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“You, houseboy, get in here!”
"Kairo! The wine rack is ordered wrongly. Fix it!” “Kairo! Where’s my curling iron?!” “Kairo! Why is the dog wearing the guest’s bowtie?!” For over a year, this has been the order of events in the DeLancey's estate. Kairo Dune, the houseboy of the estate sees it as all so normal. He’d been running endless errand trips for the DeLanceys for years, picking up groceries, dropping off dry cleaning, or fetching ridiculous items in the dead of the night. It never ended and they never stopped treating him like a rag, like he was nothing. Kairo wasn’t just a houseboy. By day, he was the quiet, obedient servant in the luxurious DeLancey estate, but by night, he was Lord Harrison, the billionaire owner of a popular Casino empire. No one in the city, not even the DeLancey family, had any idea that this lowly servant was the mastermind behind the wealthy empire. The quiet, obedient houseboy who answered to snapped fingers and insults was the same man who owned the popular casino by nightfall. They saw him as the houseboy, disposable and invisible. Still, once night falls, the houseboy would sneak off into the night, trade his apron for Italian leather, his mop for a million-dollar suit, and walk into the Casino as if he owned it because he did. He had his reasons for doing so, reasons that had been set in motion long ago. When he was a child, his family and inheritance were burned to the ground by a fire, orchestrated by the Delancey family themself. But now, he has the duty of revenge against the family who had erased his legacy. Today, the DeLanceys were expecting a very special guest and judging from how orders were screamed, gold-plated cutlery clinking against ceramic plates, and Lady Delancey checking and rechecking menus for uniformity; the billionaire casino mogul in the tri-state area was to be betrothed to her daughter, lady Celeste. People in the neighbourhood said the kind of riches the casino Mugol had was the type that made other rich people feel poor. If all went according to plan, he’d leave engaged to Celeste DeLancey, the youngest, prettiest and fairest of DeLancey's household. And tonight, the irony was amusing. The DeLanceys are dying to impress the billionaire, the man to be betrothed to their daughter and at the same time shouting insults to that same billionaire, only that he was scrubbing their floors and emptying their trash. So Kairo, the houseboy extraordinaire, was still scrubbing the marble tiles in the DeLancey estate when Lady Delancey walked in, her heels clapping like judgment itself. “Faster, boy,” she snapped arrogantly, "Guests don’t wait for dirt.” “You’re lucky we let you sleep under this roof,” sneered Brandon, the eldest son of DeLancey, as he shoved a stack of plates into Kairo’s arms. “Trash like you should be grateful.” He didn’t answer, he just moved silently, swallowing the indignity with calmness. "I see. I was beginning to think you'd finally done the noble thing and followed your pathetic parents into the grave.” “My apologies, ma’am,” he murmured, voice smooth, hollow. “I won't take too long with the scrubbing.” Brandon leaned against the piano, smirking like a cheap villain in a horror movie. “I always forget your tragic little orphan tale. Fire, wasn’t it? How poetic. Your whole family smoked out like rats.” Lady DeLancey chuckled. “It’s practically charitable that we keep you here. A roof and warm meals. You should be calling me your saviour.” Kairo had lost count of the number of times he had been reminded of this same story. Lady DeLancey turned, her voice sharp as the diamond edges on her necklace. “Well, don’t just kneel there like a pagan, the master's room also needs polishing. Our rich billionaire will be here before nine, and everything must glisten, unlike your future.” Branton snorted. “Yeah, wouldn’t want our visitor to trip on the dust and sue us. Not that a guy like him would notice you, huh, Kairo? He probably wipes his shoes with houseboys like you.” Kairo stood slowly, deliberately. “Of course, sir. I wouldn’t want the dust offending your guests.” Branton made a mocking bow, and Lady DeLancey tossed her scarf over her shoulder like a queen excusing a peasant. They left him standing in the hallway, brush in hand, pride in ruins. Kairo turned the corner, loosening the stiff collar of his servant uniform, and he froze. There she was, Evelyn, the newspaper girl whom everyone called the journalist. Leaning casually against the marble column near the garden walkway, she was soft and beautiful, eyes sharp like she already knew half the secrets spoken. Her brows lifted when she saw him, and that ever-curious smirk played on her lips like she was about to ask something dangerous. “Running off again, Kai?” she asked, voice soft, teasing. “You disappear more often than a Christmas party thief.” He forced a chuckle, masking the jolt in his chest. “Just an errand. Lady Delancey wants rare flowers from a shop that doesn’t exist anymore.” “Of course she does,” Evelyn said, stepping closer. “You always seem busiest when the sun goes down.” Kairo offered a tight smile. “I guess fate likes it that way.” Evelyn leaned back to observe him. “Funnily enough, you don't look like someone who has something to hide.” He swallowed hard. If she only knew. “Oh, that?” he scoffed in a low voice, “I'm only a houseboy struggling to survive..” And with that, he slipped past her, every step echoing louder than the last. He could feel Evelyn’s gaze burning into his back; curious, admirable stares. Evelyn's articles were getting closer to the truth about the DeLancey empire, and every time Kairo saw her name in the paper or heard her voice over the radio, a quiet knot of discomfort twisted in his gut. She was digging, uncovering the buried secrets of his enemies. And he couldn’t have that. But what scared him more than her persistence was the fact that Evelyn had started paying attention to him in a way no one else did. She was pulled to the air of quietness around the houseboy, and Kairo could feel the closeness between them. Whenever she stared, there was a spark in her gaze that was different, something which made him wonder if she could see through the person he truly was. A man determined to reclaim what had been stolen from him? Or would she be another casualty of the game he was playing? He couldn’t afford to let her get too close. She had once told him, albeit romantically, that it was the way he made her feel, and something about him which didn’t sit right and his strange behaviour which intrigued her always to feel that Kairo was more than just a houseboy. Still, the thought of her lingered longer than it should have. Even as Mrs. DeLancey screamed at him from upstairs. “kairo! The champagne! It’s not cold enough!”Expand
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Everyone had settled into the long wooden bench that glistened in the sun's rays from the long windows that let in the light. The hall felt heavy with endless hums like a broken beehive as smartly dressed people kept murmuring words.At the centre of the hall was the defendant, Kairo, standing tall in the Dock, with his hands bound together with cuffs, and his knuckles, white.His eyes rolled to the left wing of the hall to meet a man in his late 50s with his arm crossed to the other shoulder end of a woman who had a teddy in her grip, held closer to her heart like it was her life.From how sober she was with tears falling freely from her eyes, Kairo suspected she was the mother of the 5-year-old girl and a victim of Fedrick's amazing driving skill that had caused an impact on the little girl's lungs, oesophagus and ribcage.‘No one would survive that,’ he thought as he whipped his eyes to the left, but his head steady, to meet Lord Julius, and his wife whom he had only heard countles
Last Updated : 2025-08-06
The Billionaire Amongst Us CHAPTER 24
“Morning Roll call!” A voice rolled out, strong from the speakers that were embedded in the roofs, followed by a deafening alarm that kept echoing throughout the prison yard; even the dead would lose their appetite for sleep after absorbing such a nuisance.“Darn these people, I will relieve one of them of their balls once I get my freedom.”“Nonsense!” the oldest man in the prison yard thundered with sleepy eyes, half shut. All he could behold was a fellow inmate curled up on the bed like the roll call was not his business.“Hey slughead, you think this is your home? Get in line or you lose a tooth,” the old man barked at Kairo, who was struggling to wake after cleaning the whole prison yard, as a new inmate, and the tradition remains that every new inmate, awaiting trial or conviction, must clean everywhere for a week, as a way of initiation.In a blink, every inmate took a spot at the centre, standing beside their bunks which had flat, well-fitted beddings on them.Each inmate st
Last Updated : 2025-08-02
The Billionaire Amongst Us CHAPTER 23
“Who else did the surveillance capture? He is responsible for this atrocity! Relieve his head of his body if you can!” Silence fell on the room as Lord Julius sparked in rage, lifting his weight from the movable 24—year-old made of gold chair onto his feet. His eyes burned with disgust. “For now, we can not label him the perpetrator of the act until proven guilty, Lord Julius.” The Inspector of the Interpol responded, his eyes fixed on the paper, as he was taking notes. The crime scene had been marked ‘out of bounds for unauthorised people’, and the investigators flooded the guard room areas, taking photographs of the deceased, who was at the time passing sticky—white foam from every visible natural opening on his head. “Mr. Kairo, you are a prime suspect until proven innocent.” The inspector said, turning to meet Kairo, who looked unperturbed. Kairo knew it was baseless to make efforts to clear his name at that point. He remained silent, not because he lost his voice, but he
Last Updated : 2025-07-28
The Billionaire Amongst Us CHAPTER 22
Some broken hearts never truly mend.Each cut on his skin had a story, one that ignited flames in his blood streams, tore his heart to shreds, the pain of growing in the slums, the melodious voice of his first love who had returned to dust by the trigger of an enemy, the wreck that caused his heart to skip faster than a broken electric circuit.Every passing minute subtracted a unit of the determination that once flamed in his heart, dread fell on his eyes, and bitterness became his best wine.Not now, ‘will I ever set my eyes on my little pumpkins’ –he thought, lost in his reverie, torn between reclaiming his inheritance, and finding his girls.Kairo’s mission had grown into something nearly impossible since Zacchaeus had made an outrageous demand to Lord over the other wing of the estate.Deceitful Lord Julius had since then placed that wing under heavy security men and surveillance.The torn part of the estate documents hinted that a treasure was in that wing of the estate. But wh
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The Billionaire Amongst Us CHAPTER 21
“I know what cards anyone holds by reading their faces, but Lord Dune Wycliffe was the black mamba that could play on any table, with his cards laid bare on the table, yet, he wins it all, and the loser stands small. Unfortunately for him, his trickery dug his shallow grave.” He lifted the cup to his lips and drank down his last swallow. “Father, you're saying this Estate is rightfully mine?”His mouth flinched immediately his father spat the cup and threw the glass mug against the marble, and shot a glaring stare into his eyes.“Bite your tongue, you silly child of a former drunkard.No one decides what Lord Julius will make of his wealth till death knocks.”Lord Julius rolled his eyes to the side, to meet Kairo, who had been on his knees holding up above his head, a 24-karat gold goblet, filled with expensive wine, stretched to the new owner of the Estate, who emerged soon after the assassination of Lord Roland.The ownership clause for the estate was simple, ‘In case the inevitab
Last Updated : 2025-07-22
The Billionaire Amongst Us CHAPTER 20
“Late Lord Dune Wycliffe was cursed…”Adira’s voice reduced to whispers, now breathing almost nothingness from her lips, “Oh, no, Lord Dune has doomed us all,” she cursed under her breath moving her head from side to side, her jaws dropped, her eyes shot out, and her face lost all expression while blotting sweat converged on countless spots around her fur.Her eyes darted to behold the troop of terror marching from the opposite direction toward where she was narrating the tale.All eyes began bouncing on each other, to Adira and back, until they traced her eyes to behold what held her spellbound, an unpleasant surprise it was.Just when they also absorbed the reality coming from the direction of the estate’s garden, a loud gunshot pierced through the air. No, not through the air, rather, through Adira’s breathing pipe, escaping through her spine, onto the flesh on the back of her neck.“Run!!!!!!!!!!!!” Kairo let out a deafening cry as he swept himself across the floor, seeking cover
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EMILY EVA
This is a must read, I can’t wait for Kairo to execute his plans ......, I’m glued
Pretty Mentina
An interesting read ... If only they knew who Kairo is
Precious Effiong
This book is fire ... A must read
Precious Effiong
This book is fire ... A must read
Emediong John
I am curious, how does Kairo switch personalities? I want to know, Author.
Nelson Merit
good book, ... I loveeee it
Chinaza Grace
Amazing story... I'm hooked
Chinaza Grace
A very interesting book ...
Benjamin Koman Tabat
I'm absolutely loving the unexpected turn of events in this story! I had high hopes that Evelyn might become Kairo's bride in the future, but she blew her chances. It seems fate has already chosen a more suitable match for Kairo in Lady Celeste.
AneresO
A very interesting story
Evelyn
I love it and definitely recommend...
Evelyn
It's good to know Kairo isn't just an ordinary houseboy and I really can't wait for the shock on their faces when he reveals his identity... Lol
Cynchi
Good read so far, I'm rooting for Kairo...️
Grace
It's a really good Novel. I love it.
vivian nwaogu
love the twist in the story,