Hidden Billionaire Son-in-law

Chapter 6

There is this office of Carlos, a very special office where he stores the documents of his assets all over the world, lots of money he doesn't wish to keep in the bank. 

Eric is awed as his grandpa takes him into the innermost part, showing him all his secrets, assets and even those ones no one knows about. 

"Grandpa, I never believed that one day, I'll be faced with this fortune, I'm so grateful and happy. I thought it was all over when you send me out." 

"I know you would, it's quite okay. It's a normal thing for you to be excited." 

"I wanted to ask you something, grandpa." 

"Yes, what's it?" 

"What about grandma?" When he was sent out, she was still with him but recently he has not caught a sight of her, neither has he heard her talked about.

 "I haven't heard you talk about her since we met. I hope she's fine. This' the only thing that's keeping me worried." 

"We divorced or should I say she divorced me, she's now living with her new husband in Italy." 

"Oh my goodness, why did she do that? You guys have stayed with each other for about four decades?" Eric is quite shocked and disappointed, he recalls how she always took care of him after his single mom passed away.

She used to love and take care of him, she didn't give him out to a nanny like most modern women do. He also really loved her. 

"Come on, grandpa, why would she do such a thing to you, I can recall that you were a gentle and loving husband to her?" 

"Eric you have to forget about that, it's past now. It has already happened and there's nothing you can do about it." 

"When did that happen?" 

"Few years ago, to be precise, three." Eric gasps.

"I think then you were still the top in the business world?" 

"Of course!"

Eric goes into a thoughtful moment, he's so surprised at the action of some women, if not most, their love for wealth and other material things. 

When he was young, he knew his grandparents were just average individuals, they didn't have much as they do now but she stayed with his granddad, she was a devoted wife and mother. 

If she could stay with him through all the bad times, what would make her leave now other than greed, she wanted a fair share of his money. He shrugged his shoulders. 

"What's that Eric, you're thinking about your grandmom?" He nods a yes. Carlos lowers his head and thinks for some seconds.

 "Son," he moves nearer to him. 

"I want you to forgive her just like I have, I know it's greed that made her do that, she said she could no longer continue but I know the secret reason behind her decision, it's my money. She wanted some of it," he sighed heavily and continued again.

"As part of the divorce requirements, I gave her three billion dollars, a huge amount of money there. But I don't let this cloud my mind, seeing the good side of her being in my life," his eyes had sadddness.

"Will you remember her?"

 "Yes, she was a most capable wife and I'll always keep those fun memories we shared forever. I don't remember what she did afterwards but it was good." 

"That's right dad, I see through your mental perception now. Yours is better you have good to remember her for but mine, I'll have not a single good to recall of our life, except my son." 

"What? You have a son?"

"Yes, I do. He's three and his name is Mako." 

"Oh my God, this' marvelous, you mean I have a great grandson?" 

"Of course." 

"How will I get to see him?" 

"You will, although he stays with his mom and there's no way you would get to see him now, I wish I had an android so you could video call him or see his picture." 

"Is that an issue? I'll give you a sophisticated phone." 

"You forgot dad?" Eric gives him a witty glance, he recalls that he's trying to hide his status from everyone for the meantime.

 "There's no way I'll come home with a good phone and she wouldn't suspect something is going on, even if I tell her it's a gift, I want to hide my status from her for a while to see her doing the worst so when I want to revenge."

"Well I get what you say, it's okay." 

"But dad, you can check my son's pic on her F******k gallery. Mako is there." He gets the phone from his dad.

He logs into F******k with the password he gives him, types Scarlett Woodley, Hollywood actor, celebrity appears below her profile picture.

He smirks. 

"What celebrity is she, more than me?" 

He's not quite proud in his thought but remembering what Scarlett has been doing to him makes him think this. 

He scans through the gallery for Mako's pics, there are lots of pictures of him, his dad can't help but admire him.

"I can't wait to see him," he pauses. 

"I have something to tell you, it kind of connects Scarlett and Susan." Eric stares at him steadily to get to know the next thing he would tell him. 

"I've bought Hollywood, the whole of it from Leo Paterson, the former owner."

"What?" Eric jumps up in ecstasy, he can't believe what he's hearing. "You mean you bought Hollywood dad?"

"Yes Eric. I decided to let you know upon saying your wife is an actress. I feel it's a lucrative business, I need to add it to my booming business empire for more billions. I don't feel much interested in handling all of these, I'm already old, I would give them to you. You would be the new CEO of Hollywood." 

"Just tell me you're joking, this' unbelievable. You mean I'm gonna be the CEO of the industry my abusive wife and mother-in-law is working for?" He scoffs in disbelief, this' higher than what he expected. 

"I'm getting to the attorney's office tomorrow to do a transfer of ownership. Would you be able to come?" 

"When I go out to drive, I'll come here and go with you. I hope it won't be some public event, I don't want them not anyone to know it yet." 

"No, no. It's gonna be a private event, just between me, you, the attorney and his secretary, private secretary, not the general secretary to preserve our secret. You can choose to make it public whenever you wish to, probably during the unveiling event." 

"Yeah, that's okay grandpa. I'm in on the idea." 

"You can always come here each time you go out to drive, at the end of the day, when you wanna return back, I'll give you the amount your wife stipulated and you will pretend as if you made it. Deal?"

"Yes, deal but she's not my wife. I have no use for her now." Eric says defiantly. 

"I'm just preparing for my revenge, it will soon be executed." 

"What's gonna happen to her?" Carlos asks.

"I know what I'll do," he grins in a sinister style, thinking up something.

 "You'll get to see it, it's gonna come up soon. I'm going back now, so I will arrive home on time." 

"Okay son!" He gives him one thousand one hundred dollars. "Give this to her when you reach."

"Thanks grandpa." He rises up to go.