Phoenix Rising: From Heartache to Heroism

Chapter 164 Where Did You Get That

Jasper agreed. "Yeah, it's such a waste of good ingredients."

Hattie felt a bit embarrassed by their remarks. "It can't be that terrible, can it?"

Zoren suggested, "Why not taste it yourself?"

Niall hadn't tried the cake yet. After hearing their comments, he wasn't keen on trying it anymore.

Hattie, acting a bit shy, took a small bite with her fork, and her expression changed right away.

"It's so salty! I must've accidentally used salt instead of sugar. I'm really sorry, everyone... It was my mistake."

Jasper remarked, "How could you mess up such a simple cake? Are you trying to make us sick with this salty mess?" Hattie hurriedly waved her hands. "No. Mr. White, I really didn't do it on purpose. Please don't misunderstand.

"Don't eat it. I'll toss it away!"

Hattie stood up and threw the whole cake into the trash.

Violeta still had half a piece in her hand that she hadn't started eating. Hattie took it from her and threw it away too.

After clearing up, Hattie said, "I didn't do it on purpose. To show how sorry I am, I'll make a new one, and this time, I won't mess it up!

"Mr. White, can I use your kitchen? I'll start over right away!"

With that, Hattie went to the kitchen with a servant.

Violeta leaned back in her chair, watching Hattie rush off. Something felt strange.

cooking show that she often cooked for herself since

Probably not.

sat on the sofa, lost

Boom-

then, lightning flashed outside, illuminating

"It's pouring rain and storming outside, yet you still risked getting

this bad when we were coming

Violeta blinked, not responding.

while Hattie remade the cake was

the first to stand up and head upstairs. "Bro, I'm going

"Okay."

upstairs, leaving only Niall and

on the sofa, his arm resting

chat about with Benson. But since he was the host, leaving his guest alone in the living room would be impolite. So, he awkwardly shifted the conversation to

study at Toland University

nodded. "Yeah,

"What's your major?"

next semester,

"Studying abroad? That's cool."

knew Benson was aiming for an advantage by studying overseas, but he didn't

politely. "Mr. White, I hope you can offer me some guidance when I

a stretch, but we'll see how things

and gas, which was said to be the lifeblood of

Ridge family's business was different from his own,

to be

a servant came to the rescue. "Sir,

I have to