The person's appearance began to change as Mark took his original form, and that was of Rui…
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Two hours ago…
"Don't waste your manpower. I know who did. I want a clean job." he heard Vincent's voice.
"who? "
"Lilly, I don't know how she got hold of these pictures. Surely you must know since it was under your possession," An evidence of annoyance, in the way Vincent spoke.
On the phone, Rui asked his assistant to find her location, but Vincent beat him at him. "She is currently at imperial hotel room 79. She won't check out till tomorrow morning. "giving him a hint of what should be done.
"You know you scare me when you have these little details about her." Rui side, getting into his private elevator."Are you stealing her? "
"Sure, why not? Since I don't have anything to do with my time, I have my ways, and since she's in contact with me, it's only wise to know what she's up to."
Ending the call, his car already waiting for him, they arrive at the hotel thirty minutes later.
"She's not alone sir, her assistant is with her." The female assistant in the driver's seat said, after confirming the information.
"That won't be a problem," Rui looked through the car window. Rachel hurriedly came out of the hotel, fumbling with the car keys as she tried opening the car door.
"This is a sign from heaven. They have cleared my path, and will meet me in the alley across the street in an hour's time."
He reached the receptionist, his hand in his pocket,"Excuse me," he said to have the woman raise her head from the laptop.
"Good day. How may I help you? "
"I would like to make use of your restroom,"
The first thing she did was to examine Rui from head to toe, to make sure he wasn't one of those freelancers, or to look for an opportunity to sneak in.
However, Rui was dressed for the job, putting on a tightly fit tailored Black suit, the white undershirt peeking out, with his hair neatly combed backward, a few strands falling on his face. Sometimes looking can be deceiving.
"Take a left turn to the lounge. There you find the restroom. " She said after some minutes, as Rui had passed her dressing test, and also there was no way someone this handsome would want to sneak in. Judging from his expensive suit, he could afford even a five-star hotel.
He left there going to the restroom; he relieved himself. Looking around the place, there was only one man with a male cleaner.
He casually strolled to the cleaner and said,"Please what floor is room 459 located. My sense of direction is not that good, I tend to get confused with all the numbers." He showed the person the room key that had a label on it showing room 45.
The kind male worker told him to take the elevator to the fourth floor, coming along with Rui because he also had to clean a room there.
Rui followed the man, entering the elevator, while making sure not to be caught.
"So how long have you been working here? " Rui asked the man.
"Two months now," the man replied.
"Is that so mm? Do you live alone or with your family, mind my manners am Vincent Andreson. " Rui introduced himself with the intention of befriending the young man, offering him a handshake.
Taking his kind, friendly gesture, he returned the handshake, "Mark Reins, I live alone, my family lives in metro city." It wasn't every day a customer took the initiative to befriend him.
"So Mark, you know the receptionist. How long has she been working here, because she seems easily distracted, the one with the heavy makeup? " He describes, moving his hand around his face.
"Probably two years or so why?."
"I think it will do the hotel good if she's fired, cause someone could easily gain access to the room without her notice. I should speak to the manager. "
The elevator reached their destination, and Rui stepped out, helping the man wheel out the cleaning cart.
"Let me help you with that." Taking the cart from him, there was a protest for mark, but Rui assured him not to worry, since he was not that busy.
"Where are we going now? " Rui asked the man.
"Am going to the service room to take some clean bedsheets," he answered. Why was the man being too friendly, going as far to help him with his work? Mark thought?
They entered the room. Mark pushed the cart to the side, pulling out a trolley. Walking to the shelf where neat sheets were folded, he picked up some, putting it in the trolley.
With the whole action going on, Rui walked behind and hit him hard on the head with his elbow, knocking the man unconscious. After some minutes, he was now dressed in mark clothes.
Bending down to the unconscious Mark, his face started changing, taking Mark's appearance.
"People can be so naïve. " dragging him under the closet, he kicked his legs inside.
Walking to the door, he opened it, not watching where he was going. He bumped into one.
"Ah! I am sorry. " He apologized.
"Fuck Mark, where the hell have you been? Charles has been looking for you." Pushing the cleaning trolley, "Room 709 needs a change in their bedsheets, so hurry up. "walking away leaving a mark in the service room.
And he could not be more than happy to hear the room number, surely heaven was definitely on his side.
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Now in the car, Rui clicked his tongue. He was the only one who knew about those pictures. Even Tersai herself never had the pictures of both of them. The picture was safely stored in his computer system, which means someone copied them.
Tersai was his girlfriend no, late ex girlfriend, still she decided to commit on their one-year anniversary. At least that was what people believed. It wasn't that he loved her or harbored any romantic feelings towards her. She was a coverup for his personal and sexual life because people were being too noisy.
After the little party he threw for media's sake, when the party was over they all left retiring to their homes so did Tersai. He did not know how the event played out but she caught Vincent struggling someone without being in contact with the person.
And her being stubborn enough, refused to comply, they resulted in getting into her hard, making her jump off the building making it seem like it was . Not knowing someone took photos of the incident, using it to blackmail them.
If someone finds out about a secret, there's only one way to make it a secret again. So he killed the person.
He kept the pictures as a surveyor to remember her by. And for the person to access his computer, he or she must have known his password, someone who exactly has seen him unlock it multiple times from home.
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Once he got home, he called for the butler, asking him to summon all the servants. The mole would definitely be in the house until the person receives orders for Lilly.
"What's going on, Rui? Why did you call for them? " Vincent said, coming down the stairs to see the workers all lined up in the hall.
Once everyone was in the hall, Rui said, "Today one of them betrayed us Vincent, having the courage to swipe a thumb drive on my computer, not only has that person broken the rules of the house but also neglected the fact that I don't like people touch my stuff, it would be wise to step forward, considering what you've done."
The maids looked at each other, wondering who did it. Wait for the person to step forward. Time passed, but no one made a move.
"Looks like no one has a good conscious, " Vincent joked. He moved into the lined up maids. He found the person who had fear and guilt on her face. "This is the person we were waiting for, or is there an allele?" Vincent asked in a bright, enthusiastic voice to have the maid shake her head.
"Wonderful! " Rui clapped, dismissing the rest of them, but Vincent stopped him.
"What's with the rush? Allow them to watch the scene. Maybe it will give them an insight on what to do and what not to do."