The Invincible Student Billionaire

Chapter 9

 "Look at his dress Hannah. Does this even cost money? I am sure that he had picked it up from the trash can after someone dumped it and he wanted to pay for a five hundred dollar dress? Isn't he a hard dreamer?" Tina mocked.

"You don't have to blame him that much. I am sure that at that moment, his face was covered with so much shame that he didn't know what he was going to do at that moment." Sarah added once again.

There was an uproar of laughter while the others only looked confused. For a while, they still didn't understand what was going on.

How even Riley and Stacy who seemed to be from two different worlds knew each other. However, whatever it was, it was not the most pleasant meeting.

"Stacy! Have you met Riley somewhere before?" Sarah inquired.

However, Stacy was too furious to say anything for a while so Hannah had to fill them in with the information of what had happened.

Even though Hannah tried to lay the facts in such a way that it would favor Stacy. It still looked like something that was both their fault.

It wasn't fair that Riley had to take all the blame for what had happened.

Hearing the words five hundred dollars made the rest almost trip over. They were average students and would take them months of allowance to get such.

And Riley offered that he was going to pay for that dress. They could feel the embarrassment that Riley had felt at the moment and felt truly sorry for him.

"You don't have to be so angry Stacy. I am sure that it was not intentional. Besides, he isn't bad looking either." Sarah winked.

Stacy snorted with irritation.

"I would rather become a nun than date such a cheapskate." She blurted angrily.

"So good for wanting a boyfriend here." She whispered to herself getting off angrily from her seat.

She strolled off angrily to the mean gathering to greet the guest who had come for her party and present their gifts to him.

The rest stared at each other with an awkward feeling suddenly rising through their vines. Riley seeing that he had gotten her angry wanted to leave.

"I think that I should have my leave. It's not going to do any good if I remain here." He said briefly.

"Yeah, he should just leave," Hannah muttered under their breath.

However, she was ignored by the rest who quickly strolled off to where Riley was standing to stop him from walking away from the place.

"Why don't you stay Riley? You are already here so we should just go ahead and enjoy the moment. Not like you are going to be noticed by her anyways." Karl added with a smile.

"Yeah. And I don't think that Stacy meant anything that she just said. She is just a bit angry." She added.

Seeing that all his friends wanted him to be there at that moment.

Riley decided that he was going to listen to them for a while. Heading off towards the main event.

The hall was buzzing with loud music. It was eventually time for the presentation of gifts and Riley had a simple necklace in his pockets.

"Here Stacy. I got you the rare herb from the west that cost over five thousand dollars. This will help you to keep glittering like the morning sun Ray." A boy with glasses said with a smile all over his face.

"I got your head bone worth over ten thousand dollars." Another one of them said.

Stacy could not believe her eyes as they lifted. It was more like a competition with the boys and they wanted to gain her favor through their gifts.

Riley's friends also presented theirs. However, Riley didn't want to present his anymore even though it was worth more than all the gifts put together.

"What's the use of giving her a gift if it's only going to make her even more angry?" He thought clenching his fist until he eventually heard a voice from behind. It was from Hannah and she snorted.

At this moment. Someone walked right into the hall. His voice was strong and he was accompanied by a series of guards.

Everyone who saw the young man was taken aback in shock. Would not sound strange to know Smith Williams, the Heir of the Einstein group and one of the most powerful groups in the city that was worth millions of dollars.

Even Stacy was stunned. Most people that were gathered there were mostly from high-status families. Except of course...

She never expected that someone like that would be around.

She looked at Riley and felt happy for the first time. If she had been with him, she would not have gotten to meet someone so important.

She quickly braised herself up with a smile lightening her face.

"Mr. Williams, I never expected that someone so powerful was going to grace my party today." She smiled, stretching her hands forward.

"Haha! I have always been a hidden fan of yours on I*******m. And when I heard that you had hosted a birthday party, I had to come over and wish you a long life myself."

Most people that were in the room were jealous, hoping that they were the ones who had been there instead.

'How I wish that I was the one that he had come over to see.'

'Stacy is so lucky to have someone so powerful come-over.' Another thought.

Hearing the words from the crowd made Williams sore with so much pride. His chest was already puffing forward.

"This is going just perfectly." He thought.

Apart from the fact that Stacy was stunning and would make a good girlfriend material, that wasn't among the reasons that he was around there.

Rather he was there for something else that he wasn't going to reveal to her just yet.

There was a sinister smile on his face that only he could see as he turned around towards one of the guard guards that had come around with him.

"And of course, I had not come here without a gift." He thought.

The guard brought it forward, finally handing it over to her with a smile. He parted the boss open and brought out a necklace.

"This is the jade necklace that was produced by the best sculptor of the West. It had been sorted by many many and the price cannot be mentioned in worth. But through my influence, I was able to get it for a million dollars. Just a little cash to show our identity.

And I thought, whose hands would best fit apart from someone as stunning as yours."

Stacy tilted her head and blushed to hear these words while the crowd was awestruck by these words.

A jade that was worth over a million dollars and he had just said that it was little cash. Most people that were there would not be able to make such a large amount of money all their lives.

"Smith is truly great."

"I wish I had a girlfriend that was as powerful as him. I would never have to worry all my life."

"Thank you very much, Smith. You don't know what this means to me."

Throughout Riley was on his phone. Even though his ears were sensitive enough to pick up exactly what they were saying.

For the first time, he titled his head.

"Those words, they sound so familiar." He said to himself.

When he saw the gift, he was quickly awestruck. And his heart leapt. It looked exactly like the Jade that he had.

Just like what Riley had just been told. He had also been informed by Uncle Cain that there was only one of such jades in the world.

"Except if he had gotten a fake just to impress Stacy." He thought.

The carbon copy was less grand and it was obvious that it wasn't done by the actual person when compared to his.

It was at this point that he heard a voice from behind suddenly coming after him.

"Huh! Did someone come here without a gift?" Her voice was loud to make everyone hear the words.

Everyone turned their heads toward the direction of the sound. Their eyes all filled with disdain and shock.

"How could someone come to such a party without a gift?" A boy said.

"How do you think that he would be able to afford one? Just look at the clothes that he is putting on." Another one of them said glaring at Riley angrily.

Stacy grunted her teeth angrily seeing him there and he wished that she could lash out at him already.

As for Karl, he felt guilty. He had been the one who had invited Riley when he never wanted to come over anyway.

He should have known already that Riley would not be able to afford gifts and should have gotten one for him instead.

He felt really bad for Riley at the moment.

"Evan Smith who came over at such short notice thought it wise to get a gift. Even though you are so poor, couldn't you spare even a few dollars?" Tina snorted with irritation.

Riley bowed his head in embarrassment with his hands still in his pockets. He wished that he had left that place already.

Smith looked at the young handsome man, a wave of jealousy flooding through his veins just from staring at that handsome face.

He instantly wanted to taunt him and make him feel so bad 

"Why didn't you get anything for darling Stacy? Maybe you could have borrowed from a friend? Or is everyone around you that broke?" He batted eyes while Riley stared at him.

He wanted to walk away from the place there was no use for him to be there anyways. But before he could even get to do this, someone stopped him.

"That. What's peeking out from his pocket." Tina shouted out aloud.

Riley wanted to protest and stop her from getting it. However, he was caught by surprise and she had already reached out to his pockets and pulled it out.

"What's this," Tina muttered aloud, opening the box quickly and moving away from Riley at the same time so that he would not be able to do anything to get it away from her.

When she was eventually away, everyone could see what was inside at the moment and their eyes shot out from their eyes socket.

They stared at this jade and back at the other Jade that was still in Stacy's hands. Even Stacy could see the familiarity that was written all over it.

"These Jade. Are they the same?" Someone in the crowd voiced out the thoughts that were in the minds of everyone who was gathered there.