wry smile with a sigh “It’s not like, I can hide anything from you, head chef. Yeah, I'm worried about Feng. He wanted me to fetch him at school, but even with my refusal, he still smiled trying to hide his sad face. He can't sleep without me but even so, he agreed to stay home being a good boy just for me when I informed him, I won't be able to come home tonight. Isn't my boy brave?”

  Simon smiled “Yeah, After all, he is your son. Like Mother, Like Son.”

  Kristi shook her head disagreeing with him “You’re wrong. He is nothing like me. He is strong, brave, nothing like me.”

  “So, Are you indicating to yourself that, You're not brave or strong? If so then, You are wrong, Kristi. You are the very brave woman, I've ever met in my life. I mean it. So, Just don't get dejected. If Feng found out that, you are sad right now, he will feel guilty as if it’s his fault, right? So, Why don't you just smile? A smile suits you better than that of a dejected face.”

  A sweet smile took a place in her soft lips with a slight chuckle “Yeah, You're right.” She took a deep breath as a thought crossed her mind “I'll take him to the museum tomorrow. I'm sure, He will be very pleased.”

   Simon smiled feeling glad “Right!” He then remembered about an important matter “Oh... By the way, You know right, Tonight the whole restaurant is going to be reserved by a V.I.P person?”

  She nods her head “Yeah, I do.”

  “Then,” He smiled “I’m sure you know too that, if we succeed tonight, We'll get a great bonus for this month and more importantly, You will have a great opportunity for promotion to be a head chef.”

  “Yeah, So that’s why I can't let go of this opportunity out of my hand too. I'll do my best tonight.” 

 This opportunity was very important for her. If she gets a promotion then, she will be able to earn more money so that, she doesn’t have to worry about fulfilling Feng every desire which she wants to fill every desire, need, everything she could for Feng. This was the opportunity once for life.

 Everyone was busy and preparing for tonight dinner hoping to be the best. 

  ~ At 10:30 P.M~

  Nina hurriedly came to the kitchen where Kristi, Simon, Emma and Jack (Head chef ~Same position as Simon~) was making the dishes.

  Each of them was making each dish.

  “Chef, They've arrived. Are dishes ready?” She asked anxiously.

  Emma nodded “Yeah, it’s all prepared. Weren't they coming at 11?”

 Kristi nodded her head with a frown “Yeah, The time was 11. Anyways,” A soft smile took place on her soft lips “Glad, We had prepared everything ahead.”

 Emma smiled agreeing with her “Right! More importantly, It's just surprised that, they, a high profile people have come to our restaurant.”

  There was an anxious voice from behind “Chef Emma! There is big trouble.”

 “Trouble?” Emma frown “What happened?”

  “Red Lobster! Our main dish tastes awful.” Jack informed showing the dishes on the plate.

  Simon and Emma tried and it truly taste awful. It was salty.

 “How could this happen?” Simon frown. 

  Nina was nervous “What do we do now?”

 Just then, they heard a voice from behind. It was Mia (Waiter).

   “Chef, Boss is ordering to take the dishes to our V.I.P customer. Please, Hurry up.”

   All of them were anxious. The main problem was, Chef had to go no matter what. Neither, Simon, Emma or Jack could stay to remake it.

 Kristi walked forward “I... I'll do it.”

  All of their gazes fall on her.

 Emma was happy to hear it but still was worried. “But, We haven't taught you, how to make this dish and we can't—”

  “Trust her,” Simon said looking at Emma with faith in his eyes that, she can do it.

 

  Jack also added on behalf of supporting her “Yeah, Believe in Kristi now. We need to go now. Hurry up! There is no time.”

Emma sighed “Alright then.” She then glances at Kristi with a trust “Best of luck.”

  Kristi smiled “Sure! Thank you.”

  Simon, Jack and Emma went straight to the table with two dishes in each of their hand where two V.I.P individuals were sitting facing each other.

  They served the dishes on the table with respect.

 Kristi was making the Red Lobster full of her heart. 

 The boss who was standing at the sight of those two V.I.P people didn't see Red Lobster. The main dish. He was apprehensive but asking in front of that V.I.P would cause a problem and more importantly, he can't let them know, right?

On the table, An elegant lady with a red sexy body con dress was sitting. Her grey eye with round eyebrows and top-heavy lips with perfect jawline were making her gorgeous with her beautiful curly hair to her shoulder.

   The soft and elegant voice reached their ear “I can't see the Red Lobster. May I know why?” There was a hint of disappointment in her voice.

  The boss was terrified as if his soul was leaving his body “Well...” He gave a quick glance at Simon.

  

  Simon spoke up “Apologise for the trouble, Ma'am. It is the main dish for tonight so, It would be better if you taste it at last. If you don’t mind.”

  “Is that so? Sure then.”

  They sighed relief in their heart secretly.

“But— I need it right now. Of course, I'll eat at last but I need it now. Can you bring it, right away?”

 The soul which was coming back to the boss body was again leaving his body.

  Emma and Jack were panicked. Simon brace “Ma'am—”

  “Just do it fast. Don’t make us wait. Hurry!”

  Simon was in a daze unable to think anything. 

  “Ma’am, Here's the dish.” Simon heard the familiar voice from behind. It was Kristi.

  She put the dish on the table and apologised “I apologised, Ma'am. I—”

  “Alright! Alright! All of you can go now. Don’t disturb us.” 

  Kristi and others bowed their head showing respect and left quietly without disturbing them.

 Boss walked forward wiping the sweat from his forehead “M-Ma’am, Sir, Do—”

   “I said leave.” Her voice was cold and there was a hint of warning to him.

  “Y-Yes, Sure.” The restaurant boss also left quietly.

 In the kitchen, Nina was angrily scolding her in a low voice “What the hell is wrong with that lady? If it weren't for boss and bonus, I would have shown her real place.” 

  Kristi slightly smiled “Calm down! Calm down! It’s only for today. It’s not like they will be coming here forever. Right?”

 Nina took a deep breath trying to calm down “Right! But I still hate her. I mean it but did you see the face of that man in a black suit with that wrecked lady? Damn! How could anyone be so handsome? Handsome face like that, I have only seen on T.V But more importantly, looking at him, I feel like, I’ve seen him somewhere.” A person crossed her mind “Ahh... He looks like Feng. Yeah, it feels like, Feng and that Man in a black suit is a duplication of each other.”

  Kristi whole body got stiff as if she was frozen down “What do you mean?” She hastily asked.

  “Ah, Sorry, Sorry. I apologised. It seems I’ve crossed my line. Please don’t take it into your heart. I just felt like that.” Nina apologised as she felt like, she shouldn’t have put it that way after knowing that, Kristi was a single mother who is struggling for her son.

  Kristi hastily came out and looked at his face from far but a little away with her heart beating fast as if her heart could come out of her body at any time with her figure crossed. She could see his face clearly.

  Her whole body got stiff as if she was frozen in the middle of the ice. She couldn't believe it before her eye.