Unbeatable Chef Xenon
Chapter 45
"Where should I drop you, boss?" Valentino asked him and he thought of seeing Alfredo at the hospital before going to the restaurant to start his training.
He has stayed up all night researching rare recipes his boss has never prepared in his life and surprisingly to him, he found out that those rare recipes were the simplest and the most delicious of all, ranging from Asian to European and African dishes that got him fascinated and had his mouth-watering with the way it was being prepared.
"Let's get to the hospital first, then we'll head to Royal Volt. After that we'll visit three more restaurants for lunch and dinner." He told Valentino who looked confused but started the car anyway and drove out. His major concern was why he chose to visit three different restaurants when he was the best when it came to cooking.
He entered First Choice Hospital and the first thing that lingered on his mind was how to change Alfredo to another hospital.
He was going to make a second choice and he didn't want to bump into Felicity and Vlad in the future. Those two were hypocrites and he was falling for their trap.
Alfredo was sitting upright and taking a beverage of tea when the door opened to reveal a fine man.
"Here he comes, I thought he was already preparing a funeral." Alfredo joked and Xenon's heart swelled in relief and he walked up to him.
"You didn't know how worried I was throughout. I'm sorry it had to be you.'
"Don't break a sweat Xenon, nothing much could have happened to me. I don't die easily in the human world."
"Still, it couldn't have been you. It's as if you took my downfall for yourself. I'm sorry and thank you, you look okay already but I was thinking of changing the hospital for you."
Alfredo shook his head and laughed.
"No Xenon, I have no plans of staying here or anywhere too long. It seems you finally connected the dots to what happened. You don't look so good!" He observed and Xenon nodded, biting his lips.
"Can you imagine the fact that Felicity and her father had a hand in this?" Alfredo nodded which made Xenon frown.
"Yeah, I overheard it when her father came in here to examine my health. I knew something was off at his request but I wasn't expecting this and it's all thanks to Andrea and Alec. He was pressured by them."
That last statement made Xenon grit his teeth in annoyance.
"I'll get back at them, I don't know how but I'm going to make them suffer even if they don't die. They pressurised my Aunty too and it's freaking annoying that all of this is happening at their orders.
No, I won't tolerate it again."
"What do you intend doing?" Alfredo asked him and it struck Xenon that he didn't even have the slightest idea on how to get back on those nincompoops.
"I was thinking of cooking with my full powers, luring them over, and venting out my frustration." Alfredo chuckled at him as if he said something childish and he bit his lips cutely.
"That won't hurt them at all, remember what happened the first day we met at the club?" Alfredo asked him and he looked confused.
"The smoke, warnings, t–"
"I do, I almost died from heart pains," Xenon recalled in horror how people were dropping down to the ground like sticks because of the effects of the smoke.
"Exactly, it's called the underground black smoke. it kills humans faster but many people like Andrea are paralyzed in deep pain for a long time." Xenon listened keenly to Alfredo but stared at him strangely as if he was asking for a hint to kill humans or to make use of smoke he never thought existed.
"Summon it on them," Alfredo added and finally gasped.
"What? I should kill my fellow people because of two wicked souls?"
"No Xenon, you can cook and let the aroma of your food take effect on the people. As long as your special aroma is sniffed on their body system, the underground black smoke won't affect anyone. Once you're done cooking, summon your dark smoke and it would drag them to you immediately, and as would know at once that someone is messing with them."
Alfredo told Xenon who thought hard and nodded. Of course, he wanted to mess with them and he was going to play a game with their head too, sending confusing signals to them. Peradventure followed them to wherever they came from even though his instincts kicked against such a dangerous idea.
"I'll give you updates Alfredo, be strong and get up. I'm not eligible to run the company yet so it's all in your hands." Xenon told him and stood up, taking a sip from his tea to walk out. When he savoured the milky taste of the tea in his tongue, he came back and dawned it all.
"See you later Alfredo." Xenon winked and walked out
"Lazy brat!" Alfredo muttered under his breath and watched him shut the door.
Xenon and Valentino left the premises until Xenon stopped him.
"It's alright, don't go further."
"But it's still a long walk from here to Royal Volt." Valentino frowned
"I know but it would be more suffocating to take me there with a car."
He told the man who was confused and stepped out of the car to walk to the restaurant.
Having the mindset to ignore everyone in the restaurant and go about his business, he passed Lucas and Natalia who were so busy setting up a well freshly prepared meal.
He had seen cars outside and wondered who the important guest was but shrugged it off as it was none of his business.
However, the moment Natalia saw him, she yelled.
"You shouldn't be at work by this time if you have plans to continue to work here as an apprentice!"
Xenon sighed and rubbed his brows.
"I'm just ten minutes late Natalia!"
"Yeah, and the President's daughter had been waiting for over an hour, idiot!" Lucas chuckled and Xenon's heartbeat quickened, wondering why the hell the President's daughter was here to see him.
Was he going to be finally arrested?
"Get out and meet her!" She fired at him and he cursed under his breath.
Not again.
Not again.