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-”

leaves no space for argument, “let me

can’t ignore my hunger even though I tried to so

and Gerald asks if I want something else freshly cooked. I

face a second more gobbling it down. I don’t even know what it is, but there’s meat, there’s some sort of

a tall glass of water next to

There was a certain tension in the

trying to

Greyson Consolidated,” Gerald begins, “scattered across the country, operating in various industries,

I’m already aware of that,” I point out, “I may

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,

confesses with a grimace,

the size

Gerald confirms, “Congratulations.”

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

continue your

god, why won’t any of you listen to what

I storm off from

anger for a few days after that, but life gets in the way. Coraline calls me, asking me if I could

to try my luck there too,” she told

friends exactly, but getting there. We helped each other with school and life, and she vented to me about her abusive relationship

smiles

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