The grand opening.

Logan's POV

I walk around the restaurant looking for Madeline she is not there. I wonder if my informants made a mistake. Maybe she is a little late. I cannot wait to see her after all these years, and my heart was pounding in my chest. I do not understand what is going on with me. Madeline has bewitched me! I never felt this way about a woman before, and I do not understand why. I do not understand how I can feel about her this way, and I have not even seen her in a long time. I am standing with her family and Roman and his family. I do not want to associate with them, but they are my partners in the restaurant business, and I want to know why they have been invited. 

I hear the CEO is going to reveal himself at this party tonight. It is a good thing that all of us are here, we will at last know who the brains behind our biggest competition is. I have invited Michelle Morris as my date. I look up at the door, and there she stands. She is with a woman and two children. However, I do not care who the people are who are with her. All I can see is the woman I have been craving for the last seven years. There is a man with her, and I wonder who he is. Is that the CEO of the restaurant, and is she with him? Is that why she was invited? Because she is having a relationship with the CEO. I am jealous! Since when have I become jealous of a woman? 

"Is that Madeline? What is she doing here?" Celeste asks.

"I do not know, but let's go and find out," Roman says. Michelle knows very well who Madeleine is. We all went to school together. Madeline was younger than us, but we all knew about her because her brother is as old as we are. We tag along to find out what Madeleine is doing here. Neither her parents nor Roman's parents look very impressed to see Madeline again.

"Well. Well. Well. Look who couldn't stay away. We thought you died or something. We haven't heard from you in years. What are you doing at a prestigious event like this? Don't you know only the wealthy are invited to this party? I don't think you belong here. Oh, wait, unless you are a line chef for Heavenly. I heard all their employees were invited to this party," Celeste says cattily. 

"Hello, Celeste, I can see that you have not changed a bit. I did not expect a welcoming party. I am back in New York, and I am here to stay, and you cannot tell me where I can and cannot go. Now, if you will excuse me, I have other things to do. I do not want to stand and chat here with you," Madeline says icily. 

"Oh, excuse me. Madeline thinks she is too good for us. Can you believe that? Roman? Honey, I took your husband away, you are not better than me. You are not even worthy to carry my shoes. Besides, we both know who the better chef is around here. You know that I have learnt from the best master chef overseas. I am the only student Chef Michaels will recommend and even praised me once for my skills," Celeste lies. I know she is lying because I heard the true story.

"Is that so? He was my master as well. I will give him a call and ask him if he remembers you, Celeste," Madeline says. Celeste looks a little pale. She did not expect Madeline to know the master chef. Why would Madeline know a Master Chief? Unless she is really good. I know her parents wouldn't pay her when she went to culinary school to go and see a Master Chef overseas. He must have paid for her to come to him. Does that mean Madeline is actually the one who impressed the Master Chief?  I know for a fact it is not Celeste. Madeline starts walking away, and her father asks her if she's not going to greet the rest of us, but she ignores us as she walks to the front of the restaurant. The women and two children follows her. However, the little boy turns around.

"I would appreciate it if none of you ever spoke to my mother again. Next time, you will not be so lucky to get away with it," The little boy says. His mother? Can it be? Is Madeline married?

"How old are you, boy?" Celeste asks, looking suspiciously at Roman. 

"I am six, almost seven, but that has nothing to do with you. Don't talk to my mother like that again," He says as he walks away.

"Celeste, he is not mine. I never touched Madeline," Roman says. Then it hits me. He can be mine! I thought Madeleine was walking to a table at the front of the restaurant where all the other employees of the restaurant is sitting, but she walked straight to the podium.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I want to welcome all of you to our new restaurant. I hope you enjoy the food that we will serve you tonight. As you all know, Heavenly is one of the best restaurants in America at the moment. We are very trendy and everybody loves our food, especially our desserts. Before I continue, let me introduce myself. I am. Madeline O'connor. I am the CEO of Heavenly. It took me seven years to build up this restaurant, and I am very proud of it. The only reason why I hid my identity is that my parents and my ex-in-laws are also in the restaurant business. They are the owners of Bella Rosa. I did not want them to feel that we compete. However, we all know that if we competed, I would win. I hope you all enjoy the rest of the evening," Madeline says. 

"This cannot be as if she is annoying. She is pretending to be the CEO of Heavenly. How can she make a success out of anything?" Sean asks. 

"Where did she get the money? She must have slept with a wealthy man to get this far, or maybe she married wealthy, but why would she change her surname back to her maiden name? Why not take her husband's name? Maybe the children are bastards," Celeste says.

I cannot take my eyes is the little boy standing next to her, who looks just like me. Is he my son, or am I mistaken? I look at the little girl next to him, and she looks like Madeline. Did Madeline have a twin? Are they mine? The big question is, will any of us get our answers from Madeline? I don't know, but I'm about to find out.