Chapter 1

Sienna Chae-Soo walked into work that day an hour earlier as

always to start her night shift. She worked as a waitress at the Baegaebong

Hotel. It was located in the Central Tourist Area, Samjiyon, North Korea.Sienna had just been to the public hospital where her

brother, Hanuel, went to get medicine to treat his lung cancer. She then took

the public train to Samjiyon and walked about 1.2 kilometres to the hotel. Her

family lived in poverty, and all depended on her low salary from the hotel.

Therefore she walked most of the time and took the train if she had a few extra

won to spare.

“Chae-Soo! Come here, please.” The

manager of the hotel and her boss yelled as he saw her walk in. Sienna headed

in his direction and walked over the squeaky clean marble floor in the front of

the hotel. She adjusted the simple grey pencil dress she had on and tried to

hide the holes with her arms.

“Yes, sir?” Sienna softly asked and

stepped into his office.

“Close the door behind you.” He

firmly ordered, and Sienna obeyed. “Sit.” He stated as she closed the door and

turned around to face him. “Tonight, a respected billionaire from South Africa

will be eating in our restaurant. He arrived earlier today and has been in a

conference since. I want you to serve his table.”

“Yes, sir.” She nodded while

sitting on the soft chair in front of the manager’s desk. After all 3 years of

working for him, she still didn’t know his name and referred to him as Mr

Manager.

“He will be dining with a business

partner from here in North Korea. I expect the best of everything for this

important guest, which is why I want you to serve him. Oh, and Chae-Soo, you

smell of … filth. Take this key and go shower. I lay out a clean uniform for

you to wear in the room.”

“Thank you, sir.” She politely smiled

and took the key from him before walking out of his office and towards the

room.

Mr Manager was a fair boss. He

allowed her to shower before she started work and gave her a clean uniform for

every shift. He even went out of his way to place aside nice smelling

toiletries that guests left behind so that Sienna could feel like a confident

woman. All of the guests loved her and tipped well when she was working, so the

effort he put in made it worth it in the end.

Sienna found the room with ease and

walked in. The hotel was one of the best in the ryanggang province and provided

popular tourist accommodation. It was designed to please the eye with its

modern look and creative artistic touch. It was the best place she had ever

stepped foot inside and loved every second she was at work. She locked the door

of the room and walked into the bathroom. Sienna stepped out of her old grey

dress and switched on the shower. They didn’t have any electricity at home,

which meant no hot water. Coming to work was like stepping into paradise.

She quickly scrubbed her body with

a rose-scented body wash a guest left behind and washed her hair with a

coconut-scented shampoo. Sienna was always self-conscious about using too much

hot water and quickly finished up. She then dried her body with the towel the

hotel provided and moisturised her skin with a similar rose body lotion.

Her uniform was a tight black skirt

and white long-sleeved shirt with buttons and a collar. It was simple but

elegant. To her surprise, Mr Manager also left her a pair of round-toe black

heels, which were the perfect fit and super comfortable. She tugged on the

skirt that hung just above her knees and wished it was longer. Sienna always

felt that her legs looked too skinny for the skirt, which she believed was

unpleasing. She looked in the mirror and sighed at her flat chest and ***. She

could pull off looking like a young man if she had to cut her hair, but luckily

she had long black hair that hung against her ***. It had beautiful waves that

she loved and looked healthy.

She stopped staring at herself and

walked out of the room to start her shift. Mr Manganger gave her a slight nod

to show he approved of her appearance, which made her feel a bit more confident

about herself. Sienna started off by preparing the table for the special guest

and lay put their best table cloths, cutlery and glasses. She even folded the

serviettes into origami flowers which she thought were cute.

The other waitresses gave her small

smiles as they walked past. They were unhappy that Sienna would serve the

billionaire but also felt sympathetic as they knew she needed the money. Sienna

started serving other tables as regular guests of the hotel arrived and noticed

Mr Manager put a table reservation card on her table with the name Declan

Foster under it. She started to gain butterflies as the night went on, and Mr

Billionaire still hadn’t arrived. She tried to calm her nerves and scratched

the inner skin of her arm.

She grabbed 2 menu’s as Mr

Mananager shook the hand of the man who had just walked in. The man was well

built with a blonde curly preppy hairstyle and dark blue eyes. His

attractiveness threw Sienna slightly off guard as Mr Manger led Declan over to

his table. The billionaire wore a dark blue suit with an open-collar white

shirt. Sienna noticed he didn’t have a tie on and walked over to the table like

he owned the hotel. His arrogance showed instantly, but Sienna didn’t allow it

to bother her.

Mr Manger allowed Declan to sit

down and then gave her a look that said, “Don’t **** this up”, as he walked

away.

Sienna exhaled and walked over to

the table with a smile. Declan didn’t look up from his phone as she approached.

“Good evening Mr Foster. My name is

Sienna, and I will be serving you tonight.” She sweetly stated with a gorgeous

smile and placed a menu in front of him. She noticed he tensed up as she

started speaking but ignored it. As she placed the other menu opposite him for

when his business partner arrived, Declan grabbed her arm, which startled

Sienna.

“Sorry.” He quickly stated and let

go of her arm as Sienna gasped. His grip was quite firm, and as he let go, she

held her own arm to ease the slight pain. She could still feel his grip on her

arm which made her uncomfortable. “I’m dining alone,” Declan added and looked

towards her for the first time. He didn’t seem impressed with what he saw and

slightly frowned.

Sienna’s heart dropped, and she

felt like apologising for not meeting his approval, but instead, she forced a

smile onto her face and asked, “What would you like to drink?”

His eyes moved down her body,

making Sienna feel even more uncomfortable. His cold blue eyes met hers again,

and he replied, “Your most expensive bottle of red wine.” She nodded and took

the extra menu off the table before walking away. Sienna felt her heart racing.

She didn’t know if it was anger from how rude Declan was to her or because she

felt attracted to him. Probably both.

Sienna walked over to the bar and

asked the bartender for their top-shelf red wine before quickly slipping into

the kitchen to run her arm underwater as if to wash his grip off her skin. The

bartender handed her an ice bucket and corkscrew when she returned. Sienna

thanked him then walked back to Declan Foster’s table. As she walked over to

him, she watched him gently play with the origami flower in his hands and set

it aside as she stopped by his table.

“Here you go, Mr Foster,” Sienna

stated while placing the bucket on the table. Declan raised his eyebrow when

she said his surname and smirked. He had never heard a waitress call him

anything else besides ‘sir’ before, but this one seemed different. He watched

as she shoved the corkscrew into the wine bottles lid and struggled to pull the

cork out.

“Just let me do it.” Declan

irritably snapped and jerked the bottle out of the waitresses hands. Sienna

couldn’t stop shaking after he snapped at her. She held her hands together in

front of her body and watched him easily pull out the cork. This rich bastard

didn’t have to be so rude. Sienna was angry, and she held back tears as he

poured himself a glass of wine. She hated that she cried when she was angry,

which people mistook as her being weak. Wet anger is what her brother called

it.

“Are you ready to order?” Sienna

sternly asked. She luckily got her emotions together and remained professional

in front of the guest. She would never let him see her cry that was certain.

“The rump steak, rare with sweet

mashed potatoes. You can leave the broccoli off my plate.” He replied, and

Sienna nodded, then walked away to place his order. She didn’t even bother to

offer him their famous starters. She despised the man and wanted to get away

from him as quickly as possible.

Sienna helped her other tables and

noticed Declan staring daggers at her while she smiled at the guest’s

compliments. She ignored him but made sure he still had wine to keep him happy.

She checked if his food was ready every 5 minutes so that he could eat and

leave as soon as possible. Eventually, the chef handed her his plate, and she

perfectly placed it in front of him. He didn’t even look up or thank her but

focused his attention on his phone. As Sienna walked away, she rolled her eyes

and continued to serve the other tables.

Every time she glanced over at the

billionaire to check if he was finished eating, she caught him staring at her.

Her heart started racing, and he didn’t look away until Sienna broke eye

contact. It went on like that the whole night until he placed his fork on top

of the knife on the plate, indicating he was finished. Sienna walked back to

his table with a polite smile.

“Would you like anything else, Mr

Foster?” She inquired and picked up his plate.

“Sleep with me.” He responded, and

Sienna froze. Her gaze meant his, and she wondered if she heard him correctly.

His emotionless blue eyes stared back at her, and he seemed to be serious.

“I’ll pay you. Whatever amount you

want. Just spend the night in my bed.” The billionaire added.

“I’m working….” Sienna muttered and

took a step back.

“I’ll wait till your shift is

over.” Declan interrupted and waited for her response. Sienna broke eye contact

with him and walked away without uttering another word. Her brother filled her

thoughts.

The hospital refused to help him

without a deposit which her family couldn’t afford. He only had a quarter of

the medicine he needed and grew worse as the days went by. She needed the money

to help her brother and considered taking his offer. Yet, on the other hand,

Declan Foster was nothing more than a selfish, rude bastard. She cringed at the

thought of his hands on her body. That man was a pig and used his money to take

advantage of people.

She closed her eyes and rested

against the cold wall of the meat freezer in the kitchen. Hanuel needed the

money. She could save her brother. Private health care was expensive in North

Korea, and the public hospitals didn’t even have electricity or medicine to

treat their patients. She took a deep breath and walked back over to Declan’s

table. He seemed surprised to see her again.

“I’ll accept for 1000….” The

waitress started to say. 1000 won? That was all she wanted? “… dollars,” Sienna

stated. She knew it was asking a lot, but she was going to make the billionaire

pay.

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