Chapter 550
Corinne raised her eyebrow and smiled. “And so, what did you order for me? How come I never saw any of that on the table just now?”
“I didn’t order anything ’cause the waiter said we’ve already ordered too much. It won’t be good to waste food. So, I decided to take his advice and not order anything in the end.”
“So what you’re saying is you’ve talked to the waiter for five minutes and came away not ordering anything? Mister Lucas, do you have anything to say about that?”
Amongst all the other complicated emotions, one stood out above the rest and that was the disappointment in Lucas’s eyes. He did not answer Corinne. Instead, he sternly asked Anya. another question, “Anya, what did you give the waiter just now?!”
Anya looked tearfully at Lucas. “I was just giving him some tips. Is that so wrong?”
Lucas frowned. “Just some tips?”
Anya nodded innocently. “Yes! I thought I should give him some tip because he spent all that time patiently recommending food for me but I didn’t order anything in the end.”
Corinne smirked. “Didn’t you say that the waiter advised you against ordering more food since we’ve already ordered so much? And now you’re saying he spent all that time recommending what to order? Besides, it’s normal to give tips so why do you act like you’re doing something illegal?”
Anya knew every word of Corinne’s was aimed to unravel her lies so she ignored her and focused all of her theatrics on her brother. “Lucas, you know I have a habit of giving the wait staff tips, right? I did it secretly because I wanted to make sure his colleague didn’t see it; that way he can have the tip all to himself.”
Lucas narrowed his eyes and looked at Anya’s innocent face. He could not do it. He could never think of his precious little sister as a scheming, manipulative b*tch.
Lucas’ face tensed up. “Because of what?”
Here, Oliver nervously stole a glance at Anya and saw her glaring at him as if warning him not to say anything that would put them both in trouble.
‘What should I do? She’s got something over me!’ thought Oliver.
Previously, Anya came to this very restaurant with her friends and witnessed him stealing at customer’s phone and putting it in his pocket. The security camera did not pick up anything because it happened in one of its blindspots but Anya recorded the whole thing on her phone.
This incident, coupled with the temptation of money, gave him the impetus to work together with Anya to frame Corinne. At first, he refused because he did not want to hurt an innocent child but Anya threatened to report him to the lady owner with the video as evidence, which he knew would result in him losing the job.
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