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𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑.𝟔

𝐇𝐚𝐢𝐢𝐢𝐢.

𝐒𝐨 𝐈'𝐦 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤, 𝐲𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐞. 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬. 

𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲. 𝐀𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐨.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐮𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 ♡

Soon enough, the dishes arrived. The dishes varied from East Asian to South Asian. I took the bowl of Pho Thin, a known Vietnamese dish. I blew on the spoon before taking a bite. I let out a hum of delight, the spices melting on my tongue and engulfing me in foodie bliss.

Xavier chuckled at my delight and took a plate of mixed rice with vegetables. We enjoyed our food and tried the various dishes. Once we were done, Xavier looked toward the kitchen, where waiters and staff came in and out. Today was a more peaceful day as there weren't many people in the luxury restaurant, so the staff were relaxed.

"Y/n dear, how about we go give a visit to the chef, I believe he would be more than happy to meet you."

Xavier said while smiling at me. I was intrigued by the thought of going to meet the chef, but also a bit sheepish about it. But I pushed those feelings aside and nodded. Xavier led me to the kitchen, the staff making way for us to move through the busy kitchen. 

We approached a dark brown-haired man who had his back to us. He had a tall and muscular build, his back muscles flexing in his tight white chef uniform.

"Rajhi, how have you been?"
Xavier's strong voice caught the attention of the man. He turned around revealing a very handsome brown man, his eyes were dark but striking, he had a refined jaw and a stubble which gave him a mature yet attractive look. The man, Rajhi smiled upon seeing Xavier. He clasped his hands together as he approached us.

"Ahh, Xavier. Long time no see, what brings you here?"

The man's voice was deep with a little raspiness, it held a slight South-Asian accent.

Xavier chuckled as he patted my shoulder.

"This is my sister, Y/n. Her father married my mother so she's part of the family now."

The dark-haired man's brows raised in a pleasant surprise. He extended his hand to me which I immediately accepted.

"Ah, what wonderful information, I'm Rajhi. Me and your brother are old friends. We met at a business party in Dubai where I was the head chef. He took a liking to my food and came to me. And from there on we became good friends."

He said while shaking my hand. His grip was firm but gentle. I smile back at him, intrigued by their way of meeting. 

"So, how did you enjoy your food?" He said while retracting his hand and then clasping them together.