After seeing him exit a room with the driver who drove her back, she tap a few keys and reverse the video to when Ashton arrived to the hotel. Her face went close to the monitor of her laptop, as she tilts her head her eyes grew wide. She then took her phone and called him.
Ashton who had just climbed in the car received her call. He was at first just staring at it before glancing back to Snow Fall Hotel that was almost just across the street. After few more rings, he finally answered it.
"Your sister is here?"
His hands that was about to reach out to some doc.u.ments stopped in mid air as his eyes turned colder. Carl who was driving felt the temperature dropping as he glanced at Ashton from the rear view mirror.
"I am guessing that you dropped the temperature once again," Amber commenetd as she waited for him to reply.
His exquisite brows were furrowed as he leaned back on the seat, no longer picking up the doc.u.ments, "Are you following me?"
His brows were furrowed even more after hearing a series of coughs from the other side. Amber was just about to have a mouthful of coffee when he spoke.
"Waaaahhh, I thought I was already narcissist enough. I never thought that you are even more so. Don"t feed your ego, I was monitoring Fire Empire Hotel when you suddenly came up to the video," she replied as she wipe her mouth and the table, where she sadly spit the coffee to.
"Ah, so unlady like. This is why my mother have always been getting mad at me," she reprimanded herself in her mind at the same time.
"Monitoring?"
"Hmmm, oh, yes I am monitoring them," she nonchalantly replied.
It didn"t took that long before Ashton realized what she was doing, "Horror stories."
"Ooohhh, you instantly got the answer right," she still replied honestly.
She had no desire of keeping quiet about that though. But even if Fire Empire Hotel were to pry her mouth open to make her speak about the mischievous things that she had done, she"ll never speak. They are the only exemption.
"What are you doing?"
"An eye for an eye," was her cold reply.
Five words but somehow it resounded in his ears.
"And you still didn"t answer my question, I thought it would be a week from now. Why is she here already? Or was she always here? Ah no, this is the first time I saw her here. Did she left late last night and came here?" Amber continuously blurted out whatever was in her mind.
"Yes, so watch what you are doing. I don"t want to know that she had been scared by you," Ashton warned instead.
Amber clicks her tongue, "If you just checked her in this hotel then you wouldn"t have to waste your words of warning me. Well don"t worry I"ll do my best not to scare her. Unless she gets scared of the stories from the other rooms and floors."
"Amber."
"A warning tone I guess. Fine I"ll do other things for now while she is in there. Tsk, you just took away my fun, did you know that? Ah that"s right, in exchange for me letting her go, allow me to help you out it the security of the school"s database."
Feeling very tired just from coaxing his sister, he no longer had any plans in arguing with this girl who never knew about fear, "Fine. Once the school starts, come to my office."
Amber grinned from ear to ear, she always had the pa.s.sion for this stuffs after all and now she finally didn"t have to get so bored in her cla.s.s. Something to look forward to, indeed.
"Agreed. Very well then bye bye," after saying her goodbye she stopped playing with the automatic stuffs of Fire Empire Hotel.
"For now, why don"t we do some digging? Maybe I"ll find something that would help aunt Elloise and the others."
When she looked at the time, she rejected her idea of some digging and postponed it for tomorrow. For now, she"ll sleep earlier than normal.
*****
After the call ended, Ashton could only close his eyes and leaned his head at the headrest.
"An eye for an eye."
He once spoke such words in the past. When his rage was at its maximum, all he wanted was to get back at them. For almost killing her and for taking her away from him.
Yet one smile and everything disappeared, upon seeing her smile all his resolve of getting back was gone. He could only stay on the sideline watching her being happy.
He opened his phone and went to gallery, there was only one picture in there, just one picture that is dated back to two years ago. She was smiling so sweetly, her blond hair and blue eyes. Any one who sees her would think that they have seen a G.o.ddess descend.
"An eye for an eye, *looks outside the window* such big words."
He closed his phone and remained looking outside the window. He unb.u.t.toned the top most b.u.t.ton of his s.h.i.+rt, he felt somehow suffocated. His eyes turned a few degrees colder, "Don"t act like a big person when you can"t back up your words."
No one knows if he was referring to Amber or to the him who had once spoke such words as well. The night became deeper as Carl drove to University A, he didn"t dare make a sound and left his young master to his own world.
*****
The very next day, Hayley and Alissa were looking back and forth. A young beautiful child suddenly came to their hotel and demanded for them to bring out Amber. During this time Amber just came down to have her breakfast with them.
The moment the young girl saw her, she called out, "Vicious woman, I need to speak with you."
Everyone who was there were completely stupefied. The few guests and employees stopped whatever they were doing, whether walking or talking, they stared shockly at Amber and the young girl.
Amber was known as the doll of the hotel and anyone who spoke with her were fond of her, she had always been polite and respectful towards her elders and never did she judge people with how they look.
She accepts and speaks with them like an equal, this is also something Hayley and Alissa somehow ended up taking in. These three girls then became the main force of speaking to the hotel guests.
Well Hayley was just holding back, there are still unreasonable guests and they love making troubles. But Alissa and Amber would always stand before her speaking in placating tones, that the trouble makers would lose their desire to make trouble and would then be helped out with whatever it is that troubles them.
So suddenly hearing a young child call Amber vicious, everyone was truly stupefied.
Elloise seeing the scene spoke up and dispersed everyone. She then gently spoke with the young girl to the dining area of the hotel. The coffee shop and baking shop were on the left side once you enter through the main entrance and the dining area was on the right side.
Elloise"s office was behind the reception area. A few couches and tables were placed on the reception area for people to sit on while waiting.
Now, that they are finally sitting down, the young child was sitting across Amber. Elloise returned to the front leaving Hayley and Alissa to the two of them. From the very beginning Amber just looked at the child with a teasing smile, causing the child to flare up even more.
"What are you smiling at, vicious woman?"
Ambers smile grew wider, "I say, what do you want from me, brat?"
Hayley and Alissa looked at Amber as if she was possessed. They never heard her speak in such a way. Even her teasing look was a first for them.
Of course the only reason Amber was like this was because she knew who this child is, Ashley Wright. The one whom the cure was supposed to go to.
Ashley"s face turned redder after hearing Amber calling her a brat. As a young lady from a royal family, she was never called in such a way. People were always careful in front of her and they always act like leeches who only wants to curry favor.
She was after all the precious young miss of the Wright Empire. No one would dare get on her bad side. So the first time she was called in such a way was both shocking and infuriating for her.
"Oh, getting angry over such a petty thing. Ah that"s right no matter how much you act so mature, you will still be a child, brat," seeing her look, Amber teased her even more.
And this att.i.tude caused Hayley and Alissa to turn agape. The prized receptionist of Snow Fall Hotel, currently she was an ex receptionist, was teasing a child around eight to nine years old? Where"s that polite young lady went to?
"Hmph, anyway, I am here to offer you a different contract and I want you to retract your first contract, vicious woman," after being reminded, Ashley returned to her mature persona.