CHOSEN AS THE TRILLIONAIRE'S HEIR

JORDAN RETURNS

Jordan was furious as he returned to his room that evening. His father had just given him a tough choice. He was literally caught between a rock and a hard place. He had to either apologise to Ellis, or risk losing his inheritance. How could he possibly stoop so low to apologise? He had never had to apologise for anything in his whole life because of his rich status. People apologise to him instead even when he was wrong. But if he didn’t apologise, he would be forced to become poor and his social and rich status would mean nothing.

“AARGH!” He yelled as he tossed all the items on his bedside drawer to the ground,

There was a clattering sound, and a glass bottle even broke but he still wasn’t satisfied. He wanted to cause more damage. He focused his anger on his bed next, ripping the sheets to shreds and destroying all the pillows. He broke his chairs and tore any book he could find out of anger. Then he left the house and drove around recklessly till he ended up at a bar and drank himself to stupor. 

He returned home completely drunk and had to be carried to his room by the security guard. The maids had already cleaned up the mess he made in the room before leaving. This was the life he was used to. He lived without consequence, even if he did something bad, someone else would always be there to clean up his mess. Now his father wanted him to clean up the mess with Ellis by himself, and it was disorienting. 

When he woke up the next morning, he had a massive hangover, and the headache got even worse when he remembered what he was being forced to do by his father. His mother barged into the room with some medication to give him relief but the frown on her face let him know that she was unhappy with his behaviour. Usually, she never cared what he did as long as he wasn’t harmed but now she was clearly on his father’s side.

“Make sure you don’t fail, Jordan. This is important. Don’t disappoint me even more, it will only remind your father of your shortcomings.” She said and left without even a word of comfort.

Jordan got dressed and went back to school, but he wasn’t allowed to enter the school grounds.

“Why are you stopping me? Do you know who my father is?” He glared at the security guard.

“Mr Jordan, we were informed that you were expelled and no longer allowed inside the school. We request that you kindly leave quietly to avoid creating a scandal.” The guard responded.

Usually, Jordan would have slapped the man for daring to speak back at him, but he knew that he was powerless at the moment so he took a deep breath to calm himself down.

“I just want to speak to Ellis. Let him know that I’m here and tell him to come and meet me.” Jordan ordered.

The guard didn’t leave his duty post, but he sent someone else to deliver the message to Ellis. When Ellis was informed that Jordan was at the gate requesting to speak with him, he laughed. So Jordan had the audacity to order him to leave class and come outside? 

“Tell him that I said if he really wants to speak to me, then he should wait till my classes are done and maybe I’ll consider speaking with him.” 

The guard returned to give Jordan the reply from Ellis and Jordan was furious. He had expected Ellis to come out immediately. He had forgotten that Ellis was no longer the poor street rat that he could order about. He had no choice but to wait because he knew that if he returned home empty handed, his father would be pissed off.

He waited outside the gates for hours. His only luck was that his car had air conditioning, else he would have baked under the hot sun. Only when classes were done for the day did Ellis give the order that Jordan should be allowed to come and meet him in class.

“I was hoping you would leave and save me the unpleasantness of speaking to you.” Ellis said as Jordan walked into the class.

Everyone else stopped whatever they were doing to watch the scene. Even those that had been about to leave for their homes since school was done for the day, returned to class just to watch the drama they knew would unfold because of Jordan’s presence.

“I want to talk to you.” Jordan said, still with a haughty look on his face despite the fact that he basically came to beg Ellis.

“Well, I don’t want to talk to you. You’re not supposed to set foot here again so what are you doing here?”

“I already told you, I came here to speak to you.” Jordan said and Ellis sighed.

“If you’re so adamant on speaking, then go ahead and do so. You’ve never held back your opinion on anything before, don’t let me stop you now.” Ellis folded his arms and leaned back on his chair.

Jordan’s jaw clenched. He couldn’t possibly apologise to Ellis in front of everyone. That was more humiliating. He had only prepared himself mentally to apologise to Ellis in private.

“I want to speak to you in private.” Jordan said.

While making the request to talk to Ellis, he never even said please. He still believed he was entitled to Ellis’s time. Ellis smirked. He could guess why Jordan swallowed his pride and returned to school even after storming off and accepting expulsion.

“Why should I speak to you in private? I can guess why you’re here, you came back to apologise to me like the director wanted you to do yesterday, right? You humiliated me in public, so if you want to apologise, you’ll do so in public as well. I won’t accept anything less. Beg properly and I may revoke your expulsion.”

Students around them gasped and began to murmur. They were in shock. Was Jordan really here to apologise to Ellis?

“Can’t we just negotiate? I’m willing to compensate you for whatever…”

Jordan was interrupted by Ellis’ loud laugh.

“Compensation? You think you can compensate me? How will you do that? I’m the heir to a trillion dollar fortune. Your family only has mere millions. I can buy your father’s whole company right now and my account balance will still be in trillions. I don’t need your peanuts. All this time I have endured your bullying, your insults and your pranks. Now you need me. I’m sure te only reason you’re back here is because you must have been threatened by your parents, if not, I’m sure you would have preferred to die rather than give me an apology. Now that you’re here, you better make it count.” Ellis said.

Jordan looked around nervously at the students watching the scene. His face was bright red with mortification but he couldn’t leave or he would be immediately disowned by his father. Some students even began to secretly record what was happening. Jordan tried to plead with Ellis with his eyes but Ellis refused to show mercy, after all, when they tormented him for years, they never showed him any mercy.

“Sorry.” Jordan mumbled half heartedly and rolled his eyes. “Are you happy now? Tell the Director to revoke my expulsion.” He said to Ellis and tried to leave.

“That’s your apology?” Ellis laughed. “That was pathetic. You will never step foot into the school grounds for the rest of your life.”

Jordan turned back to him with fury in his eyes.

“I’ve said sorry, haven’t I?

“Say it properly. Make it more convincing. Let everyone hear you, the great Jordan Kine apologising to the student he bullied for being poor. Do it or get off my property. In fact, I want you to do it on your knees. Beg me like you mean it.”

“You want me to get on my knees for you?” Jordan said with a shocked expression.

“Yes Jordan, kneel and beg me if you ever want to return to this college.”