Kassandra trampled the table with her two hands as she stood up. Her face was crumpled in rage. She looks intently at her father’s eyes, sending chills to him.
"No, papà. The Astarial Hotel is mine!" She aggressively declared. Her anger is overpowering her after hearing that awful news. Her gaze got even darker when she saw her older sister having a smug look on her face.
"How dare you to raise your voice, Kassandra! You imprudent child!" His father fumed, unable to believe that his daughter has raised her voice to him like that. It trampled his pride as a rich businessman, superior to many rich business men.
Kassandra’s face didn’t change. She had already accepted the term ‘imprudent’ as the best adjective that can describe her as the daughter of this man. She calmed down in no time because she is not even an inch afraid of this man. She is more afraid that her property will be gotten way from her.
She raises her chin, emphasizing that she is ‘looking down’ on her own father who’s sitting on the master’s seat in the dining area. Her lazy eyes then come out of light.
"I can raise my voice to you whenever I want papa." She remarked and when she saw a satisfying reaction from her father’s face, she grinned.
She tapped her forefinger to the glass covering the breech dining wood table in front of her, one time and then two times.
"Why, papà?" She looked straight right her father's eyes. "… because you are also an imprudent father."
After her remark, she walked out of the dining room, confidently, not regretting how she acted in that family dinner. She doesn't care what they would feel and what they could do to her, what is on her mind is to get the title of Astaire as still the owner of it. She will definitely get the Astaire from anyone's hand who tried taking it away from her.
She walks straight to the hall and went out the household of Rivera to get into her Bugatti Chiron. She started the engine and rumbled the car away from the household.
She was upset that her father is choosing her older sister to have the Astaire. And for what childish reason? It is because her sister is engaged and someone can take care of her?! That was a damning lame reason! She can manage the property and why not she can take it? She gave everything to her older sister and yet the one that she only wants won't be given to her in return? Sorry to those who are trying to get Astaire, she won't let anyone overpower her.
After 30 minutes of travel, she maneuvered her car into the parking lot of the Astarial hotel. She went out with her high heels on, flipped her yellowish-green wavy hair as she walked to the hallway.
A hotel butler holding an open umbrella runs to her to coat her from the sunlight.
"It's been a while, young lady." The hotel butler greeted as he lowered his head a bit before following Kassandra’s fast steps.
"Yes. It's been a while since I've been this pissed." She crossed her arms, "I really want to strangle papà if he takes all of you away from me."
The man smiled with his cheeks flushed. His employer is really possessive of them all.
"Thank you for valuing us, young lady. We will forever serve you as well and with our will."
She chuckled and stopped to the hotel's facade and the butler flipped the umbrella to fix it.
"Thank you, Ralph. You can take a week leave for a family vacation." She suddenly announced.
Ralph's eyes widens in surprise. Kassandra smiled upon seeing his reaction and says, "I know you missed your mom and little sister. You can prepare now, I will tell 2-33 to prepare your ticket tomorrow."
"T-Thank, young lady!" Ralph bowed his head, feeling grateful that he had a young and kind employer.
"You rest." She tapped his shoulder before going inside the hotel.
She directly snapped her fingers and three women in yellow-green uniform and hair color comes to her. The first one took her white animal skinned coat from her. The other one took her bag. So then she looked at the last one while taking off her diamond necklace and earrings.
"Tell 2-33 to get a ticket for Ralph. Thanks."
She then walked to the hotel's bar with her glimmering black body wrap thigh-length strappy dress paired with a yellowish-green over the knee boots. She doesn't care how people she passes look at her. She flipped her hair before a butler opened the massive door of the Astairial bar. There she saw the twinkling dancing colorful lights before in her eyes.
As usual, she always gets the attention with her cleavage revealed and how clear her white skin is. Her body is perfect. With her cat walk, everyone couldn't get off their eyes from her as she walked to the bartender's island. She was directly given a glass of red wine and she walks to the stage.
"Let's dance crazy tonight!" she raised her hand as everyone followed her, cheering and whistling. She drinks the glass of wine in one sip and started to dance.
Swinging her body to her heart's extent, waving her hair with the air, and moving her arms to everywhere she likes as the music made them all crazy. She accepted all men's toss after pouring different kind of wines to her glass. She still hadn't gotten drunk. She wanted to celebrate her first ever success on telling her father what is really on her mind.
"Because you are also am imprudent father."
That was the best line she had ever uttered in her life. She had finally made it to tell her father and she was very happy with that.
Grinding her body to any man that dances with her, she stopped as she saw a gorgeous man sitting on the stool at the bartender's island. Leaving the man she's dancing with, she walks to this man and directly put her right arm behind his neck, pressing her breast into the man's shoulder and kissed his cheek.
"I like you, man" she whispered on his ears as she looked at his eyes and there she saw a kind of eyes she had always seen. She stopped right there. She then stepped back away from the man who's also staring at her.
She stopped breathing for a while. She couldn't react to how his eyes were so lifeless and how it affects her to see it. She doesn't know why... why her heart is suddenly skipping.
"Young lady"
Someone spoke behind her, waking up her senses and turned back.
"The Chairman wants to have a word with you"
She groaned and headed out to the bar while following the staff. They went to the counter to take the telephone. She sighed before putting it to her left ear.
"Get your things in front of my house, right now!"
She gave the phone back to the counter staff, sighing in annoyance.
"Next time, if the Chairman calls for me, tell him I'm not here, 'kay?" she commanded to the staff and walked out of the hotel.
She calls a butler to get her limousine and waited outside the hotel for a while. She is not in the mood now. She supposed to celebrate but it was all ruined by just a call from her father. She groaned, imagining her older sister mocking at her because she was driven out. She gritted her teeth.
If she could only crumple her face…
"puta!" [Shit]
Out of nowhere, she kicked the flower vase displayed beside where she is standing. It made a loud sound, making everyone look at her.
One butler saw that and directly called the cleaning department to take care of the broken vase. Later, one cleaner arrived to fix it.
No one dared to talk to their employer. It is because they don’t have the slightest courage to do it when she is mad. Their employer is kind hearted but she looks so scary when she has lost her patience. They once saw her slapping a man so hard that he fainted. They once saw her strangle a woman that almost died. They all knew her two sides and they are thankful that she shows them the other one.
The limousine comes and a butler opened the door for her as she entered.
"Rivera" she told the butler and the limo runs fast. She leaned her back in her seat and closed her eyes to calm down.
She didn’t talk throughout the ride until they have reached the mansion. The butler then opened the car’s door for her as he announced that they have reached their destination
She saw her sister and step mother standing outside the household and her packed things sprawled on the staircase. She clenched her fist in annoyance and then went out the car. She was pissed that they didn’t even fixed her things properly and neatly.
