Ecstacy of the Heart

Silence blanketed the private room for a few seconds and the ambience was terrible.

Allison reacted quickly and grabbed the napkin aside, wiping the wine stains from Horace’s suit. “I’m sorry. I’m terribly sorry. I didn’t mean it!”

Mr. Hobart was angry. “What are you doing? Are you blind or handicapped? How can you spill the wine?”

Raising his hand, Horace was calm and gentle instead. He said in a soft tone, “Forget it, Mr. Hobart. Not a big deal.”

Taking a deep breath, Allison looked at Horace and said, “Excuse me, Mr. Geoffrey. Could you come with me please? I can help you clean up. It’s really my fault today. If I couldn’t handle it properly, I’m afraid my manager would also blame me. Please give me a chance!”

Hearing her words, Horace looked up at her and thought for half a second. Then he nodded. “All right,” as he spoke, he stood up and smiled to others in the private room, “Enjoy yourselves. I’ll be right back.”

Then he strode towards the door. Allison followed him in a hurry and closed the door behind her.

As soon as he walked out from the private room, Horace turned around and stared at her solemnly. He asked coldly, “You are not a waitress here. What do you want from me?”

Allison was startled. She didn’t expect that Horace could find it. She took a deep breath and asked with curious, “What do you mean?”

Horace answered in a deep voice, “All waiters and waitresses in JY Club have undergone professional training before working. You are absolutely not one of them.”

Allison gaped when hearing his words. Much too her surprise, Horace was smarter than she had thought. If that was the case, she was worried that he might not agree to her order proposal. However, she still had another bargaining chip in hand.

Biting her lower lip, she mustered the strength and looked up at Horace. “Mr. Geoffrey, you are super smart. I’m not a waitress here indeed. I’m an assistant of the administration department in Parker Group. I came to talk business with you particularly.”

“What kind of business?”

box of this month’s holiday. He turned me down because

from your company. Your quotation is the way too low. Besides, we have plenty of orders right now, so it’s unnecessary for us to

up to you today. Besides, I have a valuable message

kind of valuable

that Mr. Hobart in the private room

slightly. “How did

she had overheard at the corner of the corridor. Sure

about this message should

darkened. “Why

our order or not, it really doesn’t matter. After all, if

silent for a few seconds and said in a softened tone, “Mr. Hobart always dislikes me, which I’ve known it long ago. I didn’t expect he would set me up this time. I believe what you said. As my gratitude, I agree to take your order. But if you want to cooperate with us next time, we cannot

was overjoyed. She took a deep breath. “Thanks

you want to meet me next time, don’t use such awkward means,” as he spoke, he took out

took it with both her hands and

ask my assistant to contact you

private room. She heaved

to frame Horace, she might not have the chance to negotiate with him equally today. No matter what, her hard work

carefully put away his business card and walked to the staff room immediately. She put her own clothes

As soon as she walked

the familiar voice, Allison became nervous suddenly. She turned around and saw the manager who asked

eyes met, they both were stunned. Allison came back to her senses quickly and trotted towards the entrance. The manager chased after her at once. “Stop running!

figure out what was going on. He asked her to send the wine to a room but the patron in that room called him again, saying they still hadn’t got it after waiting for such a long time. Now she was about to leave the club in

getting closer and closer behind her, Allison didn’t slow down but fastened