Priced Like Gold: A Million for a Slice of Luxury

After snapping a photo of the paper, I looked at the manager. "Do you have any relevant documents explaining this particular rule? It's my first time hearing a hotel fine their customer for so much money over a reason like that."The man before me scoffed. "There are always customers who come here and act like they're some important, powerful men."Mister, you were a disturbance to other customers when you had your bread roll earlier. Please pay the fine and leave the establishment this instant."The other customers looked bewildered as they gazed in my direction.I tried my best to stay calm as I replied, "I already ordered some food. I was feeling a bit hungry and…""Yes, you've ordered food here. Still, that's one of our hotel's rules. You ought to be fined since you broke the rule. Are you trying to weasel your way out of this now?"I didn't want to waste my time arguing with him. "Tell Nicki Surridge to come here right now. I'm her brother."The manager cast me a scornful g

I paid the money right away. Then, I asked Joseph to give me the receipt. Once everything was sorted, I looked at the receipt and smirked. I pointed my phone's camera at the receipt."Everyone, do you see this? I came to dine at our hotel's restaurant and received a bill of 6.2 million dollars. Included in it is a fine of 1.28 million dollars that was imposed on me."In the meeting room, the members of the board of directors were all frowning. My mother, Patricia Sherman, said furiously, "Nicki, how dare you do something like that!"Nicki lunged at me and stared wide-eyed at me. "Gene, how could you…""I called for a board meeting. As I've said, there will be serious repercussions if I don't have your resignation letter before the ten minutes are up," I said.Joseph clearly didn't believe what I was saying. He pulled Nicki away and smiled as he looked at the people shown on my phone's screen."You're absolutely shameless. You think you can fool us by hiring a few elderly people t

Honestly, it didn't really matter now who did it. Nicki and Joseph were equally at fault for causing this situation.Nicki clenched her fists tightly when she realized I was serious about exposing her wrongdoings. "Was this really necessary, Gene? It was all a misunderstanding. I can just return your money to you. There's no need for all this."I shook my head. "It's too late for that now. If you had returned the money to me earlier or spoken to me nicely and shown me the relevant documents, I wouldn't have made things so difficult for you now."Yet, there's no turning back once an investigation is initiated and all the findings are reported to the headquarters in real-time."Oh, I almost forgot. You're not in the group chat consisting of important members from our headquarters. The board members have just been informed about the problem with the accounts."Nicki turned as pale as a sheet upon hearing my words. She knew that there was no stopping me once I had made up my mind abou

I chuckled after hearing what Nicki had said. "I've sent the investigation report to our parents and forwarded the email to everyone in our company."The board of directors has just released a new announcement. You should check your email."Nicki was shivering all over. She took her phone out, opened her email, and saw the huge fonts in red."You're hereby dismissed from your position and blacklisted by our company permanently."It was only then that Nicki realized what I told her wasn't some made-up story. Instead, we had officially kicked her out of the company. She would lose everything she used to have.Nicki was visibly shaken. It seemed to have finally dawned on her that no companies would want to hire her, especially after she got kicked out of Hayes Group.She couldn't even go back home now.Realizing her mistakes too late, Nicki scrambled over and clung to my leg."I'm sorry, Gene. I got tricked by that man because of my lack of judgment. I was wrong! Please help me co