The Unparalleled Ex-husband is Back!

Chapter 7

Nolan hung up. He dropped his phone and didn't dwell on the matter anymore. He simply knew that Bob was capable enough to put Grace in her place.

However, the little drama he’d just did, didn't go unnoticed. Everybody inside the cafe were looking at Nolan with gazes of disgust and disdain.

Now, what?

Nolan was taken aback. He simply didn't understand their expressions. 

Shouldn't they be terrified to their guts? What Nolan had just done wasn't simple, it was enough to make any other person pee on their pants. But instead of horror, they felt amazed. 

How can this fool go this far to pretend to know the Manager of Night Shade hotel?! 

If he'd picked any other person else—maybe, just maybe—they would've believed his little drama. But he chose the wrong person, because Bob Knight was unreachable.

Bob was in charge of all the resources and assets that the Wilton family has in Aurora city. He was the kind of man that the richest-of-the-rich families in Aurora beg to have an audience with. 

If anything, he was one of the most powerful men in Aurora city.

Hahaha!!

Hahaha!!

A series of nerve-wracking laughter erupted across the cafe hall. It felt like the entire building was about to experience an earthquake.

“To think that he would go this far just to save some face.” Someone suddenly said.

Hahaha!

Hahaha!

Another round of laughter shot up the building's roof. 

“Ain't you a bit ashamed, brother?”

“How can he be ashamed when he scams people for a living?”

“You ran out of luck, young man. You'd to go and use Bob Knight's name.”

“Hey! Apologize to everyone here for deceiving them.” Chairman Raymond said as he scoffed.

“Apologize? Why? I didn't do anything wrong.” Nolan sneered as he said.

“You didn't do anything wrong? You almost scammed everyone here with your fake call.” Stacey demanded with a cold glare, “Why don't you crawl on your knees and beg every single person in here. Then maybe I would plead with Miss Neil on your behalf not to punish you severely for casually mentioning her boss's name in front of her without adding respect.” 

Stacey was thinking of the best possible way to humiliate Nolan. But to think the fool would play right into here trap foolishly.

“I didn't scam anybody. You can believe it or not. It's not like I am forcing you to.” Nolan crossed his arms on his chest as he responded.

“Miss Neil, what should we do? This fool clearly doesn't want to apologize for offending you. Should I have him beaten up?” Harry said.

Harry wanted to get on Miss Grace's good side. There was nothing like too much connection, after all.

“Do you know who I am?” Grace decided to take actions into her hand if not this bastard would end up tarnishing her reputation. At first, Grace had only planned to humiliate Nolan a bit, however, Nolan has proven to be quite stubborn. It was only natural that she take advantage of her power. This was her territory, after all, and it would be bad for her name if Nolan walked out of this hotel unscathed.

“Ain’t you Grace? The assistant manager of Night Shade hotel?” Nolan continued with an expressionless look, “Bob never mentioned you. I guess you weren't considered important. I can already tell why based on your current behavior. Well, Night Shade Hotel won't be needing your services anymore starting today.”

WTF?!

Gasps erupted like a volcano about to spit lava—inside the cafe. Both wealthy guests and staff members of the hotel were dumbstruck at the same time.

“OMG! What did he just say?”

“The nerve! To humiliate Miss Neil like that!”

“He’s dead meat. Miss Neil would have him beaten to a pulp right away.”

“No escaping that fate for sure. Only a miracle would save you right now.”

“Are you stupid?! How dare you say such a thing to Miss Neil?! To think that I was going to beg on your behalf earlier. You don't deserve my plea. You need to be taught a lesson you'd never forget.” Stacey flared up. 

“Disgusting. You're nothing but a good-for-nothing peasant. What can you possibly do? You think you can scare me with such puny threats?” Grace scoffed. 

“Heh! I'm amazed how he's so calm! One would mistake him for an actual rich heir with such display of character. However, he's still a street tramp. A good scare is enough to set his life straight. He needs to be reminded of his roots, if not, he will keep pretending to be who he's not.” Chairman Raymond said, his hands in his pocket.

“Sir?! It's really you?!” A male waiter suddenly said as he walked into the cafe. 

“I see you've decided to try our cafe's menu. I promise you you won't be disappointed. We serve the most exquisite fine upscale breakfasts in the city. Should I walk you through our menu?” The waiter added with a hint of excitement in his tone. He walked up to Nolan. He could tell what was happening. Some rich heir had offended Nolan and everyone including the assistant manager herself were siding the rich heir and reprimanding Nolan.

The waiter was the only one that knew that Nolan wasn't ordinary, that's why he quickly stepped in to stop the commotion—or, the assistant manager might actually end up offending an important figure.

Nolan was surprised to see the waiter here. He was the same waiter that had served Nolan the twenty expensive dishes yesterday evening. To think that he would run into him today?

Nolan was a bit embarrassed, after all, what he'd done was so outrageous. He could only respond with a wry smile, “I guess.”

“You're so modest, sir.” The waiter smiled as he said. Nolan had left a deep impression on him yesterday. Nolan was so down-to-earth and lowly dressed. Anybody would've easily mistaken him for a lowly peasant. But to think that he was actually a rich heir who likes to keep a low profile.

“Carl, what's going on here? You know this pauper?” Grace asked, very surprised.

“Pauper? Assistant manager, this is the young man I talked to you about yesterday. The same young man that had ordered twenty of our most expensive dishes with a straight face, yesterday. When I investigated about him, I found out that he booked one of our hotel's rooms and will be staying here for sometime. To think I would run into him so soon.” Carl explained.

“What…?”

A series of gasps echoed across the cafe's rooftop. Everyone was stunned to the core.

The young man they were taunting was actually a rich man? How is that even possible? To think that they'd offended someone capable enough to buy twenty of the hotel's most expensive dishes. Most of those expensive dishes had been imported from abroad. They were priced in the tens of thousand dollars per dish.

“Are you sure of what you're saying? Look at his face very well. Are you certain he's the same person?” Grace questioned bitting her lower lips.

“I'm hundred percent certain. It's him yeah. Assistant Manager, I can never forget his face after he left a deep impression on me yesterday. I got to earn so much commission because of him.” Carl nodded as he responded.

“What's happening? Is he someone you know?” Stacey butted in, curiously.

“Yeah. Turns out he is actually one of our hotel's important guests. He did left a deep impression on us all by ordering twenty expensive dishes at once. I'd been looking for him to convince him to open a membership card with our hotel.” Grace explained to them all. Her voice was rather calm all of a sudden.

“Twenty expensive dishes?! How much did it cost in total?” Stacey enquired. She didn't know how much each dish cost since she hadn't ordered for the most expensive dishes once. Stacey knew her boyfriend couldn't afford it so they rather not trail that road.

“Two hundred and seventy-five grand.” Grace responded.

“Two hundred and what? H-how's that even possible?” Stacey was shocked beyond words.