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Chapter 47 - New Friends…

Penulis: Yuri Lee
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-02-23 15:43:43
-Eve-

What does it feel like to have a friend? Growing up as an orphan, as everyone else calls me, no one wanted to be my friend because I was different. But then I remember this boy I met in grade school who was just like me. At first, everyone avoided him which is why we became friends.

But then one day everything changed. Everyone started liking him and wanted to be his friend. I watched him from afar as the people around him surrounded him showing him their toys or giving him food. I never got the chance to play with him anymore because everyone else wanted to do the same with him. Until he disappeared one day and I was left alone.

The next friend I had was Stella and she backstabbed me by marrying my boyfriend. That’s when I thought that people only became my friends because they wanted something from me not because they really wanted me to be their friend.

“Spill,” Brie said as we sat in the farthest room of her cafe after serving us drinks. Vincent wasn’t able to come to schoo
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  • The Billionaire's Secret   Chapter 48 - One Year

    -Vincent-I was so busy moving back to my place and catching up with the updates on my business that I had to miss my afternoon date with her. Luckily Natalie hadn’t given birth yet but she was near.Evelyn told me that she and her new circle of friends are hanging out after school. I was not happy not to spend time with her, but I was glad that she finally found people who had her back. I might say that Brie is okay. What worries me is that girl who was always angry. I always forget her name. “It’s nice to have you back,” Natalie said, “Don’t forget my additional pay and bonus for the stress you have left to me, not to mention, my baby. It’s a wonder I still haven’t given birth.” “I never mean to be out and you know it,” I said softly. That’s how competent Natalie is. She was able to keep the business running smoothly along with Carl in my absence.A sigh escaped her lips before she went into full business mode as she gave me a rundown of all the updates from the company since my g

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  • The Billionaire's Secret   Chapter 49 - Surprises

    -Eve-It’s been a while since I enjoyed spending time with friends. With no worries about what they think of me or if being an orphan was something to be ashamed of. It’s funny how finding the right crowd makes something as simple as hanging out drinking coffee or milkshakes make you lose track of the time. “You know what,” Brie said, clapping her hands together.“Now you look scary,” Alyana teases. “I haven’t said anything yet,” she said defensively. I smiled because for some weird reason, hearing their banter warms my heart.“Anyways,” Brie said, “Since our class tomorrow is in the afternoon, I want to make a proposal.” “Why do I get the feeling that whatever it is that you have planned is scary?” Alyana teases. Brie pouted, and this time, I laughed, out loud.“Then don’t join us,” Brie crosses her arm in front of her chest looking all confident and authoritative.“Are you even sure that Eve would agree with your plan? Alyana asked. She might look serious but the tone of her v

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  • The Billionaire's Secret   Chapter 50 - Compromise

    -Vincent-I scared her. I know that I should have handled things differently but my fear of not seeing her again caught me off guard. “She’s safe,” Tony reassured me as he continued to drive behind Brie’s car. “Do we have any news on who broke in?” I asked, trying to distract myself and hopefully calm down before I faced Evelyn again. “Not yet,” Tony replied, I could hear the disappointment in his voice. I don’t need to look at him to know how much he beat himself up with what had happened. I couldn’t blame him because I know how he works. I know how he always double-checks everything related to his security system. And honestly, the speed at which I was alarmed about the break-in was already a good sign that his system works. But this is Tony that we are talking about and I know how much he values perfection. “But my men are working on it,” the seriousness in his voice was so cold that it made me shiver, “And I promise you that whoever did this will pay.”I know that when Tony p

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  • The Billionaire's Secret   Chapter 51 - Clarity

    -Eve-We stood in silence for god knows how long. I hate the distance between us right now but I will never make the first move. Even though I just want us to get this tension between us resolved, I am still angry at him for acting the way he did earlier. He might be paying me and we might have been closer than before but that doesn’t mean he has the right to act the way he acted earlier. Vincent sighed as he started to walk towards me. “It’s late and I know that you are as tired as I am right now,” his voice was soft and there was a gentleness in his touch as he led me to the couches. He let go of my hand as he pushed the chaise longue closer to the floor-to-ceiling window. He then proceeds to place several pillows at the back of the sofa before settling down. He turned to face me as he offered his hand to me, “Come sit with me, little devil,” his eyes were tired and pleading. A different version of Vincent, once again.“I am still mad at you,” I said, making it clear that he wo

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  • The Billionaire's Secret   Chapter 52 - The Sleepover

    -Vincent-Sleepover…When Evelyn told me she never experienced one, I didn’t believe her initially, well, until I saw that she was telling the truth. This was supposed to be my night of truth. Well, my truth at least. The time when I told her everything and saw how she would take my truth and pray to all the gods who could hear that she would accept my new proposal. But I gave her so much stress tonight, mostly my fault, that I gladly gave it when she requested an escape. I sat on one of the couches and watched as Brie, Alyana, and my Eve made fun of Garrett. The room was filled with teasing and laughter. “So, you two made up?” Emmet asked as he hand me a shot of whiskey.“Not quite,” I replied as he took the empty seat beside me. “But my grandmother gave everything I own back.”I watched his eyebrow raise in question before asking the obvious, “What did she ask in return?” A smile crept in on my lips. Emmet knows my grandmother so much that he knows she doesn’t give anything for

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  • The Billionaire's Secret   Chapter 53 - Baggage

    -Vincent-They were gone when we woke up. “What the fuck did you do, Emmet?!” Garret screamed as he continued to either Brie or Alyana but none of them was picking up his call. He turned to me, “Did Eve say anything else?” I shook my head. I am far more irritated than Garrett is but I keep my cool. I tried calling Evelyn the moment Garrett burst into my room when he found that Brie and Alyana were no longer in their rooms. He was expecting them to be in my room because he was expecting Eve to be with me only to find me alone.Evelyn didn’t answer my call which pisses me off. But unlike Garrett, I was still lucky that Evelyn sent me a message telling me that she couldn’t answer the phone because it was a girl thing and that she was okay and they were heading home early. As much as this whole situation sucks, I am also happy that Evelyn found someone she could be comfortable with. After all the bad things she had experienced in her life, I am just glad that something is looking up

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  • The Billionaire's Secret   Chapter 54 - Charms

    -Eve-It was supposed to be a fun night…A memorable night…Until it wasn’t.Brie had been sitting on the couch that she had pushed facing the floor-to-ceiling window not uttering a single word.Alyana and I watched her back in silence as her body continued to rise and then fall. I’ve never seen Brie like this. So lifeless and so sad.She was always the light of our party. Always the one who keeps the balance. I now realize that we depended on her so much. I depended on her so much that I didn’t know what the hell to do now. “Should we talk to her?” I asked Alyana, my voice low enough for just the two of us. Alyana shook her head no as she whispered back to me, “Just let her be. She just needs some time and space to think.” I nodded in agreement but felt helpless. Brie always knows what to do or what to say all the time to comfort me, why can’t I do the same to her not that she needs me?I know that Brie and I just became friends. But I won’t deny that I feel a bit sad when I real

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  • The Billionaire's Secret   Chapter 55 - One of a Kind

    -Vincent-“Aren’t we going to sit with them?” Garrett asked as he looked longingly toward the table that Brie and Alyana occupied. “You know we can’t,” I replied. Even though I know that I could. Evelyn just asked me not to because she was a supportive friend, even though I had already pointed out multiple times that it was not applicable to me because I am her boyfriend. Boyfriend…I like the sound of it.“Why do we have to suffer when it’s not even our fault?” Garrett complains, not minding that Emmet could hear him.Garrett continued to complain beside Emmet, while Emmet continue to ignore him.Tony, on the other hand, was busy with his laptop to mind us. I know that he hadn’t stopped since the break-in, and I also know that he wouldn’t stop until he fixed what needed to be fixed. I looked down at my phone impatiently as I waited for Evelyn’s reply.I had been trying to convince Evelyn that we should talk regardless of the outcome; I just wanted to get it over with.I hated the

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  • The Billionaire's Secret   Chapter 71 - The Girl with Auburn Hair

    -Eve-I don’t know what I would feel after hearing Vincent’s story. I am not even sure if I was supposed to know that. But if there was one thing it did, it made me understand why Vincent was not into relationships. I wish I would know who that girl was. I wish there was a way for me to make the bad memories and pain to go away. I also need to know who the hell the obsessed girl was. Why she did what she did. If she was a damn heiress, she has more options than others. I guess people really want what they can’t have. And even if you are a heiress, it doesn’t mean that you could have everything.“Sometimes, I wish I was not born into my family,” Ems said, as she looked at the night sky. Her cheeks were crimson and she had that far away look in her eyes. “I just want to be a normal person, you know.” This time she turned to face me, waiting for my response. “Why?” I asked. “Money and power can’t get you everything you want. It can’t even let you buy happiness.” “What do you mean?”

  • The Billionaire's Secret   Chapter 70 - Her

    -Eve-“By the way,” Vincent said as he pulled away from the woman with auburn hair turned towards me, and pulled me closer to him before facing the woman again. “This is my fiance,” he said, surprising me. “Evelyn.” I stared at the man beside me, who had a big smile on his lips. But that was not the only thing that took me by surprise. Another thing that I recognized just now was the way his face was beaming at her. Was he making her jealous? Why is he so happy?Or was he just so good at acting and not showing her what he truly feels?“The popular girl that stole the heart of the most elusive bachelor,” her voice was sultry and confident and I am not sure if she was flirting with Vincent or not. I turned to face her and gave her the best smile I could come up with. She pulled me to her and gave me a kiss on both cheeks. She doesn’t only look good but also smells good. There was nothing about this woman that wasn’t likable. If I was a guy I would fall for her too.Someone came a

  • The Billionaire's Secret   Chapter 69 - Two Worlds

    -Eve-Three elegant dresses lay on the bed before me. They were dresses sent by his friend. A friend who obviously has amazing taste. They are all made of different materials, and all of them have their own characteristics. I sigh as the pang of jealousy starts to grow bigger inside of me. I am not the jealous type, and I have never been jealous, even when I was with Stephen. I am not sure why. But when I found out about him and Stella, I was angry because I felt betrayed. But after everything that had happened, that betrayal made it easy for me to move on. I don’t even know what it feels like to envy someone who has something you wish you had. Never jealous of Brie’s social standing. Nor Vincent’s money. But ever since I realized I had feelings for Vincent, feelings like jealousy and envy have always shown themselves. And I hate that I have no right to even feel those feelings. Another heavy sigh escaped my lips as I took another look at the dresses in front of me. The blue dre

  • The Billionaire's Secret   Chapter 68 - A Friend… She…

    -Eve-I don’t know if it was because of the mood or if it was because we hadn’t seen each other for such a long time that we both gave in to what our bodies had been craving ever since we sat at the dining table. I know that Vincent told me everytime that he doesn’t make love, that he only fuck women for release. And yet, every time that he was inside of me, I felt otherwise. The care and attention he gives me sometimes make me feel greedy. It makes me want more. If there was a way for me to keep him, I would. I might even sell my soul to the devil if it meant that his grandmother would accept me. Accept us. I might seem to be brazen, but I am not. Trust me, I am not. But I already had a deal with a devil, and it turned out okay. Well, for now, at least. Because I know what I gave in return for this small piece of heaven I am experiencing.I just wish that when the time comes, my heart would be strong enough to mend all the broken pieces. “You broke your promise,” Vincent said a

  • The Billionaire's Secret   Chapter 67 - Steak… or… Dessert?

    -Eve-I woke up with a throbbing headache, in a place I didn't recognize, in a very big king-size bed, in the most elegant room I have ever seen. The wind blows the curtain in as the light from outside shows a reddish-orange-pink glow. Reddish-orange-pink glow…The color combination made me sit up in bed as I scanned the room I was in, looking for something to tell me that what I was thinking of was wrong. My eyes roamed the room, but I didn’t find what I was looking for.Instead, that’s when I realized that I was no longer in Brie’s mansion. I removed the covers from my body and recognized something else. I wasn’t wearing my clothes. The ones that I was wearing at that moment were too big to be mine. I begin to panic as I remember something that had happened last night. Unfortunately for me, all I have are fragments of it. I stood but immediately fell back on the bed as my throbbing headache felt like it was being hammered with several nails at the same time. I need to calm down

  • The Billionaire's Secret   Chapter 66 - My Fantasy

    -Vincent-I thought I could never love a woman so much, but once again, Evelyn proved me wrong. I watched as the love of my life slept soundly on the air bed in the middle of my limousine as if she was not kidnapped like what she was accusing me earlier. A part of me already knew that this would happen, but I never thought I would like it as much as I did. Evelyn has always been this quiet girl filled with secrets. A woman who deserved to have anything and everything she wanted but always thought otherwise. She could have used me all she wanted because she literally had me wrapped around her fingers, but she never did.She didn’t have anyone but her grandmother. After Alyana told me about Evelyn telling them about us and the way she threatened me if I was to hurt Evelyn, I was more happy than angry after knowing that Evelyn broke our contract. A contract that no longer exists since the night she gave me everything she has. I was glad to hear that because, finally, someone had her

  • The Billionaire's Secret   Chapter 65 - Kidnapped

    -Eve-“Make it stop!” I begged, but I am not sure if my voice was heard. Honestly, I don’t know if I was the one who spoke since it didn’t sound like my voice. All I can remember is the blaring sound of the alarm that sounded like the alarms the bank uses when someone tries to rob them. “Please,” I begged again. “Make it stop!” I am not sure if I was screaming, but it felt like that since my throat hurt. “It’s really hard to trust the three of you,” I heard someone say. I tried to open my eyes, but I was blinded by the light behind him. I grimaced once my eyes made contact with the shiny light behind him. “What would I do with you?’ I am not sure if he was asking me or if he was complaining. But whoever this guy is, I love his voice. “Are you my angel?” I asked, leaning towards the warmth that the voice brought exudes. I rubbed my face against his chest like a cat asking for some attention. “You smell good.” I don’t know what the hell I was saying because I don’t understand what t

  • The Billionaire's Secret   Chapter 64 - Admission

    -Eve-It’s been a while since I laughed this much. Despite the anxiety that was building inside of me, I am still glad to have had this time with my friends.“Maybe I should kidnap Emmet,” Brie slurred. “And make him do things I wanted then throw him away after I used him.” “You’re evil,” I replied, slurring myself. But despite the haze that we are all in. I know that we are not yet drunk enough not to know what the hell it was that we’re doing. If there was one thing that this drunken state does to us, it is to loosen our tongues and say things we couldn’t say when we are sober. “I am so envious of you now, my friend,” Brie admitted as she popped a chip in her mouth.My eyes grew big with her admission, not understanding how she can say that when she was a fucking princess. “I know I sounded like a selfish brat, which is I am right now. But the thought of you finding a man to love and who loves you back is something I don’t think I will have in this lifetime.”“We don’t need men,

  • The Billionaire's Secret   Chapter 63 - The Royals

    -Vincent-After dropping Evelyn off, I went straight to the new house I had purchased for Evelyn. And I couldn’t be more happy to know that Tony was able to convince the King of Norrustra to do the same. The Royals Mansion is the most luxurious, safest place any person could buy a house from. Before anyone can buy a home here, an extensive background check has to be made. Not only that, but they also need to be part of their exclusive club called The Regal. For some, they have to pay to be part of the exclusive club. For others, it is offered for free, because the mere mention of one’s name as member is like free advertisement. What makes The Royal Mansuon different from the rest is that you can be a member of the exclusive club but not a homeowner because the background checks made for the homeowners are different. When Tony told me what had happened, and god how I wanted to punch Emmet’s face at that, I immediately did some research and found the place. Especially when Alyana st

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