Rosa looks at Louis with a gentle smile. "Yes sir?"
"Urm... What is the most popular food here?" He clasped his hands together to stop himself from shaking with nervousness.
"Oh." She smiles brightly. "We are very popular with curry here. I can see you are not from here. Is that right? I will recommend you taste our curry. Will that be ok?"
Being mesmerize by Rosa's smile face he nods and replies, "Ok." Even though it was a simple conversation, Louis can't help being excited and very happy.
Since then, he came every day and eat whatever Rosa recommend to him. Rosa also had recognized a weird man with big ugly sunglasses but she always treats him friendly.
"Oh, sir. It's you again." Rosa becomes more friendly and natural with Louis.
Louis nods with a smile.
"You look happier sir. Is there any happy occasion happen today?"
Louis can't help to smile even wider. Meeting you is what makes me happ
Before he flies back to his house, he got many voicemails from William. He heard Rosa had run away and stayed with them. He also heard they had suggested she work at his café. It was just like they had planned five years back. Louis was happy but he thought it was too good only to appear in his dream. He back to his house and sleeps because of is jetlagged. The next day, he feels something playing with his beard but he was too tired to open his eyes until someone kick him out of bed. He saw a woman with exposing clothes in his room. He was confused but when he looks at the female face, he knows she is Rosa. The one that he loves. Even though she looks totally different now, he still knew she is the one. She was very skinny, her eyes were dark, her head had a blue-black bruise, her black hair was messy and didn't shine like it used to. He thought he was still dreaming so he goes to his kitchen to calm himself
Louis's confession makes Rosa frown. She had thought before that maybe he likes her but it is impossible as they just know for few days! How can suddenly a stranger could fall in love? Furthermore, she didn’t hide her status as a single mother with a baby. She had even confessed that she had abandoned her son. She should be despised by others. How could a mother leave their son like she didn’t care anything about her son? She even despised herself. “I am a mother with two children.” Rosa said while still frowning. “I know.” Louis nods once. “I left alone another child.” Rosa said again. Louis didn’t say any words anymore but he only nods still with his gentle eyes. “I am a bad mother.” Rosa said. “No. You are not.” Rosa looks at him frowns even more. This big man doesn’t know she gives him a hint that she wants to reject him! “W
"Da-Da?" Damia seems to understands everything Louis said."You must call your mom ‘Ma-Ma’ first, ok? Then you can call me Da-Da anytime. Come… Said Ma-Ma…""Da-Da!" The baby tries to follow Louis's lips."Ma-Ma.""Da-Da!""Mma-Ma! Ma Ma. Ma Ma. Ma Ma…" Louis shows his lips moving the words so that Damia can follow it.Damia giggle. "Da Da!" She giggles again feeling funny at the new words that Louis teaches her.Louis also giggles. He squeezes Damia's cheek and kisses it again and again. "You are so cute like your mother! How can I not love you!" Rosa who had heard everything blushed. Louis confesses to her again. Indirectly! She pretends to stretch her body, which shows that she is just awake. When she opened her eyes she saw Louis was pretending to sleep while her baby was still in his chest, playing with Louis's face. Rosa feels betray, does he
Sophia who was watching the big boss and her manager behind a counter nudge her arms toward Zack. Her eyes were full of gossip. "Zack. Did you already know our madam married with our big boss?" Zack feels annoyed with Sophia's nudged. "Can you stop doing this and focus on your work? You don't gain anything with their life." "Of course I gain something! It had been bored so much working here for almost five years with you! I almost give up this job! When Madam came here to save this café, she saves me too! I was about to swear my life to protect madam and her baby when I thought madam is a single mom. Then out of nowhere our big boss who never cared about this café and us, popping in front of my eyes just to chase our madam here! I am dying wanted to know more about them!" Zack looks at Sophia's tomboy appearance then he shakes his head talking to himself, girls are girls, gossip is their natural habit. Zack li
Today Rosa did her works very quickly. Every time she had done several files, she will glance at the wall clock. Until it strikes 4 pm, she quickly picks up her things and puts Damia on her baby carrier to go home. Just now, she had tried to persuade him not to cook without her at home. Yet, Louis only smiles at her and left the café. Now, she is very worried Louis will really start to cook by himself. Before, Rosa will help him in the kitchen. She still wasn't sure Louis could really cook without her. She does not worry Louis, but she is worried about the kitchen. Hopefully, it doesn't explode or burn. Sophia saw Rosa is about to leave work, she looks outside, searching for a handsome man but there is none."Madam. Getting back early?""Yes." Rosa smile.Sophia squeezes Damia's chubby cheek playfully. "Where big boss? Why he didn't fetch madam today?" Sophia tries to ask it na
Because of his sudden grabs, Rosa almost falls on him. Rosa gives him a guilty smile. She thought that her movement had made Louis shocked and accidentally wake him up.“Sorry.” She apologizes for waking him up. “Emm… Could you let it go? It's hurt.” Realizing it was only Rosa and his hand had been grabbing her wrist tightly, he quickly let go.“I’m sorry. Did it hurt?” Louis saw Rosa's wrist turn red from his grabs.“I’m okay.” Rosa stands up properly and gently puts her baby on her chest. Patting the baby bum to make sure she will stay asleep. Her baby had fallen asleep, which makes Rosa feel quite awkward around him, so she make a gesture that she will enter her room to sleep, and left Louis alone in the living room. As soon she enters the room, Louis closes his eyes. He had a dream just now. He
The young man frowns when he heard someone try to scold him. He looks behind him and saw a big tall man looking at him with a smirk. When the young man saw a big guy behind him, his face looks a little bit scared but quickly adjusts his face.“W-What do you know? You aren’t here just now. This tomboy had taken $50 from me but refused to give me back the change.”The big guy lifts up his left eyebrows with a boring look. “I really hate to reason with someone like you. Hey! You, over there! Your friend is in need, why don’t you help her? You won’t need to waste your time to hear this nonsense. Doesn’t your café have CCTV?” The big guy looks up where there has a surveillance camera. When everyone saw him look up, everyone looks at it too and saw the camera that directly facing the counter payment. No one doubts that the camera can show what had happened clearly.
Damia looks in front of her full of excitement. The big guy in front of her looks very handsome with short blonde hair. Even though she could feel the way the big guy hold her quite awkward, she still likes it. Maybe because her mother's hands are too small, she likes guys with bigger hands. She feels it's much warmer when she is held by the bigger person. The big guy looks very tense and his nervousness somehow makes Damia thought he was being funny. So the baby girl who was being held by the big guy suddenly giggled while watching the big guy's expression. Because of her sudden giggle, his hand shook a little and it makes the baby giggle out loud. The milky laugh from the baby makes other customers glance at them. The milky laugh is too adorable, no one can resist it! Most of the customers are having a break from their stressful work. Some of them was a new customer, their workplace is near with the café but
They play until sunset, the length of the beach and their rented chalet is not far but Damia seems to be very tired of playing with the sand. She falls asleep in Rosa's arms after a few steps. Louis holding a lot of things in his hands. He follows Rosa's small steps one by one. Usually, he doesn't like to walk with shorter people than him, it is because his neck sore from looking down. Sometimes it makes him feel dizzy. But, he never felt that kind of thing when he looks down to see Rosa. He even likes how small Rosa is. If he can he wanted her to be small as his palm so that he can put her in his pocket and bring her everywhere he wants. When they arrived at their chalet, Rosa give a quick shower for Damia and change into clean clothes. They ate before returning to the chalet, so, Rosa let her sleep again after her daughter wear the clothes. After making sure Damia slept deeply
After a few hours, the temperature drops a little, Louis walk along with Rosa and Damia towards the beach. The sand here is so fine, it didn't feel the heat like regular sand which makes people doesn't hesitate to walk barefoot along the beach in hot weather. The wide ocean is blue and clear. You can see many small fish swimming around and you could also see corals and plants over it. There are people swimming in the water, snorkeling along the reefs, and laying lazily on the sand while admiring the view of this beautiful nature. It's Damia's first time visiting such a place, when Damia put her down, she was so scared when her leg touch the soft sand. She screams and quickly curls her leg on Rosa. Its their first time seeing Damia refusing on doing something, usually, Damia love to explore things that she doesn't know. Rosa and Louis couldn't help but laugh at Damia's reaction. Louis and
The Guilty Pleasure Cafe had five branches and all of the cafe become famous as it is. Jessica's business also started to become popular after so many up and down that they had to face. Just at a glimpse, it is already a year of the day Rosa lives in this country. Damia also had turned one and a half years old girl. She can pronounce many words and understand more words when someone talks to her. Damia also seems to love learning so much. She will always pinpoint something that she was curious about and will only be satisfied when she understands it fully. The most patient to explain to her is Louis. Even sometimes Damia doesn't need to ask and Louis already shows her something and explains it to her patiently. He seems to be very happy doing it and very happy whenever Damia remembers all his teaching. Rosa and Louis also had become much closer. They are not awkward with each other now and
After two more days, the doctor finally discharge them after he had confirmed Damia didn't suffer any serious virus. When they return to their house, Damia was running around in the house and giggling all the way. She looks like a little duckling that was very happy finally to return to her comfort nest. Rosa has a smile on her face watching Damia running and Louis following behind her daughter. It was lunchtime, so, Rosa immediately enter the kitchen and started to cook for them. After half an hour, Rosa serve the table and call them to eat together. The awkwardness between Rosa and Louis had finally gone. The days they were in the hospital, taking turns to take care of Damia had made Rosa able to treat Louis like normal again. However, Louis notices something different from the way Rosa has treated him for these few days. She seems to be gentler when talking to him. He also notice that Rosa had a gentle
It didn't take a long time for Louis to return and bring food for Rosa. Damia is sleeping in Rosa's arms. She seems to be very clingy even though she was sleeping. Her face was still frowning feeling uncomfortable, her little hand was holding tightly to Rosa's dress. Rosa can't help but has to accept Louis's offer to feed her. She was quite hungry and her daughter will need to have her milk, so, she have to eat no matter what. She was frowning whenever she have to open her mouth and let Louis feed her but she can't hide her face that has turned red from embarrassment. She is a tough and independent woman, she never had someone else feeding her like this. This is humiliating to her, but for her baby, she tries her best to accept it. Louis knows Rosa is embarrassed but he can't help but feel happy to feed her. Rosa's face that was blushing makes him become bolder to lean closer and f
The registration and admission into the private's rooms are smooth and quick. When Damia was being inserted the needle into her hands, Rosa and Louis were being chased out of the room. Damia who was sick become stickier with her mommy. As soon her mommy left her with the nurses, Damia cry loudly. It’s making Rosa and Louis's hearts ache even more. Louis feels the worst and he even refused to get out of the room, making Rosa have no choice but to pull him out of the room. Rosa can’t help but laugh inside, Louis acts more like Damia's parents than she did. “Louis. Calm down. The nurses know what they need to do.” Rosa pushes Louis and forces him to sit on nearby sofas. “Waaaaaa!” Louis and Rosa turn their head toward the private room at the same time. The room is a very high-quality room, but they still could hear Damia crying from here. This time, Rosa couldn’t hold Louis anymor
The next morning, Rosa open her eyes feeling hot in her arms. She could feel heavy and a burning sensation from her arms. It makes her wake up in alert. When she opened her eyes, the person who is hot and heavy is her baby girl. “Mia?” Rosa was panic after she saw her baby's face was red and she was shivering too. Her baby was still asleep. Obviously, she was in discomfort because Damia was frowning discomfort. However, the baby didn’t cry at all. When Rosa checks her temperature with her hand, her heart immediately jumps in panic. She quickly wraps her baby with a blanket. Even though her baby's temperature was hot, her baby was shivering from the cold. Rosa didn’t waste her time. She quickly changes her baby's diapers, changes into thicker clothes, and sticks a fever cooling pad on her baby's forehead. She always makes sure to have backup medicine for her baby. She
Rosa always takes seriously when she was doing her work. As soon she starts to do her work, all her complicated thoughts and feelings gone. She didn’t even realize Louis and Damia had already hung out in the living room with her. Louis put his finger on his lips, making a gesture to keep silent because Rosa was working. Damia understands that gesture and nods without stopping. She just learned how to nod and shake her head to answer some questions from adults. Today Damia didn’t take naps like usual, so, she was quite sleepy right now. She had not been coming to the café for a week and she was very excited when she finally enter the café. He greets the workers and the customer without any sign of fatigue. She just has a nice bath with her mother and was fed a delicious meal by Louis. She is in a very comfortable state. Her body is clean and her tummy is full, now her eyes are heavy. She was leaning
Rosa pretends to not see Louis when she walks to the first floor. Damia seems to understand that it is not time to said any words that related to Louis, so she could only look at Louis from her mother's arms. It’s been three days since she didn’t get to play with Louis. So, she was missing Louis so much. However, her mother's mood is first. She must make sure her mommy is happy or she will not have her mommy milk anymore. There are a lot of works that need to be settle as she had been taking off and emergency leave for almost a week. She packs several documents to bring to her rent house. Since the boss of the café is Louis and he is also her housemate, she had been making the café like hers. She brings out the documents and invoice that needs to be checked and put it all on the box. Then she called Zack to help her to send the box to her rent house. Seeing that Louis was