Molly was jealous that Aaliyah had seemed to hit the jackpot with Peter. She had been talking about him for a week now and how he had been taking her to all these fancy restaurants and expensive clothing stores.‘’Oh. Can you believe it? I think I love Peter already, and the way he keeps spending on me.’’Aaliyah talked more as she got ready to go out with Peter. Today he offered to buy her a new car.‘’A car?’’ Mary-Ann asked.‘’Yes, I jokingly said I wanted a Rolls Royce, and he said yes. Aren’t I lucky? No man would do that for any woman he had just started dating.‘’Wow,’’ all of Aaliyah’s friends said, wondering when their time will come.As for Mary-Ann, she wasn’t from a rich family. Just that her mother works at a law firm, and they pay her well.While her father was a personal bodyguard to a famous actor, whom she lied and said was her cousin.The actor agreed to keep up with the lie, but that only meant her father had to put in extra hours and carry out some ridiculous deman

‘’Please, since you are the new owner of this fine establishment, could you waver our bill? I can’t afford all this food, none of us can. All our monthly allowance has been gone already.’’Sabastian looked down his nose at Aaliyah as she begged him.‘’I can’t do that. Why do you expect to get free food?’’‘’Oh, come on, you saw what happened,’’ she tried her best to suck up to Sabastian.‘’I can offer you a solution,’’ Mr. Smith smiled.‘’What? Please.’’‘’Wash the dishes, that would be the best way to compensate me for all that you have eaten and I am sure the staff will be glad to rest for a bit.’’Aaliyah face’s face took on a horrified look. ‘’What do you think I am? I can’t do that job; you have those people working for you for a reason.’’‘’Well then, since you refuse to pay, then I’ll have no choice but to call the cops on you thieving lot.’’ Mr. Smith frowned.Aaliyah said nothing, because she was grateful that no one took the jewelry set Peter gifted her.But with a twist of f

Sabastian sat around a round table in the warehouse where all the artifacts were stored and ready to be handed off to its new owners.The first person to enter was none other than Mr. Sheffield and the first think he did was get down on his knees and beg.‘’Please, I have been a foolish and boastful man yesterday and please believe that I don’t have two hundred million dollars. I don’t even have a job anymore to make a down payment.’’Sabastian sighed. ‘’Then why were you acting so high and mighty? You tried to make me seem small before countless of people, when you yourself had nothing.’’‘’I am very sorry, sir. It just went too far.’’Sabastian laughed. ‘’Went too far? Because it seems to me that you are trying to be something you are not. I wish you people would stop with that shit, making yourselves look bad in the end.’’Mr. Sheffield shook his head. ‘’Please give me some time, the super ball for the lottery is two hundred million dollars, the exact money that I need to pay you.

‘’You are so low-key and down to Earth, you of all have a better future than any of us at this school. Shit, you don’t even need to be here. I heard rumors that you took over your father’s company.’’ Everrette said to Sabastian.‘’What? Oh, that. I guess you can look at it that way.’’‘’You don’t seem very excited about it at all.’’‘’The thing is many people expect me to act like all these so-called rich brats. But really they are brought up by people who aren’t used to anything. They basically got luck and came into money.’’‘’I don’t want to be like them, and after getting that new car. I notice those who would mock me are seemingly nicer to me.’’‘’Just ignore them and stay true to who you are.’’ Sabastian told Everrette.Everrette leaned in closer. ‘’I am trying, but it is hard to hide all these things my mom has been gifting me with. I now have a freaking platinum shopper’s card. Can you imagine what will happen if I pull that out not knowing they are there.’’Sabastian laughed.

‘’Fuck, I shouldn’t have done that,’’ Sabastian said more to himself then stepped back.‘’What?’’‘’Sorry, that kiss shouldn’t have happened.’’‘’But—‘’ Athena stopped herself short.‘’It’s not you Athena…’’ Sabastian began, and she cut him off.‘’Wow, the great it’s not you but me line. Of course.’’‘’No, I just had a… I just can’t do this with you or…’’‘’So, the problem is me then.’’‘’No, I have been hurt in the past by women I thought care about me, and they don’t.’’‘’You mean Aaliyah.’’Sabastian went silent for a while.‘’Do you ever think that you are just going after the wrong ones? Maybe if you tried with someone who is humbler— maybe stop looking for the same person with different faces.’’Sabastian scoffed at her words.‘’What do you know about me Athena?’’Athena shook her head.‘’Exactly, so don’t go all phenomenology on me.’’Taking a step back, Sabastian shook his head. ‘’I am not going to be the person you want me to be Athena.’’‘’No, I’m not who you want to be with