His Runaway Queen

Chapter 2

Effie

Today was Saturday and that meant that I could sleep in a little bit today. On Fridays, I always made extra of everything and then after we closed, I would make everything that we would need for Saturdays. I had people who worked for me that I could trust now, so I left them to open the bakery on Saturdays and Sundays.

The weekend was for me to spend time with my little nugget. I didn't work on the weekends unless I had a taste testing or needed to make a cake for an event that happened on the weekend.

I had a taste testing today for a woman that called me a few days ago. I think her name was River something. She just got engaged to four men, FOUR. I could barely handle my one man and she's got four. She's gotta be a special lady to put up with all of them and get engaged to them.

She told me that her wedding isn't going to be until June, but she wants to pick that cake out now and have me save the date for her.

I appreciate the fact that she is giving me so much notice for her cake. Usually, I get people who only want to give me a week or two and I've even had someone come in and want a five-tier wedding cake the next day. Needless to say that they got turned away. I told them I could make a small cake but didn't have time to do a five-tier cake. I already had three cakes, all two or three tiers for that day.

They tried to get people to stop coming here because of that, but a few of my regulars were in here that day and witnessed it. The woman was rude, nasty, and just plain mean from the get-go. And after I told her I couldn't do the cake that she wanted, she just got worse.

I have to say, I love my regulars that come in. There is a group of lovely older ladies that come in for coffee and pastries every morning and sit, chat, and eat. They knew the girl and told everyone what she had done, and how mean she was to me. So they all backed me and she was the one who looked bad.

One of the ladies even took a video of how she was acting and sent it to the girl's fiance and mom. I'm not for sure but I think that the fiance left her. But it was a combination of things, including her cheating and admitting that she was using him for his money and was going to divorce him and take everything from him.

Apparently, she planned to drug him and take pictures of him in bed with another woman so that she could take everything of his.

This guy is a billionaire and has a big company that is well-known all around here. So when he got that video on top of the other one, he dumped her and pressed charges against her. She tried to blame me for her attitude and has even come into the bakery, spewing her threats at me over it. It's to the point that I'm ready to press charges on her for it.

Anyway, back to what I was saying. Today is Saturday, and I don't need to be in the bakery until around eleven. I have a taste testing at noon and I need to go in to get everything ready for it. So I slept in until about eight and when I woke up, it was because of the two little hands on my face patting me. Then I heard him "Mom, mom, mom."

There isn't a sound that I love better than to hear my little boy saying my name.

I opened my eyes to see him lying in bed beside me.

"Good morning, my handsome little nugget. I missed you yesterday. Were you a good boy for your aunt?" I asked him.

"He's always a good boy for me, aren't you doodle dumpling? I would've let you sleep some more, but he was wanting his mom, mom. And I have a video conference in a few minutes with my editor. I have my new book coming out soon and she's being an absolute nightmare about it. I'm telling you that I am so close to asking for a new editor. I've been having problems with this b***h for a while now." She told me.

"What the hell is here deal? I know the last time you were on a video conference with her, she was a complete b***h. I'd talk to the owner of the company and tell them what is going on and what she's saying. Don't you both have to record every video call and phone call that you have? Send all of that as proof as to how she's treating you. I can guarantee that they won't let it continue and she gets fired over it." I told her.

She sat there thinking about it and then agreed with me and said that she'd call him now so that he could decide if he wanted in on the video call or not.

After she left, I got up with my nugget and went to get breakfast. I made us some scrambled eggs and toast and after we were done eating, I cleaned up.

I put my little nugget in his pack in play and put cartoons on for him and then went to take a shower real fast. I left my doors open so that I could hear him and I had the baby monitor.

It didn't take me long to get a shower and after I was done and dried off, I put on a pair of jeans and one of the shirts for my bakery. The difference between mine and my employees is that mine says owner while theirs say staff on it.

After my shower, the rest of my morning went by with me playing with my little nugget and spending time with him. When it was almost eleven, Dove came out of her room to sit with my nugget while I was in the bakery for a couple of hours. She looked like a big weight was lifted off of her shoulders. And she promised to talk to me about it when I came back upstairs.

I went down to the bakery and got everything ready for the taste testing. Right at noon, the woman River came into the bakery with her four men and their little boy.

I was surprised when she walked in the door. She's the girl that I saw with the woman who looked like Alena at the beginning of the week.

What surprised me even more was when she introduced herself and her last name was Smirnov.

I managed to not show any reaction to her last name and led them all to a table to sit. Then I went and got the tray of cakes for them to try. They wanted to do the testing with just them but said they'd call for me to ask questions if they have any. I have no problems doing that and I usually do.

I was happy when they finally left after making their decisions. I don't know who she is but I can only hope that she's not related to him. And if she is, I really hope that he doesn't show up here. I don't want him to find me. But I worry about that for another day. For now, I'm going to go spend time with my little boy.