“Nice to meet you Miss Tina” He humbly said.

“The pleasure is mine. Your food is something… I don’t even have the words to describe how amazing it is” Tina complimented the guy.

“Thank you” He simply replied after the handshake was over. “Please sit down Bette, I just wanted to bring you this myself and say how honored I am to have you here” He quickly added.

“The honor is all mine Hiroyuki, I truly appreciate you bringing us this and we will be more than happy to try it” Bette politely said and took her seat back at the table.

“Have a great evening” He said.

“Thank you, and please feel free to visit us anytime you want. It’s been a while since you last came, I bet Joan will be delighted to see you” Bette quickly added before the man would turn around to leave.

“I will… and please send her my regards” He finally said and then proceeded to walk away.

“How amazing is this?” Tina excitedly said. I guess that dating a chef does have its advantages…

“Yes, he is truly amazing…” The brunette said reminiscent of old times.

“Where did you two meet?” Tina asked aware of what Bette was doing.

“Well… let’s just say that my sous chef and him had a… thing going on so we got to hang out a lot”

“Oh… I see…” Tina absent-mindedly said.

“Why do you sound vaguely surprised?” Bette asked amused.

“I don’t know… I thought that, you know, you two knew each other from the whole Michelin Stars thing…” But Tina wasn’t able to finish her babling since Bette interrupted her.

“So you know what a Michelin Star is…” Bette again asked but this time even more amused.

“Yeah” Tina barely admitted, for she knew she just had digged her own grave. And a very deep one.

“How many stars do I have?” Bette decided to put an end to Tina’s misery.

“Two” The blonde again, admitted above a whisper. Like children when they get busted. At that moment Bette let out a laugh she wasn’t able to hold any longer.

“You googled me?” She asked in between giggles.

“Yeah… but in my defense…” Tina started and Bette just looked at her incredulously. “Well, there’s no defense… but please don’t think I’m a psychopath or a stalker of any kind…” Tina sincerely blurted out.