2026-06-19 14:12:56It was starting to get dark, Daniel still hadn't found a place to crash for the night. It also looked like it was going to rain.
Clouds turned grey in moments and the eerie feeling of a storm coming made Daniel's skin hair stand. If he couldn't spend out of his wealth then what?
Was he supposed to magically convince someone to just let him crash with them for the night?
Daniel Hayes grew up having no friends, all his life he dedicated it to his studies and grandfather. What many never knew about Daniel is how smart and intelligent he is.
All those years having no friends was the result of it. Except he had a love interest but... he would never consider it as one.
Daniel walked up miles upon miles, before he crashed on a road side bench, dehydrated. Daniel thought of getting a bottle of water but heck no, the legacy system was strict about its rules.
Food, water—Daniel needed them, desperately.
Daniel clicked open his tab and focused his gaze more solely on the wealth bar.
[ Wealth : $ 20,024,517.38 ]
...
Having so much yet unable to spend. Frustration ironed his face but he couldn't show it.
"The system forbids me from spending wealth, and at the same time, it is also playing silly tricks on me." Daniel then touched the wealth tab with his finger. "I hate tricks."
Just then, a downpour started, not too much, not too fast either. More of a signal to everyone to get off the streets while they can.
But not Daniel.
Eitherway, he expanded the wealth tab.
[ Wealth : $ 20,024,517.38 ]
[ New Earnings : $ 20,000,000.00 ]
[ Previous Earnings : $ 100,024,517.38 ]
[ Old Earnings : $ 24, 517. 38 ]
[ Profit share : $ 0 ]
[ Expected Profit : $ 450, 000, 000 ]
...
[ — TRANSACTIONS — ]
[ $80, 000, 000 To Hamilton Rockwell ]
[ $20, 000, 000 To Aurora Ferguson ]
" $ 24, 517..." Daniel made a low hum. "Must be the balance from one of my monthly cash in from Grandpa."
Before Harold Hayes fell sick, Daniel always received monthly allowance from him. This was something all Hayes didn't know.
Daniel never needed to beg his parents for money, they never really cared for him, only his elder brother; Marcus.
Daniel was tagged as the mistake made by two love birds. Yes, Daniel's parents considered him a mistake and because of Harold Hayes, they couldn't terminate the pregnancy.
And when Daniel was born, Harold took care of him till he clocked 18.
Daniel's monthly allowance was enough to slap Hayes on monthly bases.
Daniel's face wrinkled with annoyance. The wealth tab alone was a family tree. He remembered the system warned him not to spend a dime out of his wealth but,
"What if I spend from my old earnings?"
Daniel thought deeply about it, wealth is the total amount of everything in his assets.
But the same wealth had more to it. "I guess we won't know till we find out."
Daniel looked ahead, a motel. Just for the night, he told himself.
He pushed the door open and stepped in, but the moment he did, the downpour became so heavy that Daniel didn't want to look back.
He trailed towards the receptionist box. A young blonde lady sat there pressing her phone. Daniel overlooked her pretty face and tapped a finger to get her attention.
"Oh hi." She greeted him. "How may i—"
"I need a room for the night."
"Oh... right." She stole a glance from the window, seeing the heavy downpour outside. She felt lucky not to be in it.
She worked her fingers around the keyboard while her gaze focused on the screen.
Before a word could leave her lips, the door to the motel pushed open.
A woman staggered in before she pushed the door close. Daniel and the receptionist had eyes on her. None of them expected anyone to come in like that.
At least... Daniel was glad he wasn't the one lookin like that.
The lady in question was soaked all through, her hair plastered her face, make ups smudged beyond fixing. Her black gown clung to her skin revealing curves that men will die for but Daniel didn't take in her curves...
But her breathing, she was gasping, like she had been running for months.
Daniel gaze met hers, desperation lingered within, fear tightened around them.
Who or what was she running from?
She caught her breath and shot a glance at the receptionist as she forced herself towards the box.
"I need a room! now." Her voice was almost breathless as she reached, pushing away wet hairs from her face, her entire body trembling from the cold. "Please hurry, just for the night."
The receptionist wrinkled with confusion, the boy over there too wanted a room for the night and he seemed more than capable to pay, he wouldn't be stupid to have walked into a motel thinking he'd be able to get a room for the night with a thousand bucks right?
Actually, Daniel had planned to use the twenty four thousand for the motel, little did he know that it wasn't going to be enough.
The receptionist heaved a sigh, barely looking at her, "I'm sorry ma'am but we've only got—"
"I honestly don't care about what you have." She interrupted, "Please! I just need a room for the night, I can't go back out there."
Her voice was shaky, her body was trembling, deep down, Daniel felt she needed a room more than him but, the system and its mind games.
Daniel still couldn't help with the alluring scent from her. Despite being soaked in the rain, her fragrance was sure as hell strong.
Daniel found himself staring for a moment before the receptionist dropped the bomb.
"We only have one room left..."
Daniel's heart dropped into his stomach. For a moment, he had pictured that the motel only had one room left and he would be more than happy to let her have it but all that was just his silly imagination.
"Perfect," She said quickly. "I will take it, how much for the night?"
Daniel felt like saying something but he only heaved a sigh.
"But ma'am... we already have a guest waiting for that room." She gestured at Daniel.
The woman turned her head but saw no one till she set her gaze a bit lower. She had this fearsome height and if there's one thing Daniel fancied about women...
... is their heights
Her face almost crashed though, like she would start crying her eyes out any minute now.
Daniel felt the urge to say something but she was faster and much more desperate.
"How much for the both of us?" She asked,
Daniel and The receptionist had their jaws dropped. "Both of you?" The receptionist had to be sure,
The woman wiped her face. "Yes, the boy and me." she didn't even need to make any form of gesture to him.
"For the same room?" The receptionist adjusted her glasses.
"Yes, what's the price again?"
The receptionist hesitated. "But ma'am, the room only has one bed... it's a room for just one individual."
The woman nodded in return. "It's fine by me, what's the price?"
"Two million."
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The night was the best night both Daniel and Theresa had ever had, it was so wild and intense that Theresa could not believe that a skinny man like him could make her entire world go wild like this.She did not want to get up from bed the next day, because her entire body still felt so relaxed after what happened last night."Good morning," he muttered in a husky voice around her while placing kisses around her lips, neck, and cheekbone.Theresa could not take the sensation that she was getting and burst into laughter. Yet it did not stop him as he continued to place kisses around every part of her body that he could come across.And for the first time, Theresa felt so much excited more than she had ever been before, because to her, this was exactly what her marriage should have felt like all this while."How is your day going today?" She asked after a while, her head now resting on his chest."I will be going for an auction today""An auction, I didn't know that you were interested
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Growing up, Daniel had watched his parents on countless occasions arguing about things that did not make sense.And even when he had agreed to marry Theresa when there was no love involved, he had told himself that he would never argue with her, he would try as much as possible to avoid it.But right now, staring at her with the intense fury in her eyes, it was difficult for him not to admit to the fact that there was no way that he would avoid this argument tonight."Tell me, Daniel," Theresa had continued, the color had drained from her face, it seemed almost like this was an anger she had been holding in for a very long time."Is it because you were forced into this marriage, is that why you keep everything a secret from me, tell me, do you plan on divorcing me soon, or perhaps you already have another woman?"She asked, and even with the fury inside of him, he could not help but let out a sigh and chuckle."You are the one that went on a date with another man and came back home la
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After the dinner with Viktor, he had offered to drive her back home, and on the way back home, Theresa had her head in a lot of places, thinking about so many things at a time.With everything Viktor had told her, now she was truly starting to wonder if indeed Daniel truly cared about her like she thought.Although he had helped her with the situation with her company, yet he had kept everything about himself a secret, to the extent where she had to hire a private investigator to find out about her husband.And not to mention the fact that even with all the money he has, he has no plans of helping her company, and would prefer to see her suffer instead.No matter how badly she wanted to take the thoughts away from her head, yet they kept sinking back again and again."So this is the famous Blackwell estate?" Viktor muttered as soon as the car came to a halt in front of her gate, and his words were the only thing that made her realize she was now at home, so lost in her thoughts had sh
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Lisa sat in her cell, thinking about her life and how she was going to leave this place.She had not set her eyes on her husband and wasn't even sure if he was truly here at all.But yet, she believed that there was no way someone wouldn't come looking for her. She had a daughter and a son, so definitely someone had to come looking.Just then, a lady who seemed to be in the same cell with her walked past her. Lisa had tried to ignore all three ladies since she came in.But the lady stepped right on her arm, pressing so hard that Lisa coiled in pain. As soon as the lady pulled away from her, she wasted no time and rose to her feet."Have you lost your mind!" she yelled at the top of her voice, thinking that this was probably the time to take out the anger on someone else."Did you just speak to me?" The lady who was popularly known as Mia around there asked while staring at the others.The other two ladies sat upright immediately, as if they were ready to watch a particular kind of dra
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After work that day, Theresa was about to head back home, but just as she stepped out of the parking lot, she noticed a figure standing there, as clearly he had been waiting for her."Ms. Blackwell," he called in a very soft tone, one that seemed capable of sweeping any lady off her feet.Theresa finally looked up as she realized that it was Mr. Viktor, the same man who wanted to invest in her company."What are you doing here?" She asked with a flicker of surprise."Isn't that obvious, I have been waiting for you, please don't tell me you totally forgot about the dinner we were supposed to have today?""Oh that, but I don't think I agreed""Please don't do that now, I already booked a reservation, and as much as money isn't a problem, it cost me quite a lot"He continued to speak in his very soft tone while he collected her bag and started heading towards his car.Theresa stood there like she was lost in her thoughts while staring at him, knowing fully well that she had not informed
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After Theresa's request regarding a baby, Daniel had been so stunned, that was something he had not expected and didn't know how to reply to, and because of that, he had not given her a response.Yet, Theresa did not press him for an answer, hoping that once he was ready he would say something, because for her, she had truly fallen in love with him and was hoping that the marriage would be turned into a real one."Good morning!" Theresa had greeted as soon as she came downstairs after their conversation that day, because he had not spent the night in the same room with her the way they had been doing lately.And Daniel was hoping that he would leave the house very quietly before she woke up, but Theresa was disturbed by the situation and couldn't sleep, which was why she had also woken up early."I recently acquired Hayes Corporation and would be going over for some meetings with the board""I know," she muttered, her voice barely above a whisper, and she had already started moving to
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