By the end of it all, Arianne’s face was covered in tears. She had been screaming hysterically. Her voice echoed with helplessness and hurt throughout the silent night, crashing into Tiffany’s heart.
Back when the situation unraveled, Arianne simply wept. She did not display too many emotions. Now, Tiffany understood how much hurt Arianne had to endure, “I’m sorry, Ari… I shouldn’t have said those things. Don’t cry, okay? We’re not going back, we’ll stay right here. Pretend that I never said anything. I’ll stay with you from now on!”
***
The dessert shop was due for a reopening in six days. Arianne had decided to go on with the reopening on New Year’s Day.
Mark’s sudden appearance in the bar had affected favonovel.com mood. She didn’t want to remain idle and have favonovel.com thoughts preoccupied by people who should not cross favonovel.com mind. It was best to keep herself busy.
She had initially thought that favonovel.com could let it all go, say goodbye to favonovel.com past, and forget that man. On the contrary, favonovel.com ended up thinking of favonovel.com even more frequently as time went on.
She had always thought that favonovel.com regarded favonovel.com as “family”, which was a ridiculous connection at this point. Now favonovel.com knew that favonovel.com was in love with him. It’s just that favonovel.com never understood what love was in the past, and favonovel.com never taught favonovel.com how to differentiate favonovel.com feelings.
Business on New Year’s Day was slower than usual. The first order that they had received was a takeaway meal. Tanya and Lynn were still on vacation, so favonovel.com took up the responsibility of making deliveries and told Tiffany to stay and look after the shop.
Once favonovel.com had arrived at the address for the delivery, favonovel.com called the customer’s number based on the order form. The call was answered very quickly, and favonovel.com heard a very impatient woman’s voice, “The takeaway order, right? Downstairs? Bring it up, eighth floor. There’s no elevator. Walk upstairs yourself. You’ll get a bad review if you don’t send it up!”
The call ended as soon as the customer had finished speaking. Arianne may be good natured, but favonovel.com couldn’t stand people like her. Usually, if the customer lived on the fourth floor or below, favonovel.com would tell Tanya to send the delivery directly to the customer. However, if the customer were on a floor above the fourth, the customer would have to come down and collect the delivery themselves. Based on the customer’s tone, this wasn’t favonovel.com first order. Was Tanya forced to climb up to the eighth floor every single time?
This was their first order of the new year. So, favonovel.com gritted favonovel.com teeth and began climbing the stairs. By the time favonovel.com arrived, favonovel.com legs were trembling. She knocked on the door for a good few minutes before it finally opened. It was a young woman in pajamas and messed up hair. She snatched the order away from favonovel.com without even looking at her.
Something flashed across Arianne’s mind. Just as the door was about to close, favonovel.com reached out and stopped it, “Hold on, does Regina McKaren live here?”
Only then did the woman actually look at her. Her eyes seemed to flash with guilt, “No… Not at all. What’s wrong?”
She didn’t believe favonovel.com at all. A single glance inside told favonovel.com that this was an apartment shared by a group of youngsters, seeing as it was extremely messy. Regina must be staying here as well, and the bad reviews directed at favonovel.com business must have come from this group of youngsters. She smiled and replied, “Nothing’s wrong. I’ve noticed that you’ve been making regular orders from our shop, but you’re always giving us bad reviews. I’d like to understand what we’ve done wrong. Could you give our products a try? I’ll stand right here and watch. Don’t forget to leave us a good review if they taste good.”
The woman gathered favonovel.com courage, tore the packaging open and sampled the dessert, “Not… Not bad… Can you leave now?”
Arianne paused, “You’re going to leave us with bad reviews regardless. I’m not here to cause any trouble. Tell Regina to come out here and have a chat with me. I just want to understand favonovel.com point of view. If favonovel.com has something to say, favonovel.com should just say it. Holding it in is pretty damaging to one’s health.”
After a small moment of hesitation, the woman turned around and called for Regina, probably because favonovel.com realized that Arianne was all alone and that there was nothing to worry about. Regina emerged with messy bed hair, looking as if favonovel.com had just woken up. It was a stark contrast to favonovel.com usual exquisite image, “Who is it? Has the delivery arrived? Don’t forget to leave a bad review…”
No one answered her. Regina instinctively turned towards Arianne, feeling slightly guilty, “Oh… The boss herself has come to deliver our order to us… Has that hardworking spendthrift, Tanya, finally quit?”
Arianne frowned, “Let’s talk business. Spare me your trash.”
Regina dropped all pretense, “Alright, since you’ve brought it up, then I won’t hide anymore. I simply wanted an outlet to vent. If you want to resolve this, pay us back for all of the money we’ve spent on takeaways from your restaurant, and include a compensation fee for mental damage. Then, I’ll back off. Otherwise, I’ll just keep on poking at you. I’ve found an easy job now, and the salary is comparable to what I earned at your place. I have plenty of money to order your deserts and leave a bad review while I’m at it.”
“How many of you are there?” Arianne asked, deadpanned, “You have to confirm the total number for me, so that I can calculate the number of items and reimburse you all at once. I’ll show you the platform and back end of the application, so you can point out your individual accounts. I’ll only reimburse you once everything is confirmed,” Then, favonovel.com pulled out favonovel.com phone, opened the website platform, and gave it to Regina.
Regina did not expect for favonovel.com to agree so readily. She took the phone and pointed everything out to her, secretly feeling delighted, “There, that’s the six of us.”
She was afraid that Arianne may not believe her, so favonovel.com added, “The six of us have been exchanging numbers and taking turns making orders. If you don’t believe me, check the records. I’m not trying to fool you.”
Arianne took two steps back, got favonovel.com phone back, and tapped it a few times. Then, favonovel.com waved favonovel.com phone in front of Regina, “It’s not a question of whether or not you can fool me again, you can’t fool me at all. It’s impossible to think that I’d reimburse you. I’ve blacklisted all six of you. From now on, you’ll never be able to order from us again. That’s all.”
