chapter 9

Vera's POV:

I dashed over to my assigned desk and rummaged through it for the phone. When I saw a black phone I swiped across the screen and dialed number one.

"Hello, my name is Moonbucks. "How can I assist you?"

"Hi. My name is Vera, and I'm Ms. Baker's new inter- I mean assistant. I'd like to or-"

"The coffee is coming right up," he cut me short. "Come downstairs and pick it up right now." The phone call ended.

I dashed out the door after hearing Becca yell one of the many nicknames she bestows on me. I was crying in my head, wondering what I had gotten myself into.

My heels were hurting my feet as I stumbled around the coffee shop. I took tiny breaths, aware of everyone's staring. "I'm the new intern/assistant of Ms.Bake-" I gasp when the guy turns around, recognizing it was one of my upstairs neighbors, "You."

He smiles, "Oh, hello there, mama."

If my cheeks weren't already burning, it would have been by his nickname, "I'm no- oh, nevermind. Where's the coffee."

He raised it up