2024-09-27 22:35:53It was safe to say that the director, Andrew, Alexa, Max, and Benjamin's grandmother weren't the only ones shocked by Benjamin's claim.
The crowd that had been watching the commotion ever since Benjamin had punched Andrew in the face. They burst into heavy bouts of laughter as soon as they heard those words as well. “Wait! Is he for real? I know that guy. He's so freaking poor, and now he's suddenly claiming that he can pay ten times the annual donation this school gets from the Tyrone family.” “Oh my goodness, this guy must have lost his mind. He's definitely gone crazy. The Tyrone family donates $1 million annually, which means that guy would have to be able to pay $10 million at once. Isn't that too pretentious?!” Another student quickly pulled out her phone. “Oh, I will be damned if I don't live stream this for my fans! They're gonna eat this up.” The crowd was bustling at this point, wanting to see how Benjamin would dig himself out of this ‘grave’ he created for himself. Benjamin's grandmother, on the other hand, was truly too stunned to speak. She yanked on her grandson's wrist to get his attention. “Benjy, wh….what are you saying for God's sake?! That's $10 million you're claiming you can pay!” “Yeah, buddy.” Max was really worried as he placed a hand on Benjamin's shoulder. “Where in hell are you going to get that much money?” “You two worry too much.” Benjamin smiled at them. “Don't worry; I've got this, okay? Trust me.” At that moment, Benjamin's grandmother and Max saw the absolute confidence in Benjamin's eyes, and they were both left stunned, glancing at each other. What exactly made this young man so confident? Benjamin walked closer to the director. “Sir, go on. Give me the official account details of the school.” Alexa couldn't believe this. “Is he for real?” She whispered to her new lover. “Oh, what are you saying?” Andrew could see that Alexa was starting to be curious about Benjamin's confidence, and it pissed him off. “Everyone in the school knows that loser's financial status, so how could he be suddenly rich? Are you telling me he gained a massive amount of wealth overnight?” He huffed while still trying to soothe away the punch he received to the face earlier. “He wants to see me expelled, huh? We'll see who ends up humiliated between the two of us.” Unknown to Andrew though, that was exactly what happened to Benjamin. He had gained a massive amount of wealth within hours. “Director, it's fine. Please, give it to him. Let's see what he does next.” Andrew couldn't wait to witness how Benjamin would publicly make a fool of himself. The director sneered at Benjamin as he gave him the account details, anticipating what this overconfident young student would do. “Wait!” Andrew suddenly raised his hand as an idea came to his mind. “Benjamin Knox, since you had the audacity to claim riches that even your forefathers wouldn't dare claim, why don't we make this much more interesting. If the transfer you're about to make fails, then you must run around the school completely naked. Also, everyone here is allowed to record the entirety of your humiliation and upload it on the internet.” The crowd began murmuring their excitement over this wager that Andrew had just initiated. A lot of them were glad that they came here at the right time. Some of these people even began calling their fellow students to come to the school's main gate as soon as possible, so they wouldn't miss such a spectacle. It was safe to say everyone had concluded in their minds that Benjamin wouldn't be able to pay such a hefty amount. Max gritted his teeth. “Hey, isn't that taking it a bit too far?!” “I agree!" Max was shocked, and Benjamin's grandmother was on the verge of passing out at this point. Mrs. Knox could only shake her head at her grandson. “This boy, he's being too childish at a time like this. Why would he make such a promise when there's still the issue of his suspension?” Max sighed. “Mrs. Knox, please, take it easy. We can only trust that Benjamin knows what he's doing.” Benjamin glanced back at his grandmother with determination. He was going to make those who humiliated her, especially Andrew, pay heavily for it. In front of everyone, he went to the school's website on his phone and once he was required to pay the sum of $10 million as donation, he pulled out an object from his pocket. The second people saw that shiny object hanging between Benjamin's index and middle fingers, there was a collective gasp travelling through the crowd. “Holy shit! Is that a freaking black card in his hand?!” “It definitely is! Oh my goodness, he has a black card?!” The director frowned in shock when he saw this, and he had to squint his eyes further. Yet, the bright sun cascaded enough white light to make it clear to everyone. “How's that possible?” Alexa was expectedly beyond shocked as she stared at the black card in Benjamin's hand. “Hey!” Andrew pulled the young woman out of her daze. “He probably stole it. There's no way he'd suddenly have such an item.” “Oh, you're right. What was I thinking?” Alexa quickly gathered her straying thoughts. “It's either that black card is fake, or he stole it.” Meanwhile, Benjamin ignored the gossips as he put in the card details and made the final payment. Unfortunately, he came across a problem. [Payment declined!]
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Benjamin was shocked when he saw this. How is this possible? His grandfather had personally handed this black card to him, promising that it held up to $3 billion, so what was going on? Why was the payment declined? Did Hunter Whiteridge lie to him? Benjamin immediately threw that thought out of his head. There was absolutely no way a man like that would lie to him about money of all things. First of all, the man is a Trillionaire, so it would be a very shameful act on his part to fool his newly found grandson, something that had been proven with a DNA test to confirm it. Also, the payment had been declined rather than the black details being incorrect. This means that the black card is indeed legit. There was also no mention of ‘insufficient balance’, so the issue had to be something else. Unfortunately, the audiences watching this weren't interested in thinking this through.As soon as the director saw the confusion on Benjamin's face, he snatched the phone from his hands to get a
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Director James Thorpe felt his heart racing furiously as he stared down at the content on his phone screen. He kept reading it over and over again, ignoring the surrounding noises. “Could it really be him?” He felt stupid for even asking this question, as Benjamin's name was evident on the generated receipt. None of this made any sense to him. This same young man had been called out for being extremely poor yesterday, so why does he suddenly have a black card under his name?Director Thorpe turned to find Benjamin staring at him with a victorious but annoying smirk, and he felt his blood boil. “Here! Give me that card. I want to see something.”Benjamin realised what must have happened, so he gladly gave the director his black card.Once Andrew, Alexa, Max, and Mrs. Knox saw this, they felt something had changed. It was even more obvious in the director's body language that something had happened.Director Thorpe compared the card details with the ones on the receipt. “They match.” He
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The crowd was silent for a moment as they kept their shocked gaze on the scene. Some of them couldn't believe they had actually seen this with their own two eyes, while some were even starting to doubt if they were in a dream or not. The wave of internal reaction this one exchange between the director and the principal had caused in everyone was contrary to the dead silence on the outside.“Holy shit, what did I just witness happen. Could this be real?”“Bro, I'm thinking the same thing. The principal really slapped the director right I'm the face. Lord! I really hope someone captured it, or else, I'll be really forced to believe it was all in my head.”“Look around you then.”The students in the crowd having this whispered exchange glanced around to find that there were quite a few other students who still had their cameras out, recording everything. Meanwhile, Benjamin was also surprised at the slap he had witnessed the principal give the director. Why did this much older man sud
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Andrew had boldly pointed out Benjamin, framing him as the main culprit of this current situation while belittling him as well in front of the principal because he was confident that the principal would treat him with more respect, considering his background. Unfortunately for him, the principal was well aware of the Tyrone family and how powerful they are, including the amount they've been donating annually for about half a decade now. Yet, he knew none of those things could stand a significance when compared to the family Benjamin allegedly belongs to. The fact that Benjamin alone donated an amount one time, and it was more than the combined amount that the Tyrone family had ever donated was telling of the disparity between the two families. Not to mention that the influence that The Whiteridge family has in this university was far more than The Tyrone family could ever possess. This was why the principal had no problem putting Andrew in his place.“You're from the Tyrone family,
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For a second, Andrew had actually forgotten the deal he had publicly made with Benjamin. If Benjamin failed to make the $10 million transaction successful, he would have to strip completely naked and run around the entire campus while giving consent to any student recording him on their devices and even uploading it on any and all social media platforms. If the opposite happened though, and Benjamin's transaction was successful, then it would be Andrew Tyrone who would have to strip naked while running around campus.The crowd became really excited at the turn of the event.“Damn! I totally forgot the punishment part ever since the principal showed up.”“Me too! Oh my goodness, are we really about to watch the great son of the Tyrone family strip naked in front of us?!”“Dude, not even a poor and unpopular guy would dare feel good about such a thing. I can only imagine how humiliated Andrew feels right now.”“Hey, guys! Look! The number of live viewers is suddenly surging!”“Fuck! M
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“Hey, Ben, come see this!” Max rushed closer to his best friend. He had pulled out his phone and had begun watching the Livestream. “Look at this!” He then showed Benjamin the social media trend. “The hashtag ‘naked student-run’ is already trending on all platforms. The shares and overall widespread attention are insane!”Seeing this, Benjamin finally felt a sense of satisfaction. He was glad to see Andrew receiving a punishment that matched his misbehaviors.“Benjy.” Hearing his grandmother's voice, Benjamin rushed over to her and hugged her. “Are you okay, Grandma?”Theresa Knox smiled weakly at her grandson before nodding her head. “Don't worry about me, my dear. I'm fine.”It was then that Benjamin recalled the main reason his grandmother had come to the university. “Sir.” He turned to face the principal. “I was suspended unjustly by Director Thorpe earlier. I would really like for you to revoke my suspension. If you need to look into the matter first, then I can wait.” Theresa
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“Yo, Brody, I must be losing my hearing.” One of the men spoke to the man in the center, calling out his name. “If not, did I just hear this loser's friend offering to pay on his behalf?” Brody stared at Benjamin for a while before letting out a snicker. “This one? You must be joking. Can't you see how he's dressed? Look at the horrible quality. He's even far worse than the loser we came here for.” He nudged his chin in Max’s direction, referring to him as the loser.“You know, you shouldn't judge a book by its cover,” Benjamin smirked confidently. “Now, just tell me how much my friend owes you.”“Hey!” Brody suddenly pointed at Benjamin with a cold gaze. “Shut the fuck up! Did you think we're here to play some fucking games?! Now, keep your mouth shut because I'm not here for you, or else, I'll gladly shut it up for you.”It was clear that Brody and his group members had concluded that there was no way Benjamin could be serious about paying them on behalf of Max. From their experien
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“Are you deaf? I want you to scoop up that gum into your mouth.” Brody chuckled darkly. “Oh, and I better not see either of your hands move. You have to scoop it up off the ground with your tongue, like a good little dog would.”That was it. Max had had enough of this humiliation. “Get away from me!” He slapped away Brody's hand still gripping his hair. “I won't take this anymore! You guys have gone too far!”“Not far enough! You'll remain my dog until I'm satisfied!” Brody quickly kicked Max to the ground before the young man could get to his feet. He then turned to his henchmen. “What are you guys still standing over there for?! Hold this bastard down!”The henchmen rushed over to do exactly what they were told. They forcefully held Max down on the ground, and Brody began stomping on his back. Max could only struggle against the henchmen in futility.It was this horrible scene that Benjamin found when he finally came out of the restaurant. He was in momentary shock as he couldn't be
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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
