Revenge of The Furtive Billionaire Heir by Ryker Helios

13. 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…”

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“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-”

no space for argument, “let me

ignore my hunger even though I tried to

if I want something else freshly cooked. I tell him to just pop it in the microwave, at this

more gobbling it down. I don’t even know what it is, but there’s meat, there’s some sort of vegetable and flaky pastry, so it’s

until I’ve polished off every crumb in my plate, and places a tall glass of water next to me. “I have something to

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

ask, trying

numerous sub-companies directly under Greyson Consolidated,” Gerald begins, “scattered

point out, “I may have just

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 ease

my empty plate, “What?” I

a sub-company under your name,” Gerald confesses with a grimace, “From today onwards you’re officially

widen to the

confirms,

congratulations,” I yell, chagrinned, “I thought father was going to wait. I specifically told him that I had to be done with

can continue your schooling-”

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

off from the

in the way. Coraline calls me, asking me if I could help her with trying to get an internship with

she told me, “see

talked with each other, and had 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

she smiles at that.