Chapter 02

Vanessa coughed slightly to stop herself from drooling over the handsome man standing right in front of her.

"You need a fruit bread, huh?" Vanessa referred to him.

He nodded, "Yeah! Make it three, and tell me the amount including the cupcake" She giggled.

"You don't need to pay for the cupcake, it's a waste." Vanessa forced a smile.

"And it's your loss. Get Chloe one of the cupcakes, and tell me the total amount of the two cupcakes and three breadfruits" He stated vividly to her hearing.

She nodded, and left to get it all. Within seconds, she was back with the items well packaged. She handed it over to Chloe who had already stretched her hand to have it.

"Thank you so much, ma'am Vanessa. I love your cupcake" Little Chloe commented

cheerfully.

She smiled at her, "Thank you too, sweetheart, I love you"

" I love you too" She replied.

For the first time since he met Vanessa, he smiled while staring at the two. He loved the

communication going on between them.

"She's my last daughter, and I'm her father. Nice meeting you dear, I'm Mr Xavier Brown" He introduced himself while getting in his foot.

Vanessa chuckled "Nice meeting you too, Sir Xavier. Uhm... I'm Miss Vanessa and this is

my bakery shop. Thank you for patronizing me" He shuddered, "Thank you for being nice to my little daughter too. I can see she loves you so much already"

She nodded and waved them goodbye while watching them leave her bakery. Lots of smiles filled her face.

She wouldn't believe a role model like him will step into her bakery for an order. That's rare in New York.

Famous people like him are found far away from the lower class, they're kind of rude too.

Meanwhile, that's what she had expected from him when the cakes spilled on his shirt.

She had waited for thunderous and aggressive words from him, or rather, his guards treating her like a mess.

But that's all opposite. He's walking alone without guards and is cheerful.

It might be to her alone, but she doesn't feel like thinking about it now.

A wide smile affixed her face as she thought of all these, that he couldn't notice the presence of a man opposite her.

" It's enough Vanessa, get back to reality and get me my order" The commanding voice of a masculine drew her out of her thought.

She quivered and blinked several times. He's here again, his childhood friend who doesn't stop making jest of her.

The dude is good at uttering gibberish words to her, she doesn't have time for it this time

anyway.

"Now tell me what you want, I'll get it for you, you'll pay me and leave my bakery instantly" She spoke out of annoyance.

Sounds of laughter echoed in her ears. She noticed he was the one turning her sentences into an act of joke.

"Must you always talk about something that will never come into reality, Vanessa? The young man you're staring at and smiling are married with kids… " He narrated.

She pinched his cheek. "I see a psychologist that quotes everything wrong. How sure are you that I'm thinking about him? What do I have to do with his marital status?"

"You know what, he will never get attracted to a low-class citizen like you, so get him off your mind" He concluded.

"So what do you want now?" Vanessa questioned him, standing in akimbo. He knitted his eyebrows." Uhm... Get me cookies, and be fast about it"

" Jerk… "She referred to him, and left to get him his order.

"Soon, I'll be done for today" She commented.

He snapped her face after he was about to leave. "Because of the married man you entangled yourself with, huh? ".

"No! I have some other things to do. Besides, you have nothing to do with my matters" Vanessa remarked.

She watched him leave without taking a glance backwards. This dude can stress someone a lot.

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"Now tell me, Dad. Why were you staring at Ma'am Vanessa like you met a stranger ? ", Chloe questioned her father.

Xavier cuddled her while busy with his cellphone. He didn't mind answering that

question.

She lifted her face to get her father lost in thought despite his scrolling through his cellphone.

She tapped his cheek. "You aren't answering my question, hope everything is okay with you Dad? You've been quiet"

He smiled at her. "You don't need to worry dear, I'm okay. Just busy with my manager, we have a lot to discuss"

"Do you love the fruit bread?" She asked, and got seated on her own.

Her eyes couldn't get off her father as she relished the taste of her cupcake.

"I love it. It tastes nice" He commented.

"Really? I'll love to get mine too, dad. You didn't bother you get us ours" A female voice

sounded from behind.

Chloe turned her neck to get that it was her elder sister, Tracy. She jumped from the sofa and headed towards the direction she stood.

"Come take yours" She declared and moved ahead with her.

" Dad… " Tracy called him out again.

He raised his brows. "Take the fruit bread and give the other to your brother" He ordered her and left upstairs to his room.

At this point, he doesn't need a distraction, he needs to take a big rest before setting up for work the next day.

He twitched into his room and laid on the bed recalling all the incidents that occurred some

minutes ago.

The cake that was spilled on his shirt, he couldn't believe a word wasn't out of his lips for minutes.

Ouch! That's unusual of him though. He is that CEO who acts curtly to his workers. He doesn't take trash from a soul no matter the level you are.

Not even the beauty of a woman can pull him down. He is Xavier Brown, the CEO of brown's

cooperation.

One thing he doesn't do is owe his workers or treat the lower-class citizens like a bin. But you must work according to his order.

He rumbled the bed cover still in thought. He wouldn't believe a woman will stain her shirt, and he'll keep calm to it, not even his girlfriend will step on his feet and go Scot free.

But the lady he just met is a weakness to his soul. She's his weak point.

Her beauty can turn the president of a country into a slave. Her loyalty can suppress the strength and anger of a warrior. She has that spell that bounds every human to a changed person when with her.

Dammit! Vanessa can never take a place in his heart.

He has a girlfriend already, and will never be entangled with any other. The loss of his wife has done more harm to her than good.

But he bets that Vanessa is far better than her girlfriend. Even at that, he will get his mind off her and move ahead with his recent girlfriend...

TBC....