It was early in the morning, and Ella just woke up. She was thinking about the whole situation. Of course, she still has feelings for Chun, but somehow she wasn't nervous around him anymore. This was good, because she can't risk anymore accidents now that she's pregnant. She sighed and looked at her stomach, she could see it has become bigger, it was like a bump. She thinks that Chun doesn't like her in return. He was just being nice to her because she was pregnant with his child and well, he was just naturally nice. She sighed again and wondered about how nice he treats his servants. Yesterday, she saw that they had high respects for him.
She thought more and more about him until she was determined to make him like breakfast.
She went to the kitchen. However, she didn't know what kind of food he likes.
She sat at the dining table to make guesses when one of the maids came in.
"Good Morning. What are you doing here, miss?" she asked.
Ella wasn't supposed to be in the kitchen, she just got there yesterday. Plus, she wasn't a maid.
In the Wu household the maids do all the house chores. That is what they're hired to do.
"Oh, Uhh...Good Morning! I just came here to ...."
"...make breakfast for Mr. Wu?" the maid finished her sentence for her, teasing her.
With wide eyes, she looked at the maid. "How did you know?!" she exclaimed.
She's definitely a girl who does not know how to keep her secret!
"A maid can tell, miss. Now, do you need any help? Mr. Wu told us not to let you do hard work."
"Oh."
"My name is Karen. If you need my help you can just call my name."
"Thank you Karen, you can call me Ella. I actually need your help, because I don't know what your master likes. Do you know what he likes?"
"I have been here for almost 5 years; I think I know what he likes."
"Thank you!!!"
"You don't have to thank me, because he's not really picky. He eats almost everything except for fatty foods."
"Let's get to work then."
Both ladies helped each other in preparing breakfast for Chun.
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"Good morning!!!" Chun greeted while coming down the stairs already in his suit ready to go back to work.
"I don't have time for breakfast today so you're going to have to eat without me." He told Ella, who was waiting for him, sitting at the entertainment room.
She sadly nodded her head and headed to the kitchen after telling him not to starve himself.
Chun headed to work without knowing Ella made him breakfast while Ella was disappointed her efforts just went down the drain.
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At work, all Chun could think about was his mother.
He didn't know what she thought about Ella and he kept wondering what would happen when they will meet.
He was worried that she wouldn't like Ella and force her to abort the baby.
But then, maybe he was just thinking too much.
He is what we call Mama's boy.
He has high respects for his mother and took her as a role model.
When his father died, he saw how strong his mom was.
She brought him up and kept their company going all on her own.
He wanted her to like Ella.
That was why he decided to clear his schedule for the rest of the day and call Ella
"Hello?" Karen answered the phone.
"Karen, can I talk to Ella please."
"Oh, wait a minute."
She went to Ella, who was gathering plates in the kitchen as they just had lunch.
She insisted on cleaning it up. She wasn't used to the use of maid to do your chores for you.
"Ellllaaa~ someone's on the phone for you." Karen said in a teasing tone.
"Huh?" Ella said, looking up at Karen. "Who?"
"Who do you think? I think someone is guilty that he didn't get to eat the breakfast a certain Miss Ella had cooked!! Aiyoo! You guys are so cute!"
"What?! Where's the phone?! Why didn't you tell me earlier? It might be something important." Ella exclaimed. She obviously doesn't want Chun to wait.
"Hello?" she said on the phone timidly.
"Uuhh..Ella, I just called to tell you that...I'm picking you up, so we could go shopping."
"But I thought you were busy."
"Ask me later."
"Fine"
"Bye"
"Bye"
They ended the call.
"So? How did it go?" Karen went out from the kitchen after unsuccessfully eavesdropping.
"He said we're going shopping and that I could ask him later why."
"Shopping? Really?! Then...You're effort was really unappreciated!!" Karen couldn't believe her master could be this unappreciative. She felt so disappointed.
"Karen? Don't be like that! Look on the bright side! Both of us are going shopping!!! Just the two of us shopping together!!!" Ella squealed. "Don't you think only boyfriends and girlfriends shop together?"
She was totally excited. She was actually looking for distractions so she wouldn't think much about her upcoming meeting with Chun's mother.
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When Chun came, Ella immediately went inside his car and they drove to the mall.
"Chun, why did you suddenly want to go shopping?" Ella asked while they were already parking the car.
Chun was expecting her to ask the minute he arrived at home but was surprised when she waited until they were at the parking lot to do so.
"To tell you the truth, I...just...don't think the way you dress right now is really...flattering. That's why I wanted you to come so we could buy you some clothes that are more...girly. I mean com'on your nearly 5 months pregnant, I don't think your clothes are very appropriate."
Chun finished answering when he had finally parked the car without even looking at her.
"Thank you for your blunt answers Mr. Wu but you know, I'm a very emotional pregnant woman and yet you just insult me so bluntly. I don't think that's a good thing to do."
She was starting to tear up, trying hard to hold it back.
But she knew where Chun was coming from, her mom was also urging her to shop for new clothes because her baggy ones are just plain...ugly.
"Also, didn't you know, that I made you breakfast this morning, I was really excited to let you taste my cooking, I even asked Karen to tell me what your favorite foods were so I could cook them."
Chun was caught off guard; he didn't know what to do.
Looking at the sobbing woman, he was really torn.
He didn't how to comfort her, he had the thought of hugging her, but that was a no-no.
They weren't a couple!
He really didn't know what to do. He was just looking at her.
"Ella, I'm sorry. I really didn't mean it that way." He said and had decided on patting her back gently.
"I'm really sorry, don't worry as soon as we get home, I'm going to eat whatever's left of what you had cooked for me and to really show how sorry I am I'm going to cook your favorite food for dinner. Is that alright?"
"Promise?"
"Promise."