At that ti, Rita seed to have co to so kind of realization…
Xander always went to a private room, which ans that if Liam had really co to collect information from the custors, he was likely to go ho with absolutely nothing…
After all, Xander would barely show his face down here other than to greet the people at the counter before going up.
How savage!
Liam would have probably wasted a whole day or more here if not for him coming up with another, even trashier plan, which just sohow worked out for him.
For a second there Rita even pitied Liam for having such a bas-… person for a friend.
All in all, it had to be said that things kind of added up.
Except that Rita hadn't expected Xander to be such a character!
At this instance, Liam had already moved on from fuming to pitiful as his whole figure seed to diminish.
His whole body language scread, 'I didn't want to do this, I still don't want to do this, I don't even want to be here! If you help , I'll leave right away! I really don't know what else I can do…'
Daisy, the young and naïve girl with the pigtails believed Liam's words straight away, not once questioning it.
In front of such people, as long as the stories didn't have any obvious loopholes, there wasn't much to question.
Still, she didn't say anything, looking at her trusted and respected Sister Riri for affirmation, as if she wouldn't trust anything other than what ca out of this Big Sister's mouth.
Rita, on the other hand, was a little more cautious.
She paused for a mont to think about it.
"I see, well Sir, I'm sure you would have gotten sothing on this person if you asked around, but I thank you for doing your best not to affect our business establishnt. Sir Xander does indeed co here quite a lot. Even so, I cannot provide you with the security footage for such a matter for security reasons. I hope you can understand our predicant!" Rita was still as polite as ever, even a little dismissive.
And even though she had her own thoughts on the matter, she would still voice out the thoughts that would bring her the least trouble.
This was the way of a true professional.
As for Liam, who should also be considered a professional in his own field, he knew exactly when to take a step back.
After all, the idea of negotiations is to put up a front and then ask for a high demand before getting what you want, is it not?
Liam gave a hesitant and troubled look.
"I really don't want to trouble you guys, but I'm a man of my words, and since I've already given my word to that piece of…" Liam's voice trailed off, but the two girls both got the idea.
Liam's words gained him so respect from Rita and so admiration from Daisy.
"Then… then what about the records?" Daisy was still clinging to Rita's side as she asked her in a soft whisper.
Normal people may not have heard it if they weren't paying attention, but Liam was both trained with heightened senses and paying attention.
'So, there are records, huh.'
Well, I guess that makes sense.
Margo's establishnts were rather ticulous in so ways. At least more so in so respects compared to the other shops in the sa industry.
Rita could tell that Daisy wanted to help Liam, but she was a little hesitant.
'If it's just the records, it should be fine, right?'
Rita was weak against Daisy's puppy eyes while Daisy was a little weak against mature… scratch that, um, handso n.
Well truly, Liam acted by no ans mature for the sake of the orders from his Boss Elijah, but if he just stood there without opening his mouth, he would definitely look like a mature handso man.
As for his thinning hair… don't ntion it.
'Fine,' Rita relented in her mind with a sigh.
She also wanted to get rid of this troublemaker before more people ca in, or things would get even more annoying and troubleso.
With a small nod from Rita, Daisy's smile widened a little.
She ran off like a little girl… oh wait, um, well, yeah…
Anyways, she ran off and ca back in a flash with sothing in her hands.
It was a clipboard.
She skimd a little through it, and to Liam's surprise, she pulled out a paper that had all the dates in which Xander had been here.
He was a little stunned.
Surely, they didn't have one of these for all their custors, right?
The young lady didn't go print anything either and these were just papers with ti stamps.
Liam was definitely not that lucky, so he just couldn't help being surprised.
Noticing Liam's surprise, Daisy happily explained.
"He's our VIP~! So of course we have records."
"Oh really? How does the VIP system work here?" Liam asked, acting as if it were just so passing curiosity.
"Our VIPs have private rooms on the floor above and they can especially ask for specific cats! They will all be in the room with you and no one else can co in and disturb your playti. Not only that, but the VIP get to ascertain the number of cats in their room, within the limits of what is available of course," Daisy said, for once sounding like an employee at this establishnt.
Though no prices were ntioned, which was a little strange.
Then again, it didn't look like Liam would care about such trivial things in his Arma** suit.
"Oh, that's quite nice," Liam said, cursing inwardly.
This was going to make reconnaissance a lot more troubleso.
This was a cat café for god's sake!
Why are you so professional and accommodating?
Couldn't you be a little more lax so that we can spy on your custors and so that I can get a holiday?
While Liam cursed inwardly with a grateful smile on his face, he didn't forget to take a picture of the paper with the tistamps.
"Thank you! Thank you so much! Beautiful ladies are indeed the saviors of the world!" Liam was proficient with rainbow farts.
Then he gave the two won a thankful bow before talking a little more like a human.
"I hope you won't tell Xander, I don't want him to know I had external help, or he'll really mock for life for needing a woman's assistance," Liam said, sowhat lancholily.
This gave off the impression of him saying that Xander looked down on woman, making both Rita and Daisy feel a little indignant.
There were definitely not going to expose Liam or help Xander!
Hmph.
After Liam thanked the two ladies profusely once more with so more rainbow farts in the mix, he left the shop with a happy smile on his face.
Only, the two ladies weren't able to see how that face turned serious in a split second the mont he was out the door.
'Well, it doesn't matter too much if I'm discovered as long as I get the information, but it would still be best if I can keep my tracks covered so as to not get exposed too soon.'
But Liam didn't dare stay any longer.
This was because, Xander had practically co to this shop every single day, at least once in these past weeks.
And he hadn't co once today.
Liam didn't think talking to the two ladies so that they wouldn't expose him later was worth the chance of being exposed imdiately.
The mont Xander ca walking in, there would practically be no way out without another good while of bullshitting.
And Liam was sure that his boss wouldn't like that, as much as he wouldn't either.
That's why he made his way out asap.
'Well, that went well,' he thought to himself as he opened the door to the car where Elijah was resting.
***
As a black car that had been montarily parked around the front area of the cat café next to the front parking spot drove off, a young man in his mid-twenties crossed the street.
His gaze montarily landed on the car that went off to the distance for no particular reason, and he didn't think much of it either as he had been in a daze since leaving his workspace in his apartnt.
Xander didn't think he had the brainpower to think of anything else, much less why this or why that for sothing so trivial.
Xander finally forced himself to take a break after a long day of going through the new papers, and he had been so imrsed that he had had to skip his morning trip here.
After a while, he had also gotten fond of cats, so even when Emilin was not here, he would still co to sit for a few hours.
Xander was the type that worked well even when changing workspaces as he would be too imrsed to notice a big difference, other than needing to adjust the placent of his papers for an easier ti reaching that is.
Luckily or unluckily for him, that car that had just driven off was the one with Elijah and Liam in it, and the two parties just so happened to miss each other by a hair.
Xander went into the cat café and the small bell near the door that sounded whenever it was opened signaled his arrival.
Even so, no one else in the shop took notice other than an instinctual glance as they were already accustod to the sound.
Just as Xander was about to greet the employees at the counter so that he could go to a room, he realized that sothing was off.
Sohow, the two girls were looking at him a little strangely.
Or was he just imagining it??
No, they were definitely looking at him weirdly, with so hostility even.
"Can I-" Xander was about to ask for his usual room when he was suddenly interrupted.
"Why do you look down on won eh? Do you look down on young girls too?!" Daisy suddenly burst out.
It seed like since she couldn't talk about anything else, or at least not the things that would give Liam away, she had gone for this point of entry in a mont of frustration.
The frustration that had just been ford after making a comparison between Liam and Xander.
To her, it really looked like Xander had been coming here wanting to look at Liam make a fool out of himself when he just so happened to miss him.
Xander was dumbfounded.
His dazed brain instantly woke up.
Xander: WTF???
Xander: But my master is a girl… and a young one at that! How the hell am I supposed to look down on young girls? Could you not slander please?
Sadly, he couldn't actually say any of that.
Cold sweat dripped down the back of his neck.
Thankfully his master wasn't here, or she may misunderstand and think that I look down on her!
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