Chapter 7 The need for stability

"May I take your order please?" Jasmin politely requested from the young lady who took her seat less than a minute ago and she held onto the order tablet where she would write on.

"Yes, I want a bowl of catfish pepper soup and a bottle of Malta Guinness."

She quickly wrote down the order on the electronic tablet and the preparation process and its duration pop up on the screen, "The soup would be served in fifteen minutes but your Malta Guinness is coming right up."

The lady smiled at her, displaying her perfectly gaped set of teeth and Jasmin was compelled to smile back before taking her leave.

She grabbed the bottle of the soft drink and placing it on the steel tray in her hand, she made her way out.

After her encounter with Mr Inferno three days ago, she had wondered what exactly he was planning to do. He was mad at first but later wasn't. And he certainly wasn't afraid of her or taken back with the fact that she was a thief, if anything, he was weirdly amused by that fact that she was.

She thought he was very strange.

She didn't spend much time thinking about him or the fact that he knew her first name, there was so much of her he was going to find by searching online, she was a nobody, a common thief who just moved here a few weeks ago and she certainly wasn't the only woman in the city bearing the name Jasmin but he, on the other hand, wasn't a nobody.

As soon as she got home that day, Jasmin pulled out her phone and searched the "Inferno" alone and though the search were all unrelated to him, her eyes spotted the name Cainan Inferno as she scrolled through and she clicked on the name and there he was, the man she had met over a week ago and three days ago. He was listed among the top ten youngest billionaires in the country according to Forbes, he was the owner of more than a dozen company scattered all over the country and also had a lot out of the country as well. He owned numerous charities just like Mrs Richie did, according to the source she read on and he was also a philanthropist and donated every year to an organisation called Fight Against Cancer.

Her eyes dropped and saw the marital status of which widower was written there and it stated he had lost his wife three years ago. She proceeded to read as much as she could and also instead focused on who he was and if he was capable of bringing chaos and hell down upon her. And the truth was that he was capable of bringing hell and more upon her.

He did handle her roughly and back her against the wall, but that was the most he did for someone who caught a thief. And even then he didn't look like he could harm her, he didn't look like he was interested in harming her and it made her feel a bit safe even though she knew safety flew out of the window the day she ran into his office.

Her pregnancy was the second chance she needed to leave the life of stealing, but things weren't so easy, she ended up making a decision that might hunt her for a very long time.

"Earth to Jasmin," she heard Anita's voice call to her and she snapped out of her thought and turned to Anita who was standing beside her. "Are you okay?" She gave her concerned eyes.

Jasmin shrugged it off and sighed, "Just a bit tired, that's all."

"Take a break then, I noticed you haven't done that today." She informed her.

"I've got a customer to serve her order will be ready in," she glanced at her wristwatch before saying, "five minutes."

"I've got it, go get something to eat, Jasmin," she said.

Jasmin pulled off the apron which she had on before walking away from the restaurant and outside. Anita was right, she needed to eat, her stomach was growling and thank God she pushed her to go eat. She made her way over to the fast food and ordered instant noodles because that was what she was craving and also what she could afford.

It was ready before she knew it and she paid and collected it from the chef and also bought a sachet of water before moving to the tables already set outside underneath the big mango tree and she took her seat to properly enjoy the food.

Midway onto eating, her phone beeped and she picked it up and up and stared at it and there was a message from an unknown number.

"Enjoy your meal."

She dropped her phone and turned to look around but saw no one around or remotely looking at her. She just concluded that whoever it was was probably trying to instigate a form of fear in her even when there was no reason to be. There was though, a stranger had her number and the stranger also knew she was currently eating meaning he or she was close by.

She was barely done with the thought when someone took the seat right across from her. Her gaze lifted and she saw Cainan Inferno, the man who she had been trying to run away from for the last three weeks.

"You." She said through gritted teeth and her cheek burnt.

"Eat, your food is going to get cold." He pointed to the noodles before her.

"Are you stalking me now? I thought I already apologize for what I did to you weeks ago? I could have you arrested for stalking me and also how the hell did you get my number?"

"I asked your friend, Anita, she was more than happy to give it to me."

Her gaze crossed and a scowl appeared on her face, "And why would she do that?"

"I told her we were childhood friends."

"Fuck you."

"You need to learn how to control your anger, young lady." He said with a tone brittle with annoyance.

She shrugged and bit out, "And you need to learn to stop stalking people."

"I am not stalking you, but we weren't able to talk properly last time, Jasmin, you were at work and there was a lot that was left unsaid, things that should be said."

"Like what?"

"Returning my Rolex which you stole."