Chapter - 12'Did you hear the rumour? Georgie was slapped.''Hear? I was there to see it. His uncle was the one who slapped him.''But it was all because of Mathew.''Mathew? Why him?''Don't know... But it was something because of a card.''Card?'After the incident with Georgie and his uncle in the morning, Mathew could hear such whispers wherever he went. There were all sorts of stories floating around about him. How he single handedly took care of the police officers, to how he threw money at Georgie and his uncle's face. Most of them were exaggerations, but there was still some degree of truth in them.No matter what and how? Mathew was indeed able to hold back his nerve in front of Georgie and the Deputy Suprediendent and even give it back to a certain degree.He was still unsure if the way he reacted in the morning was right or not? But he felt somewhat content in his heart. For the first time in his life, Mathew did not take it lying down and took a stand for himself. Not for
Chapter - 13Mathew had saved the girl. She was about to fall straight on her face, but Mathew was quick to react. His hand instinctively reached out as he grabbed the girl tight. But something was odd. The sensation in his hands was just too good. Just too soft..."It's soft..." Mathew murmured to himself as he squeezed his palms, trying to feel it even more."Umm..." But just as he did, the girl in his arms cried out in a muffled voice."Huh..." Suddenly Mathew realised what it was. His eyes grew wide open and sweat formed on his forehead. He looked around and found that phones were out already, and everyone was clicking their photos non-stop.Mathew slowly looked down at his hand only to find the girl glaring at him. She was shooting lasers from her eyes."Shit..." As soon as their eyes met, Mathew could not help but curse. The situation was already bad enough, but why did it have to be this girl? It would have been bad with any other girl, but it was going to be a nightmare with A
Chapter - 14"Huh..." Mathew sighed as he stood in the courtyard of a small house, looking at the door with mixed emotions. If it was earlier, he would have just walked in without any reservations. But now Mathew was hesitant. He was hesitant to go inside and face the people he had regarded as his parents all his life till now. He was afraid that all that the middle-aged man claiming to be his father said would be true."Young master..." Alfred, who has been standing behind Mathew all this time, called for him from behind, "If you are not ready, we can always come again later.""No... It's alright," Mathew took a deep breath and shook his head, "I need to know the truth." And with that, Mathew finally took a step forward towards the truth.~ ~ ~ ~ ~"Mom... Dad..." Mathew walked into the room and found his parents sitting on the sofa with weary looks on their faces. They looked exhausted."Matt!" Hearing his voice, both of the opened their eyes and stood up together. They took a step
Chapter - 15"Young Master... About meeting the lord," As Alfred drove Mathew back home, he suddenly spoke.Earlier this afternoon, Alfred called Mathew after the classes ended to inform him that the lord wanted to meet him. But Mathew decided to push the conversation for a while and meet Martha and Tom instead.But now that he had met them and confirmed everything, Alfred wanted to remind Mathew about the meeting."It's fine... We are already going home. I will talk to my father face-to-face," Mathew again tried to brush off the topic."But...""Why do you think my mother abandoned me?" Mathew interrupted Alfred and asked, "Was she so disgusted by me that she would rather leave than spend a day with me?""That's a totally absurd thing to say, young master. Young master is the nicest and most resp...""Leave it... I don't want to hear it, " Mathew stopped Alfred from praising him, " Wake me up when we reach home," saying so, Mathew closed his eyes, leaving no room for any more convers
Chapter - 16"Where is Mr Wilson?" As Mathew climbed down the stairs, he asked one of the ladies walking by."The Master has already left," but before the lady could reply, a young man, maybe in his late twenties or early thirties, replied."Ohh..." Mathew nodded, remembering what his father told him last night, "And you are..." Mathew looked unsure of the man in front of him. He had not seen him before."While you are here, I will be the one assisting you," the man respectfully told Mathew, "My name is Sebastian. Don't hesitate to call upon me if you need anything.""Sure... Thank you. I am Mathew.""I know...I know, young master," With a smile on his face, Sebastian nodded his head. But soon, his face turned serious, "But young master, shouldn't you be referring to the master more affectionately? Instead of calling him out formally, like a stranger?""I am still working on that," Mathew replied, but did not explain much. And hearing him, Sebastian did not say anything further regard
Chapter - 17 "Young master, we should..." Sebastian followed inside the store closely behind Mathew but stopped when he heard someone call out to his young master. When he looked up, he was happy to see a pretty girl staring at his young master intently without blinking. 'God, young master is such a player. He even had a girl waiting for him.' Sebastian grinned ear to ear, thinking about it. But what Sebastian did not know was that the girl herself was not happy to see Mathew. In fact, her eyes were wide open in horror to see Mathew there. The girl was none other than Stacy, Mathew's ex-girlfriend. Huh... Even destiny was playing games with Mathew and Stacy. Earlier, Mathew and Stacy could not see each other's faces for days, even if they wanted to. But now, in the last three days, they had crossed paths with one another at the most unexpected places when they did not want to. It was hilarious. "Who is she, young master? Friend of yours?" Sebastian whispered to Mathew loud enough
Chapter - 18 "What is a poor bastard like you doing here?" Georgie ignored the sales lady as soon as he saw Mathew. With a smirk on his face, Georgie knew he had the opportunity to humiliate Mathew, which he hoped for all along. "What bad luck," Mathew could not help but curse under his breath. He then looked behind Mathew and saw Stacy looking at him with a smug on his face. He was sure that she had called Georgie here. Bitch can’t even face him without her shield. And now that he looked at her from a distance, Mathew saw that Stacy was wearing the same uniform as the lady helping his. 'So she worked here?' Mathew had this thought, but it was fleeting. He did not care about it much. Whatever she did, it was her business. After all, even he worked a couple of part-time jobs after school. But, contrary to what Mathew thought, Stacy felt humiliated. In fact, Mathew guessed it right, Stacy indeed was the one who called Georgie here. To come across Mathew after she had just left him f
Chapter - 19 "A hundred thousand dollars? Not bad... Not bad at all," Georgie, with a meaningful smile on his face, nodded as he looked at the shocked face of Mathew. "So, how would you like to pay, the esteemed customer? Cash or card?" Georgie mockingly asked. By this time, the sales lady had also started scanning the clothes. One after the other, she scanned all the clothes as fast as possible. It took her a couple of minutes before she was done. "It would be $109,999." The lady told the amount as soon as she was done scanning the clothes. "Alright..." Sebastian nodded and turned towards Mathew, "The card, young master." "Is it alright? It is too much money to spend on just a dozen of outfits," Mathew looked troubled. He was not worried that he won't be able to pay. He just thought that it was just too wasteful. Even if it were a million dollars, Mathew could pay it without any trouble. After all, he was no longer the miserable, poor boy he used to be. "No worries, young mast
Chapter - 28Georgie walked inside the police station, brimming with joy. Just thinking about the sorry state Mathew must be in, Georgie could not stop himself from grinning ear to ear.Georgie saw it all in the morning. He was thise when Mathew was pulled away by the police officers in front of everyone. Georgie knew in one glance that his uncle had finally made his move. Though his actions a few days back still confused Georgie, but better late than never. He was more than happy to let it go if it meant Mathew could experience the torment of hell.And if that was not assuring, hours later, Georgie also received a message from his uncle, reassuring him that it was certainly doomsday for Mathew today.Oh... How much Georgie wanted to watch as his uncle tormented Mathew. What a sight it would have been to see Mathew on his knees, begging them to let him go... Just thinking about that, Georgie felt his body tingle from inside with a rush of adrenaline. It was more satisfying than the pl
Chapter - 27 "Superintendent?" Georgie's uncle, the Deputy Superintendent, looked at the man in front of him in shock and horror. His boss was here? Why? "... What are you doing here?" Georgie's uncle was so shocked to see his boss there that he did not even ask for the reason the Superintendent hit him. "Why else? To see what your wretched ass is up to," the Superintendent said as he looked at Mathew, "Misusing your authority to frame innocent citizens. You bastard really have no fear of anyone, do you?" "Superintendent?" Georgie's uncle looked at his boss, confused. “What Superintendent? Do you even take me as the Superintendent?” 'Is this boy related to the Superintendent?' Georgie's uncle tried to think. But no matter what, he could not remember seeing anything influential in the boy's background. What was it then? A misunderstanding? It must be a misunderstanding, that's all. So, he only needs to win over the Superintendent with words. "You are misunderstanding, Superintend
Chapter - 26"You sure about that?" Mathew patiently heard the Deputy Superintendent Albus's vulgar words and asked."Huh? About what?" Georgie's uncle was taken aback when instead of shivering in fear, Mathew questioned back."That I fucked your mother. Because there is no other way for me to be a motherfucker," Mathew's lips curled up in a smirk as he mentally destroyed the Deputy Superintendent."You bastard..." The Deputy Superintendent leaned forward on the table and grabbed Mathew by his neck, "You bastard is not afraid of death, it seems.""Oh! Believe me... I am shaking in my boots," Mathew gently grabbed the Deputy Superintendent's hand and pushed it away."boy... You..." Georgie's uncle looked at Mathew, amazed. What's the reason behind this poor boy's calm? He had done a thorough background check on the boy, and he was nothing... Absolutely nothing in his eyes. So what was he missing here?'NO! He is trying to bluff his way out like the last time,' But soon, the Deputy Supe
Chapter - 25Mathew sat in the interrogation room all alone. He was almost kidnapped from his school, brought to the police station and thrown into the room. And for about an hour, he had been sitting there, all alone. No one came to see him. They did not even give him a drop of water to drink. They were surely treating him like a wanted criminal. Wanted for something much worse than beating the shit out of your love rival.And on top of everything, somehow, he had started to feel cold. When he entered the room, it was somewhat warm. But as time passed, the temperature in the room dropped continuously. So much so that he was almost shivering in his boots right now.It was a psychological thing. A tactic used by the police to intimidate and play with the psyche of the felon. Mathew was not new to it. Not that he had faced it before. But, he had seen it in many of those crime thrillers. As the temperature drops, it is easy to scare the criminal into admitting most of the things that the
Chapter - 24"Young Master... Let me..." Sebastian stopped the car and turned to look back, but Mathew stopped him."I know what you want to say. But I don't want unnecessary attention," Mathew said, putting a mask on his face, "It wouldn't be good if someone saw me in this car.""So, you don't need to worry... I will meet you here after school," Mathew said, looking left and right out of the window. And after Mathew had made sure that no one from his school was around, he stepped out of the car.“I will be waiting for you here,” As he walked away, Sebastian could only watch his young Master walk away."Why is he so hesitant to claim what is his?" Sebastian thought out loud, and when Mathew was out of sight, he turned the car back home.~ ~ ~ ~ ~"Hey, Mathew! Here," Just as Mathew walked through the school gates, he saw Harry waving at his from a distance."What are you doing here?" As he got close to Harry, Mathew asked."Of course, I was waiting for you," grinning ear to ear, Harry
Chapter - 23"What happened in there?" As Sebastian drove Mathew back home, Mathew asked."What do you mean, young master? What happened? Where?" Sebastian looked confused."Don't play dumb. Why did this card not work the first time?" Mathew asked as he flipped the black card in his hands, “But suddenly everything was fine.”"Oh..." Sebastian exclaimed with a smile but did not answer."Don't oh me... Tell me, what is going on?" Annoyed by his smile, Mathew frowned, “Do you know how scared I was? One moment, and I would have been labelled a thief, rotting in jail for god knows how long. That Georgie’s uncle would have made sure of it.”“How can that be?” Sebastian continued to be in a jolly mood, “Your father and the Wilson family would have brought down the police station if they dared to lock you in there. Just for a hundred thousand dollars? The Wilsons’ would have become a laughing stock.”“Just get to the point. Why did this card not work?” Mathew was annoyed. Sebastian was always
Chapter - 22 Under the curious gaze of the crowd, the machine finally chimed. "Transaction successful," The green light on the machine lit up, and soon a receipt was printed. And there was pin drop silence that followed. No one spoke a word for some time until someone from the crowd finally said. "Didn't he win the bet? He paid for his clothes..." And hearing that lone comment, suddenly the crowd broke into a frenzy. After the first transaction failed, they all pounced on Mathew, calling him names. But now, Mathew suddenly pulled a reversal, and now, every face was red with shame. But even now, not everyone was feeling embarrassed. Diana was amused. The sales lady in charge of Mathew's transaction was happy. She was finding it difficult to hold her face straight. She tried not to show it on her face, but inside, she was jumping with joy. And there were two who had their insides churning with anger. Stacy and Georgie have been continuously on a losing streak for the last three
Chapter - 21"Bet? What kind of bet?" Diana who was annoyed a moment ago was suddenly interested."If we pay for the clothes now, won't we be at a disadvantage?" Sebastian said, "Even after paying for the clothes, the ridicule and insults will stay etched on our hearts. Well, I can manage, but what about my young master? Who is going to be responsible for that?" Sebastian asked."Why are you going on and on about young master? No need to pretend. Did he pay you money to act? Because we all know he is nothing but poor..." Stacy was annoyed and wanted to lash out at Sebastian, but she stopped as Diana raised her hand.“You have one rude bitch in your staff. If this is the standard of your store then I was right. This store is indeed shabby,” Sebastian said smirking and it hit Diana hard. Though she had a smile on her lips, one could see her lips twitching in anger."Well... That's true… I guess I need to pay more attention when hiring my employees," Diana nodded. She found Sebastian's w
Chapter - 20"Partly?" With her brows raised, Diana looked at Mathew curiously. The boy did not deny it when most people would have.Mathew nodded."It's true that there was some problem with the payment. But it's nothing but his twisted imagination that I came here to steal clothes with my bare face for everyone to see. I am not as stupid as him, after all," Mathew taunted Georgie as he spoke."... And my friend here did call this store shabby," Mathew further told Diana and shrugged, "After all, he is from the capital. He had seen things that this frog can't even imagine.""So you are saying it was right of him to call this store, my store, shabby?" Diana asked as she looked intently at Mathew."No... Not at all," Mathew shook his head, and this made Diana feel a little better, "But who am I to disagree. It's his choice, he can think whatever he wants to." In the end, Mathew ended up taking no side."Is that so?" Diana suddenly found the boy interesting."How dare you talk to her li