The Rise Of Alexander Hugh.

Chapter 5

"Hello," said a smiling Emma stepping into Alex's room with Lucas holding the door ajar for her.

"I'm so happy that you are safe and okay now. I thought you wouldn't survive when I found you. I was so scared!" Emma walked up closer to Alex to hug him but he was taken aback.

"This is Emma Sir, you asked that she be found and brought to you," Lucas said to Alex, noticing his reaction. "I found her through her co-workers".

Alex took Emma's hand and held tight to it. "Thank you for saving my life. You didn't have a reason to but you did despite being terrified. But thank you" Alex said to Emma.

 She gave out a fulfilling smile to Alex hugging him again. "I'm happy I could do that for you. It wasn't a big deal."

"It was a really big deal. You saved me even when you didn't have to. I'm sorry that they decided the best way to repay you was money." Alex said to Emma still holding onto her hand.

"It's okay. I didn't do it for money. I didn't even know you were Alexander Hugh when I saved you. I just did it because my mom said one little kindness can change the world." Alex smiled at Emma, she brought a kind of warmth to him.

They talked for a while until the doctor came back and ordered everyone to leave because Alex needed the rest. Alex dozed off in no time.

Alex spent a week in the hospital recuperating. Over the days in the week he spent there, he was treated like a king. Both the hospital staff, Barnabe who he learned later on was his aunt's butler, Lucas, who was the son of the Hugh family lawyer, treated him like a king. But Alex's mind always drifted to Dawson, Carla, and her family, and wondered if they knew he survived.

He always looked forward to the days Emma would come visit him. He learned she was an only child juggling to take care of her tuition fee and taking care of her ailing mother. With one order from Alex, Emma's tuition fees were paid in full, and her mother's medical bills were taken care of. "She deserves this and more Barnabe. I want her to be situated properly and given anything she needs" Alex ordered Barnabe to take care of everything about Emma. 

He spoke to his aunt on the phone all the while and learned more about his inheritance. He learned that his father fell in love with a woman, Alex's mother, who wasn't approved by his grandfather, and that resulted in his grandfather disowning his son, Alex's father. He got closer to his aunt though they only spoke on the phone.

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It was the morning his aunt would come to see him because she was finally cleared by her doctor to travel. Alex was anxious. He was fed up with the hospital so he left early by himself without waiting for his convoy to pick him up. He got out of the taxi as soon as it stopped in front of a towering building in all its glory. The architecture was exquisite. He looked up and saw the name on the building was Hugh Hotels,

written in fine metallic letters. They were shown so brightly that one could spot them from far away.

"What! Wow! Alex lets out unknowingly. He had only been in this neighborhood once and it was to attend Dawson's party.

"Sir, you haven't paid me yet." Alex was taken aback by what the driver said. He brought out a gold-plated card only available to the richest. He was given the card by Barnabe a couple of days back and it contained millions of dollars for him to spend as he liked.

He smiled. "I'm sorry, I was just taking in the beautiful aura of this building." He swiped the card for payment.

The driver looked at Alex in awe because he was dressed poorly. He wondered how he had such a card in his possession. "He must be a thief or a fraud," The driver thought to himself. 

Alex didn't mind the way the taxi driver looked at him, he paid and the driver drove off. 

Alex stepped into the lavish building. "All this is mine," letting out a fulfilled sigh. The luxury hotel entrance had an even more lavish lobby with chandeliers hanging from the ceilings, marble floors, and elegant interior decor. He walked across the lobby and Alex felt the eyes of people, probably guests at the hotel, on him. He just simply ignored the people and went straight to the reception. He was full of happiness.

"Hello, I'm Alexander Hugh. I'm here to see Eleanor Hugh." He asked politely. The receptionist gave Alex the most disdainful look like he was trash.

"You are who? To see who?" She retorted.

"I'm sorry sir, but this is a reputable high-class hotel. It isn't meant for low-class people like yourself. You wouldn't even get a cleaning-level job here. I suggest you leave at once to avoid being thrown out by the security." She said poorly, glaring disgustingly at Alex from head to toe.

Alex wasn't happy with the response he got from the receptionist. 

He snapped at her. "Hey! What gave you the audacity to talk to me in that manner? Is that how a receptionist is supposed to behave?"

She retorted. "I can see that you are asking for the humiliation of security throwing you out." She snapped.

Alex was surprised at the behavior of the receptionist. Their conversations had started to draw the eyes of guests in the lobby to them.

"Why won't he just leave!? He must be a tramp, looking for loose change." One guest whispered.

"A beggar? I doubt it. He's probably a thief, that's how they behave. They come in unsuspecting ways and rob everyone. I support the receptionist, he should be thrown out." Retorted another guest.

Just when everyone was giving Alex a disgusting look and whispering witty talks to him on account of how badly the receptionist spoke to him, the receptionist picked up the phone and called security.

"Please! I need security at the lobby immediately to dispose of a nuisance." She said sternly.

In no time, security had arrived to throw Alex out. There was an uproar in the hotel lobby because of this.

"Listen, buddy, I don't know how or why you came here, but it will be beneficial to everyone if you leave politely. You don't belong here" Said the security beckoning to the entrance and flexing their muscles.

This stunned Alex even more but he wasn't threatened. Alex chuckled softly as soon as the security arrived.

"I'm not going anywhere until I fulfill what I came for." He clenched his fist and stood his ground as the security tried to touch him"