A Cheque In The Mail

Chapter 4

CHAPTER 4

I woke up groggily and decided to go downstairs to check on Mama, if she was back. Picking up my phone, I left the room and headed to the kitchen but stopped halfway on the stairs when I spotted a mass of dirty blonde hair which would have scared me if I didn't know better.

I rolled my eyes and ignored the figure sleeping messily on the couch, with her body upside down, her legs hanging on top of the couch while her head or should I say hair which is a mass of curls on the floor and her neck was bent at an odd angle which made me wince internally.

I chuckled at how much pain she was going to be in when she woke up. You see Kaia has never been one to sleep properly no matter the size of the bed. Kaia always finds a way to throw half of her body out of the bed. That's why she loves sleeping on the floor which is very weird but if she does sleep on the floor her body has nowhere to fall from so she manages to wake up without pain.

The house was quiet aside from some grunts from Kaia once in a while, so I pulled out my phone to check on Mama. I saw that she had sent me a message.

Mama: Hey beautiful, I won't be back today

So, cook something and eat for yourself and Kaia

Lots of love🥰

I sighed after reading the message and thought of what I would cook. I decided to settle on preparing shrimp paella which is a Spanish rice with seafood but in my case shrimps. I went to the fridge and saw that it was fully stocked. Mama liked to keep the fridge stocked and she taught me how to prepare dishes from different continents, because she was/is a chef.

I started getting my ingredients ready and when I was done I started cooking, while playing music from my phone which I connected to my ear pods since I didn't want to wake Kaia up. I cooked quietly, softly humming and dancing.

I finally finished and was plating my food when I felt someone looking at me, I raised my head and saw Kaia staring at me which made me scream in shock.

“You f*****g creep” I shouted while she laughed as she cracked her bones and stretched

“How long were you looking at me like that?” I asked glaring at her as I sat on the Island and dug into my food while she grabbed a plate to dish hers and shrugged in reply to my question

“You don't expect me to not wake up with your loud ass humming and your noisy shuffling, my head was on the floor” She said in a duhh tone as she stacked her plate high and joined me on the kitchen island making me roll my eyes. Honestly I wonder how she packs so much food into her body, I'm very sure all her food goes straight to her ass.

“Damn Adi” She moaned,stuffing her face with food

“You always know the route to my heart” She continued while I rolled my eyes at my best friend as I continued eating. I soon felt eyes at the side of my head and turned to see her staring at me weirdly

“What is it?”I said with a sigh which made her grin

“Sooooooo” She drawled

“So what?”I asked while she wiggled her brows at me

“You and Ansel” She said in a sing song voice and my face immediately flushed at the memory

“You and Caspian” I replied in the same tone

“Nothing happened” she said still staring at me in the eye

“Same” I replied, trying to match her confidence but ended up looking away. She narrowed her eyes at me, while I ignored it, paying attention to my meal

“Well, the contract?”

“We go at my pace”

“So when is the wedding? Is there gonna be a wedding? There better be a wedding? Are you going to keep your job after the wedding?” She rambled making me want to smash my head on the wall

“See, that's why you went with me but no, you had to disappear with Caspian”

“We wanted to give you guys space”

“Ohhhh”

“Well there has to be a wedding and I better be keeping my job”

“Or you can just open a restaurant”

“No”

“Why not? You are clearly talented”

“That's cause I'm cooking for a small number of people and not under pressure”

“Hmmmm, I'll tell you this, my workers would like to taste a non American dish and we are about 10 plus me 12, I'll pay you”

“How much?”I asked, perking up at her offer

“2000”

“Are you for real?” I asked eying her skeptically

“Of course”

“Okay, deal”

“Do it when you want”

“Do you want Spanish or Italian as those are the only non American dishes I'm well versed in?”

“Anyone, so long as it's delicious, who cares”

I smiled and went to hug her but she slapped my hand before it could touch her, making me roll my eyes. She finished eating, and cleaned both our plates. She does that anytime I cook, saying the work has to be split and since she can't cook to save herself, she cleans up when we are done.

When she was done, we went to watch the originals in the sitting room. My phone buzzed with a message as the movie started. I picked it up and opened it to see a message from an unknown number

Unknown:non vedo l'ora di averti tra le mie braccia

2:29pm

Me:?

2:29pm

I rolled my eyes at the text and showed Kaia.

“Probably some Italian hooker who got the wrong number” She said but I didn't quite agree

“Search up the meaning though, Incase it's anything that could implicate you”

“I'll do that later”

“Why don't you want to do it now? Don't blame me, I'm curious”

I rolled my eyes and started searching for the meaning online

“I can't wait to have you in my arms”I read and furrowed me brows

Unknown: Can't believe you can't recognize me

I should have let you panic and cuss out

Whoever you think sent the text

2:34pm

“It's Ansel” I said after reading the text which made Kaia burst into a fit of laughter

“Why didn't we think of that?” She said still trying to stifle her laughter

“Why would that be his first text”

“He said it in italian which was a dead giveaway”

“What an absolute jerk”

“He told you?”

“No” I replied showing her the text which made her laugh

“Wait!”

“What does he mean by that, he can see you?”

“I guess” I replied, my cheeks heating up at the thought of being watched. She wiggled her brows at me and finally decided to continue watching the movie.

Me: very nice of you to chat me up like this

2:38pm

Unknown: Have you saved my number

2:38pm

Me:no

2:38pm

Unknown: why?

2:39pm

Me: I didn't feel like

2:39pm

Unknown: I'm your husband😏

2:39pm

Me:on paper

2:39pm

Unknown: what is that supposed to mean?

2:39pm

Me: we didn't have a wedding

2:40pm

Unknown:you want a wedding?

2:40pm

Me: of course

2:40pm

Unknown: Then you get one.

2:40pm

I squealed, my face hearing up at the text, making Kaia turn to look at me

“What happened?” She asked and I showed her the text, making her squeal too.

“Damn girl” She said standing up and going to get a tube of ice cream

“This calls for a celebration” She squealed while we both laughed and I nodded in agreement.