Faux Vows, True Desires

"Someone's here."

Cecilia instantly replied with a laugh, "You got to keep your work updated, or your readers will really flip."

She headed towards the person who had just pushed open the glass door, took a glance, and couldn't help but marvel.

He was such a hunk.

She kept on looking at the guest's face, which resembled a movie star's face. She was searching her mind for words to describe that handsome man, like debonair, unmatched, but in the end, she decided that handsome was the most fitting!

Simple and clear.

"Is this a coffee shop?"

The man was a bit embarrassed by Cecilia's intense gaze, he looked around and then asked Cecilia.

Did he get the wrong address?

The address given to him was of this place.

The photo given to him was of this girl.

Avery Cooper mumbled to himself, "Could the target be actually someone who's crushing on him?"

He was just there to do his job, and he didn't want any trouble. What if she really fancied him? What would he do in that situation?

Within a minute, Avery had already thought through all the possible scenarios.

"Yep, this is a coffee shop, called Serendipity Cafe. In Pinehurst, our shop is quite famous."

Cecilia's surprise only lasted for a minute, quickly, she returned to her normal self, and greeted Avery with a smile, "Find a spot to sit, want coffee or tea? Our desserts here are pretty good too, many people love coming here, want to give it a try?"

The other customers thought to themselves, "We're actually here to see her."

Avery breathed a sigh of relief; it was good that he hadn't gone to the wrong place.

"I thought I had walked into a dating spot because your gaze scared me as soon as I walked in."

He felt like a lamb to the slaughter.

Cecilia laughed out loud, "Have you ever been to a dating spot? How was it? Are all the guys there just as handsome as you?"

She wanted to take a look too. The so-called dating spot.

"Nah, I've never been there."

Avery sat down at a table by the window, casually saying, "If you're interested, you can check it out and share your experience with me when you come back, satisfy my curiosity."

Saying that, he took out a business card and gave it to Cecilia, "Just give me a call when you get that experience."

Cecilia was even more amused. She was just joking, but she didn't expect the guest to have such a sense of humor, even giving her a business card.

She took the card, looked at it, and it turned out that he was a model for a male fashion brand, no wonder he had such a great figure and was so handsome. "Mr. Cooper, what would you like to drink?"

"I worked until 3 a.m. last night, and I have work again later, I'm not in the best state right now, I need a cup of coffee to pick me up, I'll have a latte."

"Do you want any pastries?"

Avery replied with a smile, "This is my first time visiting the Serendipity Cafe, but like you said, your coffee shop is quite famous in Pinehurst, I've heard about it for a while, and since I was passing by today, I decided to come in for a taste, since I'm here, may as well serve me some pastries too. If I find it to be good, I will introduce more friends to come visit your shop."

"Mr. Cooper, don't worry, I guarantee you'll become one of our regulars. Please wait a moment."

Cecilia took Avery's card, turned around, and casually put it in her pocket.

When she first saw Avery, she was indeed attracted by his looks, but she wouldn't really be infatuated with him. After all, she had seen many handsome guys, like Mr. Coleman, Lucinda's two brothers, and even her own brother, they were all very handsome.

Even her husband was handsome enough to be a pop idol.

Lucinda looked up at Avery while she was writing, she heard their conversation but didn't think much of it.

Cecilia was pretty straightforward, most people liked to interact with her except for people like Ruby.

Avery also looked at Lucinda, who was looking at him, their eyes met, and Avery marveled. Everyone said that the two bosses of the Serendipity Cafe were young and beautiful, naturally beautiful, and he believed them when he saw these two ladies that day.

He smiled at Lucinda. Lucinda also returned the gesture.

The server brought out the pastries that Avery ordered.

Lucinda turned her attention back to her writing. As she was no longer under financial pressure, she slowed down her writing pace.

She used to rely on writing to alleviate financial pressure, working hard every day, often so tired that her back ached and her legs cramped, she was worried that she would contract some occupational diseases at a very young age.

She tried to propose to her editor to end the writing early, but neither the editor nor the website agreed to that, as her work was still doing well and it was a finalized work, unlike revenue-sharing works that could be ended at any time.

The website required her to write at least 1.5 million words, as many recommendations required more than a million words to be listed.

She had no choice but to grit her teeth and complete it, otherwise, if she ended it casually, the website would find someone to continue writing using her pen name, and the income from the latter part would have nothing to do with her and she would not get any profit.

As a writer, she was used to treating her works like her children, and no one wanted their child to be taken away by someone else after they had put the effort to raise them.

After a while, Cecilia came out with a cup of coffee.

When she passed by, Lucinda heard her phone keep ringing.

Owen was really splashing out.

Lucinda thought that her friend and Owen were very eye-catching, she had written a few thousand words of a new story with her friend as the main character, but unfortunately, she was too busy recently and had no time to continue writing, and she didn't really have time to write novels in the future either.

She had to put it aside for that time.

Lucinda felt that she had missed the opportunity to become famous.

"Mr. Cooper, here's your coffee."

Cecilia put down the tray and placed the cup of coffee in front of Avery. Seeing that Avery had eaten half of the pastries, she curiously asked with a smile, "Mr. Cooper, how do you find our pastries?" "They're delicious, I like sweets."

Cecilia's eyes shimmered, "I rarely see men who like sweets."

Avery laughed, "Now you've met one."

He was a total sucker for desserts, and his lover even went out of her way to learn how to whip up all kinds of sweet treats to please him. It was a bummer though; their relationship wasn't exactly embraced by society.

His lover's business had hit a roadblock at that time, and his boss offered to lend a hand, but only if he agreed to his boss' terms and conditions.

All in all, if it meant helping his lover and getting some dough in return, Avery didn't think twice about saying yes to that proposal.

Once he met the target, he thought she was a real catch. He couldn't believe his boss' grandson couldn't see her worth!

Cecilia laughed, "Mr. Cooper, take your time and enjoy. I've got to run."

"Alright."

Avery gave Cecilia the nod to leave, then pulled out his phone to snap some pics. He took photos of the desserts, the coffee, and even managed to sneak in a shot of Cecilia's back when she wasn't looking.