Hearing Amanda’s laugh, the receptionist straightened up and she stared at Lily with pure disdain,
“Ma’am, the coupon must be new,” she said curtly in a cold and dismissive tone. “If it’s older than thirty days, we won’t be able to accept it. So if you don’t have anything more recent, we can’t apply it here.”
Lily glanced from the receptionist’s indifferent face to Amanda’s mocking smile.
She could already tell that Amanda was enjoying this and hoping to watch her leave the store embarrassed.
Lily spoke to the receptionist with a half smile. “The coupon is just a few days old,” she said, sliding it across the counter.
The receptionist’s skeptical look remained.
She scrutinized Lily thoroughly. Lily was dressed casually in her hoodie and jeans.
The young woman in front of her didn’
