3. Knowing the twins

They both stand together side by side. They look like the same exact person. There was no difference between them. Well, none that were noticeable.

"Wh-which one?" I stammered as I try to figure out which one of them is which. The one on the left says, "I am Jonas. We haven't met."

He shakes my hand and gives me a smile. The other one, being Christian rolls his eyes and says, "If I hadn't been here, you would have gone out with stranger. Ugh."

"Christian. Why did you confuse me like this?" I ask placing my hands on hips. He sits down across from me and asks, "Uh... why should I tell you about this?" It was true. He didn't have to tell me about it. We don't even know about each other.

Jonas smiles and says, "How long have you two known each other?" I sigh and answer, "We don't know each other. He is a disturbance in my life."

"Ouch." Christian says sarcastically. Jonas laughs and says, "He isn't really that bad. This is coming from his brother." I smile. Jonas is really nice unlike someone.

Jonas looks at his wrist watch and asks, "Would you like to join us for dinner?" I smile and nod. Christian frowns and says, "If it was me you would have said no."

"That's because you're annoying." I whisper. "What was that?" Christian asks as we walk out of the building. "Nothing." I tell him.

I enter Christian's car. Jonas gets in his own car. He was driving a Jaguar. That was a really nice car.

As Christian enters the car, he looks at me and asks, "Why do you like Jonas more than me?"

"I don't like either of you." I tell him while folding my arms. "He's just nice." Christian starts the car and follows right behind Jonas.

As we were driving, I look over at Christian. I try to figure out if I could see any difference between him and Jonas. "Take a picture. It would last longer." Christian says smiling as he makes a turn.

"You..." I stop myself as I look at where we were going to have dinner. The place looked so expensive. It's so beautiful.

As Christian parks his car, he gets down and helps me by opening the door. He helps me out and guides me inside. Jonas was already inside sitting down.

Christian sits with Jonas while I sit across from them. They look too much alike. We get or own menus. Everything on the menu was too expensive.

"I'll pay, don't worry." Christian says. I look up at him. He was smiling at me. I look away and order what looks really good.

As we were eating, Jonas says, "A way to tell us apart is by just looking at us. For instance, our features." I turn my face to the side and ask, "What do you mean?"

"One of us has defined cheekbones." Christian answers me. It was true. Christian was the one who had more defined cheekbones than Jonas. "Christian has it." I tell them.

"Correct. Another is, one of us is left handed. Can you guess?" Christian asks teasingly. I look at both of them. Jonas was holding his cutlery with his left hand. "Jonas does." I answer.

We continue to go back and forth. There were a lot of differences between them that one has to pay close attention to. They are really interesting but I still need to stay clear away from them. Especially Christian.

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"It was so nice meeting with you Esther." Jonas says shaking my hands. I smile at him and ask, "See you at work tomorrow?"

He shakes his head and answers, "Actually I am getting ready to leave for Italy. Christian and I are leaving in 2 weeks." I look at both of them in amazement. No wonder Christian wanted me to make my decision quickly.

After saying goodbye one more time, Jonas gets into his car and drives off. Christian looks at me then, opens the car door for me. I enter the car and relax. Christian enters the driver's side and sits down.

He starts the car and asks, "Did you have fun?" He asks as he starts driving. I nodded my head. Actually I did have so much fun. My mind was actually relaxed.

As we get closer to my apartment building, Christian says, "I am still waiting for your answer. You already heard from Jonas. We are leaving in 2 weeks." I look at him as he concentrates on the road.

He was still a stranger to me. I don't want to make a wrong decision and find myself in a situation that I can't get out from. As he parks his car, he turns to me and says, "I will give you a week to figure it out. You also have a say to this deal."

I nodded my head and get down from the car. I wave goodbye as he drives away. I sigh as I get inside my apartment building. I crash unto the couch as I get inside.

Sleep quickly came to me. I had a really good dream. My own cooking show. Live everywhere.

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The next morning, I get up ready for work as usual. I wear light makeup and get my things ready. As I head out of the apartment building, I was expecting Christian to be out there but he wasn't.

I sigh as I wave for a taxi. A taxi stops for me and I get inside. I had enough cash today. The taxi driver was trying to make conversation with me. I didn't really understand anything he was talking about.

When we get to the Black Cooperation, I pay for my ride and get inside the building. I head over to the kitchen and wear my apron and hang up my bag.

I wave at everyone. Today we had to make desserts for a meeting. It was for room 1202. Bella walks up to me and says, "Christian would be over there." I didn't really understand why she telling me.

We all lined up in a straight line. It was time for us to head over to the netting room. I sighed as we walked over there. When we got over there, the meeting room fell quiet.

I cleared my throat as I say, "Your desserts are ready." The chefs handed out the desserts. While they were doing that, I tried to catch Christian's eye but he didn't look at me.

Why am I trying to make him notice me?

All of us chefs all waited till they were done eating. After eating, Christian stood up and walked past me without looking at me. He walked out the door.

Wow.

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"Christian is the one with the anger issues."

I remember Jonas telling me. Maybe Christian was upset over this matter but it's my own decision. I don't want to end up in the wrong hands.

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All this week, I didn't see Christian at all. While I was at work, I just saw him talking along with his colleagues. He didn't look at me at all.

I was doing successfully well in my work. We were creating new dishes everyday. I made lots of friends.

The only person who I actually missed having around was Christian. Even though he was sort of annoying, he was at least able to make my day a little bit more fun.

As I woke up this morning, I knew it was decision day. I got dressed up for work and wore my light makeup. I got my things ready and headed out. I got the taxi as usual and got to work safely.

As I entered the building, I took a deep breath. You got this girl. I walked all the way down to Christian's office. His sign reading Christian Black.

I knocked on the door and opened it. Christian was seating there working. He looks up as he saw me enter.

"Do you have an answer?" Christian asks as he leans into his chair. I sigh as I seat across from him. "I have my own offer as well."

I came prepared. I know what I am doing and I had to negotiate. He looks at me and smiles. "Let's hear it."

"I will be your partner as long as you want but as long as I get my own baking show." I told him as I folded my arms.