Daddy’s Hot Sauce

-Flashback-

“I told you to stay away from her!” Anders exclaimed and hit his face once again.

Two men were holding Mike’s arm and that was in favour to Anders as he wanted to eliminate him at this moment, for him he was just an insect that moved around Emily and he wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible.

“Are you threaten at my presence, Mr. Winston?”

“Hell no, mother fucker!” another jabs onto his stomach that made Mike fell on the ground while crouching in pain.

“I hope you will learn your lesson from this. I don’t want you to be near at her! Or I will let you suffer from anything possibilities just to make sure you are far from her.”

Anders just spit on the ground and gestured his hand while the men knew what to do next. He knew exactly on how to play dirty with his enemy or anyone who would be on his way to grab the opportunity for him.

– end of flashback –

Anders felt like he need to win a competition for her smile and genuine stared at him. He knew how they started this contract just like shit on her but he has to be more careful and delicate on treating Emily. He needed to reverse the contract and everything just to convince her to be on the good side.

Anders let out a heavy sigh and closed his eyes while his arms were wrapped on her waist line.

Time passed by and Emily felt the heavy feeling on her stomach her eyes were still shut and felt the coldness of the surroundings. When she opened her eyes the wooden walls approach her eyes and then a memory from yesterday played back on her.

“Shit!” she whispered and slowly get rid of his arm from her waist.

She stood up and saw all her cloths were on the ground and when her sight landed on him, she felt the heat of her cheeks after seeing his torso; his whole and made her tightly closed her eyes.

When she picked up all the clothes on the ground, she quickly put them on and fixed her hair with her fingers in front of the small mirror hanging on the wall.

There’s nothing much to see in the cabin just a simple furniture made of wood and few pieces that might be useful and that’s it.

She let out a heavy sigh and stare the breath taking view from the window. A clear sky, windy air that was touching her hair, the morning breeze that was considerable making the place mixed up with the right temperature.

She felt quite eased at this time after seeing Mike and knowing that her friend was now in great condition, and the fact that Anders would let her be with Mike for just a short time.

She realized that he was getting into consideration these days. Emily was hoping that she could get to see her parents soon f they arrived here back in the country.

Then, she remembered that she needed to be making a breakfast for Anders, as it was already passed nine in the morning, so she went to the kitchen and opened the small fridge and saw some ingredients that she could use to make breakfast for him.

But, the moment she closed the fridge, she saw Anders was standing right behind the door and was just staring at her. Emily felt uncomfortable by it so, she cleared her throat and stood firmly and confidently in front of him and said, “Good morning,”

“Here,” Anders said and handed over to her the freshly picked flower.

A curious face was now on her and said, “What’s with the flower?”

Anders just forcedly smile and said, “Just sit right there and I’ll handle it here,” he held both of her shoulders and forced her to sit on the stool right behind the counter area.

Emily was wondering why he was being strange this morning, she sat on the wooden stool and watched him cooked the food for breakfast.

Her eyes was in disbelief of seeing him like this, cooking during the meal time without any bossy words from him. No complaining about her mistakes and others that she usually heard from him.

“Anders?” she called his name and stared at him curiously and was trying to see his eyes.

But, Anders was trying to avoid her eyes, instead he continued preparing their breakfast.

“When did you start cooking? I mean the love for cooking, like this?” she asked.

Anders smiled and answered her question, “Well, it all started when I was in college, I was trying to impress a girl who loves to eat all kinds of food,”

Emily nodded her head and let him tell more of it.

“Then, one day I thought she would understand and would accept my love for her but it turned out to be gone in the air. She’s gone,” the bitterness of his words were really on it.

Emily could not utter a word instead, she ate the food in front of her and let the silence be loud at this moment. She did not want to interrupt him and just want to be in peace with Anders.

Anders made a glimpsed on her and smiled as he knew that Emily loved the food he cooked. Then, he suddenly pinched her nose and that made Emily red in the face.

“What are you-”

But Anders did not let her finished her thought instead he pinched her nose once again and stood up,

“You look cute when you are smiling,” he said and immediately turned and was about to walk away but he stopped and said,

“Tell me once you’re done, we will go somewhere else.”

Emily felt the heat on her cheeks and unexpectedly about those words from him. She could not even take away her eyes on him as she was staring his back from afar. Many questions that was popping out right into her mind as Anders suddenly shifted into a good man?

Emily shook her head and was trying to stick to her plan on the contract and nothing else, she would not let herself to be beyond the contract, no feelings nor any attachments to him; just everything about work.

“Are you done?” Anders smiled at her and gestured her to go outside the cabin.

Emily nodded her head and went out to the cabin first, her dress were blown by the wind and made her hold it for a while. She lifted her eyes and the sun rays were making her blind, a smile was now on her face while looking at the surroundings.

“The place is really beautiful,”

“Of course,” he confidently said and walked into the forest. “C’mon,” then he gestured his hand to let Emily followed him.

Emily shook her head and frightened can be traced on her face. “Can I just stay here?”

Anders furrowed his brows and was curious why she was scared.

“Why? It’s safe here, I have been here a couple of times, no wild animals in here, Emily,” he explained, but Anders noticed that she was being froze on the place so he stepped closer to her and held her hand.

“Sorry, I’m just scared getting into the forest ’cause I was lost in there when I was a kid, and until now the traumatic experience for me was haunting me for so many years.” she explained and tears were pooling on her eyes, so she quickly wiped it off with her hand.

Anders stared at her and did not say any words, instead, he grabbed his hand and held it tightly.

“You don’t have to be afraid, I’m here,”