10. Stop acting like a five year old

" Who taught you to cook ?", he asked out of curiosity." My mom. She is a great cook and taught me how to cook since a very young age.", she said, her face lit with a smile. He could see that she really loved her mother.

" I am not sure if it is appropriate for me to ask this. Is boss estranged from his mother?", she asked hesitantly. Almost everyone in the company knew that they were separated. She took him by surprise when she asked.

" May I know what made you assume this?", he asked." Well first when I met them at the hospital, they didn't look like any other mother and son who would be at that situation. Usually, both would be supporting each other but both of them were grieving on their own separately. Second, today when I was helping him up to his bed, he was repeatedly apologizing to his mother.", she replied.

' She has great observation skills', he thought. Usually outsiders found it tough to see the estrangement between the two because they were skilled in putting up a facade.

" Yes. Both of them have been living separately since his father's death, that was two years ago. Though they act like they do not care for each other, but they have people who report about the other.", he said in a sad tone.

She nodded and continued to work. She did not want to pry into his personal life through anyone else. But this kept bothering her.

She quickly took the thoughts off her mind and continued cooking. He continued looking at her cook with intent. She was quite fast.

Within half an hour she had prepared a three course meal containing soup, spaghetti and a nutritious fruit salad. He was stunned by her speed.

" Wanna taste?", she asked enthusiastically. He nodded and started tasting. Each time he took a dish in his mouth, he would reach heaven. The food would melt in his mouth. His eyes were widened with the rich flavour and he was relishing the taste.

He looked at her in amusement and said," The food is unbelievably tasty. You have officially earned my respect Lara." Her face lit up.

They heard muffling noises and realised that he had woken up and so went into his room. He had just opened his eyes. He was feeling extremely tired but was smiling because he dreamt that Lara was taking care of him. When he sat up, he was surprised to see Lara and Miles and realised that she had actually taken care of him.

She asked him immediately" How are you feeling boss?"" I feel okay. Just a bit tired", he replied. He was feeling happy that she had concern for him. She then said," I will not disturb both of you. I'll serve lunch. Please come quickly", and left not waiting for a reply.

Miles went and sat next to him. He spoke," She is a dead awesome cook. Your house was mostly filled with rotten food and so she went shopping and replaced everything. She even said that you seriously needed a woman in your life or a maid." Both of them laughed.

She quickly went to the kitchen and started placing all the dishes. She then set up plates for both of them on the dining table. She served everything with an aesthetic sense.

The food smelled good and so she felt confident. By this time both of them walked in. They were looking at how beautifully she had decorated. The aroma mad their mouths water.

They were a bit confused when they saw only two plates." Aren't you going to eat Lara?", Liam asked." I'll eat sitting in the counter. I do not want to invade your privacy. Please enjoy the food and boss you have to take medicines later so please eat to your fill", she replied and turned to leave.

Both were quite surprised with this reaction." Please sit with us. You will definitely not be a disturbance.", said Liam. This surprised Miles.

She still had hesitation shone on her face." Please. We insist.", he said. She nodded and went to get her plate. Miles quickly snapped out of his daze and looked at Liam with amusement.

' Something is seriously wrong with brother. Should I call his psychiatrist to check on him?', Miles thought. Both went and sat and she joined them.

Liam would visit a psychiatrist once in a while due to stress and the distanced relationship with his mother was only worsening this. And trauma after a past incident only made this more frequent.

They had an enjoyable lunch. Liam was stunned by her cooking skills. All of them ate to their fill. They were having a casual chat and Liam was even cracking jokes. He was very lively.

Liam's strange behaviour kept surprising Miles. He realised that even though he was his cousin, he did not know the true Liam. The cheerful side of Liam was known to none and this girl brought that out of him within a few days.

After lunch she went to wash the dishes. Both of them decided to give her a hand. She was annoyed that Liam was trying to help even when he was sick." I don't mind a hand but boss please sit and take rest", she said in a calm but annoyed tone.

Liam wanted to tease her so he said in a childish tone," I'll be bored and lonely if I simply sit." This made both of them to gape at him.

" I am extremely sorry boss but I am going to have to do this", she said and pretty much pushed him and made him sit on a chair in the counter like he was naughty five year old. This action surprised both of them and he said," Hey! Am I not the boss here?"

" You definitely are the boss but now you are a patient and the doctor even said that you were sick due to stress. So I have no intention in making you more stressed and end up worrying by you falling sick again. So please sit tight and stop behaving like a five year old whose teddy bear was taken away at night,", she said in a very annoyed tone.

This made both of their eyes go wide. She had damn high guts to tell him what to do. Miles was surprised seeing that he did not fly into a rage.

Liam himself was surprised that he was feeling happy and not angry because of what she said. He was someone who listened to nobody but decided to obey his beautiful manager and sat quietly.