Prologue

SOPHIA'S POV

"We will have to operate on him immediately." The doctor said to me, "And the bills will have to be paid within a week." He flashed me a wry smile and I nodded.

"I'll try to have it by then." I said.

"Thank you for understanding." He walked out of the room and I was left with my brother who lay unconscious on the bed.

He had gotten into an accident a few days ago which had resulted in a severe brain injury that left him in a coma and he needed to go through surgery.

I sighed.

This was the worst time for this to be happening. I had my student loan debt I needed to pay and I had used up all of my savings, and I had no friends or parents with me to help. We were both orphans raised by our paternal grandmother who had passed away 2 years ago.

I sighed and my phone suddenly started ringing.

I picked it up, "hello?"

"Yeah babe?" I recognized Liam's voice and I got up to leave the room, "what did the doctor say?"

Liam was my new crush-turned-boyfriend. We just started dating a month ago and he had been the sweetest.

Though his father was the owner of a big company, he didn't rub it in my face like some rich snobs would and he had offered to help me with my debts and my brother's hospital bills, but I refused. I wanted to do things myself and I didn't want to owe anyone a penny for helping me.

"The doctor said he's in a critical condition and he needs to be operated on but the bills need to be paid in a week before they can perform the surgery." I said, walking out of the hospital.

"Babe, I've told you, just let me handle this, I can pay off all the bills." He said through the line.

I was now standing outside the building, clutching on to my old phone with my other hand on my waist.

"And I said I didn't need your help, I can do it myself!" I said.

"But you don't have to, can you try to rely on me for once? You always want to do everything yourself, you don't even let me help you with anything. I just feel useless." I sighed.

"Look, I'm sorry if I made you feel that way but I have to handle this myself, I will try to let you assist me sometimes but this is my family issue and I have to figure it out on my own." I heard his loud sigh over the line.

"Okay then, bye, love you…" he cut off the call before I could even reply.

I pulled the phone from my ear and looked at the time. I gasped. It was almost the end of my lunch break. I hadn't even eaten yet, I had only rushed here after the sudden call from the doctor.

I pushed my hand into my purse to search for some cash. Maybe if I had enough, I could call a cab. Nope, I was penniless. Then I'd have to run, maybe I could make it.

Who was I kidding? The hotel I worked in was at least a 15 minute walk away and I only had 8 minutes left, I'll just have to deal with my boss later. I ran off.

…

"Sophia! Do you still want your job here?!" I heard Marcus' loud voice yell at me and I bit my lip and bent my head low.

"Yes, I do." I replied.

"Well I don't think you do. Where did you sneak off to? You're 6 minutes late!"

"I'm sorry, I just had some things to deal with-" he interrupted me with a yell.

"Just get to work! You're cleaning the new guest's room, room 306! She's a VIP, don't mess anything up!" He turned to leave and I was about heaving a sigh of relief when he turned around again.

I knew it, Marcus would never just let someone like me off the hook, I was definitely getting fired.

"Oh and you're gonna have to fill in for Barbara, she wasn't feeling too well and had to leave, you're working her night shift." With that, he left and I was free to breathe.

I changed into the uniform and picked up my equipment to head to my assigned room.

I knocked lightly, "who is it?!" I heard a voice ask.

"Room service." I replied.

"Alright, you can come in." She didn't even try to check the peephole.

I stepped into the huge room and looked around, everywhere was a mess and the lady had her back to me, I had just stopped looking around in awe when she turned to me.

She looked… angelic, like a very innocent creature, she was very beautiful.

"Put all the clothes into the closet!" She ordered, harshly. Great, one of those rich brats.

I ran to pick up the clothes one by one when I heard her talking into her phone.

"Yes mother, he's coming tomorrow and I have to get everything set up now!" She paused and listened, "I'm following your instructions…" she then laughed, "I'll have him wrapped around my finger after this, make sure the paparazzi is aware of this! Ok, bye mother!" She giggled and turned to me. I quickly turned my head around and pretended I heard nothing, going on with my work.

"Hey, you!" She called me and I dropped the clothes in my hand to turn to her. "You didn't hear anything, right?" I nodded and she grinned, "good, if I hear anything about this outside then I'll make sure you're out of the Earth before you can blink, got it?" I nodded.

She walked away, her heels clicking on the tiles with each step and I released a breath I didn't know I was holding.

Whatever that was about, I sure didn't want to get myself involved. I have enough problems to solve for myself. I turned back to work and picked up the clothes again to hurry and put them in the closet.