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-”

for argument,

though I tried to so I nod and follow

in my father’s mansion, and Gerald asks if I want something else freshly cooked. I tell him to

soon as I get a whiff of the food, my appetite returns, and I don’t face a second 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,

water next to me. “I have something to notify you about,”

tell me. There was a certain tension in the car ride

trying to

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

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

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

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

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

eyes widen to the size of saucers, “no!”

Gerald confirms,

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

continue your

like this!” I get up 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 the position. You tell my father

off from the room.

that, but life gets in the way. Coraline calls me, asking me if I could help her with trying to get an internship with a company that

to try my luck there too,” she told me, “see if Aiden was really telling

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.

she smiles at that.