The Disowned Heir's Revenge

Chapter 4

The next day, Gavin stopped by with the documents and new phone for Manuel.

Manuel read through the documents thoroughly and saw it was much to his satisfaction and then he signed it and took a photo of it.

Gavin then checked him out of the hotel and drove him over to Skyview Estate, where his villa was situated.

Gavin was told to clean up the place after Manuel’s cousin, Zachary Rodriguez, vacated the villa. But Gavin’s grudge for Zach and his uncle didn’t even allow him let Zach spend another hour in that villa.

Gavin bought all the necessities the villa would need and Manuel patted his shoulder, extremely satisfied with Gavin’s work.

He brought him a drink, from the cellars and placed it in front of Manuel knowing his throat might be parched.

“Sir, in two months, there’d be a party hosted by the company to celebrate its 26th annual anniversary.”

Manuel just hummed in affirmation.

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Harry was relieved of his duties very much to his dismay. He couldn’t think of anyone he could’ve offended that cost him this.

He decided to go along with Penelope to the party the Rodriguez’s were hosting in two weeks to curry favor with the higher ups and earn his job back or even a better one. Penelope wasn’t even aware of Harry’s joblessness, at least not yet.

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At the Sullivan’s villa, there was another whole different problem entirely going on.

The huge contract the Sullivan Group closed recently, they couldn’t meet up with the other company’s requirements and the deal fell through causing them to lose a lot of money.

Penelope tried to keep her cool as Harry had promised her during their last dinner together that he was going to provide her with the necessary funds to put her company back on track. She also managed to get an invite after trying hard through different means.

This was the Rodriguez Enterprises hosting a party, there’d be a lot of big shots and it wouldn’t be bad to build connections.

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Few days passed and Manuel was just lazing around, he’d been cooped indoors long enough and he didn’t feel the need to attend business meetings just yet so he held it online without revealing his face.

There was another gathering being hosted by his former classmates to hold a reunion.

He never loved attending such gatherings because he always saw it as a waste of time being hypocritical to each other and all that but he decided to attend this one that was taking place in the afternoon at Eastbay Diner.

Manuel found a floral outfit he had once bought while still living with the Sullivans with his savings but he had never found the right chance or occasion to wear it.

He put it on and looked at himself through the mirror. He smiled at his reflection in the mirror.

Gavin had long left and there was no car to drive him over to the venue and he saw no need to call Gavin over.

He ruffled his hair and mounted his motorbike.

At the venue, others had already made their way there, Manuel was quite late.

He conveniently parked his motorbike and attached the helmet comfortably to it.

Walking through the doors of the private room that was rented, few people turned to observe who had just walked in.

Whispers began to make its way around as he sat down.

“What’s he doing here?”

“He still hasn’t made nothing of his life…”

Manuel had always loved a lowkey life and had always kept a low profile back in school.

He always walked to school and walked back home.

This made his peers look down on him extremely but he never bothered with them.

Manuel wasn’t bothered with the stares and just brought out his phone and tried to check the internet for what was going on.

He found it quite interesting as his previous phone had none of that qualities.

Shirley noticed the way Manuel was being avoided and sighed, sorry for him.

Shirley had always been the one who stood up for Manuel whenever he was being bullied in school.

Having walked up to him, Shirley sat next to him and tried to start up a conversation.

“It’s been a while, Manuel.”

Manuel turned to his right and finally noticed Shirley beside him and made to respond, “I’ve been well and you?”

Just then Damien who had been watching Manuel from the corner of his eye spoke up, “Been well?”

“What a funny statement to use for someone that life is yet to favor.”

At this, people turned to look at Manuel more brazenly.

Damien had always been in charge of the relentless bullies that troubled Manuel while in school and had always resented him for taking all the attention from the girl he adored.

“I don’t think your sentence applies to me, Damien or does it?” Manuel looked up at Damien who was standing near him now.

Damien snorted and let out a quick chuckle, “Its written all over you. Take a look at those cheap clothes which doesn’t even belong to a brand, your phone seems to be the only slightly expensive stuff on you.”

“Even heard you came here on a motorbike. You’ve been staring at your phone excitedly and its just the internet. Its pretty obvious you had to borrow it to leave a bit of reputation for yourself.”

“And in just what position do you think you are to state those out?” Manuel asked with an unreadable expression.

But Damien just thought he was hitting a nerve already and that excited him to say more.

“As the sponsor of this glamorous gathering,” Damien signaled to the waiter assigned to the room and demanded for the most expensive wine.

The others were shocked.

This wasn’t just an ordinary diner, it was the most expensive one in Colburn and for someone to be able to afford a private suite, it spoke volumes and now the most expensive wine?!