With his pride hurt, Angelo Winston blamed his daughter and son-in-law for his predicament. "See? I've already told you guys not too fuss over my birthday. We now have 50 empty tables without any single guest, how embarrassing is this." Just then, the hotel manager walk over and asked in a hushed tone. "Mr. Winston, it's just half an hour to noon. But none of your guests have arrived yet, are you still intending to proceed with the lunch as planned?" Angelo Winston could feel the mocking stairs from the manager and the service crews. He was scorched with shame and was thinking of canceling the lunch banquet and offering to wear the resulting losses. But before he could state his intention, Jate had already spoken. "Of course we are proceeding as planned. Please arrange for more service staff, I'm afraid that the people you have here will not be enough to handle are numerous guests." The hotel managers can around the deserted Phoenix Hall and silently sneered, before casually ackno
'What? VIP? Friends? Could it be?' Angela's parents looked at Jate as if he was insane. As if he's out of his mind. Angelo his father in law was the first to came back in his senses, he let out a sigh as he said. "Jate, get your head out of the clouds. It's almost noon, how are we going to get some VIP's? Why don't you say will invite the Mayor instead?" As a matter of fact, Jate replied. "Yes! That's right! The VIP's whom I was referring to include the Mayor as well." Everyone from the family couldn't help but rolled their eyes at the mans absurdity. Since it did not cost anything to brag, Jate seemed to be overindulging in it. Phoenix Hall was situated at the east side of the second floor of the Centennial Hotel, while in the west side was the Grand Hall. As compared to the desolate Phoenix Hall, the Grand Hall was full of activity and livelier. Friends and relatives of the winston family had all chosen to attend at Lady Winston's place for John Winston's birthday celebration in
As such, the evil, and vicious looking grandmother Lady Winston and granddaughter Denisse together with John himself headed off for the Phoenix Hall at once. When the gang arrived, Angelo Winston was in the midst of blaming her daughter and son-in-law for organizing this birthday banquet. At the sight of his mother and niece and nephew, Angelo walk towards them with conflicting emotions. He asked weakly. "Grandma, John and Denisse, what brings you guys here?" Lady Winston narrowed her eyes as she said smugly. "We're just here to take a look." John and Denisse look around the whole and said deliberately. "Uncle Angelo, you don't seem to have any guest!" Angelo Winston's face flushed red with embarrassment as he answered. "They just haven't arrived yet." Lady Winston let out a mocking laughed and said. "Our friends and relatives are all over at John's birthday celebration, who else could you be expecting?" Dulce, who was still upset over her husband's dismissal from the subsidiary
Everyone from the Winston family was looking at Denisse in a new light. They had never known that this young woman to actually be so capable. Even Denisse herself did not know what was going on. As a matter of fact, she had only met Mr. Red briefly a couple of times. When she made the call to the mayor's secretary, she was not confident that he would turn up. Denisse had never imagined, in her wildest dreams, that she would have the influence to gather almost all of the influential figure in the political circle of the city all at once! Not even that even some richest billionaires had came. Her face flushed exhilaration. She didn't care about the actual reason for their appearance, what was important to her was that she was able to make herself proud in front of her family. When Mr. Red noticed Denisse and her family approaching, he nodded his head slightly towards their group, before continuing to lead his group towards the Phoenix Hall. "Mr. Moore, this way please. Mr. Winston's bi
What was even more shocking was that the straight face William Moore, would usually had a pressuring aura around him at immediately hastened his footsteps and walked towards Jate Woods and Angelo Winston when he spotted than. The mayor was all smiles as he greeted them. "Mr. Woods, Mr. Winston, I'm especially here to congratulate Mr. Winston on your special day. I'm not sure if I can have the honor of having a drink or two with you today?" Lady Winston and her family widened their eyes and disbelief. The scene in front of them seemed so unreal . They wish it was an awful dream which they could shake themselves out of. And also Angelo, Dulce his wife and his daughter Angela were also astounded. They had assumed that Jate is just merely bragging. None of them had expected the few big shots of the city to really show up as their guests. Angelo winston felt extremely flattered, as he was not expecting this sudden happiness. The man welcome the mayor and the rest of the big shots in an o
As the Mayor got carried away with the positive attention he was receiving, he suddenly noticed Jate Woods, who was standing next to Angelo Winston. The man immediately took it down a notch and restrained himself. A courteous expression resurface on his face as he said to Angelo Winston. "Mr. Winston, do you like my gift to you?" How could Angelo Winston say no? He thanked the Mayor profusely, showing an immense appreciation. He then instructed his daughter to safe keep it, as the man intended to have it keep it in a safe place the minute he got home. The other big shots also presented Angelo Winston with the gifts they had brought for him. They were not that expensive but were either exclusive or meaningful gifts. Lady winston and her family watch as the Mayor and the other big shots showered Angelo Winston with attention and presented him with all of those precious gifts. Apart from feeling and his and jealous, there was nothing much they could do. The crestfallen family escape ba
Feeling at loss, John Winston turned to his grandmother and ask. "Grandma, what should we do now? The banquet is supposed to be start ing now. Should we get random people to fill the tables? How about the employees from our Winston Business Group? Or would it be faster to get some people from the streets?" Lady Winston blink her eyes and said. "It's up to you. Denisse, accompany me to Angelo's party. I want to have a few drinks with the big shots of this city." "Ok, grandma!" Denisse replied reluctantly. There was nothing John Winston could do to stop his Grandmother and sister from going over to his Uncle Angelo's side. He and his close relatives, could only watch them leave. Very soon, the big shots from all walks of life of the city received news that the mayor and various rich man were at Angelo Winston's birthday celebration. This people, even those who did not know Angelo Winston, had also self invited themselves to the birthday man's banquet. Because of that, Angelo Winston
Jate smiled and said. "It was because of field that the mayor showed up, not me." "How is that possible?" Angela Winston widened her eyes, feeling doubtful. Jate looked at her as he answered. "Why isn't possible? Remember our company is getting bigger and bigger. It's all thanks to your dad for handing over his company to you. Plus your ongoing project at the Sky Island Hotel which you are currently overseeing is a key construction project of the city. As the economy is not doing well this year, the gp can only rely on the Major infrastracture projects to increase the country's GDP. As such, the Mayor is paying a lot of attention to that project of yours. Do you understand why I said it's because of you that the Mayor at dad's banquet now?" After listening to her husbands explanation, she was confounded. Still trying to wrap her head around it, she asked. "Then, what about the rest of the big shots?" "Hmm. Of course it's obvious, they all came to butter up to the mayor." Jate repl