A/N:
Wait wait! So here's the surprise! Introducing our stranger!! Enjoy XD
You shall pass! ;)
ZANDER'S POV
Why is it so bright? It's still night time and my fucking phone keeps ringing.
"What?" I don't care who it is, they're ruining my sleep.
"You dumbass, you have a meeting today with The DELTA SWANSON!" Argh it's my sister.
"Damn it Sofia. That's in like, what 12 hours?" I worked late and got a little carried away with the alcohol.
"Xander it's 1:45pm. We've been trying to reach you for ages. I've told the team and Ethan to take care of it. You've made a bad impression already Xander!" My eyes shot open as soon as she said that. No way. I looked at the time and shit I'm not gonna be able to make it.
"I'll try to be there as soon as I can" with that I hang up. I rush to get ready and have some painkillers to kill the hangover. It's 2:30pm bythe time I get to the hotel. Damn it, might as well wait till the meeting has concluded.
I walk in and all my employees utter good afternoon, I nod and they all go back to working. I walk towards the main reception when something bumps into me. I look down and see a little boy he looks scared, I smile at him.
"I'm sowwy mister". He says in his toddler voice.
"It's okay little guy, are you here alone?" I don't see anyone with him. He shakes his head 'no'. Behind him I see Debora coming and she...looks relieved to see the boy. Okay then, I wonder who's kid it is. I'm about to ask her but one of my employees calls out for me.
I see the boy already running after a puppy. Suddenly he trips and it activates a chain of events. He trips and falls onto the dog's tail, it startles his owner an old woman. She ends up bumping into a sever who drops the drinks onto this blonde woman. Oh shit that's Kate... Well she deserves that, she's a spiteful woman, well... brat.
Kate's face starts turning red and she starts looking around the room and her gaze lands on the boy, who's still on the floor. She yanks him up off the floor by his wrist, damn it she doesn't know how to handle a kid. I start to walk towards them when she raises her hand and I see people moving only to reveal a beautiful woman and she looks outraged. The woman grabbed Kate's hand just in time.
The silence is deafening in this once buzzing lobby.
"Let. Go. Of. His. Hand." Her voice dangerously low but everyone heard her. Sure enough Kate drops the boy. The woman looks down at the boy's tiny frame shaking with tears and a bruise was starting to form on his wrist. Damn it Kate, you're done now. She snaps her head back to Kate, I'm just surprised she didn't get a whiplash. You could almost see the fire in her eyes and it would have definitely burned Kate.
Suddenly there's a crack heard followed by a painful yell from Kate. Oh shit she broke her wrist. But the woman still didn't let go of her wrist, even with Kate begging. Seems it fell deaf on her ears or she just chose to ignore it because I could see this glint of satisfaction in her eyes.
She brings her face closer to Kate's crying one.
"You thank your lucky stars I got here before your hand touched him because trust me no one and I mean no one would have been able to save you if you had." With that she shoves Kate onto the floor. This is probably the most inappropriate moment but I'm getting turned on by how fierce this woman is.
She crouches down to the boy and wipes his tears with a soft look that makes her look so different from the angry goddess she was just previously. The boy jumps into her arms and she stands up while rubbing his back.
She looks around the lobby, "I want to see the owner of this place NOW!"
I snap out of my shock and call security while walking towards her.
"Throw this woman out, never should she been seen in here again." The guards grab her and take her out.
"Mr.Moretti I presume?" My name sounds amazing coming out of her mouth and she hasn't even said my full name. Yet. I nod.
"No. That's my answer to your project of your new hotel. Now if you'll excuse me." Huh project wait..is she..
"Ms. Swanson please." Ethan my sister's husband and lawyer calls out. So she is The Delta Swanson.
"Wait, Ms. Swanson." She halts and I walk around till I'm standing in front of her. I almost wanna shake my head, here she stands wearing that cold mask on her face, one that I wear everyday.
The cold, calculating and distant look.
"Ms. Swanson, please accept my sincere apologies on behalf of that spiteful woman. I apologise that I let this happen." Â I am genuinely apologetic, I hope she can hear that in my voice.
I hear some of my employees gasp, probably because this is the first time they've heard me apologise. She takes a deep breath.
"Mr. Moretti I'll accept your apology on one condition." Done woman. Anything, just stay.
"It seems to me you know that woman. So I need to know everything about her". I know what she wants to do and if anything those bruises on her knuckles confirm my theory. Don't blame her though I've done that shit before.
"Of course, I'd gladly help you out there. Now we have a doctor here, please if you wouldn't mind letting the doctor check him." We walk to the medical room. Wait is...the boy her son? I mean that's how a mother would protect her son. So does means there's a dad in the picture. Damn lucky bastard.
Should I ask her? Technically she hasn't accepted my apology yet. I'll ask once she does meaning giving her all the dirt on Kate. I text Ethan to bring me a file that I've kept on her.
I take the file and hand it to her. "I hope you can accept my apology now. But we should continue this discussion in my office perhaps." She nods.
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I told her everything there that I knew about her including her father's proposal for Kate and I to get married and it turns out she knew some too. Kate's father Bruce Wills has been hounding her to accept his contract and they have had a few encounters, at the restaurant and the charity event. I was shocked when I learnt that she had been there but why didn't I see her. I couldn't have missed a woman so beautiful.
"I had to leave if you're wondering why you didn't see me. Minister Pyne insisted on introducing me to you by Xavier got sick". She read my mind.
"I see, I hope your son gets better soon." Good that's subtle.
"Nephew." She corrects me. Score. But that doesn't mean she isn't with someone.
"Ah my apologies. I assumed he was your son with how protective you were with him."
"It's quite alright. I admit I can be a little overprotective of him." It's admirable.
"I think, I'll probably be in your shoes soon. My sister is giving birth soon. I'll admit I'll be the same." I keen to teach the baby everything, I'll most likely spoil him.
"Congratulations to you and your family."
"Thank you." Knock on the door interrupts our conversation.
"Come in". One of the bellboys walks in with an envelope.
"Someone dropped this off for Ms. Swanson at the front reception". She takes the envelope and her eyes widen for a fraction of a second before the mask comes back on.
"Mr. Moretti, there are matters I need to attend to, you'll have to excuse me. My P.A will contact you soon."
There was something in that envelope that distressed her. What was in the envelope?
A/N:
They met finally. Hope this chapter in Zander's POV was fun to read.
But what's happening first the box and now this envelope?
Signs of trouble? or harmless fans?
VOTE AND COMMENT!! Farewell until the next chapter XD