Glancing up, Amelia spoke to the waitress, "I would like to have another plate of cod fish and cuttlefish please."
Sulking, Patrick hurriedly added, "Another plate of beef cutlet and chicken breast for me too."
"Hold on a second, I'll take down the order now." The waitress hurriedly took out the electronic pad from the drawer.
It was this glance of the existing order list that had sent the waitress into surprise. The man and woman sitting in front of her had already ordered about twenty dishes. It was just that most of the dishes were not served on the table yet.
"How are they going to finish all the food?"
She strongly doubted.
Seeing that the waitress was stunned studying the electronic pad, Amelia immediately recalled that a significant number of dishes had been placed by Patrick when they were first seated.
However, most dishes that he ordered were meat. Having in mind that she had already told the waitress that any meat order belonged to Patrick, she had no other choice but to order something
else.
Thinking of the fact that Patrick had added two more plates of meat into his order list, Amelia could not help feeling nauseous. She prayed hard that he would not throw up later.
On the other hand, Patrick had not realized that he had put himself in trouble. Frowning, he said to the waitress who had yet to proceed with the additional order, "What face are you showing now? You don't think that I can afford this meal, do you?"
"No! It's not like this!" The waitress shook her head earnestly. With no more hesitation, she hurriedly keyed in the order that Patrick and Amelia had placed in order to notify the kitchen.
Honestly speaking, although Patrick was never someone who was friendly towards the service crew, he seldom gave an attitude towards them either, unless someone else had purposefully provoked him.
As for that day, Patrick was having a terrible temper as he was starving, let alone the fact that Amelia had more than once triggered him!
He never regarded himself as someone patient. He would need to vent his anger all the time.
However, it was not that everyone could handle his tantrum.
Right now even if he had already directed most of his anger at Amelia, he had inevitably involved others during his venting.
Unfortunately, the waitress who volunteered to help turned out to be the victim of his anger.
The chef back in the kitchen thought of serving the dishes in an orderly manner. As soon as he realized that Patrick and Amelia had added four dishes into their existing order list, assuming that both of them were starving, he immediately ordered his kitchen helpers to get all their orders served as soon as possible.
The consequence of this was that Patrick soon found himself stuffed.
With Amelia beaming, he had no other choice but to order the waitress, "I had enough! Help me to pack all the meat remaining."
"Ha!"
Amelia struggled to contain her laughter.
Even the waitress, too, found it amusing.
"What the hell so funny now? I'll see how you are going to finish your dishes!"
Having this thought in mind, Patrick wiped his mouth with wet tissue gradually before he adjusted his posture to ease his stuffed feeling. He then glanced at Amelia leisurely.
Judging from his malicious gaze, Amelia soon realized the evil plan that he was having in mind.
Patrick had only asked the waitress to pack the meat remaining. In other words, she had to settle the remaining dishes on the table on her own.
Fortunately, Amelia had only ordered the portion right for herself. Hence, it was totally not an issue for her to finish the dishes.
Therefore, it was a regret for Patrick that he would not get to see her getting stuffed like him.
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