When Jessica gathered all the employees, people were wondering what was going on.

"Are we finally getting that raise?" Harold asked.

"You want a tattoo that much?" Gregory shook his head.

"Shh, she's here." Kyle hushed them as Jessica took the stage.

"Good morning, everyone. Today I'd like to introduce you to a very exciting employee's benefit."

"It has to be a raise!" Harold was certain.

"Can you zip it so we can hear what she says?" Kyle snapped. Ever since Mike had stopped bringing in pieces of heaven, he had been on edge.

Jessica brought Mike up to the stage and started to explain, "I'm sure you all remember the baked treats that Mr. Ross used to offer you."

"Yes, we love his grandmother very much!" Harold shouted, feeling brave. It was one of his withdrawal symptoms.

"Well, it turns out that the baker was Mr. Ross himself. I'm sure you can understand that he felt the need to protect himself."

"What!"

"It was him all along?"

Several employees turned visibly pale. The shock was too much. All sorts of scenarios were running inside their minds; most of them involving an abduction of the baker.

Jessica nodded at Donna who brought in the paramedics for those who needed medical attention.

"Unbelievable." Harvey frowned as he kept his hands in his pockets to keep himself from murdering them with his bare hands. Nobody was going to abduct his boy.

"If I can have you attention back, Mr. Ross is sorry about lying to you, so he has something to offer, which I'm sure will please you immensely."

"We just want the cupcakes!" Harold was brave again.

It was time for Mike to speak. "I'm really sorry, guys. I was flattered that so many people liked what I baked, but at some point, it became too much. I usually bake to get rid of some of the stress, and having to bake so much for you guys was just giving me more stress. I'm sorry."

Jessica shushed the protests and let Mike finish.

"So as an apology, I am willing to offer all of you a 10 percent discount for anything you purchase from my bakery."

"Where is the bakery?"

"Is it 24/7? Please tell me it is!"

"Does it deliver?"

Questions flooded the room so Jessica had to shush them again. "If you will kindly let Mr. Ross finish, he will have a Q&A session shortly."

"Will he have an autograph session too?"

"A biography, maybe?"

"A cookbook?"

At this point, Harvey had to feel more pride than anger. His puppy was already a genius, a caring person, and a good lawyer. The fact that he even baked so well and had good taste in men swelled Harvey's heart with undeniable pride and affection.

Harvey looked up at the stage and saw Mike answer questions from eager fans. He was just about to turn around and get back to his office when Louis walked up to him.

"How long did you know?" The shorter man narrowed his eyes.

"I'm not going to answer that on the grounds that I don't want to."

Louis huffed. "I'm serious! You knew I was dying and you still didn't tell me? Two cupcakes would've easily saved my life!"

"Geez, Louis, I know you appreciate the dramatic aspect of life, but seriously, dying?"

"I was dying, okay? I was having hallucinations! I was even hearing things!"

Then Harvey realized that all of his symptoms had gone away ever since he had admitted his feelings for the baker… which meant that other people who had tasted his goods might have feelings for him too.

'Shit.'

He lifted his gaze and saw people hanging onto Mike's every word.

"I don't mean to be rude but do you happen to be single?"

A pretty secretary asked and Mike looked over at Harvey. He wasn't sure if it was okay to expose their relationship even though he had checked the firm's bylaws and knew that it was legally all right.

"Um… I'm seeing someone." Mike answered, figuring that it would be all right as long as he didn't mention that it was someone from work.

"Anyone we know?" Another female voice inquired and that was when Mike realized that Harvey was headed to the stage.

"Uh… I can't…"

Mike didn't have time to finish the sentence as Harvey yanked him down by the tie and kissed him.

'Oh god…'

Mike closed his eyes and wondered if it was appropriate to kiss a senior partner in front of the whole firm. He could hear all sorts of reactions from the crowd.

"Get a room!"

"Way to go, Ross!"

"Why can't I have an associate like that?"

When Harvey ended the kiss, Mike couldn't help but feel that it was way too short. He watched Harvey walk out of the room with a possessive glow and thought that it was one of the hottest things that he had ever seen.

"Uh… I guess you just saw who I'm going out with. Anyway, thanks for your attention and I'll see you around."

Mike jumped off the stage and left before he would get bombarded with personal questions.

An hour later, Harvey was called into Jessica's office, knowing exactly what to expect.

"I know what you're going to say."

"Really? You knew I was going to give you three pro bono cases?"

"You're giving me pro bono cases because I didn't tell you his secret?" Harvey sat in front of her and crossed his legs.

"How could you not tell me, Harvey? After all we've been through!"

"You never told me you were married, so why should I tell you someone else's secret?"

"Harvey!"

"What was I supposed to do? Throw him to the hungry zombies? I'm his boss. I did what I had to do."

"What do you think we would've done to him? Lock him up in the basement with an oven?"

"Jessica, you tested his cupcakes for drugs. I had a perfectly good reason to do what I did."

Jessica threw her hands in the air. "Fine. You're wrong about one thing though."

"I'm never wrong, so please enlighten me." Harvey said with utter disinterest.

The managing partner smiled knowingly. She never thought that she would get to enjoy such a moment.

"Just say it, Jessica. It irritates me when you smile like that." Harvey was getting annoyed.

"You weren't acting like his boss, Harvey. You were acting like his boyfriend." She couldn't hide her wide smile.

"What."

"You heard me. You wanted to protect your boyfriend." She was having so much fun.

"Boyfriend." Harvey repeated. For some reason, he had never thought of his assistant that way.

"Well, he's your boyfriend, isn't he? Or are you planning to use him and throw him away?"

"I don't throw away people."

Jessica's smile got wider. "Good! I think it's a good thing. Well, at least for you. I'll have to talk to Ross and see if he's handling all the stress coming from working for you and then dealing with you outside the office too."

"You don't need to talk to him. He's fine."

"We'll see about that."

Jessica handed over some paperwork and two pro bono cases. "I'll go easy on you since you were just protecting your boyfriend. And, these are the paperwork required for matters like this. Take care of them till the end of the week, or I'll assume that you're using him as your personal baker and god knows what else."

"I'm taking only one case, and it's not up for discussion."

Jessica studied him for a moment. "Fine. But do not hand it over to Ross. He should not pay for your sins."

"I didn't commit any sins."

"Letting someone nearly die by withholding vital information is a sin."

"How dramatic." Harvey shook his head and got up. He couldn't wait to get back to his office where he would be alone with nobody accusing him.

As soon as he walked into his office, Harvey's taste buds did a manly dance at the sight of a cupcake box on the desk.

'Oh Mike…'

Mike had baked a lot of different things these few days, getting ready for the bakery, and apparently cupcakes had been one of them.

'Let's take a look.'

Harvey opened the box and looked at the decorations. There was a torn T-shirt, a kitchen table, a stick of butter (there wasn't enough space to write so it had ended up as 'BUTT'), kitchen scissors, a Jacuzzi, two pillows, chocolate syrup, and a pomegranate.

'What a nice way to relive those moments.' Harvey thought as he picked up the one with a stick of butter.

'Oh, Mikey…'

He felt like the cupcake was even more delicious than usual. Perhaps he should ask Jessica to test this one.

'I should express my gratitude, shouldn't I?' Harvey pondered as he finished the cupcake. The only thing that could possibly taste better than this would be the baker himself.

He fumbled through the drawers and found a small piece of paper. (Harvey Specter didn't tear a piece of paper to make it small.) Then he scribbled a few words on it and got up from his seat. He could already picture Mike's excited face.

When Mike returned from the copy room, there was a folded note on his desk.

'Oh please, I really hope it's not another creepy love note or a question about the bakery.'

As much as he enjoyed having adoring fans, he wasn't used to dealing with them.

'I just wish it's not from Harold again. Why does he want an additional 5 percent discount? I guess he was telling the truth about paying too much for his rent.'

Mike opened the note and started to read it.

'Oh my god…'

Thanks for the cupcakes. Romance at its best.

- Your boyfriend

He recognized Harvey's handwriting. His heart beat as if it was going to run out of his chest and fly into Harvey's arms.

'Did he use the word 'romance'? Seriously? And the word 'boyfriend'? Both on a same note? He's trying to kill me!'

Then he realized that there was a P.S. under the signature.

P.S. How do you feel about coming undone in a glass elevator?

'He's definitely trying to kill me!' Mike concluded. There was no other explanation.

He quickly wrote a reply on a Post-it and put it inside the brief that Harvey needed. Then he hurried towards Harvey's office with the brief in his hand.

'Oh, I feel like a silly schoolgirl. No offense to schoolgirls, of course.'

Before he met Harvey Specter, he was a nobody who cheated on exams to make a living. After he met Harvey Specter, he was known as the new senior partner's boy with a freakish brain. Then today, he had become Mike Ross, the soon-to-be owner of an amazing bakery who had Harvey Specter as his boyfriend.

'I have to say it does sound pretty nice.'

Donna let him in so he rushed in, left the brief on the desk, and rushed out before Harvey would come back. He would have to work hard for his boss and work harder under his boyfriend, but he wasn't going to complain. He had stopped stress-baking in the last couple of days. He was now happy-baking.

Six months later…

Mike was pacing back and forth in the living room, looking down at his notes. His bakery was going to launch a new menu -a pomegranate muffin- and he was supposed to deliver a short speech in front of the fans and media.

"Relax, Mikey. We both know you learned the speech by heart the minute you wrote it." Harvey said as he enjoyed his morning coffee on the couch. He was ready to go with a three-piece suit on him and enough gel on his hair.

"I'm not worried about the speech. I'm worried about the muffin." Mike said, still in his towel.

"Well, walking around like a puppy that needs to use the bathroom is not going to sell muffins."

Mike groaned and sank down on the couch. He had moved in with Harvey a few months ago and Harvey had let him choose a new couch that was bigger and even more comfortable. Mike recalled the older man saying that he should choose the couch since it was usually Mike's back that ended up on it.

"Harvey?"

"Hmm?" Harvey was busy reading the paper.

"Thank you." Mike smiled. He knew that Harvey actually wanted him to pick some new furniture to make him feel like it was his home too.

"For last night?"

Mike's face immediately turned into the color of a pomegranate. Sex with Harvey was always mind-blowing but last night had been earth-shattering. Mike was amazed at his recovering ability; eight hours ago, he wasn't sure if he would be able to walk today. It was probably the rush of adrenaline.

"I'm so glad today's a Saturday." Mike let out a sigh of relief.

"So we can repeat the performance?" Even though he was still reading the paper, he could feel Mike blush all over again.

"Aren't you even a little bit tired? I can't believe we pretty much ran a marathon last night!"

"We had to burn off a lot of calories, didn't we? And, there's a reason why we bought all that gym equipment."

A month ago, Harvey had set up a mini-gym in one part of the living room. He had told Mike that he didn't want to smell other people's sweat anymore, but Mike suspected that there was another reason. He remembered the short period of time when he had signed up for the gym in the building; Harvey was in a good mood when they worked out together, but on the rare occasions that Mike had gone to the gym alone, Harvey had been furious.

One day, Mike had asked him if he was jealous of other guys seeing him covered in sweat and even though Harvey denied it, he could tell that he had found the spot that hurt. Knowing better than to press until it hurt more, Mike had dropped the issue and had started to work out in their living room under Harvey's piercing eyes. It goes without saying that they christened all of the equipment. Anything new that came through the door got marked by Mike.

"I think I need a kiss." Mike turned to his left to face his boyfriend.

"You already got your morning kiss." Harvey flipped through the pages until he found the sports section.

"I think I need an encouraging kiss. Don't you think my tongue needs a little warm up so I won't get tongue-tied in front of all those people?"

Harvey put down the papers and faced the promising baker. He loved how Mike looked in the morning; freshly out of the shower and heart still unhurt by the events of the day.

"Come here." Harvey patted his lap.

Mike climbed on his lap and sighed as he felt Harvey's lips on his. His hands instinctively curled around Harvey's neck while the latter had his hands firmly around Mike's waist. The kiss was long and lazy. Mike moved his tongue along Harvey's, enjoying the scent of coffee in the warm mouth. But just when he was about to deepen the kiss, he felt Harvey pull back.

"Harvey…" He whined.

"We don't want you too excited, kid. You'll need enough energy to launch the product."

Mike's whine got even louder. "I think it's a little late for that."

Harvey lowered his gaze and had to laugh.

"It's not funny!"

"Why, Mikey, I knew I was a good kisser but I didn't know I was that good." Harvey chuckled.

"You know what? I'll take care of it on my own if you're not willing to." Mike got up from Harvey's lap, only to be pulled back down.

"Lie back and relax. We'll have to make this quick."

Harvey took the towel off his boyfriend and got down to work.

Harvey sent Mike in with his publicist while he took a moment outside the bakery to enjoy the occasion. It had only been six months but the bakery was truly beloved. Mike had to hire more bakers to keep up with the increasing demands and was planning to open a new branch near their condo. The lawyers at Pearson-Hardman always recommended the bakery to their clients, which was no doubt a huge boost for business. There were no words to describe how proud Harvey was to see Mike do well as a brilliant lawyer and also as a passionate businessman.

The bakery was named 'Bread buttered on both sides' which reminded Harvey of all those days and nights when he had buttered up his favorite dessert. Of course, to everyone else's eyes, it was just a nice, long bakery name.

"What are you looking so smug about?" Donna stood next to Harvey, looking at the long line of customers.

Harvey ignored the question and looked at the basket on Donna's arm. "What's that for? You know they give out shopping bags."

"I don't trust shopping bags. You can easily have the goods stolen. Look at this." Donna showed him a lock at one end of the wooden basket.

"You need airtight security to deliver some bread back home?" Harvey didn't even want to know where she had found a basket with a lock.

"Better safe than sorry!" She pulled Harvey's arm and walked into the bakery.

Harvey could see that Mike had already gathered people under the 'newest product' sign and had started to promote his new muffin. His publicist was handing out brochures that read 'When the pomegranate meets the muffin.'

Harvey snorted, memories flooding his mind again.

"You're not going to get closer and listen to his speech?" Donna asked, picking up two boxes of cranberry cookies.

"Nah, I've heard it at least a dozen times. I don't get why he's been so nervous. If people don't like them, I could always sell them to the nearest aliens." Harvey groaned. He sometimes felt that Mike didn't fully realize just how good of a lawyer he was.

"No need for the aliens. The lowly associates are always up for snack." Donna said as she moved to the cupcake area.

Harvey followed her like a shadow and noticed that 'Mike's moist muffins' and 'Cute creamy cupcakes' were selling very well.

"There's that smug look again." Donna pointed out. "Please don't tell me you're associating these treats with something dirty. That's just wrong."

When Harvey didn't deny it and the look on his face only got smugger, she let out a sigh. "Great. Now I won't be able to eat his creamy cupcakes for a while."

"Too bad. I had some right before we left. They practically melt on my tongue." Harvey grinned and left Mike a text message before stepping out of the bakery.

I'll be back home, waiting for a chance to get the pomegranate inside the muffins.

He felt that his message was very appropriate, given the newly launched product. As he walked towards his car, Harvey thought about all the things that he and Mike had gone through together –both at work and at home- and all the things that they would go through together in the future. He was excited.

He felt as if he somehow got a second chance at an amazing life. He considered his life to have been pretty awesome ever since Jessica had picked him up from the mailroom, but this feeling in his chest was much more than 'pretty awesome.' It was amazing to have someone who understood you so well, someone he didn't have to put up his guard against, someone who seemed to have a heart that never stopped spilling care and affection. Harvey couldn't help but get his cell phone out and leave Mike another message.

Don't flatter yourself, kid, but my life has become sweeter with you in it.

THE END.

Author's note: Thank you so much for the encouraging reviews :D May you all enjoy a very sweet weekend :)