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THE BILLIONIARE'S RISE TO STARDOM CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: ONE SIDE OF THE COIN.
Lucian rang the doorbell thrice and waited for a response, but none came. He exhaled. Was Silas inside? Or was he pretending not to have heard his door?He rang the bell again and followed it with a knock, still no response. There was a thick silence from within, not even the slightest of sound.Weird!His hand reached for the door knob and it gave way without effort. In a moment, his eyes took in the poorly arranged living room with scattered furniture and an old cooking pot left without caution in the middle of the room.But that was not the reason he was here."Silas!" He called out, but only the echo of his voice reached out to him as a response, as if daring him.He hurried to the bedroom and right there, Silas lay on the floor, his face pale and flushed."Silas!" Lucian yelled and hurried over.There was a small whitish substance at the corners of his lips. A pool of blood had gathered under his back. Lucian felt his pulse. He was still breathing, but very faint.A surge of trem
THE BILLIONIARE'S RISE TO STARDOM CHAPTER NINETEEN: FAKE WEED.
"It hurts," Silas whimpered."Hey, man, you're okay," Lucian said, tapping Silas gently on the shoulders."It all began like a dream." Silas scoffed, staring at the ceiling. "I thought I had my dream job and that I could finally experience what it meant to be happy, but then, within the snap of a finger, I lost everything. My life raced back to zero, it was like I had never known joy…"Lucian shook his head. "I understand, that's why I'm here. How about we bring them down together?"At the question, Silas jolted from the bed, causing the IV fluid wrapped around his arm to jerk in succession. He gave Lucian a dreadful look."No, I'll not be a part of that. Do you think that ordinary people like us can fight such a powerful company like X Tech? Come to your senses, man!"Lucian flashed a smile. "We never can tell until we try,"Silas scrutinized him. "Who paid for my surgery? And why do I feel like you're different from the Lucian that I know? It's like you became a man of authority ove
THE BILLIONIARE'S RISE TO STARDOM Chapter Twenty: Meeting with Mr. Jang.
The cab dropped Lucian in front of the hotel and he climbed down, a rush of air escaping from his mouth. He tucked a strand of hair behind his ear and walked inside the building.As he walked past the employees at the counter, each bowed their head and greeted him politely. He smiled and responded to the greeting, careful not to draw too much attention to himself.The fewer people who knew about his identity, the better.Soon, he approached the VIP lobby and saw a group of men standing watch at a door. At his arrival, three of the men walked up to him in a threatening manner. They look wild and untamed."Are you Lucian?" One of them asked and he nodded sparingly."Surrender yourself to be checked,"Lucian forced a polite smile and lifted his hands slowly to his head. They searched him thoroughly before leading him to a room where Jang sat on a couch, sipping from a glass of wine.At the sight of Lucian, he dropped the wine on the small table in front of him and smiled. "Forgive me, bu
THE BILLIONIARE'S RISE TO STARDOM Chapter Twenty-one: The face behind the articles.
As if he had been waiting all his life for the question, Jang said. "They trapped me,""Continue," Lucian's sharp voice commanded, causing Jang to jerk in fear."I was always a huge investor in X Tech and they were planning to make me partner, but everything dulled down the day I found out that Summer was illegally dealing in…."Jang stopped and bit his lips. He looked at Lucian and when he could not withstand the dark stare, he lowered his head."Why is he ashamed?" Lucian thought. Ridiculous, it was not like he was a part of the illegal trade, or was he?"I'm listening," Lucian said, even though he knew what Jang would say next."Summer was illegally trading fake weeds, and the chemicals were killing the employees. I was scared that their cover would blow up, so I tried to talk Summer into shipping the stuff to a different location where the chemicals would not affect the people negatively, but she frowned against it,""Who were they shipping these drugs to?""Mafia agents," Jang wh
THE BILLIONIARE'S RISE TO STARDOM Chapter Twenty-two: The past.
Summer finished speaking and smiled gleefully like she had just won a medal, but conviction haunted her insides. The smile was fake, a facade to hide how her daughter's angry stares affected her."Where's your shame, Mum? How could you hide this huge news from me even when you knew that I was going to marry John? I am his fucking stepsister for heaven's sake, according to your story!""But you bloody didn't marry him, did you? The engagement can be broken off. Stop making a big fuss out of it. We hid the truth for a reason,""We? Did you know about this?!" Betty turned sharply to face John who was seated beside her."I'm sorry, Betty, but we did all of that to kick poor Lucian out of the house, but then, how could I have known that the Lucian who we kicked out was the heir of Howards, especially since he lived under disguise? The hell, I thought that I was the one to inherit all of my father's shares!""Gosh, you both are disgusting! I can't believe that I'm listening to all of this b
THE BILLIONIARE'S RISE TO STARDOM Chapter Twenty-three: A strange call.
Lucian heard the doorbell ring and he climbed down from his bed to the door and opened it. Rose stood on his porch, a questioning look on her face. As she saw him, she rushed over and inspected his bare body."Are you alright? You sounded so urgent over the phone. Are you hurt in any way? Did that bastard John come after you?"Lucian stopped her racing hands with a smile. "John wouldn't come after me unless he's begging for death, so I'm fine, sis,"At his words, Rose raised her lips into a pout. "Did you make me run all the way here for nothing? I could pluck off that nose of yours this instant,""I'd love to see you try," he teased and led her to his vast bedroom."Sit, let me get you something to eat," he said and disappeared into another room.Rose looked around the room in admiration as she settled on a soft, velvet couch. Her lips pulled into a gentle smile at the successes of Lucian. She was happy for him, yet she could not stop thinking about the fact that he might have made s
THE BILLIONIARE'S RISE TO STARDOM Chapter Twenty-four: Saving a friend.
Lucian walked into the VIP section of the hotel with a feigned look of fear on his face. He tapped the small, slightly invisible earbuds in his ears and whispered. "Code red, Jang is truly in danger…""What the hell!" Darcel breathed."I have to go now, lie low, and make sure the rest of the plan goes well," Lucian said as two hefty men walked up to him."Lucian Manchester?" One asked roughly.Lucian nodded."Hand over the agreement and run home now,""Run home?" Lucian forced a smile. "How are you sure I didn't bring the police?""We are not fools, Mr. Lucian, we have our men planted everywhere,""Oh, right, you guys aren't fools," Lucian nodded in sarcasm."Hand over the agreement, nobody is joking with you here." One of the men said darkly."No, I'm no fool either. Allow me to see Mr Jang first and I'll do as instructed. I cannot just hand over the papers to you until I confirm that he's alive," Lucian said, there was a hint of seriousness in his voice.The men exchanged looks bef
THE BILLIONIARE'S RISE TO STARDOM Chapter Twenty-five: Desperation.
The next morning, Lucian tossed on the bed trying to force himself to sleep more, but no matter how hard he tried, sleep never came, instead the image of Jang tied brutally to a chair with a gun to his head played repeatedly in his mind.He sighed and sat up, brushing his hand through his ruffled hair. A small knock sounded on his door and his sister walked in with a sheepish smile on her face."Good morning, big brother," she greeted.He gave her a questioning look, ignored the greeting, and walked into the bathroom to take a shower. He was still a bit angry with the way she had defied his orders yesterday. How could she show her face in a place where she was not wanted? And the heck, she showed no remorse for her actions but instead tried to tease him with some fake apology, as if that could solve anything.When he opened the door moments later clad in a towel, he saw Anthony seated on his bed, pressing his phone."Good morning, young Master." Anthony greeted barely lifting his hea
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