Benjamin Knox's Rise to Riches

Chapter 8

“Benjamin, have you lost your mind?!” The director rushed over. “Are you really trying to kill Mr. Tyrone?!”

Benjamin loosened his hand and turned around, looking at the director in the eye, finally giving Max the chance to escape. 

At this point, there was now a crowd watching the scene. The whole situation was unfolding at the main gate after all. There was no way it wouldn't attract a large audience.

“Oh my goodness!” Alexa exclaimed as approached Andrew. She had actually called the director earlier in case this idiot Benjamin would do anything crazy. Turned out she was right.

“Oh, baby, you look a mess.” She then glared at Benjamin before turning a pitiful expression in the director's way. “Sir, thank the great goodness that you came on time! You saw it yourself! This madman was about to start another fight!”

“Sir” Andrew didn't waste time taking full advantage of this situation. “He suddenly came after me, assaulting me for no reason. "It must be because he had been suspended for his unruly behaviour earlier, so he's taking this as some sort of revenge. Please, director, I'm gonna need you to bring this matter to justice and expel that crazy man. If he remains here based on a brief suspension, I'm afraid of what will happen to me once he comes back. What about Alexa? What would he do to her this time? He was suspended for being a stalker then, so what if he does worse to her?”

Alexa gladly put on an act as well. “Director, Benjamin is unhinged. He has always been like that, but now, he's gotten even worse.” She put on the facade of a weak and vulnerable young woman, garnering more pity from the director. “Sir, neither I nor Andrew are gonna be safe as long as that lunatic is still admitted in this school. Please, you need to expel him immediately.”

“Damn it.” Max whispered out with frustration written all over his face. “This is really bad, Ben.” He whispered into his best friend's ear. “Those two are shamelessly using this against you.”

Benjamin's gaze coldly remained on Andrew's face. The image of that pompous bastard spitting on his grandmother was still fresh in his mind, creating heavy waves of anger within him.

“No, it's not like that, director!” Benjamin's grandmother could no longer take the accusations that Andrew and Alexa were hailing at her grandson. “Sir, these two….they antagonised my boy, or else, he would have never done that.” She began tearing up while shaking her head. “My…My Benjy is not the kind of person these two described him as. I'm his grandmother. I raised that boy by myself, so I know him best. He's not that kind of person at all.”

The director sneered lightly while trying to look as unbiased as possible. “Mrs. Knox, when I arrived here, was your grandson looking like he was about to jump on Mr. Tyrone and beat him up, and yet, you're telling me that he's not the violent madman that he's made out to be?”

“No, no!” Mrs. Knox shook her head even harder as the tears began falling. “You misunderstand us Sir, really.” She joined her two palms together. “My grandson is a really good boy. Please, do not suspend him.”

“Grandma, please, stop.” Benjamin could no longer take this and he gently moved his grandmother away from the director. “Of all the people to try and reason with, this director should be the last person.”

“Mr. Knox!” The director couldn't believe what he had just heard.

Even Andrew and Alexa were stunned beyond words.

Still, Benjamin didn't care at all. He knew that the director was already on Andrew's side mostly due to his powerful background. This shameless director was simply on the side of power.

The director was almost shaking with anger at this point. “Mr. Knox, perhaps I should really expel you for what I witnessed you doing today. Lately, you've been proving to be more troublesome than I ever expected.And you actually have the guts to try and bully Mr. Tyrone?” He pointed at Andrew. “Do you have any idea of the amount this family gives to this university in donations alone?”

He then raised both palms, spreading all ten fingers. “$1 millon. The Tyrone family donates $1 million to this university. And no, it's not a one-time thing. They've been donating that much annually for the past four years now.”

The crowd gasped when they heard this, murmuring at how greatly benevolent the Tyrone family was. 

1 million a year? Is that a lot?

Benjamin smirked, he had 3 billion in his black card now. 

If it were yesterday, he might have given in to this pressure of power and money once again, but today was different.

From now on, he no longer had to bow weakly to anyone. He could protect his family now!

"Darling, look at him. Still pretending to be cool. How funny!" Alexa glanced at Benjamin, who stood frozen in place, and smiled at Andrew.

Director Thorpe stared at Benjamin openly with disdain. “Now, what have you contributed to this university?” He pointed a finger at the young student. “$1 million is far from easy, and I can say that this is an amount that you'll never be able to amass in your lifetime, especially with this unruly behaviour of yours.”

The crowd gave a mixture of “Oooh” and mocking laughter at the director's words. Most of them felt like he deserved this, as they currently see him as the villain in this situation.

Unfortunately for the director, Benjamin wasn't fazed by the amount he had just called out. 

Director Thorpe cleared his throat and glanced at Benjamin with with a disdainful look. “Now, Mr. Know, I believe it is only proper that you apologise to Mr. Tyrone and beg for his forgiveness.”

“And why should I apologise?” Benjamin finally worded his state of mind, surprising everyone.

“If you're licking his ass because his family donates $1 million annually, then I’ll donate ten times that amount to the school right now,” He said coldly, pointing a finger at Andrew Tyrone. “The condition is - Expel him from this university, effective immediately!”