Midas touch with ingredients!

The next day magazine of the event was published. Rose defeated those who were expected to be the one on the front, with her simple lavender dress. It was mainly due to her natural beauty. Clearly the front page was adorned by Faith's picture and apart from him Rose had gained her share of popularity, as she was alongside him. The courage of the magazine editor is very great to do this. Who doesn't know that Faith was never associated with any woman till now. His photos are all of his alone. The editing was done meticulously as they really seemed like standing together. Perhaps the editor saw them good together and made it like this. Just as all the netizens were asking about them, the editor made a separate interview session that he could not find more suitable person than these two to be before his cover page. This amuse both Faith and Rose who were looking through the new magazine from their respected places. Leo and Catherine were very worried about her, but she explained everything to them. It was nothing but a coincidence.

The detail about each person were written very well and in detail. Seriously if one look closely Faith was given special attention. He was shower with compliments in each line more than once. Although Boyle had nothing special to contribute, she was too in the magazine. Her introduction was more like introducing her red dress. The dress she was wearing was designed by the famous designer Adrian Sterling. As for how and why Boyle got his help, it is unknown, but for those who know the black truth about these industries, guessing is not that hard. The hot news about the event was discussed in every news channel as they have nothing good to show.

Faith resided at the most venerable hotel in the city. George and Faith were asked by many people but they both deny for any interaction in the name of work. Yet, after two days, Rose visited him with nothing else but with her assistant. She left her bodyguards down as to not make a scene before Faith.

She was looking at the up going elevator. She wouldn't have come here if not for that request of Faith. He said, "There are too many people outside stalking for us. Once I went out, they will not leave me. So, can you come to my place to sign those documents." Rose sighed thinking how awkward. She thought of countless possibilities, yet she came even so. At the highest floor of the building, the room number that they were told was ajar. They stepped in without wasting anymore time outside. Living room was spacious with only George turning back in the middle.

George who just now came back with vegetables went back to the door. He was thinking about to stand at the door to wait for them was surprised. As he habitually checked the timing and invited them in, his words courteous, "Hello, Miss Rose. I'm Mr. Faith's assistant George. Please come in, Sir will be here in five minutes. Have a seat." Rose nodded, "We came earlier by ten minutes. We will sit here since Mr. Faith is busy." As she said Jenny gave the documents to George. The room service came in and delivered the refreshment. George looked at him briefly but didn't took any action. He looked through the papers instead till Faith came in. Faith stepped in the room in casual clothes.

He voiced out, "Apology for making you wait. I was at the meeting." Rose didn't say anything else just nodded. She is wearing brown button up attire. Her grace unmovable. All the way the contract had nothing to alter and was signed right after it was finished discussing.

Since it was almost lunch time Faith invited them to eat together. Rose had no way to deny it. As for lunch he said was made by himself. "If you are not busy, please join us." he said. All the ingredients were at the side of the table. All fresh. For a rich person like him, is it necessary to make his lunch himself? Maybe he was skeptical about the dishes here of East as they are being focused by so many people out there. Accident is not a joke. For a handsome man like him to face dead at such a young age is definitely a waste. Nevertheless, she will not believe that he is a naive man to do anything recklessly. Faith really is a mysterious and weird person. For him to do cooking must be due to various unfortunate circumstances of past. She was shocked at first yet calming her hot head which processed all these, she stood to help but none of the three members agreed.

Jenny will never let her do things like this, as her assistant she volunteered to help. George and Faith were also opposed it. They said, "You are the guest here, so naturally you can't do work." Naturally this was sufficient reason to make her sit. Her cooking was never good anyway. At home, the cooking she made is more likely to be made by her parents, as they will do everything leaving her just to watch. While she was thinking the three people engaged in making lunch she looked around. Their hotel room is as nice as nine pence. Their home must be same.

There was a stack of books on the table she took one in hand. Looking closely the book is the new updates of Elara Shadowmere. These are the new novels just updated by her. Her writing has always been non-fiction and she mostly writes thriller and mystery. It was shocking for real to see it here. Her books are like needle in the haystack. Rose had some suspicions. Did he spy on her? If not, how this book ended up here. For a long time, she thought and thought but eventually gave up. She sighed. Her thoughts were dramatic. Is there any written law that states that Faith and Rose cannot have similar likings. For Faith to have this is natural. The author is so famous, and her book is liked by millions of people. Her heart was envious for a while, but she thought that she will ask him later. Thinking that looking at them would not be good as it is not her home. She asked her bodyguards to bring her necessary documents up to do her work instead.

While going through it she forgot about her surrounding due to being engross in the recent project. In her last life, she had seen this plot of water-rich land near river having no good use and the Amber's used a deceptive means to sell it out in a high price. It was later used as a hydropower plant and was only made available for nearby office buildings. There were nearby villages which stayed in the dark since they don't have any electricity. This time it is bought by Rose. She will sure make use of it in the best way possible. This time there are medical camps and schools nearby instead of the village. It had not many people living in it at the first place. So, she moved them away and provided them job in these institutions. Be it uneducated or educated as they fit. This is the best deal she made with them. Her losses will be made up later on from electricity bills, school and college fees after few years. As for now they are for free till next five years. She hasn't made any deal which will cost her without any profit in this life. In future too there won't be any. This will make those Ambers frustrate. She can already see them pulling their hairs out just out of anger. Anger is the biggest enemy of a person. This quote was said by people including political leaders, past philosophers and spiritual and religious leaders. Rose firmly believes in it.

Inside the kitchen, George asked Jenny, "Miss Jenny is so young to work at such a high post. It is really admirable. You are very talented too." He asked with a serious pause, "By the way, where are you from?"

Jenny is a calm woman, but she is not tall and is petite making her look very young. She is sharp but easily drops her guard down. She replied, "I'm from Utopolis." She added without him continue to ask, "An orphan like me was struggling live the next day of my life when Madam found me. I was just a regular university student supported by scholarship. For a girl like me to have a small job was a very big grace." She smiled thinking back and added, "She was as beautiful as she is now. For some reasons, I took courage to ask her only one question and it brought me here."

George was very interested in her past as he had the sliced green chili in a separate plate, he asked, " What was that question?" His eyes extra-large as he is truly curious. Jenny didn't notice his weirdness and said, "I asked her, 'If I were to study hard, would I be getting the job which can provide me all my basic necessities?' At that time job was hard to find even if it was of a sweeper. That time she said, 'I don't know about anyone else but if you can top this year than you'll get everything that you just said, and I'll guarantee you this.' At first, I didn't take it seriously. It could be just a passing word, yet I did study hard thinking about it. Even if she just said it out jokingly, but she did come as she promised me." Her look softened considerably as she remembered the moment her life changed.

As her mind dive into old memories George clicked, "It seems you got lucky that you met Rose." He thought she must be interviewed before appointing as her assistant. It was a surprised that she was just picked up by Rose just as he was by Faith. Just slight differences yet not much. Jenny nodded and started to add endless stories to her loyal listener. Faith did all the cooking and instructed George to look after the boiling soup and left the kitchen.

In the living room, he saw Rose so much in her work that she didn't notice him at all. For him, this sight could be considered as the most heartwarming scene he had seen after so many cold years. Her golden hair under the sunlight shine more giving off a warm feeling and the milky skin an appearance of softness. Her cold face doesn't seem so distant as she looked at other files. Her blue eyes were like the azure sea deep yet calm while watching down at the earth. Those hands which held the white paper were slender, that it looks like something beyond belief, but too real to ignore, an art of flesh and bones.

It was a long time later, that Faith felt his eyes sore and realized that it was not good for him to stare at her like this. He moved making a sound. Rose heard it and looked up with awkwardness. Her pen and ruffling of paper stopped. Seeing her silly look, he sat opposite to her and asked, "You seemed busy, so I pushed the meal an hour later. You are fine with it right?" When did he did that? Well George will handle it as he asked him to look after the 'boiling soup'. That was of course indicated to Jenny. Although the soup really was boiling.

Rose nodded as she said, "I'm already causing you so much trouble. The lunch is not a problem. Please don't mind me. I was getting bored that's why I was looking through this." Faith smiled a little at her and said, "Please continue your work. Meanwhile I'll read one of the books." He grabbed the one on the table and began to flip through it. All the stack of books has black cover, and the name of the book and author name is written in silver white. Rose was very curious about these books, and she asked, "Ahem, I wanted to ask earlier, where did you get these books of Elara Shadowmere? I wanted few but couldn't find it anywhere."

Faith hearing her proposed his idea, "Her book really is rare. It's not surprising that you can't find it. You want it, then you can have it." Rose shook her head with no second thought and said, "I wanted to buy her books but taking yours is not good." She won't snatch others book as they are of great importance. However, he who wants to give her these said again, " You can borrow mine if you can't take it." He added focusing on her previous question, "It was bought by my sister as she knows I like this author. Maybe she has a way to contact her. I'll ask her later and tell you." As his voice faded Rose curiously looked up and asked, "You have a sister?"

From her looks she doesn't seem to know anything about him, thus, though with some disappointment he told her, "Yeah. Her name is Jenifer, and she is a model. She works all over the world. You should have heard of her. Maybe." The picture of a girl that has identical face of Faith emerged in her mind. However, she never saw someone like that in famous people's list. She made a 'oh' expression before saying wait and search through her tablet and a picture emerged. She showed him and asked, "Is she the one you are talking about?" It was just a hunch.

He nodded adding, "Yes, she is." Right after finishing his words, he got to face with her rare yet serious wish, "Please get me her autograph. I am a very big fan of her." Her eyes sparkling as she looked expectantly at him. He asked in a flash, "You like modelling?" Although he never heard of her interest in modelling, she can be a great model with not much effort. As for the reason he cannot think any further. Hearing this Rose shook her head decisively but clarified her reason, "She is a good person. As you must remember last time the Northern part was blasted by nuclear plant, I saw her. She was helping people there. Your sister is very warm."

Hearing her words Faith instead asked, "What were you doing at that place?" Jenifer was indeed there, and she gave him almost a healthy heart attack. Rose didn't meet his eyes like before yet nonchalantly replied, "I was there for my work. It was unexpected that I saw her." Faith felt helpless. Talking about others like they are God, while she herself is the real God. Faith heard that the donation of a 'certain person' was more than billion dollars. That much of money was used for foods, clothes, and shelters of all the people. It was even used in making up the loss of quarter of the total exploded areas. His sister never did that much of donation. This woman is really... He doesn't even know what to say to her now. He smiled helplessly and said, "En, she was there for her shooting at that time." His sister is like a bomb which can blast anytime, anywhere with no regard for anyone. Moreover, Jenifer never sympathizes with anyone, she is merciless and unexpected. She did donation is already a shock to Faith.

Coming back to the topic, he said again, "I'll lend you these books. As it is hard to find someone of similar likes, it's better to share and talk about it." Rose agreed and thanked him before looking through her documents. Faith looked at the book which is brought this morning. He still remembered the look which Jenifer gave him. It was mixture disdain with confusion, "Why you want to read those books? They are nothing special. They are all crazy killing and manipulating people." Faith refuted with a humph sound, "I just like those. A person should never question others taste in books. You know this, don't you?" His favorite author from past till now is always questioned by Jenifer like this. Just he never thought Rose would like it too. It was a pure accident to know this. For a seemingly gentle woman like her to be interested in these books is a surprised. Although he can know everything including her like and dislike, he just doesn't feel right about it. [says who; the person who has her most confidential information].

More like he feels thrilled whenever this kind of thing happens.

As he rests his thoughts and Rose did her work an hour went by in a blink of eye. It was too short. Jenny and George set the tables. They had their lunch in peace. The talkers were only Jenny and George. Rose was very glad that she stayed to have lunch. The meatballs and others were perfectly juicy and cooked with taste of different spices. The taste was authentic. If she could take few boxes of these foods, her parents would feel gratified. Thinking this, she secretly laughed. Faith said looking at her somewhat excited but not clear look, "Have more, no need to feel shy." Rose who was even thinking about taking some home was stuck by realization that it is not her friend's home or any hotel to take home. She coughed heavily and this terrified everyone. Faith hurriedly offered her water. Her face was flushed. Faith asked worried, "Are you feeling any discomfort?"

"Oh, no not really. I was thinking about something and choked while eating." She was still embarrassed and cannot face him again. Faith feeling something off offered, "Like to have some juice? Fruit juice?" She nodded and drank the juice. It was really unexpected for her to choke like this. People can misunderstand her reaction. Clearly, her appetite is way bigger than what others think. Usually, she would eat more than two person's part. If she didn't eat her full today, one thing is sure that she won't sleep in peace. Her face mind heated and she cannot think straight. She looked at her food again and said at their worried face, "I want to eat more. Will it be any problem?" Right after finishing her words, she regretted. 'Rose get grip on yourself, will you!!!!' It's not like you never had any authentic foods before, so why the hell do you want to make yourself shameful.' But the food is truly delicious. They are supreme and she never eaten anything like this before. She will definitely ask him about the recipes.

The three people who heard this were momentarily stuck in doubt as for what they just heard. She is still focusing on her food. Her gaze was still wandering over the food. Her choking look almost gave them heart attack. Thinking this George really felt weirdly resemblance between Rose and Faith. Both will never give up the thing they like. Faith smiled making a dimple on his clear cheeks, as he said, "I wanted to eat too. Come on let's dig in." He helped her to feel less embarrassed. George and Jenny were cautious enough to not be an idiot to talk about logic. They take a back seat. George said, "Our boss has the Midas touch with ingredients." His nose high feeling proud. Rose said too, "It really is too good." Even her parents are failed before this delicious meal.

Rose will never deny this and nodded with full support. Her previous red face is now nowhere to be seen. She thought eating good food is the grace left by God. Why shy when she was given this chance to eat something so delicious. That day everyone ate their fill. Rose and Jenny left with all pleasant feeling and few books. However, while taking a step on the car Rose felt someone very ominously watching her back. As she looked sideways, she saw the person behind the hotel's stylish pillar. The person was ready to shoot as she can see the gun below her abdomen and just as she wanted to make a move George appeared. This person has dressed in all black with no distinguished figure of man or woman. George nodded towards her with reassured gesture. Grabbing that person from behind skillfully he stuck at the neck. The person fainted and George grabbed the anonyms back with him. As the problem is solved, she didn't waste her breath and went away. Whenever she is outside, she will be on her guards. In Faith's room the thing was an exception. She had forgotten to stay on guard, the feeling this man gives is like she is wrapped in a cozy blanket. At least she can agree on that he is not a danger.

Way back at their room George and Faith faced the fainted person. It was a woman who had stuff various clothing's to made herself look like man. She is not an unknown as Faith had encountered her back at the banquet. He can still recall how hateful he felt. George who knew her exclaimed, "She is Boyle. The one that push Rose under water."

Faith raised his eyebrows. For a woman to be this courageous and vicious he cannot think of any other possibility but doubt her mindset. Boyle was running here and there for the whole day. Faith got this news when Rose had just arrived. He let her roam for a while, but she saw Rose going out of his room and almost attacked her. She was courting dead. His eyes filled with wrath, but he controlled as he can understand why Rose let this vicious vile creature live. He ordered, "Kick her back to the place you picked her. Let her be for now. Rose will do everything herself."

George did as he said. When Boyle got back her consciousness she was being shouted by the security, "Why are you sleeping here in late night. Lady where do you live?" He was a middle-aged man and was worried about her. The aged- eyes really cannot look through people like they used to. Boyle apologized and said that her health was not good thus fainted here. She left quickly from there, but she unknowingly left her gun behind. It must be on the ground from the start that's why she didn't hear any sound of it clashing down. Nevertheless, the security guard who saw it was terrified. He had to contact his superior for it in the late night. The old man promised to never help people with no knowledge in future.

Boyle was lucky that the area was of a prestigious hotel, thus no hooligans were out. It was unknown how she ended up there. She was all ready to kill Rose in one shot. How dare she?! She was with Faith all day. That bitch must have used some kind of drug to make Faith let her in his room. However, she is clear on this matter in her mind. Without Faith's agreement how can she last so long in that room. It must be that she insisted and force herself upon Faith. But can't Faith just kick her out, he can, yet he didn't. Doesn't this mean something. Her mind snaped another possibility. They cannot be having an affair, are they? Her eyes turned vividly crazy as she pondered over it. Rose! Rose! What's her problem? Why she always snatches the thing she like? Everything! Rose was aiming her since she came back from hospital seventeen years ago. Boyle is a little self-centered but not to the point that she cannot see how Rose is making her life into real hell.

Here Boyle was being super unreasonable with little insight. This is what makes people go crazy.

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