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-”

Greyson,” Gerald’s tone leaves no space for argument,

can’t ignore my hunger even though I tried to

something else freshly cooked. I tell him to just pop it in

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

in my plate, and places a tall glass of water next to me. “I have something to

certain tension

trying to

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

out, “I may have just returned home, but

your father. You promised him that you will be taking over the

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

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

eyes widen to the size of saucers,

Gerald confirms, “Congratulations.”

I yell, chagrinned, “I thought father was going to wait. I specifically told him that I had to

can continue your schooling-”

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

I storm off from the

asking me if

there too,” she told me, “see

days, we’d 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 me about her abusive relationship with Aiden. He’d tried to contact her

she smiles at that.

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