Chapter 3 Two

• Asper Reigh Dahlia'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.