No Strings Attached

Chapter Thirteen

Being more agile, Jisoo managed to dodge the attack.

“Why didn’t you introduce her to me? Completely forgotten about your dear friend who’s working her butt off in the kitchen?”

“Gosh, are we going to argue about such things? There’s still a long queue outside,” Lisa said hastily, trying to change the topic.

“Lisa ya, I’m only kidding. I must say that I’ve never doubted your taste in women. She’s hot!”

Lisa blushed as she threatened to use a whisk to smack Jisoo if she continued teasing her any further.

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A Spoonful of Sugar became Jennie and Rosie’s new haunt when they had the cravings for something sweet. They would usually drop by the café to pick up a few slices of cakes before heading to Jennie’s house. At times, they would dine in if the café wasn’t crowded.

There were several regular customers who patronized the café frequently. One of them was a lady named Minjung. She was a well-dressed and elegant lady in her late thirties who frequented the café since its official opening. However, she was a little eccentric. She would buy everything on the display as long as Lisa was the one who baked it. The amount of cakes didn’t matter to her as she claimed that it was her way to show support for Lisa’s excellent skills and that she would donate the cakes to charity.

Everyone at the café was aware of her strange buying habits. Yeri and Jisoo often hid a few slices of cakes as a backup in their kitchen in case any of their regular customers came to their café late. They didn’t want to disappoint any of them.

One evening, the door of the café swung open and there stood Minjung.

“Good evening Miss Lee, welcome to A Spoonful of Sugar,” Yeri greeted politely.

“Hello Yeri. Is Lisa around?” Minjung asked, taking off her sunglasses and looking around the café.

“Lisa unnie isn’t in right now, I’m not too sure where she went.”

“I thought she has an off day at the Academy today, so she would definitely be here. Nevermind then, I’ll wait here for her. Please give me a slice of cake and an iced latte,” Minjung said.

“Which type of cake you would prefer?” Yeri asked politely.

“As long as it’s baked by Lisa, I’m fine,” Minjung replied flatly. “By the way, pack the rest of the cakes which are baked by her as well. I’ll pick it up when I leave.”

“Yes Miss Lee.”

Minjung sat at one of the tables and took out a home interiors magazine to read while waiting for Lisa to arrive.

Moments later, the main door of the café opened. Minjung looked up for a second and stared at the visitor who was walking in.

“Hey Jennie unnie! The usual for you?” Yeri greeted merrily.

The brunette removed her sunglasses and placed them into her handbag. “Yes Yeri-ah. Thanks.”

Yeri tilted her head to the side, signalling to Jennie regarding the presence of that weird woman. Jennie merely nodded and took a seat furthest away from Minjung. Jennie never liked Minjung. She felt that the older woman had ulterior motives for buying up almost everything in the store. Of course it didn’t do her heart any good when she realised that Minjung seemed to have a soft spot for Lisa and often tried to ask her out for dinner.