Beauty and the billionaire

s up," Gerald says beside m

f he even has a heart and if anything within him is still alive for anyone else exce

timentality get in our way. I loved the old man but there are vultures, and guess who the vultures are looking at now. Y

we don't know what our grandfather decided. All of this won't even matter depending on what we hear today, and I would prefer it if you treated this with the r

ks his teeth. "Yeah, I understand," he says to me, and I nod

as a child, all the times when I sat on them and read no

here are times when I wonder what sort of life he lived and the obstacles he m

. This was not a part that I could fight. There was no one else there that cou

must carry, one that stretched to every member of the family. Anyone who does n

used to think that when I grew up, it would finally seem a bit less overwhelming but as

g. She is a tiny woman but just being in her presence is enough to make the strongest men wilt. "By God, child, have you been starving?" She asks

eals, you need good food and you need lots of it. Why, I hope that you will stay longer after the will reading so you

ds so she can kiss his forehead then she tugs at his beard. "What is this madness that has come over you young men these days? Leavi

with metalwork and paintings on the wall. There is a young man,

ee you here," I say to him, and he beams a

een here since I can remember. We used to play in the woods

almost like your face hasn't even age

"Water," I say before he asks me. Drinking liquor is one thing that does not interest me in the slightest. "I see the golden boy is here," a voice say

child overall—with a mistress he had when he was y

you been?" I ask her and she smiles. "Hmm, you must be overjoyed.

d's anger but that does not matter now. "I imagined that we would be on good terms as a family, but you have decided to insult my cousin and me. I will not tolerate that," I say to her, and she raises an eyebrow. "I imagine I shouldn't antagonize yo

should protect them, even if it was from themselves. They were family. "Have a good morning, Aunt

h a deep sigh. "Well, that is what all this is about. We take it one day at a time. Oh, it seems grandfather's lawyer is here

ns we have had together and her logical and systematical way of viewing everything. I know that greeting her

l how palpable it is. "The will of Jeremiah Oliver," she says and I almost laugh. She says nothin

shares and holdings in the Blue Whale company, my private mansion, and all of my books and personal effects will go to my grandson, Samuel Oliver," she says, and a hush falls across the room. I knew that this would happen, but the reality is still a little scary and h

timeline to it. This is insane. It is then that I remember a conversation between my grandfather and I on my twent

ink that until everyone begins to disperse, and I walk out of the room and to the balcony. "This is great," Gerald says to me as he comes to stand behind me. "What do you mean?" I ask him. I nearly snap at him, but I control my rage. "I mean that

are you going to find a girl on such short notice?" I ask him and his face darkens as he looks at me

Grandad got along so well, but I am telling you that now is not the time to be weird. We have to be precise and fast. That is what we need n

den. "He knew. He knew that I did not want this. This was the one thing that we did not see

starts but he i

If you need anything, then you can talk to me. Anything at all. I suppose there will be a wedding in the family soon," he says to me. His words