Inspired by the Naruto Is Reincarnated fanfic on Webnovel. A story of how Sakura sent herself back in time after the Fifth Great Ninja War and vows to change everything for the better. To do so, she experimented on herself and created techniques. Until she finally created a Jutsu that could send her back using a rare medium.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 New International Version (NIV)
16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 

In life, surviving is frightening. In ancient Europe, without the letter of broken relationships leads to a different story. How can people deal with depression, schizophrenia or illness ? Love is complicated to explain. Please pray for those who are suffering. Yet, the light of hope, faith and love.
Revenge is not the best answer.

The blue crystal master. Trisha, the heart master, told her many times he was her fate, that he was her destiny - the only person who would survive her every touch. She pondered on the idea, asking herself, 'Could it be him?'
"Miss, I - just want to know your name," said the man before her.
She was still in a daze, unable to revert at his advances. She took a step closer and studied his angular face. He had a pair of deep-seated eyes, shaded in sky blue, with long lashes and thick brows. His dark blonde hair was cut short while his chin up to his jaws had grown a quarter of an inch of beard.
He had a slender and pointed nose that barely flared even as he reacted to her earlier avoidance.
"Miss," the man said. "How about I treat you for lunch?"
It was because of her curiosity that Amanda reluctantly agreed and took the seat on the other side of the table.
As she continued to study him, she realized how thin his lips were, and how slightly pale they were. The same could be said with his skin. If not for her godly powers, hearing perfectly the beating of his heart, he would remind her of twilight's Edward Cullen, a vampire. His skin was so fair, it looked like he had not had any sun in years.
"What would you like to have?" He asked while smiling at her.
She turned to Tracy and saw the baffled look on her face. Her friend knew too well it was not like her to accept a stranger's invitation. She said, "It's okay, Tracy… I'll take my lunch with him… Can I have a tuna sandwich and orange juice, please?"
"Okay, if you say so," said Tracy as she walked towards the table and took Amanda's order slip. Turning to the unknown man, she said, "Your orders will be ready in twenty minutes."
"Oh, and.. I want my steak medium-rare," added the man.
"Sure thing!" Tracy confirmed with a smile before disappearing to the kitchen.
Amanda remained staring at him. She asked herself, 'If he is the blue crystal master, how come I am not sensing it? I should be able to feel the power within, just like the others.'
She thought perhaps a better concentration would do the trick. She recognized she required to touch him again and let the crystal do a better assessment. She needed to be sure… She needed to know if he was the blue crystal master.
"I know I'm handsome but you don't need to keep looking at me like that," the man said, obviously giving a tease.
Hearing his incorrect assumption, she looked away, saying nothing, merely looking through the glass window.
"My name is Christopher. Christopher Towns," he introduced himself.
Amanda's eyes narrowed at him, doubting his last name. "Towns? Seriously?"
He smiled again and looked down at the table where his fingers were locked together. He gazed back at her green eyes and answered, "Towns. Yes, unfortunately, that is really our last name… You can call me Chris for short."
"And... you are Amanda!" He said, pointing out her nameplate.
"Can I ask you a favor, Chris?" She asked straight away, ignoring the fact he found out her name. Amanda had to get it over and done with.
"Anything!" responded Christopher.
"Can I - can I hold your hand?" She asked.
Christopher's earlier smile turned into a smirk. He then extended his hand to her and said, "My pleasure to hold a beautiful lady."
Amanda ignored his compliment and gulped at the sight of his hand. She lazily bought up her hand on the table to hold his. The moment she touched him, she was yet again amazed.... Nothing. Absolutely nothing happened to him. 
"Look, "she said. "I'm going to pray."
"Hah? Are you - "
"Please, just do as I say. Can you close your eyes?" Amanda said. It was the only thing she could think of as an excuse to touch him longer.
"Pfft! Okay… If you say so," said Christopher.
Seeing him shut his eyes, Amanda looked around the near-empty restaurant before diverting her gaze back at him. The other customers were too far from where they sat, and Tracy was still in the kitchen. She concluded it was safe.
The Southern Deli was just but a small restaurant cafe. Most of its customers arrive at night, after getting off from work. 
This was exactly why Thomas Kent only kept three employees in the day, including his own son to manage it.
While maintaining her hold on to Christopher, Amanda also closed her eyes and covered them with her other hand. Silently, she instructed the occupant inside her body to feel the blue crystal.
As her powers promptly responded to her call, she felt her entire body heating up and her eyes slightly burning, but in just less than the minute she had found her answer. The crystal determined he was not a master of any other crystal and there was none inside of him.
Amanda opened her eyes and let go of his hand in dismay. She told herself, ' Of course… not him again… I should not have hoped. I remain to be cursed.'
Realizing he was still at it, closing his eyes and waiting for her instructions, she said, "I'm done praying. I prayed you would help this restaurant get more customers… that you would be a medium for it to survive another year."
Christopher went chuckling. He leaned back and continued to control his laughter as he turned his gaze in different directions. He said, "You are a strange one."
Her eyes had already turned disinterested in him, knowing he was not the one she thought he was. She gave no other acknowledgments or any form of response after that. She just wanted to finish her lunch.
"Here you go," said Tracy as she served Amanda's sandwich and Christopher's steak. "I'll be back with your drinks."
Christopher eagerly sliced through his steak and realize there was too much blood. He hissed and said, "This is not medium-rare." He looked up to find Tracy calling out to her. "Excuse me?"
Amanda turned to find Tracy as well, but she was nowhere in sight. She was about to send back the steak when he stood up and walked towards the counter. She then looked around and seized the moment.
Putting her hand on top of the steak, she gave it a lit, further cooking his steak. She then quickly took a tissue and wiped the blood that was earlier visible on his plate.
When she looked at her sandwich, she realized the bread was not toasted to her satisfaction. She also gave it a little heat, further browning the bread. She did the same on the other side.
She heard Tracy walk back with Christopher, saying, "I'm so sorry about the steak, let me - "
Tracy stopped herself from seeing the cut on the steak. It did not look rare to her. She turned to Christopher, who also had the same observation. The steak seemed more caramelized than how he remembered it.
Christopher sat back and sliced through the meat on another side. He saw just a touch of pink on the steak, suggesting it was cooked medium-rare. He pouted his lips and his brows drew together saying, "I - I guess I was imagining things."
"Maybe it was the juice from the meat… It happens," said Amanda before taking a bite on her sandwich.

What could be more tragic than a love that is forbidden?

Amanda Fisher was living a secret life. For the most part, she was a restaurant waitress, serving meals day and night. She had a beautiful face that was constantly recognized, but behind the face is a powerful force. 

Amanda was the master of the red crystal element, one of the most powerful among the six. 

Every two decades or so, It was said that the crystal chooses its host. In her group, Amanda was the third master who came about. 

After five years of carrying out her responsibility, Amanda was an accomplished warrior, but soon her powers became unmanageable and only the master of the blue crystal can tame her flames. 

For years she went in search of the said master, only to find herself growing tired. She gave up her power to be with someone she loved, someone she earnestly thought was normal and not like her... or so she thought.

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With hands tied behind her back, Amanda watched the man she loved being pushed into giving up the power they sought. 

"Hand me the power or your woman will die!" threatened Vasco, the leader sent from Oscoria, a forsaken place from the world of Pelagy. 

Vasco held up a sword against Amanda's neck, further worrying Christopher. 

She witnessed him forcefully letting out the force that the enemies sought for, but eventually, he hurled his hands on the ground, saying, "I don't even know this power! I can't take it out and simply hand it over! Take me! Take me instead!"

The mercenaries turned their attention back to her, with an intent to kill. 

Amanda had never begged her entire life, but that day she pleaded to the master of heart in silence, 'Please! Please, I beg you! Give me my strength back! Give me the power to fight! Even for just for this time!'

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Thank you for giving this novel a chance! This is my first try at a fantasy romance novel and I hope you will support me. 

If Fantasy is not your thing, you may try my other novels. Note that all my novels are all romance related. :)

If you like naughty R-18 with a touch of action, try The President's Lover is a Fighter. 

If you like simply crazy and hilarious, try out Tricking my Cold Lover.

As expected, this little foodie is always able to convince others with her strange logic. Mag shook his head with a smile. He turned to look at the clock on the wall, and said, "Alright, that's enough practice for today. Go and play with Amy, Anna. I'll call the two of you when dinner's ready.
"Amy, from today onward, Anna is going to live at our place for a few days. Take her upstairs and show her around," Mag said to Amy.
"Really? That's fantastic!" Amy's eyes immediately lit up. She picked up Anna's hand as soon as the latter put down her knife, and led her outside with an elated expression as she said, "Big Sister Anna, I'll take you to my playground, then I'll take you to sleep on my little bed."
Mag looked at the two little girls with a warm smile on his face. It was undoubtedly good news for him that the girls got along so well.
After dinner, Anna and Amy went to play in the square while the restaurant prepared for the busy dinner service.
"Boss Mag, how could you take an unannounced break like this? I've been starving for an entire afternoon, so I'll have to order an extra bowl of Yangzhou fried rice to console myself."
"I know, right? I hurried over here during my lunch break today, but your restaurant was closed! You have to compensate me for my lost time, Boss Mag."
"I'm suddenly really glad that I was too busy to come here for lunch today. I'll get two steaks, one medium and one medium-well, and I'll get the medium one first."
As soon as the customers began to enter the restaurant, they all expressed their displeasure at the unannounced break the restaurant had taken earlier during the day.
Mag merely smiled in response to these complaints. He had to condition himself to get used to complaints like this as he was going to have to take a much longer break to facilitate his trip to Rodu.
The customers came and left, and the long line outside gradually shortened, yet business was still booming for the restaurant.
A slightly antiquated horse-drawn carriage stopped in front of the restaurant, and Ian slowly disembarked. He looked at the extremely popular restaurant, and a smile appeared on his face as he said, "I love these super popular restaurants with so many customers. If a restaurant doesn't even have any customers, then there's no point in trying out its food."
"Master, it looks like we'll have to line up. Should I talk to the restaurant owner to reserve the entire restaurant for the night?" a middle-aged butler asked.
"I'm not the king, so why would I reserve an entire restaurant just to have a meal? You have to fix this habit of yours, Brooker." Ian chuckled as he made his way toward the restaurant and joined the end of the line.
"Yes." Brooker nodded and hurried over to his master's side.
The restaurant doors opened as a customer emerged from within, and the decadent aroma wafting toward Ian made his eyes light up immediately.
Compared to the lively line outside the restaurant, the interior of the restaurant was remarkably tranquil and peaceful.
All of the customers seated inside were completely immersed in their meals, and would only utter an occasional word of praise when they simply couldn't help themselves.
The customers lined up in the restaurant were also waiting quietly for new seats to open up. Even if they were speaking, they made sure to do so in hushed tones in order not to disturb the dining customers. 
The restaurant's decor was very intricate, there was just enough space between the tables, and the overall dining environment was very pleasant.
Ian cast his gaze around the restaurant before nodding with approval. Regardless of what the food here was like, the restaurant had satisfied all of the other criteria required to provide a splendid culinary experience.
Furthermore, the fact that elves and orcs were willing to sit and dine at the same table indicated that this restaurant's food seemed to possess some kind of magical property that prompted one to set their prejudices aside.
Ian waited for a while before the customers at several tables finished their meals almost at the same time, and Yabemiya made her way over to him and Brooker as she said, "Come on in. There are two seats that have just opened up over there." 
"Have a seat, Brooker," Ian said to Brooker, who was standing beside the table with his hands clasped behind his back.
"I'm happy to stand here and serve as you eat, Master," Brooker said as he bowed his head slightly.
"I'm not so old and useless yet that I need someone to feed me." Ian chuckled.
Brooker hesitated momentarily before sitting down across from Ian. However, he made sure that only one of his buttcheeks came into contact with the seat so he could stand up and serve Ian at a moment's notice.
"Here is our restaurant's menu. You can have a look and see what you'd like to eat." Yabemiya handed a menu over to Ian. At the same time, she had noticed that this old man was rather interesting and seemed to be quite an esteemed figure.
"Alright, let me have a look." Ian opened the menu, and his eyes lit up at the sight of the beautiful images of the dishes laid out before him.
This menu was completely different from the menus of other restaurants, which presented the names of the dishes along with a textual description. The accompanying images on this menu were extremely life-like and alluring, striking one with the urge to taste all of them.
The names, images, and prices of the dishes had been made very apparent, and the menu was very easy to navigate.
For a restaurant of this scale to charge such high prices yet still be so popular indicates that the food here must indeed be very good. Ian nodded to himself as he scanned through the prices on the menu.
"I'll get a black pepper steak and a savory tofu pudding." Ian closed the meu before handing it to Brooker as he said, "Brooker, you pick something for yourself as well."
Brooker flipped open the menu, and was rather stunned by the prices being charged. After a brief hesitation, he said, "I'll… get a Yangzhou fried rice and a sweet tofu pudding."
"Certainly. Sir, may I ask how you would like your steak cooked?" Yabemiya asked Ian with a smile.
"What do you suggest for an old man like me?" Ian asked with a smile.
"You look very healthy for your age, so I'm sure you'll be able to handle anything. The medium steak will be more tender, while the medium-rare steak will be slightly tougher, and the medium-rare beef will have a stronger flavor. You can pick any of those based on your own tastes," Yabemiya introduced with a smile.
"Then I'll get a medium-rare steak. I like my food with a harder texture," Ian decided with a nod.
"Alright, please wait for a moment." Yabemiya nodded as she made her way into the kitchen.
What kind of nonsensical policies has Jeffree implemented? This half-dragon waitress's serving attitude and quality are far superior to that of the average waiter. These discriminatory policies should've been abolished long ago, Ian thought to himself as he looked on at Yabemiya's departing figure.
"Surely there's no better wine than the wine brewed at our winery, though," Ian murmured to himself with his brows furrowed in contemplation.
"Here's your medium-rare black pepper steak."
A short while later, a steak was placed in front of him.


In Chaos City on the Norland Continent, there is a strange restaurant.

Here, elves and dwarves share tables. Beastmen are prohibited from making a din, and giant dragons can only seat around the tiny square in front of the restaurant. Even demons have to bring their own stools…

But it is such a strange restaurant that has long lines outside every day.

Elves are stuffing kebabs, paying no mind to their manners; giant dragons are sitting around a hot pot, strainers in their hands; demons are eating nice-looking dango…

"There's no other place on this continent where you can find food like that! The boss here is a genius!" a customer provides such a review. Then, he gives a furtive look at the door. "Also, don't you think of kidnapping the boss away or dine-and-dashing, or you will suffer a tragic death."

"Eat, pay, or you will be beaten to death." says a cute little girl in her childish voice as she trots forward. A five-meter tall dragon shivers when it meets her eyes.

Caesar fixed the collars of his black and red suit while walking through the heavily guarded palace gates. The guards were used to his frequent visits and didn't even bat an eye as they opened the thick doors.

Once the doors were creaked open, he walked inside the relatively well-lit halls. Many of the candles, sconces, and chandeliers were lit. Their flames flickered with an inch of life, and only the sound of Caesar's rhythmic foot-steps resounded throughout the corridors.

Most of the servants were either resting in their quarters or serving someone of the royal family. Thus, the atmosphere was rather quiet and relaxing as Caesar made his way to his room. He took a few of the cuter dolls out of his storage ring and held them under his right arm once he reached the door.

The doll was adorned in a light-blue dress and carried a permanent smiling expression. Her eyes were scarlet, and her eyelashes were beautifully curled. The fake hair that rested on top of her head cascaded down like a river and further accentuated its beauty.

Although Caesar always felt that Dolls were slightly weird, this one, in particular, seemed quite decent. With this in mind, he confidently opened the door and stepped inside. He was pleasantly greeted by loud laughter and the sound of turning pages. Ahri was sitting on one of the larger chairs with Elizabeth on her lap. They were currently reading the contents of a hefty book that looked decently expensive.

Their heads immediately jolted in Caesar's direction once they heard the door creak. Naturally, Elizabeth jumped out of Ahri's lap and bolted to the door. Her arms were spread out wide as she leaped into Caesar's arms.

Caesar caught her jumping figure and held her up for a few moments. He stroked her smooth hair for a few moments before handing the doll to her. He had never been a father in his past life, so he was somewhat inexperienced when it came to parenting. The only idol he could follow was his father, who made his life a living hell.

Elizabeth's smile brightened up as she received the doll from Caesar's hands and brought it into her own embrace. "Thank you, father!" She said politely and curtsied elegantly, befitting a princess. Caesar was taken aback and glanced at the cover of the book in Ahri's hands, which read, "Etiquette."

Caesar pat Elizabeth on the head and smiled, "I assume you two haven't eaten dinner yet, come join me," he said softly and pulled both Ahri and Elizabeth by the hand. He didn't praise Elizabeth for her quick learning because he didn't want her to become too complacent.

Thus, the three of them soon entered into the dining hall. The aroma of perfectly prepared food assaulted their noses as they open the doors. Crowley was sitting at the end of the table with bags under his eyes and a half-eaten piece of steak in front of him.

He greeted Caesar with a friendly smile and soon directed his attention back to the thick documents in his hands. Ahri and Elizabeth glanced at Crowley worriedly while walking to the dining table and sitting down.

A few prepared maid-servants served the three of them respectfully before backing off and standing at the side. They were served a succulent piece of medium-rare steak, garlic mashed potatoes, a light salad, and a glass of freshwater.

Elizabeth attempted to cut the steak as she had learned from Ahri but failed miserably. Her attempts could be considered cute, and Ahri soon helped her cut the piece of steak with a loving smile on her face.

Caesar was silent as this transpired, and a small amount of mana permeated out of his index finger. It subtly flowed into Elizabeth's body before being abruptly cut out, as if something had terminated the stand of mana.

Shocked, Caesar could only continue biting the piece of meat as he scrutinized Elizabeth in a new light. From what Musashi had told him previously, Elizabeth was either a Nymph or a Valkyrie. However, after meeting Ginger, he was somewhat confused as to why Elizabeth hadn't awakened her mana yet.

'Is she perhaps a human? No, then I wouldn't have been charmed in the past…' he thought inwardly as he took another bite. His observations went unnoticed, and his face remained placid as if he weren't contemplating about anything.

Dinner soon ended in a relatively calm fashion, and Ahri escorted the exhausted Elizabeth to her room. She was a young girl, and eating such a heavy meal had surely drained her energy. Once she left his and Crowley's presence, an awkward silence descended upon the room.

Nonetheless, Caesar maintained his calm expression as he pushed the empty plate to the side. He stood up from his chair and walked over to Crowley, handing him two platinum coins from a pouch.

"Here father, share this amongst the residents in the slums, I'm sure they wouldn't mind moving once they are paid," he suggested with a smile and flicked the two coins into Crowley's hands. He was aware that money wasn't the issue, but it would certainly help.

Crowley stared at the two coins for a few moments before sighing profoundly and replying, "It is not the matter about the slums I am worried about… you don't need to worry. Those houses will be vacated by the end of the month."

Crowley paused as he looked up at the ceiling, "it's limbo kingdom… their demands are getting more and more outrageous. I'm afraid that even with your presence, our kingdom will be gobbled up by the end of the year."

Caesar knew of his father's worries and sat in a nearby chair, "when is their "wedding" starting? I'll solve the issue." he said soothingly, to which Crowley put up the number four, which signified four weeks from now.

Caesar nodded his head and stood up from the chair, "I'll take care of it father… I will leave the kingdom in three weeks from now and talk to this Limbo kingdom. If I can't solve the issue, then we can only pray that their military strength is sub-par."

As Caesar spoke to here, he once again stood up from his chair and headed for the dining room exit. He was somewhat exhausted, and once he reached his bed, he immediately fell asleep. The next few days would be hectic, especially since he now has a time limit.

Caesar, one of the richest and most successful businessmen in the world went to bed one day and woke up to find himself in the body of a duke's failure son? No magic talent?  Equipped with modern knowledge and his previous talents, how will Caesar adapt to this new world?


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It was six days after the food truck mission and the three-star meal ended. No missions were given after that. Since they worked hard in the truck for a week, they might have given them a break, or maybe the judges were just busy.

There were no missions, but an episode aired on TV. The 7th episode. The team mission at the time was shown. It was the one where Kaya and Jacob formed their own teams and Jacob messed up. Also…

Cho Min Joon looked behind him. Peter was looking at his phone with his butt against the cooking station. He had no other choice. It was Kaya and Peter who were mentioned the most after the broadcast. Martin was a pro. He wasn't the type to edit Peter's parts out just because he felt bad.

All the things Peter said were broadcasted. Despite the fact that he was now more mentally mature, it was too much to just ignore. He made personal attacks after all. Cho Min Joon understood Peter. He knew that he was less mature and didn't have many good human experiences, so he had a hard time controlling himself.

But the public didn't know that, and even if they did, they wouldn't have cared. All they heard was what he said on TV. Peter became a villain, and many people expressed their rage and demanded he pay the price.

Some people were suspicious. Although his words were harsh, they wondered if Kaya might have started it, but Kaya couldn't completely cover up Peter's wrongdoing. After all, he even burned the Tandoori chicken after that… So people had no choice but to feel angry. Cho Min Joon sighed as he said,

"… Don't read the comments."

But Peter couldn't hear him. There was no way he could. Kaya couldn't either, and even if he tried not to, he would eventually get back on the internet without realizing it.

Compared to him, Cho Min Joon was better off. To be more exact, his love line was more conveyed than his abilities, but after his perfect palate was revealed, things turned around. Everyone started to think that there must have been a reason for everything he did. The foreign aspect of being Asian became wings for Cho Min Joon. People thought that Cho Min Joon was a genius that was out of their realm.

And to be honest, he didn't hate that. It was a little burdensome, but it also made him excited and smile. People liked him. People who he didn't even know anticipated his next big thing. That was a fascinating thing for him.

"We're going to start filming! Please put your phones away!"

The staff's voice rang through the house. Peter immediately put his phone in his pocket. Not long afterward, the judges entered. As usual, they said a few words to hype them up before Joseph spoke in a calm voice, "You'll see a box on your cooking station. When I count to three, please open the lid. One, two, three!"

The lids all opened at the same time. Some sighed of relief while others frowned. Cho Min Joon was the latter. Inside was a large piece of meat. To be more exact, a piece of meat and bone.

A t-bone. It was a part that also had sirloin and tenderloin attached. Joseph spoke in a serious voice, "The t-bone isn't the most delicious part of a steak. That all depends on the person, but I can say this for sure. The t-bone steak is the hardest to make. If you cook it all at the same temperature, the sirloin will cook faster than the tenderloin, but we want all of the parts to be cooked equally.

Everybody sighed. This mission was all about technique. If they made one mistake, it was over. But what Joseph said next gave them some relief, "But don't be too nervous. This mission is just a warm-up, but 1st place will get a prize. You'll be exempted from disqualification in the next mission."

In response, the contestants' eyes sparkled. Cho Min Joon sighed out of relief. It wasn't enough to go after 1st place. In Korea, it wasn't easy finding t-bone. Most meat shops just sold sirloin and tenderloin separately. They rarely sold t-bone. It was hard to find at large supermarkets as well.

So he didn't have much experience with it. When he looked at the meat, it was less than 2 centimeters thick. It wasn't thin, but it wasn't thick either. When it came to steaks, the thicker ones were easier to cook.

It was inevitable. The thinner it was, the less time they had to keep it over the fire. It was common to just sear the outer region and then end up overcooking the inside.

"You won't use a separate sauce for it. Just use salt and pepper. Remember, the most important part is to cook all of the regions equally, and flavor is important, too. You may begin! You have 10 minutes."

Cho Min Joon immediately turned around. There was no particular method of cooking t-bone, it was all about experience. When steak houses hired chefs, they usually evaluated them based on how they cooked t-bone, so that made him realize how difficult this was.

It wasn't hard to get the right flavor. All he had to do was overlook the part of making it cook equally. The sirloin would be medium while the tenderloin would be medium-rare. Some customers liked to enjoy the differences in those two parts.

But there were those who wanted both parts to be cooked the same. The perfect chef was able to provide customers with both types of t-bone.

What he had to focus on now was the cooking method. When he looked around, Kaya was getting a grate. He saw something that he couldn't understand. Peter was heating up the oven. Allan must have wondered the same thing because he approached Peter himself.

"… How do you plan on cooking it?"

"After cooking it in the oven, I'm going to sear the outer side on a pan and then rest it."

"Do you think you can control how the oven cooks it on both sides?"

"As long as I just place the tenderloin part on the pan first and cook it a little more, it should be fine.

"I'm not sure. Let's keep an eye on it."

Peter's face grew dark. He thought there was potential, but Allan's remark made his confidence go down, but he couldn't change his plans just because of one remark.

Most of the contestants were seasoning the meat. 5 minutes passed. As soon as 5 minutes passed, the contestants began to move faster.

Cho Min Joon put some pepper and salt on his. He then put it on top of a greased pan. As it made a refreshing cooking sound, Allan asked, "Do you have experience cooking t-bone?"

"No, not really."

"Focus on the range of the fire that touches the pan. That'll help you a great deal."

He was intending to do that anyway, but Cho Min Joon just smiled. There was no need to respond sharply to an intention to help.

Like Allan said, controlling the heat was key. Cho Min Joon tilted the pan and put the tenderloin where the fire was the hottest, but it couldn't be too different in temperature either. Then the tenderloin could end up more overcooked than the sirloin.

All chefs gave different tips regarding how to cook steak. Some said one could flip it more than twice while others said to fillip it every 30 seconds to a minute. Cho Min Joon flipped it every minute. When he did it that way, the juices gathered in the middle making the meat nice and juicy.

Rather than who was right and who was wrong, it all depended on the person. Cho Min Joon checked the time as he flipped the steak. He didn't use any arosser methods. It would only distract him, and the added oil could make the meat cook differently, and Cho Min Joon wasn't so skilled that he could calculate what the additional oil would do to the meat.

The predicted score was 6. It couldn't have been better. He cooked it without any sauce, so the score couldn't have been higher.

What Cho Min Joon wanted was medium. After flipping it three times, he put the meat on top of a paper towel. As long as he waited a minute for the juices to come back… He was certain that both sides would be cooked well.

The buzzer rang. The 12 contestants took their hands off of their plates, but Cho Min Joon stared at his. The cooking score of the t-bone steak after resting was 6. It was as the recipe predicted.

The judges called the contestants up one by one. They cut into the sirloin and then the tenderloin. If they were cooked differently, they didn't even taste it. That was the case for Peter.

"I asked you if you could do it well. Look at this."

Allan showed the cut meat to Peter. One side was medium and the other side was rare, and the rare part still had blood in it. Emily sighed.

"I know this isn't a disqualification round, but this is too much. You can't experiment with food like this."

"… I apologize."

Peter responded with a pale face. He was already pressured because of the negative comments online. They didn't know what else to say to that face. They sent Peter back and called up the next contestant. It was Anderson's turn. Joseph cut into both sides and smiled.

"Both sides are medium well-done. They're not burnt either. You cooked it perfectly. I'm impressed, Anderson. You haven't been able to show off your full potential until now. I feel like you've returned."

"Thank you."

Anderson answered without a smile. It was too early to be happy. He wasn't the 1st place yet. They praised him after tasting it. All the contestants commented that the medium-rare steak was nice and moist.

Cho Min Joon understood that evaluation. After all, Anderson's steak showed up as 7 points. The fact that he achieved that score with just salt and pepper meant that he would have reached 8 points with proper sauce.

Next up was Cho Min Joon. He carried his plate with confidence. As soon as Emily cut into the meat, she nodded.

"Medium. It's equal throughout. There's a slight difference… but I don't think any customer would complain about this. You haven't cooked t-bone before, have you?"

"No, ma'am."

"Then this is impressive. And the texture… Hm. It's not bad, and it's juicy, too. Good work."

Compared to Anderson's praise, Cho Min Joon's was a step down. He felt a little disappointed, but he had no choice. Experience meant a great deal when it came to cooking.

The last contestant to be evaluated was Kaya. She carried her plate to the front. Joseph looked at the plate with great interest.

"You're the only one who cooked it on a grate, Kaya. Are you confident in your job?"

"My top skill is using fire. If I didn't cook, I might have become an arsonist."

"I'll take your word on that."

Joseph cut the meat with soft hands. Kaya was right. Medium. The meat was perfectly cooked to look pink inside, both the sirloin and tenderloin. Joseph slowly put it into his mouth.

When Joseph took his first bite, his face was bright, but as he took his second and third bites, his face turned strange. Same with the other judges. Kaya looked at the judges with anxiousness.

"You cooked it well. But Kaya, I think you forgot something. When you cooked the meat, did you cook the outside first before you cooked the inside?"

In response, Kaya looked surprised. She was so busy cooking the sirloin and tenderloin at the same time that she forgot to cook the outside in order to contain the juices. Cho Min Joon just stared at Kaya. Unfortunately, her steak was a 5. It was understandable. There was plenty of fire flavor, but there wasn't much juice.

'I didn't know Kaya can screw up like that.'

Besides fighting with team members because of her personality, this was the first time he saw her mess up. Joseph spoke in a caring voice, "You seem to know where you messed up. That's okay, Kaya. All chefs make mistakes. Please go back."

"… Yes, Sir."

Kaya walked back with a sad look on her face. It was clear who took the 1st place. There were a few contestants who cooked it equally, but there was only one person who did it perfectly—Anderson. Cho Min Joon glanced at him. He tended to be consistent in his output, but the more he watched, the more impressive he got. He lost to Kaya and took 2nd place, but that meant he would've won if she wasn't there.

"We've chosen who came in 1st place. It was unanimous. Anderson, congratulations! You're excluded from the next disqualification round. Please go up to the 2nd floor!"

"Thank you."

Anderson answered calmly and began walking. While the other contestants stared with jealousy, Allan said, "Then let us announce our next mission. Some of you might not like this one."

Allan then glanced over at Cho Min Joon. Cho Min Joon twitched his eyes. He felt anxious. Allan continued in a calm manner, "This mission… is a dessert."

Because of his love for cooking, he had thrown away his career as a teacher and had become a chef.
But despite his desires, his lack of cooking skills was the harsh truth he had to face.
But when he reached the age of 30, he had been sent back 7 years back into the past.
Another chance.

The ride home from the Tillmans enlightening for me personally as once again the car was riding in was attacked luckily for lord Eric he left before me so it would seem he avoided this catastrophe while I am yet again being targeted judging by the fact that they are quickly executed my security detail they are either very professional or know that they are on a tight time table I wasn't worried this time because I had Shalu as my familiar this time and although I can't really control her anymore I know if was in real danger she'd not only protect me but also  destroy all my enemies because she is fanatical to me.

kidnapper 1:"Step out and..."
Me:"Yeah Yeah I know let's get this over with" I walked out of the car hands raised and let them restrain me and place a bag on head the entire time I was released poison on my skin everyone who touched me got dose that I could trigger at any time
kidnapper 2:"You nobles think you are so superior when you only have power that you stole from the people and use to oppress us luckily for us your greed for more power makes you turn on each other" 

They don't say anything else they dragged me into an armored car that I saw before all this time  when they removed the hood I noticed I'm in a pretty swank restaurant sitting at table with a waiter pouring a glass of wine and remove my restraints across from me is guy who looks like a stereotype mobste gang leader.

Mobster:"I thought you might like something to drink to relax as we have a lot to discuss" not one to turn down a free drink I begin taking a light sip
Me:"It is a good wine and since we're in a restaurant I am assuming we'll be having dinner if so I'll have medium rare steak with a side of broccoli"
Mobster:"You seem unusually calm for a young scion usually they either start crying and begging or yelling and making threats"
Me:"Will either make you let me go?"
Mobster:"No"
Me:"Exactly, now you still have not answered my question on dinner"
Mobster:"Fine" he nods to a waiter who goes to place the order "can you tell me why you are not nervous and why you are sure of yourself" 
Me:"You kidnapped me instead of just kill me or least the rebels kidnapped me and sold me to you" magic is something wonderful as food is immediately brought out "you brought me to this beautiful restaurant to intimidate me, impress me and show your unafraid of the possibilitie of being caught, this is good steak by the way but as I was saying all this means is that you need something from me if not from me from my family otherwise why bother and do you mind bringing my kidnappers here I have some questions for them"
Mobster:"They should have left by now so no"
Me:"I highly doubt that"
Mobster:"And why is that?"
Me:"I poisoned them with a paralytic" he raised his eye brows in surprise "just like how I poisoned every one in this place"
Mobster:"I take it by the fact you are revealing this to me you have a of curing us"
Me:"Of course otherwise what would be the point of telling you I could just wait for it to kick in and kill you but I don't because you might be of use to me"
Mobster:"How do I know your not bull shiting me?"

I don't say anything and just point to the guy to his right who as soon as he turned his toward him the guy starts convulse and black lines form under his skin as he becomes pale finally he begins to vomit black blood until he just dies the Mobster turns his head back to me while calmly finish my steak and enjoy my wine as if nothing has occurred while his face has lost color.

Me:"Now you know"

this story is being written out of boredom no scheduling of releases just when I can 


this story is about a VILLAIN so he might in the future do some fucked up shit it most certainly isn't a redemption story Morales and such are just concepts that don't stick to this teflon jerk.

there might be a harem or just a string of encounters 

he won't try to stop evil he was a great evil himself 

if you're looking for good guys saving the day and freedom for all your screwed

Pagi ini Jennie sudah siap dengan sepiring omlet dan segelas susu putih.Tak lupa dia membuatkan untuk Jimin.Jennie tahu Jimin masih terlelap dalam tidurnya.

Jennie akan berangkat pagi.Karena hari ini dia ada praktek membuat steak.Dia tidak ingin waktunya terbuang sia-sia hanya untuk menunggu Jimin bangun.

Sudah hampir sebulan Jennie selalu menunggu Jimin bangun sehingga dia selalu telat datang ke kampus.

"Jimin, aku berangkat yah"bisik Jennie ditelinga Jimin yang masih terlelap dalam tidurnya.

Saat Jennie ingin pergi, tangan kirinya ditarik oleh Jimin, sehingga Jennie terjatuh diatas ranjang.

"Aauuww"teriak Jennie.

"Eng"erang Jimin yang memeluk Jennie dengan erat.

"Jimin, lepaskan.lepaskan aku Jimin"Jennie meronta-ronta.

"Sebentar, Dahyun.Aku sangat merindukanmu"ucap Jimin yang masih terpejam.

Mendengar nama orang lain tentu saja membuat hati Jennie sedikit teriris.Jennie terdiam.Memang selama sebulan ini hubungannya dengan Jimin bertambah baik.

"Dahyun ? Siapa dia ? Apa dia kekasih Jimin ? Arrghh.Untuk apa aku peduli.Jennie please, Jimin hanya suami distatusmu saja.Tetapi tidak untuk perasaannya"batin Jennie.

"Jimin, aku Jennie.bukan Dahyun"ucap Jennie pelan.saat ini Jennie masih berada dalam pelukan Jimin.

Jimin mendengar suara samar Jennie.Perlahan dia membuka matanya.Jimin mencium aroma sabun strawberry yang menyeruak dihidungnya.

"Jennie"ucap Jimin terkejut.

"Jimin, aku mau berangkat"ucap Jennie pelan menatap Jimin.

Entah apa yang membuat Jimin merasa ada yang aneh pada dirinya.Sedekat ini dengan Jennie dia merasa sangat nyaman sekali.Dia tahu ini tidak benar.Tetapi dia tidak bisa menghalangi perasaan yang belum jelas ini kepada istrinya.

"Kau mau kemana ?"tanya Jimin dengan punggung tangan yang mengusap pipi Jennie.

Jennie memejamkan matanya, entah kenapa dia bisa menikmati setiap sentuhan suaminya ini.Tetapi, seketika dia mengingat Jimin menyebut nama.

Dahyun

Jennie membuka matanya.

"Jimin, aku ingin kuliah.Hari ini aku praktek membuat steak.Jadi aku tidak ingin terlambat"jawab Jennie.

"Aku akan mengantarmu"

"Jimin, tidak perlu.Aku bisa berangkat sendiri"

"Aku yang mengantar atau kau tidak pergi ke kampusmu sama sekali ?"

"Baiklah, Jimin"jawab Jennie pasrah.

❤❤❤

Jennie terus menatap jam tangannya.Jam sudah menunjukkan pukul 07.30 pagi.Ada 30 menit waktu Jennie tersisa sebelum praktek itu dimulai.Jennie berulang kali menatap pintu kamar berharap Jimin segera keluar.

Ceklek

"Jimin, kau lama sekali.Ayolah Jimin aku hampir telat"ucap Jennie kesal.

"Gidalida(tunggu) biarkan aku sarapan terlebih dahulu"ucap Jimin menuju ruang makan.

"Jimin, makananmu suda aku taruh ditempat makan.Kamu bisa memakannya dimobil"

"Biarkan aku minum susu ini"ucap Jimin meneguk susu putih hingga tandas.

Baru saja Jimin meletakkan gelas.Jennie sudah menarik tangannya.Soobin membukakan pintu penumpang untuk Jimin dan Jennie. 

"Mana sarapanku ?"

"Ini"ucap Jennie sambil meletakkan kotak makan diatas paha Jimin.

"Mwo ? Aku mau kamu suapi"

"Ish, Jimin kamu punya dua tangan yang masih berfungsi.Gunakanlah dua tanganmu dengan baik"

"Hem,,,Soobin berhenti"

"Baiklah, Jimin"ucap Jennie dengan terpaksa.

"Soobin, jalan lagi".

Dengan kesal Jennie membuka kotak makan itu.Dia mulai mengambil omlet dengan sendok dan dia suapkan ke mulut Jimin.Wajah Jennie sangat kesal.Dia hampir terlambat hanya gara-gara Jimin dan sekarang pria itu minta disuapi makan.



Jennie membuka kotak makan dan mulai menyuapi Jimin.Dengan raut wajah kesal Jennie terus menyuapi Jimin hingga tempat makan itu habis.

Jennie menyeringai.Dia mempunyai ide untuk mengerjai Jimin.Jimin terlalu sibuk dengan ponselnya.Sehingga tidak melihat apa yang Jennie lakukan.

"Aaaah, Jennie apa ini ?"tanya Jimin yang hampir saja memuntahkan isi di dalam mulutnya.

"Hahahahhahahah"Jennie hanya tertawa melihat Jimin.

Jennie sengaja meletakkan saus sambal yang banyak diatas sendok.Lalu dia menyuapinya ke mulut Jimin.Jimin yang tidak sadar, hanya bisa terkejut seketika mulutnya terasa sangat pedis.

"Jennie, kau berani mengerjaiku ?"

"Hahahah, itu salahmu jimin"

"Kau, menyalahkan aku ?"

"Jimin, jangan.Jangan Jimin.Aku hanya bercanda.Hentikan Jimin.Geliiii....teriak Jennie sambil tertawa karna Jimin mulai menggelitik pinggangnya.

"Aniyo, Kau sengaja.Jadi rasakan pembalasanku"ucap Jimin menyeringai.

Jennie semakin terpojok.dia tidak bisa kabur lagi.Jimin masih saja belum menghentikan kegiatannya.Soobin yang tanpa sengaja melihat pasangan itu tertawa, ikut mengukir senyumnya.

"Tuan sudah sampai"ucap Soobin yang sudah menghentikan mobilnya.

"Jimin, aku harus turun"ucap Jennie.

"Belajarlah yang rajin"ucap Jimin yang sambil mengacak-acak rambut Jennie.

❤❤❤

Jennie dan Irene terlihat sangat senang kali ini praktek mereka.Saat ini mereka merapikan pakaian mereka di salah satu ruang ganti.

"Jennie, aku boleh tanya sesuatu ?"ucap Irene ragu.

"Aku tak pernah melarangmu bertanya"ucap Jennie sambil merapikan apronnya. 

"Hem,,,nanti saja setelah praktek ini selesai"ucap Irene.

❤❤❤

Di dalam kitchen semua tampak serius dengan pekerjaannya.Hari ini mereka harus membuat steak dengan kematangan sempurna, tidak boleh keras karena menggunakan daging sapi has Sirloin.

Mr.Thomas pernah memberi tahu tingkat kematangan steak mulai dari Rare (very red, cool center, Medium Rare (warm, red center, Medium (pink center), Medium Well (slightly pink center) Well done (cooked throughout, no pink).

Dari ke 5 jenis kematangan itu.Jennie pernah sekali gagal pada tingkat Medium Well.kareja Jennie terlalu lama mengangkat dagingnya sehingga warna pink di dalam daging sudah tidak terlihat.

Yang sekarang mereka harus benar-benar fokus, karena tingkat kematangan Well Done akan mengakibatkan daging sedikit keras karena semua lemak sudah terpanggang habis.

Jennie telah menyelesaikan praktek hari ini.Dia telah berhasil membuat Steak dari daging sapi Sirloin.Jennie tersenyum melihat tampilan Steak buatannya.ini pasti sangat lezat.

￼

Betsy Oh-So-Savory Steak

Setelah kelas berakhir Jennie dan Irene merapikan kembali pakaiannya.Hari ini hanya ada satu praktek dan itu sudah selesai.Jadi mereka sudah tidak ada jam Lagi.

Seperti yang tadi Irene katakan dia ingin berbicara sesuatu dengan Jennie.Irene mengajak Jennie ke salah satu Cafe yang tidak jauh dari sana.


Mereka duduk di temani oleh Ice Vanilla dan Ice white Coffe.

"Jennie, sebenarnya ini sudah lama aku ingin katakan.Tapi berjanjilah padaku kamu jangan marah"ucap Irene ragu.

"Katakan saja"

"Em,,,sebenarnya bagaimana perasaanmu kepada....Kai ?"ucap Irene dengan ragu-ragu.

"Kai ?"Jennie sempat terkejut.Irene menganggukan kepalanya.

"A...aku biasa saja"elak Jennie.

"Jennie maaf.aku melihat incident kalian di Tuscany"

Jennie terkejut dan menundukkan kepalanya.dia tidak menyangka kalau Irene melihat kejadian itu.

"Jennnie, jangan marah.disana aku sudah beberapa kali melihatmu menatap Kai.Dengan tatapan yang berbeda.Waktu makan malam, jalan-jalan kemarin kalian sangat akrab.Apalagi saat di kereta kalian sangat romantis"ucap Irene sambil membayangkan semuanya.

"Ehm, A...aku"

"Jennie, kamu jangan takut.Krystal tidak tahu semua ini.Sebenarnya aku sangat mendukung hubungan kamu dan kai.Aku sangat senang melihat kamu bahagia bersama Kai"ucap Irene menyela pembicaraan Jennie sambil memegang punggung tangan Jennie.

"Irene...Aku...Aku tidak bisa meneruskan perasaanku"ucap Jennie pasrah.

"Wae ? Karena kamu sudah dijodohkan.Jennie, dengar perjodohan hanya untuk bisnis.Siapa tahu ketika orang tua kita setuju saling bekerja sama.Jadi perjodohannha bisa dibatalkan.Begitu juga dengan perjodohanku"

Jennie memejamkan matanya.Tidak semudah itu, Irene.Kalau kamu tahu sebenarnya aku bukan hanya dijodohkan.Tetapi aku sudah menikah.Dan aku tidak ingin menjadi orang ketiga diantara Kai dan Krystal.



"Jennie, kamu kenapa ?" Tanya Irene khawatir.


"Irene, tidak semudah yang kamu pikir"

"Bagaimana perasaanmu ,apa kamu menyukai Kai ?"tanya Irene to the point.

"Aku tidak tahu.Aku tidak ingin menjadi orang ketiga diantara Krystal dan Kai".

"Kamu tidak akan menjadi orang ketiga.Bagaimana kalau Kai juga menyukaimu ?"

"Kurasa tidak.Kai sangat dekat dengan Krystal.Tidak ada selah untukku.Kamu lihat sendiri mereka sangat romantis"

"Kamu cemburu ya ?"

"Irene, hentikan pembicaraan ini"

"Jennie, bagaimana kalau kita mencari tahu perasaan Kai padamu ?"

"Caranya ?"tanya Jennie tertarik.

"Hm,,,kau juga ingin tahu perasaan kakakku padamu ya ?"ledek Irene.

"Entahlah, tidak perlu"ucap Jennie.

"Hahahha, jangan cepat marah.nanti keriputmu akan cepat terlihat.Begini tiga hari lagi Kai akan ulang tahun.Dia akan kembali ke Paris.Kita buat pesta kejutan.Dan kamu belilah hadiah spesial untuknya.Kalau hadiah yang kamu berikan dipakai oleh Kai.berarti kamu orang spesial untuknya"

"Kenapa bisa begitu ?"

"Iya, Kai tidak pernah mau memakai barang pemberian orang lain,kecuali orang itu spesial untuknya.So ,kita cari hadiah untuk Kai ?"

Jennie sempat berpikir.Dia sepertinya juga ingin tahu bagaimana perasaan Kai kepadanya.Karena Jennie merasa di PHP oleh Kai.

Akhirnya dengan ragu Jennie menganggukan kepalanya.Toh, Irene juga belum tahu statusnya sudah menikah.Lagi pula Jimin juga menyukai wanita lain.Buktinya tadi pagi Jimin mengigau nama wanita lain.

Jennie berharap yang terbaik.Kalau memang dia bisa bersama Kai.Mungkin dengan terpaksa dia akan meminta Jimin menceraikannya.Agar Jimin bisa bersama wanita yang bernama Dahyun dan Jennie bisa bersama Kai.Irene juga akan mencari pria yang dia cintai bukan dengan pria yang dijodohkannya.Sangat indah.

(Bagaimana menurut kalian ? kalian setuju dengan rencana ini ? )

Tetapi bagaimana dengan Krystal ? Jennie juga tidak bisa menyakitinya.Jennie tidak tahu.Biarlah berjalan seiring dengan waktu.Masalah ini begitu rumit.

"Jadi, ini gara-gara wanita ini.Jimin meninggalkanku ?"ucap seorang wanita yang menghampiri Jennie.

Jennie dan Irene bingung menatap wanita tersebut.Saat Jennie ingat, ini adalah wanita yang waktu itu bersama Jimin.Gawat, kalau wanita ini berbicara macam-macam.Irene akan tahu semuanya.

"Irene, ayo kita pergi"ajak Jennie.

"Tunggu, aku belum selesai.Apa benar kamu me"

"Ayo, Irene"Jennie menarik tangan Irene meninggalkan wanita yang ternyata adalah Seulgi.

"Siapa dia, kamu kenal ?"tanya Irene yang masih berjalan dengan tangan yang masih ditarik oleh Jennie.

"Aniyo , mungkin dia salah orang"elak Jennie.

My UFO burger finally came and I lifted the top bun and saw the medium-rare strips of meat that they made to resembled bacon were piled to be at least 4 inches thick excluding the onions salad, ketchup mustard and pickles.

I am fully satisfied with it and I stood up and grabbed a few pieces of paper towels and placed it on top of the UFO burgers. After I had lined the paper towels on the UFO buns, I placed my hands slowly on it and pressed down and made them like flattened flapjacks.
From a 6 inch UFO burger, it went down flat will about 4 inches.

The waitress that had sent the meal overlooked in wonder. "Nobody gonna eat air, right? Now it looked more presentable and pleasing to my eyes." I casually spoke as I withdrew the paper towels and saw a lot of fat had been saturated in them.

"Nobody gonna eat this fat, would you?" I said as I placed the greasy paper towels that I had rolled up into the hands of the waitress. I took my fork and knife and began to dig in. "By the way, could you send in half dozen chops and half dozen of drums, hot, crispy and spicy, please."

The bread was toasted before it was placed on top of the other bun which had all the meats that I wanted. Of course, my Beasts buddies were all on their haunches and were being fed as I slowly munch on the flattened burger in front of me. I used to call it burger penyet after doing so and I could go through an at least 4 half-pounder burgers easily.

I was halfway through my UFO burger when HaiLoong sauntered over and saw me sitting by the glass window. He sat across me and looked at my flatten burger and asked, "Did a trailer passed by this table and did this to your burger?! C'mon, tell me it's plate number and I'd run over his registration and catch him red-handed before he could jump onto the next interstate....!!"

He flashed his big smile and he took a swig of my half-gallon coke using my cup. "Eeehhhhh... Get your own cup, you asshole...! New...! Could we have a fresh glass over here?"

"You take my glass while this fresh glass is mine...! I hate being stood up. You never text... So I take it as you're not coming. Even if you text me, I don't think I would 'layan' you since I have this big ass motherfucking UFO burger to contend with."

I stuck out my tongue and squinted my eyes at him. " By the way, this is a triple UFO and I ordered half dozen chops and drum. I'm not done yet, I might order a brisket but it's on the uptrend now so it might cost a few dollars more. By the way, what're a few dollars mean right? My Phantom guzzles at least 40 smackeroos every 3 days, minimum."

"Hahahahaha...." I forked a piece of dissected UFO burger and made a flying noise of a biplane with the food in front of HaiLoong's nose. He tried to catch it with his mouth but I'm faster. "Get yourself a UFO if you want one. This one is mine... Raaaawwrrrr...." and I threw the food that I played in front of HaiLoong's face right into my mouth and swallowed it.

Hailoong passed me a piece of crumpled paper that he had stuffed carelessly on his jacket. "I know that this is not the time for this, but you may want to take a look at this. This piece of paper is for your eyes only."

I pushed my fork and knife aside and picked the crumpled paper and smoothen it out before I finally rest my eyes to read it. Before I could even read it, the letter gave off a certain Weres smell and also some Night Crawlers too. It seems to have originated from a Night Crawler down to a Weres.

The paper just showed some drawings which looked like the grounds of my apartment, and also two familiar destinations, Uncle Bob's and also Jack's Steak Place.

"Is Jack's Steak...."I left my words trailed away as Hailoong nodded in my direction. "Fucking J. C...!!! HOW THE FUCK THEY KNOW?!?"

"Hush... Calm down. I'm not sure how they knew but they picked up your scent and followed you home. They're much worse than hound dogs... FUCK...!!! I don't know how to reassure you right now...!!"

A cloud of worry and confusion crept over my face for the very first time and I knew the hunter became the hunted, and the predator now being their Prey.

"FUCKING HELL... I've lost my appetite to eat now." I folded the paper and passed it back Hailoong. I called the waitress that I'd like my chops and drums to go. I passed my plate to her and told her to wrap this up as well.

"Tell me what I'm gonna do? I can't take this lying down... And I can't be possibly holing myself up in that house and wait for them to ambush me?" I stated hard at Hailoong's dace to see a streak of hope and an answer.

"Could I be at DEASTF and for protection for this storm to blow over?" I inquired and was given a straight no for an answer.

"I've already asked before you pop this question. You're a civvie, and a mercenary as well. They can't bear any responsibilities for your actions but one thing for sure, your weapons are all good to go. For the sake of your survival, please, no human casualties, not even a concussion or a scratch."

"Haisssh...GODDAMN...how on this fucking earth, do they know about my two eating places?" 

"Bring your Phantom to my mech. Let him take a look, there might be something that they planted on it. Here's the address." 

HaiLoong passed me a business name card and it read as Riley's Repair Shop, somewhere in McDaniel Station Road SW just after the junction on Highway 53. That highway would lead me to Fairmount and Sonoraville. I've got a good memory and I passed the card to him back. 

"Thanks, I'd take your advice and I'd be on my way right after you pay for the food first." I stood up and glances sideways to him. I wonder when I would meet up with him. Since Dawsonville would take a direct route out for an hour's ride to reach there, I guess I would have to be back home before dusk. 

I grabbed the food that had been prepared by the waitress and walked out while HaiLoong picked up the tab. No hugs, no kisses and no goodbyes. FUCK...!! HOW DID MY LIFE SUDDENLY GOT ROTTEN?? I screamed inwardly as I wore my helmet, placed my food in the saddlebags and straddled my Phantom. I took a last long glance St HaiLoong and vroomed off towards Calhoun.

As a 10 year old, she had a dream. A dream so surreal that it was almost hard to believe it was happening to her. 

Meeting a Native American by the name of Millagra, a caretaker of two cubs, a Mountain Lion and a Cheetah, this little girl soon finds out that it wasn't a dream at all. 

Angelica Mae Tan, a single child that lives all by herself in Georgia. Fending herself with just a Balls Kicking Technique when she helped a girl in distress after coming back from work.

She now possess the skills that she had picked up while learning Karate then Ninjutsu. While unarmed combat or cold weapons does not suffice, she turned to Practical Shooting which she had enrolled herself at the Blackwater Training facility.

Now, armed to the teeth, she is currently in a binding contract with the Boss of the Association for the Night Walkers as Trust and Betrayal sets upon her as she fights off Weres and Vamps in her true form or as a Shapeshifter.

"You did something that anyone didn't do to me. Your my superhero by saving my life..."

Really?

A superhero?

What kind of superhero if she can't even protect herself from her own insecurities, all of her youth was destroyed!

"Let's eat!" 

Let's change the topic. Each what he did doing and said leaving her exposed more about her destroyed life.

To back up to lives like this took her strong courageous and supports from her remainders. 

Stop brain! Don't let your thoughts ruining this moment even if I still have majority doubts towards this guy.

Not to said that I don't fully trust him but I'm afraid of any unpredictable could happen between me and him. I did want to try to have some kind of relationship, well, how to be loved by someone and maybe I could learn how to love someone else more than a friend.

"Okay...baby..."

He let go of me and pull out the chair letting me sit comfortably before he went to his side opposite me.

The waiters started distribute the appetizer first. It's consist of a small square sponge cake layered by some kind of jelly in between. The clear jelly not tasted  like what it's looks but much better with the combination of the cake.

That piece of appetizer came with the combination of assorted cuts fruits. 

I'm famished so I did eat them quickly without waiting any minutes. When I hung up my head looking at Z, he just smiled at me didn't touch his appetizer at all.

What was he waiting for?

"Sorry..." a single word coming from my mouth indicated that I just ruining our delicate moments.

I scratched behind my head looking away shyly.

"It's okay...you want more of it?"

"No!....I mean...you book a full courses right?"

He nodded.

"Then I preferred to eat them all, all the different courses." I grinned show off my pearly white teeth.

He smirked looking at my lips and my dimples. The hot and spicy our shared kisses playing on my mind like a movie roll rewinding at the very moment till the end.

Err...I looked away with the hot waves trickled up from my neck to my cheeks before distributed to the ears. I knew the tip of my ears already in red due to the spread out the embarrassment I had now.

He deeply chuckled towards my reaction. Of course it does because he had the same thought as mine and shamelessly he pretending that I was the one who initiated those scene before he took a part of it.

Need two to tango!

I groaned inwardly thinking about that!

The next course coming to our table but Z still didn't touch his first plate.

"Enjoy, sir...madam..." said the waiter after took my empty plate gesturing for us to continue our little festive.

"Looks so delicious..." I licked my lips take the cutlery set on both my hand just to cutting the steak.

I just got the chance to place the fork to the steak, Z exchanged his plate with mine.

Huh? 

When did he cut the steak? How long did I took my time just to admire the beauty before realised how famished I am just now?

"But~" I pointed the steak knife to our exchanged plate more to my unsliced meat.

"Try them first. Here, they were prepared the best medium cook steak as you preferred, baby. I promised you won't disappoint about it..."

After he said that. I didn't waited any longer and took a first bite of chunky fat juicy meat into my mouth.

Orghh...the texture of the meat really good. The chewiness of the meat didn't let my tastebuds disappointed on it. The best steak I've ever had before.

"Wait...how did you know I preferred medium cook steak? Not the medium rare?" I swallowed the meat down to my throat satisfied with the richness of the flavours.

"I did research on your life. Haha...of course I knew it...cause you are my girlfriend...indeed my baby girl..."

Why did I could senses he was trying to avoid the question and reversely trailing the answer by repeating the difference letters that gave the same meaning of the words of him to me?

Did he tried hiding something from me? I might be insecure but I'm not stupid! Just slightly of it can be distinguish how different between silly and stupid from myself if I just having my dilemma or I just get back from any nightmares...

"Okay...." I dragged it intentionally to put more pressure on the bait.

"Actually, I did stalked you back then...almost a year ago... nothing much I know about you just a simple things I knew when I'd be your unpaid stalker."

His eyes, the pair of brown eyes didn't mocking me back. Did he sincere on me, did he had enough about it?

"Trust me!"

'Trust me?'

The two trusted words keep playing on my mind. 

I just heard it from somewhere...before...

I felt like my heart being crashed by the giant heavy stone on my chest.

Should I put my trustworthy on this very guy?

This superhero already lost her soul before. It took me a long time just to repair it back. And now...he requested me to trust him?

I didn't say a word just silently eat the steak. Let the foods entertain me, then!

"Please eat... don't just stare at me..." I said it with my full mouth when I felt the heavy stared on my face.

"It's getting uncomfortable..." mumbling while chewing the yummy steak full in my mouth.

"Alright... I'm eating..."

He cuts the steak in gentlemen manners, shoving the portion into his mouth and slowly devouring it with closed eyes. Looks like he love so much about the meat...

Well, next time maybe I would cook a steak for him...

Err...really? Are you seriously gonna cook a meal for him?

"..."

We were eating all the served meals until I can't take in anymore. It might getting my stomach upset if I have keep shoving down anything on the table. 

Patting down the full stomach, I was brushed off the stained on corner of the lips lazily. What an old habits of herself... whenever she finished the heavy meal, half an hour later she will fall to sleep while resting watching a movie...alone at living room.

But, in the middle of the night she would wake up again to tidy up her messy table and kitchen, take a bath and continued the slumber. For certain times, she couldn't fall back to sleep and just hang out continued watching anything she likes to kill the time.

Now...she wasn't sure either she will fall to sleep or not or...

"Let's get out of here..."

I just nodding agreed to it.

He took the crafted basket while taking the bouquet and handed to me.

I just taking it and it took both my hand had to hold it cause it's quite heavy and huge in size. This time, he drapes his left hand on my waist didn't let go of me...more like he secured me within his reach.

I was using the large bouquet to cover my face and leaving only my eyes to look straight to the exit door, couldn't stay to return the stares that I've gained from the audience.

He guided me until we were at the car. He just opened the back door and snatching away the bouquet before put them both at the back. As quickly his motion towards that gift, as quickly he get ready at the passenger door opening it just for me.

I did entered and leaned on the seat finding the comfort and buckle up before he decided to do it for me like earlier.

Yeah...I didn't mentioned it because I just thought he was going to kiss me once again but no! He naughtyly teasing me by moving closer to me and I had to push myself further from him to the impossibly closer to the door before he whispered just to grab the seat belt for me.

Haiya...what a embarrassing moments and that's when I decided not to say a word while he was driving while I just looking interested into anywhere but him.

Arrgghhh...please have a mercy on my poor old soul.

All this happened just within a range of few hundreds of minutes passing by with him closely to me.

He drove off away from there also didn't uttered any words for me..

Is he mad...now at me?

He just drove to the familiar path...until my luxury home came alive from the distance.

And my car already there in the porch. That scenery did gave me a slightly indifference about my life style with my 'home' etiquette...

Well, having that kind of cheap used car as the transportation didn't gave me a credit to had this kind of home to me.

I did mind about my whole life style but when I'm thinking again...I'm not gonna like to forget where one comes from. I was came from rich family before but after both my parents passed away...I left with nothing so...I had to live with what I have until today and not easily enjoying a things that we call luxury and rich with what ever we wants.

Not to me!

Wait! How did he knows that~ I live here?

I turned my head looking at him dumbfounded!

She has got plenty of summon 'love' letters whenever she was finishing her shipments delivery. All the love letters including her traffic errors by the speed driving, dangerously driving, the red light, and so on. Not to mention about the truck condition when she was having her hand on the 'wheel'; severed scratches, slightly dented almost making her boss losing his mind about her recklessness. 

But, nevertheless she was the only female that always done with the job perfectly. How did she managed it all along her reckless driving? 

No idea...

She was a bit crazy and huge fan of sillyness. Be friends with Romeo and Danny did makes her even more silly about everything. Talha, he never stopped hitting on her...

The triplets really annoying her to the core! Their life style really suffocating her especially they happily making her their private maid. The Hibiscus, their mother never like her or she loathe her very damn much and can't wait to let her vanish forever.

Then, came a guy keep on disturbing her whenever he likes and at the same time, her memories that she kept hidden slowly resurfaces when another man approaching her to gain her interest. He wants to bring her home after he saw her for the first time!

"That is my life. I will live with her not you so I know what I'm doing. Stop pestering me about suitable or not she is to me because look at yourself...*scoff* you are still alone...oops...a divorcee...hope you got it! Now move!"

Oh my...just because of Didie, I'm talking this much? I thought I think to much...weird!

There were someone who doesn't want to be discovered but something happened and she...came out from her true 'hiding'...

Diddy Aulia (Didie Owl-lia)- the silly girl.
Daniel Zackery @ Z- the biggest scoundrel.
The Master @ Jace Damon- her previous master.
Hibiscus- the lady who always desperate!
The triplets- Orchid, Poppy and Lily; whatever!
The friends- Romeo, Danny and Talha; very rarest human being.
'She'- claiming what was belong to her. Full of secret! Did she?

"..."

Little did she know, the baby girl guy came into her life after a year of her previous 'love' events. With simple text of messages, at first she's just ignored it but it turn out to be something serious from time to time.

"Hey, baby girl!"

"I miss you baby girl and hope to see you again!"

Her life became a mess because of her own imaginary love, the unexpected swarming of the crowdness at the same time...they all required something that belong to her...

Her self either to be love, to be hate, to be died or to be kept...

Everything turn upside down and she was once again experiencing her previous life fully...another dark episode clouding above her life waiting for the thunderstorms of trouble to resurface once again leaving her wet dangerously of her misery that she had to endured.

"I just wanted to be in a simple relationship with a simple man. Love could combine us all but looks like...love have to fight much stronger than the other..."- Didie Aulia.

So hard to be amongst the lovely feeling calls LOVE...

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