The Mistress

Chapter 10:

I turned the lights on in the bakery and followed my morning routine that basically consisted of turning on all of the equipment before starting my short day.

I walked over to the dishwasher, turning it on and letting it fill up with water.

Then I made my way towards the ovens and pre-heating them. Nothings worse than baking in a cold oven.

I grabbed my to do list for today and went over it as I made my way to the coffee machine. I made myself a nice cappuccino while reading the list and dotting down tiny notes.

Christmas was only a month away from now, so the preparations were in full swing at the bakery. As much fun as the Christmas holidays were, they were also one of the busiest and most hectic periods ever.

So we made whatever we could in advance without losing any quality, to lessen the stress and pressure on my staff.

And if people were too late with placing their orders, than too bad. I'd rather have my team enjoy their Christmas days off instead of taking every penny I can get my hands on.

Whilst I was dividing today's tasks among the bakers that would be in soon, my mind wandered towards my sweet Jace.

It had already been a week since I'd seen him but it felt like months. We've both been so busy with work that we didn't have time to meet up again.

We've been texting and FaceTiming whenever we could, but I still missed him so much.

So I took control of things and planned us another date at my place. A surprise date that is.

Jace had been so tired and overworked this week.  We were FaceTiming the other day and as soon as he'd had his dinner he had went up to bed. It wasn't even 9 pm yet.

We talked while he was in bed and I walked away for a literal minute to put some laundry away. When I had returned to my phone I saw that he had fallen asleep already.

Which looked very adorable I might add. His tousled hair and puffed up rosy cheeks made him look like a tiny chipmunk instead of the handsome giant he really was.

I made sure to get some good screenshots before I ended the call.

So I planned a nice relaxing day at my place after I would pick him up in 4 hours. He only had half a day today. I made sure to check with his assistant that it also stayed that way. He had next week off which was a great time for us to spend together. Perhaps even go somewhere.

I finished my list and coffee and started making chocolate decorations.

The rest of my workday consisted of trying a few new recipe flavors. We had a new winter menu, but I wasn't satisfied with a mousse. So after trying and changing up a couple of thing everything tasted much better.

Before I realized it, it had already been 2 PM. I quickly cleaned up before grabbing a couple of chocolate and raspberry-chip cookies and made my way over to Jaces workplace.

Once I got there I got onto the elevator after signing in at the front desk.

I tapped my foot impatiently as I held onto the paper bag of cookies.

The doors finally 'dinged' open and I got out, quietly greeting his secretary before walking towards his office door.

I knocked and after hearing him call "come in" I entered. I couldn't help but smile at him even though I was a touch concerned. He looked pretty tired but still managed to perk up once he realized it was me.

I walked over to him hearing the heavy door closing behind me. I sat down on his lap, placing the cookies on his desk.

"Hi." I whispered softly as I ran my finger through his hair before slowly massaging his shoulders.