Chapter 103
Abby
My office is silent as I scroll through the new emails that have landed in my inbox. My fingers drum on
the desk, anticipating the one email that I’ve been waiting for the most—the details of the upcoming
cooking competition.
And then, there it is, bolded and marked with high importance: Cook-Off Competition Details.
Taking a deep breath, I click on it.
The email is concise but packed with information. Attached to it is a long list, detailing every possible
dish that might come up during the competition.
My heart rate quickens as I scan the list. Some dishes I recognize, ones I’ve made a thousand times
over in my career, but others are unfamiliar, exotic even, presenting challenges I’ve never faced before.
I won’t know which three dishes I’ll be asked to prepare on the spot. Which means only one thing: I
have to practice all of them. Every single one.
Grabbing a notepad, I jot down a list of ingredients I’ll need for the more exotic dishes, then turn my
attention to the restaurant’s supplier portal, adding item after item to the shopping list. The ingredients
range from the ordinary to the obscure. Each addition of expensive truffles, caviar, and fresh scallops
makes my anxiety spi ke.
How can I perfect so many dishes in such a short time?
Once the orders are placed, I stretch and push back from the desk, glancing at the clock on the wall.
It’s getting late, but there’s no time to waste. Without a second thought, I pull my hair into a messy bun
and prepare to head to the kitchen to get started.
Before I can leave, however, a sudden page over the intercom draws me from my task.
“Abby, can you come up front for a moment? I need help with the register.” It’s Chloe, her voice
strained.
laptop with a sigh, I head to the bar where Chloe
what’s going on?” I ask, striding
fingers hovering over the register keys. “It’s
evening.”
the system.
machine whirrs back to life, responding as it should. Chloe releases
been holding.
Abby. I thought I’d have to do all the transactions
problem,” I reply, giving her a reassuring
She hesitates, her eyes flickering with an unspoken
I shouldn’t have snapped at you. Especially not over
counter, crossing my
she insists, her eyes earnest. “I’m your best friend, Abby, and I’m just… I’m worried
I don’t want to see you get
buried deep down, but
“Chloe, I already married Karl once, remember? Learned my lesson
to happen again.”
says softly, “but it’s just… you deserve so much better, and I can’t
him hurting you again.”
squeezing her hand. “I appreciate your concern, Chloe, but I’m
my own decisions, and I don’t need
beat, a mix of emotions
reluctant nod. “I understand.”
my voice soft,
to my office, Chloe’s words reverberate in my
by her concern, but another part is frustrated. This entire
balancing between concern
don’t want this to strain my friendship with Chloe. Our bond means more to me than
at the same time, I want—no, need—her to trust me,
Abby who fell for Karl’s charms all those
my self-worth and got my heart broken. I’ve grown, learned, and changed.
that? Why does it feel as though all of my friends just see me as a fool who would so easily fall
guy that’s bad for
though, a
of Karl’s hands on me, the taste of his lips. Our intimacy in the kitchen, which we
spoken about.
delicious mistake. And it
…
with the last employees heading home for
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