THE TRILLIONAIRE'S UNDERSTATED DOMINANCE

Five Hundred Trillion!

Fiona stuttered because she didn’t know what to say in response to Annabel’s words. She just held Marilyn’s hand and walked out of the bank.

“Don’t worry, mum. I’m sure they’ll discover we’re telling the truth when he tries to withdraw from that card. There’s no way he knows the password. They will see that he’s a scam and he’ll be arrested, possibly treated even worse than they treated us just now.” Marilyn said as she tried to soothe their wounded pride.

“You’re right, Mari. Then we’ll demand an apology from them, and maybe even compensation. But first, we need to call Haylee and let her know what happened here.”

She took out her phone and dialled Haylee’s number. As soon as the call connected, Fiona didn’t even give her first daughter a chance to say hello, she immediately began to rant.

“You’ll never guess what happened, Haylee. We just met your good for nothing ex-husband. I’m so glad you finally listened to reason and divorced him.”

“Mum, slow down. Just tell me what happened.” Haylee said.

“He must have joined a gang. We met him at the bank with a black card. And not just any black card, a supreme black card. He either stole it, or he collaborated with his gang to make a fake one just to steal money from the bank. And when I tried to intervene, he pushed me and nearly killed me. He managed to even manipulate a high ranking bank staff into throwing us out. She even threatened to have our cards revoked, and ban us forever.”

“Are you sure it was Roman?” Haylee asked with a bit of doubt in her tone.

She had lived with Roman for three years, and he didn’t seem like he was capable of everything he was being accused of.

He didn’t even take money from her even though she offered it to him. She just couldn’t imagine him joining a gang. 

“What do you mean by that? Of course I’m sure. We’re still outside the bank. I even have a bruise to prove he pushed me.” Fiona lied, hoping Haylee would believe her.

Haylee was shocked to hear that. Now she had a reason to believe her mother. But how could Roman stoop so low?

“Don’t worry mother. I’ll handle it.”

Haylee disconnected the call, and dialled Roman’s number. He answered the call after the second ring.

“My mother told me that you pushed her. She even said you’re trying to steal money from the bank. Seriously, Roman? I’m so disappointed in you. I never imagined you would put your hands in illegal and fraudulent activities. If you needed money so badly, why didn’t you accept the three million I offered you? Turn yourself into the police. I’ll help you get good lawyers and make sure you don’t end up in jail. It’s better that way.”

Roman just scoffed.

“I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that you believed your mother without even bothering to ask me if I actually did what she accused me of. After all these years, you have no faith in my character at all. For your information, I didn’t hit your mother, nor did I steal anything. Get your facts straight.” He said coldly, and then hung up.

She stared at her phone with wide eyes because Roman had never hung up on her before. She wanted to investigate what really happened at the bank, but she didn’t have the time for it.

She still hadn’t decided what to wear to the charity event that she was attending tonight with Hamilton. She couldn’t afford to miss this event. It was her chance to make higher connections for her business.

“Are you ready now?” Annabel asked Roman after he finished speaking to Haylee. 

She had taken him to the VIP room, but before they could proceed, Haylee’s call had interrupted them. Now that he was done speaking to her, they could continue what they were doing.

“Yeah. I am.” He said, so she tapped on the computer in front of her for a few seconds before asking him to put in his password.

He put in his birthday, just as the blonde woman had instructed, and to his surprise, it actually worked. All his doubts were cleared now. The blonde woman had actually been telling the truth. 

But then, he was even more shocked when he looked at the balance on the screen. His name was clearly displayed as the owner of the account, and the money in the account was five hundred trillion dollars. So many zeros!

Even Annabel was shocked. She had expected to see billions, but trillions? 

“Sir, we have various investment projects and companies connected to the bank. You have the option of getting connected to any of them, and the bank would fully support you. Any type of business in the country that you need, any property you want to acquire. It’s yours, just name it.”

“I’ll think about it.” He replied to her.

He was still trying to get used to the idea that he was not a poor man.

“If you need anything, I’m always at your service. In fact, there’s a charity event taking place tonight, strictly by invitation. There will also be a display with many rare items up for auction.”

“What kind of charity event is this? I might be interested in donating to a just cause. Though I don’t think I will attend the event itself. I can just send in an anonymous donation.” He said to her.

“As you wish, sir. All the information about the charity event is on their website.”

She logged in and he showed him the items that were to be auctioned, which had been put up on the website for all those invited to view. 

He saw a ring that was almost identical to the one that the blonde woman gave him. She had said the ring was important to him, so the second one must also be important.

He took off the ring on his finger and put it beside the one on the screen just to be sure. Their patterns were almost a perfect match. Maybe they could even form a complete pattern if they were side by side for real. 

As he thought of this, he felt a flash of pain, and a hazy memory. He tried to remember, but the memory slipped away. He realised that the two rings might be the key to fixing his memory loss.

“I will come to the event with you.” He said to her, and Annabel smiled. 

She was happy that there was something she could offer such a high level customer.

“I’ll make sure they prepare a customised VIP invite just for you.”