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The Underdog Billionaire Chapter 17: Endings and Beginnings
“We, therefore, commit these bodies to the ground. Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in the sure hope of the Resurrection to eternal life,” said the priest. His bleak voice rang out across the quiet graveyard where the remains of Morgan and Linda were being buried. It was raining lightly and the few funeral guests were huddled together under their umbrellas. Both Jake and Victoria were covered by the umbrella held by Rex. The usually lively toddler was very quiet today. It was as if she understood what was happening. After the bodies were laid to rest, everyone expressed their condolences to Jake again and left. He instructed Rex to take Victoria back to the car so that he could have a moment alone with the spirits of the departed. “Thank you, Morgan, for changing my life,” he whispered over his wife’s grave. “I don’t know what you and Richard saw in me, but I’m grateful to you guys for elevating my status.” He faced Linda’s grave and said, “Thank you for trying to be
The Underdog Billionaire Chapter 18: The Offerings
“What are you waiting for? Another company is about to make a move on Mendici Shipping,” Mamba said two days later over the phone. “Hello, to you too,” Jake drawled. He was remembering their intimate moment together. “I’m not joking with you, Jake. Seal the deal today.” “Yes, ma’am,” he replied jokingly. “What else shall I do? Take out the trash?” She hung up. Jake instructed his PA to set up a meeting with the Mendicis. To his surprise, he was notified that Roman Mendici would like to see him as soon as possible. The meeting was fixed for that evening and Jake showed up at the opulent Mendici Villa with a bouquet of lilies for Arturo’s mother. “Please, accept my condolences,” he said mournfully when he was met at the entrance by Joaquin. “Cut the crap!” He snapped. “If it wasn’t for you, my brother would still be alive.” “Excuse me?” “If you hadn’t tried to play smart, everything would have gone smoothly as planned.” Jake chuckled. “You must be kidding. You guys tried to for
The Underdog Billionaire Chapter 19: Hell Hath No Fury
“What the hell was that last night?” Mamba asked him angrily the next morning. “Good morning to you too,” he replied dryly. “Answer me!” “Don’t yell at me in my office!” He fired back. “If you cannot talk like a sane human being, then get the fuck out of my establishment!” “What?” “I won’t repeat myself.” “Do you realize who you’re talking to?” “I don’t give a shit about who you are, Athena. Fix your tone or get out of my office.” She was stunned to silence. Jake ignored her and started working on his computer. It took her a while to recover from her shock and speak again. “My apologies,” she said calmly. “How did your meeting with Roman Mendici go last night?” “It went well,” Jake replied flatly. He was still working on his computer. “Well?” “Well, what?” “Did he agree to the partnership?” “I thought The Association knew everything?” “Can you please stop stalling and answer the question?” “We’re still deliberating,” he lied. “Once all the loose ends are tied up, I’ll l
The Underdog Billionaire Chapter 20: Off Limits!
“Stay away from my daughter!” Zeus barked.“Why?” Jake asked calmly.“Because she’s off limits. She’s not some dumb bimbo you can play around with as you like.”“I don’t think of her that way.”“I don’t care what you think! Stay the hell away from her. She’s not going to be your plaything like Mamba.”Jake was surprised. “Wait, Mamba told you we had sex?”“Yes, Jake. She tells me everything. It’s part of her job description and the fact that she keeps to it even in uncomfortable circumstances shows her undisputed loyalty to me. I can’t say the same for you.”Jake sighed. For some reason, he felt sorry for poor Mamba who had no secrets. He sipped from his wine glass and scanned the party crowd indifferently from his spot in the secluded VIP section where he was chatting with The Boogeyman.They were at The Association’s second quarterly meeting for the year. Zeus had sent for him to have a private chat. He’d already known what the conversation would revolve around and he hadn’t been di
The Underdog Billionaire Chapter 21: For Better or Worse
“Daddy said he’ll cut me off if I don’t stop seeing you.”“And what did you say?”“I told him to go to hell with his money. He can’t keep wielding his wealth over me like a weapon!”“Attagirl! I’m proud of you.”She grinned and kissed the tip of his nose. They were lounging in his bed on Saturday afternoon.They hadn’t seen each other in over two weeks because Jake had been out of the country on an important business trip to Japan. He’d deliberately made himself unreachable from her because he wanted her to miss him. It worked.“I thought I’d been in love before but I was wrong,” she said softly. “This is the real thing.”“I feel the same way too.”“Do you mean that?”“Completely.”“Aww… Jake!”“I brought a special gift for you from Japan.”“You did? Ooh, let me see it!”Her excitement made him smile. He reached for his bedside drawer and pulled it open to remove a small gift wrapped in baby pink foil and tied with a crimson bow.“Ooh!” She squealed delightedly when he gave the gift.
The Underdog Billionaire Chapter 22: The Awakening
“Can you hear me, baby?”Jake blinked. Everything had ceased to exist and his world had turned black after that gunshot. What now?“Can you see me?”He turned his head slowly and looked at the face hovering above his own. It was a woman’s face that could have been considered beautiful if not for her puffy eyes, red nose and swollen lips.“Diamond…” he croaked.“Yes, honey. It’s me,” she whispered and sniffed back a blub of mucus before it slipped out of her nose.“What happened?” He rasped.“You saved me, baby. You saved my life!”“I did?”“Yes.”Jake didn’t remember much about the shooting but all he knew was that something hard hit him in the chest and he passed out.“That bastard Mendici fellow tried to shoot me and you jumped in front of me to protect me at the last second just as he pulled the trigger. That was insanely brave of you, Jake. You saved my life!”She started to cry and Jake winced. He wanted to comfort her but he was in so much pain, he couldn’t even move his arms.“
The Underdog Billionaire Chapter 23: Going Down The Rabbit Hole
“Did you kill my wife and my mother-in-law?” Silence. “Answer me, you sick bastard!” “Yes.” Gasp. “What?” “Yes, what? What are you saying yes to?” “The question. My answer to it is yes.” “God! So it was you all along!” “A smart man with half a brain would’ve figured it out a long time ago, but you were too busy looking at life through rainbow-tinted eyes to see beyond your nose.” “What the fuck!” “Who told you?” “That doesn’t matter.” “My lucky guess goes to Mamba.” “Why did you do it?” “To encourage you to join The Association.” “But I already agreed to join!” “As a base member. The double homicide made you thirsty for the top-tier spot and that was what I wanted.” “Why the hell are you telling me all these things?” “Because you asked. If you insist on marrying my daughter and becoming my son-in-law, you’ll need to grow some real ba
The Underdog Billionaire Chapter 24: Divided Loyalty
“Why did you do that?”“Do what?”“Marry Diamond. I told you to call off your engagement with her and you went and married her instead. What is wrong with you?”“I don’t have to take instructions from you and I don’t owe you an explanation about how I choose to live my life.”“You have made the biggest mistake of your life by marrying that girl. You practically walked right into Zeus’ trap.”“Excuse me?”“You heard me right, Jake. You’ve fucked up.”“Are you going to explain what you’re rambling about or not? I’ve got a ton of work to do today, so please, get to the point or leave my office.”Mamba growled in frustration. “You egotistical idiot. Zeus is about to take away everything that belongs to you and make his daughter the richest widow in the country.”“Are you saying
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Chapter 113: The Underdog Billionaire Lives On…
“In a shocking plot twist, all speculations about Jake Turner, also known as the Underdog Billionaire possibly faking his own death have finally been laid to rest following a confession from his former PA, Gregory Lowe, who has admitted in a social media post to being the brain behind the leaked emails. “According to Lowe, he conceived the idea after months of battling with emotional instability due to a terrible break-up that he never recovered from. He created deep fake emails and posted them to gain attention and create excitement in what he has described as a boring life.“The story is still developing and we have with us in the studio a behavioural analyst who will break down this topic and – “Pierce flipped a button on the remote control and the TV went dead instantly. He swung his swivel chair around to face Jake on the desktop computer screen where he’d been watching the news report f
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Chapter 112: Anonymous Revealed
As Pierce already predicted, the hacker sent Jake another email two days after the viral leak, threatening to reveal Jake’s location. And as if that wasn’t bad enough, he had doubled his fee and was now demanding 200 million dollars.“This is ridiculous,” Jake laughed after reading the email. He showed it to Shadow a.k.a Fransisco, and he too laughed.“What an idiot.”“I hope Pierce is wrong about his suspicion though. It would break my heart if he’s right.”“At this point in your life, nothing should surprise you anymore. I could even be your enemy.”“Please, don’t be. Let me have at least one human being that I can trust.”Shadow smiled. “I’m just kidding. I value loyalty and integrity above everything else in life.”“That’s refreshing to know.”“I better go out and catch us some fish for dinner. We do
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Chapter 111: Confusion Everywhere
On the seventh day after Jake received that dreadful email from the anonymous hacker, a troll account on IG released several pages of what was purported to be emails sent from Jake Turner’s email account since his death.Several media outlets and online bloggers were tagged in the post and within minutes, the news was everywhere. The Underdog Billionaire might still be alive after all.Pierce was hounded by press people who stormed his villa and camped outside the Turner Group office building, demanding answers to this explosive revelation. Even the CIA wanted in on the details.“Is it true that your boss is still alive?” Tessa Sanders asked him over the phone.“I am just as surprised as everyone else,” he lied.“But you’ve been communicating with him. Everyone has read the leaked emails and I’m made to believe that they are authentic.”“Is that so? Then it means someone is imperson
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Chapter 110: Hacked
“I’ve got some not-so-good news for you,” Pierce said gravely.“What is it?” Jake asked eagerly.“Your wife is selling the Hawaii mansion and relocating to Japan with James.”“What? Why? Is she broke already?”“I don’t think so. I guess after that tragic incident that happened at her party last month and the ensuing negative media coverage, she has decided that it’s time for a change of scene.”“That’s a rather drastic move.”“I agree. Victoria is pretty upset about this. She doesn’t want her brother to be taken away from her but there’s nothing any of us can do to stop it.”“Damn… even if something happens to Meg, her family will step in and take care of James. The only way we can get him back is to prove beyond reasonable doubt that her family is unfit to care for him.”“That’s
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Chapter 109: Enemies And Allies
Megumi’s case against Pierce was thrown out of court because the law supports the provisions made in Jake’s will regarding how the Turner estate is to be divided and who can be Victoria’s legal guardian.The same thing happened with Jude Weiss and members of The Association who had crawled out of their holes to try to rock the Turner Group boat with hopes that something would come out.It had been six months since the fatal explosion that supposedly took Jake Turner’s life and the world was starting to move on quickly. The CIA finally beams their searchlight on Irina, tasking her to produce her boss in exchange for a commuted sentence.The offer was way too juicy for her to pass up, so she agreed. Unfortunately, she never lived to deliver her end of the deal.She was shot in the head by a long-range sniper at the airport as she was being escorted onto the flight that would take her to Finland. She died instantly and her killer was
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Chapter 108: Present Day
“That’s incredible!” Victoria gasped after Jake had finished speaking. “So, it’s really you. You’re alive.”“Yes, Vicky. I’m alive,” Jake replied with an apologetic smile.Victoria’s eyes misted and she reached forward to embrace her father. He wrapped her in his arms and let her weep on his chest.Even he was overcome with emotion. It felt good to be reunited with his daughter.“I am so sorry for deceiving you like that,” he said softly as she continued to cry. “It was the only way to make sure that I could escape from Hawaii without being discovered.”She broke the embrace and nodded slowly. “I understand. You did what you had to do to protect yourself.”“You’re wiser than your age.”“You’re braver than you look.”“What about Megumi? Are you going to tell her the truth?”
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Chapter 107: Flashback
San Fransisco, three months ago…“What you’re asking me to do is not impossible, but the time frame for its execution makes it seem… undoable.”“I’ll quadruple your fee if you can get it done in 24 hours.”The Ferret’s eyes widened slightly. His services didn’t come cheap, so earning four times that amount on a single job was too juicy to pass up.“If I may ask, why the urgency?”Jake shrugged. “Many people want me dead anyway, so I might as well beat them to it.”“You have an army of bodyguards to protect you. So why did you choose this drastic option instead?”“Do you want the job or not?”“I’m just curious.”“Don’t be. Pierce told me you’re very discreet. I hope that’s true.”The Ferret looked insulted. “Of course, I am discreet. I just like
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Chapter 106: The Truth
Victoria was silent throughout the boat ride. She was thankful for the noisy boat engine that made normal conversation impossible.The boat rider sat in front of them and looked straight ahead. Victoria wondered if the elderly man spoke English.Would he help her if she told him now that her father’s PA was kidnapping her and taking her to an unknown destination? Or was the man in on the plot?The ride took over an hour and by the time they reached their first stop, the sky was dark. They stopped on an island that was anything but secret.The place was alive with tourists and locals dancing to music, eating, drinking and laughing loudly. Gregory led her past the noise to a beach on the other end of the small island.They got into another boat and began another silent ride across the ocean. At this point, Victoria lost all hopes of ever getting found.Not even the FBI can track her to this remote destination. She should’ve probabl
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Chapter 105: Secret Island
“So… where are we going?”“Indonesia.”“For real? I’ve never been there before!” Victoria said excitedly.“Me too but I’m looking forward to exploring the place,” Gregory replied with equal enthusiasm.For the first time since her father died, Victoria did not feel that heavy weight of grief that constantly clouded her thoughts. For once, she felt eager and excited to see what the rest of the day would bring.The only thing she found odd about this trip was that Uncle Pierce had insisted that they travel without any of the bodyguards. She never went anywhere without them since her kidnapping, and she felt a bit nervous about not having them around this time.It didn’t matter that they were flying in one of her dad’s private jets. Not having an armed guard nearby just in case something unexpected happened, didn’t quite sit well with her.She could only
