All Chapters of Blood and Buttercream: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

“The Donatello's must be the ones behind my attack. I rejected their deal, and now they want me dead.” Alessandro mused, taking a sip of his steaming black coffee.While Salvatore, his uncle, took another calming puff of his Cuban cigar.“You just took over the family, Sandro. You need a show of strength.” Alessandro laid his steaming coffee on the side table and reached for the inner pocket of his blazer. “Yeah, that, but I need to handle something first.” He pulled out the student ID card from his pocket, motioning it to his bodyguard, “Track this lady down.” He ordered, and burly Jax nodded, taking the card from him.“Okay, boss,” he responded and walked out of the room.***At the other end of the city was Camilla, standing behind the counter with Ruby sitting idly on the chair in the bakery.“I can't believe you lost my college ID,” Ruby whined, and for the first time all morning, she looked away from her phone. “Why are you so careless?”“Careless?” Camilla scoffed while pressin

“Don Morano,” Jax called, entering the bakery. Alessandro instantly felt hot. He saw Camilla raise a suspicious eyebrow. “Wasn’t he calling you?” Camilla asked warily.“Me? Hell no!” Alessandro exclaimed, with wide eyes. “My name is Alessandro Cookies,” he laughed awkwardly, hoping not to blow his cover. “Hey, did you call me?” he asked Jax with narrowed eyes.Jax, sharp witted, caught the cue, “Oh, I’m sorry about that, sir,” Jax corrected himself,“I just spoke to my old friend, Morano, and it slipped out of my mouth.”Alessandro shrugged, “See? I knew it was a tongue slip.” He lied and Camilla nodded slowly and turned to her phone. Alessandro excused himself and walked to Jax with Camilla eyeing them cautiously.“It is very important. Our men were..." Jax started, but Alessandro cut him off.“We will deal with this later. Just act normal for now and talk about the dinner reservation I have with Ruby,” Alessandro replied quickly. Jax nodded, and he went back to Camilla.“I had him

Camilla waited in her pastry shop. Two customers had dropped by, and she had attended to them. She had already hired workers online, and they would arrive very soon.The new delivery guys were the first to arrive. They were two of them, hired to take the pastries to customers who wanted them delivered. It was a great upgrade to the business. The setting up of the shop had been done online, and she was expecting a great turnout today.Since it was all agreed upon, the delivery guys took their position, and when they were needed, Camilla called on them. Sales were good as expected, and both delivery guys drove out a long distance for delivery. It was during this period that the last hired worker arrived. Camilla had interviewed him online, and she would be meeting Allen for the first time.According to his bio, which Camilla read, Allen dropped out of college due to an inability to pay his school fees. He was two years older than her. His parents died in a ghastly accident in his second

Alessandro looked closely at both Ruby and Camilla. They were two women whom he knew and had a sort of connection with. This connection wasn't ordinary. He knew Ruby had been Camilla’s customer since he met her in front of the bakery the other day.However, he wasn’t expecting to see Ruby with Camilla there when her pastry shop had suffered an attack from thugs.Ruby was the same way. She stood up properly and glanced at Alessandro with her heart pounding hard. She began to think of a suitable explanation, but she knew the implication if Camilla contradicted her."Alessandro,” Ruby hurled in a deep breath.“What are you doing here, Ruby?” Alessandro asked quickly.Camilla stood up and looked at both of them, curiosity swimming in her eyes. She was surprised to know that both of them knew each other.“I… I was, uh,” Ruby stammered. “I was passing by, and I saw the mess, and I had to stop by and comfort her. She looked down and, you know, I can’t stand a depressed person.”Camilla looked

“Don’t bother,” Alessandro said, before Jax used the truth serum. “This is a visible case already, and I do not wish to waste any resources on a truth that is clear to the human eye. The Donatello family had already declared war on my family, and they took their first step already. This is not their first act of terror, but I will use this to declare mine. I will no longer allow them to trample upon me.”“As it should be, boss,” Jax raised his head. He was looking so angry at this moment. Alessandro heaved a sigh and looked at the thugs.“Do away with them!” Alessandro ordered. He went outside while Jax got his gun. He shot every single one of them dead and strode outside to see Alessandro outside.“You have changed, boss,” Jax said carefully. He had been thinking about this for a while, and he ended up raising the topic. “If it was the formal part of you, you would kill those thugs with your own hands. Now, you have gotten too soft. Is it because you have gotten a woman under your sk