CHAPTER 2


    Her most recent international travel took ce when she was ten years old and her mother was still


    living. However, Danie did not like the event. Her parents intended to spend her birthday at


    Disnend, but they quarreled the entire day, and she ended up sobbing and unhappy in her room.


    However, instead of reminiscing about a sad past, she took a cab from the airport to her hotel,


    checked in, and paid the room''s security deposit. She walked towards the elevator that would take


    her to the neenth level, where her room was located, a minuteter.


    She disliked elevators after viewing a number of Asian horror films in which a ghost or supernatural


    figure appeared in the lift. She attempted to regain herposure as the elevator filled with visitors.


    She overheard their chats and was relieved that there was other Filipinos present. However, on the


    fifteenth level, everyone except her and a guy wearing a face mask departed the elevator.


    She was apprehensive and fearful. When the lift doors opened, she instantly exited and headed


    quickly to her room. As Danie turned around, the man pursued her, which scared her. She


    clutched the card key hard in her palm and raced towards the door. She felt secure only while she


    was within the room.


    The man who followed her may have been a visitor as well, as his room was likewise on the


    neenth floor. If he intended to hurt her, she would already be dead, correct? Feeling brave


    enough to explore alone, she changed into a morefortable attire for the winter. Then, se paid a


    visit to the restaurant close to the front desk and ordered her supper despite the fact that it was still


    early.


    She was then on her way out!


    Danie returned to the hotel after two hours of wandering and exploring. She was exhausted. She


    was already nodding off when she heard faint noisesing from the other room. Although the


    hotel''s soundproofing may be inadequate, she might bear it. It''s simply that her neighbour''s sounds


    seemed as though they were having a good time. It would be impolite to disturb them, so she


    switched on the television and began searching for something interesting to watch. However,


    regardless of the volume level on the television, she could still hear them... and it''s simply


    excessive!


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    She contacted the front desk and demanded to speak with her neighbour. Finally, after ten attempts,


    someone picked up the phone. It was a man with a well-modted, pleasant-to-listen-to voice.


    However, she was enraged and did not call to praise him. "Are you capable of muting your voice


    while having sex?" Without further ado, she informed him that she had the authority to report him to


    the front desk for producing a public disturbance.


    When she was fed up, she decided to call the front desk and requested that her call would be


    connected to the room beside hers.


    "Take care of your own business, sweetheart." The man responded, which enraged Danie even


    more.


    "How did you say that?" She yelled.


    "Why don''t you join us if you''re bored?"


    She hung up, fearful that she might lose control of hershing tongue. Was she hearing correctly?


    Did he extend an invitation to her to join him? That bastard''s nerve! Danie was enraged as she


    returned to her bed and attempted to sleep.


    Danie awokete the following morning, irritable and unmotivated to see any of the country''s


    tourist attractions. She walked to the restroom, quickly showered, and then made her way down to


    the restaurant for breakfast. To be honest, she was famished!


    It was a breakfast buffet, and all she needed to do was pick whatever she wanted to eat. She


    scooped up some rice, chicken curry, and ced an order for an omelette. Then she sought out a


    table that was somewhat apart from the rest of the guests. Before she dug into her lunch, she took


    a quick look around to see if there were any familiar faces. However, the majority of guests that ate


    breakfast were Chinese and Indians. There were just a few people whose country she couldn''t


    discern, such as the man dining alone and situated one table away from her.


    She locked her gaze on the man from head to toe. To be honest, he did look fantastic and quite


    beautiful. The man was tall and slender, with his long hair pulled back at his temple in an untidy


    bun. She despised guys with long hair because they were untidy, but she could forgive him for it,


    and his blue eyes were an added plus. Tanplexionbined with blue eyes creates super-


    hotness. What nationality may he be? She was perplexed!


    She was caught looking at him once more! She shifted her focus to the steaming coffee and sipped


    it as quickly as she could. It was scorching, and she scalded her tongue! Danie swore loudly, and


    the guy chuckled as if he had heard her. Alternatively, she simply assumed.


    She then dropped her eyes and concentrated solely on her eating. Danie returned to her room


    after breakfast to catch up on some sleep. Mr Blue Eyes approached her while she waited for the


    elevator, and he smiled at her. They were the only ones ascending, and she was delighted at the


    prospect of being confined in a tight area.


    "Hello," he greeted.


    Danie nearly copsed to the floor as he grinned at her. How did an angele across her? "Hi. I


    apologize if you caught me earlier gazing," she said, and he nodded.


    However, they were joined by a seductive woman who wasn''t afraid to show the man how much she


    admired him. Thedy inched closer to Mr Blue Eyes with her alluring body, and the bastard


    appeared to like it, and both of them left the elevator on the eighteenth level.


    Danie was dissatisfied thatdies flirted in in daylight! It was her first time showing interest in


    the opposite sex, but it was doomed from the start. When she returned to her hotel room, she


    examined herself in front of the mirror. It was difficult to believe, yet her appearance was far from


    alluring or sensual. She exhaled heavily and covered herself from head to toe as she headed to


    bed.


    However, she rose from her bed a few minutester and opted to buy new attire at the second-floor


    department store. She need a good outfit, but all she had in her suitcase were cks and simple


    shirts. Who knows when she''ll meet the ideal man in Hong Kong? Mr Blue Eyes was undoubtedly


    considered for the position...but she despised someone who flirted with random strangers.


    Marcus needed to exit on the eighteenth floor to avoid Danie suspecting him. He simply took the


    stairs up one story. He waited until the woman was already in her room before rushing into his. He


    made a mistake by following her to the elevator immediately following breakfast. He couldn''t take


    the chance of being identified!


    The second woman came in useful in reversing his mistake. What if he introduced himself to the


    woman as a potential suitor? That way, he would be visible to her lovely eyes and it would be


    simpler for him to do his duties. However, fate has other ns for Marcus.


    "Hey, are you going anywhere?" Marcus waited for the appropriate moment to approach the woman


    waiting for the third-floor elevator. He only hoped she wouldn''t recognize his voice. He hadn''t seen a


    woman in a long time, and when an acquaintance from his younger years flirted with him, he didn''t


    resist and let her into his apartment. He was unaware that the person of the adjacent room would


    have the audacity to summon him and instruct him to speak quietly.


    Marcus was intrigued by Danie and desired to learn more about her as a person, not as a


    detective. Yes, he was taken aback when she calledst night, and Danie''sint was really


    impolite. He assumed her to be an intelligent woman, yet her callousness and rudeness were


    beyond hisprehension. So what if she overheard him having sex with a woman? Wasn''t she


    supposed to remain silent and oblivious to them?


    She stared at the man who attempted to arouse her. "How are you doing, where is your girlfriend?"


    Danie inquired since he appeared to be alone and flirting with her.


    "Oh, by the way, I''m still single...and avable! May I have your name, Miss Lovely?" He was aware


    that flirting with his subject was not part of his work description, but he couldn''t stop himself when


    Danie appeared too fresh and attractive in the morning.


    "Danie, and yours, if that''s all right?" She realized Mr Blue Eyes was a good talker, and she


    wondered whetherdies wouldn''t fall for him with those abilities.


    "Marcus Madrigal," he said, suddenly regretting having given the woman his true name.


    Danie smiled at Marcus and offered her hand. "However, it was a pleasure meeting you, Mr


    Madrigal," she stated.


    "Ah, Dani, just call me Marcus." He was back, calling her Dani when they were not in close


    proximity.


    She grew uneasy when he addressed her as Dani. Nobody addressed her as such. At home, she


    went by the name E, which she despised because it was too feminine; she preferred Dani, or was


    it because of him?