2. Vanilla Bakery

Chapter 2

Vanilla Bakery

"Are you guys fighting again?" asked Xaviera West, Vanilla's mother.

Vanilla, who was rolling out the bread dough, stopped her movements, put down the rolling pin and then picked up the dough cutting tool.

"No," She answered simply.

"Last night you slept in your room." Xaviera's tone sounded mocking.

Vanilla, who was cutting bread dough, seemed to be concentrating on what she was doing. "One day Beck will climb into my bed," She said confidenly.

"You know, he was very angry when he heard you had left him for New York."

"Beck is always like that, he doesn't care about me when I'm around him. But, as soon as someone else is next to me, he gets angry." The girl with dark blue eyes took several pieces of sausage and then arranged them on the bread dough which she had added tomato sauce.

"Then you can find a man here to approach to make Beck angry," said Xaviera seriously.

"Mom, are you kidding? You know I haven't male friends for a long time because of Beck. Damn it, he really made me have no male friends," Vanilla grumbled.

Xaviera chuckled softly. He rolled out the bread dough which he had filled with a whole sausage. "And you will forever be a baker?"

Vanilla shrugged her shoulders. "This is fun."

Vanilla completed her studies at Columbia University, New York. During her stay in New York she filled her free time by taking countless baking and cooking courses. She wants to be like her mother and of course because she is the only daughter, she is automatically the future successor of Vanilla Bakery. Vanilla's father died when she was fifteen years old and Xaviera chose not to remarry until now even though Vanilla doesn't mind at all if she has a stepfather.

Xaviera is a strong woman, since her husband died she raised Vanilla with her own hard work from the cake shop she started from zero until now it has become one of the biggest bakeries in Barcelona. Vanila Bakery has ten branches spread across various strategic locations in Barcelona. Vanilla wants to be like her mother, to be a strong woman who doesn't depend on anyone and only has one love in her life.

Vanilla wants that in the future after marrying Beck, every morning she can make breakfast for Beck and then after Beck goes to work, she herself will go take care of her business, Vanilla Bakery. That's why even though she was already skilled at making various types of cakes and dishes, the girl didn't stop learning. All for Beck's sake, one day he wants Beck to see all his efforts.

"You don't need to force yourself to help me take care of this shop, you can work in the office according to your bachelor's degree," said Xaviera.

"Being an employee at someone else's company?" Vanilla looked at Xaviera with a hurt look.

Seeing her daughter's gaze full of pain, Xaviera understood. The forty-five year old woman sighed. "I'm sorry, I couldn't defend what should be ours."

"It's not your fault."

Vanilla's father is a successful businessman, he owns a company that operates in the field of construction services which is very well known in the city. However, God took it so quickly because of a sudden heart attack and Xaviera, who only knew how to make cakes, couldn't possibly take over the company. Her sister-in-law took control of her late husband's company without providing any clear division or calculation because until now Xaviera has not received a single cent of profits from the company that has gone into her account.

However, the woman chose to be tolerant. He can still stand on his own feet, raise Vanilla well, meet all of Vanilla's needs from the results of the rapidly growing cake shop.

"I have an idea," Xaviera said suddenly. The woman took off her gloves and toque, she called one of her employees to continue her work.

"Mom, what are you going to do?" Vanilla asked as her mother moved the baking sheet containing the ready-to-bake bread away from Vanilla and dragged her towards her mother's private work room.

"We should go to the beauty salon."

Hearing what had just come from her mother's lips made Vanilla's lips fall open. "What?"

"To the beauty salon then we'll go shopping." Xaviera smiled broadly.

Vanilla took off her gloves and toque from her head, she also took off the apron that was attached to her body. "Mom, we are building a cafe and we can't be wasteful."

They were actually planning to build a cafe right next to the main cake shop. Coincidentally, Xaviera had just bought the building when her daughter returned from New York and Vanilla had the brilliant idea to expand their business into the cafe and restaurant sector.

Xaviera threw the apron into the laundry basket then unrolled her hair. "There is a huge difference between a woman's extravagance and her needs." He grabbed his bag and cell phone then grabbed his car keys.

Vanilla also grabbed her favorite mini backpack and was forced to follow her mother's footsteps as she walked away from the room.

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"Mom, this will make me weird," protested Vanilla when her mother chose trendy and feminine clothes. "This doesn't suit me."

"Shut up," said Xaviera. "You only obey me because I'm your mother."

Vanilla snorted in annoyance, since her mother had been treating her arbitrarily at the beauty salon. Starting from cutting her long hair that touched her waist to just her back with a tapered shape at the ends then ordering the beauty salon staff to put on fake nails which would make it difficult for her to roll out the cake dough later and now her mother had also chosen countless outfits. None of it even suited Vanilla's taste.

When she got home, Vanilla almost fainted looking at the pile of clothes her mother had bought. All the clothes were open style, narrow and lacking in material. Also shoes with pointed heels like spearheads and a bag that she can only fill with a cell phone.

"I will replace the entire contents of your wardrobe," said Xaviera so seriously that Vanilla almost had difficulty breathing.

"Mom, don't be kidding me, I don't like that style of clothing," protested Vanilla.

"You want Beck to see you, don't you?"

Vanilla was silent. He had tried various ways to get Beck's attention but until now even though they were engaged, Beck's attitude was so cold. In the two months since he returned from New York, there had been almost no progress in their relationship apart from arguments because Beck was annoyed with all the ways Vanilla approached Beck to send photos of Beck and Sophie if Beck doesn't comply with Vanilla's wishes.