❣️LOVE IN THE ELITES’ WORLD❣️
🌏🌏Her new world 🌎 🌏
📖📖CHAPTER FORTY SEVEN. 4️⃣7️⃣
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❣️❣️one man standing in the dark❣️❣️
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CHAIRMAN HEWLEFT MANSION^^^
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Stanley was having dinner with his mother, but she noticed that he kept picking on his food, so she held his hand in comfort.
“Is anything bothering you, son?”
“Is this girl at school,” he muttered, and her eyes brightened in amusement.
“A girl? Did you get a new girlfriend? This is the first time you are telling me about a girl, I’m so excited,” she said beaming widely, and he chuckled.
“Not a girlfriend, she is just so unreachable. I tried to join the math club to be closer to her, but she kept pushing me away. She told me she hates my guts. And I actually like her, no, I actually do. She is so good at math, and I admire her a lot. While others pick on those beneath them, she was always poised, she doesn’t associate with the lowlifes, Nether does she pick on them. I like her charisma, mum, but I guess it’s just me doing all the admiration,”
“You’re in that stage, son, so it happens. You have crush on those who doesn’t like you no matter how good you are, that doesn’t mean there is a problem with you, it’s just that person. They don’t just like you, and it can’t be helped,” she said, and chuckled.
“Are you making jest of my feelings?” He whined.
“That’s ridiculous! I’m just glad that you are sharing things like this with me. When I was your age, I was so scared of my parents, I can’t even share anything with them, and I made a lot of bad decisions,”
“I really should take advise to avoid making bad decisions,”
“Yes you should, and I’m glad you can freely share things with me. You grew up better than I expected, you have good friends, you do well with your studies, and you also have me,” she said, and he chuckled.
“I doubt if I have good friends, friends aren’t supposed to keep anything from each other,”
“What do you mean by that? Did you find out something about your friends? I told you never to spy on your friends, son, didn’t I?”
“I’m sorry, mum, I couldn’t just help it. I was going to stay cool and acted like everyone else, but I’m so different from everyone, why live in the dark when I could bring some light?”
“Stan…”
“But I regretted it later. I don’t even know what to do with the informations I gathered. I can’t tell anyone, and it’s hurting so much, I can’t even confront my friend with it,”
“And it will continue to hurt. That’s the price you have to pay for spying into someone’s private life. There are at times when you don’t have to do anything son, even if you can,”
“Why are you wishing me bad?”
“Don’t get me wrong, but it’s the truth. Your friend kept whatever you find out a secret, because it must have hurt ten times more than you are hurting now, but you dig into it. You also have things you don’t feel comfortable sharing, it works that way with everyone, that’s why you shouldn’t have pried,”
“I really shouldn’t have, mum. I’m sorry,”
“You don’t have to apologize to me, neither your friend, but to yourself. My son was just a curious genius. Oh… how do I managed to have an incredible son like this?” She said, and he smiled.
“Stop flattering me, mum. I just made a mistake,”
“But you won’t do it again,” she said, and he nodded.
His phone started beeping strangely, giving a weird signal, and his mother looked at him.
“What’s that?” She asked.
“I’m sorry, mum,”
“Again? What did you do this time?”
“Dad is close,”
“You hacked into his phone again?”
“Not that, I just installed a app there to notify me whenever he is close by,”
“That’s still the same. How on earth did you get your hand on his phone?”
“I didn’t take his phone, I just did it…. I’m sorry, mum. But what do we do? I thought you said he was on a business trip,”
“It must’ve ended early,”
“It wasn’t a business trip, he probably went to that woman,”
“That’s enough. Just go to your room, finish your food and go to your room. Promise me you won’t come out,”
“Mum… how long are we going to live like this?”
“Just eat up and do as I say! How close is he?”
“He is about to drive in,” he muttered, and they heard a car drove in.
“You should go to your room, I’ll send your dinner to your room. Do as I say, baby, mummy is going fine,” she muttered in fear, and Stanley shook his head.
“I don’t want to leave,”
“Just listen to me! Why are you so stubborn?!” She yelled, and he left in tears.
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The walls of the house are soundproof, so he couldn’t hear anything from his room but he couldn’t bear staying indoor like everything was fine, when it wasn’t. His father has been cheating on his mother with different women since he younger, but his mother never complained about it, yet each time he was home, he always finds a reason to hit her.
He threw his fist in the air in frustration, and ran to the dinning room, there he met his father aiming to hit a stool at his mother.
“Stop it!” He yelled, and hit his father at the back, making the stool fall off his hand.
“How dare you?” His father shouted, and wanted to hit him but his mother was quick to stand in front of him.
“Please, don’t. Don’t hit my son, don’t,”
“Let him dare, mum, and I’m going to report him for child abuse. I don’t care, dad, mum might be scared to resort you but I’m not. Remember, I’m a genius, I can manipulate the computer and have you locked up for the rest of your life!” He threatened, and dragged his mother away.
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They get to his room, and his mother broke down in tears.
“I told you to stay in your room, why did you come out? Why!” She yelled, and he embraced her.
“I’m sorry, mum, I made a mistake again,” he cried.
They both consoled themselves, and he took the first-aid box to help her nurse her wound.
“Mum, you should really divorce him this time. I don’t care about our family falling apart, I won’t even use his name if that will make you feel better. But you should divorce him,”
“I can’t son,”
“Why can’t you?” He shouted, and throw the cottonwool with him away.
“I can’t. I already told you severally that I can’t,”
“Why? I really need to hear your reason today,”
“You know your father is 16 years older than me, I was a young teenager when I married him. I married him against my wish because my father was falling apart, and my father had to make that decision for us to stand on our feet again,”
“I know that, mum. But that’s doesn’t mean you can’t divorce him. You already endured enough in this marriage, and uncle is doing well running the company now. Let’s be selfish, mum, let’s just leave,”
“I can be selfish to everyone, but you. Even back then, I was selfish. I tried to escape, but there was no escape. I wasn’t a good child, son, but I can’t be a bad mother to you,”
“If you want to be a good mother to me, then you will leave that m0nster,” he said, and she shook her head.
“Your father is not a m0nster, he is the one providing for you. You love having luxurious rides, your father is the only one that can provide that for you. Your luxurious life, your friends, everything. Son, we will lose everything if I leave. When I married your father, he made me sign a pact that state that I won’t receive any alimony if we separate in the future. Let’s just endure this, son, just until you secure a position at his company, and can afford to take care of yourself,”
“Do you think I care about any of those? Yes, I love luxurious rides, I love flaunting money with my friends, I love to be an outstanding elite, but all of those doesn’t matter if you are going to hurt this way. I don’t have to work in his company, besides I have no interest in being coiled up in an office all day. I just want to be happy with you, mum. So, please…. Divorce him for me, you’re being selfish if you still refuse to,” he said, and she wiped his tears with her palm.
“Your father won’t divorce me easily. He is always trying hard to protect his public image,”
“If you are ready to divorce him, I’ll leave him with no choice but to give in,”
“No, don’t. I mean, don’t for now,”
“Mum…”
“I’ll divorce him, I’ll do as you say, but until I’m ready, don’t do anything. Understand?”
“Yes, mum, but one condition,”
“What is it?”
“You will sleep next to me tonight, I’m scared that he might barge in here to get back at me,” he whined, and she chuckled.
“Ok, baby, mummy will be right by your side to protect you,” she said, and he embraced her.
“This will all be over soon, mum, once you divorce him, I’ll make sure no one ever dares to lay a finger on you ever again,”
“I trust you,”
“I love you mum,”
“I love you more,”
“I love you more and more,”
“I love you more and more and more,”
“I love you more in a thousand times,”
“I love you more in a million times,”
“I love you more in thousands of trillion,” he said, and she laughed, and they both laughed hugging each other tight.
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CHAIRMAN RUSS’S MANSION^^^
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Micheal draft his resignation letter and sent it to his father’s mail. He made up his mind after his conversation with his mother (the chef). If the company doesn’t really belong to his father, then there is nothing to fight for from the start.
He can’t deny his feelings for Paulina anymore, and since they are already a thing, he decide to be true to himself, and have others accept him the way he was.
After sending the resignation, he turned off his phone, and few minutes later, he heard a knock on the side. He ignored the knocking, and he heard Mr. Jones voice from the other end of the door, and he let himself in.
“I didn’t summon you in!” Micheal blurted.
“Sir, the chairman reuwst your presence in hi..-“ Mr jones was saying, but the door slugs open, his father barged in angrily.
“Get out, Mr. Jones!” Mr. Russ snapped, and Mr. Jones panicked in fear.
He looked at Micheal, and bowed slightly before leaving.
“What do you think you are doing?” Mr. Russ yelled.
“You told me to resign if I can’t accept the engagement,”
“Do you think that’s all it takes to punish a son that disobeys his father?”
“I’m willing to do anything, I have nothing to lose,”
“Then return all the cards with you,” he said, and Micheal laughed.
“That’s a special case, dad. I already talked to my lawyer, not the company lawyer, but a more vigorous lawyer. She is an expert in human rights field, we are going to calculate all my earnings since I’ve been working for you, I’ve been working for eight years, and you will also discuss how do we go about my regular needs. As far as the law is concerned, I’m still your son, and I’m just a minor, a teenager,”
“Seriously?” Mr. Russ scoffed. “Do you think you can beat me by the law and have your way with everything?”
“I have to survive, dad, I have to survive somehow. I can’t hit rock bottom after working my b¥tt off for almost a decade,” he said, and Mr. Russ scoffed.
“You’re right, Mike. You worked so hard for almost a decade, and I’m so proud of that. So, why? Why throw it all away now?” He shouted.
“Because everything is not going my way, I sing want to live that way anymore,” he muttered.
“Mike, have you forgotten our agreement? You said you wanted to beat your mother, have you forgotten that? How can you achieve that if you Becky this way?” He asked, and Micheal looked at him, remembering thier agreement.
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FLASHBACK TO YEARS AGO***
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^^^SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA ^^^
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Micheal was refusing to eat, but immediately Mrs. Russ entered the room, he took cutleries and started eating immediately. Mr. Russ looked at them, and shove whatever thought was running on his mind off. It has been that way since they brought Micheal to Australia. After taking him with them, sending him to Australia was the only way to build a biography for him, but he is yet to adapt. He is always intimidated by Mrs. Russ, and Mr. Russ feared that he might never bulge with that.
“We will be leaving soon, son. We are turning to California tomorrow. So you have to be a good kid all by yourself,” Mrs. Russ said, creasing his hair, but he started hiccuping in fear. “Oh, dear. Have some water,” she said, and started forcing a large amount of water in his mouth.
“Sweetheart, that’s enough. He can take care of himself,” Mr. Russ interfered, and she stopped, after a mischievous smile.
“Mike, you heard your mother. We might not be able to see you before we leave, so take care of yourself. Let’s go, sweetheart,”
“Bye, Mike,” she waved, and he nodded in fear.
They left later, and Micheal pushed the food on the table away when the door slugs open, and Mr. Russ walked in.
“I’m going to eat, I’m going to eat. It was a mistake,” he pleaded in fear, and Mr. Russ embraced him.
“You must’ve been really scared of her, sorry I can’t protect you,”
“She kllled my mummmm…. She told me she kllled her, she told me,” he cried, and Mr. Russ released from the embrace.
“Do you want to get back at her?” He asked, and Micheal looked at him. “I can’t help you get back at her, but I’ll tell you a way to get back at her if yiu want to,” he said, but Michael kept mute. “I guess you are not interested. Let’s pretend we never had this conversation,” he said, and intend to leave but Micheal held him back.
“Teach me how to get back at her,” Micheal cried.
“That’s the spirt, boy,” he said, and they went to seat. “If you want to get back at her, you will have to become the chairman of the company. I’m currently the chairman, and she is the vice, but I’ll retire if you are capable enough to manage it. If you are above her, everything will go your way, and you will be able to get back at anyone you want to,” he said, confusing Michael. “You must be confused,” he said, and Michael nodded. “I don’t know how you can understand, but you’ve to work hard for it. If you are willing to work hard, I’ll make arrangements of people to prepare you for the bigger task ahead of you, and your journey of revenge,”
“How can I ever get back at her that way? Working hard… you are just fo0lish me,”
“Do you have a better idea?” He asked, and Micheal looked at him. “Since you don’t, we either try my way, and see if it works, or you remain scared of her forever,” with that he left.
Micheal think about what Mr. Russ said all night. Even though he doesn’t understand him fully, to him it sounded like when teacher ask you to study hard and achieve something. But he has no better option. He had to survive somehow, so giving it a shot wouldn’t harm.
He left his bed early the following morning and ran out of his room.
“Where are they?” He asked his nanny.
“They just left. I believe they should still be in the parking lot,” the nanny said, and he ran out.
He ran to the parking lot and saw his father about to enter the car.
“Wait! I’ll do it!” He shouted, and Mr. Russ looked at him.
“What’s he saying?” Mrs. Russ asked, and Mr. Russ chuckled.
“Ww now have an agreement, young man. I know you’d change your mind, you’re just being your father’s son. Someone will come over to train you, just do exactly as you are taught, and you will achieve everything you desire,” Mr Russ said.
“Honey, what are you talking about? What conversation do you both have behind my back,”
“I’ll give it my best… dad,” he muttered, and Mr. Russ patted his hair.
Mrs. Russ let out a sigh in disgust and her husband smiled at her.
“I’ll explain on our way,” he said, and entered the car.
Micheal returned inside, awaiting the person that his father wants to send over to him, and it was Mr. Jones
“Good morning, sir. I’m Jayden Jones, I’m one of the chairman’s secretaries, and from now henceforth, I’ll be your secretary, and I’ll teach you everything you have to know about the company,”
“You wiki make me the chairman to be able to beat that woman?”
“I’ll do my best, sir. I’ll only train you, but you will be the one doing the most,”
“I’ll cooperate, as long as I can beat that woman!” He muttered with clenched fist.
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FLASHBACK ENDS***
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Micheal smiled and shook his head before looking at him father.
“It’s too late, dad, I just realized that I can’t beat her your way, so I don’t even want to beat her anymore. I just want to be true to myself,”
“What do you mean by that?”
“I’m fed up, I’m tired of everything,”
“I won’t process your resignation, but you will receive a cut for insubordination,” with that Mr. Russ left, and Michael lament on his bed.
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HOLLAND HIGH^^^
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Stanley arrived at school, and joined Austin in their suite.
“Hey, you’ve been coming early these days,”
“If I care about myself, of course I should,”
“Your parents are still around?”
“I don’t know why it’s taking them forever to go on a business trip this time. I had enough. I want this whole shlt to be overrrr. I need a vacation. Don’t make any plans after the mid semester exams, ok? I’ll tell Mike once he arrives,”
“What’s your plan?”
“First, we should search for Steven. That guy disappeared and we aren’t even doing anything about it. It like he never existed,”
“I’m also worried about him,”
“Then why aren’t you doing anything?”
“Seriously, man. I’ve problems of my own,”
“What? The math club? I’m studying hard so I won’t have to drop basketball, Mike has his own worries with the engagement, but we still managed to think about Steve. You’re the one who can resolve it all, and all you worry about is the math club and new rides. Tell me, do you have a new ride in mind again? Seriously, I’m not getting it until I ace this exam, and find Steve,”
“You really don’t know anything, do you? But man, you’ve to be on my side this time, you know I’m following Bentley…”
“I knew it,” Austin teased, and they both laughed.
“What? Come on, man. Getting those cars is my only source of joy and happiness. And that scooter, we are getting that too,”
“We had a bet on that, we are getting the beach house!”
“That’s if you win,”
“Do you see yourself wining?“
“Whatever! But we are getting this ride,”
“Get off it, man. Put that energy on your math, and also find Steven. Period!”
“Come on…” he whined, tickling Austin but Austin push him away.
He kept on whining, and Austin ran off. They both started running around when they heard the broadcast.
“Isn’t that Mike?” Austin said, and Stanley paid attention. “What’s he up to?” Austin grumbled, and Stanley ran out. “Hey! Where are you going?” Austin shouted, and ran after him.
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Austin got to the broadcast station hallway, and met Stanley and Paulina there.
“What’s going on, man?” Austin asked.
“I already disconnected everything, but we still have to stop him,” Stanley muttered.
“Stop him from what?! What are you not telling me, man?” Austin shouted, and Stanley exhaled heavily.
“Do you think that will save him?” They heard Ava asked, approaching them.
“What do you want, Ava?” Stanley blurted.
“I don’t have any business with you!” She snapped, but he blocked her path.
“Leave Mike alone!” He shouted.
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Paulina held Michael’s trembling hands, and he looked at her.
“Allow me, Lina,” he muttered.
“You don’t have to punish yourself this way. Even if the truth will be revealed, you don’t have to do it yourself. You didn’t choose to be born that way. If you do this now, and everything crumble on you, you will live with the regret forever,” she said, and he embraced her.
“I really want to be true to myself,” he cried.
“What’s going on? What am I oblivious to?” They heard Austin asked.
“Good decision you made, Mike. It’s a very bold step,”Ava teased.
“What are you all hiding from me?”
“Wow, seems like you are the only one in the dark. But since everyone are bond to find out soon, let me begin from you. Your outstanding friend, is a piece of trash, an illegitimate!” She said, and they all looked at her.
“What? What’s she talking about?” Austin grumbled.
“Come on, man, don’t listen to her,” Stanley said holding him, but Austin jabbed his hand away.
“You knew, she knows, even her. Everyone knows expect me… why? Why am I the only on in the dark, why?” He shouted, and Stanley exhaled heavily.
“It’s getting boring,” Ava sneered and left.
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IN AN UNKNOWN PLACE^^^
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Mr. Ethan went out when he saw Don message, and saw Don limping in.
“What happened?” Mr. Ethan asked worriedly.
“I got him, boss. Leo,”
“And where is he?”
“In the hospital. He was attacked by armed men, but I was able to yeukd them all,”
“Is he in a critical condition?”
“No, the doctors assured that he is in good shape,”
“Good! Then you should have let him woke up before coming. Go bring him with you, don’t return till he is in good shape,”
“Yes, boss,”
“You end is near, Packard’s!” Mr. Ethan muttered, with clenched fist.
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TO BE CONTINUED…
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