Deal With The Devil: An Enemies To Lovers Billionaire Romance (Married At Midnight Book 1) by Vivian Wood

Author:Vivian Wood [Wood, Vivian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781959830146
Publisher: Vivian Veritas Publishing
Published: 2023-03-02T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

TALIA

"Get that!"

The manager of my second job, a high-end restaurant called Tusk, points out a table where the couple has just left. His brow furrows at me as he whips his hand in a circle.

"Can you move it? I need to have you working, not gawking."

"Of course," I say. I tug on the hem of my short skirt as I hurry to clear the table. I pull off the glasses first, then stack a pile of plates. I grab the glasses and plates and turn to carry them into the dishwashing area called the dish pit. Brian stops me, hustling up to me with a large tray.

"Get everything at once. Clear the entire table. I can’t believe I’m having to tell you this," he hisses. "Usually, when I train a new hostess, she is inexperienced. But I don’t have to tell them things that are common sense. I’m going to need you to do better if you want to keep working here."

He says it matter-of-factly, and the table to my right notices, turning their heads and arching their eyebrows. I feel my face heat as I bite my lip, feeling a wave of shame and sadness. I don’t want to cry in front of this entire room of people, but my manager is making it very hard.

Brian shoves the wide black tray at me, knocking it into my stomach so hard that I stumble backward. My breath is knocked out of me, but Brian just smirks at me, turning on his heel and threading his way through the busy, crowded dining room.

It’s seven thirty at night, and Tusk is absolutely jammed with people, every single employee thrumming with energy as they move about their business.

Gulping, I clamp my lips shut, determined not to show weakness.

As I stack plates and glassware on the tray, a vague memory swims to the surface of my mind. It’s the fleeting image of Dare leaning down to me and whispering that my face is too easy to read.

I thought that Dare was crazy and that he was making up rules for interacting with the Morgan family that would never apply outside of their fancy estate. But here I am, using some of the same emotional control that I have only recently discovered.

Who would have thought that Dare would be useful to me?

As I lift the tray onto my shoulder, I struggle under its weight. The thought that pregnant women aren’t supposed to lift anything flits through my mind.

Is that true? I don’t actually know. It’s just another thing for me to worry about.

After I rush the tray to the dish pit, I head back out front and make a beeline for the hostess stand. There is another hostess working, as is the usual schedule for hosts on the weekends, or so I’m told. I’m working with Anna, a gorgeous young blonde with a short black dress and the highest heels I’ve ever seen anybody successfully walk in. She spots me and gives me a disapproving look.

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