All Chapters of The Hidden Billionaire: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

It was two pm in the afternoon on Thursday and all of us were in our business lessons. Mr Smith had said that a meeting or even a visit to the company would benefit tremendously for our project last week. Everyone in my group wanted to visit the branch in New York, but Joseph had made it clear that it was impossible. I believe Jaxon called two months ago, asking for a meeting which was rejected. But they were persistent and had called multiple times after that. I was torn. On one hand, I knew that it would be a risk for them to be seen with me. But on the other hand, all of them worked so hard on this project to be the best that it can. So when Mr Smith came and talked to us last week, I had called Joseph to arrange a meeting with the nine of us. He protested at first, but then caved in when I wouldn't change my mind. We made plans for the security to be there because all of my friends were important figures to the public, and if anything would have happened to them inside my company

The bell rang for the lesson indicating the beginning of lunch and the students raced out of the door. I also had packed my bag and walked out of the door to see Elijah standing next to the door scrolling through his phone. "What are you doing here?"He looked up and smiled at me, "Do I need a reason to want to see you?"I raised my eyebrow at him and gave him a flat look. "No". "I was waiting for you." I nodded at him as we both walked over to my locker. I swapped my books that I didn't need anymore and gathered those that I did need. Elijah leant on the locker next to mine and observed me. "You know it's rude to stare". "Just appreciating your beauty", I raised my eyes to find him smirking at me. I rolled my eyes. We started to walk towards the back exit to eat outside because Harper and Aspen wanted to enjoy the sunshine. Elijah slipped his hand in mine and held it tightly nearly cutting off my circulation. "So I heard that you'll be taking over Easton's Designs soon?". It wa

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

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

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