“What the hell are you going here?” The guard from earlier asked, his face set in harsh, straight lines. “Are you a spy? Is that it?”Alex shook his head.“No, no. I’m not a spy.” He said quickly. “I’m the new head cleaner. Miguel is supposed to assign my duties so I came looking for him.”“I understand that but why are you peeping from the bushes?”“I just…”The guard looked over the hedge of plants and Alex fully expected him to explode at the sight of Miguel and Camila hugging like they knew each other intimately. Instead, he stepped back, folded his arms like nothing happened and asked;“Why didn’t you just draw his attention?”Alex was shocked at his reaction. He opened his mouth to ask a few choice questions when the guard cut in;“Miguel doubles as head housekeeper and Miss Camila’s therapist. Sometimes she breaks down during the sessions. That’s all. I know the sight can be misleading but that’s all there is to it.”Alex paused for a moment, mulling over his words.“Therapist

Alex was not surprised. It was very clear from their body language that the cleaners hated him. “But why? I mean, we just got introduced. I know I’ve definitely not troubled anyone since I came here. Why the hate?”Amanda looked away, her chin quivering with indecision.“Uh, sir…”“Just tell me. I promise I won’t tell anyone about our conversation.”She nodded and took a deep breath.“Do you remember the guy you reprimanded earlier?”“Diego?”“Yes. Diego Sanchez.”“What about him?”Amanda twisted her fingers over and over.“Well, let’s just say the cleaners are not particularly happy that Mrs. Maria appointed an outsider to head the unit. They all feel that Diego was more deserving of the position since he’s been here the longest.They think that Diego was cheated and you’ve been given a position that belonged to someone else.”Alex shut his eyes for three seconds and took deep, calming breaths.He could already see the disaster that a situation of this nature might pose. “Well, tr

Every single person in the room froze, eyes wide with shock. The tension was so thick, so palpable that it could be sliced through with a knife.Alex’s heart was already pounding overtime as he stared at the shattered pieces of ceramics at his feet. He could barely speak. He couldn’t even make a single sound.Diego, on the other hand, looked like he’d seen a ghost. His face was as white as a sheet. This was bad. This was very bad.What Alex was not expecting was for Diego to start screaming like someone whose precious cat just died.“David, look what you’ve done! Madam will definitely have your head for this.”Alex was shocked. He stared at Diego for a moment, trying to assimilate what he’d just heard. “Excuse me?”Diego did not wait for him to recover. He had to act wisely otherwise, he’ll be in big trouble.“Stop trying to pretend like you don’t know what you did!” He snapped. “You’ve destroyed Mrs. Maria’s statue. This statue cost two hundred million dollars!”Alex was beginning

Alex paused and turned to him.“Excuse me?”Ethan held his gaze.“I know you’re probably thinking that Camila and I are dating.” He repeated. “We’re not. We’ve never dated… because she’s my cousin.”Alex froze. “Wait, what?”Ethan nodded.“I’m Mrs. Maria’s last son, Ethan Guerrero. Nice to meet you.”Alex stared at him for a moment, shock written all over his features. He was not shocked at the fact that Ethan thought he and Camila were cousins. They weren’t because Maria and Camila’s mother were not related by blood anyways.He was shocked because if Ethan was Maria’s son, that means he was Alex’s…“What’s your father’s name?” Alex asked out of the blue, staring at Ethan intently.Ethan’s expression instantly became shuttered and all the light disappeared from his eyes.“Why are you asking?”Alex looked away, realising that he might’ve overstepped his boundaries.“I’m sorry. You don’t have to tell me.”“Alexander Stephan.” Ethan deadpanned. “My father’s name was Alexander Stephan.

WARNING: UNEDITED CHAPTER (chapter will be edited tomorrow.)***After making sure that Amanda and Caleb cleaned the dining room thoroughly, Alex took both of them to his room for a round of questioning. He did not want to risk asking them questions in the dining room where anyone could just barge in and see them.“Now, I need both of you to tell me everything you know and do not leave anything out. If I find out later that you’ve lied to me or omitted an important part of this conversation, I might change my mind and report you both to Mrs. Maria anyways. Although Amanda had stopped crying a while ago, she still looked on the verge of tears. And did he forget to mention that Camila was here, too? Despite his warnings, she’d insisted on coming along and here she was.“During midnight, Miguel called us for a meeting…”When Amanda was done telling her story, Alex was pacing his room like a caged bulldog. His veins bubbled with barely restrained anger and he fingers itched to punch som