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What reason do I have for marrying a head chef so hastily?
"I--I'm going to call them today," I said with a faint smile on my face. She nodded her head in understanding and went back to eating. Unknowingly my eyes moved towards the head chef and I found him already looking at me. His grey eyes moved all over my distressed face.
"Call them soon, I need to discuss the wedding arrangements with your mother too" I heard Mrs Villian saying excitedly to me. It made me look away from him. I swallowed hard the lump which had formed in my throat. "I will'' I gave her a small nod with the same faint smile on my face. For the rest of the breakfast, I kept playing with my food. My appetite was long lost. I kept on thinking about how I'm going to break the news of my getting married to them. How am I going to tell them I'm already married on paper? Telling them about my marriage means telling them about the lie which had made me get tangled in it. I don't know how they will take this. I don't even dare to tell the truth.
"Mom, I'm leaving," I heard the head chef say, making me look at him but I looked away when I saw him still looking at me.
"I thought you would stay longer because the restaurant is closed today,'' Mrs Villian said while looking at her son.
"I need to take care of something" I heard him saying. I could feel his eyes on me but I was too deeply engrossed in my worries. He left after that. After breakfast, I went to my bedroom. I saw myself seated in my room and stared at the black screen of my cell phone. I was doing it for half an hour. I called my dad and cut it even before it rang. It was my tenth attempt but I still couldn't muster up the courage to call him. If it continues like this then I think I will tell them about my marriage when I'm about to give birth to my child. A child with a demon himself I'm not ready for this. I huffed in annoyance while laying back on the bed. I threw my phone on the other side of the bed.
"What am I going to do?'' I exhaled in distress while closing my eyes. I heard the sound of the door getting opened but I didn't look in that direction.
"Sage you are here. I have been searching for you everywhere" she said excitedly, making me open my eyes and look at her.
"What happened," I asked her while sitting up.
"Come with me, there's a surprise for you," she said while walking into Thane, grabbing my hand. She pulled me with her.
"What surprise?" I asked her while letting her drag me with her.
"You will know soon," she said with a big smile on her face, making me look at her with furrowed eyes. But all my questions were answered once we reached the living room. My eyes widened in a mixture of shock and surprise.
"Mom dad," I said in my surprised voice when I found them sitting with everyone. Elijah was sitting with them too. My eyes immediately found the grey eyes which were already looking at me. What are they doing here? My eyes were screaming that question. I averted my eyes from him and looked at them. They stopped talking and looked at me with big smiles on their faces.
"Sage'' mom called out my name and walked towards me. She hugged me tightly. I hugged her back. I needed it so badly. Dad walked to me and hugged me. Elijah did the same but I saw he had a questioning look on his face.
"Sage, why didn't you tell me you have such a cute-looking brother?" Isabella asked, looking at Elijah whose face turned red, making her laugh. They made me sit on the couch beside them.
"Young lady, when were you going to tell us about the wedding?" mom asked me in a firm voice, making me look at her in surprise. They even know about the wedding. A big lump formed in my throat and I couldn't come up with an answer.
"We would have not known if the head chef didn't call us," dad said with a big smile on his face.
"Mr King, you can call me Xanthus," he said to dad, making him nod his head yes.
"I tell you I was so worried for her. She was always busy with her college and now with her work and never had time for a boyfriend but now that I see her with head ch– Xanthus. He told us everything about how you fell in love and how he wants to marry you. He asked my permission and I had no reason to refuse him. I'm so happy for both of you" dad said with a big smile on his face while patting my back. My eyes widened in surprise. He told them everything. I immediately looked at him and he had a smirk playing on the corner of his lips. He was saving that boom for some other day. I glared at him with narrowed eyes. Loves me and he asked for permission to marry me to dad. He didn't even ask me. He should get an Oscar for it.
"We were worried for Xanthus too. I thought he was going to end up as a single angry old man but when I saw Sage I knew we had a small hope" Mrs Villian said, making him groan.
"Yeah, I know how these kids are these days. They make their parents so worried. But I'm happy in the end it turned out good" my mom said as if a big weight from her shoulder was lifted down. His mother and grandma nodded their heads in understanding as if they knew what my mother was talking about. But why were they talking as if we both were not present here? I looked at the head chef to find him looking at his mother in disbelief.
"Mom dad will you stop now," I said in my hushed tone with a burning red face. These people are going to be my in-laws. Wait, they are already my inlaws.
"Ok we will stop talking," they said together after looking at my face.
"I will go and take care of lunch. I have invited Grace and Eric for lunch today," Mrs Villian said while getting up from her seat.
"Eric is coming too," I asked to reconfirm it. As soon as I said that I felt burning eyes on me. Eric is still mad at me and not talking with me. He thinks I'm being stupid and getting married to his cousin like this.
"Yes," she said with a small nod.
"I will help you. He likes the chicken pasta from my hands," I said while getting up from my seat to follow her. I used to experiment with a lot of recipes at home and Eric was my guinea pig. He tasted all my recipes without any complaints. Once I made chicken pasta and it became his favourite.
"Yeah I would love to have a helping hand," Mrs Villian said. I still felt his eyes burning holes in me but I didn't look in his direction because I was excited to cook pasta for Eric. Maybe he will forgive me after eating the delicious finger-licking pasta I made for him. Mom and dad continued talking with Grandma. Grandma was asking what dad does and all that. I walked away with Mrs Villian with an excited smile on my face. I hope he likes it. I got busy helping her. I even made some garlic bread with the pasta. They are the best combination. "Sage you go and get freshen up. I will tell maids to arrange the table" Mrs Villian said when I was done with everything.
"Ok" I gave her a small nod while untying my apron. I was walking towards my room when suddenly a hand was wrapped around my wrist and before I knew it I was being dragged somewhere by none other than the grey eye demon.
"Where are you taking me?" I asked in a hushed tone not wanting to gain the attention of people seated in the living room. We were not that far away from that room. Instead of answering me he opened some room and pinned me to the door. He stood only a few inches away from my face with his grey eyes glaring down at me.
"Let me go. if some see us together we will be in trouble" I said in a hushed tone wanting to get out of his hold because his demeanour was screaming danger. He didn't let me go and instead asked me a question which made me look at him with furrowed eyes.
"What do I like"
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