Take Control of Yourself, Please novel (Anna and Liam)

Chapter 257 The Third Assessment

Early the next morning, Anna was once again rudely awakened by her ringing phone.

She was fast asleep, initially planning to sleep as long as possible on her rest day. She cursed the person who disturbed the sweet dreams and so her tone when she picked up the call was rude and angry.

"Who the hell is it? What do you want, calling at such a n ungodly hour!" NôvelDrama.Org © 2024.

"Anna, how can you still be sleeping! Get up, the assembly is at 9 am!" Nina's anxious voice sounded from the other side of the phone.

"What nonsense are you saying? Today is our rest day!"

"They changed the date all of a sudden, the final assessment is being held today!"

"What?"

Anna raised her leg and kicked at the space beside her thinking she would kick Liam, but instead, there was nothing beside her but pillows and blankets.

Liam was nowhere to be seen.

Anna sat up immediately, the space beside her was empty.

She rubbed her eyes sleepily, "Nina, you're sure I didn’t hear you wrongly?"

"No!" "But isn't today our rest day, or did I oversleep throughout the day and night?"

"The school announced out of the blue that our rest day has been canceled, the final assessment will be held again! It's already 8.50 am, wake up, get dressed, and get over here! Points will be deducted if you're late!"

"Ah..."

Anna threw her phone to the sand, jumped down the bed, and rushed into the bathroom to clean herself up.

Anna ran all the way and reached just a few seconds before the clock struck at 9 am. She ran into the crowd and straightened her back.

Finch glanced at her wristwatch, when the second hand pointed towards 9, she announced loudly, "The students who are late will be disqualified."

The students moaned collectively and then sighed in relief, glad they weren’t late.

Anna patted her chest in relief, heaved out a long breath. Thank God she rushed here in time, if not she was as good as dead.

Nina elbowed her gingerly, "Anna, your hair is so messy, and one of your buttons is askew."

Anna sucked in a cold breath and hurriedly tucked her hair into place, hiding behind Nina and buttoned her shirt properly.

Finch cleared her throat, "Today is your final assessment, I will announce the test assessment now, pay attention."

"The third assessment is to work as a waiter for a day, a supervisor will inform you of your responsibilities, the points distribution is the same as the first assessment. Alright, go ahead and prepare yourselves."

The students whispered amongst themselves in discussion.

"What sort of assessments are these? The first assessment, serving customers in a hotel, the third assessment serving customers in a restaurant, only the second assessment makes sense.”

"Exactly! At least the second assessment tested our survival skills!"

"Great. Now we have to serve food and scrub plates at a restaurant!"

Everyone complained loudly and seemed to believe that the school set such assessments just to make a fool of them.

"Hang in there! We have one day left before we regain our freedom."

The crowd grumbled and headed towards the changing rooms to change.

Anna and Nina walked to the changing rooms together, Anna was still breathless, she asked Nina quietly, "all of you were notified, how come you were the one who notified me?"

"The school announced it in our class group, you didn't check your phone?”

"I was sleeping like a log; I didn't have time to check m y phone at all."

Nina glanced at her surroundings, and whispered, "I heard the sudden date change was Mr. Ackman's idea."

"What?!" Anna was pissed.

"Anna, don't get mad, Mr. Ackman is a busy man, the company is huge. I'm sure he has a lot of business matters to deal with, and yet he has to spend time supervising us. It only makes sense if he wants the assessment to end as soon as possible."

"I'm just pissed off that he didn't tell me!" Anna clenched her fists.

"Why should he tell you?” Nina chuckled.

Anna blushed instantly, "Quick, go change!"

Once again, Anna cursed Liam with every ounce of her vulgar vocabulary.

Damn him!

He was sleeping right beside her, and yet he changed the date of the final assessment out of the blue and didn’t even notify her! She was almost late because of him!

This evil man must be taking revenge on her for not allowing him to have his way with her last night!

"Anna, come on! We can do this!" Nina waved her fists at Anna.

Anna still looked listless.

"Come on girl, it’s time to get to work!" Nina smiled at her brightly.

Anna cracked her lips open slightly, "Ha. Ha. Ha."

The students had all changed and gathered in the restaurant.

It was lunchtime and the huge restaurant was packed with guests.

Looking at the dark sea of heads, everyone felt lost and started complaining.

"There are so many customers!"

"I haven’t done this before, I don't even wash the plates at home, I can’t do this."

"Sigh, this is plain torture, I heard from the supervisor our points will be deducted if we break any of the cutlery."

Anna glanced at the guests, she didn't dare complain. She was highly suspicious that the large number of guests was something arranged by Liam.

The supervisor assigned them their various tasks and told them what to look out for. Everyone looked dead and defeated but still buried themselves in their work.

Nina had experience from her part-time job at the Earldom Club and so waitressing was easy for her, she even had time to creep to Anna’s side to give her a few pointers.

The area Anna was in charge of was the busiest. It involved serving the customers, taking orders, serving food, and cleaning tables. Within two hours, she was s o exhausted her head was spinning.

She messed up the orders, served the wrong food, and even forgot to collect payment from certain customers!

Anna was crying inside, she glanced at the bustling restaurant helplessly, at a loss as to her next step.

Fortunately, Jennifer was having a hard time too, she bumped around listlessly like a headless bee, breaking numerous plates.

Right when everyone thought they could finally take a break after lunch hour, a new batch of customers arrived.

The kitchen was busy, the waiters were busy, the restaurant was enveloped in chaos.

Under Liam's torture, she didn't get the chance to eat dinner. Her breakfast was also lost in the morning rush and at noon she was busy serving customers. By the time it was late afternoon, she was running out of strength.

Anna searched for a cup of water to comfort her rumbling stomach, but then the intercom crackled, requesting for her specifically to serve some customers.

Jennifer's smile was as bright as the noon sun. Finally, she could get some rest.

Anna glared at Jennifer spitefully, rubbed her stiff neck, and forced a smile on her face, preparing herself mentally.

She pushed open the door to the VIP room, put on her business smile, and said to the customers inside," Good afternoon, May I take your orders please?"

The room was quiet, no one spoke.

Anna lifted her head and looked at the suited guests, they all seemed polite. Not at all like the hustle and bustle of the noisy crowd outside. One look told her they were people of high standing.

Amongst these guests, she glimpsed the tall, handsome figure that stood out no matter wherever h e was. She stiffened.

The next second, she was clenching her fists, gritting her teeth in anger.

It was Liam Ackman!