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?”

order of the gift box of this month’s holiday. He turned me down because he didn’t agree to the price we offered. I came

Besides, we have plenty of orders right now, so it’s unnecessary for us to lower our price and make

know. That’s why I still want to bring it up

of valuable

with that Mr. Hobart in the private room just now. Are

slightly. “How did you

what she had overheard at the corner

about this message should be higher than the profits

eyes darkened. “Why should

to take our order or not, it really doesn’t matter. After all, if you cooperate with Park Group for

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 accept your current

took a deep breath. “Thanks a lot, Mr.

lips to a smile. “But, if 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

you these

room. She heaved a sigh of relief. Much

might not have the chance to negotiate with him equally today. No matter what, her

put away his business card and walked to the staff room immediately.

the elevator to reach the first floor. As soon as she walked out from the elevator, she was stopped

around and saw the manager who asked her to send the wine earlier. He stared at her with

stunned. Allison came back to her senses quickly and trotted towards the entrance. The

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

didn’t slow down but fastened her paces. If she were caught