STEEL TRAP
Author: South Ashan
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

[“Long story short, sorry for not answering when you called”] Victoria said.

Alexander chuckled.

“It’s no problem. Anyway, I realize that the reason why you called is to talk about the promise of donation I made yesterday, right?” Alexander asked.

Suddenly, he heard Victoria laugh.

[“Not at all, Mr. Alexander”]

Alexander who was taken aback by being wrong jolted.

“It wasn’t? I’m sorry but if that wasn’t the case then what other business could we have with one another—?” Alexander asked but she cut him off.

[“The reason I called is because I wanted to wish you a wonderful goodnight and hope you sleep well”]

“Oh,” Alexander grimaced “Oh. That was unexpected”

[“Don’t get me wrong, I would still like to remind you of the promise you made but I trust that you will keep your word. From what you said, it wasn’t intentional that you didn’t send the money yesterday, or else you wouldn’t even have called back when you saw that you missed my call”]

Victoria was right. Alexander had nothing to g
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  • Everything belongs to me   THE OCEAN GAS STATION

    Alexander stepped out of the hotel and was greeted by Paul and Raymond. At first, Alexander was surprised to see Raymond because the young valet was nowhere to be seen the day before when he had come out of the hotel at a very similar time, but Alexander was quick to shrug it off.“Going out very early again, sir?” Paul asked. “Yeah. I have something very important to do” Alexander said then from the pocket with which he had stuffed his hand, he brought out the car keys.“Here you go” he tossed the key to Paul.Alexander had an idea of what the deal made between both valets for who gets to drive his car was like.According to the deal, since Raymond had driven the car last, the turns would be swapped and Paul gets to be the next one to drive the car.Even if they scheduled that one person gets to park the car and the other gets to fetch it from the parking lot, the outcome remained the same as with both types of deal, Paul was the next person meant to drive Alexander’s car.“Thank y

  • Everything belongs to me   PREPAID

    Alexander came to a stop in front of a traffic light and just like all the other cars behind him, waited for it to turn red which was a perfect time for what he was about to do next.“Whatever the case is, it doesn’t matter to me 'cause as long as the gas is good and I can get it into my car, I don’t care what they do. That would be different if they purposely try to mess with me, but for their sake, they better not”[You don’t have time to go on any other side missions Mr. Alexander.][Not if you don’t want to miss enrolling into your new High School ‘Scholars Academy’]Alexander read the message and chuckled.“Yeah. Not in the mood of repeating all that fiasco of yesterday” Alexander said then cleared his throat.He looked at the traffic light and it had been enough seconds for it in the red that it would soon start to change to yellow and then green, but before that happened, he had just one more thing to do.“Since it’s decided that we’re going to The Ocean gas station, system, ac

  • Everything belongs to me   THE NERVE

    By their feet was a half-drunk bottle of alcohol.Alexander’s eyes widened.He was already annoyed that the person’s negligence towards their job had already eating up his time and if that wasn’t enough, here they were doing this at such early hours of the day.Alexander frowned and, just then, the salesperson noticed that he wasn’t the only one there.He quickly looked In Alexander’s direction and was alarmed by the sight of Alexander whose height and body frame made him seem quite intimidating.But then, the salesperson took into consideration that Alexander was wearing a suit and looked very responsible so that calmed him down enough to not act out in a panic.“Can I help you?” the salesperson asked.Alexander looked at the name tag on his uniform vest and said “Yes, I want to fill up my tank and I can’t because it’s prepaid so can you go to your station like you’re supposed to and do your job so that I can pay and leave?”The salesperson looked at Alexander from head to toe then h

  • Everything belongs to me   DENT

    Because of the possession system, nothing of Alexander’s could be stolen. No matter how much anybody tried and is successful in doing so at first, the moment Alexander finds out, he can just call back all his money and they would appear in his account.With that said, it didn’t mean that it wouldn’t be an annoying hassle if someone tried.To eliminate any potential future stress of trying to get his money back, Alexander said “Cash” “Okay. You’re three hundred and sixty dollars please” the salesman said, stretching his hand to receive the money. Alexander who still wasn’t buying his niceness brought out one bundle from his suit, the same one he had given the room service waiter a tip from, then he counted three hundred and sixty dollars and gave it to the salesman. The salesman put the money in the cash register and created a ticket that was a token of the exact amount.“Here you go,” the salesman said as he dropped the prepaid ticket on the counter and pushed it towards Alexander.

  • Everything belongs to me   ENGINE ROAR

    After Alexander finished fueling his tank with gas and returned the nozzle to the machine, he threw the ticket on the ground and got into the car.He called out the system, asking it for the route to Scholar Academy.[As Mr. Alexander Curry wishes][Downloading the route to Scholar Academy into Mr. Alexander Curry’s mind][Progress: 1%… 10%… 17%… 29%… 53%… 71%… 80%… 92%… 100%][Download complete]“Got it,” Alexander said and the messages from the system vanished.He ignited the engine and then revved it a little bit, forcing more fuel to be absorbed because the tank had been on the edge of going dry when he drove into the gas station.The hand on the fuel gauge went from the red to green within seconds and it put a smirk on the young multimillionaire’s face.The lack of fuel was why Alexander didn’t choose to go to a different gas station when the system told him about the bad customer service reviews it found online about The Ocean gas station.He wasn’t sure he had enough fuel to ge

  • Everything belongs to me   GATEKEEPER

    Scholar Academy was a school surrounded by a gated fence. The fence was built from bricks and the gate was a massive black cast iron ninety-degree inward swing gate that prevented any form of unauthorized access into the school.Unauthorized access also included visual access.This meant that it was more of a metallic door than anything else and there was no space, minus the joints where the edge of the gate and fence met, for someone to see inside the school.The gate was also tens of meters away from the school building and Alexander parked in front of it and honked his horn.If the gatekeeper wasn’t aware of his awareness before, he surely was now.A couple of seconds later and Alexander heard the personnel part of the gate, which is the side meant for people to walk through, get unlocked, and then he saw the gatekeeper come out.The gatekeeper paused momentarily, surprised by the sight of the Lamborghini parked in front of the gate and his surprise was warranted because that type

  • Everything belongs to me   CIRCUS ATTRACTION

    Alexander rolled down the passenger door window.“Excuse me!” Alexander called out and managed to grab the the gatekeeper’s attention.“Huh?” The gatekeeper hunched a little and looked at Alexander through the passenger window“Can you come closer for a moment?” Alexander gestured with one hand while the other was inside his suit’s inner pocket.The gatekeeper stood up and looked left and right with a confused expression.“I’m talking to you and no one else so please come here for a moment” Alexander said and the gatekeeper grimaced at him.He sluggishly walked up to the open passenger door window and lowered himself to be face to face with Alexander.“Yes?” The gatekeeper asked, obviously annoyed by how his interaction with Alexander had gone.“I like to apologize for how I spoke to you earlier. My behavior towards you wasn’t appropriate for someone who was just trying to do his job” Alexander said and the gatekeeper’s eyes widened.He couldn’t believe that someone like Alexander who

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    BOAT TAIL

    Alexander went back to WhatzApp where he continued chatting with Winifred until she said that she had to go offline because her teacher just walked into the class and she would talk to him later. The chat ended which was good because Alexander was starting to get tired as he wasn’t someone who liked chatting all that much. After that, Alexander looked at his phone, from front to back, and groaned. “Why haven’t I upgraded this yet?” He asked himself as he looked at the phone with disgust. How could he be using such an old model when he had hundreds of millions of dollars in his account? It was unbecoming and disgraceful. “Alright, I guess I know what to do today,” Alexander said then he dropped the phone on the bed and went to take a shower. After a couple of minutes, he came out of the bathroom fully dried, put on what he would wear for his outing then he took the phone from the bed and went out of the house. He got into his car and got ready to drive off, but first, he need

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    FRIEND REQUEST

    If he wasn’t able to read at an incredible pace thanks to his heightened intellect, he wouldn’t have been able to finish reading the second message because she deleted it less than a second after he received it.She sent the message again some seconds later and the second sentence was gone.[If you are then it’s kind of late, don’t you think?]Alexander chuckled because the deleted message showed that the girl had eavesdropped on his conversation with her father because she shouldn’t have known that he was done with high school and was waiting to go to college.She knew this which was why she deleted it, hoping that he didn’t see the message. Unfortunately for her, he did, and she couldn’t ask if he did because it would be awkward, so she just hoped and wanted to move on.He replied [Yeah, I know] pretending like he didn’t see the message she deleted.He also messaged that he wanted to save her number so she should give him a minute. [Okay but hurry up so we can continue talking][No

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    DELETED MESSAGE

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    GIVE ME YOUR PHONE

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  • Everything belongs to me   

    VEIL

    After the Possession System had transferred all of Mr. Ferguson’s properties and net worth to him, it had also replaced his name and face in all proof of ownership to Alexander’s and that includes blog articles and documentation of the matter.The Possession System had also covered a veil on everyone’s minds that made them forget that Mr. Ferguson used to be the rightful owner of everything that used to be his and replaced it with Alexander if they ever tried to look up the information.The veil also made inconsistencies in the altered proof of ownership redundant, meaning that anyone who checked the information wouldn’t think twice after seeing that the casino which had been active for longer than Alexander had been alive was somehow founded by him and one other person.In essence, whenever they saw or read anything that used to have Mr. Ferguson’s name and face as the owner of things, they would see Alexander’s which is exactly what happened when Mr. Terrence quickly reached for his

  • Everything belongs to me   

    IRONIC

    “It’s fine, honey. Alexander is our guest so I don’t see why we can’t break certain eating habits to accommodate him” Mr. Terrence said and his wife groaned. Again, she suspected her husband and his intention for permitting the invite she gave Alexander to come eat with them.Still, she kept quiet and just let things play out.“Well, I’d like to increase the number the estates I’ve built from the cities we’re occupying to other cities in other states as well, creating like a housing franchise. While I’m doing that, I’ve been thinking of entering into other business ventures that’ll be more profitable in the long run” Mr. Terence said and Alexander groaned. “Other business ventures, huh? Which ones do you have in mind?” Alexander asked. Mr. Terrence cleared his throat because he didn’t know how Alexander was going to take what he was about to say.“Well, I was thinking of getting into ventures like the casino business but things like that are quite challenging. You’d need someone wh

  • Everything belongs to me   

    EXPANSION

    “Thank you, Missus Terrence, and don’t mind if I do,” Alexander said then asked Winifred to help him with one of the bowls so he could dish more food for himself. As she gave Alexander the bowl and he started dishing for himself, Mr. Terrence asked “So, Alexander, as I was saying before I was painfully interrupted…”Mrs. Terrence rolled her eyes again while having a smile on her face.“What’s your basketball experience?” Mr. Terrence asked as Alexander gave the bowl back to Winifred to keep while asking her to give him another bowl. “I’ve never played the game before. As a matter of fact, I’ve never been on the court or held the ball before” Alexander replied and Mr. Terrence’s eyes widened.“What about high school? Didn’t your high school have basketball as one of the sports the students played? Surely you got curious about shooting at the hoop at least once or twice” Mr. Terrence said.“Yes, we did have a basketball court as well as other games but I never really got to play” Ale

  • Everything belongs to me   

    DINNER TIME

    Both ladies were looking very beautiful. Though Winifred was young and still growing into her looks, she was very beautiful and had an innocent look to her which would make any man’s heart melt. As for Mrs. Terrence, she was the evidence of what the young girl had to look forward to when she was her age. Her face and body were excellently crafted by her creator. “What are you guys talking about?” Mrs. Terrence asked and both Alexander and her husband looked at her and Winifred. “I was just getting to know Alexander a little better is all. Isn’t that right, Alexander?” Mr. Terrence asked and they all looked at Alexander. “That’s right. Mr. Terrence and I were just talking about how I grew up and all. Nothing too serious” Mrs. Terrence looked at her husband suspiciously for a moment. Like Alexander, she too had a feeling that there was a motive behind why he agreed to the dinner invitation but she didn’t think as far as Alexander did to realize the truth so she let it go. “Alrig

  • Everything belongs to me   

    LUCKY

    “I’m very observant, remember? I could smell your intentions behind asking me all those questions from a mile away” Alexander said and Mr. Terrence groaned as he furrowed his eyebrows.“My intentions?” The man of the house asked.“That’s right. I’m not a father, but if I were, especially a father to a girl child, I wouldn’t just allow a stranger of my stature and build to come into my house just because my daughter wanted to invite them. Knowing how good of a businessman you must be to have what you do, you wouldn’t make such a reckless decision which leaves me to think that the reason why you allowed my invitation to pass is because you wanted to know what type of person you new tenant is, so this is basically a business move disguised as a caring father act” Alexander said and Mr. Terrence kept quiet to listen to the rest of what the young multimillionaire was going to say. “Because it isn’t normal for a person my age to have the amount of money to rent a place here or drive the ki