THE RISE OF JORDAN RIVERS

KNOWING EACH OTHER

Jordan smiled weakly at Anna’s apology. Then he spoke.

“It is okay.” He said.

“Are you sure?” Anna asked.

She could not decipher Jordan’s slight frown. He took in a deep breath before speaking.

“You know, I have not had any luck with these rich people. They are all the same - arrogant, full of themselves, granitic, proud, intolerable.” He said. Anna felt a tinge of pain in her heart. She wondered whether he thought the same about her too.

“That is so harsh.” She said softly, cloaking her pain.“It is all true. I am a witness, and after my divorce from my ex-wife, I will be extremely careful in choosing my partner. I don’t want a rich brat near me ever again.” He affirmed, and he meant it, what he didn’t know was that he was hurting someone.

Anna felt that ripple of pain again. It was like the message was indirectly meant for her. They were from two opposite worlds. She was rich and he wasn’t, and with his last words, there seemed to exist a big rift between them. All the possibilities