2026-01-25 19:00:13They ordered shortly after.
Waiters came in, putting menus in front of them. The menus were sleek black leather, etched with gold and lit from the inside with a soft backlight to help with better reading.Gray hadn't even fully opened his when a waiter appeared beside him with a small nod."Would you like the six-course tasting menu, Sir, or would you prefer to order à la carte?"Gray blinked at the question."Uh... tasting menu's fine.""
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Chapter 217: Isn't That Sister Chloe?
Things at the store had settled into a better rhythm over the following days. With that, Gray finally got some time back. Not exactly for himself, considering where he ended up. He was seated at a table in one of the higher-end restaurants in West Arcadia. The kind of place where the waiters wore tailored black suits and held their composure like it was a professional requirement. The menu had no pictures and no prices you would call reasonable. He had wanted to stay home. Lily sat across from him, happily working through the menu with the focused intensity of someone who already knew what they wanted but was enjoying the process anyway. Selina sat on her left, amused and relaxed, entirely at ease in a place where most things cost what they cost. Mara sat on her right, reading the menu with Lily, occasionally pointing at something. Gray rubbed his temple. "Remind me how we got he
Chapter 216: Best Boss
[Ding!] [Mission Complete!] [$20,000 has been added to your wealth.] [+2 Influence gained.] Gray felt the notification settle over him like something he had been holding his breath for. A slow smile spread across his face. It was just 4 in the afternoon but the mission was done. He sat back in his chair and let it land properly. Seven hundred orders in a week. The system, the riders, the staff pushing past the problems, the four going around their neighborhood and asking people to trust the store. All of it had added up to this. Across the room, Mara glanced up from her laptop. "What's with the grin? Don't tell me you're plotting something." "Nothing like that," Gray said. "I'm just in a good mood." "Sure," Mara said, returning to her screen. Gray turned his chair slightly and looked at her. "Order food for everyone."
Chapter 215: Countdown
Dante, Marco, Luis, and Ricky settled into the chairs with the same wariness they always carried into Gray's office. Their eyes moved to him, waiting. Gray leaned forward and clasped his hands together on the desk. "I've got a favor to ask you four," he said, his tone careful. He looked at each of them. "It's not about deliveries this time." The four exchanged glances. "What do you mean, Boss?" Marco asked. Gray's lips curved slightly. "I want you to spread the word. Tell people about the online store. What it offers, how easy it is to order, why it's worth trying. Friends, family, neighbors. Anyone." Dante blinked. "That's it?" "That's it," Gray said. Luis clapped his hands once. "Leave it to us, Boss." "Tomorrow you won't know where to find enough drivers," Ricky said, nodding firmly. "We'll bring in orders." "Consider it done," Marco added. Gray exhaled and let the small smile come through. Their confidence was not just reassuring. It was contagious. "Alright," he said.
Chapter 214: Pushing Through
"How many orders did we have for the whole week, Ben?"Morning light came through the blinds in thin lines, falling across Gray's desk. He had documents open in front of him and his laptop running on the side. Mara was at the smaller table near the window, earbuds in, working through another exchange with Jet2. Ben sat across from Gray with a notepad on his knee.He flipped through a few pages before looking up."We're close to 600, Sir. 593, to be exact."Gray leaned back. "Just under 600?""Yes, Sir." Ben gave a small nod. "But that's still a significant number considering the problems we had early in the week. Feedback has been positive. People noticed the delivery improvements, and some customers mentioned our riders by name."He smiled slightly. "Your new recruits are leaving an impression."From the side, Mara let out a quiet smirk without looking up from her screen. "I heard Dante asking one of the other staff if
Chapter 213: Thank You, Boss
Gray made sure the rough start did not hold them back.In the days that followed, he became more hands-on at the store than usual. He had Mara coordinate directly with Jet2 to close off the rider shortage issue for good and make sure it did not resurface. On top of that, they worked quickly to help the four men complete their formal requirements. Within two days, every document was submitted and processed.As that happened, Gray quietly learned more about each of them.He called the four into his office on a Thursday morning without giving them much of an explanation beforehand. They arrived together, as they always seemed to, and settled into the chairs in front of his desk with the wary energy of people being summoned to a room they were not sure about.Their leader was the tallest of them. His name was Dante. He had a clean shaved head, arms covered in tattoos, the kind of build that made people on the street reroute without thinking about it.
Chapter 212: Just The Beginning
The moment the four men split at the intersection, the real work began.Engines running, phones mounted on their handlebars, they scattered in different directions and followed their assigned routes. For once, they were not running from anything. No debt, no trouble, no bad decision catching up behind them. They were running toward something. Something that actually helped someone.Back at the store, the effect was immediate.The queue of pending online orders began to move. Cancellations dropped. The packing team, no longer watching bags sit uncollected, found their rhythm again. The staff settled back into focused work rather than the frustrated half-pace that had been dragging the day down.And it did not stop there. Following Gray's complaint to Jet2, more riders began appearing in the system throughout the afternoon. It looked like the company had quietly escalated the issue and pushed additional resources to their area. Ben and Gray chose no
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