Camila shot him a look over her shoulder.“What do you mean? I just need you to zip me up. That’s all. I’m not asking for anything else.”Alex took a deep breath to control his raging nerves and stepped back.“I’m sorry. I don’t want to disobey your orders but doing this was never in my job description. I cannot do this, Miss. I apologize.”Camila turned to him and opened her mouth to speak but a deep voice interrupted her from down the hall.“Camila, what are you doing here?”She turned and Alex watched her eyes brighten as the stranger approached. He’d wanted to go back inside but instead, he leaned against the door and waited to see the man who was capable of making Camila smile.“Ethan! Oh, thank God. Can you help me with my zipper? I’m running late.”“Sure, Unicorn. What are you doing here? I’ve been looking for you.”Alex’s chest constricted painfully when he heard that nickname. He even had the right to call her by a nickname? Who was this guy and what was their relationship?
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
The atmosphere in the room was stiff and tense as Mrs. Maria spoke. Even Alex could not control the sweat that broke through his pores. It was a miracle that he was able to look unbothered.“Yes, detective. His name is David Wyatt. He was recently employed as my head cleaner and has been working here for a short period but I have reasons to suspect that he isn’t what he says he is.” A beat passed.“Of course. I’ll have my PA send you all the details shortly. Thank you very much.” She ended the call without saying anything more. “There. Are you satisfied, Miguel?” Miguel tried to act all humble but he could not hide the subtle happiness in his eyes. Alex knew the bastard was eager to see him leave. Not in this life.“Partly, ma’am. I’ll be even more satisfied when the detective tells us the result of his investigation.”Mrs. Maria nodded, but her expression was still hard and stoic.She turned her attention to Alex.“I really hope you haven’t lied to me, David. I hope you’re who you
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
They all waited silently as Tariq placed a call to the surveillance unit of the mansion.“…okay, okay. That’s fine. Please be here soon.”Finally, he shut off his phone and faced the crowd.“Good news. The surveillance unit is sending one of their tech. guys over right now with the footage from twenty minutes ago. I’m sure all of this will be cleared up very soon.”Diego slowly got to his feet. The drama he’d put up a few minutes ago was long forgotten. Miguel’s face was twisted like he’d just swallowed a gigantic toad. After what felt like an eternity, the tech. guy finally arrived. He was a dark skinned young man with thick curly hair and large, chunky glasses. He bowed before Mrs. Maria first before going to stand beside Tariq.“Everyone, this is Thomas Vegas from the surveillance department and he’s here to reveal the truth.” Tariq quickly introduced.“Thomas, do you have the footage?” “Yes, sir.” Thomas held up a tiny flash drive. “That’s great. Play it. We want to know who’
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.)***For the first few seconds, Alex was speechless.“I asked you a question, Alex.” Mrs. Maria seethed. “Why didn’t you do as I asked?”He finally snapped back to reality.“Ma’am, I promise I can explain.”Mrs. Maria folded her arms and stared at him.“Well go on, I’m listening.”“I promise I cleaned the room, ma’am. Infact, I cleaned both rooms. I just returned a few minutes ago to find out that the Italian Enforcer's dogs had not been leashed and they ended up messing up the room all over again. I promise this was all sparkling just a few minutes ago.”Miguel shook his head, his expression dripping with disgust. “Aren’t you ashamed of yourself? Blaming your incompetence on poor, innocent dogs. How pathetic.”Mrs. Maria turned to him.“What do you mean by that, Miguel? Are you trying to tell me something?”Miguel stepped forward.“Forgive me, ma’am, but I believe that what happened here is quite clear. No dog whatsoever w
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