Chapter 22: Making a call and showing off my culinary skills

Ace P.O.V

After Flash Bambino (Derrick) ran past me to start his exploration I sat on the sofa to start what would be an embarrassing phone call after a long breath I started the call after 3 ringing tones I could hear my Uncle's voice 

-Hey you finally remembered to call us after half a day already forgetting about us brat

-Shut up Old men something good happened, is Lena beside you?

-No but I can get her on the phone if you need to talk to her she should be in the shower we got up only 30 minutes ago 

-I need to talk to both of you so go get her or call me back when you both are available. Also, Uncle is your performance good enough so I can hope for a nephew or niece soon

-Humph insolent brat don't hang up I'll go get Helena 

-Hahaha I'll wait

Since I had to wait I put my phone on speaker so that I could start preparing ingredients that I would use for dinner I wanted to impress Alicia's mother I was going to make Crab Cake Stuffed Mushrooms as an appetizer, Salmon with Horseradish Pistachio Crust with Warm Apple & Pistachio Spinach Salad for the main dish and for dessert, it will be a Strawberry Mascarpone Cake midway through my preparation for my cake I heard Lena voice coming through the phone

-Little Ace already missing us you want to come back you change your mind and will come study here?

-Nice try Lena but no I called to speak to you and Uncle about something important and please don't interrupt me before I finish talking

-We're all ears said, my Uncle

-Alright I'll start with the news that will surprise only Uncle Alicia and I are in a relationship. Uncle, I will need you to open a bank account for her She is a singer I wrote songs for her I want you to help with distribution I will send you all the songs I made for you to register the copyrights I plan to release a single and make an album for her later. I will also release songs on my own under my pen name you know what to do with the money the songs will make. oh and lastly we will be living together from now on so I need you to send me another key card for the villa don't forget to raise Veronica's salary since she has double the workload she was supposed to have. Oh, I almost forgot one more thing DON'T COME HERE ... I will bring her to the island before schools start so that you can meet her, am I clear LENA?

-NOOOO Ace why it's not fair you can't do that to me shouted Helena

-Ok ok stop yelling Lena, Doug told me that Scarlett would be fine next week so you can visit us and bring her at the same time is that alright?

-YEAH hehe hehe little Ace got himself a girlfriend he didn't make the girl wait 15 years at least 

I could hear my Uncle grumbling in the back (giggles) I must say since the day she realized her emotions she has been less and less shy in other terms she has a sharp tongue and is almost as petty as me!

-I will get everything done today except for the copyrights which may take a little longer than the rest, for clarification do you want me to open a bank account for her in our institution here or in a random bank? 

-Of course in our own bank and I'll be even more precise you gonna give her the same kind of treatment a family member is having also open a joint bank account and put 20% of what I have in it I will send you every information about Alicia that will be needed bring all papers needed to be signed next week when you guys visit us

-So it's serious with this girl do you plan to marry her? asked Lena

-Yes I do I won't date a girl without marriage in mind and yes she knows since we talked about it

-I just wanted to make sure of something are you sure about the 20% It is a lot of money you know said my Uncle

-Knowing her she won't even touch it before we get married at least, so it doesn't matter since after that she will have access to everything. I'm doing this more for Alicia's mother so she can see I'm not playing with her daughter

-I see alright I trust you so I won't ask questions anymore see you next week brat

-Bye love you guys see you next week oh and kiss Mammy for me, Lena 

-Alright she will get so excited to hear about all this I'm going to see her right now love you my little Ace 'muah' 

Lena ended the call with a kissing sound while I continued preparing the food 

Teresa P.O.V

Alicia had been driving for almost an hour already we were now in Manhattan I understood now why it took so long for them to arrive home I didn't think his family was this well-off I was even more stunned when my daughter drove into Morton Street no wonder she wasn't scared about the financial burden living like an adult would bring if they live here Ace can pretty much buy Alicia anything she needs heck I bet he can even hire himself a cleaning lady but nothing had prepared me for what I witness next first she pulled into the most luxurious building on the street the famous luxurious condo of 90 Morton street and not only the guard open the gate smiling but when talking to my daughter I thought he would kiss her hand in deference 

-Ms. Alicia welcome back, Mr. Ace asked me to give you this sticker for your mother's car he also put her on the list so she can come here as she wishes, I see you have a lot of boxes here do you want me to call some people to help you?

-That won't be necessary Oscar thank you for this and you do not need to be polite with me just call me Alicia

-I can't do this Ms. Alicia you are almost our boss now I wish you a wonderful day I will now take my leave he said to my daughter with a playful grin

-Who is your boyfriend really? I asked my daughter

-I'm not sure myself I just know that this building belongs to his family it's really weird being treated this way but I can get used to this feeling pretty quickly hehe

-Wait Ace is part of THE Smith family 

-What do you mean by this Mom?

-It means that I can't even hate your boyfriend now I said with a tired sigh

-Why?

-Because the family of your boyfriends is one of our biggest clients at the firm if I say something I shouldn't and your boyfriends decide to change firm because of me that would mean the end of my career

-Ace isn't like that Mom and that was not what I meant when I asked you what you meant when you said 'THE Smith family'

-Oh right just that your boyfriend is part of one of the richest families on earth hell they even own a country, one of the most prestigious banks in Switzerland multiple professional sports teams, and assets that can even surpass some countries

-No wonder the house is so luxurious and that he came to New York in a private jet this explains a lot of things 

-That's it! that's how you react to this news?

-How do you want me to react I don't like Ace for his family so it doesn't matter at all to me he could have been dead poor I still would have liked him 

-You're not nervous at all knowing this 

-No you just gave me another good reason to move in with him humph I won't let those gold digging bitch come closer to my Ace 

-Watch your mouth, young girl!

-Sorry, but Mom how do you know that Ace is part of the Smith family you are talking about I don't understand

-Because it was our firm that negotiated the contract on behalf of the precedent owner with the Smith family lawyer for the purchase of this building 

-I see, I need to call Ace for the elevator can you help me load my things in the elevator when it comes?

-Yes I'll help you 

Ace P.O.V

I was still in the kitchen when Alicia called me from the parking lot she needed me to call the elevator for her and her mother I stopped what I was doing for a second and made my way toward the living room where Derrick was watching TV after finishing his exploration of the villa

-Derrick take this and go help your sister and mother move your sister's things up I said giving my key card to him 

-Why me it's your girlfriend who is moving here with you 

-Well if you do not want to eat I can always make it happen, bambino

-NOOO no bro I didn't say anything ill go now and stop calling me that he said sprinting in the direction of the elevator

Not a chance I thought (giggles) going back to the kitchen I looked at the timer on the oven that was cooking the cake and put the mushrooms and salmon in another one after 30 minutes everything should be ready I love this kitchen a little bit bigger than I need but for making multiple dish at the same time it was the best 20 minutes later while I was making the salad dressing Alicia mother entered the kitchen and sat at the kitchen counter looking at me I could feel she wanted to talk 

-Ms. Augello, do you have something you want to talk about?

-Why didn't you tell Alicia about your family?

-Because it wouldn't have changed anything and if you think I wanted to hide it just know that I called my family earlier to open a joint bank account for Alicia and me even if I know she probably won't want to touch it but it will be there in case something happen and since I knew she wasn't this kind of girl I didn't see any need to tell her about my family I didn't hide I have money but I didn't want to scare her either well now its seems she knows about my family right?

-You two are really made for each other, yes she knows and like you, she said that it didn't change anything sigh

-Hahaha I knew it, is Derrick still helping Alicia unpacking?

-Hum even if I don't like the fact that you both will live together you seem like a good guy and it smells amazing Alicia didn't lie when she said you could cook what are we having for dinner

-Crab Cake Stuffed Mushrooms as an appetizer, Salmon with Horseradish Pistachio Crust with Warm Apple & Pistachio Spinach Salad for the main dish, and for dessert a Strawberry Mascarpone Cake hope you guys will like it, it will be ready in 7 minutes I will go get Alicia and Derrick ill be right back

-Sounds appetizing and I will go get them finish what you are doing 

10 minutes later we were all sitting around the table eating my cooking it was a new recipe I hadn't tried making before but it turned out well, my mother from my past life always said that when people eat in silence it means it is good and by how quiet it was here except for the sound of the fork at the bottom of the plate Derrick was eating like a wolf who was fasting all winter Alicia was looking at me with stars in her eyes after every 2 or 3 bites I was really holding myself back to not kiss her right here and now with how cute she was acting right now and Ms. Augello was trying to muffle the 'Mmm' closed-lip moan that was about to escape her mouth indicating that she was probably in heaven right now when everyone finished I stood up to go get the cake in the kitchen Derrick was looking at me for the last 10 minutes with his pleading eyes humph as if id serve him before Alicia and his mother poor him i will take my time even more (giggles)