Chapter 1
I walked into one of Manhattan’s most expensive steakhouses wearing jeans and an old jacket. The waiter looked me up and down before I even reached the table.
“Reservation?” he asked.
“No. Table for one.”
He exchanged a smile with the hostess.
She whispered something, and they both laughed.
Eventually, they seated me near the kitchen doors.
I opened the menu.
“I’ll have your premium Wagyu steak.”
The waiter actually chuckled.
“That one is two hundred and eighty dollars, sir.”
“I can read.”
His smile disappeared.
“You understand payment is required at the end of the meal?”
I looked at him.
“Isn’t that how restaurants usually work?”
Two servers nearby started laughing.
One of them whispered, “Maybe show him the burger menu.”
I heard every word.
Still, I said nothing.
Twenty minutes later, my steak arrived.
The waiter dropped the plate in front of me without asking if I needed anything else.
Then the manager walked over.
“Sir, we’ve had some issues before, so I’ll need to see a credit card before you continue eating.”
People at the next table turned to look.
I slowly put down my fork.
“You asked anyone else here for their card?”
The manager crossed his arms.
“No.”
“Then why me?”
He glanced at my jacket.
“I think we both know why.”
That was when I pulled out my phone and made one call.
Less than a minute later, the restaurant’s general manager came running from the back.
He stopped when he saw me.
His face went completely white.
“Mr. Harrison?”
The waiter frowned.
The manager beside my table whispered, “You know him?”
May you like
The general manager swallowed hard.
“Know him? He’s the billionaire who bought this entire restaurant group yesterday.”
