“Ayra? No, it can’t be.” William felt like his world was about to shatter. He prayed this was just a nightmare.
Donald’s eyes held a deep satisfaction as he saw the misery in William’s eyes. “What’s wrong, mop boy? Aren’t you happy for me?” He pulled Ayra closer before reaching down to ruthlessly slap her butt cheeks before squeezing them through her tight dress.
Ayra, on the other hand, was giggling and squirming. “Donald, calm down.” She gently slapped her new boyfriend’s chest. “We’re in public. You have to take me out to dinner first.” She giggled as the crowd cheered them on.
William was finally pulled out of his trance. “What the hell are you doing with this guy, Ayra?! How could you agree to his proposal when you’re already my girlfriend?!”
The crowd gasped at this revelation and rumors began travelling between them.
Donald remained unbothered as he tugged Ayra’s face and smashed their lips together in a steamy kiss. “Babe, is this true? Are you really with this piece of garbage?”
William was fuming as he heard the pet name; this was how he addressed her. He was sure Donald was calling Ayra that exact pet name to piss him off.
Ayra suddenly became timid. “Yes, it’s true that I was in a secret relationship with this lowlife.” She heard the whispers flowing in the air. “But what you all don’t know is that William blackmailed me into a forced relationship with him.”
“What?!" William stared at his girlfriend with a depressed expression. He couldn't believe the words that just came out of her mouth. "Ayra, what are you say…" He didn't get to finish as he suddenly received a brutal punch to the face and he fell on his broken arm, eliciting a scream of agony from his mouth.
“Shut up, mop boy! Let the lady speak.” Wilson had delivered that punch. He then placed his leg over William's head.
Ayra rejoiced at the miserable sight of William. “Last year, I found out William had been stalking me in and out of campus. It was to the point that he knew where I lived.” Ayra stood timidly as she knew this would better sell her fake story to the crowd. “I ignored him at first, hoping he would come to his senses and he would finally leave me alone. But a month later, it became clear that he would not back off, so I confronted him and warned him that I would call the police next time.” Ayra's well-timed tears began flowing down her pretty face, drawing deep sympathy from the crowd. “I never expected William to show his true colors. It turned out he had been taking naked pictures of me and he threatened that he would post it to the entire world if I don’t date him.” She covered her face with her hands as she began sobbing. “So I didn’t have a choice.”
The crowd couldn’t take this anymore and they began yelling their fury at William whose face was still beneath Wilson’s shoes.
“Shameless bastard!”
“Like mother like son!”
“You deserve to rot in jail for the rest of your life!”
“You need to be taught a good lesson!”
William was beyond shocked at those words coming from Ayra’s mouth. Why was she telling the crowd a tale that never happened?
Donald raised his hands up, silencing the crowd. “I’m glad you’re all here to hear the truth from the victim’s mouth. You all can now see how desperate and pathetic William truly is. That is why my father cut them off from our lives. He and his mother are like putrid viruses that should be erased as quickly as possible.”
William could hear the cheers of the crowd as they fully supported Donald.
Donald held Ayra by the waist once again; making sure William could see them together. “Luckily, I found out the horrible situation my babe was in and worked towards exposing him.”
“You sure did.” Ayra giggled seductively before grabbing Donald’s face into another round of intense make-out.
William watched from the floor in utter disgust as Donald’s hand danced wildly all over Ayra’s body, groping her breasts and buttocks. "Stop that! Ayra, how could you do this to me? Weren't you the one who confessed your feelings for me first?! When we decided to be together, you were the one who demanded we keep our relationship a secret.”
“Shut up!” Wilson stomped on William’s face before raising his head by his hair.
Ayra ended the kiss with Donald before walking over. She went down on her knees as she brought her lips to whisper into William’s ear. “You little scum. Did you like the show I put on? You were actually stupid enough to believe I was in a relationship with you, but I only got close to you because you were Donald's stepbrother. Now that I have him all to myself, I don’t need you anymore. Have you seen yourself? You are an absolutely worthless human being who’s not even close to my status. Why would I ever lower myself to a worthless trash like you?” Satisfaction coursed through her when she saw the misery in William’s eyes. “And guess what; while I told you I was a virgin who would only sleep with you after marriage, I was already fucking Donald three months into our fake relationship.”
"No!" William began shaking violently as tears flooded out of his eyes.
Ayra was pleased with what her words had done and she seductively returned to her new boyfriend's side.
What happened next was horrendous. Without another word, Wilson and his friends surrounded William and began punching and kicking him brutally.
William could taste the blood he was coughing out as he lay defenseless on the floor. The beating was relentless. Through the gaps between the kicking legs, he caught the sight of Andre and Tracy being held back from trying to help him. His eyes were getting blurry and he realized he would pass out if he didn’t find a way out of here. He managed to grab one of the legs and pulled the man into a fall. He then used his legs to kick a way out and he quickly got on his feet and dashed out of the venue.
“After him!”
With a strong desire for survival, William managed to escape that day. He thought that was the end of it, but then a few days later,
“Where is my watch, thief?!”
ur stupid wristwatch. I work my ass off every day to provide for myself; I am not a thief.”“Then you wouldn’t mind us searching then?” Donald spoke for the first time since this incident started.This made Tracy extremely worried. If Donald was supporting this claim, it means he might have planted some evidence on William. The Camillo twins were complementary opposites. While Wilson is the brute brawn, Donald is the cunning brain. They definitely came prepared.Unfortunately, Williams did not know the twins like Tracy did. “Sure, I have nothing to hide.” He knew he didn’t steal anything.Once it was decided, Donald ordered one of the students he came with to search William's belongings. William's clothes were thoroughly searched, disregarding the pain he felt as his body was still healing. Then they moved on to his school bag, throwing his books and other stuff out carelessly.“I found it!”"What?!" William, Andre, and Tracy exclaimed with a shocked expression.Everyone gathered arou
“For the sake of Bel Air University’s reputation, I regret to inform you that you’re hereby expelled from the institution and all its programs.”Those words from the VC’s mouth sent despair coursing through William. As soon as he left the man’s office, he had been escorted by security to leave the university grounds. He stood outside the gate, watching as Wilson, Donald, and Ayra mocked him. Wilson even gave him a solid punch to his jaw right before the university gate closed in his face. Yet, William didn’t have it in him to be angry, not when he had just been expelled. Studying at Bel Air University, though hard, was a guaranteed way to gain access to a great future for him in the future; this had been the sole reason for persisting this long. But now, everything was gone. He had been struck over and over again by the Camillo twins until he was left with nothing.“William! What happened?!”Andre and Tracy had just rushed over to the gate to find William standing outside of it. The
“Sir, he’s awake!”William could see two men coming towards his bed. The closer one looked to be in his forties; he had a refined aura about him. The man behind him, on the other hand, looked to be in his seventies; he had a more imposing and dominating aura about him.“Who are you guys?” William’s eyes shifted from their faces to the nurses.The two men didn’t get to answer before the female doctor came in to check up on him. As soon as William saw her face, the memories of the last words she said to him came rushing back. “Mom! Is my mom really dead?” His eyes teared up as he knew the answer he was going to get deep down.The female doctor looked at him with pity. “My condolences, Mr. William.” She took a moment of silence for the dead before turning to the two men. “He’s going to be fine. He had simply passed out from deep stress and grief. Though we found extra bruises all over his body, he should be fine.”“Thank you, Doctor. We’ll take it from here.” The man in his forties nodd
When William stepped out of the office, he could see a fleet of luxurious cars lined up. Before him stood a Rolls-Royce Phantom trailed behind by six GMC Yukon SUVs. These were all expensive cars right in front of his eyes. He was a smart young man, and he easily deduced all these belonged to the man in his seventies. What was even scarier was the heavy line-up of professional security men in front of the cars.Once these numerous security men saw who had come out of the hospital, they bent their torso forward in a smart bow. “Boss!”Whether it was the sight of the intimidating-looking men or the unified welcome, William couldn’t take it anymore and he ran back into the hospital.“Young Master William, wait!” Mike immediately followed him; Bill McArthur was right behind him. “Where are you going?”William turned around with fear and confusion in his eyes. “I..I must be high on some ecstasy drug right now. I need to go get myself checked.”“You think you’re drugged?” There was amuseme
“William, I’ll explain everything to you, if you give me a chance.” Bill remained seated, looking at the flustered young man.“I really am related to the McArthur?” Even though William knew his mother had the same last name as this man, he didn’t dare indulge the thought that they were related in any way, and yet, it truly did turn out that way. William slowly sat back down; he was still a little dazed. “Okay, I’m listening.”Bill shared a glance with Mike. “Sarah McArthur is the only child I ever had with my late wife. I loved her with everything as a father should, and she grew up to be a brilliant woman.” Bill’s warm gaze suddenly turned cold. “Then your father, Derek Chain, came along and destroyed it all.”“My father?” William looked at the man with confusion."Your biological father was a poverty-stricken man who had managed to worm his way into my daughter’s heart, and she ended up falling deeply in love with him.” Bill banged the table in anger.“Easy there, Master McArthur.”
“Just to be clear, you’re saying the family business is a Trillion-dollar Empire?!” William stared at his grandfather in utter shock.Billiard chuckled at the somewhat comical expression on William’s face before glancing at Mike. “Fill in my grandson, will you?”Mike nodded with a warm smirk. "Young Master William, the McArthur Empire is a primary shareholder and secondary conglomerate mega-corporation."William nodded his head despite his slight confusion. “You mean our empire primarily owns and maintains company stocks as a Holding Company while complete ownership of multiple company branches comes second?”Billiard chuckled. “Well done, my grandson! You’re just as brilliant as I’ve been told!”"So how much stocks do the family empire control, and how much belongs to us?" William refused to dwell on the compliment from his grandfather, which warmed his heart a lot. Apart from his mother, he rarely got any compliments from the people around him.“Every single piece of company stock u
“Once you do that, you’ll officially be the true and undisputable heir of the McArthur.”After those words fell on William's ears, he couldn't help the doubt that rose in his heart. All his life, he had grown up in poverty and had to deal with so much humiliation just to survive. Now, he's seated before one of the most powerful men in the entire world, who turned out to be his grandfather, and he is now being handed access to all the assets in trillions of dollars. Is he worthy of getting all this? Can he guarantee he has what it takes to uphold such a powerful name and make his dead mother proud? Memories of the degrading names that people like Donald, Ayra, and Wilson had called him began flooding in and his heart began racing as he was quickly drowning in self-doubt.Meanwhile, Billiard, who had spent his whole life learning how to read people's intentions through their eyes, could see the doubt being reflected in his grandson's eyes. He kept quiet though as he stared at him. He k
"Mr. Mike, this is worth more than $20 million!" William couldn't look away from the object on the table where he was seated.“Please, call me Head-Butler Mike, Young Master William. It’s more appropriate that way.” Mike slightly bowed with a smile. “As for this, Master Bill instructed that I get you the latest phone as we noticed you were using a thoroughly outdated one. It’s beneath the McArthur status to be caught with such an old item that holds no value.”William could only murmur his reply to Mike's words as his eyes remained glued on the rectangular object. Right in front of his eyes is the latest version of a top-tier phone brand. What made this so expensive was the fact that the phone's entire body is made with 24-carat gold while the screen is made out of the purest diamonds.After minutes of staring at the phone like it would disappear at any time, William finally found the strength to look away as he turned to Billiard. “Grandpa, isn’t this a little too much?” Though he fe