Alpha Adryan novel Chapter 26

"Good Morning Jade." Frank, the barista instantly chimes up upon seeing Jade wake in.

Frank was a chubby man in his early forties, he was one of the barista's of the Cafe, also one of Scarlett's close friend. He had dark blonde hair and kind brown eyes, that were always shining brightly and made Jade feel at home.

"Good Morning to you too Frank, having a good day so far?" Jade asks back, greeting him.

"Yes yes, you know it" he replies with a smile.

"Ah oh, who is this young man?" Frank suddenly asks playfully, his eyes on the tiny figure that now seemed to get suddenly shy, hiding behind his mother's legs while staring at Frank.

"Oh come on kiddo, you don't want this?" Frank holds out a sprinkled cookie covered in a transparent paper in his hand, of course he knew about her son's addiction to anything sweet related, and taking the advantage of his weakness. Jade shakes her head. This was a normal occurrence for her.

Frank crouches down in front of the small toddler, his one hand extending the cookie towards the blue green eyes boy who looked at the cookie like it was a piece of treasure, maybe to him it was indeed one.

Adonis extends his small hands taking the cookie in his own, and stares back at Frank who still had a smile on his face.

"What do you say after someone gives you something, Adonis?" Jade asks as she closely watched them interact with a smile on her face.

"Thankyou" the small boy said, but it mostly came out as thanchu since he was still learning to pronounce things, and had difficulty in pronouncing certain words since be was a toddler after all.

Frank pats the little boys head and stands up from his crouched frame.

"Have you seen Scarlett? I haven't seen her around" She asks him, as Jade looked around the bakery, which was also a part café. She couldn't spot the brunette haired woman anywhere around here.

"You know her Jade, she's always baking something" Frank says in a playful tone, with a playful roll of his eyes.

"Of course she would be, see you later Frank" she says, to which he replies with a 'see you later'.

"Hey" Jade says, walking into the back kitchen only to stop dead in her tracks when she takes in the scene before her.

Her eyes take in the brunette haired older woman before her, who had a bit of flour present on her hair and face, while she rolled the dough probably to bake another batch of cookies Jade had seen people outside munching away at.

Jade's voice seems to capture Scarlett's attention, making her stop rolling the dough for a moment. A smile forms on her face, the slight laugh lines appearing near the sides of her eyes and mouth.

Scarlett was a pleasant woman to be around. She always looked around others and especially Jade. Scarlett treated her like her own daughter. Sadly Scarlett didn't have any children of her own but the woman never seemed down or sad.

"Hey, when did you get here?"

"Just a few minutes ago, and you're still baking to death I see" Jade takes in the sets of cookie laid out in the baking tray.