Chapter 26

[ Another pain in the neck ]

With a pained heart Melody allowed Brian to take her son away from her, she wanted to go and live with her son but could not let her stepmother and stepsister go unpunished for everything they did to her, she wanted to punish them. Brian took Alexander to the vampire city leaving Melody alone, Alexander did not even look back at his mother he was hell-bent on going with his father. Melody got up from the bed and wiped away her tears' ' Crying won't help me with anything, I can live without my son for at least a year, I have to settle scores with Minami' ' Melody mumbled to herself. She grabbed her bag, and car keys and walked out of her house, she did not even realise that her so-called mother was not in the house. In no time Melody arrived at the hotel, she parked her car in the parking lot, got out of the car, and headed inside the hotel.

Melody walked like a dead person, her employees greeted her but she did not even spare them a glance. She was angry that she possessed a frigid aura making her employees weak in the knees. Melody did not even care about anything she kept on walking until she was out of sight.

" Why was our Miss so distant today?, she did not even smile at us like she usually does, " One of her workers asked in confusion, Melody was always friendly with her workers, she did not even treat them like workers but she considers them her family and they all loved her so much.

" I think someone made her angry, I know we miss. She is a nice woman, I'm sure she had a bad morning" another employee mumbled.

" Who dares to make our miss angry! She is such an angel, I can't see her this angry "another exclaimed in anger.

" I think that man from the restaurant is the reason behind all this, I wish I could chop off his head "

Minami who just entered the hotel was aggravated by Melody's employees, saying that she was an angel " ! Angel my foot, she is a wolf in sheep's clothing " She mumbled but one of the employees heard her.

" What did you say? Our Miss is a wolf in sheep's clothing? " She glared at Minami who was standing at the entrance and all eyes were on her. It was still early in the morning and most of the workers were still in the entrance room.

" How dare you say that? Do you know that our boss is the kindest woman I've ever seen in this world? " one of the employees asked.

Minami's face turned white, all eyes were on her, and everyone looked at her like they were going to swallow her alive " I'm sorry….. I was just joking….. Hehe, he! …..don't mind me… I was only talking nonsense " Minami stammered in fear, her hatred for Melody multiplied. Why did everyone have to love Melody and not her? it was just unfair to her, she had a degree in Business Administration, so why was she unemployed while Melody had a Hotel and a Restaurant? ' God is so unfair to me ' Minami mused bitterly.

" You better be joking or else you will regret the day you were born " the employee threatened Minami.

" Leave before we show you your place," another one said coldly.

Minami did not waste another second, she walked away without looking back.

…..

Melody entered her office, she frowned when she saw someone sitting on her chair, she could only see the back of the person and she could clearly see that it was a man. Melody walked inside the office and closed the door behind her, ' who could this be, Brian is gone ,now this. Why can't people let me live in peace?" Melody mused bitterly?

" Who are you? " Melody asked, putting her things on the desk.

Samuel swung around and faced Melody, a smile plastered on his handsome face ,with his long hair swinging along with his very movement making his smile brighter " Sister in law, I was waiting for you. Brother Brian sent me here to be your personal assistant, I'm so excited to work with you here " Samuel said at once.

Melody could only sigh heavily ' Why is Brian on my neck? Did he really have to send his brother to look after me? I'm not a kid for God's sake! ' she mused in frustration. She tried to calm her soul and said " Did you brother think that I was going to run away? ….. You want to be my bodyguard or my personal assistant" Melody asked in her tone full of light sarcasm.

Samuel gritted his teeth in both anger and embarrassment' Did Brian have to put me in the middle of his affairs, I will chop off his head ' Samuel mused in annoyance, he put on his fake smile and said "Sister-in-law, please understand me, you know that brother of mine, he won't think twice before killing me if I don't follow his order, just bear with me for a year and we are done, I won't bother you ever again " Samuel looked at Melody with his puppy eyes, knowing very well that no one can resist him no matter what " Please "he begged.

Melody narrowed her eyes in annoyance. How can a big man like Samuel behave like a child, was he insane or the fear for his brother made him insane?

Samuel's heart started thumping fast when he saw that Melody was unaffected by his puppy eyes ' What if she chased me out? What will become of me? Brian will burn all my special books and compel my mind to forget my important object, or he might cut all my fingers ' Samuel thought, and all the images of what his brother might do to him started playing in his head. "Sister-in-law, please have mercy on a poor man like me, you know that Brian will chop off my head if I don't do what he wants. I promise I will be a good fellow that you won't even notice my presence Samuel got up from the chair and walked to Melody "Sister-in-law please I beg you to let me stay here " Samuel went down on his knees and folded his hands together.

' God have mercy on me ' Melody mumbled under her breath in frustration. First, it was Brian who was a pain in her neck, was she supposed to deal with Samuel too? Why can't they just leave her alone " Fine do what you want, " Melody said, as she walked past Samuel who was on cloud nine still on his knees. She sat down and called for her assistant Mimmy, and within a second the call was picked up. " Tell Minami Brown to be in my office, immediately " Melody's voice echoed over the phone, making Mommy shaky in the knees. No matter how much Mimmy loved Melody she could never get used to her angry side, she has been working for Melody for 3 years, but she was still scared of her wherever she was angry. " I will bring her right away ma'am," she said and hung up the call.