Chapter 25 - SHOWING CARE II
"Eh? ? The problem is what I want to eat? Are you sure? Are you okay? Do you have a fever? Do you need to buy dicine before going ho?" Cayenne asked him a series of questions because she thought he was being delirium.
"I'm fine. I'm not having a fever." Stefan responded which made the lady manager stifle her laughter. In front of her, their boss was showing her concern for her girlfriend, instead of getting a thank you, she thought that he was having a fever. It was obvious that their cold boss was never the romantic type of person. Perhaps, he was trying his best for her.
The only difference is that, Cayenne wasn't really her girlfriend.
Cayenne looked at her phone screen to see the na. It was surely her boss' number but it seed like she was talking to a different person. "I…u-uh..I'm..I'm not really picky. You can choose whatever you like. I don't mind."
"Do you hate sweets?"
"Nope. I like them so much. It's just a little expensive so, I don't buy them."
"Alright. I'll buy so for you. Don't stay out for too long. It's getting colder and you said it yourself that it would be bad for both of us if you get sick. Make sure to keep yourself warm."
"Okay. I'll rember that."
"And one more thing, send a ssage, one hour, before you leave the hospital. I need to finish my work before I can pick you up."
"You can just ask the taxi driver to co and pick . I don't really mind."
"But we promised to buy groceries together."
"Okay."
"Alright. I'll see you later."
"See you." Cayenne waited for him to end the call since he was the boss. Stefan was waiting for her to end the call since she was the lady. The two of them were both waiting! When she looked at her phone after a minute, the call still continued. "Stefan? Why aren't you ending the call yet?"
"Why aren't you ending it?" Stefan returned the question back to her.
"Uh..because you are the boss?"
"But you are the girl here. Shouldn't you end the call?"
"Won't it be respectful to you as you are the boss?"
"Isn't it the sa with you as you are the girl?"
The two of them were going back and forth with each other. No one wanted to end the call first. The café manager and Chris were looking at Stefan with horrified expression. Who was he talking to which seed to ta their boss? The cold ice king was slowly lting because of a fla queen that they haven't t yet.
In fact, Stefan wasn't really a cold person but the environnt he grew up molded him to beco one. He had to act cold in order to survive in the harsh world that his brother left him.
On the other hand, Cayenne was still hesitating to end the call when Arthur appeared behind her. "Who are you talking to?" Out of fear of being discovered, she ended the call in a spur of the mont.
Stefan looked at his phone and just shook his head. "Pack one slice of all the cakes that we have. Make sure it's packed nicely."
"Yes, sir." The manager responded and called one of the servers to give the order. "Pack a slice of each cake that we have. Make sure to pack it nicely. The boss is sending it to his girlfriend." The manager whispered before signaling the server to go and do what she was told to do.
anwhile, Cayenne was holding her chest from being startled. "Arthur, it's you. You startle there. Why are you here?"
"I thought I told you that I would like to talk about sothing. I went to your mother's room but you were not there. I checked the garden and you were nowhere to be found so, I guessed that you'd be here."
"I see. What is it that you want to talk about?"
"I'm sorry if I interrupted your call with your boyfriend."
"Ha? That wasn't my boyfriend! That was my boss? I asked him if I could take a day off next Friday."
"Oh." He feigned ignorance and smiled at her. 'It was clearly not your boss. There's no need to look flirty when you talk to a boss. And you shouldn't call your boss by their first na.' Arthur ntally noted while keeping his smile on his lips. "I wanted to talk to you about us." His words rendered her speechless for a little while. As far as she could rember, there was no 'us' between them.
"What are you talking about?" Cayenne asked hesitantly. "There was never an 'us'."
"It's not really how I an it. What I want to talk about is the past relationship we had. I know that I am making things difficult for you when I confessed. I didn't really want that to happen at the sa ti, I want you to know how I feel. Even so, just because I like you, doesn't an you are obliged to like back. I just want us to beco friends again. The few tis that we've t, I felt the tension and your discomfort. I am really sorry." He seed sincere with his words so, Cayenne put her guard down.
"I am really fine being friends you. It's just a little difficult to go back to what we were before you left for States. I don't hate you or anything. I just feel a little guilty that you had to like soone like who doesn't know how to value soone's life aside from my family."
"That's not sothing you should be guilty." Arthur responded with a smile. "Can I visit you sotis?"
"That's really sothing difficult for . I work day and night. I only co ho to change clothes before going out to work again. Weekends would be spent here with my mother so, I don't think you'd still see at ho."
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