Revenge of The Furtive Billionaire Heir by Ryker Helios

19. You decide everything! – Why?

My father sits opposite me on the table, facing me with an inscrutable expression on his face. If I were to look beyond the stony façade, I’m sure I would see disappointment and maybe frustration.

“Gerald told me that you want to speak to me about your position in Zelt Tech,” he started, voice steady and not betraying anything he was feeling.

“It was good of him to notify you before I did myself,” I reply, trying to sound pleasant. The last thing wanted was a fighting match with my father.

“Apparently I have been taking liberties with you,” father prompts, and I reply with a shrug.

“You did appoint me to the position of the COO without my consent.”

“You gave me consent when you said you were ready to take over the company after you returned home.”

“Yeah, I didn’t say I was going to do it immediately,” I point out, “father, with all honesty, you cannot expect me, a college student with only one year and two months of education under my belt to take over an actual company.”

“Boy, I started this company with no education whatsoever,” my father protested, his mask cracking a bit, ” When I started this, I only had my arms and legs in addition to the head on my shoulders. Look at me

now.”

“Yes, I am aware,” I grouse because it’s going to be like pulling teeth trying to explain something to him, “I am just not ready for such a huge responsibility.”

“You will never conquer fear unless to face it head-on.”

“What if I don’t want to face it?”

a choice, because you already

the one who was begging me left and right trying to get me to come home after mom died. You were the

the one who came back,” Joseph

have much of a choice,” I mutter back, my voice lowering.

father sighs with the weight of

you gallivant around, go to college and be a normal kid,

you

the end of this year. It’s non-

and I stand up, “You can’t-you can’t just throw something like that at me and expect me to accept it with no protest!

right, I’ll explain everything to you, I promise. But for now, I can’t. You have to trust me on this. I’m trying to ease you into this world Zelt Tech is new,

my mother was only

was right keeping me away from you! You don’t really care

talk about

is there to understand about all this? It’s clear as day what

to return to this city so I could be a father

a literal billionaire,” I exclaim, “how could you not win a court case against her?”

agreement until her death, and I honored the

dad. You’re just trying

after your mother died,” there is hurt in his

on his face would be

marrying my mother,” I mutter