BXBX NOVEL Chapter 315 - Replacing Putri
Putri was overjoyed when she heard her new acquaintance wanted to help her. Her eyes were sparkling as if a knight had come to her rescue, despite the fact that Lisa was a woman, of course. Then she hugged Lisa tightly, as if they were close friends.
Maybe Putri\'s reaction just now was too much in Lisa\'s eyes, but she couldn\'t bear to let her new acquaintance didn\'t get paid because she had to leave work for several days. Hearing Putri\'s story that her family really needed money in her hometown seemed to remind Lisa of herself. Hopefully, this story was not a hoax, Lisa thought
"Thank you very much, Lisa. I swear I don\'t know what I have to say to my parents if they ask me where their monthly money is. If you don\'t help me, I don\'t know how I\'ll survive this job and take a leave for two days," Putri said with teary eyes.
"Hey, never mind, I only have two days. After that, I can\'t help you more. Sorry, I also have work to do," Lisa said, reiterating.
Putri then wiped her happy tears. "Forgive me, I\'ve asked you to do something for me though I know we\'ve just met. Tonight, I\'ll give you a list of things to do tomorrow, okay?"
"You just take a break, I want to go back to the office first. My job is not finished yet."
Lisa got up from her seat and hurried back to the office. She managed to finish the rest of the inventory report that seemed endless. Then a question popped inside her mind— was it a good decision to help someone she just met?
The problem was, what if Putri was just as sly and shameless? What if Lisa\'s good intention gave the girl a reason to always beg her for help? Ah, she hoped it didn\'t happen.
After work, Lisa returned to the boarding house she had rented for a few months before she was fully established living in Bekasi. She still didn\'t have time to find a comfortable place to live, so she rented a boarding house that was not very good but close to the hotel where she worked for the meantime.
That night, as Putri promised, she received a message from her new acquaintance. It contained a list of jobs that she must do tomorrow as a hotel waitress. The contents of Putri\'s job included changing the sheets and making the hotel bed every day from morning to night.
Reading the job list just now made Lisa doubt her decision to help Putri for two days. This was clearly not an easy job! What if Lisa didn\'t have time to finish her office work?
But Lisa really couldn\'t bear to see Putri lying in the hospital, while her family in Sukabumi needed money. She reflected to herself, what if she couldn\'t send money to her mother and her younger sibling who were still in need? To divert her anxiety and restlessness, Lisa then came out of the boarding house and breathed in the cold night air. At least she did good by helping Putri.
Lisa then grabbed her cell phone from her pocket and made a call to her manager. She asked permission not to come to work for two days on the grounds that she had family matters to handle. She did her best to convince her manager to let her out of the office for two days. However, because of Lisa\'s skills in speaking, finally the manager allowed her. The woman then breathed a sigh of relief.
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The next morning, Lisa worked as a waitress at the hotel on behalf of Putri, complete with her uniform. She hoped that Putri\'s colleagues would not suspect her of temporarily replacing Putri\'s position. When the morning meeting began, she stood among the tall clerks so that the manager on duty would not suspect her unfamiliar face. Fortunately, the hotel manager that morning did not notice Lisa\'s presence. She could finally breathe freely and carry out Putri\'s job.
Today, the agenda that hotel employees must do was to prepare rooms for invited guests to tour from Jakarta, such as changing the sheets and cleaning the bathrooms in each room that had been booked.
After her first job, Lisa had to welcome the invited guests from Jakarta in the lobby. When Lisa and several other employees bowed to welcome the invited guests from Jakarta, their eyes accidentally fell on the figures of two very familiar women.
She didn\'t expect to meet Veronica and Karina here! How loud was Lisa\'s heartbeat when the two women stepped into the lobby with an arrogant and cocky attitude.
Lisa had to hold back her emotions that were starting to build up inside her. She must look unprofessional, especially when the work she did was not quite the job she should be doing!
When Lisa got up, Karina\'s gaze accidentally fell on her. She was beyond surprised to see Lisa, who was clad in a hotel maid uniform, welcoming her and Veronica.
Lisa prayed that she would get away from that place and carry out another task. Karina approached her and said instead, "What are you doing here, Damn, are you Lisa? Don\'t you feel like living in Jakarta? Or do you want to run away from reality? Either way, it\'s really too bad for you," Karina sneered as she clicked her tongue condescendingly.
Lisa didn\'t want to make a fuss at the hotel, especially when she didn\'t want to attract the attention of other hotel employees, so Lisa held back her anger that started to flare up with all her heart.
"Don\'t bother me anymore, I want to work," Lisa said firmly and briefly. She did not look at Karina\'s face, which until now had not changed. Tacky bold makeup and no less flashy clothes.
"You are really presumptuous with hotel guests, huh? Say you\'re sorry now or I\'ll protest to your manager!" Karina threatened.
"I don\'t want to fight with you, I still have a lot of work to do," Lisa replied with a reluctant look.
Karina immediately tugged on Lisa\'s shoulders and looked down at her uniform. A mocking smile appeared on the corners of her lips which were polished with bright red lipstick.
"Ha ha ha! Geez, are you so poor that you are now a hotel waiter? No longer the princess you wish you were, huh?" Karina sneered again, this time her laughter was loud.
Hearing the taunts just now made Lisa even more annoyed and reluctant to deal with Karina. In fact, she could have explained that the job she was currently doing was not her real job. Still, Lisa didn\'t want to waste her precious time arguing with an evil person like Karina.
"Excuse me, your room is ready, have a good rest," Lisa said as she stepped away from Karina and Veronica.
"Is that your attitude towards your former stepsister and stepmother? Mama! Look at Lisa, she\'s willing to humble herself to be a waitress for money! Haha, how come you really want to be a slave? So lowly!" Karina sneered again, this time turning her gaze at Veronica and joined her to mock Lisa.
"Ouch dear, stop it, Lisa took after her father and all of his deeds! She\'s definitely levels lower than you. You are Mama\'s most beautiful and dignified child, unlike her!" Veronica said as she mocked Lisa who was already angry.
Lisa was stunned, she had no words to say to the two cruel women who had once broken her family apart. But she realized that both Veronica and Karina were no better than her.
She turned her body, then sighed and said, "I\'m not any better than the two of you, but at least I never bullied anyone, let alone snatching someone\'s husband like you, Veronica!" Her index finger pointed firmly at Veronica\'s face.
Hearing the harsh words that Lisa just said made Veronica furious. The middle-aged woman grabbed her by the collar and shouted, "You shameless bitch! If you dare to mock us both again, I swear I\'ll tell your manager and you will lose your job!"