Serena had been busy in the kitchen for the whole afternoon.
By the time she came out, it was already dinner time.
Henry hung up the phone and came over just to see Serena wiping the sweat off her face, as if she had just finished a battle.
“Ms. Serena, Mr. Derek has just called and said that he has something to deal with tonight and will go home late.”
“What?”
Serena was feeling tired and exhausted. Hearing this, she suddenly became outraged, “What did you say?!”
“Mr. Derek, he…”
“I’ve been cooking all afternoon and you tell me that he won’t come back tonight!” Serena was furious and took out her phone. “I’m gonna call him!”
However, when she took out her phone and was about to dial the number, she realized that she did not have his phone number.
Serena looked at Henry and handed her phone to him. “What’s Derek’s phone number?”
Henry put Derek’s phone number into Serena’s phone.
As soon as the phone was connected, Serena began to roar at the phone.
However, the person who answered the phone was not Derek, but Derek’s secretary, Hayden.
“I’m really sorry, Ms. Serena. Mr. Derek has a very important meeting tonight and he probably won’t go back until early in the morning.”
Then he hung up.
Serena was about to explode with anger!
—
At the Saints Group.
Derek, who was flipping through the documents, heard the conversation, raised his head and asked, “Who is it?”
Hayden hurriedly walked over and said, “Mr. Derek, it’s Ms. Serena.”
“Oh? What did she say?”
“Ms. Serena sounded pretty intense. I didn’t hear her clearly at first. I only heard her say that she has been cooking all afternoon.”
Hayden replied truthfully.
Derek’s hand suddenly stopped. A few seconds later, he suddenly closed the documents.
“Cancel the meeting tonight,” Derek said as he stood up.
“What?” Hayden was shocked. “Mr. Derek, the meeting is very important. This date has been set half a month ago. I believe that the major shareholders will arrive soon. Canceling the meeting at this time will definitely make the shareholders…”
Derek turned to look at Hayden coldly, and Hayden immediately shut up.
“Alright, I’ll cancel it right now.”
Hayden left with confusion, wondering what was going on with Derek.
The last time when they had gone to Britain, he had reduced the original one-week journey to five days and the meetings had all been postponed. Today, Mr. Derek had even canceled the shareholders meeting!
This was nothing like Derek. He used to stand on his words and had always been punctual.
Hayden shook his head, but he could only do as Derek had said, because, after all, he was just a secretary.
Derek got into the car heading to the Crystal Palace and told Henry that he would arrive in half an hour.
Henry hurriedly walked to Serena and said, “Ms. Serena, Mr. Derek just called and said that he will be home in half an hour.”
Serena, who had been in a daze, suddenly stood up and said, “Really?”
Henry nodded, “Yes, Ms. Serena. So hurry up and prepare your dinner.”
Serena immediately rushed towards the bedroom like an arrow!
Half an hour later, Derek arrived at the Crystal Palace on time.
Just as he walked in the living room —
“Welcome back!” Serena bowed to him.
Derek glanced at her and was truly shocked.
Serena was dressed in a maid suit!
Yes, typical maid suit, with a dark blue skirt, a white ruffled apron, and a pair of black flats.
She didn’t wear any makeup so that her small face was clean, her ponytail was neat, and her bright eyes shone with youthful vigor!
Derek could feel his heart beating violently, but he managed to calmly walk towards the dining hall.
Serena followed up to move the chair for Derek, “Please have a seat!”
Derek looked at the table and saw that there were several dishes, each of which looked delicious.
“I’m honored to introduce you that all the dishes on the table had been made by me today!”
Derek raised his eyebrows in disbelief, “Do you cook?”
Serena patted her chest proudly, “Don’t underestimate me, OK? My second ambition is to be a top-notch foodie. Hey, do you know what counts as a top-notch foodie?”
“What?”
“A qualified foodie knows how to appreciate the food, as well as how to cook make dishes that suit his or her own taste! This is the best foodie! Those who only eat but can’t cook are at most low-grade foodie. They are incomparable to me.”
Derek was curious. After all, Serena was a Norris. How could she cook?
“You said that this is your second ambition. What about your first ambition?”
Clearly Serena didn’t want to talk about it, “Well … The food is getting cold. May I introduce them to you?”
Serena cleared her throat, “This is the most common dish, Mapo Tofu. The most important thing to make a perfect Mapo Tofu is the moderate amount of pepper and peppercorn. The restaurants put either too much pepper or peppercorn. And this dish is just fine. I guarantee that you have three bowls of rice with this Mapo Tofu.”
“And this one is Spicy Slice of Meat. The seasoning is exquisite. I made it myself.”
“And this is Sweet and Spicy Chicken Nuggets. It is both sweet and spicy. It first got popular in Korea and I modified the recipe myself to make it taste better!”
…
Serena kept talking about the dishes.
Henry looked at Serena, then looked at Derek. When he was about to step forward to stop Serena, Derek raised his hand to signal him. So Henry stepped back.
If Henry had known that all the dishes Serena had cooked were spicy, he would definitely have stopped her, because Derek never ate spicy food!
“Alright! You can eat now!” Serena clapped her hands in a proud way.
Henry looked at Derek worriedly. However, Derek picked up the chopsticks.
He picked up a piece of sweet and spicy chicken, took a bite, and slowly chewed. The sweet and spicy flavors slowly expanded in his mouth. To be honest, the taste was not bad!
“How do you like it?” Serena was filled with anticipation.
“Just ordinary,” Derek expressionlessly commented.
“Ordinary? You actually said that it is ordinary?” Serena was outraged and put her hands on her waist. No one had ever said her cooking was just “ordinary”. How dare him!
Derek kept eating calmly, and his comments on every dish remained the same.
Serena tried so hard to suppress the anger.
After the dinner, Derek stood up and walked upstairs. At somewhere no one could see, he covered his stomach, frowning heavily.