“Shh!” Lisa quiets her friends, “You guys go up to the room—I’ll be right back.”
Lisa remembers from previous stays that the presidential suite has a private elevator, but Leilani didn’t take the private elevator. She assumes that a man like Waylen Bamford would be staying in the presidential suite, and her suspicious are instantly aroused. She follows Leilani on tiptoe and sees Leilani enter a staff dormitory.
“Mrs. Bamford lives in the staff dormitory?” she thinks incredulously, “This is wonderful news for me!”
…
Back in the presidential suite, Waylen just puts on a dark blue shirt and buttons the last cufflink. Robert walks anxiously toward him.
“Mr. Bamford,” Robert says after a pause, “Mrs. Bamford just borrowed the phone from the front desk. I think she called Dr. Meyer.
“Where is his phone?”
“It’s all settled,” Robert assures him, “Dr. Meyer’ phone has been turned off.”
Robert asked his men to dispose of the body and the phone, and he’s confident that they haven’t made any mistakes. However, he still can’t shake the uneasy feeling that something bad is going to happen.
“Do you know what to say if Mrs. Bamford asks you about Dr. Meyer?” Waylen inquires.
“Of course,” says Robert.
Leilani sits on the windowsill in the room. It’s still raining outside, and the violent wind rattles the windowpane in its frame. She thinks about Charles and wonders why he hasn’t returned her call. He’s supposed to be with Nanny, and she’s scared something has gone wrong.
Leilani wants to contact Nanny’s new nurse to see if she knew anything about Charles, but Leilani doesn’t even know who the new nurse is. Charles hired a new nurse secretly to help protect Nanny from Waylen, but it all happened so fast, Leilani never had time to get the nurse’s contact information. She hopes that Charles will somehow learn that Waylen caught her. Although her mobile phone seems unable to send texts to him, she’s fairly confident she can still receive them.
“If he finds out where I am, I’m confident he’ll contact me,” she thinks, “He’s resourceful, clever man.”
A knock at the door interrupted her reverie.
“Mrs. Bamford, Mr. Bamford wants you to go to the restaurant,” Robert says.
She looks down at her wristwatch—it’s already time for lunch. Time has flown ever since she tried to make her escape. Worrying about Charles and Nanny has spoiled her appetite, but she hops down from the windowsill. She opens the door to see Robert waiting for her outside the room.
“He probably has instructions from Waylen to make sure I go with him,” she thinks.
“Mrs. Bamford, what’s the matter?” Robert asks, upon seeing the worry lines creasing her forehead.
Leilani holds the metal door handle tightly.
“I want to borrow your phone to make a call,” she says.
Robert is hesitant. He’s not supposed to let others use his phone without Waylen’s explicit approval. The Bamford’s are quite strict about the ways their staff can communicate. The bodyguards are not allowed to carry normal mobile phones—their phones work on a closed-circuit system that only allows them to contact one another. Robert is an exception: he’s allowed to have contact with the outside world.
Robert frowns as he weighs his options. Finally, he takes his phone out of his pocket and hands it to Leilani. Leilani hesitates. She didn’t expect him to lend her his phone—Waylen would be furious if he allowed her to talk to Charles—and his surprising generosity instantly confirms her suspicions.
“He probably wouldn’t give me the phone if he thought there was a chance that I could get in contact with Charles,” Leilani thinks, “He must already know that I won’t be able to reach him.”
Leilani’s stomach sinks. As a doctor, Charles’ phone is always on in case of an emergency. What’s more, Leilani knows he’d never turn his phone off when he had a secret appointment with her. Though she’s hopeless, Leilani unlocks the phone and dials Charles’ number.
Robert watches her with darkened eyes.
“Are you going to call Dr. Meyer?” he asks.
Leilani is already anticipating the question.
“Do you know where he is?” she asks.
Leilani is confident that Waylen knows all about her plans to move Nanny.
“It’s impossible that he caught me without knowing about Charles and Nanny too,” Leilani thinks, “And Waylen’s perverted possessiveness and jealousy could be bad news for Charles.”
Leilani’s heart misses a beat and her blood runs cold as she imagines what lance could have done to Charles. She raises her eyes to look at Robert and leans on the doorframe to steady herself—she doesn’t want Robert to see her shaking. Her entire body feels like jelly and she’s scared she might collapse. She doesn’t fear anything Waylen could do to her, but she is terrified for the people she cares about.
Robert looks down and carefully arranges his words, “Mr. Bamford was furious with Dr. Meyer, and he informed the Meyer family about Charles’ duplicity and betrayal immediately.”
Robert deliberately leaves the lie half-told. He knows that Leilani is clever enough to imagine how Dean Meyers might react, and he doesn’t want to risk overcomplicating the story by adding too many details.
Leilani feels some of her strength return. She knows that Dean Meyer values obedience and discipline and can imagine how angry he might be if he knew that Charles had violated the agreement between the Meyer and the Bamford. Though Charles is an a.d.u.l.t, she can imagine Dean Meyer blocking his son’s phone line out of spite. As long as Charles is okay, Leilani can breathe. She straightens up and levels a cold look at Robert’s face.
“What about a nanny?” she asks.
“Your nanny has been returned to the hospital and she’s in stable condition,” Robert says.
Leilani nods and returns the mobile phone to Robert before following him to the revolving restaurant.
…
The revolving restaurant is located on the top floor of the hotel. The floor of the restaurant moves along a track, slowly rotating the restaurant 360 degrees. Customers can enjoy Michelin-starred food and panoramic views at the same time.
The restaurant is decorated in a passionate and romantic French style. The menu is inspired by traditional French cuisine and the restaurant is renowned for its extensive collection of French wines and brandies. It’s also famous for its waitresses: s.e.xy French beauties who wear red velvet bikinis trimmed with fluffy white lace.
At a table near the window, a beautiful French waitress sticks her butt out, perks up her b.r.e.a.s.ts, and waits for the handsome man to order. She strokes her long blonde hair in coquetry and deliberately bends over to give the man a view of her cleavage. Waylen ignores her. He looks at the menu, hands it back coldly after ordering and looks only at Robert. Robert approaches the table quickly and offers the waitress a tip, holding the money between his index and middle fingers. The waitress’s eyes flash when she sees the money. Though she has worked in the restaurant for many years, this is the first time someone has tipped her such a large sum of money.
She happily takes the tip from Robert’s fingers and kisses him, leaving a big red lip print on his cheek. Robert is stunned. Dazed, he takes out his handkerchief and wipes away the lip print with a funny expression. Leilani laughs secretly at Robert’s funny performance, wondering if this is the first time he’s been kissed.
Waylen sits opposite Leilani, playing with a silver lighter. Leilani can see the split, red skin on his knuckles. She stares at the injured area with concern, but Waylen gives her a glance as cold and incisive as an arctic sun.
He looks at her as if she is a stranger, and he doesn’t say anything. To avoid his gaze, Leilani looks at the table next to them. Several gossiping women stare at Waylen and Leilani as if they’re stars in some absurd drama. Leilani immediately recognizes Lisa among them. Waylen follows Leilani’s gaze and looks at them casually.
The women blush instantly and turn around like frightened birds when Waylen looks at them. Though Lisa specifically chose the table next to Waylen, she feigns modesty and shyness and looks away.
“Oh, God, he’s looking at me,” one woman whispers in a soft and seductive voice.
“No, he’s looking at me,” says another.
“Mr. Bamford, shall we clear the site?” Robert asks, upon seeing his boss’ frown.
Robert knows that Waylen doesn’t like crowded places, and he especially hates places with many women. Typically Robert has sites cleared in advance, but it’s been such a hectic day he didn’t have time to deal with the restaurant. Waylen lifts his hand to stop Robert.
“Send a bottle of the most expensive cognac to them,” he orders.
Robert is stunned—he thinks he heard wrong. Not only does Waylen not mind the giggling, obnoxious women, but he also seems to be encouraging their behavior with a bottle of cognac. Subconsciously Robert glances at Leilani, but her face remains calm, betraying no emotion.
“Her husband is buying other women a drink under her nose,” Robert thinks, “Doesn’t she mind at all?
Although Robert is confused, he walks toward Lisa’s table, “This is for you. Ladies, please enjoy.”
“Louis XIII Le Mathusalem?” exclaims one woman, reading the label, “Oh my God, this is extremely rare!”
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