The Inevitable Rise Of Miles Greyson

sudden inheritance

Chapter 4

"You're here?" The manager uttered surprisingly, his eyebrows knotted together.

"I wasn't expecting you to show up so early," he further said with a warm smile lingering on his face, and Daisy was forced to look at Miles again, shocked that her boss was being like that to someone they all looked down on a few moments ago.

Who is he? She asked herself, confused.

"Yeah... It just...happens," Miles stuttered, not sure of what to say. Although they talked on the phone earlier, it was his first time meeting Mr. Ace in person. He had only seen this business tycoon in magazines, and it was still hard to believe that they were standing in person and he was smiling at him.

"You are welcome, Mr. Miles. It's nice to meet you," Miles's jaw dropped when the man bowed and greeted him respectfully. He pinched the skin under his trousers to be sure this wasn't a dream, but he soon confirmed that it was not. This man who was confirmed to be amongst the ten top richest business tycoons in America, was here, bowing to him. How the heck did all this happen?

"I'm sorry for not coming to welcome you personally. I was in a brief meeting," Mr. Ace apologized to Miles again, and he nodded.

"Please come in," Mr. Ace uttered then walked inside the office.

"Please sit, Mr. Miles," Mr. Ace gestured toward the chair in front of his desk after he sat behind his desktop which was placed on the desk.

"Let's go straight to why you are here..." Miles became extra curious and anticipated what he was going to say next.

"Our late President was your distant relative before he died, and since he didn't have a son, we found out that you were the closest family to him..." Mr. Ace paused, and Miles became more curious and at the same time a bit shocked because he never knew he was related to the late popular CEO of the company.

"By that, you will be inheriting all his inheritance, and in addition to the money sent to your account yesterday, you will be taking over his business around the world," Miles' jaw dropped and his body froze as he stared at the man in shock. Again, he pinched his skin to be sure this wasn't a dream, but it hurt and that was enough evidence for him to know that this was reality.

"Hu...huh?" Miles blinked his eyes a few times, still trying to figure out what this was all about. He had only seen this happen in movies and to think that it just happened to him out of the blue moon. How many more surprises were there for him?

"Mr. James has a mining company in Italy, a tech company in France, a site development company in Australia, oil and gas companies in Nigeria which is up to five, a cosmetic company in Europe..." By now, Miles' mouth was hanging open in shock as he watched Mr. Ace mention all the companies.

"All his companies around the world are estimated to be seventy-eight trillion dollars, and his assets which includes his houses and cars are estimated to be eight-five billion dollars..." Mr. Ace further explained as he looked through his phone with all his attention.

"He has houses in Texas, LA, Nigeria, South Korea, Paris, and Dubai," Miles' hands quickly covered his mouth, his eyes narrowed in shock. Has his life really turned around like this?

"I'm happy to announce to you that everything is going to be yours, Mr. Miles," Mr. Ace finally raised his gaze from his phone and smiled at Miles.

Miles felt butterflies flying in his stomach. He had no idea how to react to this good news because this was unexpected, but he just managed to smile.

"Thank you," Miles said to him, and he nodded.

Mr. Ace dropped his phone on the center table separating him and Miles, then adjusted on the sofa he was seated on.

"To claim all the inheritance, you need to marry the woman Mr. James had arranged before his death..." Miles's smiles slowly faded after Mr. Ace said that.

"Marry?" Miles muttered.

"Before Mr. James died, he had arranged a woman whom his successor must marry if he is going to inherit his properties," Mr. Ace broke the news to Miles, and his jaw dropped shockingly…