Revenge of The Furtive Billionaire Heir by Ryker Helios

Chapter 13

  1. I wasn’t ready for this.

Coraline was pretty silent when we dropped her at her parents’ house, rather than the apartment she shared with her ex-boyfriend. She changed her mind after learning about my identity after I promised her that I would help her get into Greyson Consolidated. It felt like her fears alleviated a bit, and she promised not to go back to the apartment for her own safety.

She thanked me profusely after we dropped her off, and gave me her name.

“I’m sorry,” she apologized again, looking near tears, “I’m so sorry for everything I did. I don’t deserve this help…”

Η

“I forgive you,” I responded, and meant every word.

Gerald doesn’t ask me any questions as we make our way home, nor does he talk after we get there. He follows me silently as I walk through my father’s house, meaning to go to my room.

“Young master,” finally, he talks, “did you

have any

dinner?”

My stomach, at that moment, chooses to growl.

“No,” I say, “didn’t have the time, was with Aiden and Coraline.”

“I see,” something in his tone tells me that he doesn’t believe that’s the whole truth. Gerald is scarily perspective like that, “please follow me to the kitchen, young master, and let me make you some dinner.”

“Oh, no, Gerald, you don’t have to-”

space for argument, “let me get you something to eat.”

my hunger even though I tried

Gerald asks if I want something else freshly cooked. I tell him to just

my appetite returns, and I don’t face a second more gobbling it down. I don’t even know what it is, but

water next to

knew he had something to tell me. There was a certain tension in the car ride back home, and I almost hear him

trying

begins, “scattered across the country, operating in

I’m already aware of that,” I point out, “I may have just returned home, but I’m not new to

of that, Master,” Gerald nods once, “and so does your father. You promised him that you will be taking over the main company from him, so he has made up his mind to

snaps up from my empty plate, “What?” I

sub-company under your name,” Gerald confesses with a grimace, “From

to the size of saucers,

Gerald confirms, “Congratulations.”

to wait. I specifically told him that I had

continue

the chair, “Never like this, oh my god, why won’t any of you listen

I storm off from

Coraline calls me, asking me

there too,” she told

come to a position where we could call ourselves acquaintances. Not friends exactly, but getting there. We helped each other with school and life, and she vented to me about her abusive relationship with Aiden. He’d tried to contact her twice, but she hadn’t given in to his whims. It was a brave thing to do, and

how she smiles at

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