Ruthless Heir

1 - Betrayed and broken

Sahan walked to the front desk of the Dawn Decoration Corp with a paper bag in his hand. Inside the paper bag was a cup of coffee, and he was very careful not to spill it. After all, who would pay for a spillage and Sahan needed to get this order done rightly. He walked towards the reception desk and inquired.

"This is the coffee ordered by Mr. Danny. Where should I deliver it?" He asked the receptionist. The woman looked Sahan up and down and said disgustedly. "Follow me." Sahna was actually an Uber eats driver. But today, he unexpectedly received a delivery order with generous pay. It was two hundred dollars, so he accepted the job.

He followed the receptionist until they reached the door of an office. As soon as Sahan put his hand on the doorknob, he suddenly heard a woman's moan from inside. The voice sounded very familiar to him. It was much like his girlfriend. He couldn't believe his ears, reassuring himself that he must have heard it wrong.

Sahan tried to convince himself he was wrong. But he still couldn't help getting closer, so he could hear the moans more clearly. "Ahhh... Danny, don't do that…you naughty!" It was definitely his girlfriend’s voice. Jenny was inside that room with some other man, and perhaps they were having sex. 

"Come on, let me kiss you. Anyway, your good-for-nothing boyfriend has never kissed you, right?" When Sahan heard the conversation inside the office, he was stunned. How could Jenny speak nothing to defend him? Delusional. When he came back to his senses, he knocked hard on the door and shouted, "Open the door! Open it now!"

The receptionist yelled anxiously knowing that her job will be at the stake now. "Hey, what is wrong with you?" The door suddenly opened with a loud bang and a strange unfamiliar man appeared in front of Sahan. His attention was immediately caught by the lipstick marks on the man's right cheek. Danny’s clothes were dishevelled and the messed up collars clearly portrayed everything.

He threw the paper bag away, pushed the man away, and looked into the office. Then he saw a woman with smooth skin and a curvaceous figure, wearing black silk stockings. Flustered, she was buttoning her shirt in a hurry. "Jenny!” Sahan roared in rage upon witnessing his girlfriend’s infidelity.

It turned out that he was right about his strong hunch. The flustered woman inside the office was really his girlfriend. He felt like a giant boulder was pressing his chest, making it difficult for him to breathe. As if someone had been pressing Sahan’s neck to choke him, he wished upon death to escape the humiliation.

Sahan glared at Jenny Lambert and shouted angrily to confront her. "Jenny, we have been dating for two years. And during these years, I have worked as an Uber driver by day and taken care of your family by night. I have been a good boyfriend to you. But in the past two years, you have never allowed me to touch you.”

Sahan sounded angry and his words weighed more, but there was no remorse on Jenny’s face. “Despite that, I didn't think badly of you. I told myself you were only a reserved woman. But what is this? How dare you cheat on me with this man in his office! Why did you do this to me? What have I done wrong?"

Whereas, Jenny still tried to reason out despite the fact that her messed up attire and appearance said it all. "S-Sahan...W-what are you doing here?" Jenny stammered after finally buttoning up her shirt, covering her exposed cleavage. While Sahan raked through his hair, standing in the middle of the room he had no idea what to do ahead. Devastated and heartbroken. 

At this moment, Danny, her lover, snickered and said proudly, "You call your boyfriend a loser every day, so I got curious and lured him here today to see what a loser he is. It appears he certainly is a useless one. Hah! I bet his thing doesn’t work either, just like his brain.” Danny laughed hard, mocking Sahan. 

After saying this, he looked at Sahan disdainfully. Jenny also recovered from her panic and regained her composure. She thought Sahan was really a loser anyway. Even the money used to buy him a vehicle to use as Uber eats was hers. So what right did he have to accuse her of anything? None! 

She stood between Danny and Sahan with her arms crossed. Jenny raised her head, and confronted Sahan arrogantly. "Watch your words, Sahan. I am not cheating on you or anyone. Danny and I were just talking about business."

Sahan gritted his teeth in agitation and sneered. "Does talking about business require physical contact and lipstick marks on his cheek, huh?" While standing at the door, the receptionist finally understood what was going on. She looked at the trembling Sahan and mocked him.

"You really should look at yourself in the mirror. You are just an Uber eats driver. How can you compare to Mr. Danny who is the CEO of a company with a market value of one billion dollars? Even if you drive for a few hundred years, you can't make that much money."

Danny became more arrogant after hearing his receptionist's words. He put his arm around Jenny’s shoulder, picked up the glass of wine on the table, and handed it to her. While Jenny hesitated for a moment. Then she accepted the glass with a smile, clinked it with his, and they drank while staring at each other.

Sahan's eyes were fixed on Danny and Jenny. He thought they were the most shameless people he had ever met. As much as Sahan wanted to smack them both in the face he could not do so due to his pathetic position. He clenched his fists so tightly that his nails pierced into the flesh of his palms. At this moment, there was only anger in his devastated heart.

When Danny saw his reaction, he raised his eyebrows and provoked him. "What? Do you want to fight now?" Then she shouted to the receptionist. "Guards! Throw this trash out of my building!” Jenny also looked at Sahan with her head raised high and suggested him coldly. "Sahan, why don't you just leave? Do you really want to be beaten up?"

Sahan looked at the security guards around him with batons in their hands. He slowly loosened his fists and spoke nonchalantly. "Jenny, you will regret this one day. And I will make sure of that!” Then he turned around and walked out of Danny' office. Jenny looked at Sahan retreating out of the office, but she said nothing.

He walked out of the company and got in his car, thinking about how to take revenge on them. At this moment, his phone rang. As soon as he answered it, the butler of his family, Theo’s voice came through from the other end of the line.

"Young master, your two-years task is finally over. As your first reward, you can collect your card from the National Treasure Bank. From today onwards, your restrictions are also lifted."

Theo paused and then continued. "Your next training task is managing business. Your father is soon announcing his retirement and will officially appoint you as his successor. Please, come back home as soon as you deem fit, young master.” There was another brief pause once again while Sahan sighed heavily.

"Okay, I will.” He said in a hoarse voice. Sahan was not surprised at all. His father wished for him to observe and explore the world outside of luxury. That was his first test before Sahan could inherit the wealth aka the whole consortium. Now that the time period was over and Sahan could return, he wished to avenge his lost respect and mend his broken heart! 

After the pause Theo questioned his master out of curiosity. "How are you getting along with your girlfriend, sir? Your father wishes that you bring her along too. Are you planning to confess your real identity to her any time soon, sir?" Upon hearing Sahan's face darkened at once. "No. She doesn't deserve any of it."