"How dare you remain seated while I'm talking to you? Didn't your parents teach you how to respect the elders?"
The man's voice was so high as if he was telling the whole city. All eyes in the restaurant shifted to their table, making Belinda nervous.She was going to stand up but Kagern touched her hand and signed for her not to.Seeing their hands touching one another's enraged Mr. Hako even more."Stand up, you bitch! This is not where you get to sexualize each other."Kagern would have said something but Belinda had a reply ready."Mr. Hako, are you blind or something? What's so sexual about holding hands?"The people around nodded in understanding, making Mr. Hako feel embarrassed.He was not the type that accepts defeat, though. He said, "Do whatever you want but not in my hotel!"This time, Kagern couldn't contain himself anymore."Your hotel?""Of course! My hotel!"Mr. Hako was one of David's distant relatives who became bosses in Golden Heart Hotel after the Hako family acquired a few shares of it.Their family didn't even have 10% of the shares but they acted like they owned the hotel. This is because the hotel's real boss was a founder and a CEO of a giant company in car industry who built Golden Heart Hotel just to encourage people to donate to those in need, making him too busy to pay attention to matters inside the hotel.To provide an example to his clients, he picked 5 lower grade employees and a higher grade 5 more from his company and donated 30% of his shares to them.One of the 5 lower grade employees he picked happened to have Hako as his family name. Just like that, the Hako family became rich and richer as the hotel became popular among rich people and made billions of income every year.That was 15 years ago when David was still 6 years old.Now, hearing Mr. Hako's arrogant voice that was similar to David's, reminded Kagern about the cheating incident.'I hate this family!'Kagern told himself internally before opening his mouth to say, "You don't own this hotel. Stop acting like 3% shares Mr. Johnsons donated to your family is huge money."Every employee knew how Hako family became one of the share holders of the hotel and often made jokes about it but not in Mr. Hako's presence. He could even kill a person if he heard him saying it.Now that Kagern had said it, all the hotel staff among the crowd showed looks of excitement on their faces. A show was about to begin.As for Mr. Hako, he jumped onto Kagern like madman."What did you say, you piece of shit?"Kagern dodged him, leaving him to fall on the ground."I said, you're nothing special. Stop acting as if your family owns the world."Because of his weight, it took about a minute for Mr. Hako to go back on his feet. With teary eyes, he pointed at Kagern and yelled, "You're fired!"He then turned to Belinda."You and your whore here. You're both fired!"Every staff member among the crowd showed some pity for Kagern and Belinda. They all knew about the leftovers incident. That both Kagern and Belinda were not financially capable of living without this job.They expected Kagern to apologize, only to be confused when he just let out a chuckle."Alright then!"With these two words, Kagern pulled a chair for Belinda who had stood up when Mr. Hako jumped at him.After she sat, he pulled another for himself.Everyone around was confused by his actions especially Mr. Hako."What are you doing?" he asked, adding, "I fired you! Get out!"Kagern let out another chuckle."Yes! You did! We're no longer your employees. Now we're clients. Give us the menu. We wanna order something to celebrate departing with a jerk like you."Everyone around couldn't help but laugh after hearing those words.Mr. Hako was fuming."That's not happening in my hotel. No one serves you anything. Plus, what can you even afford here? A beggar like you."Belinda was starting to enjoy their revenge on this guy. She could not allow him to chase them out just like that."Oh! Brother Jay," she said. "Thank the gods I had your favorite here."She was gesturing to a serving tray that lay on on the table, the one she had been carrying when Kagern came.With laughter, Kagern replied, "You're a genius, Linda!"And just like that, he pulled one of the plates and they started eating.Everybody around burst out laughing except the enraged Mr. Hako who tried to pull the tray down, embarrassing himself even more when Belinda pushed it away."Security! Security! Get these two brats out, NOW!"Everyone continued laughing.Mr. Hako attempted to pull the tray again but Kagern slapped his hand away. "F*ck off and let us eat in peace you old and ugly chubby thing."Kagern was raised never to disrespect the elders, never to insult people because of their physical appearance. However, Mr. Hako had done that countless times. He gave Kagern no reason to respect him.At that moment, a group of security guards arrived."Beat them Near-To-Death before throwing them out," commanded Mr. Hako as he rubbed his slapped hand.The security guards were about to rush at Kagern and Belinda when Bingle arrived with five gorgeous girls adorning women black suits. The security team for a V-VIP client in Golden Heart Hotel."Mr. Hako, Jayden McDenials is now the hotel's V-VIP. He just paid 10 million dollars for membership. Think twice before you touch him again!"This piece of news stirred the crowd as if a snake was released among them."Miss Spears loves Jayden," said one of the waitresses who once saw Bingle staring at Jayden contemptuously. "That's why she's doing all this. How else can a waiter pay 10 million dollars?"More people joined the gossip, giving Mr. Hako a chance to speak. "He just paid for membership? Ha! What's bullshit! Miss Spears, be wise and step back if you still love your job. Don't confuse this to one of those leftover situations where you got to speak for him.""Don't be ridiculous Mr. Hako!" Bingle replied as she took a few steps toward him. "How can I lie about such things?"While replying, Mr. Hako glanced at Kagern. "He's young with blue eyes and a nice physique. You are aroused when you see him so you're compelled to lie for him."Every waiter and waitress broke into laughter mostly because of how familiar Mr. Hako's answer was.They had heard it countless times and they knew that it was the other way around. H
Bingle didn't want another prolonged conflict so she said, "She's with a V-VIP client."The man wandered his eyes around but didn't see any VIP client. Just Bingle, a waiter and a waitress... plus a few gorgeous women in black. Thus, he felt like asking but Kagern raised his VIP card before the man could open his mouth. He too was tired of dealing with the Hako fools.First, it was David Hako cheating on him with his girlfriend and refusing to give him his money, then Mr. Hako from the hotel restaurant and lastly, this fool in charge of the Golden Pathway. He was tired of seeing their similar faces and listening to their similar arrogant voices.As for the man, he stepped back and bowed to Kagern when he saw the golden card in his hand. It had been 5 months since he saw another one of those cards. Many people bought membership of a million dollars but not even a dozen had bought the 10 million dollar one since the establishment of this hotel. So, though he knew Kagern to be a waite
"Bro, we're in trouble!"Upon hearing the word trouble, Kagern didn't want to hear the rest before jumping into the car and telling the guy holding the door for him the location to Eric's place. "Lorenzo Residential Area. Block 13.""Copy, sir!" replied the bodyguard as he closed the door and instructed the others to start the engines. On top of being his best friend, Eric was Kagern's editor. All his scripts were there. Thus, the fact that Erica was his twin sister didn't matter. Kagern didn't care bumping into Erica there or what. He just needed to save his manuscripts.Meanwhile, Eric continued explaining the situation. "Some guys in black just showed up at my door, called me a thief and locked me inside of my house," he said in an angry tone.Though it was a phone conversation and Eric could not see it, Kagern couldn't help but furrow his eyebrows. "Called you a thief?"Eric let out a sigh before answering, "Sorry that I didn't tell you but the gangs from yesterday gave me a co
Normally, Belinda could have got scared after seeing Kagern pinned on the ground, the culprits licking their lips and making such vulgar comments about her. However, she knew there was a group of skilled and strong men ready to step in for their rescue if things continued going south.That's why she kept quite and just glanced at Kagern... of course with a questioning look.Kagern was no fool. He could read all the questions on her face; one of them he deduced as, 'You're rich now. You have bodyguards. Why let these brats treat you like this?'He could only glance at Eric's house as a reply to her silent questions.Belinda, too, was no fool. She knew what he meant by gesturing at the house.Eric. Now that these guys said they were here to kill, he couldn't risk acting rashly. What if Eric was with one of them? If his bodyguards attacked the ones outside, the one inside might harm Eric. Bearing this in mind, he glanced in the direction he had left his bodyguards into so he could war
Kagern could see it from ten meters away, a few steps behind 5 girls who liked it when a person called them Naughty Girls. He was always told to mind his own business but he didn't think picking up a card for a classmate was something bad. That's why he picked it up and took a few fast and wide steps toward the Naughty Girls."Excuse me, miss!" he said as he tapped Karen on the shoulder. He was a few meters away when the card fell but he had seen who it fell from. Karen. Naughty Girls had earned themselves a reputation of being arrogant and spoilt. They thought themselves as not-on-the-same-level as other people at 4TA University. Now... now someone like Kagern was tapping on their leader's shoulder.They turned around all at once, wearing mockey expressions on their faces. They were ready to teach him a lesson. Kagern had no intention of being misunderstood so he hurried to explain himself. "You dropped this!" he said, his gaze fixed on Karen.To his surprise, Karen gave him a
As soon as Karen saw Kagern, her face brightened with a mischievous smile, turning into a wide grin as if met an old friend. "Oh! What a surprise!" she exclaimed as she walked towards him. Her bodyguards walked close-by. "I didn't know you're a thief in real life.Like usual, she wore a designer dress that hugged her womanly figure, as white as her silver hair and with a slit that left her right thigh exposed. 'Only if her actions were as decent as she looks!'With this thought, Kagern took a step to meet her, angered with her comment. He said, "I'm surprised that you still remember me. After all, you've bullied too many people in your life to remember their faces. But let me advise you, mind your words! I'm not a thief.""Ha! What are you doing here if you're not a thief then?""Heard you called my friend a thief and sent your men to kill him so I came," replied Kagern.By now, Karen was a few inches from him. She glanced at Belinda, then said, "Oh! So your friend is the thief? She
Hearing Karen call the guy uncle, you would imagine a typical man in his or above 40s, sweet and kind to her and the country. No! The man was a living Lucifer, charged with human trafficking cases countless times but the court never defeated his lawyers. He always had a trump card or two... or even more to escape justice. Now, Kagern couldn't bring himself to imagine what horrors Karen meant by her uncle having good use for them. For him and Eric, it would be some body parts like heart, kidney and... everything vital. ...and something even more horrific for the girls. It was not a fate he would wish for Belinda or even Erica even though she had been a c. u. n. t to him.This alone made Kagern see Karen in a new shade. Evil. What kind of a person does that to people for just a $10, 000 computer? What if it was 100 million dollars as she claimed? Was it worth four lives of her fellow students? No wonder her scripts never sold. Like other students from 4TA University, an institution
"I can pay double the amount he paid you," seeing that she had nowhere to run, instead of getting out of her car, Karen tried to persuade Kagern's men to switch sides. They kept quiet. This enraged her but she had no choice but to maintain a smile on her face. "Are you sure?" No one spoke to her. Kagern was liking it. As if seducing the man would do the trick, she tried to touch kagern's security team leader who stood beside her car door, telling her to get out. The young man took a step backward, dodging her advance. Embarrassed, she burst out laughing, got out of her car and strolled towards him."I can see you're playing hard to get," she said, pressing her chest on him. "But that's normal for a handsome and decent man like you. Don't worry! We can talk in private. There will surely be something even more exciting for you besides the double amount I'm offering, don't you think?"The young man glanced at Kagern, seemingly annoyed with Karen's actions. Kagern was no fool. He cou