Yes, talk to me, John.” Robert Williams, the exotic billionaire, worth $2 billion from his many businesses, said to his responder on the phone.
“Sir, you just made $40 million from last night's deal with Mr. Patrick.” The caller said to Robert in an overly excited tone.Robert smiled, looked at the beautiful lady seated beside him as he replied to John, the caller.“What do you expect, John? Am a fucking billionaire. Now send $5 million to my beautiful wife's account immediately.”His last statement before ending the call sent the woman beside him gasping for breath. His beautiful wife, Sophia, the daughter of a multi-millionaire was lost in the thoughts of her rich husband sending her $5 million just like that.“Honey! That's too much. You just gave me $10 million two days ago.” She said to him.Robert looked her in the eye, raised her dropped jaw with his hand, and answered her,“Nothing is too much for you, baby girl.” He kissed her and she hugged him tightly, appreciating his demonstration of love for her. A testament to the fact that true romance flourishes with finance.The vehicle, a Rolls-Royce Wraith worth $2 million, arrived at its destination and the valets of the Hawaii Luxury Hotel opened its doors on both sides for Robert Williams and his wife, Sophia Richards, to come out.The Hawaii Luxury Hotel was the only 7-star hotel in the city and Robert had booked the entire penthouse floor to spend the weekend with his wife. The cost was huge, but not huge enough for Robert not to enjoy the pleasure of his wife in an exclusive space. Robert and Sophia were ushered into the hotel and they met the manager at the reception waiting for them with a plethora of attendants.“You're most welcome to our establishment, Mr. and Mrs. Williams,” the manager said to the adorable power couple who wrapped arms around each other, “We promise to give you the most exclusive and amazing weekend of your life.” The couple looked around, admiring the aesthetics of the place, a good place to drop their money. “So, where is my $5 million at?” Robert asked the manager, expecting to be taking to the penthouse where he had invested his money for an amazing weekend with his wife.“$5 million?” The manager asked, “What the hell is this fool saying?” He asked a colleague who was with him.“Robert!!!” The manager yelled at him but got no response from Robert Williams, the two-billion-dollars billionaire.SLAP!!!A slap to his perfectly arranged face jump-started his lost consciousness back to the reality of where he was. In less than five seconds, Robert Williams had traveled from his billionaire reality to his actual reality of poverty and nothingness.“Sir. Sir. Sir.” He answered as he jacked up to his feet, rearranging himself before his boss. The man who stood before him, starring at him like he wants to strangle him to death was the manager of the Hawaii Luxury Hotel, the same man Robert had seen in his rudely interrupted dream. Rather than show Robert where his $5 million was invested, he grabbed him by his collar and dragged him to his office to show him something else.They finally arrived at the office, quite a distance but it was nothing like the penthouse Robert expected in his luxurious dream. The manager brought out an envelope and handed it to him.“I'm sick and tired of your wretched and pathetic self working here. You are fired!” The man exclaimed as he passed the letter of termination to Robert.Robert went down on his knees and began pleading with his boss. He had always been diligent with his duties at work, out of exhaustion and the imagination of a better life, he slept off while on duty and was lost in a dream that would never come to reality. Not only was his dream an impossible imagination, it was about to cost him his job.Being married to Sophia Richard hadn't been an easy task for him, he worked his life out just to please her and her family, but nothing he did was good enough for them. He is poor, wretched, and without hope for a better future. After several rounds of begging and pleading with his boss, he finally got a last chance.“This is the last chance I am giving your miserable life. Anything out of the ordinary again and you'll be jobless.” The man said to him before ordering him out of his office.“Thank you, sir. I promise ne—” Robert tried to show his gratitude and commitment to never anger his boss again, but was immediately interrupted by his boss.“Shut your fucking mouth. Who asked for your gratitude?” His boss said to him, “Now, take this order and get your sorry life to deliver it to the client at the penthouse.” His boss handed him a card that contained details of an order by one of their high-profile clients.Robert took the card and hurried out of the office to carry on the assignment. As he did, he was continually reminded of the dream and it made him angry not only because it almost cost him his job but also because it was never going to happen. However, he wished it would even if it was for a moment.Robert went to the bar, picked up the client's order, a bottle of their most expensive whiskey selling for $200,000, an amount Robert could never afford to own in his lifetime. He went up to the penthouse where the client lodged, all the while thinking about how rich the client was versus how poor he was.‘I’m actually richer than him, you know,’ he said to himself quietly before adding, ‘but that's in my dream of course.’ He laughed out to himself in the elevator.A few moments later, he arrived at the suite and knocked on the door and the client opened up. A man averaging the same height as Robert but huge and looking all expensive, covered with a towel to his waist and breathing a bit heavily. Seeing him, Robert knew he wasn't alone and whoever he was with had just made up for this man's money's worth. A five hundred grand a night deluxe penthouse suite at the only 7-star hotel in the city and now, a two hundred grand whiskey to quench the thirst.'If I were him, I'd go more rounds till morning.’ He said gently to himself as he watched the man and smiled at his accomplishments.“And why are you smiling, dog?” The man fired at him, trumping his fanboy admirations for the men's award-winning champion of the night, “You pathetic fool, get in, drop the bottle, and take your miserable self away from here.”He quickly snapped back to his assignment and hurried off into the room to place the drink on the table while the man walked towards the bathroom. Robert turned to look at the lady whom the men's champion had just conquered, and the sight before him made him drop the bottle in shock.“Sophia!” He shouted .Robert was met with the most unexpected sight, more like he was seeing a ghost or something. He stayed mute for a while just to carefully assess the reality before him if he was dreaming again. He cleared his eyes over and over again, staring at the lady who remained on the bed covered to the chest by the bed cover and undisturbed about his presence like she didn't know him.He couldn't even tell when the expensive bottle dropped from his hand and made a mess all over the place. While in a state of shock, the lady decided to end his misery by speaking to him first.“What?! Did you see a ghost?!” She asked him and returned back to her phone.Robert snapped back to reality and called out her name,“Sophia!” She was his wife and they have been married for four years now. He dreams all kinds of wild dreams, but never could he dream up, day or night, the reality that was before him. His wife of four straight years cheating on him with a total stranger in the hotel where he worked. And to
Robert's night which began with a glimpse of hope as he satisfied himself with his billionaire dream had now ended with him behind bars. His boss's instructions were adhered to with utmost seriousness and urgency, landing Robert in jail for the very first time in his life.What did he do to deserve all of this? He kept wondering to himself inside the police cell. Was it a crime to love someone and get married to her? Although he had experienced a lot from the Richards, Sophia's parents, those were nothing compared to what he had just experienced with his wife.“She's my fucking wife for God's sake,” He said out, hitting his first on the beach he sat on as the thoughts came back to him, “Why would she do this to me?” He sobbed and cried. The feeling of betrayal mixed with anger made his heart even more shattered than the bottle he dropped.After several rounds of thought here and there, he got an idea to make a call. He thought to call his mother-in-law, sure she would ease up on him a
Robert took the pen, and without a second thought or proper consideration, he signed the papers in the appropriate spaces. All he wanted was to be released from the prison he was in so he could go back home and heal, by then his wife's madness must have dropped down and they had talk things out like married couples do.“Can I go now? I need to return home and rest.” He asked, looking at Michael and not even trying to fake a little appreciation for his generosity.Sophia looked at him in wonder like she couldn't understand what had gone wrong with his brain.“Did the officer hit you so hard he knocked off your brain?” She asked him.“And what do you mean by that, Sophia?” He asked her, surprised by her question. What else could she say to him, she'd already given him all classes of abuses, questioned his manliness, called him a wretched husband, hit his head with a lamb stand, called the security on him, called him a madman, and now she's calling him brainless. He couldn't help but wo
Robert's question dropped another bomb of laughing gas in the room, causing everyone to laugh out loud at him. Even Sophia who was consumed with anger still found a place in herself to laugh at her foolish husband.“Maybe a career in stand-up comedy or comedic acting or just playing a clown in the circus could have made your miserable life worthwhile.” His father-in-law said to him.Linda lifted the papers and showed him the letters boldly written on the top which his eyes didn't see when he signed the papers.DIVORCE AGREEMENT.He flipped in shock at the sight he saw, “What the fuck? How the hell did I sign this?” He asked, wondering how he didn't see it before signing.“And who the hell are you asking?” Michael asked him, “What do you think? I would drop the charges against you just like that, who the hell are you?” He blasted at him.Michael's words reminded Robert why he had punched him and beaten him up back at the hotel the previous night. He thought of attacking him again but
Sophia had picked up the ring that fell from Robert's pocket and showed it to her parents, Robert was too weak to protest or say anything to them. The Richards inspected the ring over and over again, realizing to whom it belonged, they questioned.“How did you gain possession of the Williams family heirloom?” Their question fell on deaf ears, Robert couldn't even hear a word they were saying.“Get him up, he has to answer us?” Philip instructed the officer and he raised Robert to face his father-in-law and provide the answers they needed. However, Robert was just a body of weight with little life left in him.“Do you think he could be a member of the family? After all, his name is William.” Linda asked her husband.“He is no member of any family, he has no family whatsoever. I've been married to him for four years, I know everything there is to know about this piece of shit.” Sophia answered her mother, clearing the notion of Robert being connected to the William Family even though he
The officer took Robert to the office of the police chief accompanied by Nobody. When they got there, the police chief welcomed him and began questioning him.“You're welcome, Robert.” He said to him as they helped him get seated, “I just want to ask you a few questions quickly. First, who are you?” He asked Robert.Robert wondered why the question of his identity, the police ought to have that information by now. But he answered anyway, summoning strength from within.“I am Robert William. I grew up in this city as an orphan and got married to Sophia Richard before our recent tragic divorce.” He answered the chief. The thought of how Sophia treated him made him drop tears as he said the words.“It's alright, Robert,” the police chief consoled him and went on to his next question, “How did you come across this ring?” He brought out the ring that fell off Robert's pocket and presented it to him.On seeing the ring, Robert was shocked and quickly retrieved it from the police chief. The
Robert's eyes opened in shock at the salutations of the police chief and his officers, but even more shocking to him was the voice he heard from the phone who said he was on his way. Questions began flooding his mind faster than he could think of them.Why are they saluting me? What's going on here? Who is coming? He said I was the one, which one? Who am I? He asked the police chief just one question out of the innumerable questions flowing through his mind.“This doesn't look like trouble but am I in trouble?”“Oh no. No sir.” The police chief answered.The fact that he addressed Robert as sir all of a sudden, made Robert wonder about the gravity of the situation.“Why are you addressing me as sir, sir?” He asked the police chief.“Don't worry, sir. Everything will be explained to you soon but I am not the right person to do that.” The police chief answered him.Robert stayed there with him, continuing to think about the events all leading up to this present moment, nothing made sen
The convoy drove through the city and entered a private road where they drove for a few minutes and finally arrived at a very large estate property. The entire estate was lit up, shining bring. Every structure in it was a testament to luxury and opulence.They drove through the estate and finally stopped inside the compound of a huge mansion. The guards came down and opened the doors for them to come out, and Robert's sights remained wide open in disbelief. How is this place even real? He asked himself. He had seen beautiful places, especially in movies and magazines but nothing of this such has he ever seen.Dozens of armed security guards were littered all over the mansion and the estate. As they came down, everyone bowed to him as he walked past them, his smiles were off this world. In no time, he had transitioned from a world where everyone insulted and abused him to a world where everyone bowed to him, that was only a reality in his dreams. But what he was experiencing now made h