His Cupcake

Chapter 2: I wish he was real

Cassandra POV

"Babe, the first batch of my book is sold out!" I screamed at the phone. The excitement was all over me and I can't control it. This wasn't my first book to get published but the response from readers for this book really surprised me.

I called Scarlet and informed her about the good news once I received the congratulations message from my boss and colleagues this morning.

"I told you, I have trust in you. So, I'm expecting some special treat tonight. Are we going to celebrate this?" She asked on the other line.

"Of course. Anything for you, babe. Just name it." I said with glee.

"Deal. I will choose the place. Ready to be broke tonight." I laughed at her remarks.

"Yeah, I'm so ready," I replied playfully. I'm really grateful for her as she was the one who planted some idea about the book and I completed it in less than one month as it made me falling deep with the character that I wish was real in my life.

"See you at home later, babe. I'm so excited about tonight." I could sense her excitement. We were both overwhelmed by the excitement. I ended the call afterward. It's good to have her in my life after everyone left me.

Nighttime

"Table for two, please." We arrived at the restaurant with a nice dress clutching on our bodies. We weren't always dressed up for something fancy like this as we were more in casual outfits on normal days.

The waiter in bow tie led the way to the empty table with two chairs. We took a seat and he handed the menu to us while recommending some signature dishes of the restaurant. We decided to try Spanish food and we ordered a few more foods that were recommended by the waiter with one bottle of red wine.

"Now, spill the bean." She urged once the waiter left to prepare our order.

"My boss said my story was great and it sold out in a short period. I need to thank you for this. You gave me the idea of this book." I said honestly.

"I just gave you some idea about the character's background. You are the one who wrote the book with sleepless nights. You don't have to thank me for that."

"You have no idea how much I love to write the book and it even makes me fall in love with the hero in the book. I love Carlos Gonzales. I wish he was real." I really spent a lot of time and having sleepless night while completing the book but it never makes me feel tired instead of the story itself make me alive and every time I wrote the book I wish that I meet the person from the book even though I know he only lived in my imagination.

"You love him?" She asked jokingly.

"Yeah, surprisingly. I will marry him if he is real." I chuckled at my own remark. Dreaming is not a sin anyway.

"I can't imagine if you really meet the real Carlos Gonzales."

"Forget about it, he wasn't real. He is just a fake person in the book. By the way, I'm wondering where you got that idea." I asked for the first time since she gave me the idea of the hero.

"From somewhere. Anyway, that's not important. The good thing is that the book was sold out in a short time." We paused the conversation when the waiter approached us with a tray of food that we ordered earlier.

He placed the food on our table neatly and helped us to open the wine and poured it into our glasses. He slightly bows before leaving the table.

"Shall we?" I asked while lifted the glass with red wine.

"Cheers." We said in unison and made the glass collides. A large smile was plastered on our faces.