The payback of Jeremy Xavier

4

Jeremy stared into space, the weight of his life’s recent blows pressing heavily on him. Today, he had discovered his wife’s infidelity, found out she was pregnant, lost his home, and was fired from his job—all in a single day.

The sadness in his heart was overwhelming.

From his pocket, he took out a small box containing a necklace he’d bought for Hailey’s upcoming birthday. He had worked day and night to afford this $400 necklace, wanting her to feel cherished. Now, the irony made him sick, because of her, he had just lost his job and had his reputation had just been damaged. His hand trembled as he opened the box, looking at the delicate chain he had once thought would symbolize his love.

He regretted ever buying her that necklace, he could have used that money for something practical—to chip away at his mounting debt, and now he has lost his job, his only source of living, but instead, he’d poured himself into a gift for someone who had thrown him away

“Hailey, you will regret this! I promise to make you and that scumbag pay!” he muttered in pain through gritted teeth.

His mind was shrouded in disappointment, anger, and betrayal.

He knew his days at Mark’s place, where he was currently staying, were numbered.

How was he going to survive? What was going to happen to him? No one would want to employ someone with a tarnished reputation.

He let out a heavy sigh and muttered, “What a life!”

After a while, his phone vibrated in his hand. He looked over to see an unknown number on the screen.

Who could be calling him at such a bad time? He didn’t bother to answer—whoever it was could go to hell. His life was already messed up, and he wasn’t ready for more trouble.

However, the call persisted.

On the fourth ring, Jeremy looked at the phone angrily and, with a low growl, finally answered, “Hello!”

“Mr. Jeremy! You finally decided to pick up your phone—thank goodness!” a young voice exclaimed with joy and relief.

Mr. Jeremy? It was rare for anyone to address him by his full name. He was completely dazed. They must be kidding! “Who are you?” he asked, baffled.

“You are my boss, We’ve been trying to reach out to you since yesterday.”

Boss? That had to be a scammer. Only scammers would call and try to disguise themselves as business professionals or mutter such nonsense.

Jeremy felt his blood turn cold. He usually ignored scammers, but because this came at the wrong time, he would definitely give him a earful, “Let me get something straight—aren’t you tired of scamming people? What do you want with me? To scam me too? I don’t have money! I have nothing left to be scammed off!’

“Mr. Xavier, please listen to me…”

“You listen to me! Don’t you ever call this number again, understand?” he interrupted before angrily hanging up.

He returned to his thoughts of having no idea what to do with his life.

As he tried to have a quiet moment but his phone continued to ring, with the same perceived scammer.

He thought about blocking the caller, but what was the point? Maybe he would vent his problems since there was no one else to listen to him. He took his phone and picked up the call again.

“Mr. Jeremy, you have to listen to me, please!” the voice on the other end said calmly.

“You have to listen to me too! I found my wife cheating on me today! She wasn’t just cheating; I found out she was pregnant. She manipulated a video claiming I assaulted her, and now I’ve lost my job, no one would employ me. Trust me, I know you’re trying to scam me, but I have absolutely nothing left to be scammed! I am broke and i am living under a friend's roof with no house of mine!” Jeremy lamented.

He felt a heavy weight lift off his chest as if the lamenting has done something better to him

Just as he was about to hang up, the caller said, “Mr. Jeremy, you have suffered a lot. It might interest you to know that you are not a poor loser. You are one of the noblest people in the world. I will transfer one hundred million dollars to your account once I get off this call. Use it to solve your problems first.”

Jeremy scoffed, who the hell would sudden call a random number saying they were from a noble family in the world and promising to transfer such a huge amount to thier number, was this a fantasy world? "Look, please stop this nonsense you are spouting ok? I'm in no mood for jokes and get the hell out of the line!" Jeremy yelled before cutting the phone.

"What psychopath, me? One of the noblest people in the world? One hundred million dollars? That’s ridiculous! That man must be insane!” he muttered in disbelief.

Suddenly, Jeremy’s phone vibrated, and the screen lit up again.

A message popped up in the middle of the cracked screen, it read, “Bank Account, ********13455 just got credited with $100,000,000”