Chapter eight

Unbeatable Chef Xenon

Chapter 8

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Xenon was thrown in the cold and smelly cell and he wondered if there was a building specially meant for prisoners, It was a large building and all the rooms were so tiny with iron bars but what freaked him out was that he was the only one to be locked up there and he dreaded the thought so bad!

He didn't want to be locked up and abandoned here when he had done nothing wrong!!

He was so mad at the crippled man that he regretted crossing paths with him when he should be on his path. He wishes the harsh men get locked up instead while he goes to the hospital to check up on Natalia!

His life was already a mess and he wondered what went wrong. The stupid ring his grandmother had given to him seemed so useless to him and he felt he should throw it away instead of clinging to a myth that never existed

He slowly took off the ring to check on it again when he felt the padlock break instantly before his eyes and fell. The two men standing outside the fell were extremely shocked as they moved closer to the door.

No one touched the locks, Xenon was still curled up in his position as his eyes widened too, wondering what was wrong.

The door slammed itself open just as if being pushed by a wind and they all gasped.

The air became thick with fear as all they could think of was a ghost haunting them or after Xenon.

Before they could make a noise again, Xenon felt a powerful pull as he was thrown out of the cell and the two men felt a powerful push instantly, now inside the cell instead while the padlock automatically locked itself and Xenon dropped to his knees in shock.

"Oh God! What's going on?" He asked himself, relieved that he was out but scared to his wits at what just happened.

Without wasting any time, he ran away from the building ignoring the yells and cries from the two men until he reached outside and choked heavily on his saliva at the personalities before him.

"We are sorry for the harsh treatment, We are only here to pick you up to meet Mr Vlad, dear Master!" The men were dressed in black blazers, black gloves on the hand, and dark sunshades to make them look like royal gangsters who won't hesitate to shoot at their boss's orders.

A clean white limousine was parked outside and the women stood by the car entrance with flowers where the red carpet lay.

"I'm so sorry, you're mistaken, please! Get the right person."

He said, feeling so irritated that such a display of wealth would be for one person and be wasted.

"I'm afraid so Boss, this is a a strict order we need to follow!"

"Please leave me alone!" He cried in frustration and ran, surprising the men who never saw it coming.

Xenon ran with all his might but his speed couldn't carry him with the strength of the other men, who apologized and carried him with force down to the luxurious car and drove off.

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Back at the hospital, Felicity felt so flabbergasted that Xenon's meal had saved her father from a fracture that had stayed for years.

She was so bittered and angry at her outburst on him, that she could have listened to him give it a try and maybe Natalia's health wouldn't have gotten worse.

Enzo was going to be okay, he suffered minor scratches on his skin, and he would definitely be okay but It wasn't the same for Natalia.

She cried! It had gotten to the stage where she cried and wondered how she pushed away somebody so special just because of his looks and poor affluence.

"Is he back?" Her Father impatiently asked her and she wiped her face and shook her head.

"No Dad, He hasn't!" She sobbed and he noticed her teary face.

"What's wrong?" He asked her and she sighed and smiled.

"I'm good, I'm just too happy for you." She said and he stood up nodding his head.

"Yeah, I am very happy. I am going to find out what he used in cooking that meal and open the mist biggest restaurant that surpasses the one in Venice for him. He's now my master and I must give him the best." Mr Vlad said and Felicity was shocked.

"Isn't that extreme?" 

"Nothing is extreme for a man that saved me!"

He replied sharply and she nodded, not pressing further when the door to his ward was knocked.

"Yes come in."

"Good day Boss, he's here!" He bowed and Mr Vlad pushed past him and went out, walking briskly to hug Xenon who cowered in fear and knelt to the ground instead.

"I'm sorry sir, please I won't be careless ever again! Please, just spare me " Xenon cried and it was Mr Vlad's turn to be shocked.

"No, I should be the one to apologize Master!" Vlad said and Xenon shook his head wondering who among them was crazy.

His gaze shifted from Vlad to Felicity who was staring at him as if she had something to say.

"You saved my Life, can you teach me what you used in that food, did you prepare it?" Vlad asked Xenon who tore his gaze away back to the shocking thing he just heard.

"You ate the food?"

"Yes!" Vlad nodded excitedly, losing the power of coldness and arrogance and acting like a complete child.

'wait! Is this ring working?' Xenon asked himself as he raised his hands to examine it.

"Wait!" He gasped. "He can walk." He said aloud in shock with his heart hammering against his ribs before turning to meet Felicity and walking towards her.

"Please let me give Natalia some of it please, she might survive. My guts tell m so, please!" He begs desperately and Felicity swallows bitterly. 

"I'm sorry Xenon, the operation was unsuccessful. Her kidney is damaged and needs a transplant or she will die." 

His eyes bulged out in shock and something blazed in his irises which made Felicity hold the wall for support lest she fall from fear!

It was as If she was talking to an angry god and she regretted all of her actions.

"I'm so sorry Xenon!""

"What's the way forward?" Xenon asked, trying to keep his cool as he gritted his teeth.

"We need a transplant and Enzo had promised to award the donor with 10 million dollars."

"I'll do the transplant…sorry , I mean donor. I'll do it!" Xenon blurted out and she gasped. Vlad shook his head in approval but his mind was made up.

"Xenon please, it's dangerous. I can arrange ten billion dollars for If that's the issue!"

She says and Xenon scoffed.

"Get the fuck off Felicity, I'm doing it for her and don't because of any money? And why would you give a pig a whole sum of ten billion dollars huh?"

"Xenon I….I'm sorry but I can't let you do this!"

She said and Xenon had noticed that whatever he wished for always comes to pass. The meal he cooked and what happened at the cell was evidence there was a strange power lurking around this ring he wore.

He stared straight into Felicity's eyes and she got hypnotized.

"Do it and save Natalia!" He said and immediately effect, she gave orders to wheel him to the theatre.