Chapter 5

(Her POV)

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After everything settled down, I and Steven bid Granny Erty and her family good bye while standing near the entrance of the cafe.

I had offered them to give a lift but they denied as I had brought my bike and they didn't want to bother me.

If I had used my brain a little and brought my car!

But which bartendress come to work with her bike?

And again, does a bartendress who can afford a car need to work in cafe?

Obviously No!

So, I regretfully watched Granny Erty's back.

Great!

Now Granny Erty also left me! Now the only close person I have is Daniel and no one!

I thought but as soon as Daniel's name and image appeared in my mind, I could feel my blood rushing in cheeks.

"Are you okay?" I heard the magnetic voice of the new owner of the cafe from my side.

I immediately patted my cheeks and said, "Yes! Yes! It's just that Granny Erty left me too soon!"

I felt a soft pain on my forehead and turned to look only to find Steven's retracting hand. I pursed my lips as I glared at him.

So what if he is Heavenly handsome?

He's bad who hit me on my forehead without a reason!

"Don't make it like she left the world, not the country! And moreover, aren't you happy that you got such a Handsome guy as your new boss?" He said as he crossed his arms on his chest.

Well I can reluctantly agree on his first sentence. But about his last sentence...

Lub-dub! Lub-dub!

I could almost hear my heartbeat in my ears.

"Obviously No!" With that I went inside the cafe. He chuckled a little in his so magnetic voice as he followed me.

The cafe was a little crowded than other days and I know the obvious reason for that too.

I turned around and my lips automatically twitched. God knows how fast the information had traveled that it resulted into this.

So many girls came here today, followed by so many boys.

Girls were busy staring at Steven and boys at the girls, some were even staring at me, making it a bit awkward for me to work normally. And surprisingly, some had even found their soulmates here too.

So Steven and I came up with a surprise for the three new couples and also took photos with them and of them.

Steven was openly chatting with all and was all the time being polite. And even when, he was teased or mocked by a few boys. In his stead, his fangirls got angry and bullied the boys group back.

For a moment, I almost thought it was an idol drama shooting was going on here!

"Eli, will you come for a second?" I heard Steven's voice from table no. 5.

"Yeah, coming! A second please!" I said while placing some cookies on the plate with the coffee in my hand. I placed it on the table no. 2 where all the girls were staring at no one else but obviously Steven.

And just as I was about to leave, a hand pulled me from behind, "Sis, are you the owner of the cafe?"

I shook my head with a smile as I said, "It's him!"

"Ohhh!" The girl's eyes drooped down as she pouted!

The other girls around her comforted her as they patted her back and said "No worries," "You can try other methods," and all. But all of their interactions, piqued my interest.

So without any formalities, I took a sit beside them as I placed a hand on the pitiful looking girl, "Hey! What's up? If you don't mind me asking though."

The girl just shook her head and stole a look at Steven. As if I understood something, I was about to stand up when I heard the girl's voice again, "Umm.. Sis, how can I also work like you? Are you taking new employees?"

I bit my lower lips reflexively as I didn't know what would be Steven's next plan. He just got here today and we hadn't discussed anything yet about the plans or any other things.

And just when, I was in trouble of what to answer, I felt a warm hand on my shoulders. I looked up and saw Steven's side profile who looked at the girls on the table and then at me, "I thought I called you, Eli. What's up here?"

And as if I saw my way out in Steven, I directly grabbed his arm and pulled him forward, "Ask him!"

With that I turned and left the place. Gosh! That was dangerous!

I didn't even turn around to look what was even going on and how would Steven react that his employee dumped himself just like that and fled the scene by herself!

And luckily, I got a series of orders. Either Coffee with cake or just a milk shake or coffee with cookies. So, I got myself busy with that. After sometime, when I was preparing the last order, I felt a presence behind of me.

And without a doubt or further turning around, I know it was Steven as no one would come in here.

I had intially planned to just to busy myself and feign ignorance, but I just couldn't. As the next moment, I felt a warm touch on my waist and then on my full back.

I went stiff when I realized that Steven had circled his hands around my waist from my back and was even hugging me. I could even feel his body temperature on my back perfectly.

"Ste-"

"Shh!" He hushed me as he placed his head on my left shoulder, "Too smart, aren't you?" He said as his breathe tickled in my ear as he continued, "Didn't I call for you? Why didn't you come?"

"Well, it was for table no. 2. You see the girl, she-" I tried to say ignoring my abnormal heart beat but abruptly stopped when I felt a warm touch on my lips.

"Shh! I know! I had called for you that purpose only. A boy from table no. 5 wanted to join our coffee shop too. So, I wanted to ask your opinion."

"My opinion? Why?" I asked subconsciously while trying to act normal in his arms.

"You have been working here for long. I just newly joined here. You may know how sales go here and if we can afford a new employee."

"Ohhh!" I didn't know why but as if his magnetic voice near my ears, was making me weak, I leaned more into his embrace even though it was wrong for me to do that.

But I just couldn't stop it. My body was doing it on his own and my mind was loving his warmth.

"The coffee shop used to normally but just to afford one or two workers. But now that you have come, I'm sure the sales will go up and soon we can afford five bartenders or bartendresses," I expressed my thoughts in his embrace.

"Okay!" He said as he slowly retract his arms and body from me. And subconsciously, I almost protested but controlled myself to steady down. But, he grabbed my hand and brought me out to the table no. 5.

There sat a handsome boy (though not as handsome as Steven) with his head down and fingers playing with each other as if he was waiting for the results of his office interview. I pursed my lips as I looked at Steven in questioning gaze, 'Is this the one?'

He just blinked in positive reply as he placed his free hand on the boy's shoulder as he said, "We can't afford you for now."

I saw that the boy's face turn pale with Steven's sentence but it soon glowed when Steven finished his sentence, "Just come from the next month since it's already the middle of this month."

The boy stood up and was about to thank Steven when he waved his hands and said, "If you're thankful, try to learn all kinds of coffee art and coffee types in this meantime."

With that said, he dragged me to table no. 5 under the watchful and curious eyes of so many people. I could even tell there were some envy and jealousy too.

He did the same thing and said the same thing to the girl, who was about to pounce on him but he swiftly put me in the middle, making my mouth open in shock. And my mouth almost touched the ground when he said, "Control young lady, or my partner may lose her control!"

Partner? What partner?

When did I become his partner?

Why didn't I know that?

Oh no! No! No!

The angry and envious eyes that are coming to me are so dangerous!

Moreover this is the first time, there are so many customers. We can't just lost them!

If we did, money will go away just like that! And what about these two employee-to-bes.

Still I had to say something in that situation, as the whole atmosphere in the cafe stopped abruptly and with the increasing pressure on my shoulders, I reluctantly nodded my head in assurance to all the curious eyes, "Well, we started this cafe together and we made a rule that we can't get too intimate with our customers. As you see, we are still young and are working here. Too much intimacy may result into bad rumours about the shop, right?"

I gave everyone a very lame excuse but thankfully they all believed it and went on with their works.

And here I immediately broke free from Steven's strong hands and directly fled into the kitchen to get busy.

Oh what a dangerous and busy day it is!