Alexander parked on the opposite side of the street from where the Taste Makers Stake House restaurant was located. He turned off the car engine and looked through the closed driver door window to stare at the stake house for a few seconds, focusing on how the place looked.“Doesn’t look as great as The Mighty Julius Restaurant but I guess it’s still a nice-looking spot” Alexander shrugged then grabbed the door handle and opened the door.He got out of the car and immediately, one of his heightened senses, his nose, kicked in.From where he stood, Alexander could perceive the enticing aroma emanating from the restaurant a few feet in front of him and it was powerful. The aroma was so great that his mouth almost watered.“System, why did you choose this place again?” Alexander asked.It was a weird and unexpected curveball that the system chose a place that sold mostly stake dishes when he had asked for a restaurant to eat at.Clearly, he was asking for a place that sold a different
“I’m terribly sorry about that. Hope the thief didn’t hurt you in the attempt to take your phone” Alexander asked.[“Not at all. I’m perfectly fine. I suspect that it was a pickpocket, so I didn’t even know my phone had been stolen until I got home and tried to use it for something but couldn’t find it in my purse”]“Oh. That’s terrible” Alexander said. [“Well, I was already planning on upgrading to a newer model, so it wasn’t that bad. Thankfully all my photos and important stuff like contacts and documents are backed up in the cloud so I didn’t face any challenge besides going to the phone store to get this new on”]Alexander smiled because things turned out positive in the end.“Lucky you,” he said.[“Yeah. Anyway, I just wanted to tell you that and see how you’re doing. Since I’ve done that and you are about to eat a dish you’re saying smells amazing, I think we should end it here, for now. Talk to you later in the day”] “Yeah, talk to you later. Be careful so you don’t lose ano
As he expected, the food was very delicious and it was only the first bite he had eaten.What would the rest of everything the plate had to offer taste like? Alexander wondered and proceeded to eat.While he ate, Troy and his friends fooled around, making jokes and showing each other social media posts of sexy girls on their phones instead of ordering something. “Look at them. Such noise makers” “I wonder who their parents are ‘cause this isn’t how a well-trained child should behave in front of others” “I hope they eat fast and leave because they are making the environment sour”Some of the customers, especially the older ones whose table was close to Alexander’s gossiped.Troy, who could hear the majority of the side talks being made about him and his friends, clenched his fists.He looked for who to reproach and then turned his torso to glare at the two elderly customers whose table was right behind him. Unlike the other customers, these two elderly folks had just made a concern
He was more angry that she was giving Alexander what seemed to be special treatment than anything else.“Sir?” She said.“Since it’s like that then go tell the other waitresses to make the same dish for themselves and bring it to this table so I and my friends can eat it. This dump should have at least five waitresses who you can ask, right?” Troy asked and saw Eve grit her teeth.“I’m sorry, sir but that won’t be possible,” Eve said.“And why is that?” Troy frowned.“Because the others have already had theirs. The only person who I don’t think has is Joyce. I can ask her if she’s willing but even if she agrees, it’ll only be one plate which isn’t enough for all five of you” Eve said.“Joyce?” Troy grimaced then remembered that Joyce was the name of the waitress he had talked to a few minutes ago.“I don’t think Joyce is going to do that, Troy,” said Melvin, the guy that Joyce had met outside standing by the passenger seat door and told to stop the music. Troy looked at Melvin and ch
Troy returned to his table with the plate then sat down and used the spoon to take a good scoop of the food and ate his first bite.A smile crept onto his face as the food was so delicious he almost fell from his chair. “Wow, Troy. I didn’t think you were going to be able to get that guy to give you the plate” Steven said.“You doubted how intimidating I can be? The kid is no match for me so of course he had no choice but to obey me” Troy replied then took another spoonful.“Can I have a taste?” Owen asked.Troy looked at him straight in the eyes and said “No. If you wanted to have a taste then you should have gotten the food yourself” Troy chuckled and continued eating. He looked at Alexander and saw the young multimillionaire pick up the glass of the beverage Eve had poured for him and drink it.Troy furrowed his eyebrows, groaned, and then stopped eating. He remembered the waitress telling Alexander that the food tasted better if eaten with the special beverage, so he felt unsa
Eve looked up at Alexander, who seemed like a Prince Charming straight out of fairy tales and Alexander looked down at her with his soul-piercing eyes.“Are you okay?” He asked.She nodded.“Yes, I’m fine but I think I twisted my ankle as I fell,” she said, holding her ankle and wincing in discomfort.Alexander looked at his table and used his chin to point at his chair.“Why don’t you go take a seat and relax? Your ankle should heal if you don’t put any weight or tension on it for a wh—“ Alexander said but then moved his head backward, evading a punch to the jaw from Troy. “Woah, did you see that?”“Yes, I did. How was he able to dodge like that?”“Was he even looking when that punch came? I don’t think so”Everyone in the restaurant who saw what happened was surprised and impressed because Alexander wasn’t even looking or paying attention to the young man who just attacked him when he avoided the attack.Alexander turned his head to look at Troy and asked “What do you think you’re
“Oh, my gosh! I can’t believe he just did that to his phone!”“What do you think the other guy is going to do?!”“What should he do? Can’t you see that he’s alone while that arrogant prick came with his friends? If I were him, I would just let it go and call the police or something”“You’re right. There’s no use retaliating and getting beat up on top of everything that has already happened”“I don’t know. After seeing those crazy moves the guy did to evade those attacks, I think he can handle himself”“I don’t care if he can handle himself or not. I came here to eat in peace, so I don’t want to be a part of any fighting”The other customers murmured as they watched Alexander and wondered what he was going to do. Just then, the manager, who had snapped out of his startled state, walked up to Alexander’s table.He faced Troy and said “So you’re the one causing all the trouble that people have been complaining about. What are you going to do about all this mess you’ve created?”Troy gla
Troy wondered what to do about the situation he was in.He decided to try the opposite of what he was doing. Instead of trying to pull his hands free, he was going to push Alexander instead.Maybe that would catch Alexander off guard and he would be able to take advantage of that to get free. Also, because Alexander was pulling, suddenly changing from pulling himself to pushing would take advantage of the force Alexander was using and as a result make his push more effective.With that in mind, Troy quickly switched from pulling to pushing, but what happened next shocked him.Unlike what he anticipated, Alexander didn’t budge. The angle of Alexander’s elbows didn’t change. Alexander was as immovable as a mountain and that shocked Troy. He looked down at Alexander’s feet and tried pushing to see if they would at least move a little bit but, to his surprise, they didn’t.Again, he switched from pushing to pulling to see if Alexander would move but again Alexander remained planted lik