Chapter 8

Irene Payton

"What the hell are you doing here?" I asked Joel in a really cold tone and he smiled at me sweetly.

"I want to eat cakes"

"You hate cakes." I said annoy and he smiled.

"No, I love it." He said.

"You liar!"

"Well at least you still remember it." He smirked and I cursed under my breath. I closed my eyes and told myself to stop acting like I still care.

"Stop coming here!"

"Babe, this is a public place." He said and I glared at him.

"I'm not your babe." I said coldly.

"Hey.." I turned to the door to see Andrew and Aiden.

"What are you guys doing here?" I hissed.

"I want cheesecake and red velvet and that purple cake." Aiden said and I glared at them hard.

"Get out all of you!"

"Babe.. Don't be like that." Joel said

"Don't babe me!"

"Hello!" I turned to the door and found Marco.

"What the heck are you guys doing here?" I walked out from the counter. I pushed Joel away towards the door.

"Irene." He held my wrists and my eyes widened. I tried to pull my wrist from his grip.

"I want cakes." He said and kissed my cheek. He let my hands go and walked inside. They sat on the chairs and my eyes widened.

"Wait? What? Hey!" I hissed and Joel turned to me.

"We want cakes." I saw girls starting to notice the 7 Gold Kids inside my cafe slash bakery. They squealed and they walked inside. I cursed myself from letting Joel inside.

"Irene!" I turned to Velda.

"Help me." She said and people started to come in because of the 7 Gold Kids. They ordered cakes and drinks and they sat down.

"Baby!" Velda eyed me and I glared at her. She pointed at the cakes and then pointed her finger to Joel's table. I sighed and walked to her. I took the cakes and I walked to Joel's table.

My eyes widened when I saw them taking out their paperwork.

"This is not a meeting place!" I hissed coldly at them.

"Oh cakes!" Aiden said cheerly and I can't believe this. Girls were squealing and taking pictures of them.

"I love cakes." Joel said and I glared at him. He hates cake and he pretended to love it. I want to smack him so bad.

"Hello guys." I turned to see the Lemiere brothers. I looked at them in disbelief.

"What the heck are you guys doing here?" I asked them in horror.

"I want cakes." Matthew said and I looked at him disbelief.

"What?"

"Hey Irene." Brandon slung his arm around my shoulder and looked at me. I put the cakes on the table and turned to Brandon.

"Long time no see." I said to him, smiling.

"Hands off my girl." Joel hissed coldly and I turned to Joel.

"He's my buddy." I pointed and Brandon smirked.

"He's damn jealous." Brandon whispered and I chuckled.

"Don't make me punch you, Brandon. I don't care if you're my best friend or not." Joel said seriously and I turned to him.

"Same sentence as always, Joel. You said that like a thousand times but you still have girls around you every time." I said coldly to him and his friends teased him. Suddenly Joel pulled my hand and put me on his lap. He secured me in his arms tightly.

"Smooth as hell." Dylan said as they all sat down.

"Let me go!" I turned to him and glared. I saw people were looking at me jealous. I hissed at Joel trying to wiggle out from his arms.

"I don't like it when you say that, Irene." He whispered and looked at me seriously.

"I don't care if you don't like it." I rolled my eyes.

"You know what? You look adorable today." He smiled suddenly. He kissed my cheek and I looked at him in disbelief. Adorable my ass..

"Let me go before I smash this cake in your face." I pointed.

"Irene.. don't be feisty." Brandon warned and I turned to him.

"Don't be an asshole!" I hissed at him.

"Have a date later tonight." Joel stated and I ignored him but still tried to get out.

"Babe. Please don't ignore me."

"You.. all of you!" I turned to all of them. They looked at me.

"I'm welcoming you guys here but not this guy." I pointed at Joel.

"But we're one hot package." Aiden said and I looked at him disbelief.

"I prefer his brother." I said to him.

"Axel is just plain stupid."

"You're talking about me?" I turned my head and found Axel.

"Hey hot guy." I winked at him and he looked at me in disbelief. Suddenly Joel slid his hand to my cheek and crashed his lips to mine.

"Smooth." They teased him and I pushed him away. I looked at his eyes seriously.

"Irene!" I turned my head to Velda.

"What?"

"Your phone." She said and I nodded.

"So Irene.. Want to have a date with me?" Axel asked and I turned to him.

"Just because Stella's out of town, you can hit on my girl." Joel hissed.

"Joel please.. I have work." I turned to him when I saw Velda already eyed me.

"If you don't get back here, I will find you." He said and I nodded. He let me go and I ran to the Velda. She gave me my phone and quickly picked up. It's from my customer Mrs. Cosley. She wanted me to make a cake for her mom's birthday and I'm so happy to do that.

After putting all her orders, I ended the call. I walked inside my kitchen to put her order to my notebook so I won't forget it.

"Nice kitchen." I jumped and turned to see Joel looking around.

"What are you doing?" I hissed.

"Didn't I tell you to come back to me after answering the call?"

"I'm putting it in my notebook!" I hissed and glared at him. He suddenly pinned me to the wall. I gasped and looked around to see my employee staring at me in shock.

"Joel!"

"What?" He leaned closer to me.

"Get out!"

"Do you want me to kiss you here or inside your office?" He smirked and eyed my office.

Unbelievable!