AN: This fic is another try of expanding myself into as many categories as possible. This chapter is going to be quite short as it's just to introduce the idea. Please enjoy 😊
The Jasmine Blossom Hotel
Prologue
Sunania looked very pale as she came up to the main desk in the hotel lobby. She put her hands down on the counter wondering why it was her that the men had requested to see. Surely, Sonny would have been better at this. Sonny, however, was talking to people in America about the expansion of the hotel chain. Just like the meeting that she had just had with the two men, due to the popularity of the Exotic Marigold Hotels, they were thinking of taking it to places that it had not been before and might never have been intended to go.
Sunania felt quite ill, she had been feeling ill for a week now but something with these men made her feel even worse. She bowed her head and tried to breathe deeply only to put her face flat against the counter. Everything seemed to be coming to a breaking point. She took another breath in before hearing footsteps and quickly composed herself.
"Are you all right?" Douglas asked as he approached her and Sunania attempted to put herself into a more presentable condition. She looked between the two guests – or should they be called residents – Mr. Ainslie and Ms. Greenslade. "I mean, is there any way that we can help?"
"Oh no, I'm okay but thank you for your kindness," Sunania smiled. "Is there anything that I can help the two of you with?"
"No. We were just going to go out on a walk, you're quite welcome to join us," Evelyn told her and Sunania looked away embarrassed. "Dear, the number of times that I've been so overwhelmed that I've had my forehead on a desk is more than I can count. Please don't be embarrassed around us."
"If anything, you're our family," Douglas added and Sunania smiled.
"I am appreciative of that," she smiled, "however those business men wanted for us to expand and help with the college dormitories. They say that we have created such a nice experience for the guests at our hotels that they were hoping we could design a dormitory for the international students. I feel that to say yes or no without listening to Sonny would be presumptuous on my part"
"I can understand that feeling quite well," Evelyn nodded and Douglas looked at her.
"What would you do? If Sonny wasn't here, what would you do?" he asked and Sunania looked at him before smiling.
"I would want to create a truly authentic experience that students could enjoy. I feel that the spirit of the hotels can extend to more than a retirement community," she said before looking a little pale. Evelyn and Douglas nodded to show that saying that was okay. "I will have to talk to Sonny though," she said and the other two shared a look.
Hopefully it wouldn't upset Sonny that somebody wanted to expand the vision but modify it in such a significant way. Until he returned, there was no chance of finding out that answer.