Revenge of The Furtive Billionaire Heir by Ryker Helios

47. His Domineering Presence

“Breathe!” My brain orders me, and I force my nose to inhale some much-needed air. Only then do I realize the fire within me was coming straight from my lungs.

I sit there on the floor where I fell ass-first to, almost paralyzed as my eyes keep locked onto the face looming above me. The dark hair, the shape of the eyes, the shape of the nose…they are all familiar features that I did not think I would see again, not after the last time. My heart stammers in my chest as I struggle to make a connection. This is not Aiden; he is much too older and broader in his frame to be Aiden. But there is no denying the haunting similarity this man has with Coraline’s missing ex-boyfriend.

“Jace!” I hear Coraline’s voice come from behind me as the crowd dissipates. A pair of shoes clatter on the ground as she makes her way towards me, and then abruptly stops as she registers the man in front

of me.

I hear Coraline gasp, and that is enough to break me out of my stupor. I remember where I am, and who I am. I do not think Joseph Greyson’s son should be sitting on the floor in the middle of a banquet hall like I

I scramble to my feet as Coraline comes to stand next to me. The man in front of us now stares at us, puzzled.

“I’m sorry,” finally, he drawls, and I flinch. Fuck, even the voice is the same, if not a bit deeper. His. wandering eyes settle on mine. “I did not see you coming my way.”

I order my mouth to speak, “No, it’s fine. The fault is mine anyway, I was the one who wasn’t looking. where I was going.”

The man smiles, but it does not reach his dark eyes, “I see. Well, then we are both to blame,” then he adds. in a more polite tone, “I believe we have yet to make our acquaintance. I have never seen you around here before.”

“This is my first time here,” I reply, “Our company’s first time, that is.”

“Oh?” he raises a brow, “and what will your company be?”

“Zelt Technologies.”

city, right? I have some

I feel

freeze. Distantly, I wonder, where the hell

man’s expression changes minutely. Something almost predatory injects into his eyes. He takes a

enough to still be in college, with a lovely young lady always by your side…you must be the Jace Greyson who

it was possible for me to feel

of me?”

grins, “practically everyone here has heard of you, Mr. Greyson. You appear to be the star of the evening. The one and only son of Joseph Greyson, whose existence no one was aware of until today. And believe it or not, you kind of look like your father’s son,” he extends his hand towards me in a shake, “My name is Carlton Collins.

I realize with a jolt. This man shares a face

to be

my own to be steady, “I guess I don’t have

he smiles again, and it is nothing but

looks so. But I just can’t help but feel apprehension thrum beneath my skin because of the man’s identity. He looks like he is respectful, and

trust him.

to come to about a man who I had

as I said before, it was a pleasure,” Carlton smiles again, “but I am afraid I must reconvene with my

he vanishes, leaving us bewildered in

who is looking back at me. I’m pretty

tell me you recognized

never took me to visit his family. He said we were not ready, and he was not keen on showing me any photos of them or anything. But he knows my name, so maybe Aiden told him