Chapter 11: Insolent hands
“For today we end class, don’t forget next week’s assignment. Thank you.” Kalea closed the class that she taught directly because one of the lecturers could not attend the class and gave her responsibility to an assistant, who was none other than Kalea. The girl tidied up the books that became the material in the class. She glanced at the watch on her wrist. In two hours, she had to be at her second place of work, the family restaurant.
It had been two days after her meeting with Arthur, and the man had not sent her any messages. Kalea doesn’t care because she is aware of their relationship, which only needs each other in certain ways. Nor would she offend anything, and Arthur did the same. They know the limit, that’s what Kalea thought until now.
Kalea must immediately get ready to go to the next place. After she put the students’ assignments on the lecturer’s desk, Kalea immediately rushed to the bus stop. It didn’t take long, the bus had arrived, and Kalea got on the bus and sat in the back seat. She took out her earphones and turned on the music to accompany her journey. The girl looked at the view of the road where so many cars passed by. The sky was orange and darker. However, Kalea still continues to work tirelessly and on time. For the sake of supporting a mother who she still loves even though her treatment of Kalea is inversely proportional to what she always strives for.
It took Kalea an hour and a half to reach the restaurant. She immediately ran to the back door of the restaurant and greeted the workers there.
“Hi, Lea! Are you there yet?” asked one of the waitress of the same profession as her. Kale nodded slowly with a small smile. freewebno vel.co m
“Yeah, it looks like it’s not that crowded today,” Kalea replied. She glanced around at the tables that were not so full of customers.
“Hey, don’t forget that the restaurant will be busy at night, which means you will be working from now on, haha!” said her friend while laughing, while Kalea smiled wryly. Even today she felt very tired and hoped the restaurant was a little loose of customers. However, her hopes will be dashed after her friend awakens to the fact.
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“Lea! You’ve finally arrived! Come on, to the locker! We have to take turns,” said a woman with short hair and she took Kalea’s arm, and went to the employee locker.
Kalea started to change into her waitress’s uniform. She also dressed up a little and sprayed a little perfume on her body and clothes. Making her friend a little disbelieving with what she saw, because Kalea had never done that before.
“You don’t usually dress up, Lea.”
For a moment, Kalea was silent, she turned to her friend awkwardly. “Th-that ... does it look weird, Quan?” Kalea asked, a little scared.
“No! Absolutely not! I’m just a little surprised by that, haha! I thought you were getting prettier too,” said Quan sincerely. She sniffed the perfume attached to Kalea’s body, making the cat-eyed girl uncomfortable. “Your perfume smells great, what perfume are you wearing?”
“Just ... ordinary perfume,” Kalea replied as she put the perfume into her bag. However, Quan had already seen and taken the perfume impolitely.
“Isn’t this brand quite expensive? I wouldn’t be surprised if it smells like a classy woman!” Quan unscrewed the perfume and squirted it on her wrist. Kalea just blinked, unsure of what to respond to. “You must be trying really hard to save up for it, huh?” guessed Quan as she smiled and handed the perfume back to its owner.
“Um ... yeah ...” Kalea answered simply. She must be lying, it’s impossible, to tell the truth about what she’s been going through lately. “Q-quan, you better go home. You must be really tired today,” said Kalea, changing the topic.
Quan nodded unsuspectingly. “You’re right, I want to hurry home and eat my mother’s cooking,” Quan vented as she put on her clothes. She patted her flat stomach with a pitiful face. “I am very hungry.”
Kalea only smiled bitterly, she was a little jealous because there was someone waiting for Quan’s return and even her friend could eat her mother’s cooking. Kalea had even forgotten to taste it, it had been a long time since she had eaten food from her own mother. The girl closed her locker door, she looked at her face in the small mirror that was attached to the locker door. Even though she only put lipstick on her lips and thickened her eyebrows a little, Kalea already looked pretty. She was naturally pretty, but she couldn’t hide the sad look on her face because of all the troubles that befell her.
“I’m going out first, kay! You better get ready soon, don’t make the manager angry!”
“I know,” Kalea replied, smiling at her friend so she wouldn’t worry. After that, Quan left the room leaving Kalea alone.
After Quan left, Kalea looked down, took a deep breath, and forced a smile because her job was customer-friendly service. Whatever the case, she must not bring her feelings into the work. It’s the same as being a sugar baby for Arthur. The relationship is not a relationship that involves real love. Instead, they seek each other’s advantage. Kalea must not get carried away with feelings for that handsome man, no matter what.
After feeling ready to work, Kalea came out of the employee room and started to work. Walk here and there, serving the families who come to the restaurant. And sure enough, as the night went on, more and more customers came, to the point where all the employees were overwhelmed. Not infrequently, even Kalea gets sexual harassment from mashers.
“I’ll repeat the order...” Kalea held herself back from brushing off the impudent hands that were groping her thighs. Even though the waitress’s clothes at the restaurant where she works are no miniskirts or clothes that show cleavage. However, she was still treated like that.
“Ah, please bring us some vodka,” begged the man in his forties. One of the friends of the masher who is still cool enough to touch Kalea’s thighs.
“I’m so sorry, we don’t serve alcohol,” Kalea said, trying to be polite.
The man laughed lightly, as he looked alternately at his four friends. “Too bad. Even though we wanted to drink together with you.”
Kalea only smiled faintly in response, even though in her heart she had cursed them many times. “If there is no additional order again, please wait a moment for the order,” said Kalea quickly and removed the damn man’s hand from her thigh. She immediately walked over to the chefs and gave them the order notes. She couldn’t rest for a second, because someone else would raise their hand to order food or make other requests.
Kalea was already immune to the flirtatious stares of men on her. Even though this restaurant is a family restaurant, it doesn’t make people who behave depraved do anything disgusting to the waiters. And unfortunately, Kalea couldn’t even report this to anyone.
She’s heard, rather than you reporting, it’s better to stop working here because no one will be on your side. It’s very sad, but Kalea has not been able to quit the restaurant because of financial constraints.
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