Arnold stared at the wad of money in his hand with a frown. He could feel Carlos' sincerity in wanting to protect him from the Hensen family. But he didn't need the money at all.Zara wondered what was going on when she saw the man giving Arnold the money. "What are they doing there? Does Arnold know that man?" she muttered.The fear that enveloped Zara made her freeze in the car. She chose to watch Arnold from there. She let Arnold solve his problem with the man himself.Arnold shook his head as he handed back the money to Carlos. "Thank you for your concern, but I don't need this money."Carlos pulled his hand away, reluctant to accept the money back. "I got paid a big sum to kill you. Don't worry, the money is not even half of what I get paid. You can go to another part of the world with the money. Your life is more important," he firmly refused."But why do you care about me? I do know Alastair, but I don't know you. We've never even met before." His question was laced with curios
Carlos alighted from the car with several wounds on his face, as well as blood stains on his clothes. The guards who saw him coming gasped at his appearance. They froze in fear with their eyes following Carlos until he disappeared from their sight. "It seems that Master has ordered him to kill someone." "Who did he kill?" "Is there anyone who dares to block the Hensen family's path?" Carlos walked down the hallway with his cold gaze. He looked so scary that other workers immediately lowered their heads and avoided making eye contact with him. He entered a room where Evan and Sammy had been waiting for him. When they saw the door swung open, they were surprised to see Carlos' appearance. But their shocked expressions turned into satisfied grins because that meant Carlos had succeeded in killing Arnold. Evan clapped his hands to congratulate Carlos. "Congratulations, Carlos, you've done a great job! I will give you a reward for your hard work." With a cold voice, Carlos responded.
Zara smiled widely with a glimmer of hope in her eyes. She was ambitious to get the main character role in this upcoming movie.“Seriously?” Zara asked in an excited tone.“I am very serious, Miss. You can come directly to Mr. Kumar’s room. He is in the Presidential Suite on the 7th floor. His room number is 717,” the lady explained.But after hearing further explanation from the lady, doubts enveloped Zara. “Excuse me, why didn’t he just come here if he really gave me a chance? I am afraid to come to his room, or maybe you would like to take me and accompany me there?” she asked.The lady smiled as she gave reassured words. “Miss, in his room, Mr. Kumar is not alone there. He has several servants. As you know, the presidential suite type room is very spacious, so you can comfortably show your acting talent there.”“So you can’t take me there?”The lady shook her head. “I'm sorry, Miss; I still have a lot of work to do here. And I think Mr. Kumar is kind enough to still give you a cha
Kumar pulled the corners of his lips into a smirk. He stared at the young lady in front of him with a longing gaze.“I told them all to leave this room so that it would be quiet, Ms. Braun. That way you will be able to more concentrate on understanding the script,” he replied with a reassuring smile.Zara frowned. “But I don’t think their presence here is disturbing at all. They didn’t even make a sound.”Kumar huffed. “Miss Braun, I want them to leave so that we can be alone here.”His revelation sent a shiver down her spine. She gulped harshly as she was about to get up. But before Zara could run towards the door, Kumar quickly pulled her hand and made her sit down forcefully in her chair.“Let me go! What are you going to do?!” Zara exclaimed as she tried to free her hand from Kumar’s grip.“Calm down, pretty girl. I won’t hurt you.”Kumar closed the distance between them while still holding Zara’s hand. She averted her gaze in disgust to find the middle-aged man staring at her wit
Kumar, who was already shirtless, pulled Zara's hand and pushed her until she fell face down on the floor. Tears dripped down her cheeks. She regretted her decision to come to this room so much. If only she listened to her gut instinct, she would not have ended up here.The man put his hands on his hips while watching Zara who had fallen on the floor. "Oh Zara, I actually didn't want to be rude to you. But you asked me to do this," he stated, interspersed with a mocking chuckle.Zara tried to get up from her fall. She saw her bag that had fallen on the floor in front of her. She quickly got up and grabbed the bag. She took her cell phone out of her bag to call for help.Seeing Zara who was about to call someone, Kumar ran towards her to grab the phone from her hand.Zara's finger managed to press the call button on Arnold's contact. But when the call just rang, Kumar snatched the phone from her hand.Zara's eyes widened in surprise, and she turned to look at the middle-aged man. Kumar
Arnold tried to call Zara, but her number was not reachable. His worry escalated, remembering her last message that stated that she had a bad feeling when she was asked to come to the producer's room.He quickly contacted Alastair and ordered him to come to the address that Zara had told him. He deliberately asked his bodyguard to come there first so that nothing unwanted would happen to Zara.Arnold felt a little relieved when he saw the reply message from Alastair. His personal bodyguard was in a hotel that was very close to the Red Sapphire Hotel, even only a 5-minute walk away. He sent all the evidence to Alastair so that his bodyguard could show it to the receptionist.[Alastair: I'm coming there right now! I promise to bring Miss Zara safely.]Arnold made his way out of his room. He rushed to the Red Sapphire Hotel to help save Zara. Even though he had sent Alastair, he was still someone more responsible for this.Alastair had arrived at the reception desk. After explaining his
Kumar got up from his fall while stepping back to get away from Alastair. He ran towards the table to grab his phone so he could call his bodyguards. Alastair clenched his fists with a rough breath. With swift steps, he walked towards Kumar. Kumar's eyes widened in fear seeing Alastair who was furious walking towards him. He cursed in annoyance seeing his call not getting an answer from his bodyguards. "What the hell!" He slammed the phone in annoyance, then his gaze shook seeing Alastair reaching for his body. "What are you doing? Put me down! Put me down!" He shouted for help, but no one paid attention to him. The security guards who witnessed the unfolding scene were silent, even though Kumar was a VIP guest at the Red Sapphire Hotel. What they saw when the door opened explained everything that happened here. Kumar was the guilty party, so the hotel would not protect him. The burly man lifted Kumar's body into the air as if he were lifting a doll. Kumar screamed in fear
The lady was taken aback. Arnold's statement sent shivers down her spine, especially since she was the one who had suggested Zara Braun come to Kumar's room. She didn't expect her boss to do something this lecherous, considering that the man was a generous figure.According to his subordinates, Kumar was not only generous to his employees, but he also cared deeply about the less fortunate. The middle-aged man even owned an orphanage."I will take this case to court, and your bastard boss will rot in prison!" Arnold threatened while pointing his finger, then he turned around and left the room.Arnold and Alastair rushed into the car and headed to the hospital where Zara was being treated. Arriving in front of Zara's room, they sat on the chairs to wait for the doctor to invite them to enter.Not long after, the door swung open and revealed a female doctor. Arnold and Alastair immediately got up from their seats and approached the doctor."Doctor, how is Zara? Is she okay?" Arnold asked