Chapter 1: | cinnamon and vanilla
Always remember you are completely unique. Just like everyone else.
- Margaret Mead
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- L I L A -
Tying the straps of my apron, I smelt the freshly baked pastry, the aromatic ingredients used causing my stomach to grumble obnoxiously. I decided to skip breakfast since I had no appetite for a meal at the time I woke up.
Leela had probably chosen cinnamon and vanilla for today's special and rightfully so. It was a known favourite in the bakery along with the refreshing coffee that was made each morning, much to the customers' delight.
I had mastered the art of preparing delicious coffee, especially the caramel macchiato, which was why I continued working at the bakery even after I had gained enough money to pay for my phone.
Albeit being a meticulous person, I had managed to drop my phone in the toilet, the common method of lying it in rice failing me. In order to get it fixed, my father gave me a proposition.
I had to work at the bakery for a reasonable amount of days, which soon turned into weeks and then months. However, I was still in school, beginning my last year, resulting in me only working part-time.
Peaceful was the word to describe working here. No one from my school came here, satisfying me to no end.
"Lila, you're needed at the front," Sophie spoke, pulling her hair into a ponytail. "By the looks of it, he's in a rush."
Nodding silently, I walked to the front desk, a man clad in a grey suit staring out the window whilst his forearms rested on the counter.
"What can I do for you, sir?" I asked politely, scanning my eyes over the customers that had already filled the tables.
"Can I get an espresso with today's special to go?"
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