I Quit Being a Stepmother (Cypress Gem) novel Chapter 505

Chapter 505

After convincing herself, Kate said, “Mr. Frost, I’ll handle things with my colleagues. Don’t worry.”

Damien smiled without saying anything.

Lauren muttered under her breath, “You think you can do that? Yeah, right.”

As they pulled up to the restaurant, Lauren shot Kate a glare before heading toward Rhea.

Kate’s gaze turned icy when she saw what a suck–up Lauren was. But a second later, she was thrown for a loop.

It wasn’t just the five of them for dinner. The entire project team had shown up!

This looked like a full–blown group dinner. Kate’s heart sank.

As they walked in, a server said, “I’m sorry, but Ms. Pearson had only booked a table for four.”

Four?

Everyone turned to look at Kate, who trailed behind.

What the hell? She’d only booked a table for four? The rest of them weren’t counted?

Lauren whipped around. “Weren’t you jus

can’t even book a restaurant correctly!”

about how Mr. Frost could trust you to handle things? You

At that moment, George flashed his membership card to the staff. The server immediately perked up. “Mr. Snider, right this way!”

Members had priority there–reservations didn’t matter.

Kate’s face burned with humiliation as she stepped into the largest private room at the restaurant. How was she supposed to know that the entire group was coming?

In truth, it wasn’t her fault. Rhea had called everyone at the last minute, figuring that Kate would only book a

table for four.

“Mr. Frost, you can order first,” George suggested.

“Let Ms. Ravelle do the honors. I don’t have any dietary restrictions.”

Thanks to Liam, George and Damian had gotten pretty chummy lately.

Carter jumped in breezily. “What? Is she wrong? You can’t even handle a restaurant reservation. If this were back in the day, I wouldn’t even hire you as my secretary who got paid six thousand dollars a month. I would feel ripped off.”

“At least Carter used to be a CEO in the past. What about you?” Lauren shot her a sideways look. “CPO–short for ‘Chief Pathetic Officer‘.”

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