The turned billionaire heir

Chapter 2

“ Hello baby, how are you doing? I missed you” he sent and texted back. He wished Clara, his girlfriend was here with him. He missed her so much but he had to choose his mother over her. Not like he wasn’t in love with her, he loved her so much and would not trade her for anything in the world but then, circumstances happen. He wished that he could take care of her the way he wanted. if only...

He waited for few minutes and since there’s no response, even though she had always acted that way, he could not help but feel so bothered. He hurriedly log into her social media and searched for her recent status. He was shocked to see her share a post of a luxurious party.

Jack stared at the photo for a while and suddenly feels sad for her. He felt angry within himself also. It seemed as if he was making her suffer. He was sorry that he could not give her the life she wanted. He was sorry because he was not wealthy enough to make her enjoy what money was all about. He knew she would be craving for all of that but then, if only everything would work for his own good in terms of money but then, he was grateful that she did not leave him despite him being poor. He was grateful that she still loved him despite his financial status. He was grateful that she was still supportive of him. After all, there were other wealthy guys out there and she still chose him. He could not afford to love her less. She was simply the best after his mother.

“ I’m almost home” he texted again and stood up as he stared at his mom and leaned to peck her.

“ Mom, I have to meet with Clara today. I will be back by tomorrow, okay? I love you” he said and stared at her for a while before he left the hospital.

Few minutes later, he got home and went inside the room to see Clara already on her phone smiling. She didn’t notice her boyfriend had been around all these while.

“ baby,” he whispered and smiled at her.

“ Hi,” she said curtly which made him wonder if he had offended her or something. He shrugged a bit. After all, she was always like that. Even though he was about to start getting worked up about it, he realized that it would all be futile since she was always like that.

Clara was a young, slim, average lady in her late twenties and had been dating him for two years straight. She was a nice and jovial person but was sometimes harsh towards her boyfriend. She could not deny that she did not see anything good in him but she wanted to keep pushing on because of what she still had to achieve through him.

Most times, she felt unlucky for getting to date such a poor person but she could not help it as she was waiting for the perfect time to end things with him. If only the young man knew her plans, maybe he would just do everything to just end things with her sooner.

“ I’m sorry for today. I knew we didn’t get to talk that much. I will make it up to you” he said and sat beside her while she adjusted a bit. Even his presence was beginning to irritate her. Always claiming to make it up to her, yet, it never remained the same. she thought and scoffed secretly.

“ I promise you that I will get the most expensive bag you want once I get promoted after tomorrow” he said and held her hands. He noticed that she hesitated a bit but still, he said nothing.

At his place of work, she was his junior and a trainee and they had a project he had been working on which she knew about and he was made the head of the project supervision. He knew that if the project was successful, it would change his status because he would be automatically the partner of a successful brand.

He would make sure that she enjoyed her life to the fullest. He had a lot to be happy for. After all, she had been with him through thick and thin and he was happy for that.

He was also more grateful that, despite the fact that he was one of those that experienced financial crisis in their place of work, she had never for once cheated on him. He was sure of that.

“ Oh really? What if you don’t get it?” she asked sarcastically. since she had met him, he had been nothing but just a failure to her. so, how was she so sure that he would surely win this just this time? she thought in scorn.

“ let’s be optimistic. After all, I’m the one heading the project. I’m sure my efforts won’t just go in vain” he said and smiled while she nodded. Just as he was about to peck her, she hesitated a little which made him wonder what he had done wrong. She had always been like that but it was getting out of hand. Not like he was irritating or something. He was poor but he still liked her. he still could not understand why she was always like that.

“ What do you think you want to do?” she asked, a bit harsh as usual.

“ Clara…” he called and sighed.

“ Is there anyway I’ve offended you? I see the way you act towards others. You’re nice and caring but you act otherwise towards me!” he said and looked at her.

Just as she was about to say something else, her phone beeped loudly.

“ Excuse me,” she said. The moment she switched on her phone, her eyes widened in shock.

“ what the hell?” she muttered with eyes, still widened.