The bank manager walked towards them, his face filled with incomprehension.
“What are you doing gathered here? Are we in the court of the petro king? This is a bank and not a show shop." he said angry.
The employee rushed to answer him "hello sir! It's this gentleman dressed like a tramp, he claims to have a certified card sticking out for the others, he's the one who created all this scandal" she said, fingering Richard.
She hastened to tell him because she was afraid of being fired.
The bank manager turned and looked at Richard with a curious air "sir, it was you who caused all this?"
"Yes sir it's him! Guard, please step outside" the clerk said hastily.
"Sir, I didn't cause anything, I came here to know the balance of my account and withdraw money but this lady refuses to offer me these services" Richard said annoyed.
"Sir ask him to show you his card and you will see for yourself" the employee explained looking at him.
When she said that, Johnathan added "yes Richard show us your junk card". He wanted to ridicule Richard.
"Sir give me your card" the manager said looking at Richard haughtily. The bank manager was intrigued by Richard which is why he didn't want to talk to him badly and rush him.
Richard took his card out of his pocket and handed it to the bank manager who took it and stared at it for a moment, then the expression on his face changed to favorable and he said respectfully "sir we are so sorry to have kept you waiting Please excuse us!” He then turned to the employee and said in an authoritative tone “miss please apologize to this gentleman quickly, he is one of our biggest customers”.
The employee and Johnathan were shocked and surprised by what they had just heard. Not just them everyone in the room. How could the bank manager, a rich and powerful man, address a tramp like Richard with such respect?
"Miss quickly apologize to this gentleman, don't you know he can get you fired?" growled the director.
The employee was still in shock, she walked towards Richard and said shyly and with a lowered look "I'm sorry sir, it was a mistake it won't happen again"
Richard smiled and accepted his apology and then turned to Johnathan who was making a fun face in his surprise.
"I was right! So you have to do what I'm going to ask you" Richard said with a mischievous smile. He intended to have Johnathan kneel before him and apologize and also drop the idea of winning Hellen back.
"No, this is all ridiculous, and what proves to me that the headmaster isn't in cahoots with you?" Johnathan said desperately.
He refused to believe that Richard was rich, much richer than him. How could Richard be rich and allow himself to be abused by the Travison family? How could he be rich and live off his wife? It was insane. He refused to believe her nonsense.
"Anyway I knew you weren't going to agree to do what I was going to ask you to do, you're just a poor cheater Johnathan" Richard said mockingly.
Johnathan snorted and swore angrily "How dare you call me a cheater? You are the cheater here. I will never do what you tell me to do poor man."
Richard couldn't help but laugh seeing Johnathan's face, he was really ridiculous at that moment.
"The poor man here is you Johnathan. You saw it yourself that I have a card certified higher than yours so you owe me respect now" Richard said proud of him.
"Respect my ass! Motherfucker. Fuck you idiot. I'm going to get revenge" Johnathan said angrily before leaving the bank. He told of revenge for this humiliation and affront.
Richard smiled and shook his head, he was happy with himself, he had just humiliated Johnathan, and given him a great lesson in life that he will never forget which was: You don't judge someone by their looks or their accoutrement, but by his deeds and posed actions.
"Sir, come, I'll take care of you personally," the manager said, leading him into a VIP room. They left under the overwhelmed gaze of the people present in the room, they were all shocked, none of them dared to say a single word.
Once in the room, Richard was amazed by what he saw and what he smelled, a delicate smell of perfume was felt in the room. It was very large, luxurious and chic, there were diamond chandeliers on the ceiling, the tiles on the floor were golden, princely style chairs with golden colored tablecloths on the tables, the furniture was made of ebony, and the walls were very well painted.
"Sir please sit down while I check your account balance" the manager politely told him where to sit.
richards sat down and continued to look around the room, he had never seen so much luxury in his life and said he believed the Travison family had a lot of money.
The manager went to a counter at the back of the room, ran his card through a machine, then typed notes into his computer for about five minutes, then returned to Richard with a smile on his face. When Richard saw him coming towards him, he stood up.
"sir your card contains five billion dollars". The manager told him respectfully.
Richard's joy was at its maximum at this time, until now he still believed that he was dreaming that he was now a billionaire but there, the bank manager had just confirmed it to him. He thanked the bank manager, took his card and left the VIP room.
When he crossed the hall of the bank, all eyes were on him, everyone was still in shock, Richard was smiling inwardly because he had just given them a good lesson in life.
Once out of the bank, he jumped for joy, quickly descended the stairs and unleashed his bicycle, heading for the Travison villa.
He pedaled while miming the words of a song that his parents liked to sing to him when he was little, which brought back some memories of his childhood, he missed his parents a lot, he felt a void in him. A tear escaped his eyes and crashed on the handlebars of his bike and in that moment he knew he would never forgive his grandfather, even if he wanted to, he would never get there.Another tear fell and he quickly wiped it away with the back of his hand. Then he began to think about how he was going to give Hellen the money, if he had to tell him that he was now rich or he had to hide it. He was so absorbed in his thoughts that he didn't see a car speeding towards him. He looked up and saw the car rushing towards him, he avoided it at the last second."You bastard! Motherfucker! Can't you watch where you're going? What are you doing on a road like this with a bike?" The angry car driver insulted him before continuing on his way.Richard didn't even pay attention to him, he didn't eve
She turned to face him, looked at him in amazement, then laughed so hard that everyone in the house heard her laugh. Richard didn't understand why what he had said amused her so much. He was very serious, and what he said was true.Elena stormed into the bedroom . Seeing her,Hellen stopped laughing and looked serious."Honey what's going on? Why are you laughing so hard? We hear you all over the villa" Elena asked, frowning."Sorry mum! Richard was telling me such funny jokes, I couldn't help but laugh." Lied Hellen, because she couldn't tell her mother the truth, that Richard had just told her he was a billionaire. How would she react? She would surely have thought Richard was crazy, and that was going to get him in more trouble than he already has.Elena wasn't totally convinced by what she had just said, but didn't insist at the risk of offending her and making her no longer want to go out with Mr Eliott. Such the materialist that she was, she only thought about money. She smiled
Hellen spoke, which snapped him out of his thoughts"Harley invited me, she asked me to come accompanied and since mom, dad, Emerald and Solomon are at grandma's, so there is only you to accompany me".Richard was disappointed to be his last choice."Who will be at this party?" He asked with a raised eyebrow. He didn't want to have any bad surprises, already being in the same place as Sarah was going to be difficult for him and if we added more of Hellen's friends it was going to be hell for him."I don't know, probably lots of our other friends," she said disinterestedly."I have to go? I mean you know your friends don't like me especially Sarah.""Believe me, I don't want it any more than you do. But if you don't, it's fine, I'll manage to find someone else" she says, turning to leave the laundry room, hoping that he will stop her and that's what he did."It's okay, no need, I'll go with you" he said in spite of himself."Okay! Great get ready, we're leaving in an hour" she said befo
Chapter 10Harley didn't believe what she had just heard, then she asked aloud, "How come it's so expensive? Didn't you make a mistake?"The waiter frowned, handed her the bill, saying, "Check the bill yourself. The lady next to you just ordered braised A5 meat which costs $10,000..."Hearing the server's words, everyone jumped and then looked at Lynseh, who was sitting next to Sarah. She had just finished her meat.Everyone looked at her. Lynseh panicked and instinctively paled. "I...I didn't know this meat was so expensive...Harley, I'm sorry..." she apologized.Harley said fiercely, "Your apologies won't help now...I only have about 10,000 fucking dollars..."After a moment of silence, Harley gritted her teeth, looked at everyone, and said, "Well...could someone have some money on hand? Help me pay the bill, and I I'll give it to you later."Hearing this, everyone checked their wallets. Linsey said she didn't take any money with her. Sarah took out about 1000 dollars. Hellen and Dy
Chapter 11:"What? What's the matter?" He asked her. Fear crept into his voice."Richard what the fuck is your problem! Why can't you hold your tongue?" Hellen asked trying to be as calm as possible.When Hellen spoke trying to be calm, nothing was right and Richard knew it."I don't understand you, what did I do?" Richard really didn't understand what she meant. What else had he done this time? He had behaved well these last few days, hadn't he?"Don't play that with me, you know what you did." She said raising the tone of her voice."But..." She cut him off before he finished speaking."Shut up and follow me!" She said before leaving the room.Richard wanted to ask a question but refrained, he knew it was only going to make the situation worse, he just followed her without flinching. At this moment, he asked himself a thousand and one questions.What had he done?Where were they going?Was it something serious?Her heart pounding, Hellen headed for the matriarch Mrs. Travison's hous
Richard frowned and widened his eyes not understanding where she was coming from. She wanted a deal with him? What deal? And with him Richard? That was a good joke."What? Did I say something wrong?" Emerald asked him, not understanding his astonishment."Tell me what do you want?" Richard asked in a cold tone."Oh oh! Stop! Here I'm the one asking the questions and you just answer them, okay?" She said, looking at him with contempt.Richard looked at her and said nothing."Okay I guess you understood, as I was saying earlier, I would like to make a deal with you" she stopped, looked at him before continuing "I would like you to be my courier and in exchange I will do my best to that we keep you in this house, so of course you do what I tell you without complaining. No need to thank me, I know I'm a girl with a big heart" she said this last sentence with stars in her eyes .She had a cult of her personality, so how could a naughty girl like her said she had a big heart? No, but who w
Chapter 13"I'm a bil..." He was about to finish his sentence when he suddenly saw someone appear in front of him and rush towards Sarah and give her a resounding slap.Paaaf!"Ouch!" Sarah yelled inexorably as the pain of the speaker paralyzed her in her seat. Indelible fingerprints had tattooed his face.“You better shut up, you fool! Try to put your paws on him again and you'll see.” Mr. Robert stared hard at Sarah and her companions with gravely frowning eyebrows.Richard was in shock, not a word could come out of his mouth. Was it really Mr. Robert? And what was he doing there?Sarah and her acolytes were initially appalled, but after coming to her senses, she stood up and growled like an angry lion, "Who are you? How dare you slap me? You don't know we don't hit a wife? Do you know who I am? My dad is the CEO of Paper Enterprise. If my dad finds out you hit me, you'll die like a dog.""She's right, who do you think you are? How dare you hit her? You better apologize when there's
Chapter 14He entered the villa and found her in front of the door tapping her feet on the ground which meant that she was angry. He advanced towards her."Good evening..." She cut him off "keep your greetings to yourself where's my package?" she asked holding out her right hand."I… Err… That's…" Richard stammered, not knowing what to say.He was still not going to tell him what had happened."What? Wait! Don't tell me you misplaced or stole my package" she asked, getting dangerously close to Richard."No! I waited a long time at the Drink bar and then Sarah came with her band to me..." She cut him off."Is that all you found to be a lie?" She asked angrily "I contacted the guy in question and he said he gave you the package".Richard was surprised, he had seen no man and had received no package. But what was Emerald talking about?"You're a liar Richard, I'm going to do anything to get you out of this house, you idiot!"The day after,Richard was washing clothes for the whole family