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.
my laptop with a sigh, I head to the
register. “Hey, what’s going on?” I ask, striding
she mutters, her fingers hovering over
evening.”
start navigating through the system. A few prodded
as it should.
been holding.
thought I’d have to do
reassuring smile. “Anything else I can
it. But…” She hesitates, her eyes flickering
night… I shouldn’t have snapped at
against the counter, crossing my
it’s not,” she insists, her eyes earnest. “I’m your
I don’t want to see you get
echoing the fears I keep buried deep down, but I push them away,
married Karl once, remember? Learned my lesson the hard
to happen again.”
softly, “but it’s just… you deserve so much better,
him hurting you again.”
reach out, gently squeezing her hand. “I appreciate
I can make my own decisions, and I don’t need to
a beat, a mix of emotions swirling in her eyes, before she
reluctant nod. “I understand.”
say, my voice soft, before turning
Chloe’s words reverberate in my head. A part
part is frustrated. This
balancing between concern and independence, friendship and
Chloe. Our bond means more to me than
same time, I want—no, need—her to trust me, to trust
Abby who fell for Karl’s charms all those
got my heart broken. I’ve
my friends
guy that’s bad
into my office chair, though, a thought
of his lips. Our intimacy in
spoken about.
mistake. A wonderful, horrible, delicious mistake. And it can’t
…
since fallen quiet, with the
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