Chapter 165 The Friend''s Daughter


    So Teresa''s full name is Teresa Miller


    Before, I''d only heard Mom call her just Teresa. "I never knew herst name was Miller.


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    "What a coincidence! What are you doing here?" "Teresa''s face lit up with a smile. "Have you eaten yet! Come sit and have some with us."


    "Sure, why not," the woman said, taking the empty seat next to Teresa,


    Teresa waved over a waiter to bring another set of utensils, then asked, "I heard about your newborn grandson. How are you finding time toe here?"


    "I came for my grandson''s celebration banquet, the woman said with a sigh. "I wanted to invite Chef Darrien from here to cater the banquet at my ce. But his schedule is packed, so he turned me down."


    Teresa nodded, feeling sorry for her. "Bad timing, huh?"


    Jean Darrien was a famous chef known for his amazing skills


    Besides running the kitchen at this restaurant, he often took private catering jobs.


    His cooking had a great reputation in Kingville, and everyone loved it.


    Getting him to cook would definitely make any event special.


    As Teresa thought of that, her eyes brightened as she nced over at Caroline.


    Chef Darrien''s not the only great cook around. Caroline''s talented too!


    How have I forgotten about Caroline?


    With a smile, she introduced thedy. "Caroline, this is my good friend. Samantha Nielsen"


    Caroline gave Samantha a polite smile. "Hi, Samantha,"


    Samantha smiled back and asked Teresa, "This youngdy is your future daughter-inw, right? She''s really pretty!TM


    Teresa forced a small smile, feeling a little awkward. “Not officially yet, but soon."


    Before Samantha could say more. Teresa quickly changed the subject. "You''re lucky to run into me today."


    Samantha looked confused. "Why do you say that?"


    Teresa said. “Besides Chef Darrien, you have other choices. Like this youngdy here-she''s also a chef, and her cooking is just as good as Chef Darrien''s."


    Laughter-inw, so


    Samantha nced at Caroline a few times, then lowered her voice, "That''s your fut of course you''d praise her. But don''t embarrass me! There''ll be lots of important people at my grandson''s banquet. They''ve had all kinds of fancy food. I''m worried this youngdy''s cooking won''t impress them


    Teresa rolled her eyes. "We''re friends! Of course, I won''t try to make you look bad! You know how I know this girl, right?"


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    Samantha said, "You told me before. You and her mom are close friends, and your families arranged an engagement when she was little."


    Teresa shook her head. "No, she''s not the same girl"


    She wanted to keep her promise to her friend and have her datighter marry into the family.


    But Miguel told her the daughter didn''t want to and seemed to have a boyfriend already.


    That was why she had agreed to bring Helen into the family.


    But Helen turned out to be a schemer


    So she figured the broken engagement wasn''t really her fault.


    Interestingly, Caroline''s name was the same as the friend''s daughter''s.


    If Teresa hadn''t seen Caroline and the Somertons at the hotel-who clearly didn''t know each other-she might have thought Caroline was her friend''s daughter.


    And every time she saw Caroline, she felt a familiar warmth, like she''d known her forever.


    "What''s going on?" Samantha''s eyes got wide, clearly waiting for gossip.


    But with Caroline there, Teresa didn''t want to say more. She smiled a little. Tll tell you everything another day when we have time. For now, let''s just focus on finding you a chef."


    Samantha''s face fell a bit. "Fine, but don''t worry about the chef. I''ll talk to Chef Darrien againter, maybe offer him more money to convince him."


    Teresa''s smile faded, and she frowned. "How much more are you thinking?"


    Samantha thought a moment. “I was going to pay 25,000, but now maybe add another 10,000."


    Teresa''s eyes narrowed, surprised. "So, 35,000? For just one meal? Even if money isn''t an issue for you, that''s


    crazy.


    Back when her father-inw was alive, his 70th and 80th birthday banquets were held at home.


    She hired chefs herself-spent 4,000 the first time, 5.000 the second.


    She''d done some research: normally, a few thousand was standard, and paying a


    bit over 5,000 for a famous chef was reasonable.


    "If I get Chef Darrien, it''ll bring me prestige, so paying more is worth it, Samantha said, looking worried. "But I''m not sure he''ll agree.


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