Jason stiffened at the sight of the loathful duo while Cain simply sipped water from his glass. If there was something common between the cousins, it was their dislike of this particular pair. “Who the hell are they?” Alina muttered at Jason. Alya also leaned in close to them. “Why am I getting bad vibes from them?” she whispered. “I’ll tell you two later but right now, keep up the act,” Jason muttered back at them. The couple who just entered were in their fifties. Aaron had blue eyes like Jason and Cain with the same oval face as his son. In fact, he looked a lot similar to Cain with the same hair except for the age lines on his face.  Dahlia, on the other hand, was a

Alya was nervous. Sharing a room with Jason was making her fidget. She glanced at him as they walked up the stairs but he seemed to be unfazed by it. One of the maids had escorted Alina to another bedroom so it made the mermaid even more nervous to be staying the night with Jason. Her heart was beating very fast. Jason did not seem to notice her predicament. He was leading her to his room without much care. “This is it,” he said. They stopped in front of a large mahogany door. He pushed it open for her. “Woah!” Alya exclaimed. The entire room was divided into two segments. The main bedroom was separated by a sliding door while the rest of the room was a fireplace. Unlike the rest of the mansion, Jason’s room had a blue ambience. The walls were p

Alina gaped in shock, stupefied by the scene she was witnessing. She could not believe her eyes and had to dab them several times to make sure she was not hallucinating. Her uncle Jason was hugging Alya in his sleep!  Meanwhile, Alya and Jason were fast asleep, unaware of the little girl who was still staring at them. Jason mumbled something and hugged his warm bolster, lost in his dreamland. He was sleeping soundly after a long time and was in no mood to wake up. Alina poked her uncle’s cheek. “Uncle,” she poked. “I think you need to wake up. Now.” “Five more minutes,” he mumbled and went back to sleep. Alina

Alya slowly entered the HR department. Unlike the rest of the building, the HR department was closed off and isolated from all other departments. There was only one window while the large space was divided into glass cubicles for the employees.  There was a small break room at one end while a waiting area was set up next to it. The walls were coated with blue pastel paint which reminded her of the sea but the shade was much lighter. A faint scent of coffee and gum lingered in the air and even though it was not unpleasant, Alya scrunched her nose in annoyance. It was not a smell she was very fond of. She quickly scanned through the glass doors on her way. There were a handful of people in the cubicles, busy poring over stacks of documents or typing away on their laptops. No one spared a glance at her as she made her way towards o

The clock struck 5 PM and it was the end of working hours. Everyone around Alya began to pack up their bags and were leaving their workstations. She sighed and continued to read up on the orders she had been given by the employee earlier. Earlier, she tried to ask for help from others but they claimed to be busy or avoided her, unwilling to help out the newbie. No one bothered to bid her goodnight as they exited the room, leaving her behind. She was asked to stay back by David anyway because Alexandra was taking her to a fashion show. David had warned her not to tell the other employees about it. As if anyone will even talk to me, Alya thought in misery.  She was still trying to figure out about the dresses which she was supposed to design. Alina and Jason had taught he