Jayden left Old Texas with a series of troubling thoughts in his mind. Lydia had said that, but she didn’t even reveal who she was actually referring to.
She had literally decided not to tell him, wanting him to see for himself, and this had made Jayden feel quite uneasy.
They went straight to the café with the DEA officers for the experint. The plan now was to make a new drink by adding the Amber Bloom while the officers watched.
Jayden and linda had no issues with that, because that was definitely what l had been doing... Now it didn’t look frightening anymore...
Reece and the others spotted them imdiately as they approached from the backdoor, since the crowd was tense in the compound.
"l, are you okay?" Reece rushed to her with a plain look of concern.
"Yeah, I am. Don’t worry," linda smiled at him before moving forward to the preparatory room.
Harper and George approached her as well, and she gave them a believable assurance. Plus, they could see Jayden, who was calm just like her, which ant the problem was likely to have been solved.
"Good afternoon, boss."
Reece and the others greeted in unison, and Jayden only waved. Actually, he didn’t really like being greeted that way, since he was very young...
He could clearly figure that Reece was even older than him, or perhaps they were the sa age. George must be older, no question.
But Harper—sure, she kinda looked like soone around Sofia’s age or even slightly younger. Jayden bought her cuteness for a short mont before turning away after their eyes clashed.
She had clearly noticed his admiration and blushed hard as she rolled her eyes.
’She is a worker here. I should stay away,’ Jayden thought.
...
After taking a good glance around, the DEA ordered that linda begin.
They followed her to the machines where she brewed, watching her every move and addition. It was a very similar procedure to other coffee-making recipes, and there was nothing special aside from the additional Amber Bloom mix.
Within a few minutes, she was done.
Now the main test began.
The officers were to drink a cup to see if it would give the sa effects as every other custor. Suspense hung in the air as they each took one.
To make the investigation smart, Jayden and Harper were also asked to take a cup each.
After drinking and waiting just a few seconds, everything changed.
"Whoa," the Head of Patrol widened his eyes as soon as he noticed the great change in his body systems.
"Incredible... I don’t feel stressed anymore," the Questioning Officer added, his eyes filled with pure excitent.
"Can I have another shot?" he said, forwarding his cup to linda, who just couldn’t help but chuckle.
"It’s... so good! Hmmm," the Head of Patrol was also lost in amazent as their ever-dark faces brightened at that mont, like all the stress in the world had left them.
"You see... we are just as innocent as every other café out there. Just that we figured out a way to surpass them," Jayden said with an energetic tone.
He also felt a change in his body, just like Harper, but at least he could remain collected.
"We apologize for everything, Mr. Jayden and Miss linda. I guess it was a setup case we got, but don’t worry, we’ll definitely find out," the Questioning Officer said as he drank.
"A setup?" linda furrowed her brows.
"That’s what I thought, and I believe I’m not guessing wrong. But don’t worry, I know what to do too," Jayden told linda and attempted to leave.
Then he paused and turned.
"Make sure to reach out to Lydia and do all the stuff. You should buy so more flowers as well. Have a great day, you all," Jayden said before finally leaving.
"And you too!" the Head of Patrol shouted with an energetic tone. "Co on, give more. I’ll pay."
Jayden left the DEA officers there as they were madly captivated by the drink, especially the espresso.
He couldn’t help but scoff. "Tch. I hope they realize quickly that they are on duty," Jayden said as he headed to his car.
Just then...
"Hey, boss!"
Jayden turned in the direction of the familiar female voice.
"Harper," he said, his eyes curious.
"Umm, sorry for calling you back, but I just wanted to tell you sothing," she said, slightly rolling her eyes.
"Ah, okay?" Jayden replied with a soft tone.
"I have really been a fan of yours... I an... after hearing all the stories about you. Your father being set up, the way you rose, beca a landlord from nowhere, the auction, the café, and even Zintech... I’m really looking up to you," she said, her eyes pretty sincere.
But Jayden chuckled softly. "That’s absolutely nothing, Harper. Almost everyone can do better than that," he said.
"Not even one-third of the world would dare succeed with the attempt," she replied, rolling her eyes again.
"Okay, agreed. I appreciate the fact that you’re looking up to ," Jayden smiled. "Anything else?"
"Uhh, no... not really... but..." Harper suddenly felt her lips getting heavy. It was like she was nervous to say sothing, and Jayden already sensed it, reacting with a slight glare.
"Uhm, okay. I was thinking we should have so ti together soday. I an, as a fan, I would love to spend so ti with my idol," Harper finally summoned enough courage.
’Tsk... Pervert,’ Jayden scoffed inwardly, but was smooth on the outside.
"Uhm, I’m really busy these days, but okay... here’s my card," he brought out his card and handed it to her.
"Call anyti from next week. I hope I won’t be too busy by then," he said.
Harper collected it excitedly. Even though next week seed a little bit far, she was pretty fine with it.
The good thing was that she would finally be having so ti with her idol... Scratch that... her crush.
And she couldn’t be more excited at that mont.
Jayden entered his car imdiately and drove off, while she watched him disappear into the distance with a red, blushing face.
"Haha! It worked! Thank you, Annabel!" she jumped in excitent before rushing back into the café.
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