Chapter 1 - Cake Tin

“Dude, what the hell?” She messaged him a picture of the empty cake tin.

“Sorry, needs must!” He replied quickly. A subsequent photo followed, his belly straining against an office shirt.

She rolled her eyes at her phone. “I’m so gonna have to put you on a diet one of these days!” She typed.

“I’ve heard that before!” He sent as a quip, before another picture from him landed on her phone, of a half-eaten donut this time, resting by his mid-morning coffee.

“Only one??” She feigned her disappointment via text.

His answer came in the form of a picture of an open box of four donuts - with one gone, three left to go.

It was no wonder he was getting chubby, she thought, smiling as she typed her next thought.

“But a whole honey cake though?” She asked incredulously. “Don’t you know how much I love honey cake??!”

“Me too!!” His words came with a wink, before a more regretful, “Sorry,” followed suit. “I just couldn’t help myself!”

“I know, … it was tasty!” She typed and tutted. “But a little remorse is good though. Although I’ll only truly forgive if those donuts go. x” She sent him a smirking-eyed emoji, then one sticking out its tongue.

“You’re getting pretty cheap these days.” He continued to tease her via text. “I guess everyone has their price!”

“I’m about to get much richer the bigger you get!” She fought back a little, and leaned into his energy once more.

“That’s Biting talk.” His typing and spelling finally let him down, his slick phone screen succumbing to the onslaught of thick and chubby sugar coated thumbs.

“That’s it then,” she goaded him. “I’m about to bake another batch of honey cake, … like right now. And it’s all for you to enjoy.”

“Just keep it safe this time!” He replied, with a wink. “Listen. Really gotta go - ten minute catch-up with the boss. See you after work. x”

“Whatever. Just eat your donuts fatty!” She answered, and grinned, feeling like the true one in charge of him right now.

And thirty minutes later, her phone buzzed once more, and a photo of an empty donut box was revealed, an apology and reward for her persistence in one.