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The Next Billionaire
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He was overlooked, underestimated… and mopping your floor. Frank Ashford was supposed to conquer the tech world. But brilliance alone doesn’t pay bills—or buy power. Reduced to cleaning offices in the very system that rejected him, Frank stumbles upon a classified code that could either resurrect a failing empire or destroy it entirely. His reward? A fast promotion to CEO—and a death sentence. Inside the boardroom, betrayal brews. Outside, a killer waits. And somewhere between power and survival, Ella—the daughter of the man who gave him a chance—may be the only one who can save him… or break him. The deeper he digs, the darker the truth becomes. One code. One company. One janitor. And a war no one sees coming. Frank Ashford was once the pride of his graduating class—brilliant, ambitious, destined for greatness. But years after leaving university, he finds himself scrubbing toilets and mopping floors at a towering multinational empire that barely knows he exists. Then, a buried code, a desperate company, and a silent war within the boardroom thrust him into the eye of a corporate storm. When Frank solves the impossible, he doesn’t just unlock data—he unlocks power. But with every step forward, he uncovers betrayal, lies, and a deadly conspiracy that could cost him everything—including the only person who ever believed in him.
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Chapter 1: The Job Nobody Wanted
Frank Elroy stood at the edge of the city, eyes fixed on the towering skyline that mocked him with every blinking light. Three degrees, two honors, one brilliant mind—and yet, he was holding a brown envelope of rejections that felt heavier than any burden.The wind cut across his coat as he walked past the marble walls of WrenTech Industries, the multinational tech empire that seemed to run half the city. Behind its glass façade, men in tailored suits rode elevators to executive floors. Frank couldn’t even get a receptionist to glance at his resume.He had tried everything—government labs, think tanks, banks, startups. “Too overqualified,” some said. “No room,” others claimed. One interviewer had even asked why someone “so smart” couldn’t find a real job already.That one stung.Frank turned into a quiet diner, the same one he used to visit in high school. He ordered coffee he couldn’t afford and slid into a booth near the back. His fingers trembled as he unfolded yet another rejectio
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The Next Billionaire Chapter 15: The Woman in Black
Frank’s breath caught in his throat.The woman standing in front of them radiated control perfect posture, unflinching eyes, and a calmness that didn’t match the tension in the air. She stepped forward, flanked by a dozen black-clad soldiers bearing sleek weapons and a sigil of a phoenix engulfed in flames.“Subject Ten,” she said. “Or do you still prefer Frank Halloway?”Frank stepped in front of Ella and Adrian, voice steady despite his racing heart. “Who are you?”She smiled faintly, the kind of smile that didn’t reach her eyes. “My name is Commander Lin Seraphine. Division Chief of Phoenix Protocol. I’ve been watching you for a long time.”Adrian raised his gun. “You’re with Blackgate?”“No,” she replied. “We own Blackgate. And everything beneath it.”Frank narrowed his eyes. “Including Subject Nine?”Her smile faltered for a second. Just a second. “Nine was… an imperfect iteration. You were the objective. The codebreaker. The anomaly. The one we couldn’t erase.”Ella stepped forw
Last Updated : 2025-05-08The Next Billionaire Chapter 14: Phase Two
The escape tunnel was pitch black except for the flickering emergency lights that lined the narrow ceiling. Frank led the way, gripping the data drive like it was his heartbeat. Behind him, Ella limped slightly but kept up. Adrian carried Casey with silent determination, sweat pouring down his forehead."Sector K is at least three miles underground," Adrian muttered. "We’ll have to cross two checkpoints and an abandoned operations wing."“Abandoned?” Ella asked. “Or ‘abandoned’?”“Depends who you ask,” Adrian said grimly.Frank’s mind was a storm of questions. Phase Two begins. What did that mean? Why hadn’t Subject Nine finished them off? Why let them escape?Unless… they weren’t the target anymore.“Adrian,” Frank said. “Is there any chance this ‘Sector K’ is a decoy?”“No. It’s real. That’s where Dr. Hensley kept all off-book operations. Bioweapons, surveillance AI, memory erasure trials you name it.”“And we’re going there why, again?” Ella shot back.Frank stopped at a sealed ste
Last Updated : 2025-05-08The Next Billionaire Chapter 13: The Fall Beneath
The wind howled past Frank’s ears as he plunged into the black abyss, the shredded line whipping above him. Gravity yanked him down like a steel fist, air rushing, heart thundering.He caught a glimpse of Ella and Adrian falling beside him Adrian still gripping Casey’s limp body, Ella clinging to her cable, trying to slow her descent. Above them, a metallic shadow fell with lethal precision.Subject Nine.She didn’t scream. She didn’t flail. She simply dove like a guided missile, a killing machine locked on target.Frank’s mind raced.Think. Think!A faint green glow shimmered below—water. A river, rushing beneath the underground facility. But it wasn’t wide. If they missed…Frank twisted mid-air, arms out, tucking his body like a diver.He hit the water like concrete.Pain exploded across his chest, and darkness clawed at the edges of his vision. Cold. Crippling cold.He kicked upward, lungs burning, finally breaching the surface with a gasp. “Ella!”A splash nearby then another. Ell
Last Updated : 2025-05-08The Next Billionaire Chapter 12: Bloodlines and Betrayals
“CASEY!”Frank lunged forward just in time to catch his friend as the red dot vanished and a sharp crack echoed down the hallway. Casey’s body went limp in his arms, blood soaking through his jacket.Ella spun toward the direction of the shot, weapon raised. “Sniper—moving fast!”Adrian darted to the wall, yanking open a concealed maintenance panel. “Emergency shaft, now!”Frank dragged Casey, heart pounding. “Stay with me, man. Stay with me!”Casey coughed, blood at the corner of his mouth. “Vest… got most of it... I think…” He winced, his breathing shallow.“You're not dying on me,” Frank growled. “Not after coming back from the dead.”They shoved into the maintenance tunnel just as bullets sprayed the metal walls behind them. Sparks erupted. Frank kicked the hatch shut, panting, his hands soaked in his friend's blood.“Who the hell was that?” Ella asked, wide-eyed.Adrian looked grim. “I was afraid they’d deploy her. That shot came from Subject Nine.”“Who is she?” Frank demanded.
Last Updated : 2025-05-08The Next Billionaire Chapter 11: The Ghost from the Past
Frank’s breath caught in his throat.He hadn’t seen that face in a decade. A face etched into his earliest memories—a face that haunted his dreams.“Adrian…” Frank whispered.The man standing in the doorway stepped forward, half his face cloaked in shadow. Older, hardened, eyes colder than Frank remembered.“Hello, little brother,” Adrian said, voice smooth and cutting.Ella’s eyes darted between them. “You have a brother?”“I thought he was dead,” Frank muttered, barely able to comprehend it. “You disappeared. They said you died in that fire.”Adrian smiled. “I did disappear. But death? That’s a story the company wanted you to believe. Just like everything else.”Frank took a cautious step forward. “Why? Why fake your death? Why leave us?”Adrian’s smile faded. “Because I was recruited, Frank. Pulled into something bigger. Something you weren’t ready for.”“You’re one of them?” Ella asked.“No,” Adrian said. “I’m worse.”Frank stepped in front of Ella protectively. “Why are you here?
Last Updated : 2025-04-30The Next Billionaire Chapter 10: Triggered Loyalties
Frank froze.The Ella standing before him looked the same—but something in her expression had shifted. Her once-soft gaze was replaced with something sharp, calculated, almost mechanical.“Ella?” he said cautiously.She tilted her head slowly, eyes unfocused. “Awaken protocol initiated… validating sequence.”Frank’s heart pounded as he backed a step away. “What are you talking about?”She blinked rapidly. “No… no, this isn’t real,” she whispered, clutching her head. “What’s happening to me?”“Ella, listen to me,” Frank said, moving toward her, “you’re okay. Whatever this is, fight it.”But she suddenly shoved him back—hard. He slammed into the wall, groaning from the impact.“I said stay away!” she cried, breathing heavily, her voice layered—one part her, one part... someone else.Frank's mind raced. He grabbed the phone and studied the screen.Awaken.A second message appeared beneath it:"Sleeper protocol unlocked: Subject E-17 active."He looked up at her in disbelief. “You’re E-17
Last Updated : 2025-04-30The Next Billionaire Chapter 9: The Choice of Betrayal
Smoke curled from the crushed hood of the car. The metallic scent of burnt rubber and oil filled the air as Frank shoved the door open and stumbled out, his legs shaky from the impact.Ella groaned beside him, clutching her side as she crawled from the wreckage. “What the hell just happened?” she gasped.Frank didn’t answer.His eyes were fixed on the woman standing a few feet away. She was calm, unscathed, and watching him with unnerving precision—as if she had planned this.“You did this,” Frank said, his voice low but edged with fury. “Why?”The woman didn’t flinch. “Because if I hadn’t stopped you, they would’ve found you. Corbin already has a tracker on the car you stole.”Ella coughed, her eyes wide with disbelief. “Then why didn’t you just say something?”“I didn’t have time,” the woman snapped. “And I don’t trust you enough to explain everything—not yet.”Frank helped Ella to her feet. “Then why help us at all?”“Because I need you alive,” she said bluntly. “And because, wheth
Last Updated : 2025-04-30The Next Billionaire Chapter 8: The Woman Who Knew Too Much
The world around Frank seemed to slow, as if time itself had paused, the tension in the room thickening with every breath. The darkness was creeping in. The cold metallic click of Corbin’s voice echoed through Frank’s mind like a death sentence. But just before the room swallowed them whole, the woman at the door moved.She reacted faster than Frank had anticipated. With a flick of her wrist, she pulled a sleek black device from her belt and hurled it onto the floor. There was a brief, high-pitched whine, followed by a loud pop. The lights flickered once, then died completely.For a moment, the room was plunged into complete darkness. Frank’s heart hammered in his chest as he fumbled for his bearings.He heard the woman’s voice, barely a whisper, but it cut through the silence like a knife. “Run.”Frank didn’t hesitate. Grabbing Ella by the arm, he dragged her toward the back door. The confusion and fear clouded his thoughts, but survival instinct kicked in, overriding the chaos.He d
Last Updated : 2025-04-30The Next Billionaire Chapter 7: The Shadow Who Knew Him
The dim light from the warehouse’s broken windows cast eerie shadows across the room, making every creak of the floorboards sound like footsteps. Frank wiped the sweat from his brow, his heart still racing from their narrow escape. He glanced at Ella, whose face was pale, but her determination remained sharp despite the pain.“We need to move,” he said, his voice urgent. “I don’t know how long we’ll be safe here.”Ella nodded, clutching her arm. “What’s next? You said Valkyrie was the key?”Frank paused, staring at the ground. His thoughts were a whirlwind. The implications of what he had uncovered were too vast to ignore. A global AI system capable of predicting human behavior was one thing—something that could control markets, politics, and entire governments—but the fact that someone was trying to activate it was a different matter entirely.“We’re not just dealing with WrenTech,” he muttered, pacing back and forth. “Valkyrie... it’s bigger than that. Whoever controls it can manipu
Last Updated : 2025-04-30
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