Benjamin sharply turned around, sure that he wasn't the one being referred to. But there was no one behind him.
The old man hurried to his side and grabbed his hand, squeezing it tightly as he inspected Benjamin's face. “You look just like him. God, you look just like my son.” The man whispered, entranced by Benjamin's presence. Benjamin felt a bit creeped out and tried to extricate his hand from the man's. “Excuse me… I don't understand what's going on here. If you don't mind explaining?” Benjamin kept trying to put some distance between them. The old man cleared his throat, regaining his composure as he saw Benjamin's uncomfortable state. He smiled at him and then turned to return to his seat. “You are my grandson, Benjamin. ” The man stated proudly to the whole room. Benjamin's eyebrows raised and he looked round the room at the other individuals present— Herbert and the guards — and how they didn't look entirely surprised by the statement. Ben couldn't help but give a mocking laugh,“Is this some sort of prank?
“Not at all, my boy.” “What do you mean I'm your grandson? You can't just pick a random stranger from the street and decide that he's your grandson. I know nothing about you and I'm a hundred percent sure I'm not in any way related to you.” The man chuckled.“Never say never, young man. Listen, I'm Hunter Whiteridge and I've got very reliable intel that you're my long lost grandson.”
"What?!"
Benjamin was in shock at the name he just heard. The Whiteridge family was well known as the most powerful family in the country. He couldn't believe he was in their presence. There was just no way. Hunter signalled to Herbert. “Show him the papers.” Herbert bowed. “Right away, Sir.” Benjamin watched the man who brought him here walk out of the room only to return less than a minute later, handing over a document to him. He cautiously read through this document and he was shocked to find that it was a DNA result, with him being one of the samples being matched. “Wait…I don't…..” Benjamin was rightfully lost for words. “Allow me to explain, my boy.” Hunter was expecting this reaction from his grandson. “Your identity has been known to me for a while, along with some other people around your age who we assumed could be my grandchild, so I had DNA samples secretly extracted from all of you.” He then pointed at William. “And out of everyone, yours was the undeniable match. So yes, Benjamin, you really are my grandson.” “But my parents! How….my grandma told me that my parents died in an accident, at a time where I was too young to even remember. She had to raise me all by myself, and I never got to meet them.” Hunter nodded with a slight frown. “That's true. Your parents did die in an unfortunate accident. Following that, we lost you, unable to find you no matter where we searched. It's been years since I've been searching for you, Benjamin. Your mother lost her life after giving birth to you. As for your father, my son, he was inflicted with a heart attack after hearing the news of his wife.” The sadness in his eyes was very evident. “He didn't make it.” Benjamin felt his whole body racing at this point, as he struggled to calm himself. “Sir, I don't…. How is this possible? None of this makes any sense.” The old man refused to leave him though. This is the sole person he had been looking for forever. “It's alright. I'll help you understand. Right now, you need to know your heritage. Who you truly are.” A few minutes later, the group found themselves in Hunter's private office. Benjamin is seated on the only two chairs facing Hunter across the wide office desk. Hunter Whiteridge seemed to now be glowing as he sat up straight with a radiant smile as he stared at his newfound grandson. “Benjamin, as the grandson of this family, you are not aware of how deep our wealth and influence runs, so I will fill you in.” He allowed a moment to pass as he nodded at Herbert, who then walked towards the old man. Herbert began typing away at the laptop on the office desk before turning the screen towards Benjamin. Benjamin was confused for a moment as he read through the information being displayed on the screen. Within seconds though, he realised what he was looking at and his eyes widened in shock. “This?! It says that the Whiteridge family owns two hundred of the top five hundred companies in the world. Each of these companies range in net worths between $300 billion to $1.9 trillion.” Benjamin gasped, placing a hand over his chest. He had always known this family was incredibly wealthy, but knowing the exact value provided an extra layer of clarity that understandably leaves the mind astounded. “That's not all though.” Hunter proudly brought Benjamin's attention back to the laptop. “Keep reading.” Benjamin did just this and he was still left in awe. “The Whiteridge also owns the major shares in other two hundred companies. This….this is absolutely insane!” He looked back up at his grandfather. “These assets span across many conglomerates in the country. This family basically controls the stock of the country!” Hunter's smile dwindled slightly at the dazed expression on his grandson's face. “Benjamin, I understand that this is all a bit much right now. But seeing as I don't have very much time left on this earth, I have yearned to have you back so you can take over this empire for me.”
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Benjamin went down to his fake office on the basement floor of his mansion. There, he walked inside to find Uriel seated.The older man had been discharged from the Health-Bind Hospital for a while now and was currently feeling much better.“Uriel, I didn't expect you to come to visit me so suddenly. You could have just called, and would have heard over to your house instead.”Uriel was now living with his family in Sunspot Estate as Benjamin's neighbor. Though, Benjamin made sure to put quite a distance between their residence as he wanted to give both sides a bit of privacy.Uriel raised an eyebrow as he watched Benjamin sit across the desk.“What's wrong? You don't want me or my family seeing your house or something?”Benjamin chuckled as he shook his head in reply.“That's not the case. If I didn't want you to come visit me, I would have moved your family to a mansion outside Sunspot Estate. I just didn't want you straining your body when you're still going through mobile therapy
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Anthony cleared his throat.“At the risk of getting myself in trouble, I do think that Miss Hearts has a point. Now that you're openly declaring your loyalty to Miss Scott, you need to avoid getting entangled with other women, especially one as venomous as Alexa Dove.”Benjamin sighed as he turned his body to Anthony.“But I didn't even accept any one of Alexa's advances. So how can you guys accuse me of being disloyal?”Anthony scratched the back of his head.“Well, Young Master Benjamin, you still allowed her to touch your body, and she even left a hickey on your neck. Miss Hearts was just getting defensive for her best friend who is still in a coma.”Benjamin frowned slightly.“I was just letting Alexa see that no matter how hard she flirted with me, I would never go against my decision and sleep with someone my heart no longer belonged to. That snake has always believed that I would forever be wrapped around her fingers. I wanted her to see my body refusing to get turned on despi
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After that encounter with Alexa, she tried multiple times to get Benjamin to fuck her, but thiscatrenpt failed every time. It even got to the point that Olivia bitch slapped her before threatening to expose her recent interest in Benjamin to Andrew.Hearing this, Alexa had no choice but to momentarily suffer this defeat. Despite her current rocky relationship with Andrew, they still haven't officially broken up. If he found out that Alexa was begging Benjamin for sex and intimacy like she was a thirsty horse, he would definitely not let her go unpunished.Also, Alexa was scared that her new relationship with Andrew's older brother, Solomon Tyrone, would break before it even solidified.After all, Benjamin is a dangerous enemy to the entire Tyrone family.This, Alexa had to back off from Benjamin so Alexa doesn't eat her out. Time passed by, and days quickly turned into weeks. During this time, Benjamin took Olivia's harsh tone of advice, and began reevaluating his true feelings for
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Benjamin laughed out loud, the mockery directed at Alexa crystal clear in his eyes.“Listen very carefully. If there's ever going to be a Mrs. Knox, it would be none other than April Scott. She's my one and only girlfriend, and I would easily pick her everyday over an absolute scum of the earth like you.”Alexa was struggling to hold onto her pitiful act, as she was starting to get pissed off by Benjamin's stubbornness.Why was this guy hell-bent on making things hard for her? Why wouldn't he just give in to her coercion already? He wasn't always this resistant to her charms before. So what's going on now?Worry seeped into Alexa's heart as she began to fear that Benjamin might have truly fallen in love with April. The thought of this made her mask start to crack a bit.“Benjamin, what the heck do you mean by this? You want to be with April? You do see that the stupid bitch is in a fucking coma, right? What if it takes a year before she wakes up, huh? What if it takes two years? Unti
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Benjamin would be a fool to believe that Alexa wanted to do the very thing she texted him about.She wanted to talk about the Tyrone brothers. There is something that he doesn't know yet.Benjamin scoffed the longer he thought about it. Still, he had agreed to meet her privately, just to see what she was up to.Classes were over, and he was headed to the deserted classrooms within the faculty. This is one of the spare rooms that's currently undergoing renovation as they were not suitable for lectures right now.On his way to meet Alexa, Benjamin received a text message from his friends.Max: [I don't even know why you're entertaining that scheming bitch in the first place, but he's careful, okay?]Benjamin replied with a smile: [You got it, Dad.]Olivia also sent a text: [I've confirmed that the relationship between Alexa and Andrew is terrible right now. In fact, they both openly cheat with one another these days. I think that snake is trying to get you wrapped around her fingers l
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Uriel was left truly speechless for a while. It took a moment before he could treat any word.“Was it them all along? Then they came to me two weeks later, offering to work for them despite my lack of a license. It's so they can abuse me without worrying that I would leave.”The Den family turned out to be more cruel than Den could have imagined. They practically ruined his life just so they can get cheap-ass labor out of a rare genius. To be honest, most of the unique items that have raised the prestige and net worth of the Den family's gem processing company were mostly due to Uriel's incredible talents.Uriel was so shocked by these revelations that he actually burst out laughing, and yet, the pain was evident on his face.“It's been years, Benjamin. The countless times I would map out locations of rare antiques that even the big bosses of the company aren't capable of finding. But in the end, they get the credit for everything. Their reason was always pointing towards the fact t
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