KEITH'S POV
EARLIER: THE WEEK BEFORE THE ACLAND EVENT
I was seated at my desk going through some emails. I then heard the buzzer to my office ring. I saw it was Edwin and I let him in. He went to the coffee maker near my seating area and prepared some.
I found out what Ms Towers has been up to. As you requested," he said to me as he placed a black coffee on my desk.
"Go on," I said as I took a sip of the coffee.
"Well… she's working as a waitress," he told me.
"What?" I said in disbelief. Unsure if I'd heard right.
"She working as a waitress at the restaurant called the Garden House," he informed me again.
There was a silence in the room for a moment as I stared at Edwin in surprise.
"You're sure?" I asked him once more
"That's doesn't make any sense. Why would she be working at a restaurant? As a waitress no less?" I asked Edwin.
"I'm not sure sir," he responded.
Jasmine received a 50,000 (usd) allowance every month. That allowance didn't include expenses of the house she was staying in or anything else. The money was personally hers.
What's more there wasn't a limit on it. If she wanted more she could request through one of my men since she couldn't directly contact me. So why on earth would she resort to working as a waitress? A woman like her that had grown up in wealth and luxury could she handle commoners job like that?
Where did you say she was working again?" I asked still confused.
"The Garden house, sir" he reminded me.
That's not one of ours is it?" I asked him. Though the Acland group specialized in hotels, we had bought other companies from other industries that were now subsidiaries of our company. I knew we bought a restaurant chain but
"No, sir it's owned by the Carringtons," Edwin corrected me.
The Carrington family had one of the fastest growing companies of the decade. I remembered the stories I'd heard about them. They were in the fast food/ restaurant business 10 years ago their company was a multimillion dollar company and now their company was well over a billion.
"I don't know what's going on with her. I can't figure out why she would be working," I said.
" Perhaps it's all a ploy to lower your guard and strike when you least expect it. My guess is she might be aiming to do something at the Acland event this weekend," Edwin suggested before chuckling to himself.
I glared at him. " Im sure you're looking forward to that aren't you?" I said to him in a threatening tone.
Edwins expression suddenly changed. He stopped laughing and coughed nervously.
"But you're right, she might actually have something planned we'll have to stop her if that's the case," I agreed with Edwin. "I want all the guards on the day to be ready to deal with her on Saturday."
"Yes,sir," he accepted my order.
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SATURDAY ACLAND EVENT
I looked in the mirror of my dressing room as I took in the suit I wore. A dark midnight blue suit that was tailored to my measurements. I nodded in approval as I signalled to one of the two servants helping me get dressed to come forward. The one who came held a trey contains my cufflinks. Which I took and put n the sleeves of my shirt. Now finally dressed I dismissed the servants and they left the room.
I let out a sigh as I walked into bedroom which was connected to the dressing room. Diana wasn't there. She was already dressed and was helping Marco getting ready.
I left the bedroom and made my way to Marco's room. I opened the door and saw Diana and Marco standing in the middle of the room. Diana was in front of Marco running her hands through his hair as she seemed to be inspecting it and fixing it.
"Are you two ready?" I then asked them.
Diana jumped, startled by my sudden entrance as she quickly let go of Marco's hair. She turned to me with an angered expression before
"Oh darling,you scared me. I didn't hear you come in," she said.
"Sorry," I apologised as I chuckled.
The only servant helping her get Marco ready was her head-maid. Diana helped Marco get ready everyday. She preferred it that way. I understood it because Marco had sensitive skin and if anything aside from his prescribed soaps and lotions were used he would have a nasty reaction. However, I do feel I could have some maids specifically trained to look after him. She didn't have to do all this work. However, since she insisted I didn't want to make it an issue. I wanted her to do what made her feel comfortable.
"Shall we leave?" I asked them.
"Yes," she responded.
We then made our way to leave the mansion where our car was waiting for us outside by the driveway. Of the many hotels Acland group had all over Yorkshire city the event was taking place at one called, Buckland hotel. It was located just on the outskirts of the city near the airport.
It was early in the afternoon at around 2pm when we arrived at the hotel. As the host of the event I had be earlier though the main event starting at 5pm but we were also early for a other reasons. We were scheduled to have lunch with my father.
We went to the dinning area where we waited in a private dining area for my father to arrive. Soon my father arrived along with two other people he brought with him. One of which I wasn't so excited to see.
"Hello, Father," I greeted him.
"Keith!" My father greeted me with a pat to the shoulder. He then greeted Diana and Marco. " Where's the wife?" He then asked referring to Jasmine.
"She'll arrive later," I answered.