Chapter 13：He Really Makes Me Work Like This (1/2)

'He is really that mad at me?' Hailey thought. 'What should I do now? How could I earn Vince's forgiveness? It seems like my cooking style won't work this time.'

Heaving a helpless sigh, Hailey strides toward the kitchen, gets an apron, and starts thinking about what dinner she could make for Vince.

Later, Hailey remembers she bought a Salmon yesterday. She decides... 'I'll bake a Salmon for Vince's dinner!'

With excitement crept toward her chest, she prepared all the ingredients she needed. After she mixed them into a bowl, she spread it all over on top of the Salmon. She also adds other vegetables in the rectangular glass container before she puts them in the oven.

Next, she made crab and corn soup. It will be cold later, but if he doesn't like to have dinner together... 'Then let him preheat it for himself.' Hailey mumbled to her head with a pout.

'What dessert should I prepare for him? Is he even fond of sweets?' Hailey mused. Vince eats the carrot cake and banana muffins she made last time. 'Maybe a cookie? With lots of chocolate chips! That would be best with brewed coffee!'

Preparing the cookie ingredients, Hailey continues pondering if what she could do that Vince forgives her.

'Ugh. So hard to coax an old man.'

Not her dad, though. She will hug him and put on some sweet words; her dad would forget her mistakes. But Vince is only a stranger person to her. It will take a while before she could soften his rough treatment toward her.

'Ah, whatever.' She'll work well in the next few days and behave. Maybe Vince will forget what she did.

When she's done, Hailey placed all the food on the table. She ate quietly alone. After that, she wrapped the dishes with transparent cellophane.

She didn't eat any salmon, but she makes herself some pasta and lasagna. She left the salmon untouched. And yes! It was her way of peace offering to him.

As the night gets older, Hailey is pacing back and forth inside her bedroom. She couldn't hear any movement yet. So Hailey assumes Vince hasn't come out from the Study to have dinner. She looks at her phone, and it's past ten o'clock.

'He's skipping dinner again? Or he's really that mad to starve himself because he doesn't want to see me?'

Sulking, Hailey climbed on her bed and tucked inside her quilt. She taps on her phone to play her playlists to doze off. The digital clock awakened her the following day.

Hailey rushed to the bathroom and washed. She made a quick movement around her bedroom that her knee kicks the stool in front of her dresser.