Chapter 2

Asper’s POV

“Any news at the cafe?” I asked her as I put the ordered cupcakes in the box.

I only visit the store once a month to avoid getting seen by many people. And if there were a lot of customers at the store, I immediately went home so I wouldn't bother our employees serving there.

I just ask Miracle for everything that happens in the story since she is always there.

“I was planning on hiring an extra waitress since we are getting a lot of new customers these past few days.” She put a folder on the counter. “You can check the resume of those who got interviewed yesterday and tell me who you want to hire. Aside from that, I also need to hire two new delivery drivers because the order for deliveries is also increasing.”

“You mean, within the five months of the cafe, it is starting to be recognized around the city?”

She nodded. “Your accidental encounter with Saraya gave a good impact on your store,” she said. “Her visit to our store was such a big help.”

Saraya is an internet food influencer. She likes to travel around the country and feature different cafes and rate its product.

And unexpectedly, while she was making a video for her new target cafe, she bumped into me.

It was a bit strong so I fell and sprained my wrist. That is why they had to bring me to the nearest clinic and get me treated.

She apologized too much even though I already told her that it was not her fault. I also didn’t look around my surroundings at that time because I was busy staring at what was happening inside my store.

And guess what? She thought I was a homeless woman who was waiting outside my own shop. She even took me inside the SweetHeart and treated me to a lot of sweets, as her way of saying sorry.

She also ordered something for her and when she tasted it, she decided to feature SweetHeart in her video instead of her initial plan.

And since I didn't want to take her moment, I didn’t correct her and let her take a video inside the store. I just told the waitress to guide her because I can’t be seen in the camera.

Miracle also didn’t want to be included in the video but Saraya got to tour the whole store and included it in her video.

Miracle laughed as she remembered what happened. “And until she left, you still didn’t tell her that you were the owner of the SweetHeart Cafe.”

“And until she left, she still thought of me as homeless.” I laughed and shook my head.

Well, I still couldn’t believe that happened. I mean, I was wearing decent clothes. Clean jeans and a shirt so I never really imagined that someone would think of me as a homeless person.

“I was curious, what were you doing outside the store that day?” she asked. “And you didn’t even try to enter the store.”

“I was in the area that time so I decided to take a quick check at the store,” I said after placing five boxes of cupcakes in front of her. “But when I got there, I saw that you have a lot of customers inside so I didn’t bother to enter.”

“Oh.” She nodded. “Anyway, speaking of that woman.” She finished her tea and stood up. “She called me yesterday and asked if I saw you peeking in the store.”

“Why?” I asked. “Is she coming back here?”

She shrugged her shoulders. “She didn’t mention anything. She just told me that if I see you again outside the store, give you something to eat again.”

I chuckled. Her views on me didn’t really change, huh? What will she do if she finds out that I am the owner of the SweetHeart Cafe?

“You really got that girl’s attention, huh.”

“And it is not my intention.” I walked her outside and helped him put the box of cupcakes in her car. “When she calls again, tell her the truth so she stops worrying about me anymore.”

She smirked. “I don’t want to. I want her to know all of this when he comes back here so we can see her reaction.”

I just shook my head. She really likes to make fun of someone.

She was about to enter her car when we both turned our heads at the vacant lot beside my house. There was a big truck parked there and it contained construction materials.

“Oh. I didn’t know someone was already bought that lot,” Miracle said while roaming her eyes around. “Did you know about it?”

I shook my head. “I think it just arrived.” The materials haven’t been unloaded and the workers were still having a meeting.

She looked at me. “Do you want me to look into it?”

I nodded.

Whoever lives in that lot will become my neighbor so it is better for us to know about them first so I can prepare for my disguise. The only partition we have in our lot is a wall that only covers the first floor of my house so there is always a possibility that they will see me, especially when I am on my room’s balcony.

“Just the basic information about everyone living there,” I said. “I just want to make sure if I need to avoid getting seen by them or not.”

“Okay,” she said. “I will give you an update later.” She entered her car and started the engine. “I gotta go. I am sure, Mrs. Santiago is already waiting for me.”

“Message me the next order. I will start making it,” I said. “And oh, I will also be making the list for my personal grocery and for the ingredients that I need for our product. Get the twins but all of it immediately.”

Since I am using my own kitchen to bake our products, some of my employees at SweetHeart were assigned to buy the ingredients that we need for our product.

I am still not contacting any suppliers yet since I only make small batches. But now that we are gaining more customers every day, I guess I have to find good suppliers.

“Okay.” She drives her car.

I watched her car until it completely disappeared from my sight and that was when I decided to go back inside the house.

Before I could even close the gate, I frowned when I saw a black car stop behind the truck that came earlier. It is near my gate so I stood there waiting for them to get out of their car so I would know the face of my future neighbors.

But they were taking so long and I got bored so I closed the gate and went inside. I will just wait for Miracle’s update later.