Chapter 580


    As soon as he left, the receptionists began to murmur again. But this time, I was their topic of


    conversation.


    Cecil Parker looked at me and did not seem to like me at all. "Arianna, can you tell me how a cleaner


    like you became the person in charge of the two most rxing positions in our hotel? You''re cashing in


    without doing much work. How did you manage to do that?"


    That was a very strange question. Someone echoed, "Yes. Arianna, tell us. We''re young while you''re


    older, prettier, have good work experience to match and know just how to kiss up to the top."


    Cecil sneered and said disdainfully, "I don''t think this is about kissing up to the top, but rather kissing


    and sleeping with men! I heard that women are like wolves when they get to their thirties. It looks like


    Mr. Zelson can''t escape the charm of an old woman. I guess sleeping your way up beats working hard


    like the rest of us!"


    I looked right at them as I heard myself getting called old and used of seducing men.


    How good it must have felt to be young, to speak without a single care or consideration for others.


    My gaze fell on the freshly poured water on the table. I got up and stood in front of Cecil. I was not


    angry, but my tone was frigid. "Yes, I''m already thirty, but I''m only four or five years older than you. You


    may want to think carefully about how I looked when I was still in my mid-twenties."


    I raised my eyebrows and continued, "When I first entered the job market, I had just gotten hitched.


    The workce environment then was much moreplicatedpared to how it is now. I, too, met


    colleagues who were just a few years older than me, and who were in high positions. But at the time, I


    only thought of how to work hard instead of how best to attack her."


    "When I look at you now, I suddenly see how important family upbringing and education are. They


    taught me to look up to outstanding people and to work hard to catch up to them, and not to degrade


    them. Miss Parker, I think your family upbringing is quite...mediocre!"


    Though these words were not harsh, they were not exactly an easy pill to swallow as it involved one''s


    upbringing and character.


    Cecil was still very young. When she heard such unpleasant words from me, she got mad and raised a


    hand in preparation tond a p my way.


    I was not a silly and naive girl in my twenties. I raised my hand to stop her assault. I then picked up the


    ss of water on my table and poured it at her delicate face.


    "Miss Parker, you will be punished if you keep talking nonsense. Remember to think before you speak


    next time." I no longer had the mood to finish my work, so I left the office immediately.


    "Ah..." She shrieked in anger. "Arianna, you''re such a b*tch. Just you wait!"


    The sound of her breaking down followed soon after. I paid it no mind and went straight home.


    Norman returned with Anne. The little fellow had been shadowing me a lot recently; likely because I


    gave her quite a scare when I fell sick. She was probably worried that something would happen to me


    again, so she kept following me around.


    I sat there startled for a moment. Then, I asked in a perplexed manner, "Why would a developer take


    over a hotel?"


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    That was true. Hovell was not veryrge but its natural scenery was astoundingly gorgeous, especially


    in autumn when the small town would be surrounded by ripe blossoms. This humble city would then


    look like it was floating in a sea of flowers.