Chapter 1: The mistake
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As irritating as the job was, Aria kept on cleaning off the sweat from the workout equipment.
“Hey Aria, take this…. a man in the gym room with a Tiger T-shirt asked me to give you this envelope”.
Aria stared at her co-worker and stared back at the envelope that she was holding, before taking it and saying "Okay, thank you”.
She opened the envelope and withdrew the letter, and started reading it.
“I have noticed that you've been following me, but now I am ready to give you a chance. This is my hotel room number, room 216. Come let us have a steamy night together, I promise you that you will forever be a happy woman when you have a taste of me”.
Immediately after reading the last line, Aria slammed the letter on the table with so much disgust. This is what she sees almost every day since she started working for Helix Hotel.
No doubt, Aria is a very pretty lady, known as a good employee who shows good hospitality towards the guests of the hotel.
But this time, Aria couldn't help but give that shameless man a stern warning. She kept the laundry basket aside, picked up the letter from the table, and marched back to the gym room like a soldier warming up for a battle ahead.
Unfortunately for Aria, two men were putting on a tiger T-shirt. The main culprit has already left the gym room, leaving an innocent man running on a treadmill.
6 feet 4 inches, his shoulders were wide, dark hair, ocean blue eyes, strong jaw, chiseled cheekbones, and a firmly etched mouth characterize him.
Aria thought he was the man.
“Hello Sir, sir…sir!!!” Aria kept calling out, but the young man chose to ignore the lady who was calling his attention. All his focus was on his run on the treadmill and the loud music playing from his ear set.
To get his attention, Aria increased the speed of the treadmill and he couldn't control the sudden speed, causing him to fall on the ground.
He rose in anger, removing his earpiece, and gave her a dark, piercing look.
Aria moved to him with a serious facial expression, hit the letter on his chest, making him hold on to the envelope.
“The next time you send this type of letter to me again, I will kill you”.
“Mr p*****t” she added and walked away immediately.
His beautiful but dark blue eyes tore into her.
“Stop right there” !!!. He said in a domineering manner. Aria paused a little in the effect of his thundering voice, but walked away again without looking back.
“I am talking to you”.
“Hey”!!!!. He thundered louder with his deep masculine voice. Drawing the attention of other people around.
“Why are you shouting in my hotel?”. A hoarse voice of a man came from behind.
It was Alex, the head manager of Helix Hotel, the second son of the chairman of the hotel company.
He turned to the voice knowing who it was.
“This is not your hotel yet” He fired back at him.
“Besides, is this how your employees treat their guests?”. He asked in his deep masculine voice.
A cold smile escaped from Alex's lips.
“You were the one who told Dad that the hotel was more convenient for you than home, so why are you complaining now?”. Alex asked. He was still talking
“Bro, tomorrow morning is your inauguration ceremony as the CEO of Helix Hotel, I advise you to stop showing off your rotten personality to the public”. “Right, Mr Derek?”. Alex added
The innocent man running on the treadmill, Mr Derek suddenly produced an ugly frown on his perfect face and said
“I will not attend any meaningless ceremony, so you all should keep it to yourselves, inauguration my a*s”. He slammed the envelope he was holding on Alex's face and walked away.
Derek, the first son of Smith Hale and also a stepbrother to Alex, has spent almost his entire life in another city away from home. He was popularly known as a business expert who had created chains of business relationships with many prestigious organizations around the world.
He finally decided to return to take what's rightfully his possession before his step-brother claims everything.
It was expected that he would refuse to attend his inauguration ceremony.
Love, laughter, and smiles are masks people wear to show off fake emotions- that was what Derek believed. He became a cold personality after his mother was dragged out of the mansion when he was 3 years old; he watched people who served her mock her.
Alex chuckled mischievously, watching his stepbrother leave the gym with so much anger.
He entered the laundry room where Aria was. He ordered all of his bodyguards to stand at the entrance to stop anyone from entering the room.
“You won't have faced such humiliation if you hadn't turned down my contract”.
Aria was shocked to hear the hoarse voice of her boss behind her.
“I am sorry, sir I did notice your presence”. She shivered.
“Besides, sir, I can't accept the contract”. She added.
Alex chuckled mischievously, moving closer to her.
“Don't you think I am doing you a big favor, after knowing how much your late parents owed this company?”.
“Anyone would grab this offer that you have kept on refusing. Marry me, and when I finally become the successor of the hotel, we will get a divorce, and I will compensate you with 70 million dollars and some properties. Why is that so hard for you to accept?”. Alex had to state every single thing clearly to her again.
Aria stood there in fear, as beads of sweat rose on her forehead.
Of course, her parents owed the company a huge amount of money before they passed away in an accident. They have worked in the Helix Hotel almost all their lives, and they were granted a loan of 50 million dollars.
The money was used for her mother's surgery, but unfortunately, they met with an accident when coming back from the hospital.
Aria was forced to drop out of school to work at this prestigious hotel to pay for the debts; 75% of her salary is always deducted. The remaining 25% she will manage for her twin brother's well-being.
“I don't want to take such a contract, because rich men like you don't stick to deals, I will forever be your puppet if I dare to accept your contract,” she replied in tears.
Alex moved even closer, admiring her innocent tears, which made him want her more.
He grabbed her slender waist and whispered into her ear, “You are already my puppet, Miss Aria”.
He paused a little and added.
“When next I come for my cont
ract, I won't be friendly at all”. His eyes tore into her.
Aria froze, her heartbeat became faster.
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