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-”

Gerald’s tone leaves no space for argument,

my hunger even though I tried to so

industrial-size kitchen in my father’s mansion, and Gerald asks if I want something else freshly

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 enough

every crumb in my plate, and places a tall glass of water next to me. “I have something to notify you about,” finally, after I’m adequately fed and

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

up,” I ask, trying to

under Greyson Consolidated,” Gerald begins, “scattered across

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

“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

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

name,” Gerald confesses with a grimace, “From today onwards you’re officially the

to the size of saucers, “no!”

confirms, “Congratulations.”

I don’t want congratulations,” I yell, chagrinned, “I thought father was going to wait.

can continue your

from the chair, “Never like this, oh my god, why won’t any of you listen to what I say?! I won’t do it; I will not take

that, I storm off

but life gets in the way. Coraline calls me, asking me if I could help

she told me, “see if

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 I didn’t hesitate to tell her that.

smiles