All Chapters of The Billionaire Pauper : Chapter 131 - Chapter 140
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CHAPTER 131
THE NEW RULER AND HIS WIFE Reuben and Annabelle were still standing beside Grandpa Roland as he addressed the guests. " So, as I said earlier on, this is my grandson Reuben Brooks.He is the heir to this throne.He was sent undercover to the streets to get some things done for the family and, of course, find a good wife for himself.I believe that by chance, a few of you have chanced upon him, mostly, people who live in this city.Now, after his thorough search and being certain of what he wanted, he found someone who matched the description.A gorgeous woman. A woman who did not love him for his money, a woman who did not love him for his fame.But someone who loved him for him.She never knew Reuben was even from this family until about an hour ago.However, she stood against my boy through thick and thin.She always believed in him and did her best to help him become better. Ladies and gentlemen, the precious woman.Let's give it up to the new wife in town, Mrs Annabelle Brooks
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CHAPTER 132
A SPEECH FROM THE RULER HIMSELFJohn walked up the stage as Grandpa Roland sat down.He stood in front of Reuben, Annabelle, and grandpa Roland and saluted them.Reuben and Grandpa nodded, and Annabelle smiled.John turned around and faced the audience.He addressed them as the applause died down." Thank you, everyone, thank you. Right now we have seen our new boss, this is the major activity in this event.Very soon, the whole event will come to an end here.But for now, we will plead with our band crew here to give us a song, for us to get relaxed, then we finally move on to our next program of the day. Thank you, " John said and walked down the stage.The music crew started playing a song.All the guests in the room were dancing around happily with the song.Grandpa Roland and Reuben were busily discussing something in whispers.They kept smiling as they conversed The music continued for about five minutes before they finally ended it on the signal of John, who was walking u
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CHAPTER 133
A LOWLIFE IS NOW A RULER“Ladies and gentlemen, can we all give it up for him? That was a wise speech right there. Give it up for him”. John said as he walked unto the stageThe guests clapped with moods of happiness and satisfaction registered on their faces.“ Right ladies and gentlemen, thank you all for giving our boss a listening earVery soon, we will bring this ceremony to an end.However, right after the ceremony ends, I'll entreat all of us to go to the dining hall and have some dinner for ourselves.However, before we move on, we would like to end the ceremony once and for all so that right after dinner, we can all leave for our various houses. So I will call on Mrs Andrea, to come give us our vote of thanks for the evening. Can we give her a round of applause as she comes? " John said and stood aside The guests clapped as Andrea walked up the stage.John did not descend the stage. Instead, he stood at one end of the stage as Andrea addressed the guestsShe wore a beaut
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CHAPTER 134
FRUSTRATION SETS INGrandma and Louisa watched as Madam Rebecca walked back into the hall. They all shook their heads.As soon as she was out of sight, they both looked at each other“ What a nightmare” Grandma said and sighed Louisa shook her head in the negative.“ This is not a nightmare, Grandma. This is reality. We are screwed up to the highest point. There is no way out for all of us” Louisa countered.Grandma nodded. “ I know, but I will have to find a way out of this. By tomorrow morning, I would have found something to get us out of this mess.” Grandma replied with a tone of certainty.“ That would be better because as far as i’m concerned, all our plans have backfired.Our enemy is now a superior and a powerful one at that. He can do anything in his power to get us down. From what I see, he is hungry for revenge, and it has been served on a silver platter for him. I’m honestly scared’ Louisa saidGrandma nodded again“ I understand your frustration, but i can assure you we
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CHAPTER 135
THE LIITLE BOX OF REMEMBRANCE Suddenly, she saw a box in the room.A medium-sized brown box.She looked at the box and smiled.She walked towards the box and took it out of its hiding place.She opened the box with a smile, stared at it for a while, and opened it.The box belonged to her late husband, Mr Edward Anderson.Her smile suddenly turned into a frown .She remembered it was her late husband who brought reuben to the house in the first placeShe dropped the box on a small table beside her and stared at it.She was lost in thoughts as she stared at tube box‘ If Mr Edward Anderson had not brought that boy to their house, maybe all this would not have happened’ she thought.………….When Mr. Edward Anderson brought the young man into the house, he did not explain it to anybody, not even to his wife.Grandma Anderson was pissed off when her husband refused to disclose anything about the boy to her. However, there was nothing she could do.To make things worse, Mr Edward Anderson
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CHAPTER 136
DID YOU SIGN A CONTRACT?Annabele was wowed by the ulterior decor of the rooms.Beautiful and expensive paintings hang on the walls.Annabelle looked around with a smile on her face.Reuben was standing right behind her, looking at her with a smile on his face as she admired the placeAnnabele chanced upon one of such paintings. She had to look at it twice.It was a painting of herself and reuben.She looked at the painting and realized it was one of the pictures they took when they got married a few days ago. Annabelle turned around and looked at Reuben, who wore a smile.Annabelle smiled back and walked inside the bedroom.The colours in the room were breathtaking. " Woow," she exclaimed.Reuben walked to her and hugged her from behind." You are welcome home, Annabelle," Reuben said." I love you too, Reuben, " Annabelle replied.
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CHAPTER 137
EVERY DECISION HAS CONSEQUENCES" Have you signed a deal with them?" Louisa asked Grandma as she read the heading.Grandma shook her head and pointed to the paper." Read it, and you will understand," Grandma said.Louisa nodded and sat on a chair directly opposite Grandma.She began reading the contents of the contract.As she read about two paragraphs, she paused and aloof at grandma once again." It's just a contract signed by my grandfather and the Brooks.He was just asking for a grant. He might have paid even before his death." Louisa said and looked at grandma.Grandma shook her head in the negative."Read the second and third paragraph on the second page."Louisa quickly flipped to the second page and began reading the part that Grandma had told her.She read the phrase, looked at grandma in surprise, shook her head, and read again." What!!..." she exclaimed in shock" So Grandpa went for a loan and got me married to Reuben." Louisa said as she looked at grandma.Grandma nod
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CHAPTER 138
HAVE PITY ON THEM?Reuben woke up to the beep of his phone.He stretched himself on the bed and looked around.Annabelle was sleeping peacefully beside him.Her face was as bright as the morning sun.Reuben smiled and sat up.He tried remembering how he slept off the previous night.When they emerged from the washroom the previous night, they fell into a romantic conversation that night and had a good time together.Afterward, they both stood up to have a second shower and came back to bed, with Annabelle's head on his chest.That was all. They both fell asleep .Reuben looked at Annabelle as she slept peacefully beside him.A trace of a smile on her face.Reuben smiled at her. He sat up on the bed and picked up his phone, and checked it. It was a message from his cousin Andrea." Good morning to the newest ruler in town. Don't
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CHAPTER 139
IT'S HIS TIME TO TAKE OVER"Alright, I have heard you guys. You are actually right. So, we are going to go as the deal stated.Now, this is how we are going to go about it.We are going to request a full refund of our money and its interest due the three years. The time frame we will give them is a weekI know for sure they would not be able to pay up.Now, the week also coincides with the time ultimatum the investors gave them for the oil factory.That means, if the time is up and they can not pay either of us, they are going to go bankrupt as a result of the investors pulling out of their business.Now, the Andersons will be down by one.Next, we also demand for their oil factory in compensation of some part of the money they owe.That leaves them with no option than to give in, " Grandpa said." Okay, but how much are we talking about here? " Andrea asked." Principal amount of two million dollars and a total interest of a little over a million dollars for the total three years.
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CHAPTER 140
BEING TOO HARD ON THEM??Reuben and Andrea walked out of grandpa's study, leaving him to himself in the room.As they got out, Reuben and Andrea engaged in a conversation as they walked down the hallway." So how are you going to go about it?" Andrea asked." Well, to begin, I will get our lawyer to send them the files and our demand. That will probably be on monday morning.Then we will take it from there, " Reuben said.Andrea nodded." That is cool to start with. But hey, these family are really going to go down on their knees, I tell you.I really think grandpa are really being too hard on them, " Andrea said.Reuben nodded."Yeah, I kinda agree with you. However, I really think he is in for revenge, and I totally agree with them.They deserve that, considering the fact that they treated me like trash when I was with them.I swore to never spare them, and it seems Grandpa is in full support of that." Reuben said and sighed.Andrea nodded and giggled." You know Grandpa was ruthles
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