Benjamin Knox's Rise to Riches

Chapter 1

[What's up, Hot stuff. I'm currently alone at my dorm. Get here as soon as you can, okay? I can't wait to have an amazing night with you. ]

Benjamin Knox - a tall young man with a lean but well-toned build - stood right outside the dormitory of his girlfriend. He was currently in an excited state as he checked his cheap phone for the tenth time, reading the text message his lover had sent him earlier today.

“Could Alexa possibly be talking about something entirely different? Am I misinterpreting this text?” Benjamin whispered his scepticism to himself, as he still couldn't believe this.

Alexa, his girlfriend, had never invited him to her place before. More so, she has never agreed to have sex with him before. She wouldn't even agree to making their relationship public. Though Benjamin had never minded all that, believing that Alexa probably had her reasons. He had been willing to take care of her as best as he could, even giving her most of his salaries saved up from his several part-time jobs. 

Benjamin calmed his excited heart as much as possible before he began to ascend the floors, heading straight to his girlfriend's apartment.

His mind couldn't stop creating scenarios of how his gorgeous girlfriend would meet him by the entrance. 

The closer Benjamin got to the dorm apartment, the more he couldn't control his excitement. They were finally about to take their relationship a step further.

Minutes later, Benjamin now stood in front of Alexa's apartment. 

“Oooh, right there. Oooh!”

“Mmmh! Do you like that, Baby?”

“Uhhh, yes! I like that a lot. Don't stop baby.”

Just as he was about to knock, he heard the sounds that made his heart freeze up.

No, it can't be Alexa! 

It must be her roommate. He had heard from Alexa that her annoying roommate often took her boyfriend back. 

He took a deep breath, trying to calm down.

“By the way, did you make sure that I get the scholarship this year? You know there's only one spot, and I want it for myself.”

Bomb!

Hearing the voice, he felt like hearing his heart broken.

It was her!

A masculine voice chuckled. “Don't worry; you know my dad donates large sum of money to the university annually. All I need to do is make one phone call to the authorities to secure the slot for you only. No one else would be able to get it. ”

Benjamin felt his heart sink further into his stomach as he recognized the man's voice - Andrew Tyrone.

He is the most wealthy student in the university, the son of a powerful family in the city. Despite his rich background though, Andrew had a bad reputation in terms of romance especially.

He was discovered to have once forced his pregnant girlfriend in the past to have an abortion. The girl didn't want to, so in order to get rid of her, Andrew paid someone to beat her up until it resulted in her miscarriage. However, the after effects were quickly settled by his father.

Benjamin could only soak in the bitterness as his brain put together the pieces. He really didn't expect his girlfriend, Alexa, to willingly chose Andrew, of all people, just for the scholarship.

He was now fighting the strong urge to kick this door in right away, and that was when he heard his name from Andrew's mouth.

“The awarders were originally going to give it to that fucking loser, Benjamin Knox, due to his excellent grades and overall exceptional performance academically. But then I asked my father to grab the quota for me instead.” There was a dismissive tone in his voice, showing that he didn't care how this affected Benjamin.

He then heard a light gasp from Alexa before Andrew spoke to her.

“What? Oh, don't tell me you feel sorry for that guy.”

Alexa sneered at this. “Are you kidding? I've wanted to get rid of that poverty-stricken guy for a long time now. I only agreed to be with him just because he was persistent, and even quite good to me. Plus, he was willing to work hard for me. Even though I've been with him for a year, I wouldn't even get in the same bed with him.” She sighed. “It didn't even take me long to see him as the bastard he truly is. He doesn't even know who his parents are. He was raised by that cleaner he has for a grandmother. Such a filthy person is not worthy of me at all.”

Hearing the conversation to this point, Benjamin's eyes were glistening as he tightened his fist with anger. 

True to Alexa’s words, he was raised by his grandmother, never knowing the identity of his real parents. This was the biggest pain in his heart and he rarely mentioned it to others, only trusting Alexa with it, and yet, his trust was betrayed.

“Unbelievable, I never thought he had such a pathetic background.” Andrew spoke with a belittling tone. “Even if his mother had him with a street dog, he should know who his father was.”

That bastard! 

Benjamin's blood was boiling as he heard this. How dare he insult his parents like that!

Gritting his teeth, he kicked the door open.

“Fucking hell, Benjamin!”