His Contractual Mistress

Gigi turned her head and searched which one Hailey was talking about. She saw a family of five that seemed to celebrate someone's birthday tonight. 

"Are you talking about that cake?" she asked Hailey, looking at the table at four o'clock behind her. Hailey nodded, drooling at the cake for real. 

"I want a slice of that," she uttered like a little girl. 

"Then why don't we order a layer of that?" Gigi suggested. However, Hailey shook her head. 

"No. I want to ask for a slice." She insisted on Gigi.

"Seriously? Why would you ask for a slice from someone if we can buy a lot of it?" 

"But I want to be given to me. I mean, for free." She smiled sweetly with the sparks of her innocent eyes. 

"You're showing your charming behavior, dammit." Gigi cusses, averting her gaze from meeting her eyes. If Hailey acted like this, she couldn't resist! "Hail, we don't know these people! I don't think it is proper to ask for a share if we can buy one. Why would we ask for a slice if we can order?" 

"I told you I don't want to eat if I'm going to pay for it." 

"What does that mean? Why are you acting so weird tonight? I don't know what is happening to you. I mean it, Hail." Gigi sighs helplessly, watching her mouth twitching like a spoiled brat who didn't get what she wants.

"I wanted to eat some of it." Hailey even pointed her lips at the food. 

"How about if I paid for it, then I will give it to you?" 

Hailey pondered about it. She weighed if she liked that idea. Later, she finally agreed. Gigi called a waiter to order a Black Forest Cake. 

"Can you add a strawberry on top of it? And maybe caramel syrup?" Hailey told the waiter. 

Gigi, we're shocked listening to her request. "That was too sweet already! Do you wish to have diabetes? And strawberries are not usual to top a black forest. And caramel syrup?" 

Gigi continued to complain, but she saw that Hailey's eyes began watering. It stunned her why this girl is such a baby tonight. 

"Okay, fine! But they sure don't have a black forest with caramel syrup and strawberries as toppings instead of cherries." 

"Yay!" Hailey cheered. She looked at the waiter, who was stunned for a second. Her eyes are hopeful of granting her request. 

The waiter is trying to figure out how to explain that they don't have that sort of black forest chocolate cake. But he could not reject the order because the customer is someone he should not offend or mess up with. Everyone just learned a while back she is a big investor in this hotel! 

"Well... Ahem! We don't have the one you order, madam. But maybe the chef can do something about it. I will ask the pastry chefs if that can be possible." 

"Really? Then I'll be waiting!" 

The waiter couldn't refuse at all. He nodded and excused himself. He runs to the manager and explains the situation he's gotten into. 

"Manager, I'm very sorry! I cannot say no! She is President Vincent Shen's girlfriend!" 

"You did wrong. However, we can't reject her order." The manager rushed to the kitchen, where the waiter was tailing him. "Listen, people! We have a situation!" 

The manager announced, and all the chefs and kitchen workers stopped whatever they were doing. 

*

Hailey has been glancing at her wristwatch. She's waiting for the waiter to come back with her cake. 

"Stop looking at your watch. It's been just like ten minutes since the waiter left." 

"But he should come back now." 

"Silly! Your order is not on their menu book! The chefs are just trying to prepare your cake, so be patient." 

After another ten minutes, the waiter served the black forest cake to their table. Hailey instantly drooled, staring at the dessert. 

"Here… this is all for you. I'm not having fond of sweets." Gigi pushed the cake toward Hailey, but she frowned. 

"I only wanted a slice." 

Gigi tried to figure out what was going on with Hailey as her moods seem off. This girl is pretty spoiled. But she is weirder this time. 

"Alright! I'm going to slice it!" She gives up studying Hailey's behavior. 

Gigi picked up the cake server that also uses as a slicer. She did a diagonal slice, but before she could slice the other side, Hailey coughs. 

"You want bigger?" she asked the girl. 

Hailey smiled and nodded. Gigi rolled her eyes and moved the cake server to make a one-fourth-sized slice of cake. But Hailey coughs again. 

"You want me to slice bigger than this?" She asked softly, trying to keep her patience and understand this girl acting like she wanted to be pampered tonight. She can't get upset when her eyes can compare to a cute white Siberian husky pup! She owned one when she is little, so she knew how pretty it was. 

Gigi made a big slice and placed the cake on Hailey's plate, and dumped all the strawberries on the side. 

She watched how Hailey excitedly scooped a portion of cake and put it in her mouth. She looks like an angel, flapping wings of how bright her face and her eyes twinkling from delight. 

Gigi shrugs any thought at the back of her head. She's now satisfied to see Hailey was in a good mood. She then texted Tom, and the guy turned in her direction. 

He leaned over, and she whispered to him. "I don't want to eat any sweets tonight. You finish it." 

Tom looks at her with sad eyes. He muttered, "So it means it's a no tonight?" 

Gigi didn't understand Tom. But she had a feeling that his head had a silly thought at the moment. Glaring at the guy, she mouthed, "What are you talking about?" 

Tom grins and whispers, "I am sweeter than any food on this planet. You can have a taste of me for free. Even for life, I am yours forever." 

Gigi smacks Tom's shoulder. "Don't start with me! We have company!" 

She was flushing red from embarrassment! It worries her that the other men heard Tom. This guy's shamelessness has no restraints! 

But it flutters her heart hearing him saying those sweet quotes. It sounded his confession like a joke, but Tom said that he is serious, and her heart believes him. 

While the two of them are flirting, Pitt glanced at the princess, who is now happily eating a big slice of cake. Like it's the entire cake. Gigi actually only had a small portion. Hailey was just having a tantrum and wanted to see she sliced the cake. She thinks it was weird, and this still leaves a mystery to her. 

Realizing what is happening, Pitt widened his eyes and blurted out. "Holy shot! When does she like black forest cake?" 

"Yeah. I remember she's not too fond with a moist cake." Tom chimed in. 

"Why does she suddenly like to eat a whole black forest cake?" asked Pitt one more time like it was a huge mystery of the history. The men on the table just shrug their shoulders for not understanding what is going on either. 

*

Next on: 

Before Hilda went to bed, she went inside to her walk-in closet, halted to where she keeps her jewelry. She opens a drawer and takes out the purple velvet box. She places it on the table and opens the lid. 

One more time, she scanned the pieces of jewelry that she received from her son. Vincent's girlfriend designed these pieces, but she's still touched that her son thought of something special for her birthday. 

In these passing months, they have a terrible relationship because she was against his affair. Now she could feel that her son tried to reconcile with her. 

Hilda put back the box on her jewelry drawers when she heard a knock. 

"Hilda, your phone doesn't stop ringing, and messages keep coming. What's going on? I can't sleep because of the noise!" 

Hilda glared at Fred. She snatches her phone and checks the call history. She wondered why her friends contacted her late at night. And even her assistant. 

Hilda selects one message and reads it. 

"Hilda, do you know that your son's mistress is wealthier than you?" 

Hilda typically would be shocked by this kind of news. She wondered where these women get the story or if this is new gossip, spreading false information. She dialed Crissa's phone number to query. 

"What's going on? What are they talking about!?"