Love Me Again

Chapter 16 - Tasting program

Chapter 16 – Tasting program

A familiar ring tone coming from her mobile phone grabbed her attention, and she slowly reached for it. It must be Ashton calling to give her a daily report of what happened at the restaurant while she hid in her apartment. When she asked him to do it, he had given her a 'are you crazy?' look, but he still did it, especially when she said she was going to take a rest.

"Darling."

Ashley froze and slowly pulled her phone away from her ear to look at the screen. It was an unknown number, but that voice was not unknown to her. This voice had haunted her in a different way than Sean's had.

"What the hell do you want, Gio?"

Once again, she regretted her decision not to change her number.

She had been procrastinating about it since her number was known to many of her close clients and suppliers. Calling them one by one to inform them of her new number would take a long time, especially when they would be keen to ask for the reason. Just the thought of that had her delaying changing her number, and in what seemed like a blink of an eye, four years had passed.

However, because of her same number, the doctor was able to reach her regarding Sean's accident. The only bad thing was that the hateful person was able to call her using a different number than his blocked one.

"Is this how you should greet your lover?"

"Are you fucking insane? We are no longer lovers, but enemies!"

His chuckle was seductive, but she preferred Sean's to his.

...Goodness! What was she thinking and comparing both of them? Both of them were scumbags that should be thrown into the dustbin for the sake of every woman's safety!

"Darling, are you trying new things to get me excited?"

Ashley ended the call, smoothly blocking the number after. Knowing his number was blocked, Gio used another mobile to call her, which she ignored.

Should she switch off her phone? But she was worried her family would call her.

A different ring tone came from her phone, indicating it was a message.

She pressed her lips together, wondering who it was. A glance told her it was from an unknown number, likely to be Gio. Well, it would not hurt to read it, right? He would not know if she did anyway.

Darling, I will still find you interesting, even without those funny acts you are doing. You will get to watch me tonight on TV. Just watch how famous I will be when the golden tongue praises my cooking.

Right, the tasting program was tonight!

Ashley blocked Gio's new number and tossed her phone onto the couch. Leaning back on her seat and tilting her head up to watch the ceiling blankly, she felt wronged. It would be unfair if Gio became famous after the show.

No matter how stifled her heart was, she could not deny that the crab dish she tasted that day was good. That dish was not her father's, but she did not doubt that it might belong to another victim of Gio's.

Could Gio claim that dish was his creation with a one hundred percent clear conscience?

Groaning loudly and rubbing her face, she hoped her family would not happen to watch that channel tonight. Gio's traitorous act had harmed her family a lot.

If Sean praised Gio's cooking, she would never ever forgive him!

Her phone rang again, and this time, she made sure to see who the caller was before accepting the call. "Hey, Kyle, what's up?"