The manager hesitated for a while. When he saw that she kept looking at the table by the window, he immediately understood, “You’re here for that man, right?”
Ellie saw that she had been seen through, so she simply admitted it. She spat out her tongue and said embarrassingly, “Yes, yes, I am courting him, but he is so cold and unmoved by me, so I have to come up with such a solution to impress him so that he can know that I love him very much.” Ellie was an actress after all, so she did not even blink when she lied.
The manager believed her immediately, ‘Young people nowadays are indeed creative to come up with so many ways for the sake of love.’ Thinking that there were not many people in the shop and the girl was beautiful, he let her work in his shop for one hour.
“Okay, just for one hour. You can’t disturb the other customers.”
“No problem, no problem. I won’t move around. I’ll just concentrate on serving.” Ellie pointed, “That table.”
The manager’s heart skipped a beat, ‘It’s good to be young. One can be so flamboyant and unscrupulous. One can be reckless for love. Ah, I’m old. I’m old.’
The manager mourned for his youth for a few seconds, and then he asked a waitress to bring Ellie to change her clothes.
Ellie jumped happily and followed her at the back, not realizing that everything she did had been seen by a pair of sharp eyes.
When Ellie came out, she had changed her dress and replaced it with a very ill-fitting Scottish-style shirt and skirt.
The waitresses in the shop were old, obese women. There was no shirt and skirt which could fit Ellie. She could only stand at the bar in such a ridiculous outfit.
Not long after, one of the customers rang the bell. Ellie volunteered herself to serve coffee to the customer. She carried a tray with two cups of fragrant cappuccino on it. It was so fragrant that she wanted to take a sip stealthily. In the process of delivering the coffee, she passed by Kayden’s table and deliberately slowed down to listen to their conversation.
Ellie slipped accidentally and she lost balance. She hastily pulled the table aside to avoid falling, but the two cups of coffee had already spilt to the ground.
“Oh my god!” The manager shouted in exaggeration, ‘I know something will happen! Her hands are fair and tender. She definitely does not work before. She probably has never held a soy sauce bottle at home. It will be strange if there’s nothing happen when she works as a waitress.’
Ellie apologetically spat out her tongue and acted coquettishly at the manager who was walking towards her with an angry look on his face, “Manager, don’t be angry, the floor is so slippery and I didn’t expect the accident to happen. I will help you to clean it up, I will definitely help you to clean it up.”
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The manager opened his mouth. When he was about to scold her, he suddenly lost his voice and his face was flushed. He came back from his absent-minded after a while. He waved his hand and said, “Forget it, you don’t have to clean it up.” After saying that, he hurriedly asked someone to clean up the floor while he turned around to wipe away his sweat, ‘Oh my god, the man’s expression is horrible, as if he was saying, ‘If you dare to scold her, I’ll put you in trouble.’ The expression is abnormal. Normal people will not have that fierce expression.’
‘It’s horrible! It’s horrible! Some terrible person has entered my little shop!’
Ellie could not help but cheer in her heart when the manager did not look into the matter, ‘It seems that beauty can work well in any country.’
Kayden slowly withdrew his gaze and continued to discuss the topic with Thompson, “To be honest, ZH Clan is very interested in cooperating with your clan. However, the request you make is too harsh. ZH Clan provides the manpower and equipment, but the share is divided in a fifty-fifty ratio, this is unreasonable, right?” The Mafia had only sold a few pieces of information and it was not difficult for ZH Clan to get that information, they just did not want to waste the time.
“That’s not true, without my information, how will you guys know where the mines are?” Thompson said as he smoked his cigar and exhaled gently.
Kayden smiled significantly, “However, the truth of the news will only be known at the moment it is mined, especially these metal ores, there is no way to prove that there is something underneath without digging. Your clan has been in turmoil lately. There are many factions and the accounts are extremely chaotic. You are worried that if you leave it to your men, they will fight over the resources, but if you leave it to someone who is not in your clan, you can’t gain the maximum benefits. You want to achieve your goal but you don’t want to give in. Mr. Thompson, there’s no such thing as a free lunch.”
Thompson’s face changed, ‘I don’t expect that he knows about this!’ When he was about to speak, he was interrupted by a clear and melodious female voice.
“Hello, this is our signature dish, ‘Crock Pot Chicken Milano’, a gift today to thank our customers, please enjoy yourselves.” The person who came was none other than Ellie.
Kayden raised his eyebrows and met Ellie’s soulful eyes. Ellie blinked and that was seductive. Kayden’s heart skipped a beat and his hand trembled. Then, he lowered his eyes and continued drinking his coffee.
‘Damn!!!!!!!!’ Ellie was scolding him in her heart immediately, ‘I have let go of my ego and even done this for you but you still pretend that you’re embarrassed! Can’t you give me some responses! Will you die because of paying attention to me!’
“Just put it down, there is no more business for you here, you can leave now.” Thompson could not help but voice out unhappily when he saw that Ellie was reluctant to leave. ‘Damn, the waitress of this shop doesn’t know how to behave properly. How can we discuss our issue if she stands here? I seriously don’t know why Kayden chose this place. It’s bullshit saying that the merrier place is safer.’
Ellie rolled her eyes, ‘You’re busybody, idiot!’
Kayden was nervous. Seeing that Thompson suddenly narrowed his eyes and looked fierce, he hurriedly spoke to distract him.
“About what I just said, I wonder what Mr. Thompson’s decision ...is.”
Thompson really focused back on the issue. He snorted, “Dividing the share in fifty-fifty ratio is the biggest concession we can accept. You are taking all the benefits if we divide the share in thirty-seventy ratio.” They had taken the lion’s share. The Mafia was not satisfied with the small profit that was leaving behind.
Kayden held a cup and smiled, “Thirty per cent of the share of metal ore is already quite a lot. It’s enough to support an army.”
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