The Consortium's Heir

Chapter 225

"Now, I want you to change these four rooms into a presidential suite."

The receptionist bowed at Darius politely again before reaching out to take the key cards. Before she could, an unpleasant voice rang out.

"If my memory serves me right, anyone who wants to upgrade from a normal suite to the presidential suite has to fork out an additional thousand dollars. Since you're upgrading from four normal suites, you'll need to pay four thousand dollars. I doubt you'll be able to afford it, judging by the rags you're wearing."

No one would be happy to suddenly be criticized or insulted by a random passerby. Darius narrowed his eyes and turned to look at the person who'd spoken. However, a hand caught him by the arm.

He subconsciously looked at it and followed it upward to see that it belonged to the receptionist. He exhaled and said, "I don't think we're well acquainted enough for you to be doing this. It’s not very appropriate."

The receptionist's face turned crimson. She let go of him and bowed again, saying apologetically, "I’m sorry, sir. I acted without thinking. You may not know who this woman is, so allow me to introduce you. She's our lobby manager and a stellar employee. She's also a member of the Gillette family."

The woman cut her off here. "I don't think that's information that you have the right to reveal! I'm going to take note of this and deal with you later."

Her voice wasn't easily discernible as masculine or feminine, and if one didn't look at her, it was easy to mistake her for a young man. So, Darius didn't bother hiding his surprise. And it was this surprise that truly made the woman's blood boil.

She bellowed, "Your gaze is extremely rude. Guards, drag this pauper out of here right now! If you don't deal with him immediately, I guarantee you'll regret being born." Then, she turned to look at the receptionist.

"As for you, pack up your things and leave right now."

The receptionist's eyes widened, and she raised her voice without even realizing it. "Firstly, I want to say that's an unreasonable decision.

Secondly, you don't have the right to fire me at all! You're not a senior executive in this hotel. You’re just a lobby manager. Also, you're not a shareholder!"

She was loud enough that everyone heard her clearly, and Darius could even hear their gasps. His interest was piqued, and he said to her, "If you're really asked to leave this hotel, you can consider joining my company. It's newly established, so we need talents like yourself." Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

Without a word, Erin stepped forward and put her laptop on the front desk’s counter. Her fingers flew across the keyboard.

Darius raised an eyebrow at her actions. He'd never seen her like this before. After a moment's thought, he understood what she was doing.

Then, he saw her smile. She pushed the laptop over to him and said, "This is all the information we have on the receptionist.

Indeed, she's well-suited to join West Atlantics Int'l. If she does join us, she'll definitely be a good addition."

Darius raised an eyebrow. It was hard for him to believe that he'd stumbled upon yet another talent. After all, they were a rare breed. Coming across Erin was already surprising enough. If this receptionist

was another talent, there was no doubt in his mind that West Atlantics Int'l would be able to achieve its goal in no time.

As he thought about this, he walked to the front desk to look at the laptop. Then, he glanced at the receptionist and said, "Alicia Rodriguez, a finance major who completed her degree and postgraduate studies with flying colors. For some reason, all the interviews you attended after graduating went badly, and you failed to find a job in finance. Then, someone accused you of cheating on the entrance exam to join a government body, and it was decided that you would never get a job there. This hasn't been verified, though."

As Darius continued looking through the information, he found that Alicia seemed to give up on her life after this. She didn’t put in any effort to change her situation. Instead, she'd gone around working odd jobs.

He looked at her. "So, that was the story of your life. I want to know now whether you have anything to say about it."

In truth, Darius hadn't read aloud all the information they had. All the accusations of Alicia cheating on the entrance exam had originated from the same IP address. In other words, this issue could be easily resolved if one had the wealth and power to do so.

Unfortunately, Alicia was nothing but an ordinary student. She didn't have the means to turn her life around, which was why she'd kept silent.

She took a deep breath, not expecting the things she'd long buried to suddenly be unearthed. She looked at Darius with her eyes wide, and she trembled as she said,

"Don't believe what they say. I'm innocent, and I did nothing of the sort. Trust me!"

Her gaze was pleading as she looked at him. After the cheating incident, no one believed her when she claimed to be innocent, not even her parents.

Now, however, a complete stranger seemed to be telling her that they were wrong.