His Cure

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“This should be fun.”she clicked her tongue and walked out of the kitchen.

She went back to the couch and sat down.

Not too long, the annoying boy – Mirabel came down and went to the kitchen.

“Miss, you the one cooking?”he stood between the door.

“Yeah. Got any problem?”Beatrice responded without looking at him.

Mirabel wore a smirk and went fully in.

He went to grab the salt jar and went on a toe to open the lid of the pot.

He poured a great amount of salt inside and shut it gently and giggled to himself.

He went to snatch a box of pineapple juice from the fridge and returned back to their room upstairs with a smug smile.

“You’ve got something on your sleeve?”Kiara asked when she saw the smile on his face.

“Nah.”he shook his head.

Telling them now would spoil the fun.

Especially Kiara with the big mouth. She would blurt it out in no moment.

He stabbed the straw on the box and sipped from the juice in delight.

Oh, he can’t wait.

*

~Ten Minutes Later~

Beatrice stood up and went inside the kitchen. She opened the pot and stirred the contents.

Oh, it’s almost done.Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

She grabbed a plate and a fork and waited for a minute before turning the cooker off.

She dished the noodles inside the plate and went to place it on the table.

“Kiara!! Kiara baby!!”she called with a tone of mock.

After a while, she came out.

“Ugh, you’re so loud.”she climbed the stairs down and moved to the table.

“What about my pasta and milkshake?”

“I will make that later. Just have this first, okay?”

“Why is it so red.”

“Oh, I added some tomato. Don’t tell me you don’t like your food red?. Woah, you acted so much like an adult but you’re scared of..”

“Oh, shut it. Who said I’m scared?”Kiara glared at her.

Trying to hurt her ego sure works.

She sat down on the chair and grabbed the fork.

She rolled some noddles on it and thrusted it in her mouth.

“Ahhh!”her eyes reddened instantly.

“My mouth… pepper.. ahh… salt…. pepper…. so hot..”she gibbered and stood up while running around.

Beatrice gave a satisfactory smile.

“Baby Kiara…”she drawled out.

“Water.. wa… ter…”she rushed to her.

“Oh, yeah! Water! Wait here a little bit.”she went inside the kitchen and locked the door.

“I am coming, okay?”she shouted and sat on the counter, laughing so hard.

**

“That must be her! Let’s go.”Mirabel jumped off the bed when he heard a sound from downstairs.

“What have you done this time, Mira?”Jared, the nice one, frowned.

“I added some salt in the lady’s food. Come on, let’s go. It would be a funny watch.”he giggled ad dashed out of the room.

“Mirabel!!”Jared called with a frown while running after him.

They both got downstairs and met Kiara perambulating around the living room.

“My lips are on fire… help.. water.. it’s so hot.. salt… ahh”

“What?. The food was meant for you?”Mirabel questioned, shocked.

Tears brimmed out of her eyes.

“It’s.. it’s so hot. It’s burning my tongue. Help..”she sobbed.

Jared rushed towards the kitchen and tried to open the door only to realized it has been shut from the inside.

He banged on the door.

“Miss, are you there?. Help, Kiara is in trouble.”he said.

Beatrice turned to the door and got down from the counter.

She took a bottle water with her and went out.

“Oh my! Kiara, I brought you some water.”she moved to where she was.

“O.. open.. open..”she stuttered.

“Okay, Kiara.”she opened the lid and gave it to her.

Kiara snatched the water from her and gulped it down in a Go.

“More!”she declared.

Beatrice chuckled softly.

“Go get her more, kid.”she turned to Mirabel.

He nodded and rushed inside the kitchen.

He came back with a bottled water and proferred it to Kiara who emptied it all.

Her stomach bulged out like that of a pregnant woman. That must be because she has had a lot to drink.

Beatrice felt a pang of guilt.

Of course, Kiara was rude but she shouldn’t have dealt with her that way.

She acted immaturely.

She brushed it off before standing on her feet.

“You good now?”she questioned her.

“This is your doing, isn’t it?”Kiara attacked.

“You dare to add a great amount of salt and pepper in my food?”she fumed.

Her ears turned red, likewise her cheeks.

“No, Kiara.”Mirabel interfered.

Kiara turned her face to him.

“She.. she did nothing wrong. I.. I thought the food was her’s so I added a little salt. I–i didn’t know it was you. Besides, I never imagined you will have her prepare your food for you. I..”

“Cut your crap, Mirabel. A little salt?. That was a lot. And the pepper, you added it inside too?”Kiara yelled.

“I did.”Beatrice announced and pressed her lips together.

“I was only trying to make the noodles spicy, my hand must have slipped while pouring it…”

“I am in your debts list.”Kiara threw daggers at her with her eyes and stomped away.

“D… debt?. Is she..”

“Yes, that exactly what she meant. We don’t forgive easily.”Mirabel scowled at Beatrice then left.

Beatrice sneered at their attitudes then shrugged.

“You did that on purpose, didn’t you?”Jared enquired behind her.

She glanced back at him with raised brows.

“Did what on purpose?”she feigned innocent.

“That was your plan initially. Putting a lot of pepper in her food.”he strode to where she was.

He has been observing things quietly from the back all these while.

He sure is a precocious kid!

“I mean, I kind of understand. Kiara is a pain in the neck.”he smiled.

“Hey, what are you getting at exactly. Are you trying to praise or provoke me?”

“I’m doing neither of that. Why?. Just because I like you doesn’t mean I shouldn’t correct you when you’re wrong.”he spoke, gently.

Beatrice stared at him in awe.

Is.. is he really a kid?

He walked away and she tucked the lose strand of her hair behind her ear.

What the fuck?!

“What are you doing?”his voice pierced into her ears and she looked up at him.

“Huhhh?”she heaved a sigh.

“It’s time for stories, come on.”

An alarm shrilled in her head.

But she has got only a chapter down.

Holy cow!

“You.. you sad you want it chapters by.. uhm.. chapters. I only have one chapter down at the moment, I don’t…”

“What have you been doing?. Playing with the kids?, forgetting your work already?”he said brusquely.

“No, no, not that. Kiara was..”

“Is Kiara the one that hired you?. The one chapter had better be good. Meet me in my room.”he uttered coldly and turned his back to her.