"Sì, just send the details of the meeting to Eli, ... ok take care, say Hi to your parents from my side... bye." The lady- Hermione Silvia Wyatt aka Devil Queen, cut the call with a sigh. She rubbed her forehead a little while scrolling through the schedule on her phone.
She stood facing the window in the lavender-themed room, which had a medium-sized bed, to the bed's opposite the vanity table and wall lengthy mirror. There were two doors, one door next to the vanity chair leading to closet and the other door opposite to the window leading to the bathroom.
She had worn a black top and black tight pants, her hair let down loosely on her shoulders. She walked away from the window to the bed and she picked up her coat letting it hang on her arm. She walked towards the door, which lead to a hallway. She kept playing with a little plushie in her hand, and descended the stairs.
She made her way down and walked to the dining room to see the maids doing their usual work. She just nodded at them and sat on the head seat while one of the maids bought her the breakfast plate.
"Queen!" a strong male voice made her snap her head at the direction of the sound. She saw her most trusted man- Elijah Luca Francesco, walk to her with an iPad in his hand. She nodded permitting him to speak further. "I have received an email from Mr. Romano which is about the guard's interview, he had informed he would send, ... he has scheduled the meeting after lunch... the said man, Samuel Houston would arrive sharply at 2:10 pm was also mentioned." Elijah aka Eli spoke while he occasionally glanced at the iPad and her.
"Fine, make sure if he is an extra minute late, then cancel it," she spoke coldly and sipped on the drink.
Being a minute late was not a big deal but when the time is mentioned that the man would be sharp at the time she wanted to test the man's punctuality. Hermione aka Queen had her breakfast and walked out to elevator with her sling bag and her phone in her hand.
Eli followed her with few steps back maintaining good distance. The elevator reached the ground floor, and Hermione walked out wearing her shades with a cold face. She walked out of the of the hotel and made her way to the black Audi parked just near the exit.
She opened the back door and took her seat behind the driver.
Eli sat in the front passenger seat and told the driver to drive them to the company. She sat calmly at the back with her eyes observing the outside busy morning of Auckland the capital of New Zealand.
The busy streets were left behind and tall buildings and skyscrapers came to view, it was now that they would reach the company in a few minutes.
Hermione got out of the car and walked around it to the entrance. The security guard gave her a stern nod as a sign of respect. She walked past the reception to the entry area where the guard scanned the ID, and she passed through it with elegance.
Eli also scanned his ID card and walked to the right where the elevators were located.
Hermione and Eli walked to one of the private elevators and pressed the up arrow. In a few minutes, the elevator halted at the top second floor of the building. The top floor was the helipad floor where the helicopters landed.
And the floor under it was exclusively only for her, and her secretary and Eli were the only ones having access to this floor, including the few guards there for security.
Hermione got busy with the meetings about the finishing touches of the new hotel they had been working on for the last 8 months. The lunchtime arrived after all the hectic meetings. Eli had bought her two sandwiches which she had only one and started to look through the pending emails. She sat in her cabin while working on the new collaboration project invite, they had got two days back.
On the other hand, Eli was waiting near the reception area after having his lunch as per the orders.
Eli looked at his watch to see it was sharp 2 pm now. Only 10 minutes left before the arrival of the man who was going to be interviewed by the Queen herself.
After a very frustrating 8 minutes, he saw a man walking through the glass doors. The man looked very young, if you look at his face first, but his body was like a Hulk. Eli observed the Hulk-like man with his keen eyes. The hulk like man was tall than Eli, the hulk wore a completely black outfit. His suit was black, while his hair were ash brown combed back and set with hair gel showing his forehead which had a deep frown. His eyes were blank, his pointed nose with perfectly shaped lips and sharp shaved jaw. Eli also observed that this hulk who he recognized as Samuel Houston, attracted a lot of attention with the way he walked.
Lot of people stared at hulk, some looked with curiosity, some with shocked eyes, and most men looked at him with jealousy as his heavily built body was very fascinating to turn anyone's gaze.
"Samuel Houston, right?" Eli confirmed as soon the hulk stood near him. Samuel aka Sam just nodded at him. "I am Elijah Luca Francesco, Queen's most trusted guard," Eli introduced himself to him.
"And the one to whom you spoke in the morning," Eli further explained Sam.
"It is nice to meet you personally, Mr. Francesco,"
"You can drop the formalities, young man," Eli laughed out, but Samuel just stood with a blank face making Eli give out an embarrassed laugh.
"Fine, now let's get you to the interview, but before that take this ID as you can have access to elevators and most importantly entry scan to lead you further inside," Eli illustrated while handing an ID card which they gave to people who only come for a temporary period.
The ID won't work after the period is over.
Eli and Sam walked through the entry to the elevator and entered the private elevator, "When you enter inside, I suggest you answer without any lie, Queen has gone through the background details Mr. Romano has mailed." Sam just nodded at him, "Don't show any ounce of disrespect towards her, Queen despises that, and mostly don't forget that you are here to interview to be her guard."
The elevator dinged at the private floor of the Hermione aka Queen's floor.
Both the men walked outside of the elevator. "I don't know what questions she will ask, but just be your normal self." With that being instructed Eli knocked on the door. After about 10 seconds a come in was heard.
Eli opened the door and walked inside, and Sam followed him.
Sam saw the famous businesswoman, the Devil Queen, HERMIONE SILVIA ALLEN, sitting on the large leather chair behind the table.
The whole cabin was of grey and black theme which gave simple yet calm feeling to Sam. Hermione aka Queen as people call her observed Sam's every move, the way he scanned the room with his black empty orbs.
"Buon pomeriggio, Samuel Houston..."
(Good afternoon, Samuel Houston)
Sam spoke with his cold voice which was void of any emotions. Hermione just nodded at him, because she did not need to introduce herself to him.
Italian accent... uhm~ good move
Hermione thought while she leaned back on her chair while one hand kept on the table and the other on the armrest. Hermione took a better look at his black outfit as Sam was studying the cabin.
"Take a seat, Samuel Houston," Hermione voice caught Sam's attention, he obliged to her, and Hermione observed how calculating his steps were. He took a seat on one the chairs kept in front of the table. Sam glanced at Eli who stood next to Hermione with his hands resting on each side of his thigh in attention position.
Hermione took a look at his details file which was sent by Mr. Romano. She observed Sam sitting with his back straight with a confident aura surrounding him. She observed his shoulders which looked relaxed and then and there she knew that Sam can be trusted to be given a chance to prove that he was trustworthy.
"So, enlighten me, why you want to be my guard?" she asked while she leaned forward while resting her chin on her intervened hands. Sam also stared at her blue orbs with a blank look.
Sam read her eyes, she looked amused after a few seconds of their eye contact and that made Sam internally smirk.
"I qualify each criteria mentioned," his cold reply made Hermione stare at Sam with a frown but she tilted her head while smirking a little, "And just because you qualify, you think I can trust you?" she twisted words trying to make him nervous but what Hermione did not knew was that Sam was a prodigy in hiding emotions and keeping a blank face.
"Being the Queen, I know you have done my background check and I have been specially given this opportunity to be interviewed with you, by Mr. Romano," his reply made Hermione stare at him with annoyance don't know why because each person she meets loses confidence once she talks but Sam was too different.
I hate his emotionless face... Stupid man... Hermione thought to her...
She sat there staring at him while he maintained the eye contact as if they are competing, no one looked away.
"Okay, you are hired, you can start with the work once you sign the contract tomorrow," Hermione informed making Sam stare at her face for a few minutes trying to digest her words.
"Thank you so much for giving me this job, Ma'am," Sam spoke gratefully for receiving the job. "It's okay, just be careful when you are at work, I can't deal with other problems," Hermione said in a dismissive tone.
"See you tomorrow, Ma'am," Sam said making Hermione glare at him. She did not like being called Ma'am, as she just felt cringed.
Eli led Sam out of the cabin to the exit of the company.
Next day...
Sam entered the elevator and stood leaning on the side as the man who was to escort him to Hermione's penthouse pressed the number to the floor.
Sam stood with his usual stone face staring at the man who wore the grey suit indicating he works for the Allens.
The guards who worked under the Allens wore grey suits mostly. Sam followed the man inside the penthouse while observing the living room which screamed money and luxury. He took a right turn to the stairs as the man then walked past a lavender-themed room where Sam saw a maid walk out with the basket of clothes.
After passing another closed door, the man stood near a brown door and knocked lightly. After a few seconds come in was heard, and the man just gestured while bobbing his chin towards the door.
Sam opened the door to see Hermione sitting with all her glory while going through some papers.
Hermione gestured for him to take a seat with her hand and then he saw her looking at some graphics. Eli walked inside with a glass of juice and coffee, he placed the juice glass towards Hermione as she closed and slid the papers to the side, Eli placed the cup of coffee in front of Sam. "Thank you, Eli," Sam said with a usual cold voice and Eli just nodded with a smile.
Hermione leaned forward and slid the file to Sam. He took the file and read through the contents of the file which was the employer and employee contract.
"After reading the file, sign it and give it to Eli... if you have any issues Eli will be here to help you," Hermione said and before he could respond she was out of the office room.
"Should all the people who work here have to sign the contract," Sam asked with a frown, "Every person who works for the Allens, no matter what domain has to sign this contract, and the one who goes against this will have 7 years imprisonment," Sam gave nod to him, very surprised to reply back. Sam was confused as to why Allens were giving him Mafia vibes this was like the õmetra thing the Mafia's have.
"But as per my sources, this was not there before," Sam voiced out with his blank face as Eli just nodded at him, "Yeah, the contract thing was not there but 3 years back when Queen took over, she added this so no one can betray Allens, and the company's policies are followed strictly by every employee," Eli explained making Sam now connect the dots.
Sam opened the file to see that, his work description was mentioned that is,
Samuel Houston as the personal guard of Hermione Silvia Allen.
Samuel Houston is in charge of the Queen's safety whenever she is out of the comfort of her house. He is recommended by Mr. Leonardo Romano.
I, Samuel Houston, will make sure to be always there to protect Hermione Silvia Allen from the danger.
Sam just glanced at the schedule he should be with Hermione and turned the next page to see the conditions.
The rules were not weird but still somehow weird.
Rule 1:- Be professional towards every person you work with, no matter any gender.
That is easy, too easy....
Rule 2:- Give respect to every person without any status discrimination.
Ok, I think I would take back my words of judging her to be same as other bitchy girls.
Rule 3:- No need to call Ms. Hermione Allen as ma'am, madam but rather call her Ms. Allen or Queen
no pressure can stick with the latter. Now I got to know why Eli calls her Queen. But I think I would go with Queen as she really is one. She has got the Queen of the business year award and title
Rule 4:- No sexual relation when on duty.
As if I am interested in any.
Rule 5:- Don't touch Ms. Hermione Allen without her permission. NEVER EVER EVEN BY MISTAKE
Under some circumstances acceptable but would have to go through the penalty.
Must stick it like glue in my mind. I am in no mood to take any penalty
Rule 6:- Always be around Ms. Hermione Allen as you are the personal guard
Not so difficult...
Rule 7:- If you want a day off, request a day before.
I won't have one for more months. I can't take leave because I need money.
Eli's phone vibrated in his coat projects, as he picked up the call when Sam was busy reading the rules.
"Sam, Queen had called so I have to check, just go through the file if you have any issues wait in the living room, me and Queen will see you there," Sam just nodded his head and Eli made his way out.
Eli walked towards Hermione's room and knocked at the door. After a few seconds, he heard come in. He went inside to see Hermione sitting on the small chair with her phone to her left ear while she was nodding her head with a frown.
Eli knew that she did that if she did not like to talk. After a loud sigh Hermione stood up, "I will call you later," she hung up the call as she grabbed her sling bag and checked if all the necessary things are inside or not.
"Did he sign the contract?"
"No Queen, he said he will once he reads all the rules," Hermione just nodded at him.
Eli stood with a cheeky smile whereas Hermione smirked at him.
"He is a bit a fool, but he also does not know that getting a job just like this will lead to a big fun for me," she said and walked out while Eli followed her.
"Do you think he will fall for that?" Hermione asked him with a frown, but Eli just grinned at her, "You better know what you are doing is perfect old fox because I don't think this will work to hell," Hermione spoke with fake anger making the old man chuckle at her angry face.
"So childish you are," Hermione snaps at him as she walked more steps ahead of with a wide smile.
"Come fast, old fox we have a mission to pull it off," Hermione spoke while Eli just grinned at him.
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