MILLION LOVE

MOVE ON (6)

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After being declared to pass the interview test, the next day Malika returned to PANKEKI BAKERY to show her skills in making cakes.

In one corner of the kitchen room of the cake division at the bakery, Malika was ready to start her test.

Aprons are attached, long hair he has looped up and then wear a head covering so that no hair falls on the dough, the ingredients are prepared, and the ingredients are ready, ovens and other tools are also fully available.

Sip, it's all ready. Malika's heart convinced herself.

But other than her, the one in the corner of the room was only Zacky, while the two Chefs who would act as judges or appraisers were not there yet.

But before long, the two long-awaited Chefs finally appeared as well. Chef Taki came with a bundle of maps containing CV as well as personal documents belonging to Malika. I don't know why the guy's been carrying him everywhere since yesterday.

While Chef Nanda seemed excited to see Malika who would make cake. He even deliberately sat in the chair closest to Malika's position, in order to pay more attention to how the steps used by the woman in making cake.

"Okay, Malika. What cake do you want to make today?" chef Nanda asked looking very enthusiastic.

"It is not appropriate if the test taker determines the test itself. Please Chef alone will decide!" malika replied firmly.

"Well, don't you?!" chef Nanda replied with a big smile and turned to Zacky and Taki. "Gue likes his style!" he told his two colleagues. "Okay, if you try to make a Birthday Cake, let me see your decorating skills!" chef Nanda's orders.

"Sorry Chef, his Birthday Cake is for a boy or a girl and what theme?" ask Malika again.

Chef Nanda was again astonished, Detail once this woman thought. A good thing to ask a cakery before working on his customer order. Chef Nanda gave his judgment inwardly.

"Try to make Birthday Cake for a mother who ordered her child as a form of affection to her mother. The theme is up to you. Anyway the story is so." Chef Nanda later said.

"Okay, Chef!" reply Malika straightforwardly.

"Want you to do this in your own home so you're not nervous!" taki on Malika.

And Malika just nodded in response to Taki's call.

Which makes it nerveous even because of baking while seeing these you guys, sir! The Inner word Malika.

Malika then began to do step by step the process of making tart cakes that Chef Nanda asked earlier with the expression as calm as possible.

He weighs and sifts, pours and mixes and then tucks until he covenes. All of that he did as if without any burden in the eyes of his three appraisers.

After the cake that was cooked out of the oven, Malika first cooled the cake in the cooling rack before giving decoration on it.

During the wait for the cake to cool, he used his time to clean all the remaining materials and tools that he had used until clean and neat as ever.

Before decorating the cake, Malika first prepares the materials and tools needed to decorate.

After it was felt that the cake was ready to be decorated, Malika cut the cake right in the middle of it into two parts. He then apply marmalade* jam in the middle of the cake as a filling and then reunite the two cake pieces as before.

And unexpectedly, as an outside decoration, Malika just apply a thin white buttercream on the cake and give a few white rose stems on the top and bottom.

"Done up!" malika exclaimed as she felt her cake was completely ready.

He then thrust the cake in front of the three men. While the three men observed the cake made, Malika then cleaned all the decor tools that had been used until clean.

After he finished cleaning. When he turned his head back to the Chefs and Zacky, it turned out that the three of them had tasted the cake.

"I want to know, why did you make this cake for the story I mentioned earlier? Why should simple vanilla cake combination Marmalade?" chef Nanda asked after Malika had returned to sit in front of him.

"Turn back to each other's tastes, Chef. But I once got a Birthday Cake order that the story is similar to that and just as I make a cake like this, it turns out his mother likes it very much." Malika replied calmly.

"What's testimony?" Chef Nanda was curious.

"The fact is because it is not too sweet, I think it is because usually parents, especially women parents, do not really like sweet considering their blood sugar levels are often problematic. So I was thinking of making a simple vanilla cake instead of a chocolate cake that tastes sweeter." Malika explained.

"Fillingnya, why are you wearing Marmalade? And not some other kind of jam?" ask Chef Nanda again.

Although Chef Nanda dominated the question, Chef Taki seemed to still listen to every answer thrown by Malika.

"Because the elderly tend to prefer the bitter sweet taste like Marmalade rather than the wry sweet like strawberry jam or pineapple jam. Whereas if you use chocolate jam even sweetness, and if you use peanut butter make cholesterol rise." beber Malika as it is.

Chef Nanda seemed to be smiling knots as the mangosteen received an explanation from Malika. He then continued to eat the cake in front of him enthusiastically.

"Why choose to use na*ked cake decorations instead of classic cake decorations?" Chef Taki's turn is curious about the appearance of Malika's minimal buttercream cake.

"Back to my first explanation earlier Chef, I deliberately simple decor like na*ked cake is because it only needs a thin buttercream smear so that parents do not go first because of the thought of sugar levels if you want to eat the cake!"

"This is the white rose stalk you changed the skewer?" Chef Nanda was shocked after removing the flower decoration that was on the cake.

"Yes Chef, because if you use the original flower stalk can damage the taste and make the cake smell of sap!" malika.

Chef Nanda smiled again satisfied to hear the answer to the answer thrown by Malika.

"You said yesterday you've never taken a course or a culinary school, so where did you get all that information?" Taki asked again.

"I'm diligent to see youtube and other social media about cake, Chef. I love the observation about cake. Sometimes from my own experience." Malika smiled ending her answer.

The three men who were in front of Malika only looked at each other. And then they decided to end the ability test that day considering that everything they wanted to know from Malika was enough.

"Alright, Malika. We've got the ability test for today. We will continue to negotiate in advance whether to hire you in PANKEKI BAKERY or not. We will call you by phone for the final decision. How's it?" Zacky said at length.

Malika nodded in understanding. He then removed the apron and headgear that had been used earlier. Feeling no need to curl her hair, Malika then untied her hair.

And without Malika noticing, Taki stared intensely at every move he made. Whether Taki himself is conscious or not, but both of Taki's colleagues seem to be aware of the CEO's meaningful gaze to their new prospective staff.

Chef Nanda who first caught Taki's meaningful gaze to Malika then nudged Zacky's arm, and coded through his eyes so that Zacky also saw Taki's eyes on Malika.

Zacky smiled faintly at his cousin-in-law who seemed interested in a woman. He'll tell Niky about it.

After Malika's return, Chef Nanda and Taki are still at home talking to Malika's cake as their snack. The two talked about the decision they would take to hire Malika or not.

"If I think anyway, so far only he who meets the criteria as my assistant. The guy is diligent, deft, detailed, and knows what he has to do" Chef Nanda gave his assessment.

"What do you think about it?" Taki said as he put another spoonful of Malika cake into his mouth.

"The skill is what it is, I understand it because he is self-taught. The only thing I like about him, he has a passion in this field. So it's not just to survive but he has an interest and I think he also has talent anyway." Chef Nanda replied excitedly.

"Gue agrees with you on that!" Mangosteen taki. "So, are we recruiting?" ask Taki to his partner.

"Gue is okay, I like how it works, about the skills ntar we can improve the skills through short training programs that we sponsor for competent staff, how?" answer Chef Nanda.

"Yes lo from the beginning already good feeling same Malika." Taki chuckles. He then sipped his coffee latten.

"Aren't you too? I know from the Zacky if you have him applying for a job here?" chef Nanda's.

And immediately Taki choked on his own coffee. Chef Nanda who saw it immediately laughed out loud. Turns out his boss can also be this clumsy when talking to a woman.

DAMN Zacky, gosiiipp just his job. Mutuk Taki in heart while wiping his messy mouth from choking on his drink just now.

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After Maghrib, Malika who had managed to put her children to sleep finally had time to prepare the materials to make an order that she would send tomorrow.

As per the list of orders in his book, there are several cake orders for tomorrow so Malika plans to make everything at once tonight so that tomorrow she only has to do the delivery.

He then rushed to get his phone from the fridge to receive the call.

Who's at this hour on the phone? Don't-don't Rima, but what's up? Malika wondered in her heart.

After his phone was in his grasp, he saw a foreign number listed there.

Huh uh? Whose number is this? Her thought. And that made Malika so hesitant to accept it. But finally the doubt was dismissed with positive thoughts.

No customer calls with a number that has not been in my contact. Guess Malika.

He then pressed the receiver button on the screen of his phone.

📱MALIC SHARNAZ

Hello, good night.

📱ZACKY NUGROHO'S

Good night, with Malika Sharnaz?

📱MALIC SHARNAZ

Yes, yes, I am alone.

📱ZACKY NUGROHO'S

Sorry to call you these nights. I'm Zacky from PANKEKI BAKERY.

📱MALIC SHARNAZ

Oh yes, Mr. Zacky. Is there anything I can help you with?

📱ZACKY NUGROHO'S

I would like to inform you about the decision of the Chefs after seeing your abilities this afternoon, Malika.

As Malika's heart pounded, she could not believe that she would be given a decision this soon. Even on the same day after he did an ability test.

📱MALIC SHARNAZ

Yeah, how, sir?

📱ZACKY NUGROHO'S

So after the negotiations, we decided to recruit you to be Chef Nanda's assistant in the cake section. How's it?

DEG!!! Malika's heart seemed to stop beating for a moment. His breath became congested feeling happy which instantly burst from his heart.

His eyes began to glaze over but he tried to control the emotions in his voice to keep it sounding calm during his conversation with Zacky.

📱MALIC SHARNAZ

Seriously? Am I really welcome, sir?

📱ZACKY NUGROHO'S

Yes, so can you go to PANKEKI BAKERY again tomorrow morning to sign a work contract?

Malika thought for a moment to consider her schedule tomorrow. If he could start shipping around nine in the morning, maybe he could finish sending orders after lunch.

📱MALIC SHARNAZ

Can I go there tomorrow after lunch, sir? Or afternoon, because tomorrow I'm full delivery of my online cake order.

📱ZACKY NUGROHO'S

Okay no problem, just no more than three o'clock in the afternoon, huh?

Malika again sumringah heard Zacky's answer that did not concern the time of his arrival.

📱MALIC SHARNAZ

Fine, Sir. I try before three o'clock in the afternoon I was already at PANKEKI BAKERY to meet you.

📱ZACKY NUGROHO'S

All right then, I'll see you tomorrow. Good evening.

📱MALIC SHARNAZ

Well, thank you very much, sir. Good evening.

After the phone was closed. Malika seemed to want to jump around so happy. Malika seemed so happy to receive the news.

He immediately ran to the room of his two children to kiss them while unceasingly giving thanks.

This is all your fortune, son. Thanks to you guys beside Mami, Mami is getting stronger. Mami promised us we'd live better in the future. Mami promised for both of you.

Malika's happy tears look bright. He was so grateful for the fortune he got. Her gratitude this time was even greater than when she was divorced from her ex-husband.

Malika then continued her activities that had been delayed earlier with a carefree day. He also made the cake orders with a wide smile that expanded non-stop.

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To Be Continue's...

marmalade *

It is a jam that contains the rind of the fruit, and is usually made from a type of citrus fruit. When we apply it, we can see small pieces of its rind, which also give a bitter sensation when eating it.

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