chapter 33-the surgeon is dead for sure

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Shane's P.O.V. :

"Sorry, mom couldn't come today with us due to my father's business trip. But she promised that she'll not miss your anniversary party." Nam said, apologetically.

"Oh, it's okay dear. I am happy that you all could make it for few days earlier to the party. It really means a lot to us." Aunt Suzie said, smiling.

Nam nodded her head and sip on the coffee.

"And if I am not wrong then your mother is busy with her social work, isn't she ?" Aunt Suzie asked the surgeon.

"Yes, she is, ãyi." He said, smiling.

(Ãyi=Aunt)

"Oh dear, my sisters are never going to change." She said and rolled her eyes dramatically which earned her some chuckles and giggles from us.

"Gumã, I want to eat chocolate cake." the little Chinese boy who I came to know was the Surgeon's little brother.

"My xiâo jiãhuo is craving for a chocolate cake, huh? I'll bake it quick for you." Aunt said, in a baby-like voice.

"Hun, you've already stressed yourself too much. Please take some rest. The maid will bake the cake for our Lui." Mr. Chang said rubbing her hands gently to make her feel relaxed.

"I don't want the maid to bake for my xiâo jiãhuo. I don't trust them." Aunt Suzie accused.

"Ãyi, Lee can bake for him. If you're forgetting then let me remind you who was the winner of annual baking feast competition last year." Shin said and winked at the surgeon.

The surgeon smiled shyly and scratched the back of his neck. Even that makes my blood boli in anger.

"Oh, how can I forget. Why worry about the cake when youve the master baker in your house. Lee, I don't know anything but you'll have to bake the cake for us today. You will right?" Aunt Suzie asked hopefully.

He hesitated for a bit and then looked at Ms. Jones before agreeing to bake the cake.

What the heck was that? Why would he look at Ms. Jones before saying yes?

Is Ms. Jones your mamma, little boy?

I rolled my eyes and tightened my grip on Jake's arm.

"Brother watch out. That's not the surgeon's neck but my poor arm. Have mercy on it." Jake said trying to loosen my grip on his arm.

"Doctor plus a baker. The combination is delicious." Ashley whispered.

"Stop drooling Ashley or you gonna drench my T-shirt from your saliva," Ian said rolling his eyes.

"Whatever!" Ashley rolled her eyes.

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"The cake is delicious." Aunt Suzie complimented.

"Yes, it's delicious." Angelia agreed and Ashley nodded her head in agreement.

"Cake is the life of the girls. We girls love cakes. If you want to impress any girl then just give her a cake." Ms. Ashley said, devouring the cake.

"Yes, I agree too." Ms. Jones complimented as well.

Really?

The Surgeon scratched the back of his neck and thanked them shyly.

How badly I want my hands on that neck of yours surgeon.

We, three brothers, were seated at the end of the long dining table stabbing our forks into the cake, furiously.

"Tastes heavenly, huh?" I asked stabbing the cake more furiously but no one noticed because we were seated at the very end of the table and the whole limelight was given to that neck scratcher surgeon.

"Delicious, huh?" Jake said pissed off and stabbed his cake with his fork.

"It tastes like plastic." Ian said furiously and shoved a fork full of chocolate cake into his mouth.

I couldn't agree more.

Jake and I both looked at him in disbelief.

He looked at us swallowing his cake.

"What? The cake is delicious." He said and put another full fork of cake into his mouth.

"But you just said that it tastes like plastic," Jake said

"Yes, because I am extremely furious at that doctor. Because of him, Ashley isn't even noticing me. She thinks that the doctor slash baker is delicious. How can she?" He said and put another full fork cake into his mouth.

"It tastes like rubber." He complained again.

My little cousin has mood swing issues.

Jake and I rolled our eyes and focused our gazes on the surgeon who was enjoying the attention of the girls.

"He's such an attention seeker. We need to do something." Jake said cracking his knuckles.

Oh yeah. Now my boy is talking.

I rolled up my shirt sleeves and cracked my knuckles too.

"When and where?" I asked looking at the surgeon's face.

Oh, your charming face is no longer gonna remain this charming. I thought of various ways to change the geography of his face in my mind and smirked.

"Tomorrow at the baking class, 10 am sharp." He said shoving the cake into his mouth.

"What?" I turned and looked at him in total shock.

Baking class? Why?

"We can beat the hell out of this guy anywhere. Why do we have to beat him in baking class?" I asked

"Who's talking about beating this guy up? I am talking about defeating him in his own game." He said smirking

"What?" Ian and I asked at the same time in total shock.

"Yes. We'll beat him but not in the real but in the annual baking contest which is gonna held the day after tomorrow in this state. Last year he won the competition, this year he'll lose." He said folding his arms.

"Are you out of your mind Jake? Why do we need to beat him in some silly baking competition when we can easily do much worse to him?" I asked confused.

"Because he is not just somebody, he's the nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Chang. We cannot do anything that would disappoint them and this guy didn't harm us in any way. He just impressed the girls. Accept it or not, but the truth is that we are jealous of him because he impressed the girls and is now enjoying their attention. Just imagine how would it feel to defeat the doctor in the baking competition! The girls will come running to us and will fangirl us and not him. Just think." He said and wiped his mouth with the tissue paper.

I think he is right. The doctor hasn't done anything for which we should hurt him physically.

"But, Jake, we all know that we suck at cooking. How are we going to beat him in the competition?" I asked

"That will be taken care of by the top bakers." He said and winked.

Ian and I smirked, knowingly.

Surgeon, you're gone for sure.

Lara's P.O.V.:

"Mr. Adams...Mr. Adams!" I called out his name many times but he didn't respond.

Is he asleep? Really? A few minutes ago he was giving me lectures about not getting trapped by strangers, I shouldn't fall for anyone's charm so easily. What was he talking about? And how can he fall asleep whilst lecturing?

I won't ever be able to understand this man. I rolled my eyes.

But how do I make him lift his hand off my waist and his leg off my leg? His grip is a death grip.

And what's with the couches these days?

This room does have a couch but it's way too small for anyone to fit on it in sleeping position.

"Mr. Shane, you've entangled me. Let go off me." I whispered again.

I cannot make much noise because aunt Suzie and Mr. Chang's bedroom is just next door. Ash and Angie are so lucky. They got their separate rooms but me being Mrs. Lara Shane Adams, has to share the bedroom and the bed with him and the fact that I am falling for him isn't helping at all.

Argh...why is this happening to me all of a sudden? I mean I have shared a bed with Mr. Adams before but it was so different than ...I am feeling now.

These feelings....No, this crush thing isn't good. Yes, that's right. I am not falling for him, instead, I have a crush on Mr. Adams, and that too a huge one.

Yeah, crush sounds and feels less awkward than the four letters word L.O.V.E.

Girl don't say that word again!

"Mr. Adams, let go off me. You're crushing me." I said trying to get away from him.

"Look, I am really tired. Let me sleep. Tomorrow is a very stressful day." He said in a sleepy voice and slightly backed away from me.

"Stressing day? Why, what's tomorrow?" I asked

He woke up startled and looked at me with wide eyes.

"What happened?" I asked raising my eyebrows.

"What is so stressing about tomorrow?" I asked again.

"Uh...tomorrow...I am not going to do anything...nothing...yeah nothing. Goodnight!" he stuttered nervously and pecked me lightly on my cheeks then lied down on the bed facing the other side and covering himself completely with the duvet.

Oh God, I turned crimson.

What's with him?

"Goodnight!" I whispered in confusion and slept blushing.

I am so crushing over this man.

Really? Crushing?

'Mini Lara just shut up and go to sleep'. I scolded her.

*******

"Lary, we're going fishing with Nam, Sinn, and Lee. Wanna join?" Ash asked while we were having our breakfast.

"Yes, of course. I would love to." I said, sipping on my coffee.

"Great then. We'll head out after having our breakfast. We can also get a tour of this state and do some shopping." She said, excitedly.

"Yeah. It'll be fun. But aren't the boys coming with us?" I asked searching for The brothers around.

"Where are they? Aren't they joining us for breakfast?" I asked.

"They left for some 'important' work. They told us to have fun. They won't be able to join us." Angie said, disappointed.

"Oh," I said half-hearted.

Am I already missing Mr. Adams?

No! I am not.

I pressed my eyes closed and exhaled to get relaxed.

I am fine. I don't need him to have fun.

Shane's P.O.V.:

"Will you guys now stop looking at me as if I've grown two heads?!" I said annoyed.

Ian and Jake have been staring at me every now and then. I mean like can't I wear casual clothes outside home?

Big deal!!

I was wearing denim pant and black shirt with folded sleeves and the upper two buttons were left open.

"Lara's effect!!" Jake said teasingly for which he got a punch on his arms.

Ian chuckled and we all entered The Chinese Baker's shop in Beijing.

Yep, we had to drive all the way to Beijing city to learn baking.

Things we men need to do for wooing our women! I sighed.

Really Shane? Your woman?!

"Good morning gentlemen." a feminine looking guy strode towards us wearing a pink cooking apron.

"Good morning, Enlai. Great to meet you again." Jake greeted and shook hands with him.

"Same hear, darling." He said seductively to which Jake replied with a light laugh.

"And if I am not wrong then he must be the great Mr. Shane Adams." He said walking towards me and hugged me waving his back like a girl.

Woah! That was not expected. I hugged him back akwardly.

"It feels so good to be in your arms Mr. Adams." He said dreamily still not willing to end the almost one sided hug.

My brothers were trying to control their laugh.

I glared at them and pulled myself from the hug.

"Pleasure meeting you, Enlai." I said backing away from him.

He giggled and lightly punched on my chest shyly. I rolled my eyes to that.

"So shall we start, En?" Jake asked.

"Yeah..of course." Enlai said.

He walked towards a cabinet and took out three gray cooking aprons. He threw two aprons towards Jake and Ian and came to me holding the third one.

"May I help you with the apron, hunky?" He asked seductively.

Hunky? What?

"Uh...I think I can manage on my own." I took the apron from his hands and walked towards the boys.

"So let's start." Enlai said, clapping his hands excitedly.

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"Boys, you all need to fasten your pace ...and stop ruining my once a perfect kitchen." Enlai said the last part in a whisper but it was loud enough for all of us to hear.

"I swear to god, Jake, If my hands weren't busy right now, I would have punched you so hard on your face because of this stupid idea of yours." I said furiously looking at my hands which were busy whisking the batter.

If I had to explain the scenario of 'once a clean and elegant' kitchen of Enlai, I'd say only one word. 'Disastered'

Enlai's kitchen cannot be regarded as an elegant kitchen any longer.

There's batters spread all over the granite slab. Our aprons are cover with icings, baking powder and what not. The floor is covered with the thin layer of white flour. The oven doesn't look like a oven any longer.

"Oh com'on Shane. You're talking as if I am doing this only for my benefit. Don't you wanna impress Ms. Jones?" He asked pouring the batter into the circular mold.

"Yes, I want to but I never expected that someday I'd have to do stuffs like this to impress a girl." I said whilst washing my hands in the sink.

I can't believe I just said that.

Impress Ms. Jones?

Do you I really want to impress her?

This is a foreign feeling.

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Lara's P.O.V. :

"Hey, did you talk to Mr. Jake? What did he say? When will he return?" I asked.

We were now in the restaurant waiting for our food to arrive.

"I tried to call him but his number is unreachable." she said, disheartened.

I squeezed her hand a little to lighten her mood a little.

You'd ask why she's so sad about the fact that Mr. Jake isn't here. Well, apparently after our constant persuasion, she finally spilled the beans out about what's going between them and we've come to know that recently Mr. Jake has asked her out. And their dinner date was today. I hope their relationship doesn't get ruined even before it has started.

"Did you call Mr. Adams?" Nam asked after we started eating.

"I did. But he's not answering. " I said, truthfully.

Disappointed Lara?

Yes.

NO!

I've tried calling him thrice today but he's not responding to my calls. I just don't understand this man. How can he indulge himself in work when I warned him not to do so.

And why would he follow your Lara?

Because I am his wi..

Stop stressing yourself girl.

Anyway how can Mr. Jake and Mr. Ian be in it with him. I know Mr. Adams is a total workaholic and nothing can keep him from working but as far as I know, Jake and Ian are not workaholics like him. Then how can they go out to attend their business dealings. For god's sake, we are supposed to be on a vacation.

"Oh." She said and continued eating.

"This reminds me, how did you both meet? And, guma also told me that you both have a 4 years old daughter as well. I mean you don't look like a mother of 4 years old girl." Mr. Lee asked looking at me.

I shifted on my seat. Suddenly this seat just feel comfortable anymore. No matter how many times I've been asked this particular question past few days but it still catches me off guard and makes me uncomfortable.

Angie and Ash squeezed my either hands trying to calm me down.

"They met in a club. They seemed really comfortable with each other. They exchanged numbers and started dating and then you know...their daughter happened." Ash said casually trying to sound normal.

"Right, Lary?" She continued.

"Yeah." I said looking everywhere but them.

"It must have been really difficult for you to handle your daughter and husband at the same time. I can't even imagine having to deal with my own family at such a young age." Sinn said sipping her coffee.

"Uh..it was not so difficult." I said as I sipped my cup of coffee.

"Anyways, where's Mr. Lee?" Ash asked trying to change the topic.

"Oh, he went to register his name for the baking competition....there he is." She trailed off as she saw Mr. Lee coming towards us.

He didn't look very happy.

"Lee, what happened?" Shinn asked as he approached us and sat beside her.

He said something in Chinese and then Shinn and Nam's expression also changed into a sad one.

"What happened?" I asked as I noticed something was fishy

He looked up at me and then sighed.

"Actually, I've been participating in this competition for past two years. I even won the first price last year but this year they said I cannot participate solo. If I want to participate then I'll need 3 more people because it's gonna be a group competition this year." He said and drank his glass of water. He really looked disheartened.

"But why did they change this baking competition into a group competition?" I asked.

"They said that this year there's a group of four people who wanna take part in the competition in group so the management decided to make it a group competition. And now I don't know what to do. Nam and Shinn doesn't know how to bake. And I don't even have any friends here in the province to help me." He explained.

"We can help you." Ash said out of blue.

Mr. Lee looked at her hopefully.

"You can?" He asked.

"Yes, of course. Actually Lary, Angie and I know how to bake so maybe we can help you. Of course you'll be the main baker but we can assist you, only if you are fine with it." She said.

Angie and I nodded our heads in agreement.

"I'd really be grateful of you all if you could help me." He said gratefully.

"Okay then, let's go and register our names for the competition." She said and we all agreed.

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And guess who's the 4th member in the boys' group?

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