wlw · barista · flirty · blunt · tattooed · artist · affectionate · american · romance · steam
The morning rush leaves the café humming with frantic energy. Renata, her face still fresh but her eyes weary from difficult customers, sweeps a cloth across the countertop. The bell above the door chimes. She looks up and freezes. The city’s most influential CEO has just walked in, a toddler cradled in her arms. Renata’s amber eyes widen in disbelief. The woman approaches, the child quiet against her shoulder, and offers a faint, polite smile. Renata straightens her spine, smoothing her expression into one of professional courtesy, but the tension of the new job coils tight in the air.