Chapter One
~Madelyn
I flung my bag over my shoulder as I headed to the coffee shop hoping today would be normal. Mum was still sleeping when I left, so I had prepared breakfast for her, leaving her a note to tell her I had left early for work.
The streets were unusually quiet since I left home very early to clean the café for extra cash.
Shoving the thoughts aside, I brought out the keys from my bag and unlocked the door
I pushed the café door open and stepped inside.
I dropped my bag on the counter and I got straight to work. Normally, the cafe cleaner does all this but she's on sick leave and I offered to help, for the money, of course.
…I wiped down the last counter and straightened the chairs. I checked the time and it was 7:01 AM ; my coworkers would be arriving soon; we all start by 7:00AM to prepare the coffee beans and pastries before opening up.
I sat down to rest and catch my breath. The bell jingled and I looked up to see a man, dare I say the most handsome man on earth. He has thick dark hair and deep blue eyes. His broad shoulders and well built shirt clung to his shirt perfectly.
He cleared his throat.
"shit he must have caught me staring "
I felt heat rush to my cheeks
"Umm…hi..how…sorry we're not open yet" I stuttered.
"But the store's opened" his deep husky voice echoed in the café
"yes, literally the.. the um store is opened,but we're not open to sell yet, you could come back in an hour or two" I explained fumbling with my words.
He glanced at me turned and walked out the store….
~Thiago
I massaged my fists, they were throbbing from punching those assholes. I got a secret anonymous about some guys smuggling little children in an old warehouse in Astoria. I had called my best friend Kyle before going there that i was going to need backup. I go there and the tip was true. These f*ckers were smuggling little children and i sure didn't let them get away with it. None of them spoke, they refused to say who they worked for.
Rage burned through me and i ended up killing every single one of them.
Thinking about how those kids must have felt, taken away from their parents made my blood boil. Kyle came to take the children, so they'd be safe and with their families. I needed a smoke break, after smoking two sticks I wandered through the streets when I came across a café.
"Weird time for a café to be open"
I was about to walk away when I noticed someone in the café, a girl.
A very beautiful girl, she was seating behind the counter.
I just had to go in, she looked at me and her eyes were scanning my body
I cleared my throat and she realised I caught her staring
Looking at her upclose she's more than beautiful, she's a goddess
With her red hair cascading over her shoulders, her sharp green eyes and dark long lashes,her lips….
"Umm…hi..how…sorry we're not open yet" she stuttered
"But the store's opened" I replied
"Yes, literally the..the um store is opened, but we're not open to sell yet ,you could come back in an hour or two" she explained
WTF was i even doing in here… I don't even drink coffee
I looked at her one last time, turned and then left.