Adrian and Blaze met up at a cafe not too far from the Alpha Hotel because Adrian planned to see Leon Barley after their meeting, and task him with finding more information about Lawrence Smith while he stayed at the hotel.Blaze was already sitting when Adrian casually arrived, and as soon as he saw Adrian, he stood up in acknowledgement and bowed respectfully. “Master, you’re here,”Adrian nodded, then noticed people staring at the unusual sight of a big guy like Blaze bowing to him. “Raise your head,” he whispered to Blaze in a low voice, “you don’t need to bow before me in public. It attracts unwanted attention.” Blaze raised his head, and when he caught the eyes of people on them, he scratched the back of his neck as he turned back to Adrian with a sheepish smile. “Sorry about that, master. I’ll be more careful from now on.”Adrian nodded before taking his seat, and Blaze sat down after him. As soon as they settled down, and the attention of the other customers were no longer o
After the meeting with Blaze ended, Adrian dismissed him before making his way to the Alpha Hotel to meet Leon, his resolve against Lawrence Smith now stronger. The first thing he saw as soon as he entered the reception of the hotel was a staff member of the hotel being harassed by a familiar looking person.His brows creased as he moved closer to them to get a better view of what was going on, and as he had suspected the person harassing the female staff was none other than Lawrence Smith.“How can you say that a mere diamond suite was reserved for special guests like us?” A lady who turned out to be Adrian’s step-sister, Tiffany, spat arrogantly. “That’s totally unacceptable! We demand the most luxurious suite in this hotel!”The female staff, whose name tag read; Yara Lincoln, Hotel manager, fiddled with her fingers as she let out a nervous, but professional smile.“I’m sorry, sir, ma’am,” her gaze alternated between Tiffany and Lawrence. “But, the diamond suite is the best we can
The hotel manager cradled her throbbing cheek in her palm, her eyes wide with shock as she gazed at Tiffany. “Are you deaf or something?” Tiffany snapped in irritation as the hotel manager stared dumbly at her. “Do you need another slap?!” She reared her hand back in a bid to land another slap on the hotel manager's face, but Adrian caught her hand mid-way and sharply dropped it to her side. “Don’t raise your hand on her again,” he warned, his voice low and serious. “She’s an employee of this hotel and not your lapdog.” Then he turned to the hotel manager with a small smile. “Sorry about that. Kindly call the attention of the vice president, since they so need his presence.” He then leaned in closer to her ear and lowered his voice to a whisper so Tiffany and Lawrence wouldn’t hear him. “Tell Leon Barley that Adrian Young asked him to be at the reception in five minutes.” The hotel manager who was new and didn’t know Adrian was the owner of the hotel, looked at him with
Leon’s eyes momentarily flashed with fury at Lawrence’s outrageous demand towards his boss, but then he controlled his anger when he remembered he was just putting up an act.He cleared his throat and masked his anger with a tight-lipped smile. “Well, Mr. Smith, don’t you think your demands are a bit…excessive. I mean…the highest suite is strictly for the owner of this hotel, and punishing that young man,” his eyes pointed to Adrian, “also seems extreme. Perhaps we can let him off with a warning?”“No!” Tiffany stomped her foot in refusal before Lawrence even had the chance to speak. “He will not be let off with a warning. He has gotten off the hook severally after insulting me, but today, I won’t let it slide. He must be punished!”Lawrence hid the irritation he felt from being refused by Leon behind the firm nod he gave in agreement with Tiffany.“Indeed, he shouldn’t be let off the hook. And honestly, Mr. Vice president, I’m not happy you refused my demands,” Lawrence’s voice beca
Lawrence took a confrontational step towards Adrian, but Leon placed a hand on his shoulder to stop him from going any further. “You need to calm down, Mr. Smith,” he reasoned. “I don’t think that young man would have done anything to your girlfriend.”Lawrence shrugged off Leon’s grip on his shoulders as his words flew over his head, and his furious gaze still remained trained on Adrian.“I saw him!” He argued, still insisting on his accusations. “I saw him spit on her leg after which she started acting like that,” he gestured towards Tiffany who was now rolling around on the floor like a mad woman.Some of the guests at the lobby felt sorry for her, while the others found the sight funny as they brought out their phones and took videos.Tiffany badly wanted the ground to open up and swallow her whole. Never in her life had she been so embarrassed. She tried to control her reactions so she wouldn’t disgrace herself further, but the more she tried, the worse the electric tingles bec
Anita walked into the restaurant where she was scheduled to have a lunch meeting with Sebastian Palmer.As soon as she entered, a young man who looked to be a host greeted her with a professional smile on his lips. “Good day, ma’am and welcome to SafeHaven Restaurant. Do you have a reservation?”“Yes,” Anita nodded as she pulled out her phone and showed the host the details her secretary had forwarded her regarding the restaurant’s reservation.The host’s eyes slightly squinted as he glanced at the phone screen, then he looked back at Anita with the same smile on his face. “Alright, ma’am. The table number 10 has been reserved for you. Please follow me,” he offered as he began walking towards a particular table.Anita gracefully followed the host through the center aisle of the lavish restaurant and towards the table which she found to be empty. She had imagined Sebastian Palmer as an entitled and self-conceited person so she was not surprised that he hadn’t yet arrived to the meeti
“Damnit! I’ve never been so embarrassed in my life! How dare they?!” Lawrence spat out, his eyes flickering with fury as he paced the living room of the penthouse suite that had been allocated to him in the Royal Palace Hotel.He had been left with no choice but to utilize the hotel after being kicked out from Alpha Hotel, making his anger boil over.Tiffany was now lying on the bed, sleeping soundly after Kai had used some of his dark energy to neutralize the electrical shocks in her body.Kai stood at a corner of the room, his eyes following his boss’s every move.“What do we do now, boss?” Kai questioned as soon as Lawrence stopped pacing. “It seems that The Youngs’ won’t be on your side for this campaign.”“Don’t you think I know that?” Lawrence snapped as he spun around to face Kai. “I was never planning to convince them the normal way after all. I just need to meet with Edward Young first, every other thing will be solved by the Yao Jin pill.” He finished with a hint of a smirk.
Sebastian Palmer had returned to his office at Palmer Industries after his altercation with Anita at SafeHaven restaurant.He reclined in his executive chair and his hands stroked his chin, as he replayed what happened.When his mother had initially mentioned the matchmaking she and Anita’s mother had planned between them, he was skeptical and hesitant because he wasn’t ready to get married.Yet he agreed after much persuasion form his mother to meet with Anita under the pretext of trying to be a supplier for her company’s project with the Alpha group.After their little encounter, his opinion regarding marriage changed, and now he wanted nothing more than for Anita to be his.He loved her spitfire attitude and the way she stood up to him. He didn’t care what he had to do, he’d surely get her.The ‘ring ring’ sound coming from the telephone on his desk brought him out of his thoughts, and he stretched his hand to pick it up, knowing fully well that it was a call from his secretary. A