A NIGHT WITH THE CRAZY CEO

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

HONEY CROWN RESTAURANT **

MANAGER’S OFFICE**

**ADRIAN**

“Good afternoon Sir.” Mrs. Williams greeted me timidly. If I had not known her, I would have thought she was a gentle woman but in reality, she is not gentle at all and that is why she’s still working for me.

“Good afternoon Mrs. Williams. I came to see how everything has been going. How is everything going?”

“Everything has been fine Sir. Lots of customers have been coming daily and sales have been going smoothly. We even had to restock the food items twice last week.” She said smiling.

“Wow! That’s nice. Are the employees performing their duties well enough?” I asked.

“Yes, they are doing great. But there are some of them that comes late sometimes and always have excuses for their tardiness.” She stated.

“Who are those people?” I asked.

“One of the cooks and two other waitresses.” She responded.

“Are they present now?” I questioned.

“The waitresses are present but the cook is yet to arrive.” She replied.

“Since when did she start coming late?”

“She had only came late twice and had excuses for it.”

“Okay, warn her when she comes that you’re going to fire her when next she comes late after today.” I said.

“Alright Sir, I would do that.” She nodded.

“That’s all. I’ll be going now, someone is waiting for me.” I said and stood up before walking out of the office with Mrs. Williams behind me. I got to the table Manuel and I were sitting at earlier but didn’t meet him there. I was confused for a moment then I remembered that I told him to go and wait for me in the car. I exited the restaurant and Mrs. Williams followed behind me. At that moment that I came out, a lady was also about to enter the restaurant but Mrs. Williams stopped her from going into the restaurant.

“Hey Cherry! Come over here.” Mrs. Williams called out and the lady looked at her before coming over.

“Sir, this is the cook that I told you about.” Mrs. Williams said and the lady looked puzzled.

“So this is her, just let her know that if she comes late again, she’ll be fired immediately.” I stated before walking away. I walked to where I had parked my car earlier but couldn’t find my car. I checked around but I didn’t see any car that looks like mine. Don’t tell me it’s what I’m thinking. My phone decided to ring at that time and I brought it out of my pocket to see that it was Manuel calling and I answered the phone.

“Hey Adrian!” He uttered.

“Where are you and where’s the car?” I asked not bothering to reply his greeting.

“Something came up and I had to take your car. I would have returned it but I got a call from the office.” He explained.

“What the hell! How did you get into the car? Didn’t I lock it?”

“Well, turns out you might have forgotten to lock it.” He said chuckling.

“This isn’t funny! How do you expect me to get home?!” I yelled.

“You can just take a cab or walk if you feel like exercising.” He said.

“I’m so gonna get back at you for doing this to me.” I said with clenched teeth.

“Whatever, just take this as a revenge for yelling at me and acting as if you were my dad.” He cackled before hanging up and I gritted my teeth angrily.

“Manuel… I’m so gonna deal with you!” I growled angrily. Since when have I taken a cab? I have not even entered a cab since the twenty eight years that I’ve spent on earth and Manuel expects me to take a cab. Okay, I’m gonna take a cab and deal with him later. I went to the side of the road and waited for close to twenty minutes before I finally saw a cab.

“Good day. Where are you going?” The cab driver asked after I had sat down at the backseat. The seat felt hard against my butt. My car seat is way more soft than this.

“Hmm, I don’t really know the address but do you know COLLINS’S FASHION INDUSTRY?” I asked and the driver smiled.

“Of course I know the place, who wouldn’t?”

“Okay, take me there please and drive fast.” I said and he started the car. During the ride, I used the little time to go through my emails to check if I have new mails and I replied the very important ones. I raised my head when I felt the car shake for some seconds.

“What was that?” I asked.

“Sorry about that. The car hit something.” He said.

“Oh okay.” I responded and faced my phone again. After some minutes, I looked at the driver when I saw that we were nit there yet.

“How long is this ride gonna take?” I asked when I started getting impatient.

“We’ll get there soon.” He replied.

“I thought there was a shorter way we could take to the place?” I stated more like asked.

“There is a shorter way but there is a heavy traffic there right now.” He answered.

“Okay, just drive more faster. I need to get somewhere.” I demanded.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

“I’m going as fast as I can. If I go faster than this, we could be told to pull over and I’m sure you don’t want that.” He said and it sounded reasonable.

“Fine, just drive.” I said and sat silently. Some minutes later, we finally got to my destination and I got down fro the cab immediately. I closed my eyes and inhaled the fresh air and smiled contentedly. It felt as if I was suffocating in there. I’m never entering a cab ever again.

“You haven’t paid my money yet.” I heard the driver say and I opened my eyes.

“Oh, that’s right.” I said and brought a few dollar notes outta my wallet before giving it to him.

“This is way more than the amount you are supposed to pay.” The driver said.

“Yeah, I know that. You can keep the change.” I said and walked away without waiting for him to thank me. I walked into the building and took the elevator to Manuel’s office floor. I entered his office and it was empty. I sat down at his chair and waited impatiently for him to get here.

“Yo Adrian, what are you doing here?” He asked in a surprised tone when he entered his office and met me.

“I’m here to collect my car keys. Where is it?” I asked coldly and stretched my hand to the front. He dipped his hand in his pocket and brought it out before dropping it in my hand.

“You didn’t have to come here just for this, I could have just told my driver to drive it to your place.” He said.

“Well I’m here now and I’ve collected what I came here for so I’m going now. I don’t have time to exchange words.” I said and stood up.

“Wait… don’t tell me you’re angry.”

“Of course I am. You fucking made me enter a cab today. A whole ME!” I shouted.

“See, I’m sorry about that okay? It won’t happen again.”

“Keep your apology to yourself. I’m done here.” I stated and glared at him hardly before I walked out of his office and I made sure to bang the door loudly.

TBC