CHAPTER 1
Bella’s pov.
“Enjoy your meal,” I said putting down the the last plate of food in my hand on the table of the customers— a man and a woman in their late 20s, the man looking stunning in a black suit and the woman who sat opposite him was in a pink long dress she was looking beautiful also.
I think they are on a date or a business meeting as we usually get a lot of such customers. Anyways, it is none of my business.
I smiled faintly as I dashed back to the counter tiredly.
The restaurant was quite filled up with lots of customers sitting unattended to. “It’s going to be a long day.” I sighed as I picked up the tab to take more orders.
Suddenly, I heard a loud chaotic murmuring coming from the table I just served.
I rushed there as fast as possible to see what was going on.
“What the hell were you looking at, that you couldn’t concentrate on the work you are here for?” a woman raised her voice loudly and all eyes were focused on her and the drama going on.
On getting there I saw one of the waitresses—Kate, picking up the piece of broken cup on the floor, as she bowed her head down in embarrassment and apologizing for spilling the tea on the lady’s dress.
The lady who seems so unmoved still ranting, “Do you know how much this dress is worth? Do you even….”
“We are very sorry for the inconvenience ma’am .”I interrupted.
“Will your sorry fix my dress?” She retorted with an angry look on her face as she turned to face me.
I went silent disgusted by her words.
I possibly can’t reply as I wish cause my job might be at stake, I can’t afford to lose my job not even for this.
“Can you call me the manager of this place? I want a refund for the damages caused.” She said boastfully with her gaze fixed on me.
“Sorry ma'am, the manager is unavailable at the moment,” I responded politely.
The man who came with her was all focused on his phone acting like nothing was going on around him.
“Lucas, why did you bring us to a very incompetent place?”
“Now my expensive dress is ruined, the manager is nowhere to be found and I don’t think these wretched employees can afford a refund.” She raised her voice even more louder trying to get the attention of the man that came with her.
“Let it go, Joan, I will get you another one at the mall.” He responded as he turned off his phone screen looking at her.
I could tell they were in a relationship. I thought to myself still worried about what she will say next.
“You both can go now.” He said turning to I and Kate.
“Thank you very much, sir.” We said simultaneously. As we bowed our heads thanking him I took a quick Look at her as she sat down calmly, but still had that angry look on her face.
We walked away fastly to continue our activities that had been on hold for some minutes.
I started taking orders from the customers who had been patiently waiting for us as they watched the drama unwind. After a few minutes, I saw them— Lucas and Joan heading out, I sighed in relief. At least one of the problems of the day has been solved.
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Done for the day, I cleared the tables while Kate did the dishes so we could go home as soon as possible.
My phone started buzzing continuously, I picked it up from the table to see who was calling and it was an unknown caller ID
Hesitating to pick up the call, I finally picked up.
“Hello?” I heard a male voice coming through the phone.
“Good day, who am I speaking with please?” I responded swiftly.
“My name is attorney Patrick, am I speaking to Bella Davis?” He said formally.
“Yes sir, Any issues?”
“No ma’am, I am Mr Davis' lawyer.”
“ sorry for the loss, I just heard about his death. I’ve been out of town for a while that is why I couldn’t reach you.” He spoke in a sympathetic tone.
“Thank you very much, sir,” I replied.
“Your dad, Mr Davis dropped a document with me a few months ago, he asked me to give you when he is gone.”
“What document?” I interrogated.
“It’s a contract he signed with Anthony Fernandez, I will be dropping it off at the house now please go through it.”
“Take care.” He said as he hung up.
“Anthony Fernandez?” I wondered to myself, rolling my eyes trying to remember where I once heard the name from.
I quickly opened my phone search bar to check.
“Who is Anthony Fernandez?” I typed the on the keypad.
Search bar: Anthony Fernandez - Founder of Anton Enterprise. A multi-billionaire who owns different companies around the world. Net worth: 300 billion dollars as of today.
I scrolled further, and Anton Modeling Agency gained recognition as it top the charts as the top 20 best modeling agency in the world.
“Wow this is amazing, Dad must have signed a contract for my upcoming modeling career I told him about.” I smiled as I thought about my dad who died a few months ago after fighting for his life from hypertension and high blood pressure.
My Dad has always had it for as long as I could remember but it all got worse when he lost a lot of money in a business deal with a fraudulent company.
He took a loan and couldn’t pay up so the bank had to take away all our properties even the company he worked hard for.
He got very sick after the incident and lost his life at the end.
Life has been pretty hard for me since he died, I had to look for a job to take care of my needs. That is why I am working my ass off here in this restaurant.
“Bella, please be fast we have to go home it’s getting late,” Kate uttered sharply bringing me out of my thoughts.
I quickly rounded off what I was doing and headed home all excited about the contract Mr Patrick stated.
I boarded a taxi home as I imagined a lot of things that could be in the contract with the multi-billionaire.