Velina arrived home at five in the afternoon.
It was already super crowded by workers who were busy with their respective duties.
She saw Nadine, her younger sister who was in a meeting through a video conference in the living room using her earphones. Apart from Nadine, she didn't see anyone else in the family.
Today was the birthday of Nico Marcello, the owner of a giant investment company called Val Capital.
Velina's grandfather actually did not want to celebrate his birthday so luxuriously like this, however, given his important identity, many people insisted on celebrating his birthday as the way it was.
As usual, anyone who celebrated a birthday at home would always invite children from Valerie Foster Home, which was the orphanage house fostered by the late Velina's mother, Valerie Al Ghazali.
All the children who lived in Valerie Orphanage were schooled, and those who had the best grades were supported to continue their education to the highest level.
There were already hundreds of orphanage children who had completed their education, got prestigious degrees, and had good jobs with big salaries.
Many of them decided to dedicate their lives to work in many of Val Capital's subsidiaries, didn't matter how much the wages were.
They were also allowed to call Mr. Nico Marcello as 'Eyang' and also call Velina's father as 'father'. Just like how the siblings call their elders.
However, they were only allowed to call them such names only when they were in the same community. Aside from that, they would act like they weren't having a close connection at all.
Only a few people who did work as their aides were allowed to act more friendly.
This was all because the identity of Nico Marcello was rather special, one of the most respected public figures in Vanesia, as well as one of the political figures who always tried to be neutral between the two wings.
In addition to his unlimited money and his influence abroad, even the president would think twice if he were about to offend him.
"Sister Velina!" a young girl trotted toward her with a bunch of wild flowers in her hand.
Velina turned her head, and bent down slightly to pat the girl's head.
"This is my birthday present for grandfather!" she said proudly, showing off a fragrant bouquet of wildflowers.
"You will give it to him yourself later!" she said with a smile.
She glanced at the girl's skirt which was torn a little. "Be careful next time, do you see that? your skirt is ripped!" she continued, and pointed at the back porch, and told the girl to go there to join the others.
Outside the compound, the guards watched the area more closely.
Today was an exceptionally important day.
There wasa no wonder if there would be people who had bad intentions towards the Marcello family.
Marino has installed CCTVs remotely with the latest Al technology.
It was impossible to be hacked by paid hackers, this was because Marino himself was the best hacker of Val Capital.
Unfortunately, despite being a genius, Marino was unusually lazy. He preferred to take care of the talent agency and house production owned by his late mother rather than being busy playing with algorithms.
Soon, the night arrived.
The guests began to arrive by showing up their invitation cards. Not a single guest was permitted to enter without showing their invitation card at the entrance of the hall.
Many people tried to participate in the celebration that night because they knew, people from all corners of the country and neighboring countries would come to respect Mr. Nico Marcello and establish business relations with them.
Not a few people who tried to be a guest companion even though they would have to pay a very expensive price.
Because they knew, once they attended the party and got acquainted with foreign investors, countless benefits would come into their pockets.
Velina looked out of the window of her room. The atmosphere outside was already quite crowded.
The guests dressed up splendidly, men wore specially made suits, and women wore fancy dresses, in fact it was almost no different from the prestigious television awards show.
Feets wrapped in a pair of silver high-heeled adorned with Swarovski crystals, Velina walked gracefully out of her room, headed for Nico Marcello's room, and lightly knocked on his door.
Nico Marcello opened the door of his room and gasped happily, staring at his elegantly beautiful granddaughter.
Her hair was upturned in a french twist style with a diamond-shaped hairpin and a sea pearl, one of her grandmother's inheritance for her.
"Mr. Nico Marcello, please allow this lowly person to be your companion," said Velina with a smile, her body bent slightly like a gentleman.
Nico Marcello smiled happily, without saying a word, he took Velina's arm, nodding and laughing.
The two of them went to greet the guests who were pleased to attend his 75th birthday celebration.