“What? Did you two come out for a drink too?” Ryan scoffed as soon as he saw them. “No, we didn’t.” Aria shook her head and attempted to step into the elevator, but Mia blocked her way.Aria exhaled deeply and raised her eye to meet hers. Mia had dolled herself up and was putting on her usual cheerful, bubbly dress. This time, it was a pink, floral gown which was handless which was paired off with a silver stiletto. Aria, on the other hand, was putting on a sweatpant and sweatshirt because of the air-conditioning in the hotel. Everyone who walked past them stared at Mia a little longer because of how cute she looked in her dress. Furthermore, Mia didn’t want to miss an opportunity to rub it in Aria’s face that she was the star of the night. And what better way to be the star of the night than to go to a bar with an underdressed person? Mia flashed Aria a bright smile and bragged, “I thought as much. The bar is only open to those who rent a room from the fifth floor up to the fi
Someone raised his hand and asked, “What if the person decides to stay forever?” A light laughter rang out in the bar before the host smiled again. “Well, that will be a little too much, but the person is allowed to stay for at least three months.”“Their food, laundry and every other thing that needs to be done will be taken care of for free by the hotel.” The people were shocked hearing him and some of them couldn’t help but pray out loud. “The hotel owner must be in a very good mood. I hope the god of luck smiles down on me today.” “I pray so too.” Once their prayers died down, the host continued, “There are a total of 30 papers for everyone here which means everyone gets a gift for participating.” “The waiters will now give you piece of papers with numbers written on it. Good luck.” Waiters walked around the bar, giving people a bowl to pick papers from. After the numbers were shared, Ryan turned to his sister. “I got number 7.” Mia checked hers and beamed brightly. “I go
“Yes, is anything wrong?” Aria blinked her eyes at him in confusion before she suddenly realized everyone in the bar had their eyes pinned on her. Leon pointed at the man on stage and smiled cluelessly, “That man said something about a penthouse.” “He said number 9 has the word penthouse written inside it. And that means the person who has it gets to stay in the penthouse for as long as three months.”“Doesn’t that mean we will no longer have to stay in that dirty room Ryan’s father rented for our family?” As he said the last sentence, his eyes shifted towards Ryan, showing everyone who Ryan was. “What? Isn’t it too early to say something like that, Leon?” Mia laughed bitterly, keeping a wide smile plastered on her face to hide the envy she was feeling. Leon ignored her and took the paper from Aria then giggled happily. “It’s easy for you to say that, after all, your father rentered two better hotel rooms for you and your brother while he rentered a dirty and dusty room for your
As soon as he concluded, one of the waiters handed her a flower and the other customers began clapping their hands to congratulate her. She walked down the stage, headed straight to their table. When she got there, she realized Ryan and Mia were nowhere to be found. Leon was the only one standing there and applauding her with a wide smile. She stopped in front of him and asked, “Where did they go?” Leon stopped clapping and replied,“They got up and left as soon as you went up.”Then he beamed brightly almost immediately. “Congratulations, Aria!” Some hotel attendants came up to them at that moment and offered to take their things to the penthouse. Emma and Dean were seething angrily in their room when hotel attendants knocked on their door and offered to carry their things upstairs. They were surprised at first and thought Joseph had a change of heart. However, when the elevator kept going up, they grew worried. Emma couldn’t sit still any longer and tapped one of the attenda
“You won this in a lottery?” Dean huffed, obviosuly not believing her. Aria nodded sincerely. “Yes.” Dean stepped forward, pointed a finger at her nose and scoffed rudely, “Stop lying. I heard the bar is only open for those who rent rooms from the fifth floor upward. You used the company’s money to rent this room, didn’t you?” “Why would you use the company’s money to rent a penthouse? You should’ve just snuggled it out and given to me to do something worthwhile with it!” Emma didn’t stop for a second to think about it and instantly believed Dean’s words. Aria clenched her jaw tightly and inhaled sharply, “I didn’t use the company’s money. Stop talking about the company’s money. I’ve never taken it before and I’ve never thought of taking it.” “Leon and I had gone to the reception to complain about how dirty and dusty our room was when we met Ryan and Mia on our way back.” Aria narrated everything to them. When she was done, Emma slapped her thighs gently and laughed heartily. “
As soon as they reported what had happened to Joseph, he immediately went up to the penthouse with them. The hotel attendants were just leaving, so the door was open for them to barge into. However, the hotel attendants suddenly blocked their path and said coldly, “Are you the family of Ms. Miller?” “What nonsense is this? My children and I should be the ones in this house! How dare you block my path!” Joseph stood by the door and thundered furiously. The attendants glanced at themselves, but didn’t move. It was still fresh in their minds, the strict warning they had gotten from the manager of the hotel to treat those in the penthouse with utmost respect and to be extremely cautious with them. In addition, they were told not to let anyone who wasn’t a member of their family in. Judging from how Aria hadn’t asked them to help Joseph and his family into the penthouse, then that meant they meant nothing to her. As that thought settled in their mind, they glared hard at Joseph. “
Joseph placed a hand on his waist and pointed a finger at her in agitation. “Hah! How bold of you to turn me away, Emma Mitchell! Are you saying my family should stay on the fifth floor while your family stays in the penthouse?” Emma nodded and threw her face away, “Yes.” Mia sneered in irritation, “Hey, don’t you dare get cocky with us right now!” “You’re only in this penthouse because Ryan and I thought it’d be boring to drink alone at the bar!” “If we had gone on our own, we would’ve gotten this penthouse! So just know that you staying in this penthouse is because of us! You should be grateful to us!” Dean snickered in response, “Then answer me truthfully, Mia. Had your family won this penthouse in the lottery, would you have let us see what it looked like?” “No, would you have let us move into the rooms your father rented for your family?” “W-well…” Mia didn’t expect Dean to ask such a question, so she was speechless for a few seconds. Seeing this, Ryan sneered in contemp
Dean and Emma’s eyes lit up in happiness immediately, but they quickly hid the happiness in them the moment Ryan glanced towards their direction. Realizing they’d only embarrass themselves even further in front of Emma and Dean, they turned and walked into the elevator with the hotel attendants following behind them. By the time Emma and Dean returned to the living room to continue their soap operas, they realized it had ended. So they turned off the television and went to sleep. A few minutes later, the door to the house opened as Anthony Miller unhurriedly walked in. He stood at a spot and looked around the living room for a moment before he began walking into the direction he thought the rooms would be in. Aria and Leon were the first to wake up the following morning. Emma and Dean woke up shortly after the hotel staffs brought breakfast. “If only life were as good as this!” Dean moaned in satisfaction as he munched on his French toast. Emma leaned forward and adviced Aria,