Chapter Seventy Nine

“I’m home.” I heard Aziel’s voice say from the living room. He was late as the time was around past seven.

“Kitchen.” I shouted and not even a minute later, I noticed his presence in the kitchen. I was by the kitchen island chopping some vegetables when he came in so my back was to him.

“What are you doing?” He asked even though he already knew what I was going.

“Cooking,” I replied anyway. I walked over to the stove and poured the chopped vegetables into a hot pot containing some oil.

“And why are you doing that? I told you not to do anything to stress yourself.” He complained.

“And I’m not. Do I look stressed to you?” I asked as I stirred the vegetables in the pot under low heat.

“Red, I told you to tell me if you wanted anything. That’s why I hired a cook and those maids. Why do you feel the need to do their job when they’re getting paid for it already.”

It’s been two weeks since Aziel had hired two maids to help clean the house and a chef even though I had told him we didn’