Chapter 18

I was gasping for a strange, foreboding feeling that kept tightening my throat.

“It’ll be fine. I did my best.”

Elena, calming herself by talking to herself, arrived in front of a mansion with a servant sent by a client. For a moment, feeling intimidated by the appearance of the mansion as splendid as Count Simon’s, Elena had no choice but to stop when she saw a noble lady running across the garden. It was Royce who commissioned Elena to make a wedding cake.

“Elena! You finally came. I didn’t have a lot of trouble. Let’s go inside and talk.”

A sun-like smile spread across Royce’s face as she crossed his arms without hesitation. Elena then realized that she had made a wedding cake for Wood and Lloyd, but she couldn’t refuse the request now.

“It’s so pretty, Elena. This shape and the flower arrangement…the color combination is also so sophisticated. Is this really the first time you’ve ever made a wedding cake? Please make it this way even at the wedding.”

When the cake was revealed in the drawing room of the mansion, Lloyd gave rave reviews. It was the best moment to be recognized for my skills as a chef, but I wasn’t happy at all. However, since she had already received a large amount of money in advance and the contract had to be fulfilled to the end, Elena didn’t mind. I couldn’t help but pretend to smile.

“I’m glad you like it. Then I’ll be on my way.”

“Wait a minute, Elena, I still have something to say.”

Elena stopped trying to turn around at Royce’s words and put her hands together and bowed her head. No matter how friendly Lloyd was with her smiling face, she was a noble lady with a much higher status than Elena. In addition, he was also a client who paid a large sum of money and entrusted the request. It also meant that I couldn’t take a step out of her mansion until she said it was okay to go back.

“Do you know why I asked you to make a cake for my wedding?”

“…I do not know.”

“I thought about it from the moment I ate the great dishes you cooked at the Wood’s last time. I want you to make my wedding cake. But there is a bigger reason.”

“To apologize for the rudeness I did the other day, Elena.”

At the word apology, Elena lifted her head and looked at Lloyd. Lloyd’s beautiful face showed an apologetic expression towards Elena. The trembling eyes, the awkwardly raised corners of the mouth, even the flushed cheeks. Her expression was the same as when she was at a loss when she saw the burn marks on the back of Elena’s hand. Others mentioning the wound on the back of the hand was uncomfortable, but I persevered. Just like it always has been until now.

“But I didn’t want to just apologize verbally. I was thinking about what method would actually help you as a chef…..I thought it would be better to make an official request.”

“…….”

“Money is money, but building a career will benefit you in the future anyway. isn’t it?”

“…you’re right.”

“I’m glad then. I can apologize for that.”

“At that time, I was sorry. I didn’t even know you had such pain……I did it because I was stupid, but will you please forgive me just this once? Elena.”

Lloyd looked down at Elena’s gloved hand and begged for forgiveness with a heavy face. It wasn’t her fault that she couldn’t control her expression when she saw the terrible burn mark on her hand. At this point, Elena felt that everything was her own fault: she was terribly unlucky, poor, and without a family. So I was able to forgive Lloyd and take the money she gave me.

“It’s okay. I’ve already forgotten everything about that day.”

“Really? It’s a relief. Your face looked so sad that day… it bothered me the whole time.”

“It’s really okay Thank you for entrusting me with the request.”

“Thank you, Elena. He will definitely like the cake you made. Please do your best until the end.”

“…don’t worry about that. Congratulations on your marriage.”

Lloyd, smiling brightly at the unexpected wedding greeting, was more beautiful than ever. In the brightness that seemed to blind me, a dark shadow was cast in a corner of Elena’s heart. It was because he thought that Lloyd’s wedding cake could not be made by Count Simon’s family. I couldn’t really separate my work from my emotions. The time had come to leave Wood’s side.

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