"I mean, it's not that you're rejected at this restaurant. Even your order is ready and you just have to serve it at this table, but it's him who is rejected," said the waiter, pointing at Ethan.
"What do you mean by this? I don't understand!" Lydia starting to get angry because the hunger she was feeling now made her start to get annoyed at this waiter's words.
"We're just waiter, sis and we're just listen to orders from our superiors."
"Okay then, call your manager over here, quick!' Lidya glared at the waiter.
The waiter immediately raised his hand towards a man in a small dress wearing a tie and a white shirt who seemed to have been looking from a distance at the table where Lidya and Ethan were, so he went straight to this table.
Meanwhile, Ethan, who was no longer excited to see the waiter's behavior earlier and because he loved Lidya so much and he knew that Lidya was currently very hungry, therefore, Ethan had asked Tony to found information about this restaurant through the wa message he sent. send it to Toni and also to Andreas.
"Why are we being refused to eat at this table, sir? Do you think we don't have the money to pay for the food we ordered?" Lidya asked, glaring at the newly arrived Manager.
"Calm down, Sis Lidya. In this restaurant, you even will be treated like a great guest, because you have been considered by friends of the owner this restaurant," replied the restaurant manager while smiled kindly at Lidya.
"Then why did the waiter say that we were rejected in this restaurant and how do you know my name?" Lydia began to furrow her brows.
"Perhaps the waiter earlier didn't fully say what I ordered him. Even though I mean this, Sis Lidya, you are considered a great guest because the owner of this restaurant is a friend of Mr. Ardy from Mulia Investments."
"Oh, so the owner of this restaurant is Ardy's friend, right?"
"Yes, Sis. So, you were never kicked out of here but for this person who was with Sis Lidya." The manager pointed to Ethan. "He's the one who shouldn't be in this restaurant, that's why we had to kick him out."
Hearing the restaurant manager's words that mentioned Ardy's name, Lidya immediately nodded her head, she now understood what was happening here. She now knew what game was going on in this restaurant.
Therefore, Lidya immediately held Ethan's hand. "Let's just move from here. This restaurant is not friendly to customers, I promise that from now on, I will no longer eat at this restaurant."
"But you're already very hungry, Lidya, you have to eat right away, if we move restaurants, it will take a longer time to prepare while you're very hungry," Ethan said.
"It's true what he said, Sis Lidya. It's better if Lidya just eats at this restaurant, especially all the food that Sis Lidya ordered earlier has been prepared and just served. As soon as I snap my fingers, the food will immediately be delivered to this table. But ..."
"But my boyfriend has to go. Isn't that right? That's what you mean? That's not what Ardy meant, huh?! He purposely arranged all of this so that I wouldn't feel comfortable with my boyfriend. Isn't that right?" asked Lidya in response to the manager's words.
"This is indeed what we demand in this restaurant, Sis Lydia, my apologize. If Sis Lidya wants it right away eat well at this place, then he should leave, Sis Lidya."
Lidya was furious at the restaurant manager's words.
"If my boyfriend has to leave, I will also leave here!"
Lydia grabbed Ethan's hand again but Ethan just got some good information, so Ethan said, "Just be patient. Maybe things will change."
"How can you be patient, Ethan? They kicked you out of here and I can't possibly eat here alone. Even though I'm already very hungry, even though I have good food here, but I won't feel at peace if I eat alone without you."
"Be patient, Lidya. Maybe you don't need to eat alone, maybe we can still eat together at this restaurant and maybe this manager will be fired soon. That's my hope," Ethan said.
Hearing Ethan's words, the manager immediately burst into laughter. "You're so funny, I heard you're just a cleaning service, right? That's why you were rejected here. Now you're saying you want to fire me, on what basis? With what power did you fire me, huh?"
"Just wait and see." Ethan's tone was still flat and not rising.
"That's for sure, like this. If one day you want to apply for a job as a cleaning service at this restaurant, so I'll be the first to kick you out!"
"Okay, your words are threatening and I don't like people who threaten me. Remember, there is a committee that deals with people who work as managers in European and American class restaurants. And hotels like this restaurant and I can report you so that when you get kicked out of this restaurant, you won't be able to work as a manager in any high-end restaurant and hotel in the world."
Ethan's words infuriated the manager. "I do know about the committee but rest assured, even if you report to the committee, your report will not be heard by them. Who else will hear the cleaning service like you!" the manager sneered.
"We'll see what happens. Because my report just got there."
"You will not be heard by the committee. They will only hear complaints from rich people so that managers who are blacklisted by rich people will not be able to work in European-American restaurants and hotels, but you? You are just a cleaner service, be aware!"
"Maybe I'm just a cleaning service but I know the ins and outs of reporting on the committee," said Ethan.
"Ha ha ha. Whatever. After all, that won't happen, because I won't be able to get fired from this restaurant. I've been moving around from European and American-class luxury restaurants and hotels service. So I can't possibly be fired from this restaurant, keep that in mind!" said the Manager.
Lidya was silent when she heard the fight between Ethan and the manager. After that, she pulled Ethan's hand again. "Let's get out of here. I don't have the appetite to eat at this restaurant anymore!"
"Wait a minute, Lidya. I can't bear to make you have to wait hungry again in another restaurant, therefore, you have to eat at this restaurant, you haven't eaten since noon so you have to eat at this restaurant."
"But I don't want to eat alone at this restaurant, Ethan. I want to eat with you."
"Who said you're going to eat alone? You're going to eat alone with me. I promise it will happen after this manager is fired."
The manager seemed to be laughing heartily but then the mood quickly changed.