Chapter 409 Little Liar
However, she had never cooked before and was worried she wouldn't do it well.
Plus, the cooking instructions Robert gave weren't very clear.
She had no way to accurately control the amounts of ingredients and seasonings.
So she needed a chef nearby to guide her.
Sophia prepared all the necessary ingredients and seasonings, and started cooking with the chef's help.
At first, her movements were very clumsy.
Fortunately, the chef was there to help, otherwise she would have been completely flustered.
When turning on the stove, she accidentally turned the heat up to maximum.
The chef watched nervously, constantly giving her instructions from the side.
When adding seasonings, she accidentally poured in too much salt, making the first pot of soup extremely salty.
She had to start over with a second pot.
Throughout her life, Sophia had been able to handle almost anything with ease.
Only cooking made her feel like she was experiencing failure for the first time in her life.
Seeing that lunchtime was approaching, she wasn't sure if she could make something edible this time, so she had to call Chase.
She told him to have the chef at Harvest & Hearth make some nutritious soup and send it to the hospital.
After receiving the order, Chase couldn't help but pause.
Just an hour ago, Benjamin had called him and told him not to deliver food at lunch today.
But before he could say anything, Sophia hung up.
She was probably busy.
He hesitated for a moment, then decided to follow Sophia's instructions and called the head chef at Harvest & Hearth.
After work at noon, he immediately went to Harvest & Hearth to pick up the food containers, then rushed to the hospital as fast as he could.
The chef at Harvest & Hearth had prepared nourishing soup that was good for the stomach, along with two side dishes.
The taste was also made according to Benjamin's preferences.
Looking at the aromatic and nutritious meal, Chase suddenly realized he was hungry.
He hadn't eaten anything since this morning.
He had an early meeting in the morning, and then had been busy with work, with no time to eat.
If he wasn't worried that Benjamin wouldn't be able to eat the hospital food, he'd probably still be sitting at his desk working.
Right now his stomach was growling, demanding to be filled with food.
While driving, Chase thought absentmindedly that after delivering food to Benjamin, he must go back to Harvest & Hearth and order several dishes.
To treat himself well.
He carried the food container into Benjamin's hospital room. "Mr. White, Mrs. White asked me to bring you lunch. Eat it while it's hot!"
When he pushed the door open, besides Benjamin, Matthew and Alaric were also in the room.
They seemed to be discussing something, all looking rather serious.
Matthew and Alaric were sitting on the sofa, while Benjamin was leaning against the headboard.
Hearing the door open, all three turned their eyes toward the doorway.
Meeting three pairs of cold, sharp eyes, Chase couldn't help but freeze.
He nervously lifted the food container. "Mr. White, I'm here to deliver your food."
Benjamin's gaze moved from him to the food container, a flash of disappointment in his eyes. "Why didn't Sophia come?"
Didn't Sophia say she would come deliver food to him today?
It was already 12:30 PM, why hadn't Sophia come yet?
"Mrs. White is probably busy with something else." Chase walked in and closed the hospital room door behind him.
Seeing Benjamin's dejected look, he couldn't help but twitch his lips.
Where did your cool demeanor go?
Can't you pay attention to your image?
Hearing Chase's words, Benjamin lowered his eyes, disappointment flashing through them.
"Little liar."
Sophia had promised to bring him food.
Sophia was actually being so perfunctory with him, sending Chase to deliver food instead.
"Mr. White, Mrs. White said I must supervise you finishing the soup." Chase said under great pressure as he opened the food container.
Benjamin glanced at it coldly. "Not eating."
He had no appetite.
Besides, since Sophia didn't come, he had even less reason to eat.
Chase frowned in difficulty. "But Mrs. White said I must supervise you eating it."
Benjamin's slender jade-like fingers tapped on the porcelain bowl, then pushed it toward Chase. "You drink it. Finish it."
He added another sentence: "Don't leave a single drop."
"That's not good, is it? If Mrs. White finds out, she'll definitely blame me."
Although Chase was extremely tempted and wanted to drink the soup, he hadn't gone crazy from hunger yet.
If he really drank it, his career would probably end right there.
But Benjamin looked completely indifferent. "If you don't say, I don't say, and they don't say, who will know?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the hospital room door was pushed open again, and a clear, pleasant voice came from the doorway.
"No one will know? Are you sure?"
Hearing the familiar voice, Benjamin's calm eyes instantly lit up.
"Sophia."
Seeing Sophia's figure, his previously low mood immediately improved, and a smile appeared on his lips.
Especially when he saw clearly the food container in Sophia's hands, he felt even happier.
Sophia hadn't broken her promise. Yesterday she had said she would bring him food.
And here she was, wasn't she?
Sophia walked in carrying the food container and explained softly, "First time cooking, made some mistakes. I was afraid you'd go hungry, so I asked Chase to get food from Harvest & Hearth."
She hadn't expected Benjamin to remember so clearly what she said yesterday.
He had been waiting eagerly for her to appear.
Sophia felt her heart soften as she placed the food container on the over-bed table in front of him.
When the food container opened, a rich aroma spread throughout the hospital room.
Even Alaric and Matthew, who were sitting farther away, could smell it.
Benjamin's attention had been on Sophia all along, and he precisely caught the meaning in her words.
"You made this yourself?"
"Yes, try it and see if you like it. Even Robert never got this kind of treatment!"
This was Sophia's first time cooking in her life.
She had been completely clueless about cooking before.
When she was little, Robert had asked her to help tend the fire once.
Back then the new house wasn't built yet, and they used a stove that farmers from down the mountain had helped build.
Robert was busy treating patients and asked her to watch the fire and add firewood to the stove.
As a result, she almost set the kitchen on fire.
After that, Robert never let her in the kitchen again.
And she never had any chance to practice her cooking skills.
Not until today did she realize that Robert had good reason not to let her in the kitchen.
The first pot of soup had too much salt, the second pot had too little water and it all evaporated.
The third pot of soup finally succeeded.
However, as for how the soup tasted, Sophia didn't know.
Because she was in a hurry, after the soup was done, she directly put it in the thermal container and brought it over, with no time to taste it at all.
So before Benjamin drank it, she warned him, "If it tastes really bad, don't force yourself."
Benjamin was amused by her and nodded in agreement, picking up the soup spoon inside to serve himself a bowl.