CHAPTER 6

It's already been a week since she arrived in Y city and she was very busy with the company affairs. After a very long day Hope decided to return to her hotel to take a hot shower and rest for the rest of the day.

But when was in hotel lobby there was Alaric sitting in the sofa reading a magazine. Automatically a smile appeared in her face and she walked towards him.

"Hey Ric, what are you doing here?"

"What do you think? I was waiting for your call for a whole week but you never called. So, I had to look for you in all the hotels nearby where I met you and finally found out that you stay here. But the receptionist refused to tell me your room number so I ended up waiting for you in the lobby."

"I'm really sorry Ric. I was just busy with work and I couldn't contact you. I promise I was going to invite you for dinner this weekend but here you are."

She was really happy to see Ric; it shows how much he still cares for her. Then she took him to her room. She was staying in suite room. It has two bedrooms, a living, a kitchen and a study with a balcony.

She prefer home cooked food more than hotel food thus she always have fresh groceries ready in her fridge. It's all thanks to Liam.

"Ric what do you want to have? We can talk all you want today until you get tired of me. So first let's have something to eat. I'm so hungry that my stomach is cursing me."

"I don't want anything; I just had a late lunch and I'm so tired of hotel food. You should order and eat."

"Who said anything about ordering food? I'm going to cook so you don't have worry and just say what you want to have."

Surprised and he asked her "So, do you still cook? I thought you quit as you were living in such a luxurious place and probably have a cook ."

"Well yes, I do have a cook but whenever I find time, I prefer cooking for myself. Especially today I have an important guest so I'm definitely going to cook myself."

"In that case, I'm definitely not going to miss the chance to taste your food after such a long time. Let me help you with the ingredients and you can choose what to cook I don't have any particular choice."

"Just stay where you are and don't even think about coming into the kitchen. If you want to work you can do the dishes after we ate as I hate that the more. Now go and sit."

She removed her coat and started to wash the vegetable. She was more like a professional cook moving around the kitchen with so much ease handling all the chores.

During her school times, her grandma used to teach her to cook and she was a good cook in the past itself. So, it was not a big surprise for Ric.

After 45 minutes she finally finished cooking. "Ric the food is ready. Just set the table and I will be back in 10 minutes, I need to take a quick shower and change."

"No problem mimi take your time. I will set the table."

'It has been a long time hearing that nickname. Even he doesn't know why he gave me that name but most of my friends started to use that name to call me. But since she immigrated this is the first-time hearing this name.' thought Hope and went to shower with a broad smile on her face.