Soryu: "If you're good, I won't do anything bad to you."

He blocks my escape with his both arms. I fall helplessly on the ground, intimidated by his sharp gaze, and hug my trembling shoulders.

(So, he says he won't do anything bad to me, but...)

Meimei: "W-What's going to happen to me?"

Soryu: "Who knows?"

Meimei: "Are you going to keep me here?"

Soryu: "I don't have to take care of you. You're going to earn that $20 mil as I paid for you."

Meimei: "$2-20 million...?"

(It will take the time of a lifetime...)

(No... even if I work for him all my life as I couldn't pay back $20 million.)

Meimei: "So what do you want me to do...?"

As stunned, I drop my gaze to the floor in front of me and I see his shadow approach me.

Meimei: "Ah!?"

As suddenly, he grabs my chin to lift up then he brings his face close to mine when I feel fears.

Soryu: "You better not to tell anyone what you saw today. No matter what."

Soryu: "Tell anyone who signed, your death warrant."

Soryu: "Yours, your friends, and your family's."

Meimei: "...!?"

Soryu: "Got it?"

Meimei: "...Yes..."

Soryu: "I can't hear you."

Meimei: "I understand!"

Soryu: "...Hmph."

(Ugh! What should I do now! I can't run away now! Ugh!)

Ota: "Hey, Soryu! Are you already seducing her?"

Eisuke: "You're on the way. Move."

Meimei: "Grrr... shut up, Mr. King!?"

Eisuke: "..."

As the door suddenly opens from behind me and the men was here before they enter the room when I walked away from them as spaced.

Soryu: "Need something?"

Ota: "We were just wondering as what you two were doing in here."

Baba: "Wow, I've never seen you hit on a girl like this, Sor."

Soryu: "...As if I'm ruining my time with this woman."

Baba: "Uh-huh. Then where are your clothes?"

Soryu: "She tried to run away while I pretended to take a shower, so I caught her."

Soryu says that by sitting next to the window and he glares at me, I growled quietly because I glare death at him.

(Ugh... he was just testing me from the very start. I hate this guy!)

Eisuke: "Ohhh, I get it. So she was about to be punished."

Ota: "It looks like Soryu likes the innocent girls."

Soryu: "...What?"

Baba: "You always making excuses when girls hit on you, but maybe you're actually a closeted perv."

Baba: "Whaa-!?"

As suddenlly Soryu pulls something out from behind the chair and he points it at man in front of him.

(What the!! It's that a gun!?)

Baba: "Will you stop pointing your gun at me!? It's against the rules!"

I knock Soryu's gun away from his hand.

Meimei: "Put the gun away!?"

Soryu: "..."

Meimei: "...I don't want you to shoot him. Just. Put. Your. Gun. Away."

Soryu didn't say anything because he looked at me when Eisuke spoked.

Eisuke: "You had a gun hidden under there...?"

Ota: "There he goes with his mobster jokes again."

Ota: "Listen, we nomal guys don't find it very funny."

Soryu: "You're too loud. And this is the quickest way to shut you up."

Meimei: "..."

He drop his gun as soon as the men are quiet.

(Ugh! Why does this guy have guns hidden around here!?)

(I can't believe someone as crazy like him bought me!?)
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Baba: "This is the penthouse located at 51 floor."

Baba: "Sor, Ota and Mamo live in this floor."

Baba: "My suite is here too..."

Ota: "But Eisuke's suite is upstairs. You get there by these stairs."

Meimei: "Oh..."

(Only a few people are allowed here on the executive floor...)

(But I've never been here before. It's gorgeous...)

But I don't know if they could bear anymore to watch me mistreat anymore or what... but everyone's showing me around the penthouse.

Baba: "You wear the hotel uniform before, right?

Baba: "So are you working here?"

I nodded my head.

Meimei: "Yes."

Meimei: "I'm just a maid so I don't usually talk to the guests..."

Ota: "So, what's your name?"

Meimei: "Meimei Yae."

Baba: "Cute name. I am Mitsunari Baba, a thief."

Baba: "I am 35 years old, single and ready to mingle."

Meimei: "O-Okaaay...?"

(I doesn't know about he just admit that he's a thief..?)

Ota: "I'm Ota Kisaki."

Ota: "But I guess you already knew that."

Meimei: "Why yes, I've seen you as lots of times in the magazines."

Ota: "Oh. Alright, it's someone else's turn then."

Eisuke: "..."

Mamoru: "..."

Ota: "Geez, you guys two are such grumps!"

Ota: "Go Kishi. Stop puffing away from your cigarette and introduce yourself."

Mamoru: "What a pain..."

Ota: "You just have to say your name."

Mamoru: "...Mamoru Kishi."

I rolled my eyes when I spoked.

Meimei: "It's nice to meet you..."

Baba: "And you know the snobby guy over there with his legs crossed, right?"

I raise my eyebrow when I spoke.

Meimei: "What?"

(So Sakiko said that his name is King...?)

Ota: "Eisuke owns this hotel "

Ota: "And he runs the auctions."

I smirked when I spoke.

Meimei: "He owns this hotel?"

(As I thought the CEO of the Ichinomiya Group own this hotel, huh?)

( As I also thought he would be older.)

(Now that I think about it, somebody at the I.V.C. called him Mr. Ichinomiya.)

(So why is he running those auctions?)

Eisuke: "You look like you have something to say?"

Meimei: "Hmph. As you know, the guy from before?"

Meimei: "Soryu says that he wouldn't do anything bad to me as long as I was good.

Meimei: "Would I be able to go home, or...?"

Meimei: "I have to work tomorrow, so..."

Eisuke: "Pfft. You're worried about your job at a time like this?

Eisuke: "You belong to Soryu now. So you need to ask him that."

(Ugh! He's right... I have to ask Soryu....)
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Meimei: "So may I go back to work?"

As I asked Soryu when I return to the other room. But then....

Soryu: "Do you understand what I told you before?"

Meimei: "Hey! I wasn't tell anyone else, okay!"

Soryu: "...Fine, then. As long as you understand that."

Meimei: "What? So can I go home, now!?"

Soryu: "I'd rather avoid a commotion, if possible."

He glares at me and I glares back at him and then he makes a phone call. A few minutes later someone enters in the room...

Meimei: "S-Sir!?"

It's Hajime Kenzaki, the general manager of the hotel Tres Spades.... who always has a smile on his face. I resist the urge to run over to this familiar person and watch carefully.

Manager: "You called me, Mr. Oh?"

Soryu: "I've given this woman permission to enter the penthouse."

Soryu: "Give her the pager and the penthouse elevator key."

Manager: "...Yes sir."

Mr. Kenzaki looks at me and he silently takes a key card from his jacket.

Kenzaki: "I'll give you the pager later."

I nodded my head.

Meimei: "Alright, thank you..."

Mr. Kenzaki bows and then quietly leaves the soon.

(He didn't ask any questions, so he must know what's going on here...)

Soryu: "Come straight here whenever I page you."

Meimei: "Okay then. Well, excuse me then."

I turn around as about to leave... but then.

Soryu: "Wait. Where do you think you're going?"

Meimei: "What are you talking about? I'm going back to the dormitory."

Soryu: "I'll let you go back to work, but you can't go house."

Soryu: "Otherwise, I can't keep an eye on you."

Meimei: "What? Then where am I going to sleep, tonight?"

Soryu: "Here, of course."

Meimei: "H-Here!? But this is your suite, isn't it?"

(Seriously! But I don't want to sleep in the same as this scary man! Ugh!?)

As I sighed.

Meimei: "...Fine."

(If he might point his gun at me if I argue with him. But I will smack his gun away from his hand!)

Soryu: "Good. Looks like you know your place here."

Soryu: "Keep this behavior and you'll be fine."

Meimei: "Then where should I sleep?"

I raise my eyebrow.

(As I'd like to take a bath, but I doubt as he would let me...)

Soryu: "You can use this bed and the bathroom. Don't come near mine, though."

Meimei: "Tch, what should I come near you. I don't come near you, so good night."

I walked to the other bed as I get on my bed and sleep. Soryu dissappears into the back room.

(So I guess there's room like that here too. What am I doing... I'm such a tsundere... I wish... I have to back to normal...)
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The next day.

(It was surprisingly easy to leave this morning.)

(But he didn't put some kind of bug on me, did he?)

I check my whole body while I change from in the locker room...

Sakiko: "Hey Meimei! What happened to you from yesterday?"

Meimei: "Huh?"

Sakiko: "You didn't come back to the dorms!"

Sakiko calls from behind me when I sighed.

Meimei: "Well... I have something I had to take care of..."

Sakiko: "What are you talking about?"

Sakiko: "It's a guy, isn't it!?"

(Well, she's not wrong...)

I slept in Soryu's suite last night, but we barely spoke.

(But he just warned me one more time not to mention the auction...before I left this morning, that's all.)

Sakiko: "Don't tell me someone from the I.V.C. actually falling in love with you at the first sight!?"

Meimei: "Hell no!"

Sakiko: "Hey, stop trying to fool of me, Meimei!"

Sakiko: "Tell me about him sometime, okay?"

Meimei: "Ugh!"

Sakiko quickly gets changed and she heads to the casino floor.

(Sorry... but I can't tell you, Saiko. Everyone's lives are at stake....)
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Chisato: "Okay, all the beds are made."

Chisato: "Meimei, how are the the bathrooms?"

Meimei: "Oh yeah, I just changed out all the towels!"

Chisato, a senior hotel maid, has really helped me out a lot since I started here. We work in pairs cleaning the guest rooms and refreshing the amenities.

Meimei: "As things go so quickly when you and I work together, Chisato."

Chisato: "It's always as fun to work with you, Meimei."

Chisato: "When I have to work with Erika, all she does is boss me around... so it's really exhausting."

Chisato gathers up the dirty sheets and the towels as I just set down, but I am very angry because I hate Erika.

(She will pay! I will make her fear!)

Chisato: "I'll carry these down to the laundry room."

I smiled at Chisato when I spoked.

Meimei: "Oh, thank you!"

Chisato: "Sure, no problem."

Chisato: "After you're done dusting, meet me in the next room, okay?"

Meimei: "Okay!"

Chisato leaves and I started to cleaning the room.

(She's so nice. And she's good at the her job, too. I really admire her.)
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Meimei: "There. That should do it!"

When I finish cleaning this room, I hurry to head to the next room where Chisato is waiting for me because I was happy. Just when...

Erika: "Meimei? Are you done with this room already?"

Rina and Kana: "Already?"

I narrow my eyes when I spoked coldly.

Meimei: "Yes..."

Erika: "Then I'll go ahead and inspect it."

Erika and the two girls examine as each corner of the room... with critical eye.

Erika: "Hm, I suppose this will do."

Rina and Kana: "This will do!"

Meimei: "Did I pass or what?"

I said as coldly tone.

Erika: "Pass? Of course not!"

Erika: "How much time do you think you can spend on one room?"

Erika: "Only an unskilled amateur like you would say such a thing!"

Meimei: "Excuse me!?"

After that, Erika yells out every time she finds a speck of dust... and starts to lecture me..

(That's it! I will make them fears without no mercy as always!?)

As about to take out of my gun....

*BUZZ*

As suddenly something vibrates from inside my uniform and Erika scowls.

Erika: "Excuse me! You can't have a cell phone during bus-"

Erika: "!?"

Erika comes closer to me and then suddenly she freezes.

Erika: "What are you doing with that pager!?"

Erika: "Only employees in charge of the VIPS are allowed to have those!"

(Oh? It's penthouse pager Soryu gave me!)

(The manager said to rush up right away whenever it rings...)

(So what could he possibly want, huh?)

I smirked when I glare at Erika as I spoked.

Meimei: "I'll finish this room later! I will make you fear!"

Erika: "...Why are you..."

(If I don't hurry because Soryu's going to shout at me... grrrr I CAN'T STAND IT!!)

I ignore to girls and I rush to the elevator of the penthouse.
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Meimei: "Excuse me..."

Woman 1st: "Oh, Eisuke, you're going to win again!"

Woman 2nd: "Oh, but Ota has some good cards, too!"

Meimei: "What the hell..."

As soon as I enter the room when I see the five men enjoying a card game... with several other women.

Baba: "C'mon, ladies."

Baba: "Can't you be on my side for a change?"

Eisuke: "Women like winners."

Ota: "And all you've done today is lose, Baba."

(What the hell is this kind of alcoholic party!? Seriously!!?)

As empty wine bottles lie underneath the sofa. I hide myself in the shadows and I look for the person who called me here.

Soryu: "Three 7's."

Mamoru: "Tch. Not even one pair here."

Ota: "Oh? It's unusual for you to lose, Kishi. You're a good gambler."

Mamoru: "I know..."

Mamoru: "Hey, don't take my cigarette!!"

Woman 3rd: "But it looked good in your mouth."

Soryu: "...What kind of detective gets surprised by a woman?"

Mamoru: "What? Why don't you try saying that again?"

Ota: "Now, now. No fighting!"

As one of the women who tries to sidle up to Soryu, but he shakes her off... And he takes a sip of his alcohol.

Woman 4th: "Oh, you're no fun, Soryu!"

Baba: "Sorry, but Soryu just got a new toy... so he's a little obsessed with that lately."

Ota: "And he's just about to play with that toy, too."

Meimei: "!?"

(What the! Are thy talking to me!?)

As I tried to escape from the room, but then...

*THUMP*

Meimei: "CRAP!"

I trip on a nearby bottle with a loud thump.

Ota: "Oh, there's the new toy now!"

Soryu: "What took you so long?"

Meimei: "..."

(Seriously they saw me!)

(But what will happened to me now! I can't escaped!)

~End of Chapter 1~

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