All Chapters of After three Years in Prison, I Became a Billionaire : Chapter 11
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Chapter 11: Free information
She'd made it halfway to the door before Adrian spoke again."For what it's worth," he said, "the man your family wants you to marry isn't just juggling one fake fiancée. He's spent the better part of a year letting my mother's hospital bills go unpaid, blackmailing nurses to keep quiet about it, and calling her a bottom-feeder over the phone while I stood in the lobby listening."Kathy Morrison stopped with her hand on the door handle.She turned slowly, the anger from a moment ago folding into something closer to disbelief. "You're serious.""I don't joke about my mother." Adrian's voice stayed even, no theatrics in it, just fact laid out plainly. "The marriage he's currently in, on paper, is to a woman named Chloe. I know because until last night, I thought I was married to her too."Kathy's mouth opened, closed, opened again, the kind of absolute shock that didn't have a script ready for it. "That's not possible. My family vetted him. Extensively.""People who are good at lying te
Chapter 12:Old rejection
Skyward Technology's headquarters rose out of the skyline like something built to be looked up at, glass and steel catching the morning light in a way that made every building around it look apologetic by comparison. Adrian had seen it a hundred times in photos over the last three years, always from a distance, always as an abstract number rather than an actual place. Standing in the parking lot now, it felt less like arriving somewhere new and more like finally walking into a life that had been waiting for him the entire time.He walked through rows of cars that got progressively more expensive the closer they sat to the entrance, a small unspoken hierarchy written in chrome and horsepower. Somewhere in there, he knew, sat a spot reserved for him, though he hadn't bothered asking Sarah which one. There'd be time enough to learn the geography of his own company.He was halfway to the entrance when a voice cut across the lot, bright and performative in the particular way that meant it
chapter 13: Entry level
The lobby of Skyward Technology looked exactly like the kind of place that made ordinary problems feel small and far away, marble floors, glass elevators, the low hum of a company that had more money than it knew what to do with. Adrian barely had time to appreciate it before Mandy and Richard caught up, clearly unwilling to let their audience wander off unfinished."You're really just going to stand there gawking?" Mandy's voice carried across the lobby, drawing a few glances from employees crossing toward the elevators. "This is Richard's building, you know. He's practically running the place.""Practically," Richard echoed, chest out, clearly enjoying the word more than the accuracy of it. A few nearby employees exchanged a glance that Richard, wrapped up in his own performance, entirely failed to notice.Adrian said nothing, unbothered, content to let the man dig his own hole one syllable at a time."He's a department head," Mandy added, tightening her grip on Richard's arm like s