VICIOUS #1: His Wicked Desire

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It was a sunny Sunday when Mezzaluna opened her cafe at exactly 9 in the morning because she knew her customers would come exactly thirty minutes from now.

Kahit nasa Pilipinas na siya, hindi niya parin nakalimutan ang nangyari sa Italy. All the random things that she have experienced was still fresh in her mind.

Conrad was still fresh in her mind.

She could not stop thinking about him after he dropped her off at the airport. She was still struck by what happened between them. From their shared kiss to their last hug at the airport.

Though she really needs to stop drooling about Conrad, her curiosity hits her, and realizes something.

I never knew his full name... Does he have a wife? or is he a bachelor?

Mezzaluna was shocked as her eyes widened when she realized what she was thinking. Does she like him now? why was she thinking so much about her? because maybe she realized that Conrad was actually the first man who actually took interest in her other than Lord Van Dijk who brought her to the auction that happened many years ago.

But Conrad was something to her. Other than he is the first man who is actually interested in her, she even realized that Conrad was actually the only man who pursued her so bad even though it was just a night.

Napabuntong hininga nalang siya at naglilinis nalang sa cafe na isang linggong hindi niya binuksan. She needed to get him off her brain before her fondness turned to obsession, after all, he was just a man passing by in her life, and she would definitely not meet him again.

"Hello po! open na po ba cafe niyo?"Napaigtad si Mezzaluna nung narinig niya ang boses ng babae sa likod niya, noong tinignan niya yon, it was no other than a group of college students who looked stressed and drained.

"Good morning, po. Yes po, open napo kami." Sabi agad ni Mezzaluna kasabay pumunta sa counter dahil siya muna ang magiging cashier sa araw nato dahil absent pa ang cashier niya.

"Isang Berry and Pomegranate Green Tea po then Carbonara." One of the three college girls said while looking at the menu as Mezzaluna punched her order and did the same thing to the other who followed.

"Hot Vietnamese Latte at dalawang croissants po yung sa'kin."

"Sweet Cold Brew and Caesar Salad po yung sa'kin." The last one said and then all of them handed Mezzaluna cash to pay for their order.

"Your order will be in just seven minutes, upo muna kayo." Sabi ni Mezzaluna ng nakangiti at sinunod naman nila yun at pinaalam na ng barista nila kung ano ang order nila.

Managing a cafe was definitely not an easy task as people have said. You will really need both logic and skills if you want to run a cafe kasi every person had a different taste at halos lahat atang tao na ca-cafe narin so she really needs to work her ass off if she wanted to last long in the industry.

Noong tapos na ang mga order ng mga unang customer niya agad niya itong sinerve sa kanila ang inorder nila at tsaka bumalik sa counter para asikasuhin ang ibang customers. It was pretty hectic in the moment because 5 set of people are lining up to order while more people are coming to the cafe.

But her mind still wandered about Conrad even though she did not have the time to think about him. It was just like his name and face were implanted in her mind and it would be hard to get rid of it.

After a couple of hours, hindi na namalayan ni Mezzaluna na madalim na pala ang langit noong napansin niyang paunti na ang customer nila. This day was definetely hectic as fuck, hindi niya kasi namalayan na gabi na. Pero since maluwag na ang time nila ngayon dahil wala na masyadong tao, she did the thing she have been thinking for an hour now.