“Were you just saying this one is delicious?” Lena gestured toward a small, dome-shaped cake with a blue gradient design. It was decorated with white sugar pearls of various sizes, perfectly sized for two at four inches.
Cassian snapped back to attention. "Oh, right. Yeah, this one’s pretty good—and not too sweet, actually."
He was a regular at the shop, often buying cakes for his younger sister. Having sampled nearly everything on the menu, his recommendations carried weight, a fact Lena had already guessed.
"I’ll take one of these, please," Lena told the staff.
Cassian picked out his choices, too. Lena noticed he’d selected four different desserts and asked curiously, "Are these all for Tessa?"
Lena knew he wasn’t fond of sweets himself.
"Yeah, she did well on her test, so I promi
