ra'

irthday celebration during the day. She made

at night, which meant I was one hour ahead

generally peaceful and quiet, so when a few visitors attempted to disturb

decipher the meaning of the murm

aily activities an

eak room to grab

re today," said Sandra,

s were seated arou

f his staff, he forbids them from meeting his gaze. They must con

anting to know who th

n cuisine he ordered had too much spice? Every employee at the eatery lost the

we've had challenging visitors before, this

day?" I halted my prog

nd stood silently, their fac

ready heard?" S

shook

s Derek Montenegro is com

eryone is so parano

peak so loud, rumor has it that he can h

ave a coll

a little over

"I heard; he is coming here just so that

en's help whoever has

on the timetable, I just had a few vacant rooms that neede

d the break r

mbed back, it was in its natural curls, as he appeared to be in a

ado, they rose f

o put his stress on me, w

was a little reluctant. All right, in t

and went direc

Marcus, stop

ve run in tim

an up the boss's p

I turned t

me sort of misunderstanding. Technically, all of the

," he said, verif

serve Derek Montenegro, the notorious o

ed at his p

s nervousness c

I have a couple of roo

ally, only the maids with the highest clearance served our most esteemed visitors. At

Upon learning that he would be arriving today, they all became ill at once. Regretfull

wonder whether she was aware of

oomed; there was n

e penthouse and go before Derek returns; I don't want him to see you there. D

h a

nly to clean and not

he think I wou

work here again if you do anything improper or disobey a

anoth

ed. He slapped me out of my t

he penthouse

cleaning; it had its own private elevator. I pushed the

us why he was traveling here. I've heard that he hasn't vis

since I wouldn't have to deal with him and would just b

ait, the elevator do

tered the penth

house, providing a view of the surrounding structures. Additionally, there were glass sections in the ceiling. The a

property like this hasn't had any occupants for at least the

a spot like this while cleaning

up and go back to my

I was doing there. But I would be destroyed if t

t, yet it looked better than I could have ever imagined. I wiped the pers

uld probably turn it off now befo

nusual caller

picked up

op and concentra

Something

" was my

one I could re

n me, I just need to ta

ther. Simply put, we ought to move on a

sto

ides lying, and I'm confident that s

t the reason you're making such

tements at first, and th

reasons, both of which we shared, but it was much

aware that our relationship

in the background, like

and I should have paid attention to them. Al

ed because you wouldn

would always nod off when we were together. You were only using me as a scapego

y days off since I had to work. What we

cream once again. I was defini

m coming to you ri

hotel. He would be lucky to make it to the recept

dbye, have a

number was then erased

e to get over my r

believable to me; I had wasted so much time chatting with him. I

work; I had to tidy up th

aining tasks after

had finished sett

rtment, I grinned. I was probably g

conversatio

tenegro here,

k shouldn't see me here. This job paid far more

sooner if Waylen hadn't pho

of what to do next

o myself

om, hiding behind the wall

ce here that I doubt

teps became louder

more than your cousin and grandpa together. They

o see what

was here, as ce

ed him to the couch by supporting

s only a few drink

you seem pretty inebriated right now. You have to be sober because you have a

eyes on the couch

t," sai

omorrow," was L

d mute and un

penthouse. All that's left

get out of here with

living room, but Derek opened

fully, balanci

t back behind the wall w

ght as I saw him take a step fo

s just one room. I wouldn't want to proceed in any ot

nted to his be

o it seemed like something

ying to figure out

ities that he would wi

arefully opening the door s

any places to hide. Stepping into the shower, I stood in the corner, thinking maybe he wouldn't

ould collapse into the bed at any second. I co

m the bedroom; it was most lik

would have to see whet

then there was the sound of a door

t door that shut. All I was doing

ssed to the gr

d, so I covered my lips. This is

racle, I was going

othing struc

hanging

r the shower handle

rent of freezing cold

to stop myself from yelling

een good to a lot of people, so that had to count for something, right? I owed

ipper unzip a

Derek walking in front of

" I cr