"So, Lumma, your idea is for me to agree to him treating us to dinner tonight?"
"Ruby, why would we turn down a free meal at the restaurant we've always wanted to go to but haven't because of the price?"
Lumma felt as though Ruby had tricked her, but she still agreed to have dinner with Adam.
Hedges Restaurant was notoriously expensive, yet it never lacked customers. Reservations had to be made in advance, so Lumma had to use Hills VIP to book a private room.
After securing the restaurant, she still had to deal with checking into the room. Lumma wasn't familiar with the process, so she followed whatever the property manager told her to do.
Adam, at some point, had come to her side, taken the checklist, and carefully reviewed it for her. He meticulously inspected the items provided by the property management. "You're missing an access card, so you'll have to ask property management about it. From now on, they will charge you for it."