Daddy's Hot Sauce

I was staring at the ceiling of this hotel room after I had a pleasurable night with this woman, here on the bed lying next to me. I picked a stick of cigar from its box on the table beside of this bed and lit it up. I tried to avoid this addiction that I have, but I couldn't help it. It was really satisfying for me to smoke after a wild sex with a woman, besides it's also my stress reliever at work.

"Where are you going?" she asked while trying to cover herself with the blanket and lean her back on the head board.

"I settled everything"

The woman suddenly changed her facial expression, from a seductive look, her brows raised up high and just stared at me while I was picking up my clothes on the floor.

"We still gonna hang out right?"

I didn't answer her back and just shrugged my shoulders while looking at myself on the mirror hanging on the wall.

"They're right. You're cold as ice. No wonder you.."

"Shut it!" I exclaimed and looked at the mirror with sharp eyes to her. I turned her back to step closer at her. "Or you'll get hurt." Then, I grinned like a devil.

This is my routine after I made out with someone for a night. I never looked back nor talked with them again. I crossed them out in my head and just act like a stranger whenever we met by chance.

I never believed about love, it will make your life miserable. I saw my friends became crazy about the woman they loved, besides women are complicated. I never experienced to have a serious relationship. They flirt with me and as being so generous to them, I gave the best night they could have ever imagine.

I shook my head as I remember countless woman that I went on. I was about to leave the place when I heard someone mentioned my name.

TV Newsflash

News anchor: Anders Winston, the highest paid chef and one of the hottest bachelor in the country has seen with a woman last night. Are we expecting wedding bells here? Or Is this some kind of flirty thing again?"

News Anchor 2: I guess he's not yet getting married. He's a hottie in this country and maybe he wanted to explore?"

News Anchor 1: Well. He might be jerk? Anyway. Next news is about..

I smirked as I heard about the news on TV. They're right about my name and my profession as well. I just turned my back and kept walking at the hallway until I reached the parking lot, wherein I parked my black Bentley sports car. I never heard any good news about me. All these paparazzi were so crazy about my life, they were waiting on every mistakes that I would do.

As I stepped closer to it, I also pressed the button on my hand to make a loud noise from the car. I hop inside and started the engine loudly just like in a competition. I was driving smoothly until I approached this main road on Lunar Avenue. It was the traffic jam that got my patience, so I pressed the button to turn on the music.

It was a classical music, the doctor told me that I needed this type of music in my car which I did and honestly it helped me a lot to cool down my temper. In return for my voluptuous psychiatrist we had a one night stand, the last time that I visited her clinic.

I knew that the first moment I stepped on her clinic, she desired for me, my body.

I was listening to the music when my phone rang and when I checked on the screen, I immediately lower down the volume of the music, then I answered the phone.

"What's happening son? Who was that girl on the news? You promised me that you'll stop doing this. We had an agreement son remember so why.."

"Calm down mom." then I massaged my temples

"How can I calm down if you're ruining your future, our family! For.."

I cut the line without saying goodbye to my mother. I felt even more annoyed this time so as I saw the red light turned into green, I speed up my car like a racer and when I arrived at my house in an exclusive village at the business capital of the city. I got off and throw my keys to my assistant.

"Evenin' Mr. Wenston."

I continue walking straight to his kitchen and grabbed some juice from the fridge. I drank it all up and my assistant was not even surprised about it.

I took a deep breath and said. "Too formal George, so?" he asked and George, my assistant smiled at me and said. "Alright. Anders, I've got your schedule here sent by your secretary.." then he opened the white folder and I did not let him finish his words.

Anders made a gesture to his assistant to stop for a while. "Hire another secretary, I fired the last one today." I said and walked through the living room and sat comfortably and put my legs on the table and my hands were on my head and closed my eyes.

"What's my schedule tomorrow George?" I asked while my eyes were closed.

"Tomorrow at nine o'clock in the morning you should be at the Culinary Arts Academy to have a seminar with the students. In the afternoon your mom will be at your office. She wanted to have your time.." he couldn't continue what he was about to say because I immediately interrupt him.

"Cancel the afternoon until evening one."

George didn't answer me back and just nod his head to me.

I didn't mind if I cancelled those appointments. All I wanted was to rest because for the past three months, I had been working hard like an ant.

I stood up and decided to be in my room so I grabbed my phone from the table I just passed by on George and didn't mind at him.

When I reached his room. I shut the door and lit up a cigar then grabbed the whisky bottle.

My phone rang once again and this time I answered it without any hesitation.

"What's up ice man!" I heard a man giggled on the phone. "Maybe I should call Zach Snyder and tell him that he needs to add you as one of his character in Justice League. What do you think?" then he laughed so loud on the phone.

I slowly shook my head, I knew how crazy my friend. I pressed the loud speaker button and sip my whisky.

"Shut up Dave! What do you want?" I asked.

"Nothing. I just wanted to invite you at my daughter's first birthday party next week."

"Oh the party! I mean Children's party." I said

"Don't you ever forget the date Anders or else.."

"Black mailin' huh." I said while the cigarette was in my mouth.

"I'll tell everyone your biggest secret Ice man."

"Asshole!" I exclaimed and smoked again.

My friend laughed so hard and that made me so annoyed. Then, I sipped again the liquor from the shot glass.

"I couldn't imagine your face, man! I was just fooling you." Then my friend tried to make a serious conversation with me. "Good luck on your new career tomorrow man. Check out for your next target and.."

"Fuck you Dave!" I exclaimed to my friend and cut the line then throw my phone in front of my dog.

A glass of liquor at night will keep me relaxed all through the night. I was sitting on the luxurious couch with a gold lining on it and leaned my back while spreading both my arms on the couch. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath and suddenly an image of a woman appeared on my dream.

The sound of his alarm clock beside his bed made him awake at six in the morning. It was a normal day for him, as he gets up and did his workout every morning. Every morning before he started his day he needed to do the treadmill for almost thirty minutes and every time that he stepped his foot on the treadmill he remembered the days when he was in junior high.

One of the most unforgettable days in his life wherein he lost the competition. He was running like a cheetah when his watch vibrated. Then, another workout for him, a hundred push-ups. The routine that he did every morning was not just a simple workout for him. It helped him to focus for the entire day.

He knew how stressful his work and all. After a couple of minutes of resting his body lying down on the floor, he grabbed his towel and took a warm bath. No one knew that Anders loved to stay in the bathroom for thirty minutes and more in the morning before going to work. As he went out of the bathroom Anders immediately went straight to his closet.

The water is still dripping on his chest down through his six-pack abs. Every woman in this town was dreaming to be with him just for a night. At his younger age, he became the Master Chef of the country. Many people were amazed by his talent and most of all his IQ is higher than normal or average people.

"George, keys?"

"Here Mr. Winston, I mean Anders. May I remind you that you need to be at the..." unfortunately George wouldn't be able to finish his words.

"I know and please tell mom I'll be busy today." He said to his assistant while starting up the engine of his black Bentley sports car. Driving all by himself, Anders didn't want to have someone to drive for him. He grew up independently and didn't want to rely on others. His father taught him to be tough and stood up by himself. Anders looked at his watch and decided to grab some coffee at the nearest coffee shop. He parked his car and went inside the cafeteria.

All the women were looking at him. He get used to it, but he never wanted to have that kind of attention from other people. A woman suddenly stepped closer in front of him.

"Hi. A..Anders Winston. I'm Jaimie and.." the woman wasn't able to finish about what she was about to say when Anders just passed by and seems like he didn't care at all. "One Café Au Lait." He said in a baritone voice.

"Right away Sir. That'll be ten bucks." Anders took his wallet and gave him his credit card. He got a few bucks on his wallet and that wasn't enough for him to pay what he ordered. He waited for a couple of minutes before he had it. Then he walked out from the counter and was about to reach the door when a woman came in front of him.

"Fuck!" he said while looking at himself as the coffee splashed on his shirt.

"Oh my God! I.. I'm so sorry. I didn't.." the woman said and was about to wipe it with the tissue when Anders stepped back. He starred at the woman from head to toe.

"Careless." He whispered and turned his back, then walk away as if nothing happened. The woman was left hanging and shrugged her shoulders as she looked at him.

"Arrogant." She whispered.

"Hey! Em. Are you okay?" a woman asked from behind. When she saw her, they immediately hugged each other.

"Yeah I'm fine, Jane" She answered. Her friend suddenly looked at her and asked "Do you know him?"

Emily just shook her head and didn't mind at all about her question.

Her friend suddenly held both of her shoulders and shook them lightly. "He is Anders Winston! My goodness Emily, how come you didn't know him. His name was all over the news, tv ads, and more." Jane told her like it was the most amazing thing that happened today. She looked at Emily once again and said.

"You are so lucky! Does he smell great did you even.."

"I don't know him and please it was an accident I bumped him when I was about to enter this coffee shop and the coffee spilled over his shirt. Please stop talking nonsense, Jane." Emily told to her friend about what happened earlier.

Then, Jane smirked at her and move closer to Emily. "Here's the loyalty award to Emil Smith." She said and even gave Emily a round of applause.

"Matthew we're so lucky to have you girl, you're the only one living on this earth who's loyal to her boyfriend." Jane laughed at her and then, sipped her coffee.

Emily checked her watch and suddenly her eyes widened as she saw the time and it was eight o'clock sharp. She looked at Jane and grabbed all her stuff from the table.

"Jane, I have to go. See you. Bye!" she said as she was putting all her pieces of stuff in her bag.

Jane just waved her hand to her friend. Emily ran as fast as she could just to reach the place. She was thankful that she was wearing a pair of sneakers today so running wasn't that difficult for her. She was gasping for air when she arrived, she stood in front of the door and took a deep breath and before her hand landed on the door, someone opened it. Emily couldn't believe her eyes.

A person was standing in front of her, was about more than six feet tall and the scent that was captivating and inviting. She couldn't speak and her mouth fell open when she recognized the person in front of her.

"Fifteen minutes late. Have you just finished your coffee?" he asked and didn't mind her at all.

He continued his discussion with the other students. He showed them the proper way of cutting meat and other basic things they need to learn in the kitchen. On the other hand, Emily put on her hat and apron and stood still on the other side of the room.

"Of all the people. Why him? God.." Emily said to himself but it was interrupted by someone at her back.

"Pray that you won't cut your finger." a baritone voice at the back suddenly spoke at her and continue checking the other students.

Emily was so annoyed and she wanted to punch him right now, but he suddenly looked at Emily once again. "Start now or you'll fail this class." He looked at her seriously and pointed the thing in front of Emily.

After the class, Emily picked up all her stuff from the table. She was in a hurry to leave the class, and praying that the professor today might have changed tomorrow. When all the students went out, Emily didn't even bother to say goodbye to her professor.

All she wanted was to get out of the room. She hated the man when they bumped at each other at the coffee shop but now she even hated him more this time. A couple of steps before she reached the door when someone spoke from behind.

"Miss Emily Smith?" a deep voice can be heard from behind.

Emily took a deep breath and closed her eyes for a second before she turned around and plastered a smile at him. "Yes Mr. Winston?" she asked.

Anders stood up wearing his glasses as he looked at her while his one hand was on his pants. He walked closer while he was staring at her. Emily suddenly felt the thump of her heart and as she watched him walking toward her, she was left dazed by his appearance, he was wearing a normal V-neck line tee shirt in grey. She blinked her eyes once again and when she opened her eyes, she was surprised by him, as he was too close at her.

Anders leaned over to see Emily and he was about to touch her hair but Emily stepped back. Anders immediately grabbed her waist when Emily almost tripped. Anders was staring at Emily's eyes but Emily felt unease as he was holding her waist and their face was so closed to each other, that they could even breathe the air from each other's mouth.

Emily let herself be lost in his arms. "What do you want?" she asked nervously.

Anders shrugged his shoulders. "I just want... never mind," and went back to his table to fix those papers and folders. Emily wondered about it but in the end, she went out of the room and walked down the hallway.

Then her phone rang while waiting at the elevator. "Hi, babe. Are you done?" She immediately looked around and wondered.

"Yes, babe, I'm done." She said and get in the elevator.

She pressed the button to close the elevator but suddenly a hand appeared in between the doors to make it stop from closing. The door opened itself and Emily saw her professor and now they're both inside the elevator.

A couple of minutes had passed when the elevator had a creaked sound, then suddenly it stopped.

Emily widened her eyes and immediately pressed the button so many times. She took a deep breath a couple of times but nothing happened and it gets worse. Emily is a claustrophobic person, she could not be in one enclosed space for a long time, she panicked when the elevator stopped and hold her chest because she felt a lack of air at the moment.

"I... I can't breathe." She said while breathing heavily and holding her chest and leaned on the other side of the wall.

"What's wrong?" Ander asked. He immediately went to her side and checked on her.

"Fuck! You're claustrophobic?" he exclaimed as he noticed her heavy breaths.

Anders looked around to see if there was something that he could help for her. He could not find anything that's why he screamed for help and punched the elevator's door. Anders stood up and pressed the emergency button a couple of times. He even tried to fan her with his hand but it didn't work.

Emily nodded and still holding her chest and was breathing heavily. She's trying to open her eyes to make herself awake. She was looking at him as her eyes close slowly and didn't know what happened afterward.

Anders immediately carried her out of the elevator when it opened and immediately call his assistant for help. The elevator stopped when the power shuts down because lightning struck the power generator. People in the building gathered outside for their safety and one of those people was Anders and Emily.

He was in a hurry to go outside the building, worried about Emily who's still unconscious at this moment. When he arrived outside, George his assistant was there waiting for him and he immediately went inside the car and left the building. Emily opens up her eyes and stared at the ceiling, it was white with a touch of grey and black. She blinked her eyes a couple of times and suddenly realized that she was in another place.

Her eyes widened as she looked around the room. She looked at herself and she was thankful that her clothes were still on her. She firmly closed her eyes as she remembered what happened. A knocked on the door caught her attention while she was sitting on the side of the bed. "Come in," she said. Then a man showed up and greeted Emily.

He was wearing a blue polo shirt with a recorder on his one ear. He walked inside and talked to Emily, his height made Emily looked up and wondered who was in front of her.

"Excuse me, but I need go home." She said and stood up to get her things. The man just smiled at him and looked at her as she was fixing herself.

"How are you feeling now, Miss Emily?"

"I'm fine now, thanks and will you excuse me because I really need to go home," She explained to the man in front of him.

"You can't leave now Miss Emily, my boss wanted to talk to you at his office." He said. Emily raised her brows at him.

"Why? Is there something important?" Then, made a gesture in front of Emily to walk outside the room.

"This way Miss Emily." Emily sighed and nervous at the same time as she followed the man walking through the hallways. When the man stopped at the huge door, he knocked on the door and opened it up and then looked at her and made a gesture to Emily to get inside the room. A thump of her heart beats like a drum as she was stepping inside the room. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes.