Ruthless Heir

4 - Get out of here

Sahan needed to pick up his stuff as his presence was demanded by his father. He had been living with his girlfriend’s family after being deprived of everything. Though he did not have much on him, Sahan wished to cover his tracks. He went straight to Jenny’s home and without caring for anything walked inside. 

As soon as they entered the Lind manor, Mrs Jones (Jenny’s aunt) who was in the front hall, started to throw insults at Sahan. “Where the fuck are you coming from? Because of you my tea is late, we are not paying you for your disobedience. Move your ass and get it for me!” Oblivious of everything she began to fuel his rage without having any clue of consequences.

“Move, you filthy mutt!” She yelled at him when Sahan approached her with an angry expression. Meanwhile Jenny’s father saw Sahan fuming in rage and knowing that he had never talked back to any of them, burst on him. “What? Why are you staring at me? Hoho! Someone’s angry.”

She leaned in a bit and mockingly moved her cheek in front of Sahan. 

“What? You wanna slap me?” Without any idea about what was happening, the old hag felt a sharp stung on her cheek. Her eyes filled with horror as she remained frozen there while looking at Sahan. It was the moment when Boris (Jenny’s father) and Saikus (Jenny’s uncle) walked in the hall with their disgusted looks.

“What? How dare you!?” Boris yelled at him when he spotted Mrs Jones being frozen in the spot with her hand on the cheek. “Who the hell do you think you are!?” Saikus yelled behind him as he reached for Sahan’ collars. But before he could do so, multiple men walked inside the hall and formed a circle around Sahan.

All of those men were his, and as soon as they saw that Sahan had finally come out of his pretend zone; they immediately knew something was wrong. Upon witnessing their young master was in danger all the men who were working for Sahan inside Lind’s house rushed to his protection. Forming a circle they stopped Boris and Saikus from reaching Sahan.

“What the heck is happening? All of you have gone insane? Get back to your work! What do you think you are doing by playing his bodyguards?” Saikus yelled but none of the guards moved which made the Lind family suspicious. Meanwhile, Mrs Jones could not contain herself and shouted at her brothers loudly. “What kind of men you both are, huh? Cannot even tackle a measly guy?”

Before anyone could speak Sahan broke their confusion. “I am not here for any mess. I will just take my stuff and leave.” Mrs Jones heard those words and laughed out loud, the old hag still hadn’t learned her lesson. Whereas, Boris yelled at him in frustration. “Leave? Where the heck do you want to go now after feeding on my niece for money? And who the heck will do all the work if you leave?”

Sahan shook his head and wanted to say a lot of things but there was no use of quarrelling with them. He knew their level of perception was way below his, he rubbed his temples to keep himself calm. It was the moment when Jenny entered the house while humming happily. She saw the man servants in the circle formation and stopped to watch what the matter was.

“What is going on here? What is this ruckus about?” Jenny Lind demanded an answer from the servants when none of them spoke. She moved forwards towards her family members when Jenny saw Sahan standing in the middle of the formation. Much to Sahan’ surprise she had returned earlier, right after him. He wanted to get away from that cruel family, not that he had any debt to them to pay for their cruel words. 

Sahan knew how they had treated him for these 2 years. When he hooked up with Jenny assuming that she was all he was looking for. She introduced him to her family and the slow manipulation started. It wasn’t that Sahan couldn’t spot it but he endured it all for Jenny. Knowing that he could get out of that misery any time soon, after all he was the sole Zaydel heir. The name was not short of money and power.

It was the moment when Sahan glanced at the cellphone in her hand. He hissed and turned his face away without saying anything for a moment. He had worked hard enough to prove himself worthy of her love as a human being. But perhaps having no money at hand was a big problem for Jenny to find him attractive. Now Sahan was not short of anything, this time he did not desire Jenny.

"Jenny?" He called out her name in confusion while wondering if her love was so easy to buy with money. It made Sahan angrier that all he needed was to throw a few bucks at her to make Jenny sleep with him. Was everything that cheap? Jenny herself was an heiress but perhaps it was never enough for her. Not that the Lind family was compared to Danny’s. Well, the Zaydel family was a whole different world. 

Jenny flipped her hair and looked at him with an icy glare. "Sahan, why are you still here? I don't want to have anything to do with you! Leave as fast as you can." She ordered him in a disgusted tone making Sahan want to slap her but the whole blow was stronger for him to bear. He bore all the humiliation for her, for her love and that was what he got. There was no need for him to go through lengths of living in poverty, doing odd jobs, enduring everyone’s harsh words.

If he wanted all he needed was to lift a finger and he could all of those people. Hah! Wiping their existence was just a blink of an eye, that too without a trace. But Sahan had kept his anger in check for her love and acceptance. Not anymore. It was not worth it. Jenny and Danny were not worth sparing for anything. Sahan wanted revenge. To tore down the Lind family’s manor, destroy their business and make them beg including Danny. 

"Wow! Jenny!" All the onlookers of the Lind family who were present were surprised. From Jenny’s words, they all guessed that some young rich man was courting her. And now she wanted to dump Sahan but perhaps he had refused decisively. They all liked what they had been watching, which was such a dramatic scene. 

"Why? Why are you doing this to me? Did I do anything wrong, Jenny? Please tell me what my offence is so I would apologise and never repeat the same mistake. You cannot simply dump me out of nowhere. What have I not done for you?”Sahan felt a pang of pain in his heart when he heard her words. He was confused about everything, Sahan had no idea why he even trusted Jenny blindly. 

If he hadn’t then Danny would have never been able to steal his place. He had been planning for today to settle things with Jenny and to tell her the truth. Unknowingly he was smitten by her but wanted to make sure that Jenny would love him for who he was individually. No doubt Jenny was not a poor or broke girl but compared to the Zaydel family her status was equivalent to a grain.

In order to make sure of Jenny’s nature, intentions and her vision of love and money he slipped in the household. He was head over heels in love with her, so he took good care of her even while serving as a servant there. Every day, he bought her breakfast in bed and helped her in whatever way he could while hiding his identity.

Sahan made sure she didn't stress herself with all the investors' stuff and planned everything behind her back. He provided everything that she needed, just to make her happy. But she turned out to be the most ungrateful woman he had ever met. Not that she was even aware about the mysterious helping hand behind her success.

Jenny had been indulging in Danny and accepting all his gifts who was just using her for his own gain. She even flirted with him openly, and took him to parties with her sometimes. Apparently in people’s eyes they were dating and Jenny had no other boyfriend or whatsoever. Although she never said yes to Danny nor did he ever propose to her, they were already a couple in the eyes of their business circle. Today was a big day for Sahan as he wanted to disclose his identity.

The confession of his love and his aristocratic identity would make their relationship official. He had the evening completely mapped out in his mind. But what Sahan didn't expect was that Jenny would have been cheating on him. That too with a man who was below his level, it was a hard slap on Sahan’s ego that his girlfriend was sleeping with another man.

"Stop contacting and reaching me because I have a boyfriend! And I don’t have time to hear your begging or whatsoever. Okay?" With a bitchy expression, she added coldly, "I don't want my boyfriend to think something is going on between you and me after breaking up. You better not contact or approach me anymore! I cannot be seen with a beggar like you."

"Your boyfriend? How could you even have one when I am your boyfriend? I thought I was your everything, Jenny!" Sahan looked at her with anger and hurt written on his face.  He wanted to try one last time, knowing that it would not work at all. “How could you? We are a couple and what have I not done for you? For fucks sake! I love you, Jenny!” Sahan gritted his teeth in agitation. “I thought you loved me too!” 

Jenny scoffed at his words and folded her arms before speaking to him with disgust written all over her face. "Bah! Don't flatter yourself, Sahan. What have you even done for me? Except for some sweet words and serving my family as a servant. Bold of you to even assume that I would keep you let alone announce you as my boyfriend publicly. Now take your stuff and get out! I am sure you don’t want to insult yourself anymore.”