If only more of those guys were like this' She thought as she now tried to burn Lucien's image into her eyes until someone caught attention, causing her to divert her gaze.
"Hey Penny, what seems to be the problem?" A middle-aged man asked as he approached the receptionist's table.
"Nothing. I just want you to show Mr Philip the main surveillance room so that he could see the last footage of the 25th floor" Penny said as she pointed a finger at Lucien.
"Bu-but. You of all people should know that what you are asking right now isn't allowed" The middle-aged man said as he looked at Lucien warily.
"I know. But you see, this is a special case. So how about you just once for me Hugo" Penny replied as she begged a little.
"I am sorry Penny. But I can't just sweep something like this under the rug" Hugo said as he shook his head in disagreement.
"And besides, why does Mr Philip want to take a look at the security footage of the 25th floor" He added as he looked at Lucien with clear suspicion in his eyes before turning his attention back to Penny.
"Well, for starters, this is Mr Philip Beniot" Penny replied.
"I am sorry, I have never heard of him" Hugo said as he shook his head.
But Penny could only swallow her now imaginary saliva, she peeked at Lucien to see if there was any dissatisfaction on his face.
And thankfully, there were none.
'Mr Philip is a truly a nice guy' she thought.
"Ahemm…Doesn't the name Beniot ring a bell to you?" Penny said as she gestured at Hugo to think a little.
Hugo seeing her bizarre signs concluded that things were much more complicated than he thought.
"Does it have anything to do with the Beniot family? Hugo asked after thinking about it a little.
Penny nodded her head in confirmation as a wave of relief spread through her body.
"But what does that have to do with him. Although I don't know about the children of the CEO of Beniot inc, I do know that he has a son called Gaubert. And I have never heard of a name like Philip among them" Hugo said in confusion after he had seen Penelope nodding her head in confirmation.
Although he didn't have much knowledge of the influential and wealthy people of Paris, which was quite normal as he had his own life to live and didn't have the energy to memorize all their faces and lifestyles.
But considering the kind of work he does, he had made it a habit to keep up with the current news and trends. And he was sure that he hasn't heard of Philip Beniot.
"I know. I was confused at first too, but this is Philip Benoit, the second son of Bastein Benoit, CEO of Beniot inc" Penny said with a smile after seeing her colleague's facial expression.
At least she could now see what she looked like some minutes ago.
"And trust me, if you still have your doubts, I have already confirmed it some weeks ago when I was reading a magazine based on the Beniot family"
"And it was said that Mr Philip had been studying in Britain for the last two years, so it isn't surprising that you haven't heard of him till now" She added.
"T-This" Hugo could only stutter in doubt as he stared at Lucien in a new light.
Although he was still doubting because it was said that Mr Bastein married a French woman. But the man in front of him looked like a foreigner.
But still, he didn't want to doubt Penny's knowledge because he knew that she had a habit of reading magazines centred around the wealthy and the most influential people in France.
And that was also why she was the receptionist of the Starshine hotel because she always has an idea of who the customers were and how to please them.
"But, that still doesn't mean that I will be able to let him into the main surveillance room. After all, there are rules and regulations which even I must follow" Hugo said as he stood firm on his decision because even if the person asking to get into the main surveillance was part of the Beniot family, he still wouldn't let them in there.
Because those were the guidelines he had to follow as a chief security officer.
"And besides, shouldn't there be a surveillance room on the 25th floor. Why don't you go there and have a look if you are looking for something?" Hugo asked as he looked at Philip with a frown.
Lucien's responded as his eyes involuntary twitched.
"Unfortunately, that won't be possible. We had found out that the surveillance room on the 25th floor was sabotaged too, with the screens showing nothing but blank images".
"What!!" Hugo was taken aback by surprise as this was no longer a small problem.
He was the chief security head of the Star shine hotel, after all, so he knew about the situation and how serious it was when compared to Penny.
"Then shouldn't you have informed the manager, or better yet called the security guards. If news about this gets out, people might say that it was the perpetrator who sabotaged the surveillance room was someone working for the Starshine hotel. And that was why he was able to get access to these rooms" Hugo's gaze turned serious as he questioned Lucien.
After all, if it was really that bad, then his job might be in jeoparding too.
"Yes, things might have gone in that direction if we had chosen to spread the news, but that was also the reason Mr Durand had personally sent here, to check the main surveillance room and confirmed what had happened with my own eyes," Lucien said as he nodded his head in response.
"Mr Durand!!" Hugo said as he could only swallow back the words he wanted to say.