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The Hidden Billionaire CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Joseph as requested the previous day had managed to schedule a meeting, and book my hotel for three days. I would be arriving in Paris in the afternoon once we leave JFK airport where my private jet was scheduled to depart at eight in the morning. The others had no idea that I was leaving today, and once morning came, I had gotten ready for the day. I wore a beige business suit with matching cigarette trousers, paired with a white top. I had on nude heels, my black hair in a high ponytail after I had straightened it. It was nearly half past seven, so I exited my room and made my way to the school's exit and drove my koenigsegg Regera that arrived yesterday night near the Academy to the airport- luckily I wasn't noticed by anyone as it was too early in the morning. My car could drive itself automatically to any destination that I set on my phone and so when I had received the phone call from Joseph, I had set the destination to a secluded corner near the Academy so that I had a ride
The Hidden Billionaire CHAPTER FOURTEEN
The rest of the group dispersed shortly after dinner for their rooms, but Elijah hadn't left my side. He walked with me to my room, not once letting go of my hand."Uhh... Do you want to come in?", clearly he was worried the most about my sudden disappearance. We had gotten quite close over these two months. He nodded.As soon as we entered my room, he engulfed me into another hug - holding me so tight as if he was scared I would disappear if he let go. I slowly wrapped my own hands around his frame and pat his back."It's okay, I'm right here, Lijah... Elijah look at me". I spoke softly as I stroked his hair."No". He buried his head further into the crook of my neck and took in a deep breath."Look at me Elijah", I said firmly but still used my soft tone. He lifts his head to look into my eyes. "I'm right here, Lijah okay?"."Don't ever leave me again like that", he scolded me sternly but his grey eyes showed a bit of vulnerability. His hands gripped my waist as he looked down at me
The Hidden Billionaire CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Time was relative. Einstein once had mentioned that the rate at which time passes depends on the person's frame of reference. It would be slow for some and fast for others. Now as I opened my inbox to check my emails for the day in the comfort of my own room- Joseph's name was at the top reminding me that it was the time for monthly review. Three months had gone by in a blink of an eye. My phone pinged- a notification displayed on its screen from the Academy. I had a delivery to collect from reception. I was confused for a few seconds before I realised that it must be the prototype for The Edge and the laptop. I grabbed my phone, keys, my student ID and locked my room door behind me, proceeding to walk towards reception. The wait lasted for a few minutes before I was assisted. "What can I do for you?". "Good afternoon, I am here to collect the post under the name Avalon Gracia". I gave her my identification. The lady looked down at her file confirming my ID and entered the storag
The Hidden Billionaire CHAPTER SIXTEEN
The rest of the day flew by, my interview over and I had a talk with Robert over the phone making plans to spend the day with Levi tomorrow. I needed fresh air, I felt like I was suffocating.I quickly left my room with my keys and phone in my hand, walking over to a secluded garden that I had found behind the academy a month ago. I sat on the bench and let my thoughts flow free as I tilted my head and observed the stars.I was eight."Mom, mom! Look at what I found", I screamed while running towards the kitchen with my dad chasing me from behind.It was a Sunday, they always took today off. It was family time. I was helping my dad clean when I found it- their wedding album. Dad said it was one of the happiest days in his life. The other happiest day was when I was born.I entered the kitchen to find my mom in her own world dancing to her favourite song - Can't take my eyes off you by Frank Sinatra whilst baking red velvet cupcakes. Now those were my favourite.My dad caught up and pi
The Hidden Billionaire CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Elijah's POVI couldn't sleep for a long time. My thoughts was constantly going back to Avalon. I had noticed that she hadn't spoken much yesterday, not when we were at the Kingston Ltd shop, nor when went to eat, not when we came back. It looked like she was bothered by something, and I knew that the others noticed as well. I saw the tears in her eyes that she tried to blink away when I asked her if she was okay. But when we came back, she had left to her room and we were all confused. We had thought that she'd come to dinner, but she skipped that. I was worried, so I looked for her around the academy. However when I found her sitting in the garden behind the academy, with Can't take my eyes off you by Frank Sinatra playing. Her head tilted up towards the stars, her eyes closed as silent tears leaked from her eyes - I froze. She hadn't noticed me then, it was as if she was playing memories through her head. I couldn't take my eyes off of her. I'd never seen Avalon display any emot
The Hidden Billionaire CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Something had felt off about today, it was as if I knew something was going to happen in the pit of my stomach. I was spending the day with Levi at the zoo, showing him all the animals. Our parents had taken me to the zoo when I was a little kid, and I wanted that for Levi too. But as we were walking through the zoo, I felt like I was being watched. It wasn't right. It was the same feeling that I had gotten as I was leaving the academy in the morning. Thinking nothing of it, I shrugged it off and concentrated on Levi, who was busy running away from me. I ran after him shouting for him to stop, only for him to fall down. I quickly checked for any visible injuries, scooping him up in my arms and standing to apologise to the person. "I'm sorr-What are you doing here?". It was Elijah in front of me. I looked around to notice that the rest of our group was also here. "What a coincidence!", Max exclaimed whilst he nervously laughed."You followed me?", I asked with disbelief. I guess no
The Hidden Billionaire CHAPTER NINETEEN
Once Levi fell asleep, I had decided that it would be best to carry on with the rest of the activities that I had planned for him afterwards. So all of us went back to the park that I had met Ian at the beginning of the day, so that Levi could be taken back home whilst we waited. I didn't want the others to know where the house was. I knew that the others were confused, shocked at my behaviour and had many questions but I wouldn't answer any of them. They had observed me as if I were a specimen wanting to figure out. It was the first time that they had seen me without my blank mask. Albeit there were some instances where I would be annoyed, or my lips would twitch at something stupid Max did - I'd never laughed or smiled in front of them. I was watching a smiling and giggling Levi who was playing with Austin and Lena in the grass in front of us. Max and Jax in their own world concentrated on a game of thumb-war with Tyler as their referee. Aspen and Harper talking next to us. It was
The Hidden Billionaire CHAPTER TWENTY
Elijah's POVJaxon, Austin and I were walking towards the cafeteria for breakfast the next day and all I could think about was the kiss. Her lips were like soft pillows and had tasted like strawberries. I was addicted to the taste. I had felt her hesitance- the way she was nervous at first, slightly moving her lips against my own, as if she was experimenting something that was out of her depth. The way she gained confidence when I kissed her the second time, and her innocent moan that she released when I had bit her plump lip. The way her skin flushed red when I tucked her hair behind her ear, and the way she hid her face in my shoulder in embarrassment. Fucking hell. She was perfect."Are you okay man? You're a bit odd today". Austin noticed. "Yeah why wouldn't I be?""You've been smiling like an idiot". Austin looked at me in concern. I scowled and spoke defensively. "Can I not smile?""Did something happen?" Jaxon watched me with amused eyes. I ignored both of them walking slig
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The Hidden Billionaire THANK YOU
Thank you for choosing this book to read, and if you have gotten this far thank you for completing this book. I hope that this adventure is the one that had been what you were looking for and hopefully the ending satisfies you. Obviously as this is my first story that I had fully written, I felt that there were times when I wanted to give up because I couldn't find a good enough plot or had a writer's block, but I'm glad that I had given them their ending. Once again, thank you for your support. It really means a lot. Please feel free to comment about what your thoughts are about this book. YOLI2YOUTOOCompleted 15/11/2021
The Hidden Billionaire EPILOGUE
10 YEARS LATER"Are you ready yet?", my younger brother shouted from behind the door as I hurriedly wore my heels.Lena replied to Levi whilst I thanked my hair dressers for the big day. I turned to my best friends who were dressed in beautiful nude maxi dresses, both ready to be my bridesmaids. "Let's do this", I say nervously as I opened the door.Levi's eyes widened as he took in my appearance before walking towards me and offering his hand which I took. A gentle smile appeared on his face, "You look gorgeous sis".I gave my younger brother a smile of my own tilting my head up to face him. It was reminder that he had grown up, although still only fourteen, it was a reminder that ten years had passed since that horrible day.After I woke up from my coma of three months, it was hard. I felt that I was the same weak naive kid that I once was when I was twelve, who constantly put her barriers up so that no one could come in and hurt her if they left again. I felt so much anger at Kane
The Hidden Billionaire CHAPTER THIRTY
Elijah's POV When we reached the warehouse it was too quiet. Robert and the others quickly assessed the situation and surrounded the area. All of us went inside to find both Ava and Levi. It was only a matter of few minutes before we found her brother curled up in a corner of a cold room with a big gash on his left arm and tears running down his face. He flinched as I put my hand on his shoulder but raised his little head to look at me. Recognition passed through his eyes as he jumped into my arms tightly wrapping his arms around my neck whimpering. I passed him to Max and Ian who took him out per Roberts orders and back to the house to get him treated. He was too young for this. The rest of us quietly and quickly searched the other rooms for signs of Ava and found voices behind the massive double doors. Robert signed all of us to raise our weapons as we didn't know what was going on behind the doors but what we found was something unexpected. A bullet went through Avalon as we op
The Hidden Billionaire CHAPTER TWENTY NINE
It took nearly half an hour before I reached the destination. I knew what I was doing was stupid, but I didn't have enough time to think logically when my little brother was in danger. When I had received the call from the unknown number, I knew it could only be Kane. He finally called after months for the first time to only make demands. The man wanted me to arrive alone at a given location within the hour, or otherwise Levi would be dead. I knew enough of Kane, to know that his threats were serious. However, I couldn't go alone without giving some sort of indication to Robert as to where I was, so I wrote down the address on a piece of paper before escaping. Now looking at the location, it looked to be an abandoned warehouse. There were holes in the walls, broken bricks scattered along the floor and not a soul in sight. I took a deep breath and stepped out of my car, making my way towards the entrance. The inside seemed to be even more filthy with dust accumulating around all corn
The Hidden Billionaire CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT
Elijah's POVFinding out that the girl you love had been lying to your face for over six months was not a good feeling. The betrayal and pain was all I could feel at that moment in time. I had been doubting myself for the past two weeks - questioning myself if I was worthy of her, that I had gotten so angry when the truth came into the light. The trust that we had was broken, like someone had shattered a porcelain glass on the floor. I was mad at her. Really fucking mad. But I wasn't going to walk out without an explanation, or rashly act out in anger. If I knew at least one percent of Avalon, she would have a reason. However when she told us why she was really here and what had been happening, I felt anger and frustration. Anger at myself for not realising what had been happening because I knew something had been bothering her. Frustration at her because she didn't want to talk to me because she thought it would put us in danger. I wasn't really mad at her anymore. She had done wha
The Hidden Billionaire CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN
I had pushed everyone away in these past two weeks. I could tell that they were worried at first, but as the second week pushed through- they wanted to know what was wrong. They all became irritated with my behaviour as I was constantly disappearing and always on my phone. Aspen barged into my room with Harper and Lena demanding to know what was wrong. Aspen thought that I was cheating on Elijah with Maxim. I could understand her concern because the timing was too convenient. I would never cheat on anyone. I knew what I felt for Elijah was more than just liking him. My mind knew that, and so did my heart. I just didn't know if what I felt for him was love. What I did know was that I wanted to stay this way forever. Being around Elijah Easton felt like home. It had been so long that I felt something as closely remote to this- I was stuck. Our worlds that resembled parallel lines suddenly intersected and any uniform balance that I had was thrown out the window. Everyday with him was
The Hidden Billionaire CHAPTER TWENTY SIX
Elijah's POVIt had been a two weeks since the charity ball and everyone had noticed the change in Avalon. At first I just thought that maybe I was imagining things, or maybe she was at that time of month - but I knew that it wasn't just me who noticed these changes. It was as if I was back to square one.She had been pushing us all away, her blank emotionless eyes back and no emotion to show. I had thought that maybe if I gave her a bit of space, she'd come to me but I was so wrong. I don't know what to do. I had called my mom endless amounts of times, to ask her for advice but she just kept on saying to trust her and stay with her. I had thought that maybe I did something wrong, but I couldn't think of anything. She sat with us like she normally does but now always on her phone like when she first had started. My mood dropped every time she answered a phone call, always speaking in French or Russian. I was frustrated - jealous even. Why does she want to talk to them and not with me
The Hidden Billionaire CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE
The charity gala had begun two hours ago. We had been served dinner shortly after the welcome speech and as previously mentioned, the auction started an hour ago. The whole auction was a cover-up. People didn't want the items that were auctioned, they wanted to show their authority. It was a game of 'who has the most money'. It was so that other companies would notice theirs and maybe an opportunity for connections. During dinner, Elijah's parents joined us at our table. I had thought the others would sit and eat with us, but one look from William Easton was sufficient for our friends to run with their plates to another table. They did look guilty and slightly apologetic, but what for I don't know. We all ate in silence after introductions, but I could tell that William was observing me secretly. He was evaluating me. It wasn't until our main course had been bought, he decided to ask questions. The questions started off simple, like how did you get into school and what are your plan
The Hidden Billionaire CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR
The rest of the week flew by quickly, and it had been four days since I was attacked. I had called Robert immediately and had informed him of what happened. He was on high alert, and had increased the security that was surrounding the house with Levi. He had wanted me to pull out of the academy, but I couldn't because questions would rise at my abrupt disappearance. So he assigned three members from his team to follow me discreetly. The bruise on my waist hurted really bad on the first day and I had been limping slightly. Elijah noticed and asked me what was wrong, but I shrugged him off telling him it was nothing. However I could see the concern and worry in his eyes. Though now it had been four days, the bruise was nearly gone and there was only slight pain. "Are you nervous?", Elijah brought me closer to him and kissed my temple. "No", I sighed into shoulder my mind preoccupied. Joseph had called earlier today, arranging to meet me so that I could approve of the contract that w
