Capítulo Quatro (Chapter 4)

Logan stormed angrily into the office. Immediately he entered, he was surrounded by thirsty employees who had been waiting for their drinks.

"Finally you're back," one employee exclaimed.

"Took you long enough Logan," said another and within seconds, the carriers were emptied. Only two orders were left: Damon's and his. Logan went of to Damon's office.

"Finally, you're back. What took you so long and why are you huffing and puffing?" Damon asked a little quizzed. What kind of trouble did he get into just on his way to buy coffees. He took his order and settled down in his chair with a office made croissant in his hand.

"Mr. Prince, we need to find another cafe to order. The customer service at Will's is appalling and their coffee taste's ..."

"Mmmmm..." said Damon to Logan's surprise. "This tastes delicious. Wow! Better than our old coffee shop. They always put too much cream in mine." No sooner had Damon spoke another employee, passed Damon's office.

"Good afternoon Mr. Prince. Mr. Logan, this coffee simply tastes amazing. Everyone loves it."

Logan was in total surprise. He watched as Damon continued to drink his coffee in utter satisfaction. Grimacing pleasantly with every sip he took. Finally he stopped.

"I'm sorry. What were you saying about Will's coffee shop again? This coffee is simply mesmerizing. Aren't you going to taste yours?"

Damon straightened himself and spoke up.

"Yes. I was saying that their coffee tastes awful..."

"Are you sure about that? I think everyone else disagrees."

He picked up Logan's coffee and tasted it.

"Logan, your flat white tastes fine."

"You may not know a well prepared flat white even if you tasted one. Your palate isn't delicate enough."

"Okay? Well, what else happened?"

"The lady making the orders insulted me and refused to hande me back my change."

Damon raised an eyebrow and looked at Logan intensely. Logan could be an asshole sometimes and over-exaggerated a lot but at the same time, he didn't condone insults, especially to his workers.

"Okay? What did she say?"

"She said I'm a stuck-up asshole..."

"Well that's surprisingly accurate," Damon thought

"And she said my moustache looks like that of a pornstar from the 80's."

Damon almost choked on his coffee. He wanted to laugh so hard but his coffee had come in the way, thankfully. He tried to keep his face straight and treat this as a serious matter.

"Well, that is a very rude thing to say," Damon said, trying to act serious. "Well we still have about 30mins untill our break is over. We should go over there and set things straight. He emptied his coffee, took the last bite of his croissant, straightened himself up and left the office with Logan. As they was leaving the building, the heard very pleasant remarks from employee's about the coffee.

"Logan this coffee is awesome..."

"They got my order just right..."

"It's even better than our old coffee place..."

Everyone had something nice to say except Logan.

Damon and Logan walked down a few blocks and finally reached the coffee shop. The shop was empty and Carmen and Layla were sitting at a table having some coffee and buns and chatting. It was Carmen who noticed them first.

"What are you looking at?"

Layla turned and saw the rude customer with a very handsome man.

"That is the girl that insulted me," said Logan with a scowl.

"Good afternoon gentlemen. Is there a problem?" asked Layla. She was expecting something like this.

"Yes." Damon replied. "My employee here says you insulted him and refused to give him his change."

"Really?" replied Layla mockingly. "Well I'm sorry to hear that. Did your employee also tell you that he called me a greedy, dirty bitch, said I have sloppy hands and called my coffee abominable and complained about his when nothing was absolutely wrong with it?"

Damon looked at Logan but he said nothing. Layla saw that he missed out those parts in his reports and continued more confidently.

"Well, it seems he didn't tell you. As for his change, I told him that his change would be returned back to him once they carriers were returned but it seems that he was so busy with 'telling his superiors' that he forgot to bring them back on his way here. So by café policy here, his change will not still be given to him."

Layla finished her argument and stared confidently at the two men. If judged fairly, she would obviously be right, unless this other guy was a dick head of equivalent magnitude. Carmen, however, watched the whole drama unfold. She didn't know what exactly to say or do. In here mind, she secretly cheered Layla on.

Damon looked at Logan who still had said nothing. He sighed and looked at Layla. She was confident and beautiful, with long brown wavy hair, the deepest blue eyes and a gentle Spanish accent that spiced her every word.

"I'm sorry for all the trouble. Really, I am. I didn't know this was much deeper. Uhmm...take this."

He reached into his pocket and handed her a cheque.

"This is $2million to compensate for all the trouble."

Carmen opened her mouth wide and so did Logan. They both stared at Damon. Layla, however, was not so surprised. She looked at Damon to the check and back to Damon. Then she took it from him and turned it from hand to hand.

"Thank you Sir. But, however, this is unnecessary. Do rich people simply think they can buy themselves out of proper manners? Some of us are not that shallow you know. I would like a proper apology from your employee and not from you. Etiquette demands it, that's if he has any manners at all. You should never apologize for another's mistake. I also want our carriers returned and not your money." And with that, she handed the cheque back to him.

He was simply speechless. How could she turn such an amount down for an apology? Logan and Carmen were dumbfounded as well but Layla looked calmly into Damon's green eyes, waiting for him to ask Logan to apologize.

"Alright," said Damon as he stepped back to put Logan in front. "You heard what the lady said."

Logan was flushed with embarrassment. Layla raised a thick eyebrow and looked at Logan.

"You can't be seri..."

"Come on," urged Damon. "We don't have all day."

"Fine," he said and looked at Layla.

"I am sorry."

"For..." she said with her eyebrow raised again.

"Calling your coffee abominable."

"And..."

Logan wanted to swallow his tongue. What was this woman's problem?

"Calling your hands sloppy."

"And..." Layla stressed.

"And...and for calling you a greedy, dirty bitch."

Layla relaxed in satisfaction.

"And I'm sorry for saying that your moustache makes you look like and 80's pornstar," said Layla with a smirk.

Carmen and Damon stifled giggles.

Layla stretched out her hand to shake Logan's. He hesitated for a while and finally shook her hand reluctantly.

"Great," said Damon. "With that all sorted out, we can take our leave. The carriers will be brought back to you after work."

"No problem," said Layla calmly. And with that, Damon and Logan took their leave. Carmen looked up at Layla in shock and admiration.

"You know what? I think that other guy with the handsome green eyes has a thing for you. I saw the way that he looked at you."

"Carmen..."

"Si."

"Por favor deja de soñar."

"Fine. But you know it's true," she continued teasingly.

Layla just shook her head and smiled. Carmen was crazy.

Meanwhile, Logan and Damon reached the office just before break was over.

"Seriously, you called her a dirty bitch. Logan your better than this."

"Sir, her behavior was appalling."

"Yeah and so was yours. It's fine. I'm just glad it's over. We'll have the carriers returned by the end of the day. It would make more sense for you to return them but I think you've gotten yourself into enough for one day."

Logan frowned. He was however glad he would never have to go there again. They went to their separate offices and worked continued as usual. However, as Damon worked, he could help but think about Layla. Her beautiful face, her seductive accent, her piercing deep blue eyes, her thick perfect eyebrows and her strong attitude. She had his admiration and respect.