Chapter 4

Charles's POV

 I was heading to my office when I saw Helena seated beside my office with a lunch box. I ignored her and went into my office.

"Hey you arrogant jerk!" Helena yelled at me as she barges into my office which scared the life out if me. I can't tolerate this. I stood up. "Are you insane?!" I yelled.

"You are the one insane!" Helena retorted furiously. "You just ignored me and  came in!"

"You... Worthless!" I held her wrist tightly, pinning her to the closed door

"Let go of me!" She wriggled  then I let go of her.

"Why are you here?"

"Question!!" She blurted and placed the lunch box on the table. "Nanny Rita said I should give you this."

"So?"

"I'm off," she turned to leave but stopped and turned back to me. "I want to ask you for a favor."

"Hmm. Talk!"

"Actually I have a work,  I mean I can't stay at your home morning till night."

"Whatever! All I know is that I will have my dinner by 8:pm so don't allow your work to affect me," I said going through a file

"Okay. Whatever!" She said and left. "What was that?" I asked myself rhetorically. "No Charles, think up straight," I said, shook my head and went through the files.

Few days later - Helena's POV

WeI served Charles breakfast and sat beside him and started having my breakfast. I could feel he was staring at me, when I raised my head up, he was eating which seemed weird to me. Tina, Bella and Claire were standing two metres away from us and were just staring at me in bewilderment.

"You sure have guts to eat with me," Charles' voice interrupted my thoughts. "A mere cook."

"Excuse me! I'm not.Well, I being your cook doesn't mean I can't eat, I'm also a human being!"

"Really?" Charles glanced at me and then averted his eyes to the table. "You're such a glutton. You've emptied the whole plates into that small stomach of yours (pointing to my stomach). "Do you have a hole or are you just disposing them under the table?!"

"Huh," I sighed and he looked under the table and nodded awkwardly. He beckoned to Tina to leave with the other girls and they left giggling.

"You know what,  you've got a weird personality," I said and he glared at me but I ignored him and I continued stuffing food into my mouth.

"What a girl!"

"Yeah, really superb," I said with food occupied in my mouth. "I'm nice, I'm good, I'm great, I'm creative..."

"Shushh!" Charles' said covering my mouth with his palm. "Finish what you have in your mouth first."

"Hm," I nodded and took in at once  the whole food and he stared at me in shock. I smiled and wanted to say something then I choked.

"Damn fool!" Charles bawled and stood up from his seat immediately patting me in the back. He took a glass of water and gave me to drink which I drank.

"Worthless dummy! What's your... Are you Okay?" He asked a bit concerned and I nodded my head and he sighed  and sat back to his seat.

"Thanks."

"Save it, chatterbox!" He said and wiped his mouth with a serviette and he bounced out of the dining room.

"What a concerned jerk!!!" I said, stood up and packed the plates. He left food here, gosh! What a waste.

 Charles POV

 I was in the office operating my laptop then I looked out through the glass wall and my mind reflected to what had happened this morning. "Why did I help her?" I asked myself. "I was supposed to be mean to her. Why did I care for her this morning?.. Kinda strange," I said to myself as I thought and I stood up. "I need to get my special coffee." I walked out of my office and took  the elevator. I went to the garage and entered my cara and zoomed off to the café which I seldom go to.

   I got there and I took a seat at the corner of the café which I was  able to view things or anyone through he transparent glass.

"Welcome to Golden Café Sir, your order please," a feminine voice that sounded familiar to me said and I averted my eyebrows in shock. "You!" I said.

Helena's POV

"What the heck," I muttered. "What are you doing here?"

"You work here..."

"Yes. And what does that have to do with you? Just make an order," I fired at Charles and he stared at me from head to toe and a wide grin broke across his face.

"What's funny?" I asked. Gosh, I can't tolerate his insolence.

"You?Not bad though, he said and giggled like a child.

"Annoying jerk!" I bit my lower lip glaring at him. "Your order!"

"Hmm... Café au lait, only," Charles uttered.

"Yeah, why don't you order for giggle juice from the nearest pub or elsewhere too," I murmured. "Insolent jerk!" I added.

"I'm pretty sure that if your manager gets to know that you're telling a customer to go elsewhere, he'd surely fire you," he said.

"Your order will be ready in five minutes," I said and walked away. I could feel he was staring at me and I hurried my steps.

    Five minutes later, I brought his coffee on a tray and I placed it on his table. "Enjoy your order, sir!" I said with a fake smile and I was about to leave when he stopped me.

"Don't you feel ashamed, you look funny in the outfit and... Irritating too..."

"What!" I yelled in annoyance.

"Don't do that now. Have coffee with me now," Charles said which made me shocked. How dare he say that? He just insulted me and now wants me to have coffee with him?