2024-09-27 22:29:06“Fucking hell, Benjamin!” Alexa screamed as she and Andrew dashed for their discarded clothes to cover themselves. “Why the hell did you break into my apartment?! Do you have any idea how much of your salary it would take to fix that?!”
Benjamin paid no mind to those words as he pointed at the entire scenery. “Is this why you sent a text? To see all these?” His voice was eerily low. Alexa had a confused expression. “What are you saying? I didn't send you a te….” She paused her words as a realisation crossed her mind. She stared at Benjamin as it became clear that she had accidentally sent her boyfriend a text which was never meant for him. It was meant for Andrew instead. Alexa and Andrew had actually agreed much earlier to meet at her dorm apartment. The text message she had then sent to Benjamin by mistake was supposed to be a reminder for Andrew. In the end, Andrew Tyrone came to her apartment as scheduled, but now, her mistake had led to her hidden affairs with Andrew being exposed to Benjamin. Now, she was in trouble. But then Alexa quickly adjusted her mental state. This could definitely be a blessing in disguise for her. She had wanted to get rid of Benjamin for a while. Now that this situation has suddenly occurred, it's a smart move on her part to take full advantage of the situation and break off her already weakened ties with Benjamin. Alexa's facial expression quickly went from slight guilt to a cold one. “Yes, I sent you that text message because I wanted you to see me and Andrew together. So what?” She shrugged her shoulders, her demeanour matching the nonchalance in her tone. Benjamin felt like a dagger of ice had been stabbed through his heart. “What?” He whispered out. “You're joking, right? Tell me this was all a mistake, please.” He shifted his gaze to glare coldly at Andrew before pointing at him. “It was you, wasn't it? You tricked her! You manipulated her into having sex with you! And all for what?! A freaking scholarship?!” Before Andrew could even reply, Alexa began giggling like a maniac. “Oh my goodness, Benjamin. You know, for an exceptionally brilliant student, you sure are very daft when it comes to recognizing reality.” She stared at Benjamin with a disdainful stare as she resumed wearing the rest of her dress. “I want you to get through your thick skull. Andrew didn't trick me. I wanted to have sex with him, and I absolutely enjoyed every moment with him.” Benjamin's burning fury was doused with Alexa's cold words within seconds, and he stared at his girlfriend with glazed eyes. “B…Babe, that's not true, right?” “It is true, you piece of trash!” Alexa snapped at him loudly, pushing him an inch back. “You, Benjamin Knox, are not worthy of me at all. From today onward, the two of us are officially broken up. It's over between us.” She then pointed in the direction of the door. “Now, get the hell out of here. I was still in the middle of chatting with my guest.” She shamelessly turned a flirtatious smile to Andrew who winked back at her. Andrew was incredibly happy at the way Alexa had broken things off, leaving Benjamin looking like a big fool. He cleared his throat as he walked closer to Alexa, and pulled her towards him by the waist, before looking at Benjamin condescendingly. “Are you deaf or something, Benjamin? Didn't you hear the sexy lady telling you to fuck off like the street dog that you are?” His cold face then turned arrogant as he raised an eyebrow with an annoying smirk. “Or could it be that you want to watch me go round two on her? I can guarantee that my performance is top notch. I can make her lose her mind with just my touch. It definitely won't be a disappointing show.” Without any warning, he grabbed Alexa's neck and pulled her face in for a steamy kiss, causing Alexa to moan lowly. He didn't waste another second as his hand snaked down Alexa's back to grab a handful of her butt, earning an excited yelp from Alexa. “Oh my goodness, you're such a tease.” Alexa lightly slapped Andrew's chest once the steamy kiss ended, while giggling with a flirtatious stare. “Fuck you!” Benjamin could no longer bear the complete disrespect and humiliation he was being forced to endure. He rushed towards Andrew and punched him in the face, forcing him to separate from Alexa. He then began beating Andrew up. “Benjamin, let him go right now!” Alexa's yelling was in vain. Benjamin was in a totally furious state, and all he desired right now was to make Andrew pay in the way he can. The scene quickly became chaotic, and it got so loud that it was soon noticed by the other students, who gathered at the entrance to find what was going on. They could all see two men in a brutal tussle. Andrew found himself at a disadvantage, until he saw the gathering crowd outside the room. “Anyone who helps me beat up this lunatic will be given $5,000 each!”
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As soon as these words were spoken, all the men in the crowd suddenly dashed after Benjamin, taking him down with brutal punches and kicks. This gave Alexa time to help Andrew up, and they watched with delight as Benjamin was being beaten to a bloody pulp. Minutes later, Benjamin was subdued, tied up by a rope like the lunatic he was being made out to be. These other students definitely wouldn't miss out on a golden opportunity to earn easy $5,000. Therefore, they felt no remorse for Benjamin's pitiful state. He was left struggling in futility to break free. Andrew, who was rubbing his bruised shoulder from the attack he endured, glared down hatefully at Benjamin who was now bound tightly on the ground. “Who do you think you are? You actually dared to lay your disgusting hands on me?!” He roared out at Benjamin with fury, before rushing over to stomp on Benjamin's chest. “Why don't you get up and fight me, you piece of garbage?! You can't, huh?! You think you're so strong, huh?! Why
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Benjamin's face was definitely a study in confusion. He looked from the older man to the others, then back again. He lifted his hand to shake the man out of politeness. He didn't waste time in asking however, “Who are you and what do you want with me?” The older man cleared his throat, ridding his face of any kind of expression and doing his best to keep a level of professionalism in his extremely respectful manner. “I am Herbert McKlin, master Knox. If you wouldn't mind coming with us, you will be made fully aware of what this is all about.” He gestured to the car he'd just alighted from, urging Benjamin to enter. Benjamin looked at the car, then back at Herbert. “You really think I'm going to get into a car with some strangers? Just like that?” He wanted to say that he was sure they had the wrong person and they should just leave him alone to deal with his issues. But they knew his name. And there weren't very many Knoxes around this region. Then a thought dawned on him.
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Benjamin sharply turned around, sure that he wasn't the one being referred to. But there was no one behind him. The old man hurried to his side and grabbed his hand, squeezing it tightly as he inspected Benjamin's face. “You look just like him. God, you look just like my son.” The man whispered, entranced by Benjamin's presence. Benjamin felt a bit creeped out and tried to extricate his hand from the man's. “Excuse me… I don't understand what's going on here. If you don't mind explaining?” Benjamin kept trying to put some distance between them. The old man cleared his throat, regaining his composure as he saw Benjamin's uncomfortable state. He smiled at him and then turned to return to his seat. “You are my grandson, Benjamin. ” The man stated proudly to the whole room. Benjamin's eyebrows raised and he looked round the room at the other individuals present— Herbert and the guards — and how they didn't look entirely surprised by the statement. Ben couldn't help but give a mock
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Hunter stretched his hands into one of the compartments beneath his desk top, retrieving something from it. He turned to the still shocked Benjamin across from him and handed it to him. It was a black card. “This is a tax free card to a private account. It's yours from now on. This should eliminate any financial issues you've had and may have in the future. It holds a maximum of $3 billion. It's my welcome gift to you.” Benjamin could hardly believe his ears. He stared at the sleek black card being handed to him, the amount he'd just heard swirling in his head. "$3 billion?” Benjamin seemed in a daze. “Sir, that… that's more money than I'll ever need." He was reeling from the surrealism of the situation. Hunter smiled, clearly amused by his reaction. "This is just the beginning, Benjamin. As the newfound heir of the Whiteridge family’s business empire, you’ll be taking over the entire consortium after your graduation. Herbert, my assistant, will guide you every step of the wa
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“Grandma, don't!” Everyone at the school's main gate, including Alexa and Andrew, were shocked at the voice, and they looked up to find Benjamin rushing over. “Benjy?” The old woman felt a wave of relief wash through her at the sight of her grandson. “Oh, my Benjy!” “Grandma, are you alright?!” Benjamin gently held up his grandmother's body. He then shifted an angry gaze up at Andrew. “You're a piece of trash, you know that? How dare you ask my grandmother to kneel before you?! Even if you hated me so much, you should at least give some respect for her age!” Andrew scoffed. “Her age? Why the heck should I show her any care? She's not my grandmother.” He then suddenly covered his nose. “Ugh! Now that both the boy and his grandmother are together, I can really smell the stench of wretchedness.” Alexa giggled as she lightly punched her nose. “Unfortunately, I can smell it as well.” Benjamin was furious as he gently moved his grandmother backwards, away from the two. “Grandma,
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“What lies have I told though?”Andrew laughed with a tone of mockery. “What kind of fucking question is that?! You just opened your fucking mouth and started spouting lies against me and my family!”He scoffed with a look of disbelief. “You know what?! Keep it up! I will have enough evidence to charge you to court for defamation by the time you're done running your mouth!”There was a moment of silence before Benjamin slowly pulled out his phone.“Can you really claim that I'm running my mouth when I have evidence to prove my claim?”Andrew was about to give a heated reply in his fit of rage when the words were immediately comprehended in his mind.“W…what are you talking about?”Benjamin turned to the huge screen in the hall.“I will be connecting my phone to this screen to show everyone here something.”Within seconds, Benjamin was connected to the electronic screen and he quickly shared an image that made those who read it gasp in shock after they took their time going through th
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“It can't be from that lottery,” Alexa whispered to herself with a lost gaze. “There's no way he got all that money from that one lottery. Or did he go back and win another lottery? Wait, was he even telling the truth when he told everyone that he became rich from winning the lottery? Why did no one ever ask him which gambling he participated in to win that money? Are you telling me that no one ever double-checked to make sure he wasn't lying?”At this point, Alexa was just going off to herself in an attempt to make sense of the reality that was unfolding before her eyes.One billion dollars was nowhere near easy money. She knew for a fact that Andrew didn't have that much money in his bank account. She even recalled Andrew telling her that he was currently using his parent's bank account to fund all the rounds of bid-offs he had won at this event.And yet, here stood Benjamin, who had spent more than one billion dollars. And this ex of hers still had the audacity to look completely
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Benjamin spoke with a nonchalant attitude. “I have around $3 billion as my base fund.”“Oh, cool then.” Max sighed with relief on his face for a second before he jerked off his seat with eyes wide enough to pop out his eyeballs from their sockets. “Wait, what?!”He quickly realized how loud he was being and clapped a hand over his mouth before calming himself. A quick glance revealed that both April and Olivia had heard what Benjamin had just said. They were just as shocked.“Holy shit, Benjamin!” Olivia gasped. “No wonder you casually gave away millions of dollars to April like it was nothing.” She crossed her hands and poured her lips as she pretended to be mad at him.“You haven't given me anything though.”Benjamin could tell that Olivia was joking. “Don't worry; I'll settle you tomorrow.”Olivia was taken aback by the serious reply. “Woah! I was actually joking.”Benjamin sent her a smug look. “I know.”Olivia couldn't believe it was that easy. Benjamin seemed hell-bent on givin
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The guests glanced at each other in surprise. They didn't expect that the most important guest would actually side with the outsider. Veronica is the representative of the major shares that belong to the Whiteridge family. She's the most revered figure within the chains of powers under The Tyrone Group's global assets.This veiled woman has spent years mingling with the Tyrone family, and yet, she was supporting an ordinary young orphan. This alone raised Benjamin's reputation by a factor of two. The businessman awkwardly cleared his throat.“Honorable Miss Veronica, are you sure we should grant that arrogant boy his requirements? Doesn't he deserve to be punished in some form?”Veronica chuckled with an audible sarcastic tone in her voice.“Oh, apparently, my opinion wasn't sensible enough for you? Then maybe you should lecture me on how my opinions should be made next time.”Following her words, six of the soldiers immediately stood at attention, with one of them speaking with a c
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Benjamin looked down at the hand, barely wrapped out his hand with care, before looking up to find it was April trying to comfort him.He smiled before holding April's hand back. “I don't mind. Don't worry; I'll be fine.”April released a breath containing her worry. Looking into Benjamin's eyes, she could only see the total assurance welling beneath the surface of those light orbs. April could tell that Benjamin had the situation under control despite how it seemed to be working against him at the moment. She became intrigued, curious to see how things would play out.Following the instruction he had discreetly gotten from Andrew, the host waited for a few minutes before he continued with his mission to antagonize and fully humiliate Benjamin.He turned to the guest, bowing at a ninety degree to them.“I would like to formally issue an apology to the esteemed guests who took time out of their hectic day to attend this event. I'm sorry that you had to witness such a ruckus of a momen
