Chapter 13

THIRD PERSON's POV

"I've heard someone is looking for me." A guttural voice reverberated throughout the whole restaurant, rendering everyone speechless. The customers who had always been told that the new waiter was mute were flabbergasted upon hearing him speak for the first time.

However, the astonishment wasn't just because Oswin could talk. What truly surprised all the customers was how one voice could be so entrancingly mellifluous. Everyone in the room, especially female customers, almost forgot the tension in the air and the smell of trouble with the appearance of the handsome, blond-haired guy who stepped out of the kitchen and headed toward the trio's table.

Of course, everyone except the three people who brought the problem.

"Oh, so that's the new chicken," said Eli, looking completely unbothered at the tall figure standing next to his table. "But didn't the owner say you were mute? How come you can talk normally? Has the old man here been lying all along?" He sneered, shifti