Nathan looked around as he walked into one of the fanciest living rooms he has ever seen, the one other time he had seen a place as fancy as this was when he had visited his high school girlfriend at home, one of his biggest mistakes, he had left there and walked home to the rundown apartment that he shared with his mom and two little sisters, the relationship had ended after that when she had asked to visit his house and he had been unable to bring her to his place, that was years ago and until now, nothing has changed in his life, well there was a change but it got worse instead of better, he lost his mom in the most brutal way and was left to care for his two younger sisters.
In all his twenty-six years of living, he has never once experienced an easy life, it got worse when his mother had been killed during his final year in uni and he had to return home to care for his younger siblings, he never got to finish his final year in school and that’s how his dream of breaking out of poverty was shattered, of course, he hadn’t given up when he couldn’t finish school, far from it, he had worked his ass off to gather money and start a business but then, he had been scammed out of the money, safe to say his life just couldn’t get worse than it already is, there no low he could get from here, he was already at his lowest and he concluded that the maker had favorites and he just wasn’t part of them.“Hello?”He called as he looked around more, he wanted to just drop the order and be on his way, he still had a couple of more orders today before he would call it a day, he needed all the money he could get, Nora was entering senior year soon and he wanted her to have the basic things needed, she had wanted to get a job but he had told her no, she was too young to work, despite the fact that are they poor, he did his best to shield his sisters from the harsh world, there was no nice boss out there and he had enough proof, he didn’t want his sisters to experience the shit he was going through.“Hello? I got the food you ordered,’He called out loud wondering who lets strangers into their house and not bother to come to check on them, usually, he leaves the orders at the entrance but his boss had told him to take it into the house as the man who ordered was a VIP.“Oh, sorry I had to do a quick one with my baby, we have been on a roll since morning and meant to take a break for food but we just can’t get enough of each other you know,” The man said coming downstairs with just a robe on, Nathan mentally rolled his eyes, what was the use of telling him that, he was in no way interested in another man’s sex life.“Thank you for ordering from us sir, enjoy your meal,”Nathan said setting the package on the table, he turned to leave but the man stopped him.“I have to check and be sure this is my order before you can leave, the last time, you guys gave the wrong order,”The man complained. Nathan turned back to him and waited for him to check his order first but the mudafucker was taking forever to open the damn thing, Nathan tried his best not to let that get to him, it was too early in the day to be pissed off already, he hated rich people and their entitled asses, hated how they got everything and anything even when they are not working, dare he stay home for one day and both him and his siblings will have to starve, what more, the money the man had used for just one order was enough to feed him and his sisters for two whole weeks, rich people and being wasteful while other die of hunger, he felt bitter.“All good, honey, you should come to check if they got your orders right unless you will go hungry, we can’t have that because you need a lot of strength if we are going to continue our marathon,”He called out to whoever was upstairs before turning to Nathan with a sly smile.“We are having a three days straight sex session,”He informed, and Nathan couldn’t hide his disgust.“I don’t need to know that,”He let out, with a frown and the man started laughing.“What’s funny babe?”A very familiar voice called from upstairs and Nathan wiped his head up so fast that his neck almost snapped.“Annie?”Nathan called out in shock, the last person he had expected to walk out of that room when the man had called honey was his girlfriend, she was wearing a robe, she looked shocked to see him at first but she soon blew it off and adjusted her robe before walking towards them, Nathan stood there still in disbelief, what the heck was she doing here, wearing a robe and being called honey by another man?“Honey, you know him?”The man asked and Nathan turned to him.“She is my girlfriend,”He let out in a shaking voice. He couldn’t believe Annie was cheating on him with a much older man at that. The man started laughing at his words and even Annie joined him.“You are such a joker, why will a beauty like this be with someone like you?”The man asked between laughter.“Don’t mind him, babe, he is delusional,”Annie responded and Nathan turned to her, he suddenly could not say a word, he lost his voice at what she said and how she had spoken to him when just yesterday she had told him she loved him and told him she was traveling to see her family, she lied to him and made a fool out of him, he just couldn’t believe what he was seeing and hearing, Annie was his only sunshine in this world, this just couldn’t be real.“Annie you are joking right?”He asked when he found his voice again.“Why will I be joking? You and me are nothing to each other, stop being delusional, I will never bring myself so low as to date someone as broke and useless as you,”She responded pointing at him and looking down at him, both she and the man started laughing when he fell on his kneel, he couldn’t take this, it was too much for him to handle, he and Annie has been a thing for almost two years now, the only reason he hasn’t proposed to her already was that he wanted to save up a lot before it so that she won’t have to struggle, even with his poor state, he still did his best to support her, she was his one true get away from all the problems life threw at him, it just couldn’t be true.“Annie, you can’t do this to me, who is this man and what are you doing with him? You told me you were traveling, told me you are going to see your parents, how are you here in another man's house wearing a robe an…” Nathan said and paused as the reality of the whole situation started to dawn on him, she lied to him that she was traveling meanwhile, she was here, with another man, having a sex marathon, openly cheating on him and pretending they had nothing going on, this had to be a horrible dream, Annie would never do this to him, they love each other too much. “Honey, is he the boy you talked about? The one that thinks you are going to settle with him?” The man asked, still laughing. “The very same delusional idiot, I don’t know what gave him the idea that I was in his class, at least he got the wake-up call now, Naty baby, you and I were never a thing, and we will never be,” Annie said. Nathan concluded he was dreaming, this wasn’t real, he is going to wake up in bed with Ann
“What happened Nora, please calm down and talk to me,” Nathan said as he increased his pace his heart beating so fast fearing for the worse, the last time he had gotten a call like this was five years ago, and he had to go pick up the remains of his dear mother. he still beat himself up every day for not knowing just how much his mom had been going through and he couldn’t let anything like that happen to his sisters. “Nora,” He urged when she didn’t say anything and just kept crying. “It’s Nell, she fainted in school and was brought to the hospital and we have been trying to reach you, why didn’t you pick up Nat?” She cried and Nathan felt guilt eating at him, while his little sister had been fighting for her life, he had been humiliating himself because of a woman, he felt so ashamed. “I am so sorry Nora, I had my phone in my pocket and didn’t know you called, where are you? Where is Nelly?’ Nathan asked as he started walking faster, he had to take a bus or a cab now if he was
Nathan turned around and saw his worse nightmare standing in front of his car, as always, he had men with him, Trent, the service boy of Dylan Russell, the man who is mom had borrowed money from, the same person who had worked her to death, his hand coiled into a fist as he walked towards Trent, not like he could avoid him, one would think after his mom died after being brutalize by them, they would leave him and his sisters be but that wasn’t the case, when he had gone to get his mom’s remains five years ago, Dylan had looked him in the face and told him he had to pay back what she still owe him, at first, Nathan had thought he was joking, not until the month after he buried his mom, Trent had showed up at there house threatening to take his sister if he doesn’t pay up, he had asked the amount she owed and they had mentioned an impossible sum, he gave them the money with him that time and five years later, he was still paying them every month, and it didn’t look like the debt was end
Nathan opened his eyes and felt the most-crazy headache hit him, he closed his eyes just as soon as he opened them, his whole body was in pain and it was like he was trapped in a world of pain, he tried to remember what happened and how he got to the bed he was currently laying on, the last thing he remembered was that he was going to get his money from that manager. “Fucking hell,” Nathan yelled as he jumped up, he looked around and realized he was in a hospital room, he reached out for his phone which was on the table next to him, and checked the time. “Oh no,” he cried as he got off the bed, how did he end up in a hospital, he didn’t have money for more bills, and his sister was waiting for him. “Hell,” he said as he got into his jacket ignoring the pain he was feeling. “You are awake,” A voice came from the entrance and he turned around expecting to see a doctor or a nurse but the woman that stood before him was no doctor, no, he knew who she was but how she got here was bey
”So what is it that you want me to do?” Nathan asked as he lay in his hospital bed, Gianni was in the room with him, He knew he should probably apologize for what he had said to her earlier since it was clear he had misjudged her but his pride didn’t let him, he still didn’t know what she wanted him to do and now that she has helped him so much, he might not be able to tell her no, not like he wanted to, where would he have gotten such money if she had not shown up. “Let’s see, how about we start with you apologizing for what you said earlier, it was insulting to assume I wanted to pay you for sex, that’s not something anyone wants to be known for,” She said, if only she has met his ex, he couldn’t believe Annie was an ex now, it still felt like he dreamt the whole thing. “I am sorry for what I said, I shouldn’t have jumped to a conclusion without first hearing from you, please can you tell me now what it is you want me to do,” He apologized and requested. “Sure, as I said earli
Nathan woke up the next morning and for the first time in a long time, he had the will to live and was in a bright mood, yesterday happened and it all still seem like a dream to him but he woke up in a VIP room in a big hospital that he would not have been able to afford on a norm on his own, that was enough proof that this wasn’t a dream and that he had a job that will seal his and his sister’s fate for life, his sisters would not need to witness a harsh life anymore and he would not have to work hard jobs to feed them anymore. his joy was kind of bittersweet, especially when he thought about his late mom, if only she was still here, his joy would have been complete, they took her away from him and now that he didn’t have to work tirelessly to survive, he would do his best to succeed and make those that killed his mom pay. He didn’t like the fact that he has to pretend to be someone else but if that means he didn’t have to suffer anymore, then so be it, maybe this was the universe's
“Wait, who draft this contract? Do you have a legal team or you made this yourself?” He asked even though he already figured out what her answer will be. “My dad is a lawyer and he helped us, but Gianni wrote the contract herself,”Johan informed. Looking at him now, Nathan realized he looked pretty young, maybe around his age or younger but he didn’t want to ask about his age because it had nothing to do with what was going on, Nathan realized he had a lot more to do, these three were not even ready for what they set out to do and if they are going to win and keep the vultures from taking from Sebastian, he had to take the lead, and that’s if they let him. “Okay, I think we need to start over because this won’t do, let’s say you have successfully found me, Sebastian long lost son, now what do you think will happen? Do you think Sebastian and his relative will just accept me just because you say I am related to him?” Nathan asked, looking at the three of them, oh these people were
Nathan sat on his own after the doctors came to check on him. He did a lot of research about the alleged son of Ulmer and yes, he did fit everything, if he didn’t know his dad, he would have even believed he was Ulmer’s son, the alleged son was born in the same year as him and was more of a one-night stand result, Nathan knew he couldn’t be the real son because his mom had been married to his dad when he was born, they were two years into their marriage when they had him. He closed his phone and got out of bed after about thirty minutes and decided to go see his sisters as they may already be wondering where he was. “The things money can do,”He thought out loud while walking down the hallway that lead to where Nelly was kept, he looked around, this looked more like a hotel than a hospital, he knew this was a VIP area but still, he would never have considered using a hospital like this ever, not when they didn’t have insurance, surely, he would never have been able to pay the fees eve