By Zephyria “Oh my, Princess. Thank you so much for inviting us again today.”
Georgina, facing Yu-jin and Angela in front of the door, bowed gracefully with a curtsy. Angela, who had come out to the car on purpose, however, looked at her with a deeply furrowed brow.
“It’s a fancy restaurant today, Georgina!”
“Oh my.”
Georgina, surprised, lightly covered her mouth with one hand and glanced at Yu-jin. Yu-jin smiled wryly and added an explanation.
“It suddenly turned out that way this morning. I didn’t have time to change the invitations…”
“I see, then what should I do? Chef? Or manager?”
She was asking what Angela’s role was today. Angela puffed out her chest and replied.
“Call me Chef Angela. Manager, please guide the guests to their seats.”
Following her daughter’s instructions, Yu-jin guided Charlotte and Georgina. As she headed to Angela’s room as before, Georgina was secretly very excited. The time had finally come to confirm what she had been investigating.
Georgina sat quietly in Angela’s room, and after a while, Angela came in wearing a plausible chef’s hat and an apron around her waist. Georgina quickly took out her phone to take a picture, then waited for the child with a straight posture as if nothing had happened. Angela stopped a few steps away from the table where the guests were sitting, cleared her throat, and opened her mouth.
“Welcome, guests. Thank you for visiting Angela’s fancy restaurant.”
The child, deliberately drawing out the last word, placed her right hand on her left chest and bowed slightly. Charlotte and Georgina were about to applaud, but Yu-jin quickly stopped them. It seemed they had rehearsed before greeting the guests, so they quietly lowered their hands and waited. Angela, straightening her back again, said.
“Today’s dish is a specially prepared steak. I grilled it with butter like this. I’m sure you’ll love it.”
Angela gestured with her hands back and forth and finished.
“Then please enjoy your meal.”
The child stepped back and bowed again before turning around and walking out. After a few seconds of silence after the door closed, Georgina poured out the words she had been holding back like a waterfall.
“Oh my gosh, how can Angie be so cute? How did she even know about that toque? Too bad, I should have taken a few more pictures!”
Yu-jin could only smile wryly at Georgina, who was fussing and not knowing what to do.
“She’s been obsessed with cooking shows lately. The chef who appears on them is… well, Angie’s type.”
Unable to resist Georgina’s urging, Yu-jin found and showed her a picture of the chef. Charlotte and Georgina leaned in at the same time to check the screen.
“Ah, this person. He’s trending these days. So Angie likes this kind of person.”
Following Georgina’s admiration, Charlotte opened her mouth for the first time.
“I thought she would like kids her age, but that’s unexpected…”
Hearing her usual fading voice, Yu-jin replied.
“Angie is, how should I say, a bit mature in her tastes…”
“She likes older men?”
Georgina quickly snatched the last words, and Yu-jin readily nodded.
“She says kids her age are childish.”
“Oh my.”
Charlotte blushed and brought one hand to her mouth. She seemed to be holding back laughter, but Yu-jin could only smile wryly.
“That kid is a bit more mature than kids her age…”
“Well, kids her age wouldn’t be a match for Angie’s level.”
Georgina nodded in agreement as if it were obvious.
“Angie has a good eye. This person is very smart and has good manners, so he’s very popular right now. He’s also quite handsome…”
Having said that, Georgina asked with a mischievous face.
“Does she like him because he’s handsome?”
“Ah, not really.”Yu-jin shook his head.
“Angie likes kind people. He seemed very kind when I saw him on the program. I don’t know what he’s really like, though.”
“Oh, so she doesn’t care about looks?”
At Georgina’s question, Yu-jin gave an awkward smile.
“She cares a lot.”
If Angela only cared about looks, she wouldn’t have been so wary of Winston. Of course, things are different now.
As he recalled recent events, Yu-jin felt strange. He was uncomfortable with Winston being so kind to the child, and Angela seemed to be opening her heart more and more. This was going to be very difficult. Unaware of his worries, Georgina nodded with a satisfied expression.
“Looks are a given, and she looks at personality on top of that. I like Angie.”
Seeing her give a thumbs up, Yu-jin could only smile. A moment later, Angela entered, leaving the employees behind.
It was a course meal that her favorite chef had recently shown on a program, recreated exactly.
While elegantly eating and agreeing with Angela, Georgina didn’t miss a chance to observe Yu-jin and the child. It was strange no matter how she thought about it. According to what she had investigated with all her effort, Yu-jin should be a vulgar prostitute who only knew money. But both last time and now, he was far from flamboyant, with a very quiet and calm personality. He didn’t match the person the family members were unanimously despising at all.
Rather, it seemed like he had lived a terribly hard life.
Georgina, who already knew what kind of people her family, including her relatives, were, could only think that way.
But she couldn’t understand why even Winston thought the same way.
It was certain that the two had a deep relationship, so he must know Yu-jin well.
So far, Georgina had only found out that Yu-jin was the mistress of her grandfather, Harold, and that he had tried to seduce Winston, incurring Harold’s wrath and being kicked out. She could understand why the family still hated him so much. If this was true.
But why did grandfather call Yu-jin back to the mansion?
Moreover, he even attached the condition of marrying his most beloved child and having a child, which didn’t make sense as the last words of his life to a mistress who had tried to play with his son in front of his eyes. Especially after he had kicked him out himself.
Georgina was stuck on this part. No matter how hard she tried, no one would tell her, and she couldn’t find any documents or anything that could give her a clue. There was only one method left. She didn’t know if it would work or not.
She had been told that she could get the drug.
The important thing was whether she could actually use it. Even so, giving her uncle a drug just out of curiosity was too dangerous and daring an idea. It was also true that her conscience was pricked.
As she hesitated, unable to cross the final line, Charlotte’s arm suddenly came into view. More precisely, the faint bruise visible at the end of her sleeve.
“Oh my, what’s this?”
Surprised, Georgina raised her voice and pointed to Charlotte’s arm. Startled, Charlotte quickly pulled down her sleeve, but it was already too late. Yu-jin also looked at her with wide eyes, and she soon turned pale and didn’t know what to do. Realizing her mistake, Georgina quickly shut her mouth and looked around. Charlotte rolled her eyes in embarrassment and stammered.
“I, it’s nothing. I was doing housework, and I got hurt.”
Georgina’s face was full of disbelief. She looked like she had a lot to say, but she couldn’t continue the topic because of Yu-jin.
Yu-jin also noticed this and subtly got up.
“I’ll go see what Angie is doing.”
Seeing him quickly leave the seat, Georgina waited and opened her mouth.
“What happened? Did Gordon hit you again?”
“Georgina!”
Charlotte raised her voice in embarrassment and quickly covered her mouth. But the reaction made it clear what the answer was. Georgina’s eyes flashed as she quietly raged.
“When is he going to fix that habit? Did you report it to the police? That bastard deserves to be humiliated!”