CHAPTER 11Anabel got to the spot Nathan was standing and broke into a dry laugh the moment she caught a glimpse at the box he was holding. “What do you have wrapped in that box?” she was about to snatch the gift from him when Nathan hid it behind him. “Get away from me!”Anabel couldn’t hold back her laughter and Nathan felt taunted. “Who the hell do you think you are?” she pouted her lips and displayed a childish expression in her bid to mock him the more. “Poor Nathan. He even got a gift for Charlotte. What’s in that stupid box anyway? Some thrift clothes?” she continued with her wicked laugh. Nathan looked away. He knew that if he doesn’t move away from the scene, Anabel was going to tease him more and might even attract the crowd.“You are such a loser you know. Well, all thanks to the captain’s big heart, freeloaders like you can have access to Townsend hall for once in your miserable life.”“Whatever!” Nathan spat and moved away from her. “Get back here, dingbat!” Anabel
CHAPTER 12Mike turned to stare at the entrance to the hall and then motioned to Nathan with his head to follow him to a corner. With a frustrated sigh, the confused Nathan hurried after Mike.Mike then led Nathan to the parking lot, a few meters away from the exit. Before Mike could speak, Nathan interrupted.“I have a dozen questions to ask you.”Mike gave a warm smile. He could tell that Nathan’s sudden discovery about his inheritance had placed him on the edge.“It’s about your sudden wealth. Isn’t it?” Mike demanded with a quirked brow.Nathan acknowledged with repeated nods. He took his head into his hands. “Everything is happening so fast and…”“You can’t believe it!” Mike chipped in.Nathan sighed and folded his arms across his chest.Mike cleared his throat loudly and began taking steps toward Nathan. After bridging the gap between them, he began.“Everything is real!”Nathan arched a brow. Was Mike aware the whole time? So he was also pretending the way his parents were?”“U
CHAPTER 13The buzzing of Nathan’s phone was the signal that awakened him to the reality of a new day. He wiped his drowsy eyes with the edge of his palms and sat up. He had spent the night on the twin couch. “Shit!” he exclaimed after taking a glance at his wall clock. What happened to his alarm? He wondered and sprung off the couch. He then remembered that he switched phones and didn’t set an alarm on his iPhone. It was 6:30 am and his first class for the day was scheduled for 7 am sharp. It was Professor Ryan’s class and the man detests lateness. Nathan was about to dash to his bathroom when he recollected that a notification had made its way into his phone and had caused him to open his eyes. He grabbed his phone and quickly checked the notification. It was a message from Charlotte. ‘Thank you for the gift. I love it and I’m sorry about last night!’- CHARLOTTE. Nathan stared at his phone screen with a smile. He was glad Charlotte loved the gift. How did she get his phone
CHAPTER 14Nathan couldn’t believe his eyes. Everything was happening very fast. Just yesterday, he learned that he had been living a life of lies and now, Mike was presenting the key to a brand-new Rolls Royce to him.He began taking rushed steps toward the vehicle. When he got to the spot Mike was in, he heaved a deep sigh and turned to Mike.“Do you realize that I can’t even drive? I mean you know that I never owned a bike, right?”Mike was still presenting the car key to him. He broke into a laugh and walked up to Nathan.“Just take the keys and don’t worry about your driving skills. We’ll have that sorted out. “Mike replied.Nathan collected the keys from Mike and didn’t waste any time checking out the car. He ran his hands through it and examined the tires.“Wow!”He was about to check out the driver’s seat when the door to the front seat was pulled open.A young man, whose age Nathan guessed was thirty stepped out of the vehicle. He was smartly dressed in a black tuxedo.He fla
CHAPTER 15Anabel was speechless. She had to tighten the grip she had on her shopping basket because it almost slipped out of her grasp.She couldn’t help but wonder how Nathan owned a gold card. She could have sworn that it was fake until she watched the sales personnel hand over the card to the cashier who made use of it.“Have a great day sir!” the cashier told Nathan with a bright smile and handed back the card to him.“Our workers will escort you with the items.” The sales representative said.The items he bought were arranged in large shopping bags. Two men, dressed in the company uniform took charge of the large shopping bags while Nathan stepped ahead of them like a king.Anabel felt a sharp pain across her forehead. Was she dreaming or had Nathan gone far with his charade? First, it was the million-dollar bag he bought for Charlotte and now, he had a gold card.Sweats were beginning to team up on her forehead as she dive deep into the well of confusion. This was beyond a char
The two physically built men guarding the entrance which had always been their post moved away when they saw the furious Greg taking rushed steps toward the door with his lips curled in irritation. After Nathan walked out on him at the VIP club, the pompous Greg felt insulted so he left the bar and decided to return home. When he got to the living room, he fixed his eyes on the floor and was about to race the stairs when his father spoke. “You are back early!” came his father’s husky voice. With a sigh, Greg turned to face the man who was seated on the largest couch in the spacious living room. He was wearing a black men’s overall that stretched to the soles of his feet. Greg began taking strides toward him. He got to the couch opposite his father and crashed on it. “One ashole tried to ruin my night a while ago.” His father lowered the business magazine he was going through to his chest and took off his spectacles. “There are assholes everywhere, Gregory.” Greg sighed and
CHAPTER 17Nathan’s one-hour session at the gym ended at exactly 8 am that morning. After he handed over the cheque to Ben, he had expected the instructor to quiz him with a series of questions like how he got access to such a huge amount but Ben said nothing. Nathan then concluded that Ben wasn’t the kind of man who pries into people’s privacy or rather, he had faith in him and wouldn’t accuse him of engaging in shady things like the likes of Greg. He adjusted the bag that hung around his left arm and wiped the sweat that was banded on his forehead with the edge of his palms. His phone began to ring and Nathan didn’t waste any time pulling out the device from the bag. Nathan realized that it was his official phone ringing. He had tagged it an official device from the moment Mike handed it over to him and as expected, it was Mike calling him. He quickly picked up the call and continued walking toward his apartment. “I trust you are doing well!” The phone speaker filtered Mike’s
The spectators formed a small crowd around Nathan who was struggling to get up from the floor. The blood gushing from his forehead sparked panic among them.Charlotte turned to her left and caught Greg laughing at Nathan’s misfortune. Greg was happy that Nathan got bruised.“Serves him right!” He screamed and his group of mean boys broke into a wicked laugh.Charlotte tightened her jaw. How unreasonable she thought.Nathan staggered to his feet and palmed his forehead with his left hand. His hazy eyes caught a glimpse of the blood stains on his hand.Some group of girls mumbled a sorry while the ones who would do anything to be on Greg’s side were as silent as a tomb.Nathan was about to take a step further when he fell to the floor on his injured face and instantly lost consciousness.Terror instantly broke out and it was at that period that the crowd noticed the stone, lying beside Nathan and it was soiled with blood. When Nathan lost his balance a while ago, he fell with his face o