"But why? She will like it. Just let me try at least once!"

I wanted to cover my ears to save myself from the constant whining of Leo.

Only God knew how Daniel and Simon were tolerating him at the moment.

When I came downstairs for breakfast I was expecting to have some nice and alone time without any interference from any of the Alessandro brothers since most of them left the house around eight or nine in the morning.

I knew that some of them were still in the mansion but I assumed that since it was already around nine-thirty, they would be busy with their daily stuff.

However, when I stepped into the dining hall I was greeted with three of the said Young Masters of the Alessandro Empire.

I did not get the chance of quietly retreating into my room because Simon noticed me exactly the moment I was going to flee.

The fact that he did not ignore me but called my name out loud to alert the two of his brothers about my presence, made me grit my teeth in annoyance.

So, here I was, sitting there with my breakfast plate as the three of them fought over the cookies that Leo had baked.

"For goodness sake! You can't even boil water without setting the kitchen on fire and you want us to believe that you have baked these cookies. Impossible!" Daniel said with a shake of his head as he looked at his youngest brother with suspicious eyes.

"How can you behave like this, Danny? You should show some faith in your little brother. I'm really pissed right now." Leo scoffed as he folded his hands in front of his chest while making a pouting face.

"Mind your language child or I'll really send you to clean the ice rink for the rest of the year." Daniel immediately threatened Leo.

"Aish! In reality, you are a much bigger demon than Domenic. Forget it! Who cares if you believe in my ability of cooking or not? I have baked these cookies for my baby sis and she will be the judge of my skills. Just wait and watch!" Leo replied with a smirk as he looked at his Second Eldest brother with a challenging gaze.

A sigh left Daniel's lips as he said, "Emily doesn't like sweet things and these are chocolate cookies. There's no way she is going to eat them. You are just wasting her time."

"She will eat it. I'm her favorite brother and she won't let me down in front of you. Just wait and watc...."

Leo trailed off as his attention was grabbed by the coughing Simon who looked like he wanted to throw up.

My attention was also pulled towards Simon, not like I was able to keep my attention away from the bickering that was going on between Leo and Daniel.

But at least at that time I was not looking at them. However, the sudden coughing from Simon made me turn my eyes towards him.

He grabbed a glass from the cabinet and filled it with water from the sink. Within five seconds he finished gulping down all the water.

"What happened?" Daniel asked while trying his best to hide his curiosity.

Although I wanted to stop paying any attention to the three of them. But even I was curious to know what happened with Simon.

"What the hell did you put in these cookies of yours? They taste like shit. Were you planning of killing her with your poisonous cookies?" Simon asked as he looked at Leo with huge shocked eyes.

"What on earth are you talking about?" Leo murmured as he picked up a cookie from the plate and inspected it with his sharp eyes.

To be honest, the cookies looked perfectly fine from the outside. Therefore, even I was curious about what was wrong with them.

As Leo too did not find anything suspicious about the cookies he looked up at his brother who just stared back at him with a frown on his face.

I was surprised to see Simon talking and carrying any other expression on his face other than the usual indifferent and boring look.

After a few seconds of silent staring at Simon, Leo decided to taste the cookie on his own to see what was wrong with it.

He almost got a heart attack the moment he tasted the cookies. They actually tasted like poison.

"See! And he was planning to make her eat this rubbish. What a great big brother!" Simon mocked as he watched Leo spitting out the cookie in the waste bin.

"What's wrong with the cookies?" Daniel asked as he eyed the perfectly normal looking cookies sitting on the plate.

"Why don't you give them a try to find out the answer on your own?" Simon suggested as he turned his eyes towards me.

I was quick to turn my eyes back on my almost empty plate.

It was sure not a good feeling to get caught staring at someone, especially when you were not on speaking terms with that person.

"No thanks. I love my tastebuds, unlike you guys. It will be enough if you two can tell me what is going on." Daniel replied as he looked at Leo who just finished the second glass of water.

He wiped his mouth with his sleeve as he placed the empty glass on the counter. As his eyes landed on the plate of cookies there was pure disgust and horror on his face.

"Oh my! They really taste that bad?" Daniel asked as he watched the horrified expression on his youngest brother's face.

Suddenly Leo shouted out of the blue, almost making me jump in my seat.

"Now I remember..."

"Remember what?" Simon asked as he opened the fridge and took out a cup of ice cream.

He probably could not get rid of the bad taste of the cookies and needed the help of the ice cream to soothe his taste buds.

"These are the exact same cookies in which I added that durian and ginger paste last Christmas to take my revenge on Mark. How the hell they ended up in the cookie jar?" Leo scratched his neck in confusion as he stared at the cookies.

Completely oblivious to the smirking Daniel and Simon who almost gagged when he heard Leo's words.