Chapter 6 Adobo

Elizabeth Pov:

The next day Elizabeth woke up early.,

She thought of cooking for her beloved Harold, because Harold always cooks for the two of them, but Elizabeth does not know any kind of cooking maybe because when she was still young, they had maids at home who cooked for them even whatever they wanted to eat, that's why the early in the morning when the skill is still dark, Elizabeth got up immediately and interrupted and woke up her aunt Isabelle from her deep sleep, ask her to teach her because she did not any cooking skill but she know that her aunt is veterans at it.,

"Tita," Elizabeth said loudly but in a whisper way,

She came closer to her aunt's ear because she didn't wake up at the first call, "Tita, Wake up" Her aunt's eyes immediately opened and she was surprised to see Elizabeth in front of her.,

"Elizabeth? Why, what's the problem" Isabelle asked while looking at her clock "It's only 4 am, you woke up this early, what's going on?" Isabelle asked her niece confused..

"I just wanted to ask if you can teach me how to cook Auntie? because I wanted to cook for Harold" Elizabeth said while smiling at her aunt,

But instead of being annoyed with her, her aunt laughed out loud because the Elizabeth she knew was not like that, the Elizabeth she knew was very bossy, tough, grumpy, and angry at the world, but the one in front of her was now a gentle and loving woman who wants to know how to cook for her beloved, Isabelle is happy because she can see how beautiful Harold's influence is on her, 'Elissa, I hope these good things will continue to happen to your daughter, if you can see everything of this I know you are the first to be happy for her' Isabelle said to herself

"Alright Eli, wait in the kitchen, I will just get change, I'll be there in a minute," said Elizabeth's aunt happily. (Eli is short for Elizabeth, Isabelle has been called Elizabeth Eli ever since she was a child).

When Elizabeth heard this, she immediately jumped for joy "Yehey, thank you so much Aunty" and quickly ran out of her aunt's room and went to the kitchen,

When Elizabeth got to the kitchen, she immediately investigated the things in the kitchen, and she was amazed at what she saw because the equipment in the kitchen was very well organized, and you could see your face in the knives, she didn't make a wrong approach because she knew that her aunt Isabelle love to cook and she is good at it.,

Elizabeth didn't even know how to open the kitchen stove, because when she was young she only focused on fighting and learning how to ride a motor, that's why now she's only good at these things.,

His aunt Isabelle came immediately with a big smile on her lips,

"Are you ready my girl?" Isabelle asked Elizabeth with a laugh,

Elizabeth immediately nodded even though she knew that it would be difficult because she knew nothing about such activities, but she wanted to learn it for Harold.,

"Yes Aunty, I'm very excited" Elizabeth happily replied to her aunt.,

Isabelle immediately prepared the ingredients for the dish she would teach Elizabeth,

"Wait, Aunty, what are we going to cook?" Elizabeth asked while laughing, "I'll teach you a very simple but delicious and I know your boyfriend will like it" Aunt Isabelle answered smiling at Elizabeth. At the same time, Elizabeth's eyes widened with joy at this. ,.

"Nothing but pork adobo," said Aunt Isabelle, which surprised Elizabeth because she didn't know what kind of food it was because, in her luxurious life, she never got to taste it.,

"What's Pork Adobo Aunty?" Elizabeth asked her aunt in surprise.,

Isabelle laughed at Elizabeth's question because she correctly suspected that Elizabeth had not tasted it yet.,

"Adobo is your mother's favorite and I know you will like it too, you and Harold". Isabelle laughed and answered her niece and immediately handed the garlic and onion to Elizabeth,

Elizabeth was surprised because she didn't know what to do here,

A reason to make Isabelle laugh, While she took her garlic and onions and peeled them, then Elizabeth knew what to do after she saw that her aunt did,

It took Elizabeth 30 minutes to peel and mince the onion and garlic.,

Until Isabelle handed over the potato to Elizabeth which she immediately took to peel, which made her Aunt Isabelle happy because she could see that she wanted to learn how to cook.

After Elizabeth finished peeling the Potatoes.,

Aunt Isabelle taught all the steps of cooking this dish one by one.,

Isabelle immediately put some oil in the pan and then told Elizabeth everything to do, "first is to stir fry the garlic and onion, then later she ordered the pork to put next when the pork had browned a bit she could now put soy sauce and vinegar but the first cover it for a few minutes and don't mix it, let it soak in the vinegar to absorb the flavor, after it is readily put oyster sauce, pepper, laurel leaves, water and then put the potatoes that have been cut earlier", Isabelle immediately took the egg that she had boiled earlier, she immediately peeled it and handed it to Elizabeth to put it in what she cooked, she even said to "add a little sugar to balance the taste of the Adobo, and leave it boiling in few minutes.,

When Elizabeth finished cooking she happily hugged her aunt Isabelle "Thank you, Aunty, you are the best" she said to her aunt,

Elizabeth was jumping for joy because she didn't think cooking was that simple, and for the first time in her life, she learned how to cook. It was 7 am when she finished cooking, she immediately ran to the bedroom to wake up the sleeping person. Her boyfriend Harold.,

When she got to the room she immediately shook the young man causing him to wake up immediately "Good Morning" Elizabeth happily greeted Harold, and she gently kissed him,

"Good morning miss beautiful" Harold replied smiling,

"Get up there, let's eat, I cooked you adobo" Elizabeth happily said to Harold who made the man's eyes widen because he didn't know that he knew how to cook, and she cooked adobo but He didn't say here that adobo is his favorite, maybe it's just a coincidence

"You know how to cook, Miss Beautiful," Harold said arrogantly to Elizabeth.

"It's up to you, it's was delicious, just as delicious as I am, and of course Aunt Isabelle helped me that's why I know if it's really good

"Elizabeth said flirtatiously while kissing Harold deeply

"Honey, please don't kiss me yet on the lips I did not brush my teeth, I smell bad," Harold said shyly to Elizabeth, causing Elizabeth to laugh loudly and kiss Harold again, and at this point, he took the kiss even longer.

"I don't care, I love anyways, let's go eat, it's going to get cold, it isn't good when it's cold," Elizabeth said while forcing Harold,

Harold immediately got up in embarrassment brushed his teeth and went to the dining area with Elizabeth.

Just a short distance away, Harold immediately smelled the aroma of the Adobo.

When they reached the dining table, Harold couldn't resist and immediately scooped up some rice and put the Adobo on top of it.

Elizabeth was very happy because it was obvious to Harold that he liked what she cooked.,

"How was it" Elizabeth asked smiling.,

Harold's eyes widened because he didn't expect it to be this delicious, and because of it she fell in love even more with Elizabeth,

"It tastes good honey, I almost forget who I am," said Harold while laughing.,

"That's right, Tita and I cooked that for you, that's why it's so delicious," Elizabeth said to Harold.

"Do You know that this is my favorite dish," said Harold which surprised Elizabeth.

"Is it true honey, I don't know that but thanks to Aunt I finally knew it, Aunt Isabelle is the one who suggested that I cook this, so thanks to her" Elizabeth said excitedly.

"The first time I tasted my grandfather's cooking here in Adobo, I liked it immediately, and he was the one who taught me how to cook it," said Harold to Elizabeth.

"Good for you, I just learned to cook because I like to cook for you," Elizabeth said to Harold, which caused Harold's cheeks to turn red they were thrilled because of what Elizabeth said to him, and he immediately stood up from his seat and approached Elizabeth and kissed her gently.

"Thank you, honey," Harold said smiling at the Girl., Elizabeth and Harold talked happily at the dining table of the villa, While very not far away a woman was watching the two of them, watching their movements and in a minute she left with a bitter smile on her lips.,