Revenge of The Furtive Billionaire Heir by Ryker Helios

18. A friendship- I cherish….

Coraline and I decided that the day was too good to waste by going home, so after lunch, we take a detour to the park nearby. We walk the cobblestone path that leads us around the park which looks beautiful with all its lush trees, freshly cut grass, and well as ponds filled with ducks and swans that dot it here and there. I feel myself become more and more relaxed as we glide through the path, listening to the sound of the wind rustling through leaves, people playing with their children or walking their pets, and spotting various kinds of birds flying through trees, all while engaging in pleasant conversation with Coraline. I nearly forget the altercation we have mere hours ago at Zelt Tech with Aiden and his goon of a manager, followed by the revelation of Gerald’s actual status in my father’s employment.

All in all, it had been such an eventful day. Something that seems to be a frequent happening in my life as of late.

“I hope I’m not offending you by asking this,” Coraline pipes in as we take abend near yet another pond,” but why does everyone we meet seem to hate you?”

“What do you mean?” I question, even though I know exactly what she meant.

“Before you came to the reunion dinner at the restaurant, everyone was talking smack about you,” Coraline states, “it was really confusing to hear at first, but after some time it got annoying because I realized that they clearly wanted to harass you for their sick entertainment. That’s why I thought I should get you to leave before things could escalate. I’m still sorry about the way I did it, I should’ve just pulled you to a side and explained matters to you like an actual mature person.”

“Hey,” I stop her by putting my hand on her forearm, “I’m not mad about that now. You did what you had to do. Who knows what I would’ve done if you had tried to talk to me? Knowing myself I would’ve taken my chances rather than leave the premises, effectively humiliating myself further.”

I try to laugh it off, “And I honestly got no idea why people suddenly go apeshit around me. Maybe I got one of those faces you really want to punch.”

Coraline insists, her own cheeks rosy, “it’s a good face. A kind face,

over her words, “maybe that’s the reason. Maybe I look like the perfect punching-bag material for the

the cockroach who was a stain

“and the whole gang got it out for me and people like me. They believe that people like me shouldn’t get to enroll at a place like King’s College. They think King’s College is for the rich elite of the

“I take it they had no idea who your father

own, just like my mom did. I managed it for a year, even with the constant bullying.”

a girlfriend?” Coraline questions, almost hesitantly, and I can’t

girlfriend alright No, that is so far from the truth that it could be another planet,” I grouse, “Stone and his gang had it for me since day one, but recently their attacks got more physical. So much so that

“didn’t you

Didn’t think it’ll work. Stone had some influence on campus. Besides, I didn’t want

this, but that’s

Stone and his gang apparently couldn’t find satisfaction in beating me up anymore, so they planned this. elaborate prank. They made one of their girlfriends pretend to like me and coax me on a date. I was an idiot, so I went along. She wanted to sleep with me, and I was even more of

this is not going to

We’re in a hotel room, she’s fully clothed, and me being the horny idiot got my pants around my ankle, and in bursts Stone and his