LUCKY BILLIONAIRE

3

The next day, Alejandro was ready for his interview. He was dressed neatly in one of Miguel's clothes. 

He arrived on time at the big company building, feeling excited about the opportunity.

When he approached the receptionist, she gave him a sensual look.

But he overlooked her. "I'm here for my interview," he said politely, offering a small smile.

The receptionist hesitated but eventually allowed him inside. He waited for a while before being called in by another employee.

“Good morning, sir.” Alejandro greeted the interviewer as he entered the room.

"Good morning. Please take a seat," the interviewer said and Alejandro sat down.

Just then, Charlotte walked into the office, "Charles, is this your choice for the job? Big mistake," she said, addressing the interviewer.

"Do you know each other, Charlotte?" Charles asked.

"Yes, he's not suitable for the interview," Charlotte declared.

"But I..." Alejandro attempted to speak.

"Shut up. Get out now," Charlotte snapped at him.

"Please, sir..." Alejandro turned to Charles and pleaded, but Charles cut him off.

"You heard her. Get out!”

After leaving the office, he kept going. He spent the whole morning searching for a job all over the city, but he didn't find any.

By evening, he decided to check out the local area of the city for any job openings. Even if the pay was low, he hoped his qualifications would help him get employed.

Just at the end of the day, he walked into a restaurant, a local one and saw they needed a waiter. He decided to try his luck.

"Hey, do you need a waiter?" Alejandro asked the restaurant manager.

The manager looked him up and down, noticing how well-dressed he was. He didn't think someone from the city would be looking for a job at their local restaurant.

"No, sorry. The job we have isn't really for someone like you," the manager replied.

"But I can do it," Alejandro insisted. "I really need the money. Even if you pay me less than half of what you pay the other waiters, I'll work hard," Alejandro begged.

The manager smirked his lips when he said that.

Seeing that Alejandro is ready to accept less than half payment, he decided to employ him. "Alright, I'll give you a chance, but you better work hard," the manager agreed.

"Thank you so much!" Alejandro exclaimed.

"So when do you want to start?" the manager asked.

"Right now, I'm ready," Alejandro replied eagerly.

His plan was to save enough money to buy Sophia an expensive ring to apologize for what happened between them.

That evening, he began working.

Unknown to him, Charlotte had been secretly following him all day, and is hell bent on making his life a living nightmare until he accepts her.

She entered the restaurant with her friends and went straight to the manager.

"Are you the manager?" Charlotte asked him.

"Yes, please, what do you want?" he responded.

She gave him her orders and said, "I want to be served by that gentleman over there," pointing at Alejandro.

Seeing that they are wealthy customers, and wealthy customers rarely come to his restaurant, he decided to treat them like Gods.

"Alejandro, take four white wine bottles to table 16!" the manager instructed, handing him the order slip.

Alejandro hurried to fulfill the request, but when he saw who was at the table, he felt a pang of discomfort.

"Oh, look who's here! Working as a waiter now?" Charlotte's voice dripped with sarcasm, mocking him as he placed the bottles on the table.

He gritted his teeth but remained composed. "Anything else I can get for you?" he asked, trying to maintain his professionalism.

"Yes, we'll have five plates of your priciest dish with extra fish and dipping sauce," Charlotte replied with a smirk, knowing full well the trouble she was causing him.

Alejandro returned with their order a few minutes later, and Charlotte tipped him generously before calling him back.

"Where have you been? Are you okay? And what about your wife?" she inquired, but Alejandro brushed off her concern.

"That's none of your business," he retorted before attending to other customers.

Few minutes later, there was commotion in the restaurant. Alejandro was on his break trying to count how much he had earned in tips until he heard the noise inside.

"I'll sue this place and ruin your business for doing this to me!" Charlotte shouted at the manager, her face flushed and struggling to breathe.

“What's the matter, ma’am?” the manager asked her.

“One of your waiters tried to poison me by putting walnuts in food.” Charlotte lied.

"Please calm down, we'll take care of the situation," the manager tried to defuse the situation. “Do you recognize the waiter?”

“Yes I do.” Charlotte said.

Just then, Alejandro peeped and noticed the noise was at table 16. He decided to go check what was going on.

"He's the one! Get him out!" Charlotte pointed a finger at Alejandro, “He deliberately put the walnuts in my dish.

“That's a lie!” Alejandro said. “I didn't do that.”

"Are you saying my friend is lying? You cheap wannabe Leonard DiCaprio!" one of Charlotte's friends yelled at him.

Everyone laughed when she said that.

Alejandro was speechless. People often said he looked like Leonardo DiCaprio but now Charlotte's friend is calling him a cheap wannabe Leonard DiCaprio.

“But I didn't know she had an allergy! And there were no walnuts in her dish!" Alejandro defended himself, but his words fell on deaf ears.

"I don't want him here," Charlotte told the manager. Her voice was menacing.

“So you're a psychopath who came to ruin business for me? I thought as much because how will a well dressed and qualified man accept less than half payment as a waiter.” the manager shouted at him. "You're evil and for that I'll call the police on you.”

He picked up his phone and dialed the police line.

Alejandro knew there was no point in arguing. He left before the police arrived.

Outside, as he walked in the cold, Charlotte and her friends drove by.

"Is someone sad? You look so adorable when you're sad," she taunted him.

 But Alejandro wasn't going to tolerate it any longer, "Stay away from me. This is your last warning before I do something I'll regret," he warned sternly.

However, Charlotte find his anger amusing, "I can make everything better for you. Leave your wife, and I will give you anything you want," she proposed.

"That would never happen, not now, or in a million years," Alejandro firmly rejected her offer.