Aivi responded, “They are just some cookies and pastries that I baked this morning, ma’am. I brought a box for everyone.”
Aunt Socorro corrected her, “Please start calling me Auntie already, Aivi. Anyway, I heard from Ramir and Daphne that you cook and bake and that they love your dishes, jams, marmalades, and baked products.”
Aivi acknowledged modestly, “Just home cooking and some basic baking, Auntie. I learned from my mother and then I also had some short classes under Chef Suzie, the private chef of the Vernals. Theo had also scheduled some culinary sessions for me and their family chef so I could coordinate well with him in the future.”
Tessa had already arrived with Aunt Dahlia. Then the other wives of the minor shareholders and top executives had also arrived.
When the lunch was
