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But what to do with this bouquet?It seems too wasteful to throw away.

Kathy carried the bouquet to the counter again, "I don't want this bouquet, anyone who wants it can take it."

Ivy looked at him as if looking at an alien, and exclaimed: "You don't want it anymore?" If she had received such a bouquet of flowers, she would have to hold them around and show off, but he didn't want it. "Why?"

"No reason, if you don't want it, you don't want it." Kathy waved to his colleagues, "You can share it, you can give it to your girlfriend or wife."

Everyone glanced at each other, and immediately swarmed up. Even the bar managers, Harvey and Stanley, noticed the commotion at the reception, ran over to find out what was going on, and grabbed roses after asking about the situation.

Kathy was dumbfounded, "This... this is the hotel lobby, pay attention to your image."

Is there such an exaggeration?Have you never seen a rose in your life?

He heard someone shout: "There are still many, enough for everyone to share, call the room service staff."

In less than 10 minutes, only a few green leaves of the rose bouquet were left lying on the counter, and the rest, including the wrapping paper and ribbon, were separated.

Kathy finally saw the true colors of her colleagues today.

"Really, you guys should be more polite."

The bell rang, and Kathy picked up the phone while whispering, "Hi, this is the reception."

"Kathy," the clear baritone greeted cheerfully, "Good morning."

Kathy didn't expect it to be him, and almost jumped up in fright, wiped cold sweat and lowered her voice, covering the microphone with one hand as if afraid of being heard, and replied: "Good morning, Mr. Salman."

"Did you get the flowers?"

Kathy looked at the few green leaves lying on the counter, "Got it." He said guiltily, "The flowers are beautiful."

"So what's your answer?"

"Uh, this..." Kathy said awkwardly, "I'm afraid I won't be able to have dinner with you, sorry."

If Felix knew that Salman made frequent moves and actively invited him, would he kill him in a fit of anger?In order to prevent Felix from going back to his old job, Kathy had to refuse him.

"It's because of him?" Salman had expected that Kathy would refuse, so he proposed a backup plan, "It's okay to change it to lunch, and the place is in the restaurant on the first floor of the hotel. I know that there is no lunch break at the reception. You and your colleagues You have to take turns eating in the staff canteen before returning to work, so I will ask the hotel manager to give you a two-hour break, so you don’t have to worry about being deducted from your salary.”

Kathy would rather eat leftovers from last night's banquet in the staff cafeteria than dine with Salman.

"But Mister Salman, I—"

"Just make up your mind, Kathy." Salman interrupted his imminent refusal and said domineeringly, "You have to give me a chance. If you feel guilty, we can start with ordinary friends. I don't want to. mind."

But I don't mind!

"Mr Salman, I really can't—"

"I'll go down to find you at twelve o'clock, see you later."

After speaking, Salman hung up the phone without giving Kathy a chance to say no.Kathy was sweating furiously in his heart. The Arab sheikh's dictatorship was as good as Felix's. What should he do?

"Kathy, it's time for the morning meeting." Ivy reminded.

Maybe he could talk to his manager and ask him to decline Salman's request for a two-hour lunch break so he wouldn't have to have lunch with Salman.

Thinking of this, Kathy regained her spirits. "The reception will be left to you for now."

The place for the morning meeting is a small meeting room attached to the manager's office. The participants are supervisors or representatives of various departments, including the head chef, Harvey the barman, head room foreman, restaurant manager, representative Kathy from the reception and purchasing department and representatives of the reservations group, etc.

Everyone has a cup of coffee in front of them, and a plate of snacks on the table.After everyone was seated, the manager looked at everyone with a smile.

"Okay, is there anything you need to report to me?"

So the reservation team began to report today's VIP list, telling everyone which important guests will come and when.

Kathy was not listening very carefully. From his point of view, there could not be a bigger guest than Salman.