Five months had passed since the not-so- good conversation between Annabelle and Drey. Things were going unbelievable smooth. Firstly, Nancy and Tyler's relationship were growing stronger and they had successfully graduated, even Ryan's bakery was booming with customers,while Anna had gotten an admission to one of the schools she had been aspiring to go to, Harvard university. Of course she couldn't afford the tuition fees but all her hard work had paid off as she was offered a scholarship. She was supposed to leave for school in the next two months therefore she couldn't just sit there without working so Nancy hooked her up with an hotel that she herself worked in during her free days which was mostly all the time, considering the fact that she had just graduated school.
Anna applied for the job and got it without breaking a sweat. She worked as an attendant in an hotel slightly far away from her house, Belvery Hotel. It was a very big and beautiful place. It was a seven story building which had high ceilings that were beautified with chandeliers that were lit up nicely, the place was so clean to the extent that one could lie on the floor comfortably. The front desk was just enough to contain more than two people which meant that four people worked as receptionists in the Hotel obviously with different shifts. The rooms were very spacious but they couldn't be compared with the VIP rooms that were situated on the top-most floors. She was in awe when she first stepped into the building but later got used to the sight.
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A customer about six foot tall, ruffled hair and dark blue eyes which Anna believed to be in his early 30's came to the the front desk
"Welcome to Belvey Hotel's and suites. How may I help you"
"Yo tengo una reserva, por favor" [I have a reservation please] 'wow he speaks Spanish..cute' Anna thought to herself before she replied.
"Disculpe"[Excuse me]. Anna went to where Nancy was stationed and asked her if he actually had a reservation in the hotel and Nancy said he did. So she went back to her desk and said
"Aqui" [here] while giving him a small key
"Gracias, tu hablas espanol?" He asked mother slight smile..whisk had Anna blushing
"Si....well not so much...woops...lo siento, tu hablas ingles" Anna said as she punched her thigh for speaking english. What if he couldn't understand English ,he would think of her as a weird person,she thought.
"Yes actually....very well in fact. Where are mhn manners...I am Jones, Phillip Jones" he said reaching his had out for her to shake it and she did
She breathed a sigh of relief that he could speak English if not she would have embarrassed herself with her rusty Spanish. The only reason she could speak a little of Spanish was because of the Spanish lessons she took in her high school.
"Nice to meet you, I am Annabelle Woods " Anna said with a beautiful smile on her face "Tanya will direct you to your room now and if you need anythingsir, please be sure to call using the land line" she said finally as Tanya, one of the workers took him to his room
"Whoaa.....Annabelle, do you realise what you have just done" Nancy said with utter surprise
"What???"Anna asked confused
"Do you know who he is...please tell me you do"
"Nancy...can you just spill it out...what is all these expressions for?"
"Okay...he is the owner of this building. He is he CEO" immediately Nany aaid these words Anna's bows rose up in surprise
"No way...are you joking?" She said still feeling sceptical
"Of course not and do you know that you are the first person that I have seen him smile for...he never talks to his employees about anything outside work buf he asked you for your name.....Annabelle...I have seen the future. You guys are going to be lovers"Nancy grinned widely. When she saw Annabelle talking with Mr Jones so freely, she was scared that he might punish her but seeing him even ask for her name.....it only meant one thing....that he was interested in her.
"Now Nancy you are over reacting....how can the boss possibly only smile towards me ...now I see you are lying...we have work to do now so don't come up with lame things"
"Jeez, Anna do you know how annoying you are....I am serious...ask Tanya or Vanessa if you don't believe me".
Tanya and vanessa were co workers of both Anna and Nancy and they all got along pretty good.
"Okau I believe you but please since you made if clear that hebis our boss, we shouldn't talk about him so freely...you don't want us to get fired do you?"
"No..." Nancy said sighing as they all went back to their works.
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"Belvery hotel, Annabelle Woods speaking...how may I be of service to you" Anna spoke through the telephone landline.
"I need one bottle of champagne and two champagne glasses...room 402" came a ladies voice that sounded utterly rude...who did she think she was. Since Anna was the only one available she had to be the one to go all the way to that suite and deliver the order because she noticed that Nancy was attending to a customer while Tanya and Vanessa were on their lunch break. God know where the bar tenders were,Anna thought to herself.
Sighing furiously she made her way to the bar and took the bottle of champagne and the champagne glasses as requested then placed it on a trolley and used the elevator to the room given. When she got there she reached for the bell and rang it. While waiting for someone to answer. She took her time to examine the features and noticed that it was one of the ViP rooms....this person must be rich to afford this side of the building,she thought to herself. Her thoughts were interrupted by the opening of the door. She quickly snapped back to really and then her eyes met with mr Jones's.
"Ohh...I am sorry...I must have gotten the wrong room" Anna said suddenly feeling shy. If she could remember correctly. It was a female voice she heard on the phone
"Or did you just was to see my pretty face" he teased...what...how could he talk like that, Anna said to herself still red with embarrassment.
"Jones what is taking so long" Anna couldn't mistake that voice for anyone. She was sure that it was the voice of the woman that ordered the champagne
"I was just kidding. I order the champagne" he said with a slight giggle
"Ohh...here it is then" so he was just teasing her the whole time, she thought.
He took the champagne and the glasses then kept it on one of the side tables and then came back and said
"I thought you were a receptionist, why are you the one delivering these. Isn't ther supposed to be someone that does this job?" He asked
" oh yes sir but they were quite busy"
" And I thought I had enough employees l...don't worry, i will see to it that there is more and also ...there is a nice restaurant just few blocks away from here, would you mind joining me in the evening ...let's say 6pm" Anna froze on the spot ...what...someone she had just met how many hours ago...thank God she had an excuse to give...or so the thought.
"Uhmmm...I am sorry sir but it is against the policies of the hotel. Staffs are not meant to mingle with customers asides from work-related activities.
Jones smiled internally at what came out of the girls mouth because he knew that was coming...afterall he was the one that created those policies.
"First of all i am the one that made those policies...if you haven't figured out yet, i am the Cek if this place and I am willing to bend those rules to have some time with you and second of all please stop calling me Mr....it is Jones " he said to her giving her a disapproving look indicating that the didn't like it.
Anna chuckled at his words as he was being cute and some what flirting with her. She was about to reply when a woman came and had her hands over Jones's shoulder. Anna almost forgot that the woman was there and she wondered why.
"Jones what has been taking you so long and who is this" she said with a baby voice which made Anna squeeze her face in disgust but quickly removed the expression as she was a customer and needed to be respected despite the behaviour
"Can you just go back and wait!"Jones said with a hard voice which made not only her but me wince with shock. Without uttering a word more, she just looked at me boiling with anger and went back to where she came from.
"I am sorry about that....so is it a deal?" he said putting on a smile.
"Umm okay fine. I will be on the ground floor, so whenever you are ready I am there" Anna said trying to hold the smile on her face because she could not forget the harsh tone he used with that lady who she was guessing to be his girlfriend because of the way the girl touched him and considering the fact that they were sharing the one room...but if they were dating why did he want to go out with her, she thought.
When she was one talking to him,she went back to her station feeling flushed.