Wearing aprons, the two handsome men began to cook for breakfast.As the invisible timer began ticking, Chadwick grabbed the blender from the side. He placed egg yolks, mustard, lemon juice, salt, and hot sauce all in the blender. Then, he pulsed it for 5 seconds. He streamed in it the melted butter until it completely blended. Next, he put the Hollandaise sauce in a pan of hot water to keep it warm.As he opened the fire, Chadwick looked at his opponent.Not bothering to watch Chadwick, Geoffrey places the vegetables on the cutting board. He cut off a third of the sweet red pepper and the whole jalapeno and cleaned out the seeds. Then, he diced both into tiny pieces. He cut half the onion into tiny pieces before he grabbed two pans he would use.When Geoffrey picked out the tortillas, Chadwick can guess what he will cook. He shook his head and tried to focus on his dish.Chadwick placed a pan on the other stove. He heated up the Canadian bacon slices until it went brown. Then, he toa
The reason why Chadwick and Geoffrey wanted Adira to choose who cooked the best, is it because of their pride? Their urge to win against each other?Declining to give them satisfaction, Adira purposely did not give her answer. Thus, she transferred all responsibility to the employees who came to the cottage.“Come here, guys. I have something for you~”The employees looked at each other. They all know about what happened last night; when Adira drowned, and Chadwick failed to save her. Surely, it must be difficult to get along with the couple, however, they doubted if they were right. Looking at the smiling Adira and her husband who’s wearing an apron, they thought that maybe, it is finally safe to approach the two.They wore awkward smiles as they walked near the three. Then, Adira began to introduce the dishes.“Here, we have two candidates,” Adira said, placing two plates on the other table. “Eggs Benedict and Burrito. Have a taste and decide which one is better.”The five employees
Adira’s POVThe first thing that I did after knowing that Geoffrey is related to Isa and Chadwick is investigate. When they first met and how they became acquainted with each other.Geoffrey transferred into Isa and Chadwick’s school during high school. There they made friends, and students called them a trio who cannot be separated. But before graduation, the three suddenly stopped hanging out together, leaving Geoffrey alone while Isa and Chadwick were still good friends.The reason why their friendship broke isn’t plucking stars up in the night sky. It is so easy to guess.‘Probably, it is because of a woman.’Perhaps, Geoffrey avoided them after getting confessed by his stepsister. Or he knew that Chadwick has feelings for Isa, so he gave way.Whatever the case, I did not put my husband and Geoffrey together on purpose just to mend their broken friendship. Instead, it is their punishment for using me as their gateway to continue their unfinished business with each other.‘How dare
Geoffrey felt his body aching here and there. He slept for almost half a day after cooking burritos for everyone. When he imagined the smell and the texture of the burritos, chills ran up to his spine. He shook his head and went out to visit the beach. As he walked towards the shore, the sun is readying itself to set in the West. He could hear the sound of the waves pushing and pulling on the shore and the echoes of the laughter. He sniffed that salty smell of the ocean; he could taste the strong taste on his buds. Geoffrey stopped for a moment and enjoyed staring at the enormous water that is exceptionally blue today. The sands look like diamonds crashing with the waves. 12 years ago, he remembered the fond memories he shared in this place together with his mother and his loving stepfather. Even if he is not his stepfather’s real son, he felt the genuine love and affection he gave to him. Those days could not have felt more perfect. Being in this place gives him feeling that he’
Volleyball is a game played by two teams, six of each team. The teams are separated by a net, and they will use an inflated ball to compete with one another.The goal of the game is simple. It is to win the match.A match is won by the first team to win 2 out of 3 matches. As soon as a team wins 2 games, then the match is over. Points will be given to a team every time they score by landing the ball in the opponent’s court or if the opponent commits a fault.The game will start when a team serves the ball on the other side. Each time is allowed 3 hits before the ball must be returned over the net. It is bump, set, and spike the ball into the opponents’ courts.Each team consists of 3 front lines, the attack zone, and three back lines, the defense zone. Each player has different roles in the game. There is an outside hitter (wing spiker, left side), opposite hitter (the main scorer of the team, setter, middle blocker and libero.In Crimson Meadow team, Adira was placed as the in the de
The players in Chadwick’s team did not know what the hell had just happened. A moment ago, they were in the lead with 9 points. But after Adira’s spike, they continued losing until they lost the first match. And this time, the opponent’s team has two points left to win the game.Since when did it go wrong?When they let Adira joined the game?When they made the deal since they know they will win?Or when they belittle Adira’s ability just because she is a woman?Whatever the answer is, they needed to defend the last two points and scored five points to win the game.“Yey!” team Adira cheered.They gave a high five to the right spiker.“Ma’am, that was an insane spike!” The libero praised.From the other net, Chadwick looked at Adira. Even though his team was losing, he could not feel bad at all. He was just in awe and felt amazed seeing Adira shine even in this game.“Thanks,” Adira said before giving a high five to their libero. When she stood in front of the setter, Geoffrey, she smi
Chadwick ran towards the direction of the cave where he and Adira got stranded in last night. Adira said that she wanted to take revenge on Isa by locking her inside the cave.He could not believe it.Even though Isa crossed the line, Adira won’t put someone in danger just because she’s mad. However, he could not stop himself from checking whether it was true or not.He wanted to trust Adira, to prove himself wrong but at the back of his mind, he feels guilty for running. Chadwick just… in mess.Two women are trying to play with him, using themselves as his weakness. He always says to himself that focusing on his feelings will answer everything. But no. He thinks he needs to do more than just confess to Adira.‘There’s more that I need to do,’ he realized.Catching his breath, Chadwick looked at the back of the woman under the light post in front of the cave. It is Isa, who’s peeking at the cave from afar.He sighed in relief. If Isa is outside the cave, that means Adira is only pranki
One morning when Adira sat down on her office chair and looked at the piles of paperwork in her table, it hit her that vacation is finally over.Yet all day, she spends almost half of the day looking at the blank space.Earlier, before coming to work, Adira left the divorce paper in the house with her sign. Surely by this time, her husband, who came back home from the resort, saw the divorce paper. Adira did not expect him to call her about this, and she really did not receive anything.Hansel just heard about this a moment ago. When she did, the information hardly sank it. Hansel had a guess that it is probably due to the incidents which took place at the beach resort.“Ma’am,” Hansel called Adira, who’s been spacing out for a long minute.As if she woke from a long daydream and she just realized it just now, Adira smiled at Hansel and asked, “Yes?”“Well, I am gonna ask something personal. Is that okay?”“Sure.”“Hmmm, are you really sure about it?”“You mean divorcing my husband?”