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The Contracted Heart of the Billionaire Heir Chapter Twenty-five
Donald's POVI woke up the next morning with a sense of account, my hands stretching high above my head. Today officially marks a week that I have been staying at the hotel and to my greatest surprise, no one has come to knock on my door asking for payment. Yet everything I ask for and need automatically gets supplied without query or delay.It's quite intoxicating, being treated like this and it was something I could get used to.I guess there are some advantages to having unlimited access to money. Walking over to the bathroom, I went through the usual motions of my skincare routine and showering. When I stepped out of the bathroom, smoke billowed around my body as I opened the door, I glanced at the digital clock on my bedside table noting that it was a couple of minutes past eight. Picking up my phone, I booked an Uber timing it so that its arrival would coincide with the time I was ready.Since I knew that I was going to be heading to the office today and I didn't pack much clot
The Contracted Heart of the Billionaire Heir Chapter Twenty-six
Donald's POV I immediately stepped inside my office, settling down to start tackling the problem from the root.As I imagined, the company's situation was way worse than I expected and it took a couple of hours to finish a file. It turns out that the company was being sued for misappropriated funds but not only that it seems that someone had copied rights to one of our products.Knee-deep in work, I zoned out like I usually did only surfacing when there was a knock on my door. I looked up to see an assistant of Elvis’s, acting quite shy as she hovered by the door.I straightened, not expecting a guest. “Yes, can I help you?”“I'm sorry to disturb you, sir but Mr Elvis said I should inform you that there's going to be a board meeting in 20 and they would like you to sit in.” She said, stumbling over her words.“Oh, thank you. I'll…I'll be right there.” I told her, shutting my laptop to rub at my eyes. Not aware that there was going to be a board meeting, I was pleasantly surprised.Si
The Contracted Heart of the Billionaire Heir Chapter Twenty-seven
Donald's POVRetreating to my office after the conversation with David, I buried myself in work.Just a week I'd been away and the financial state of the company was in shambles.Not only were files misplaced, some being in the wrong section than they were supposed to be, but everything was just messed up.I had to take several coffee breaks in between while sorting through the files because I had to get the system that I used to sort each deal that the company made…. the profits and the expenditure making sure that the books were balanced. That was the system I used which kept the company afloat and even boosted the growth while I was in charge.However, David came and threw everything apart. I got so caught up in my work that I forgot time had passed, not until my phone rang shrilly, the alarm sound piercing the still night air.It was a timer I set to remind me to take my vitamins. I jolted, surprised to see that it was already past 10.Pushing back from my chair, I crossed over t
The Contracted Heart of the Billionaire Heir Chapter Twenty-eight
Donald's POV Hits by a sudden burst of inspiration, I chose to not make my presence known in the shadows but then I brought out my phone to record her sifting through the files that I had been painstakingly taken my time to arrange. This way I had proof that she'd snuck into my office after work hours.When she was done, she pushed things back in the place in the way that she left them and tip-toed out the door. I had to wait back for a couple of minutes to be sure that she had left before I followed.My sleep that night was fitful because I was busy tossing and turning, wondering what to do with the newfound information that I had.In addition to a large amount of money missing from the company's accounts and Rose’s late-night sneak-out, it was quite clear that there was something fishy going on here, putting Rose at the center of everything.Deciding so I could get some rest, I chose to confront Rose with the truth tomorrow and see her reaction, he would then decide on what to do f
The Contracted Heart of the Billionaire Heir Chapter Twenty-nine
Donald's POV I folded my hands, a stern look on my face as I stared at her , waiting for her to confess.Rose kept on sobbing for a long period but I was patient. When she was done however after a couple of minutes, she raised her head, sniffling as she tried to compose herself. Because I wasn't entirely heartless, I reached out to a box of Kleenex on the table, handing one over to her to wipe the mess off her face.“Thanks…” she mumbled, ducking down to use her hair to hide her face.I kept mute, waiting for her to see something but she seemed quite concentrated on avoiding my gaze. When I got fed up, I had to blurt out. “You do know that I'm waiting for an explanation right?”“I do…” She bit down on her lower lip. “it's just I don't know what to start from…”“Start anywhere.” I prompted.“Fine, you're right. I did everything you said but it's only because I was so scared of what would happen to me if the company went under.” She said in a rush. “So you didn't think about doing the
The Contracted Heart of the Billionaire Heir Chapter Thirty
Donald's POV Judging by what was said, the situation at the hospital was more critical than she had opened up to me. It turns out that the medication that his grandfather had been taking before the surgery to help prep his body for the recovery period had a side effect. The side effect was supposed to be small and easily managed but it seems like one of the doctors in residence missed an essential detail in this medical report.It was small and negligible but still, it could be the thin line between life and death.After George had his breakfast, the food he had mixed up with his drugs had a very bad interaction. Now he's in the ICU and the doctor had to place him in a self-induced coma to help him ride out the symptoms.All they're doing now is just praying that he wakes up on his own so that he can go through with the surgery.The surgery was supposed to be stipulated for a particular period and if George manages to miss that window of opportunity…. let's just say things are going
The Contracted Heart of the Billionaire Heir Chapter Thirty-one
Donald's POV At the back of my mind, I had concluded that stepping down to allow Rose to rule over her company wasn't such a bad idea. Like David said, I was rich and successful plus I had a ton of properties and companies that I could control and manage, so why do I have to fight over someone else's company?All in all, even though I would have liked to have control over Rose's company, something to hold over her head, it didn't take much away from me and I still had my wealth to sustain me so it was basically a win-win situation.Facing David, I said. “I'll give Rose back her company as long as you don't tell anyone about what you just found out. Do we have a deal?” I stretched my hand out, ready to shake it over with him. David stared at my hand for a minute, his eyes distant as though he was thinking over our deal but then he hesitantly stretched his hand out. “We have a deal but…”I almost groaned out loud in frustration despite having a feeling that he was going to come up wit
The Contracted Heart of the Billionaire Heir Chapter Thirty-two
Donald's POV A knock sounded on my door making me look up. “Sir, there's one of your clients here. He says he wants to see you and he's due for a flight soon.”After a couple of weeks, in which thankfully things returned to normal, I was finally given an assistant to help reduce the workload and make sure everything smoothed over in my absence.Her name was Haley and she was pretty good at her job except for the fact that she's obsessed over cartoon characters always trying to get me to watch one with her.If that was her way of flirting, it was incredibly odd.I groaned, rubbing at my forehead. “Uh, what's his name again?”I was exhausted and in desperate need of some uninterrupted rest/ vacation time.The past couple of weeks have been draining. It seems that I might have underestimated what it would take to bring a company out of financial ruin. It's been nonstop meetings, back-to-back conferences with big-time investors trying to get them to invest in our company with the hope st
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Donald's POV The ‘beep beep’ of the monitors woke me up from my deep slumber.I open my eyes slowly to meet the white, sterile ceiling of a hospital. I knew it was a hospital because it had that familiar disinfectant smell to it…also because it makes sense, given the fact that I was shot at three times a couple of hours before and yeah, I remember every bit of that story.It was like a clip of a very bad movie except this happened to me, the distant yet eerily familiar feeling of being shot invaded my senses and I had to inch my hand up to see if I could check out the wound. “I wouldn't advise you to do that.” A pretty blond nurse wearing scrubs walked in, a clipboard in her hand.“Hel…Hello..” I croaked out, realizing that my throat was as dry as a desert.She must have come to the same realization because she walked over to my bedside, reaching for a cup of water and she handed it over to me.I greedily slurped it down like a greedy man dying of thirst, only stopping when I emptie
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Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-Nine
David's POV Just like I expected, the media circus around Donald's death blew out of proportion.As I'm packing my bags, the entire area in which Donald was shot had been taped off by the police.Apparently they were opening a case into the incident, searching for who shot him.I would like to feel relaxed on that point but it's just my luck that the homeless guy I usye turned out to be something else.For the rest of the day, I kept on trying his number but he never picked up soon enough, the number became unavailable which I took to mean that he had either discarded of it or he doesn't want anything to do with me anymore. When Boone asked me about the progress report, I lied to him stating that I had taken care of the homeless guy but I knew it was just a matter of time before the police found him and he blurted out the truth…which was why I was booking the next available flight and getting the hell out of this cursed city.The moment I left the borders of the city and I was on my
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Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-Eight
RoseTo think that it was Donald's death that brought me and my family together, it was mind boggling to say the least.I received the call from my sister early the next morning and to say I was surprised, is an understatement.“Hello, Tanya. Wh-hat's going on?”She was breathing heavily which made me worried. “Have you seen the news, Rose?” She asked.My brows furrowed in confusion. “The news?” I repeated. “No. What news? I'm just waking up!” I say, flipping the covers away from my body so I reach for my laptop.Suddenly the speaker went mute as I could only hear muffled words float through. it seems like she was talking to someone else.I ignored her, checking up on the latest news.I quickly scanned through a number of them, realizing that no one stood out to me. “Tanya, I don't know what I'm supposed to be looking at here but nothing is making sense to me. Can you talk to me and tell me what happened? Is it Mom or Dad? Are they okay?”Immediately, my mind jumped into the worst sce
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Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-Seven
RoseI knew the exact moment I fell for David all over again was when I heard the words, ‘you’re free to go’.That faithful Tuesday morning, I was laying face up on my cot, thinking of new ways to distract myself from a boring and predictable day when the buzzer sounded.Unlike the last time when I ignored the guard, I turned around to look at him but this time he wasn't holding a tray of food in his hands.He had the bunch of keys in his hands and he was walking slowly towards my room, an unpleasant in his eyes.“Hey, you. Get up!” He boomed loudly, startling me.“I was already up…” I grumbled, flipping my legs around the tiny cot. “Where's my food?”He didn't respond, only grunted and shoved me not too gently toward the bars, handcuffing me. “Move!” He ordered and I obeyed, shuffling my feet.We did the same walk routine, similar to when I visited Donald but this time…it seemed different.“Where are we going?” I twisted my head around to ask him but he just shoved my head forward.W
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Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-Six
David's POV Contrary to what Donald thought, I was right there behind him the whole time.He was so easy and gullible. Just one mention of Rose and he came running exactly like I thought.All I needed to do was play the pity card and he sucked it up like a starving man drinking water.It was quite hilarious if I was being honest.I wanted the first location, simply because it would be easier to dispose of him when the homeless guy was done with the job but Donald being a hard ass…he insisted we change it, probably suspicious of my actions. Well, at least he was smart… just not too smart to avoid dying though.My phone buzzed with a text.Donald: Where are you?Me: I'm right behind you. I'll be there soon.When I sent the text, I burst into laughter, muffling the sound.I kept checking my watch, waiting for the homeless guy to show up. This was not the agreement. He was supposed to be here a couple of minutes ago, do the job the moment Donald showed up and get out of here.I gritted
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Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-Five
Donald's POV I was woken up by my phone buzzing needlessly.Groaning, I twisted around in bed to reach for the phone only to see a name I never thought I'd see flash across my screen.Immediately my eyes flew open, sleep deserting my mind and I nearly jumped out of bed.Wait, why the hell was David calling me?To make matters worse, shortly after the call ended he dropped the text followed by another.David: Hi, I know I'm the last person you want to talk to right now but I need your help. David: Please respond, it's urgent.I debated, responding, wanting to shrug it off but I sat up on the bed so I could think logically.From the little I've known and observed about David, I know that he's a snake and he's very cunning, always thinking three steps ahead of everyone else which is why it bothers me so much that he's texting me.What the hell does he want from me?While I was contemplating on whether to pick up or respond to his text messages, he sent another.David: Please.Because I
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Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-Four
David's POV “Hey guys, do you have any news yet?” I asked barging into the basement. All through the night, I could barely sleep a wink as I tossed and turned, my brain producing new ways on how to help Rose.After I went to visit her, I became spurred on to double down on my efforts and for the past two days, my team and I have been up through out the night, working tirelessly on breaking into David firewalls.At this points, I didn't care about whether it was illegal or not, all you wanted to do is to get Rose out of that filthy place.“We don't have any leads yet.” Shawn spoke up. “We still haven't gotten those parts that we needed and decrypting the messages by hand is taking us way longer than it should. At this point, we'll probably get done by the end of the year.”Groaning, I slapped my hands over my face. “That's not going to work. You're sure there's no other way to get this going faster?”If I could get my hands on some incriminating messages that David exchanged with his
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Chapter One Hundred and Sixty- Three
David's POV Popping a chewing gum, I sucked it back in, tapping my feet impatiently on the brakes.I decided to make use of Boone's advice, doing the extra work to cement the plan that I have already started and that begins with…A loud honk from a passing car jolted me out of my thoughts and I popped my head out, raising my middle finger as a response.“Fucking asshole!” I muttered under my breath, stealing a glance at my watch. It's been over an hour and this guy is nowhere to be found.He's got to know that he's playing with his life.I am a gentle and mannered man until I was pushed to the wall forced, to do certain things…one of which is to make good on the threats I told him.A couple of days before I decided to meet with the homeless man who placed the tip in the police station for the cops to find, I spent some hours out of my day to watch him and like clockwork he always appeared at the same time every day.It was tad boring and predictable but it saved me time to look for h
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Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-Two
RoseThe minutes turned into hours and the hours into days, each day more horrible than the last.My nightmare of being trapped in here was slowly coming to pass and I was too helpless to do anything to stop it.Reaching out to my family wasn't an option and none of the guards agreed to let me use their phone to make one more call to Donald, leaving me stranded.The food was probably the good thing about the place.I don't know who the chef is but he's doing a really good job of keeping me happy…temporarily though.I sighed for probably the hundredth time, staring vacantly at the ceiling.You know, when you first have your freedom taken away from you, you think that the first few hours or days at the worst but it's not. It's actually quite easy because there is a list of ways you can distract yourself but as the day grows longer, that's when reality sets in and the sadness begins.The possibility that this could become your new normal starts to haunt you and in as much as your mind w
