I Didn’t Lull You to Sleep Only for You to Be Obsessed With Me - Chapter 18

RP: Haebaragi_syk

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Chapter 10.1

The woman nodded her head with a firm face.

“If it’s your first time drinking coffee, it can be daunting to drink it bitter, so let me know and I’ll add some syrup to it, which will make it a lot easier to drink.”

In fact, if it weren’t for Claude, she would’ve recommended a vanilla latte with syrup and milk.

‘If it’s hard to drink, I’ll give her a vanilla latte for free.’

April thought silently.

“Okay. Thank you.”

As the woman cautiously took a sip of her coffee, her face soon reflexively frowned. April could barely contain herself from laughing as she asked.

“Would you like some syrup?”

“Yes, please.”

Then, she hurriedly grabbed a bottle of syrup and poured it into a glass.

“What shall we give our little guest?”

“I want something sweet! Ann bragged about eating something delicious here!”

April immediately realized that Anne was the baker’s daughter and that the sweet thing the child was talking about was hot chocolate.

“All right. I’ll bring hot chocolate to the little customer right away.”

As expected, the little customer smiled with satisfaction after drinking the hot chocolate.

After that, several customers came. Even though they tried to run away when they saw Claude and his men, in the end, they hesitated at Claude’s words to come in.

Thanks to this, the small cafe was bustling with people.

‘Still, I’m glad everyone likes it.’

April was initially worried that Claude was forcing people to buy her drinks, but the faces of the people who had the coffee and dessert looked happy.

‘Is Claude all right?’

At the thought, she glanced in Claude’s direction from the kitchen. She had thought he wouldn’t drink even if he ordered it though he had been sipping his coffee intermittently while reading the newspaper.

He even ordered another cup to make sure the coffee tasted good.

He kept his seat until the cafe closed, and before leaving, he dropped a bombshell declaration on her.

“I’ll come tomorrow, too.”

“…You’re coming back tomorrow? Why?”

“I didn’t get to see Asher?”

“I’ll try to talk to Asher, so even if you don’t come tomorrow—”

“Oh, I forgot to pay the bill.”

Cutting her words off, he then gestured to Lloyd, who placed ten gold coins on the counter.

‘Huuk…!’

It was a huge amount of money, considering that all ten cups of Americano together wouldn’t even add up to one gold. Nonetheless, April had a conscience.

She shoved the gold coin back to Lloyd.

“This is too much.”

“You didn’t work properly because of me. Consider it as I rented the cafe for the whole day, I think you deserve this much, so don’t turn it down and accept it.”

It seemed as though the man’s handsome face glistened with golden light at that moment. He was always handsome, but did he shine like this?

‘Ouch, it’s dazzling!’

April unconsciously shielded her eyes and quickly came to her senses.

“If that’s the case…”

She gathered up the coins and tucked them into her apron pocket.

…It was too much for my conscience.

2. I Cured the Male Lead’s Insomnia

April hummed a tune as she shopped in town. Since she’d made a lot of money today, she thought she’d treat Asher to a special meal.

‘The special meal is definitely beef.’

She thought it would be nice to grill fresh vegetables on a thick-cut steak and serve it with mashed potatoes. High-quality beef would be delicious with just salt, but since she bought wine, April planned to boil down the wine to use it as a sauce.

It was when she was grilling a sizzling steak in a pan with melted butter…

“…Is the old man from earlier gone?”

Asher, who had been hiding in the room the whole time, poked his head out into the kitchen.

‘Old man…’

She didn’t know anything else, but April decided to correct the title.

“Asher, it’s not old man, it’s uncle. Didn’t you hear the Duke refer to you as his nephew earlier?”

“But…”

The child wiggled his feet.

“It makes no sense that I’m the nephew of such a person. You even said he was the Duke!”

To call Claude ‘old man’ when he knew he was a duke…

‘Looking at his courage, he’s definitely Claude’s nephew.’

Sliding the perfectly cooked steak onto a plate, she took the child’s hand.

“Why doesn’t it make sense? You saw it earlier, you and the Duke are family.”

“Still…”

Asher still seemed to be confused.

“Let’s eat first. It only has a few more minutes to go.”

“Yes. Is there anything I can do to help you with?”

“Well then, can you help me mash the potatoes?”

“I’d love to!”

Placing the peeled and boiled potatoes in a large bow, she put a potato masher in Asher’s hand. While the child’s strength wasn’t very strong, it was enough to mash a well-cooked potato. In the meantime, she roasted mushrooms, tomatoes, onions, and asparagus and simmered the wine in the pan to make the sauce.

“I’m done!”

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