- A simple coffee. With almond cream. And cinnamon. Only that?
Ray sighed impatiently.
This is not lunch. , he thought more frustrated.
How much longer? He was seizing the opportunity for the first time to give in to his desire and see her in person. In fact, he needed to delay her leaving the newspaper there.
It was a curse. He knew he couldn't do anything without him attacking first… But knowing that Elisabeth was the perfect bait for an insane psychopath was to get on any man's nerves.
-What do you work with?- Elisabeth's voice is curious. - I think you've seen my photos and resumes.
"Yes, I did, Elisabeth. I've actually read it a lot before. It's been a lot of work for my people to divert calls and emails to ensure your safety. But when it comes to keeping you alive and out of trouble..."
- Food branch. - The answer was humorous.
- Well, weird. Foods?
"I still want to keep my identity a secret. I have the unusual face, but she would never have imagined meeting the billionaire owner of Cristal Revolution on the street."
-Oh, you can call me by my nickname. Ray.
"A good shorthand for Raymond."
-Do you work with the new foods that are in fashion lately?
Ray's smile spreads.
You have no idea, honey. It's an Empire. One of the most profitable.
-Insects.- the comment comes slowly.
-Wow! Is there a cockroach on my plate?
"Great, let's discuss food and nutrition!"
-These are new possibilities that bring great impacts to the environment.
-Imagine a cow. a cow gains 1 kg of weight that will become just under 1 kg of meat for sale and consumption... The animal consumes 8 kg of feed... It means expenses with industrial control, expensive labor, and production with additives chemicals. And don't forget a whole direct and indirect chain of environmental impact... It's not accessible to the poorest population.
-Biofactories and low environmental impact.- she comments thoughtfully.
-Think of grasshoppers and crickets. There are many more of them in nature—less land for production and cultivation. To gain 1 g of weight, less than 2 g of food consumption is required...
-Have you eaten that? - she wanted to know fun.
And that was the moment Ray had been waiting for.
-We can arrange a dinner and I'll show you. I promise you won't regret it.
And Ray immediately regrets it.
I went too fast. flustered. I don't do it like that. I'm always more cautious. Her eyes...
-Well, soon they will be on our tables and not just eating tents. Even large companies will have to adapt. The expectation of world growth... There will be no food for all of us without big changes now.