Holding of secrets

The dollar company

The receptionist sighed deeply in relief and gasped in shock when she found out that the can was original and wasn't fake. 

“Wow! The card is original!” The receptionist was shocked for a moment. 

“Yes! It is !” Alex said to her without hesitation as he called his platinum from her. 

“Alex ! Please forgive me. I'm sorry for how I addressed you when you came into the library. All I thought was you are part of that poor boy who likes to get rich and use the opportunity to enter the library and steal from others. But I can see that you are not !” The receptionist explained. 

“I understand, you are doing your job !” 

“Next time, don't do that again !” He warned. 

The receptionist was still in shock as she continuously stared at Alex as he went into the library to prepare for his final year examination and project submission. 

“Where did he get the card from ?Did he steal it from someone?” 

“No !It's not possible. He cannot steal the card and have this type of confidence to use it !” 

“He's from a rich family ?Maybe he doesn't want anyone to know his real identity!” 

“I guess he won the lottery !I know him very well. I always saw him on the campus looking for where to get free food” 

“He is a chemical engineering student. Everyone in his department knows he is very poor. He can't even afford a hundred dollars in meals not to talk about changing his clothes.” 

“We need to report him to school security as soon as possible! He is a thief. He cannot afford to get a platinum card at the age he stole it from someone!” 

“That's true.  We need to report to the school management that he is a thief !” 

“That's none of our business. Allow the school management to find for themselves !” 

The onlookers in the library at the scene started murmuring about the turnout of the event. Every one of them was expecting the receptionist to say his card was fake and call the school security to arrest him immediately for using a fake card. 

Unfortunately, they were all unhappy with the turnout of the event. The young man they all expected to be arrested was already with them in the library focusing on his project and making sure everything was well-prepared for tomorrow when he submitted the project to his project supervisor. 

Alex noticed their sudden reaction when the receptionist called his passcode for him before he left the receptionist's desk and went straight to Hall Six where the engineering textbook and research analytics were kept. 

They continued to stare continuously at him, but all his attention was focused on his project and how he was going to pass his final year exam. 

He kept searching for different books and materials, including some old textbooks that he knew were going to be helpful for his final year exam.

As he was searching through the desk to look for a textbook, he noticed the presence of someone standing next to him. Then he raised his hand to check who exactly the person was. 

“Who the hell is that person ?” He asked as he raised his head from the desk, and turned to look to see who exactly was the person who put his hand on his body. 

“How are you doing Alex ?” A young man replied immediately before he could complete his statement. 

“Sorry ! didn't know you were one” He replied to the person politely. 

The young man who had just come to meet him in the library was his best friend, whose name was Emmanuel Hudson. They came from a billionaire family and his father was a consulting firm as well, just as Alex's father had died. But, Alex's father is ten times richer than Emmanuel's father's.  Both Alex and Emmanuel's father worked on a big project for an oil-well company that was worth over a hundred million dollars from the shares Emmanuel’s father received and a couple of contracts he worked on. From there, he became a billionaire and also built his empire. 

Both Alex and Emmanuel didn't know their parents were friends. Because they gave birth to Alex in the United Kingdom and Emmanuel was born in Australia in Denmark City’.

They became close friends after Alex helped him with one of their group assignments. He was impressed with how brilliant he was and since then they have become close friends. 

“I have just got to school now, and I asked your course representative, but he says you haven't paid your tuition fees for the last two semesters, and you have been expelled!” Emmanuel gasped.

“No! Emmanuel, you don't have to believe that. That was just a rumor. My school f*e has been paid since !” Alex replied with a smile on his face.

“What about the graduation f*e and your clearance? Have you paid for that also? Course I just paid mine ?” Emmanuel asked and continued, “You don't have to worry, I have spoken to my father about that already, including your school, when the course representative told me. In the afternoon when he arrives at his office, he will send some money and will use it to pay all your bills.”

“No I haven't, but I will do that before today's end !” he said.

“Where do you see the money from? Because I know last we both checked your account balance at Citibank, all you have there is one dollar and a fourth cent!” 

“That is true !” 

“Was it Mrs. Loveth that came to school to clear all your bills ?” 

“No, She wasn't!” Alex nodded knowingly. 

“So tell me the truth ?” Emmanuel demanded. 

“It was Barrister. Linda, who just came back from California, decided to pay my school tuition f*e. Because she was told I hadn't paid my school f*es for the last two academy sections. And he gave me some pocket money worth a billion dollars !”

“What !?” Emmanuel exclaimed in awe. 

“Wow! So you are indirectly a billionaire ?”

“Yes !” Alex said “I’m not yet a billionaire, but I'm a multimillionaire in different currencies of the world. With a lot of hard times I have been through, I think I deserve the money as a gift !” 

“Wow !, Glad to hear that” Emmanuel nodded with a smile. “That is awesome. I'm very happy for you. You can now live a luxurious lifestyle once you graduate from Houston University. Travel around the world, eat a nice meal, sleep in a nine-star hotel !” 

“Yes” 

“I need to prepare for my project now. I have a lot of meetings that I need to attend tomorrow after my exam. Once I'm done I need to get myself prepared!” 

“Who are you having a meeting with tomorrow?”  Emmanuel asked him politely. 

“I need to meet with the Barrister. Linda tomorrow after my exam. There are some documents I need to sign, so that is a step in as the new Chief Executive Officer in both my parent companies.” 

“Wow !, What is the name of the company?” 

“Meyers Groups of company !” Alex asked. 

“Wow! I guess the company is doing great lately. They signed a needed deal in their petroleum sector with one of the Saudi Arabian billionaires, which is a Multimillion-dollar deal including the software sector, who just launched a new software got a sponsoring deal with Adex company in California!” 

“Yes, it's true, Barrister. Linda explained everything to me when I saw her today.”

“Was there their first collaboration with big brands ?” 

Alex laughed sarcastically “No, this wasn't their first collaboration with big brands in different parts of the world. They got a Multimillion-dollar deal every year before both my parents died. But after they died, the company was being managed by Mrs. Loveth and her Cousin Brother Barrister. Denny after they fake some documents for the new CEO of the company. Most of the brands stopped partnering with us and the company started coming down. That was the reason why she sent me out of King Villa estate so that I would not know anything that was going on in the company.”

“Wow !” Emmanuel said knowingly. 

Mrs. Loveth and Barrister. Denny had tried his best to get the original document for the Meyers Group company. But they always fail with all the tricks they have been using since Alex's parents died. Since they were unable to succeed with their plan, they decided to treat Alex badly by leaving him out of the King's Villa estate and cutting all the stipend he received from the family.

Now that the tables have turned, he will punish them instead and both Mrs. Loveth with her cousin's brother Barrister. Denny, including her two daughters, Laila and Sofie, will regret why they are treating him badly. 

He said in his heart earnestly “Now that your friend is the new Chief Executive Officer for a multi-billion dollar empire, I will protect you, and you will work with me as I will scale the company to the next level.

“I'm a centibillionaire!”