Author's note

Hey guys, hope you all are doing good. I'm doing good, I guess. Hopefully I feel better soon. Thank you for your response on previous chapter. Forever grateful for your support on this book. Hope you like the chapter.

PS: Unedited

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Disclaimer

This story is a piece of fiction based on the author's imagination and has nothing to do with the actual life of the characters in the story. I have casted Ashwin Kumar and Sivaangi Krishnakumar as leads.

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Ashaangi TS Oui, Chef

Part II | A |

Out of nowhere, Sivaangi felt herself getting pulled making her gasp loudly. In a nick of a time, she found herself pinned against the wall by a flaring Ashwin, his tall frame towering over her petite form. Shocked, her eyes went wide and her lips parted slightly as she stared into his eyes but quickly composed herself.

"Yenna panra nee! Vidu!" Sivaangi glared at Ashwin.

"What was that?" Ashwin grumbled gesturing his head in a way of asking about the previous event.

Sivaangi glared at Ashwin trying to wriggle her hands out of his grip.

"Yenna what? Naan yenna panen?" Sivaangi twisted her lips at Ashwin as she glared, "Kai ah vidunga!"

"Nee yenna panla?" Ashwin shot ignoring Sivaangi's protest, "Anga vandhu yean apdi oru scene create pana?!"

"Naan yenna scene create panen?" Sivaangi asked acting casual, oblivious to what Ashwin's referring to.

"Oho, apo unaku naan yedha pathi pesuren nu theriyathu, apdi dhana?" Ashwin asked.

"Ama" Sivaangi said trying to wriggle her hand out of Ashwin's grip only to fail, "Kai ah vidunga"

"Nee yethuku apdi pana nu solra vara vida maten!"

"Naan dhan sonen la, neenga yedha pathi pesuringa nu enaku theriyathu!"

"Andha ponnu munna nee yethuku apdi sona?!" Ashwin tried to control himself from lashing out and asked calmly.

"Yepdi sonen?" Sivaangi rolled her eyes at Ashwin.

"Naan unoda boyfriend, kattika poravan, purushan, love of your life nu lam sona?" Ashwin probed.

"Hey! Naan onum unna love of my life nu lam solalayeh!" Sivaangi glared, "Summa iladha poladhadhulam soladhinga!"

"Iladha poladha kadhai ellam sonathu naan ah nee ah? Apo nee mothathu lam sonen nu othukura, apdi dhana?!"

"Ama, athuku yenna ipo?!" Sivaangi huffed.

"Yethuku di apdi sona andha ponnu ta!" Ashwin asked glaring at her.

"Di ah?!" Sivaangi's glare intensified, "Yethuku ipo nee ena di potu kupdura!"

"Nee matum ena da pota, naan yethuvum sonen ah ila nee ena sola dhan vitiya!" Ashwin shot back.

"Shoo! Ipo yenna prachana unaku?" Sivaangi grumbled and once again tried to wriggle her arms free only to fail.

"Yethuku andha ponnu ta apdi sona?! Ava yaru nu theriyuma!"

"Nee ponnu paka vandha ponnu dhana, theriyum theriyum" Sivaangi said with a smirk, "Unaku kuda pidichurundhuchu pola avala. Pocha"

"Yethuku ava ta apdi sona, athuku pathil ah solu!" Ashwin asked losing his patience.

That girl Meera was Ashwin's mother's selection and his mother would eat his head off if the girl spills everything to his mother. That's definitely not good.

"Nee ena inaiku kathuna la! Athan, unaku indha special treatment" Sivaangi grinned and Ashwin looked at her in disbelief.

"What! Naan unna kitchen la, namma work space la as a head chef ah enta work panra chef ah thitunen nu nee enoda personal life ah sabotage panuviya!" Ashwin said in disbelief and Sivaangi's face shrunk as she thought about her actions.

"When you put it this way naan panathu thappu mathiri dhan iruku!" Sivaangi said slowly but cleared her throat as her eyes met his, "Aana nee ena naan nearly two years ah work panra restaurant la enoda co-workers munna apdi thitnathu matum right ah?"

"I genuinely felt sorry for my actions and was about to apologize to you tomorrow!"

Sivaangi grew silent as she wordlessly kept staring at Ashwin while he glared at her.

"Ivlo um panitu nalaiku enta dhan work ku varuva, athu kuda nyabagam ila la unaku ipdi scene create panra munna!" Ashwin said in disbelief and mumbled to himself, "Makku"

Sivaangi was silent for a brief moment before she looked up at Ashwin.

"Seri, sorry solunga, naan ponum" Sivaangi said as she tried to wriggle her arms out of Ashwin grip but he tightened his hold and leaned forward.

"Sorry ah?" Ashwin asked in disbelief.

"Ama, neenga dhan enta apologize pananum soningaley" Sivaangi said as she kept staring at Ashwin.

"Ipo nee pana velai ku naan sorry vera kekanum ah!" Ashwin grumbled.

"Hey! Naan dhan naan panathu thappu nu othukiten ila! Pinna yenna?" Sivaangi looked offended.

"Nee yenna velai pani vachuruka nu unaku yethuvum idea iruka? Inneram andha ponnu enoda amma ta elam olari vachurukum!"

"Sona yenna? Athan unmai ilayeh" Sivaangi said casually.

"Athu unaku theriyum, enaku theriyum aana enga amma ku theriyanumey!"

"Unga amma ku theriyanum na solirunga. Simple" Sivaangi said and before Ashwin could say anything, she added, "Kai ah vidungalen. Valikuthu"

"Enoda amma va avlo seekiram samalika mudiyathu! Avanga yaru nu theriyuma?!" Ashwin said leaning a bit more forward making Sivaangi go quiet as she stared into his eyes.

"Guys get a room!"

Both jerked away from each other when they heard someone walking by pass a comment. Sivaangi massaged the place where Ashwin held her and winced slightly before looking up at him.

"Late achu, thaniya ponum. Naan kelamburen" Sivaangi said trying to walk away only for her to get pulled back by Ashwin who trapped her between his arms as he placed his hands at either side of her, pinning her to the wall.

"Yenna avasaram? Athan unnoda boyfriend naan iruken eh. Aprm yenna?" Ashwin said sarcastically.

Sivaangi exhaled through her nose as she tried to calm herself before saying,

"Hey! Inga parunga, Mr. Ashwin. Neenga FIKA ooda Head Chef, naan anga work panra cook. Neenga ena kathuninga, naan onga date ah spoil paniten. Ithoda mudichukalam. Idha thaandi prachana vendam!" Sivaangi said in a stern voice and added, "Idha thaandi prachana paninga aprm naanum panuven"

Sivaangi pointed her finger at Ashwin who knotted his finger with hers as he leaned forward.

"Apdi prachana pana yenna panuvinga madam?"

"Onga amma ta potu kuduthruven sir" Sivaangi smirked and muttered under her breath that was audible to Ashwin, "Seriyaana amma pillai!"

"Hey! Enga amma yaru nu theriyuma!" Ashwin said offended.

"Yenna over ah build up kudukuringa! Onga amma yaru?" Sivaangi rolled her eyes at Ashwin.

"Anuradha Lakshmikanthan"

"Oh, avanga l-" Sivaangi nodded at first but then paused and looked at Ashwin with wide eyes and her mouth forming a perfect small O as she processed his words.

"Anu...Anuradha Lakshmikanthan ah?!" Sivaangi asked shocked.

Anuradha Lakshmikanthan, a renowned chef across India who previously owned a restaurant at London where she won a Michelin star before she came back to open a restaurant in India. She was Sivaangi's idol in culinary field. Anuradha was a curt and stern lady when she steps inside kitchen and a pleasant person outside. She retired two years back.

"Ama, enoda amma ta inneram andha ponnu inga nadanthadha solirupa! Amma seriyaana terror piece. And as far as I know my mother, she wouldn't let this go easily!" Ashwin said running his fingers in the hair in frustration while Sivaangi was still processing that Anuradha Lakshmikanthan is Ashwin's mother.

"Nejama Anuradha mam dhan onga amma va?" Sivaangi asked in disbelief, her eyes wide.

Sivaangi looked like a kitten who's showing puppy eyes that Ashwin couldn't decide he want to laugh at her or lash out thinking about the situation. They stared at each other in disbelief.

To make things tense, Ashwin's mobile rang pulling them out of their staring contest. He fished his mobile out of his pocket and heaved a tired sigh on seeing the caller I'd before showing the mobile screen to Sivaangi who gulped on seeing Anuradha Lakshmikanthan hugging Ashwin image on the caller I'd named "Maa"

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Thank you for reading.

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