Old Naning is preparing something for breakfast with one of the helps who looks about her age. Her stomach growled louder when she breathed in the smell of fried rice and she forgot all about her brother. She smiled at the old man beside her before she joined old Naning and the young help.
"What did you prepare?" they smiled back at her.
"Just stir-frying the leftover food last night. We just turned the rice cooker on so it will take awhile to cook the rice."
"Oh, I prefer fried rice more. Do you have some fish sauce Ma'am?"
"Reika, guide your Ma'am Yumi to the dining hall so she can chose her breakfast."
"Woah! Thank you," she giddily followed. Her eyes caught sight of some smoked fish and tomatoes. She reached for some and help fry the fish then went straight for the dining hall.
She came face to face with Chryxso who's sitting mightily like a king and waiting to be served. She stealthily pulled a chair from the table and quietly ate from the far opposite of the table. He looks capable enough to eat alone as the household help just told him how the food is arranged in the order of the clock. She raised her eyebrows in amazement. Not bad.
He started eating. She just observed him while he's on it. He ate gently, like a lady, and chewed his food thoroughly. She suddenly felt ashamed as she's been stuffing her mouth in hunger so she also tried to chew slowly. He stopped chewing and called Reika.
"Sir?"
"What happened to the food?" he did not sound angry but old Naning still pulled her away from the guy and snatched his plate from the table. She took a bite of every food from the table.
"These all taste good. Did you find anything bad?"
"Not really old Naning. I just smelled smoked fish being fried earlier so I asked [someone] to help me down." all eyes turned to her. She got stuck between gobbling her food and trying to stuff some more as she stared back at them. The older Aresta cut their stare off, she continued eating.
"Your nurse, Yumi, cooked it. I let her into the kitchen so she can fill herself." the young man was silent. She took this opportunity to speak.
"Well this is good for sharing anyway. How many pieces would you like?"
"I already had my fill. Excuse me, I'll be taking a rest now." he huffed and called over some help to guide him back to his room. She just shrugged her shoulders. Ha! You're not one to make me lose interest on this feast I have now. Go starve yourself! And she stuffed herself more.
"Please excuse his grumpiness," the old man looked like he's pleading. I really don't understand how they're related.
"That's totally understandable si...gramps. We did have an earlier bout so it would be more awkward if he suddenly becomes friendly with me," she waived it away and continued munching. Oh, this looks good. Ah, I'll take some of this when I get back home. The worry on the old man's face disappeared.
"At least I learned that I can bait him with smoked fish next time. I'll always bring some whenever I need to talk to him then," everyone laughed at her cheekiness.
"He grew up inThe States and seldom visits me here so when he graduated, he spent all his idle time doing things he never did. He loved eating with his bare hands and binging on smoked fish whenever he comes for a visit," she just nodded her head.
"What's his occupation there sir?"
"Grandpa," the old man cut her. "You're really hurting my feelings now. I know you don't frequent here anymore but you don't have to take your familiarity away." he tried to guilt her more. She closed her mouth. And continued eating.
"And don't worry about my troublesome grandson as he very rarely visits me here. He's a sports enthusiast and will join any sport that he comes upon."
"How does he support himself?"
"He's a landscape architech overseas. When he got bored, I called him over to take over of the business that his parents built."
"Last question gramps," she's still gritting her teeth trying to force the word. I'll get use to it. Yeah, I'll get use to it.
"How did he get involved in that accident?" they all looked shocked with her straightforward question. Well it can't be helped since it would really be difficult to take care of a moody patient especially if his moodswings have no logical explanation. She's not even planning to take her question back since she'll eventually ask again.
"He just recently came back from a business conference," Grandpa Tony started. "One of our employees went rogue and made a lot of blunder which put his own company in a dire situation. He had to stay overseas for a couple of months to stabilize the company again and when he did, he sold his shares so he doesn't have to keep on travelling anymore. That's what he said,"
"He probably thought you needed company here," it looks like Charity has a soft spot for his grandfather. Is he probably having menopause that he's so moody? The old man smiled and stood from the table.
"Ah gramps, I think my brother may be coming over. He did not know I overslept," she suddenly remembered her nagging brother.
"He called in last night, I don't think he'll be coming over. I'll leave you to your food now. Tomorrow's my flight but I still have a lot of things to do. Take care of the stubborn guy upstairs. If you need any help, just call me." and he called what looked like their driver and left. Hey, you did not answer my question. Nice segue, bad for me. Who do I ask now? Him? No, no, no, no, no.
"Would you please join me for breakfast?" she invited old Naning and Reika who just came back from guiding the guy upstairs.
"We already had breakfast earlier," she glanced at the grandfather clock, oi it's about ten now. She quickly finished her meal and helped wash the dishes. Reika tried to stop her but she insisted. She doesn't have anything to do anyway since her patient advised them he'll be sleeping in for now.
"How is Chryxso as a boss?" she asked while rinsing the plates.
"Sir Chrys is nice to everyone Ma'am. If not for the drunken man who crashed onto him, he would not have become blind and sulking like that." she proudly said. Her face blushed when she turned to her, Mayu just smiled.
She can't blame her for acting like that. The guy is definitely a looker. If he'd be more gentle and calm, she'd be joining this girl in fantasizing of the guy. He had those perfectly angled nose and red lips. She's guessing that he may have a foreign blood because of his ash colored eyes. For a guy, she noticed his long lashes, same long lashes she envied from her brother.
She suddenly remembered her equally handsome brother. What are those two doing now? They may be throwing a celebration now that their headache is gone. Those dreadful creatures. Hmp! They talked about all other things before she decided to walk upstairs and properly apologize to the guy.
Only that he's not alone in his room and is in the middle of an intense kissing with a woman who's sitting on his lap.
"I just wanted to... Oh! I'm sorry...I did not mean...the door was not locked..."