I Am The Richest Man Alive

Chapter Twelve - Love And Trouble.

Lilly moved closer to the car with her eyebrows raised in astonishment. Her lips formed an oval shape as she switched her gaze from Justin to the car and then back to her amused folks. 

"What is going on?" Lilly asked, with her hands hemmed across her chest. 

"I heard your new car was taken away," Justin said with a flare of sarcasm in his tone. "So I thought to get my beautiful wife a brand new car," Justin added. 

"Wow!" Lilly exclaimed. She was a bit speechless as she glanced at the car. 

"He brought her a brand new Urus?" Diana's boyfriend mumbled as he walked towards Diana and plopped his hands on her shoulder. 

"This is unbelievable," Tucson whispered. 

Justin paid no attention to the murmurs. 

"It's all yours baby!" He screamed, stretching the car keys to Lilly. 

Lilly grasped the car keys. A grin arched across her mouth as she saw the metallic 'Lamborghini' inscription on the car key. She fluttered into Justin's arms and hugged him tightly like she was going to crush his backbone. Lilly extricated from the embrace and placed a kiss on Justin's lips. 

That moment felt like a remarkable highlight in Justin's life. He couldn't remember the last time Lilly kissed him with so much enthusiasm and passion. Ever since he got married to her and moved into her father's crib, everything changed. The love and affection they shared faded into the ash heaps of history. 

But everything seemed to be in place now. Now Justin can enjoy his wife's love and attention. Without menaces like Bruce Springsteen spitting at him with a mere 'Velar.' 

"I guess he has stepped his game up now, ready to be amongst the top class," Tucson muttered to his wife. "That's a luxuriously expensive car. It costs a fortune." 

"I don't believe this." Mrs. Tucson said distastefully with a smirk on her face. 

"You want to see the interior?" Justin asked. He gestured for Lilly to move closer. 

"Yes!" Lilly affirmed. 

"Come take a look, it's all in leather and carbon fibre. Just the way you like it." Justin bragged. He opened the car for Lilly to peer into it. 

Lilly hovered her hands over her mouth as she beheld the classy interior of the car. 

"You like it?" 

"Like?" Lilly muttered. "I love it. But isn't this too much?" 

Justin limped forward. He held Lilly's face in his palms and looked intensely into her ocean-blue eyeballs.

"Baby. You deserve this and more. Nothing is too much for you. Nothing is too expensive for the woman I love. Look, Lilly, I know I've not been the man you want me to be, but I will bring down the sun to take that mask off your face and put a smile on it." Justin sealed his promise with a kiss. 

"I love you," Lilly said.

"I love you too," Justin said, plopping another kiss on Lilly's forehead. "You want to go for a drive in your new car?" Justin asked.

Lilly nodded her head in affirmation. 

"Not so fast buddy!" A voice yelled from behind.

Justin turned to meet a familiar figure striding towards him. It was the loan shark with four of his men, who appeared vicious like badly built mannequins. 

'But, our agreement was a month,' Justin thought.

"You just might not need a punch, instead of a drive." The loan shark said. 

Everyone squint their eyes in awe, as they anticipated how the scene would unfold. 

"Where is my money?" The loan shark yelled. 

Justin's eyes quivered in shame. He wished the violent loan shark would bring his voice down a little bit. 

"We agreed that I'd pay you back in a month, It has just been a few days, y - "

"Shut up!" The loan shark shrieked. He inhaled his blunt and let out a whiff of flame. "I can demand my money anytime I want. And there's nothing you can do about it."

Justin looked around and he saw the astounded look on Lilly's face. His heart pulsed faster as he gritted his teeth in fury. 

"This was not the plan. I don't have the money right now, I - " 

"That's okay! I've got a repayment plan, and I'm sure you'd love it." The loan shark cut in with a sinister smile on his dark lips. 

He brushed Justin's shoulder and ambled towards the new car. 

"Indeed a sexy whip." He muttered, admiring the car. 

"Guys take the car away from her." He ordered. 

"No, you can't do that. This is a gift!" Lilly yelled as she tightened her grip on the car keys.