Corrigan cleared his throat loudly and continued.“Gregor just got to the city and as an acquaintance, I told him about the club and he showed interest in becoming a member. As a kind fellow, Gregor has donated the sum of 100 million dollars to our ongoing estate project.”The cheers and applause intensified.“For those who don’t know him, Gregor manages several oil companies around the world and is currently making waves in Rockville. He’s the CEO of the famous DELL OILS PLC.” Corrigan added.Nathan turned to his father. “Seems like the man in question is a big shot.”Mr. Smith threw his back against his chair with a dry smile.Gregor took one of the empty seats in front.Corrigan invited the men carrying laptops to move closer. “Speaking about the brief exercise I earlier talked about, I’d like to introduce a new policy.”Murmurs broke out.“Policy? What policy?”“Is Corrigan changing a rule?” A second voice commented.Corrigan moved closer to the crowd. “I don’t intend to change an
“Come in,” Nathan said while ushering Charles into the guest living room. Their session at the bar was short-lived. After Nathan gave Charles an update about his experience at the billionaires club meeting, the boys decided to leave. Nathan had requested that Charles come with him to the estate that night. It was quarter past 9 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Smith were having a chit-chat in the spacious guest living room when Nathan and Charles walked in. Mrs. Smith fell back on the couch and heaved a sigh of relief.“Thank goodness you are back son.”“I told you he needed some moment to clear his head and he was going to get back home.” Mr. Smith asserted. “Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. Smith.” Charles hailed after Nathan made him stand before the couple. Mr. Smith stood up and extended his right hand toward Charles. “Charles Wells right?”Charles has stars in his eyes. Mr. Smith Alcantara had just called him by name. He quickly shook Mr. Smith with a wide grin. “Yes sir. Pleased to meet you
By exactly 9 a.m., Charles pulled the Bentley to a halt in front of the city’s biggest mall. The boys stepped out and aimed for the entrance of the skyscraper. “Seems like we will be the ones to open this place,” Charles remarked after they stepped in. “Well, looks like there are a couple of morning customers on standby.” Nathan pointed out after they got in. They took the route leading to the clothing section. When they got to the male section, they were greeted by a young saleslady who was smiling so brightly at them that Charles thought her cheeks were going to hurt. “Good morning. Welcome to the Deloitte store. Do you need any guidance or you would want to look around by yourselves?” She asked with her hands stationed behind her. She was dressed in a short black shirt and a white silk shirt. “You show us around,” Nathan said. He turned to Charles. “What do you think?” Charles agreed with a nod. “So do you have any designs or materials in mind? What do you guys want to s
Charles clenched his jaw and quickly looked away. He was irked by the words coming out of Derrick’s mouth. Nathan slipped his phone into his jacket after making the phone call. He was about to turn around when the tail of his left eye caught a show glass by the corner. As someone who is fascinated by wristwatches, Nathan began taking steps toward the transparent glass. Rebecca walked up to him with a smile. “The iced watches arrived yesterday and would be on display later by the day.”“I’d like to have a good look at them. I’m a fan of such a brand of watches.” Nathan said. “You can take a look and who knows, you might find the perfect watch amidst the collection,” Rebecca replied with a smile. Derrick moved to them and faced Rebecca with his eyebrows raised. “Are you nuts? He’s yet to clear his 960,000-dollar bill and you’re showing him these exotic watches?”Nathan turned to Derrick with his brows furrowing with rage. “Why don’t you just mind your damn business?”“I feel so sor
Rebecca and the rest of the staff quickly stepped aside with their heads lowered. “I hope you didn’t encounter any trouble shopping here?” Terry asked Nathan. “Was anyone hostile toward you? Let me know and I’ll fire them immediately.” Nathan smiled and pointed at Rebecca. “She’s the nicest sales lady I’ve ever met.” “That’s true.” Charles agreed. Rebecca slowly lifted her head with a proud smile. “Rebecca, why don’t you take me to the denim section for the jackets I talked about.” Charles requested. “Sure sir.” She quickly replied and aimed for the door. Charles went after her. “I’m so sorry about your card.” Mike sympathized with Nathan. “I can’t imagine the frustration.” “What took you so long?” Nathan asked after heaving a sigh. “I’m so sorry young master. I needed to clear something at the bank that’s why I couldn’t be here on time. Hope I didn’t keep you waiting for long.” Mike said. Nathan waved his hand down. “That’s okay.” “I guess you’ve met Nathan Smith now.
“When do you want us to meet up?” asked an eager Nathan. He quickly sat by the edge of his bed and turned to the oval wall clock by his right. He wouldn’t mind meeting up with Avery that night.“How about tomorrow?”“Okay.” Nathan sharply replied.“But if you’ll be occupied then we can reschedule.” Avery pointed out.Nathan sprang off from the edge of the bed and shook his head. “No. I’ll be free tomorrow. Just tell me when and where you want us to meet up.”He heard Avery sigh over the phone. Dozens of thoughts began to flutter in his mind.“I think I’ll leave that to you to decide. I’ll be available throughout the evening so pick a suitable time and location and then get back to me if that’s cool with you.” Avery responded.“Got it.”She hung up.Nathan sighed and lowered the phone to his chest. The conversation ended when they reached a consensus but somehow, he felt they should have said more.He collapsed on the bed and shut his eyes.****“Come in,” Nathan responded from the ins
Sweats began to team up on Nathan’s forehead. He suddenly felt like he was sitting on hot coals.Avery sighed and took her head into her hands. “This is very hard for me Nathan but I think at this point, we should break up?”“What?” Nathan screamed and flew from his chair, causing Avery’s heart to skip a beat.She couldn’t look him straight in the face. She shook her head and kept her face averted from him.“Listen Nathan. This whole thing is going to affect us and even though I suggested that we keep things formal, there’s no way our lives are not going to be influenced by this change so for the sake of our sanity, I guess we…“For the sake of our sanity?” Nathan interrupted.When Avery looked up at him, she saw him standing before her with his arms folded across his chest.“How can you make such a decision? Didn’t you think that it was going to affect me? How can you end what we share just like that?”“Calm down, Nathan,” Avery said and fell back on her chair.Nathan went back to hi
Nathan moved closer to Avery and wrapped his arm around her. “It changes nothing.”She sighed and began to rub her palms against each other tenderly. “You are so fucking rich and it’s scary.”Nathan placed a finger below her jaw and tilted her head up. “Look at him.”She blinked lovingly at him and slipped her hands around his back.Nathan hugged her tightly. “You remember the moments I couldn’t show up at the parties Charles and Henry attended?”“Yeah.”“I was actually in those parties as Alex.” Nathan revealed.Avery broke out laughing. “How ironical!”“I remember there was one time you called and I had to make up a story that I had to run an errand for my parents. I’m sorry I made that up.”Avery placed her head on his chest. “That’s okay, baby.”He cupped her face with his hands and kissed her lips passionately. “What I own doesn’t change who I am. I want you to love me like you’ve always done. Nothing has changed.”She gave repeated nods.“You should freshen up.” Nathan whispered