Chapter 5. Allergies

It was already twenty minutes past eleven, and while Lynda hadn't even finished half of the mansion by herself, she was already feeling quite tired with only a few parts of the house to clean and many more to go. 

"Lynda!" called Nelvan.

"Yes Mr. Xander, just a minute!" Lynda put the cloth she had been cleaning on the table and then ran over to where the voice was calling her. After arriving in front of Nelvan, Lynda paused for a few seconds, "Do you need anything?" she asked. 

"Prepare lunch," Nelvan said. 

"What do you want me to cook today?" Lynda asked.

"Anything, as long as I don't starve." Nelvan replied coldly. 

Lynda nodded quickly and returned to the kitchen to prepare the food, fortunately she had learned to cook quite well since her parents had died. Lynda learned to cook several years ago to give Allexin a life so the teenager would not starve. 

And now, for the first time, Lynda was cooking for someone other than her younger brother, Lynda wasn't sure if Nelvan would like what she made, but there was no problem trying her best to impress him. 

Nelvan watched Lynda from a distance, the girl busy preparing dishes by taking ingredients out of the fridge. 

"You don't want me to prepare the cook for your meal? What if the girl cooks food you don't like?" asked Hans behind Nelvan. 

Nelvan raised his hand, "No need, I want to see how long the girl can last in this house." Nelvan replied, Hans nodded then took Nelvan, who was sitting in a wheelchair, away from this place until Lynda was done cooking. 

Lynda's hands nimbly moved the kitchen knives to cut vegetables and meat, everything had to be specially prepared, Lynda didn't want her first impression of working in this house to be her worst experience. 

"You will definitely praise my cooking, Allexin never said my cooking was not good, so you will definitely taste the deliciousness of the spices I made," Lynda murmured with a smile. 

Long enough, Lynda made several different types of dishes that she knew and then prepared them on the table. All the dishes she made today were the best food, whether Nelvan liked it or not. 

Lynda approached Nelvan who was sitting by the pool, "Sir, your lunch is ready.

 Nelvan turned to put down the ipad he was holding in his lap, "Push the wheelchair," he ordered, Lynda nodded and did as he said. 

From a distance, Nelvan could already smell the fragrant aroma of the food Lynda was preparing, the hunger in Nelvan's stomach was eager to be satisfied by the meal prepared by the maid who was pushing his wheelchair at that moment. 

Lynda took Nelvan's ipad and put it away, then helped Nelvan to sit on one of the chairs at the dining table, not knowing that Nelvan could actually sit on the chair without Lynda's help. 

There were several dishes on the table, they looked quite attractive and smelled very good.

Lynda smiled as she placed a handkerchief on Nelvan's lap so as not to soil the clothes of the young master she was serving. She had made several dishes, so now it was just a matter of which one Nelvan wanted to eat first. 

"Are you going to leave my plate empty?" said Nelvan, Lynda's forehead frowning because she didn't understand, after all she had put all the dishes in front of Nelvan, so what was missing? 

"You think I can reach all your dishes if they are far enough out of my reach!" 

Lynda opened her lips in understanding, then she poured some of the dishes onto Nelvan's plate, "Would you like this too?" she said, "I didn't know what your favorite dishes were, so I prepared all of these. 

Nelvan didn't answer, he was tasting Lynda's cooking, the person who cooked the food was worried about the results, he was afraid if Nelvan didn't like the food. 

Lynda's eyes narrowed as she watched the spoon slowly move into Nelvan's mouth, Lynda really hoped her cooking would not disappoint. 

As the food entered Nelvan's mouth, the man had no expression, his face was so flat that Lynda concluded that Nelvan did not like his cooking. Unexpectedly, however, Nelvan returned to feed the second and third spoons, and so on.

Now Lynda breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Nelvan would not like the food she had prepared. Not long after Nelvan finished Lynda's cooking, Lynda handed him a glass of mineral water, which Nelvan accepted before swallowing the contents. 

As soon as Nelvan had swallowed the water, he dropped the glass on the floor and broke it. 

"Mr. Xander, what's wrong with you?" Lynda said frantically, Nelvan's face turning red. 

Nelvan turned to Lynda, "You!" Nelvan pointed his finger at Lynda. "What did you put in that food?" he continued. 

"I swear I didn't put any poison in it," Lynda replied, Nelvan slapped his hand on the table and pressed the button on his watch and soon Hans arrived. 

"Young master," 

Lynda felt hot and cold seeing Nelvan like that. Hans put Nelvan in the wheelchair and immediately took the man to the hospital, Lynda of course went along because she was afraid something would happen to the man, especially since Nelvan had just eaten her cooking. 

What if she was accused of poisoning someone? Lynda is scared now, she didn't want to poison Nelvan even before Lynda gave him the food she had tasted first. So even if the food contained poison, she would be the first to die. 

Nelvan was brought to the hospital room, Lynda and Hans waited outside, "Mr. Xander won't be hurt, will he? I really didn't know he would be like this, I swear I didn't put any poison in his food," Lynda looked at Hans. 

"He's not going to put me in jail for murder, is he?" Lynda was so scared that she made Hans sigh. 

"Young master is allergic to peanuts, did you put peanuts in your food?" Hans asked. 

Lynda nodded, the ingredients of her homemade dishes were indeed given with peanuts to thicken the sauce, Allexin really liked the food, but Lynda would not have thought that the food was actually a ban for Nelvan. 

"I don't know." Lynda sat limply and stared at the white floor she was standing on. 

Hans patted Lynda's shoulder, "Young Master is not going to die, so take it easy," he said trying to calm her down. 

Lynda looked up, "How can I not worry, I've just made someone like this, allergies are not to be underestimated, I'm afraid he's doing something inside". Lynda's face looked panicked, Hans couldn't help but feel Lynda's fear at that moment. 

"The doctor will definitely treat Nelvan, you can calm down." 

An agitated sigh escaped Lynda's lips until the doctor came out and Lynda immediately stood up, "The patient is fine, we have given him medicine to reduce the pain," the doctor said, managing to make Lynda sigh in relief. 

The door was opened by Lynda, both of Nelvan's eyes were directly on Lynda, Lynda walked down, "Sorry, Mr. Xander. I didn't mean to make you feel like this." Lynda said quietly. 

"Do you want me to die in my house on my first day of work? Are you really a murderer who wants to kill me by making me die of allergies?" 

"You didn't say if you were allergic to peanuts," Lynda replied. 

"Shut up! If you feel guilty about what you did, you should never have done it. You should pay for what you did!" 

Lynda lifted her face to stare at Nelvan, restitution? She had only worked at Nelvan's house for less than a day and already had to pay compensation? Where would the money come from?

"Mr. Xander, I'm really sorry," Lynda said regretfully. 

"You think your apology will make me feel better!" said Nelvan, Lynda was surprised by the sarcastic voice, she knew she had done something wrong. 

"Then what can I do to make up for my mistake?" asked Lynda cautiously, hoping that Nelvan wouldn't burden her with the amount of compensation this man was demanding. 

When she heard a snort from Nelvan, Lynda closed her eyes and looked down, Nelvan must have been very angry or he would have been fired on his first day of work. What a horrible work experience, Lynda thought. 

"Your pay will be deducted for hospital expenses, and every mistake you make will reduce your pay." 

Lynda frowned, she hadn't even been paid yet, who knows how much it was, and now it was being deducted for hospital expenses? This man is really very stingy, his house is as big as a soccer field, but even for hospital fees he has to cut the salary of the servants in his house. 

Doesn't he know that Lynda is also in dire need of money for Allexin's schooling, as the time for semester payments is coming up. 

"Young master, you can be released from the hospital this afternoon," Hans said. 

Nelvan sat and looked at Hans and Lynda in turn, "I will not stay in the hospital, now prepare the car and we will go home," he said. 

"But you haven't recovered yet," Hans said. 

Nelvan gave his assistant a displeased look and Hans looked down. 

"There are people who can serve me, so why stay long in the hospital when this girl has to pay for her actions by taking care of my needs," Nelvan looked at Lynda, the girl looked away. 

Hans nodded, "I'll prepare it right away," he excused himself and went out, leaving Nelvan and Lynda inside. 

"I'll meet Hans too," Lynda said. 

"Who told you?" said Nelvan, causing Lynda's footsteps to suddenly stop. 

Her heart beating faster than usual, she slowly turned around to see Nelvan still staring at her with eagle eyes.