Chapter 28
“What happened?” Skylar asked with urgency.
Janine had always been kind and warm. She could get along with anyone, anywhere.
Skylar knew that and wondered what had caused the receptionist to suddenly frown.
“Your mother was cleaning the elevator. She got into an argument with a guest who was going to the restaurant on the 36th floor for a meal. The guest has lodged a complaint against our hotel.”
The receptionist was panicking a little. She explained things to Skylar while also dialing the manager’s
number.
Jubilance Hotel had always valued customer service, so they took complaints seriously.
Although Janine had only been there here for a month, she was on great terms with her colleagues. They liked the Janine a lot and thought she was friendly.
Yet, now that the complaint had been lodged, no one knew how the manager would handle the situation.
Skylar immediately followed the receptionist into the elevator and onto the tenth floor. She heard an ongoing conversation inside the hotel’s offices before entering the space.
“You must be strict when dealing with this woman. We can look past her being rude to hotel guests in the
elevator, but how dare she hit my mother?” said one of the guests.
Then, the other guest joined in. “My diamond ring, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, is missing. Only three of us were in the elevator, so this woman must’ve stolen it! I demand that you search her now!”
“You’re going too far, Sadie! I would never steal from someone. Plus, you were the one who beat me first. I was only defending myself! Janine challenged.
Skylar halted once she heard the familiar voices. They belonged to Maisy and Sadie.
She hadn’t seen the two of them since she’d left the hospital that day.
Skylar had seen Maisy and Christopher on a date from afar when she’d bought her car. However, she’d
never encountered them face to face.
Skylar listened to the mother–daughter pair hurling aggressive accusations at Janine. She pursed her lips and clenched her fists, suppressing her fiery hatred as she rushed toward the office.
“Janine, apologize to the guest and allow us to perform a body search as the guest requested. The manager immediately dealt with Janine once he arrived.
Janine had never imagined the manager would push all the blame onto her without trying to learn the
truth.
“If you fail to find my ring. I’ll get the media to expose your hotel for having staff with tendencies to steal things.” Sadie carried herself with a condescending, arrogant demeanor.
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She wanted Janine to know the difference between their social classes. Since Janine hadn’t educated Skylar well enough, Sadie had taken it upon herself to teach Janine a lesson.
Maisy, who stood aside, looked down on Janine even more now that she knew Janine worked as a hotel housekeeper.
At the same time, she became even more determined not to return to Janine’s side.
Maisy
her.
refused to have a housekeeper for a mother. If her friends found out about it, they’d surely mock
Janine saw Maisy’s indifference and how she’d joined forces with Sadie to frame her. Her initial motherly love and guilt toward Maisy vanished at once.
Her eyes reddened as she held her ground in front of the manager. “What they said isn’t the truth. They’re framing me!”
“You should apologize first.” The manager didn’t believe Janine’s words. He only focused on Maisy and Sadie, who donned branded clothing pieces from head to toe.
“I…” Janine’s fists balled. No matter how miserable she’d been, she’d never cried a single tear since Finn’s
death.
Yet, the shame she felt from being framed now reddened her eyes.
in the elevator. If I call the police now, they’ll investigate the surveillance footage at once.” Skylar’s cold eyes snapped toward Sadie and Maisy.
“You two are the ones who should apologize. There are surveillance cameras t
She had witnessed many of their schemes. Now that she’d crossed paths with them again, she still found them as hideous and beastly as ever. It didn’t matter that they dressed up nicely.
“Skyel” Janine was surprised to see Skylar.
Skylar approached Janine’s side. “Mom, they aren’t legally allowed to perform a full body search, even if
you’re their employee.”
“Do you know what you’re saying, Skye?” Sadie questioned angrily.
“Skylar, we haven’t seen you in days. Yet, the first thing you do when you show yourself is upset Mom? Aren’t you going a little too far?” Maisy sneered with an accusing tone as she eyed Skylar from head to
toe with disdain.
She assumed Skylar had been hiding somewhere since she hadn’t seen the latter in days.
Not only that, but she also firmly believed Skylar must have been drowning in tears every day and had possibly become depressed or haggard.
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“What happened?” Skylar asked with urgency.
Janine had always been kind and warm. She could get along with anyone, anywhere.
Skylar knew that and wondered what had caused the receptionist to suddenly frown.
“Your mother was cleaning the elevator. She got into an argument with a guest who was going to the restaurant on the 36th floor for a meal. The guest has lodged a complaint against our hotel.”
The receptionist was panicking a little. She explained things to Skylar while also dialing the manager’s
number.
Jubilance Hotel had always valued customer service, so they took complaints seriously.
Although Janine had only been there here for a month, she was on great terms with her colleagues. They liked the Janine a lot and thought she was friendly.
Yet, now that the complaint had been lodged, no one knew how the manager would handle the situation.
Skylar immediately followed the receptionist into the elevator and onto the tenth floor. She heard an ongoing conversation inside the hotel’s offices before entering the space.
“You must be strict when dealing with this woman. We can look past her being rude to hotel guests in the
elevator, but how dare she hit my mother?” said one of the guests.
Then, the other guest joined in. “My diamond ring, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, is missing. Only three of us were in the elevator, so this woman must’ve stolen it! I demand that you search her now!”
“You’re going too far, Sadie! I would never steal from someone. Plus, you were the one who beat me first. I was only defending myself! Janine challenged.
Skylar halted once she heard the familiar voices. They belonged to Maisy and Sadie.
She hadn’t seen the two of them since she’d left the hospital that day.
Skylar had seen Maisy and Christopher on a date from afar when she’d bought her car. However, she’d
never encountered them face to face.
Skylar listened to the mother–daughter pair hurling aggressive accusations at Janine. She pursed her lips and clenched her fists, suppressing her fiery hatred as she rushed toward the office.
“Janine, apologize to the guest and allow us to perform a body search as the guest requested. The manager immediately dealt with Janine once he arrived.
Janine had never imagined the manager would push all the blame onto her without trying to learn the
truth.
“If you fail to find my ring. I’ll get the media to expose your hotel for having staff with tendencies to steal things.” Sadie carried herself with a condescending, arrogant demeanor.
Chapter 20.
She wanted Janine to know the difference between their social classes. Since Janine hadn’t educated Skylar well enough, Sadie had taken it upon herself to teach Janine a lesson.
Maisy, who stood aside, looked down on Janine even more now that she knew Janine worked as a hotel housekeeper.
At the same time, she became even more determined not to return to Janine’s side.
Maisy
her.
refused to have a housekeeper for a mother. If her friends found out about it, they’d surely mock
Janine saw Maisy’s indifference and how she’d joined forces with Sadie to frame her. Her initial motherly love and guilt toward Maisy vanished at once.
Her eyes reddened as she held her ground in front of the manager. “What they said isn’t the truth. They’re framing me!”
“You should apologize first.” The manager didn’t believe Janine’s words. He only focused on Maisy and Sadie, who donned branded clothing pieces from head to toe.
“I…” Janine’s fists balled. No matter how miserable she’d been, she’d never cried a single tear since Finn’s
death.
Yet, the shame she felt from being framed now reddened her eyes.
in the elevator. If I call the police now, they’ll investigate the surveillance footage at once.” Skylar’s cold eyes snapped toward Sadie and Maisy.
“You two are the ones who should apologize. There are surveillance cameras t
She had witnessed many of their schemes. Now that she’d crossed paths with them again, she still found them as hideous and beastly as ever. It didn’t matter that they dressed up nicely.
“Skyel” Janine was surprised to see Skylar.
Skylar approached Janine’s side. “Mom, they aren’t legally allowed to perform a full body search, even if
you’re their employee.”
“Do you know what you’re saying, Skye?” Sadie questioned angrily.
“Skylar, we haven’t seen you in days. Yet, the first thing you do when you show yourself is upset Mom? Aren’t you going a little too far?” Maisy sneered with an accusing tone as she eyed Skylar from head to
toe with disdain.
She assumed Skylar had been hiding somewhere since she hadn’t seen the latter in days.
Not only that, but she also firmly believed Skylar must have been drowning in tears every day and had possibly become depressed or haggard.
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Joe’s frosty gaze snapped over to Skylar, who had pinned a woman on the ground. The woman’s face seemed red and swollen from getting beaten up.
As for Skylar, she appeared unwavering and calm. The supple skin on her face made her seem fairly
innocent.
Joe thought to himself, “It seems she’s recovered.”
Paul was shocked to see Skylar at the scene. His features darkened as he turned to the manager right away. “You’d best sort this out.”
That left the manager in a panic. He couldn’t understand why Joe was there today and had to witness such a scene. The manager knew he’d lose his job if he failed to resolve the issue.
Skylar realized then that Martin Group owned this hotel and the entire building. That was why Joe was
here.
Right away, the manager succinctly explained every detail about what had happened earlier and how he planned to resolve the matter to Joe.
Joe tried to gather the reason behind the situation while listening to the manager. Then, his intense gaze swept past everyone inside the office. It made them feel suffocated.
Sadie knew little about the company’s affairs. Even so, almost everyone in the upper social circles had
heard about Joe..
Not to mention the fact that, in the past two days, Jeffrey had kept suggesting they find a chance to introduce Maisy to Joe.
Jeffrey hoped that would allow the Williams family to rise in Jipsburg City’s social ranks.
Sadie was shocked upon seeing Joe. She also felt slight regret about causing trouble for Janine. She couldn’t stand that Joe had witnessed Maisy getting beaten up. It was far too damaging to Maisy’s image.
She peered ahead and saw that Skylar was still violently pinning Maisy down. It almost made her lose
control over her senses.
She couldn’t belleve Janine was just watching the fight play out and didn’t bother telling off Skylar.
Still, Sadie soon snapped out of her thoughts and put on a pitiful act like she was the victim. “Get off her, Skylar! How dare you get physically aggressive?”
Only then did Janine realize how complicated the situation was. She felt the incident would impact Skylar, which made her regret being so firm earlier,
Janine wished she had tolerated things and apologized to Sadie instead. Perhaps the situation wouldn’t have gotten this complicated if she’d acted differently instead.
The manager happened to notice Janine’s panic. He instantly understood the decision he had to make.
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After all, he was only sacrificing a housekeeper. Hotel guests were like gods, and that applied even more so to guests who were respectable figures.
“Janine, tell your daughter to let go of our guest at once!” the manager barked.
“I’m no longer upset. Let’s just drop the matter. Your hotel should run a background check on future job. applicants to see if they have kleptomaniac tendencies before hiring them,” Sadie said self–righteously.
Maisy had teared up by then, making her seem extra weak. On the other hand, Skylar appeared to be the
bully.
Skylar lifted her knee off Maisy’s
Janine spoke in a low voice, “Skye, I’ll just apologize and end this situation for good.”
even hit me earlier…”
you hadn’t tried to slap me?”
Joe glared at Sadie before staring deeply into Skylar’s eyes. His and Skylar’s gazes met, but none of the others around them noticed.
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“You can deal with this,” Joe said while looking at Paul. Then, he strolled out of the office area’s main doors as he had only passed by the space.
Paul knew about Joe and Skylar’s relationship; they were secretly married and didn’t want others to know about it. That was why he couldn’t formally greet Skylar.
seriously plan to resolve the issue this way?”
unblased.
Yet, she refused to involve the police in this incident. After all, the surveillance cameras had caught her. red–handed.
“It would do nobody any good to make this a big deal, right? Please convince my sister not to escalate
“But know that we’re only doing it for your good. Come home tonight. I won’t take what happened today
She was Skylar’s biological mother, but why did Skylar only care about Janine? How could a woman who worked as a housekeeper mean more to Skylar than her?
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“I won’t spare you guys if you dare pick on my mom again. I don’t care if it means risking my life.” Skylar hugged Janine’s arm while snarling at them. Then, she left the office with Janine.
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