Chapter 463: Accusation
The chefs promised they would do their best to make up for it once Alfredo, the Head Chef, and Arabella were back.
Thus, Ivan had been cooking his own food recently. But going out of the palace to buy ingredients made him an easier target.
"It was then that she began having me beaten up and repeatedly told me to quit."
Ivan told them how Narcissa had him captured by her people and had him brought somewhere that looked like an empty storehouse and had him beaten up.
Because Ivan always finished quickly during the selection no matter the tasks or tests given, Narcissa seemed to have ended up believing he had somehow gotten his hands on the questionnaires beforehand or had read the instructions about the tasks early on, so he was able to do everything so quickly.
Ivan told her that he had no connections whatsoever and he had no intentions nor need to do such a thing.
But Narcissa did not believe him no matter how many times he said he did not cheat during the selection.
When Ivan challenged Narcissa to ask him questions, she believed he could not answer, he got beaten up more instead.
Narcissa thought he was insulting her and that he was so full of himself even though he got hired because he cheated.
When Narcissa did try asking him questions and he answered perfectly, he got beaten up even more. She did not intend to believe him right from the start.
Narcissa repeatedly told him to quit but Ivan refused no matter what they did to him since he knew that he passed fair and square. Quitting would be akin to accepting that he cheated during the selection instead of passing due to his own efforts.