She was being chased by a Billionaire

I was at home being scolded by my aunt. I wanted to cover my ears because of my aunt's loud voice. I don't want to be scolded because I'm no longer a child, "I'm always telling you, Gianna, to stop roaming around the city and enter every bar that you like." She yelled at me.

"Aunt, I'm too old to be scolded by you, and I feel ashamed if some of our neighbors can hear your voice. And they are mocking at me just in case." I said in a sad voice. In a situation like this, I'm preparing to be the best actress instead of hearing my aunt's sermon. A few minutes later, maybe she was tired of yelling at me. She stops and sits on the couch in the living area while scanning a channel on television.

While I hold my phone and browse the internet for the new open bars in the city, if I have time and my aunt didn't notice, I'll go,

"You better leave in my front, Gianna, unless you want to taste my patience spread out. My head hurts when I give you advice, but you still don't want to listen." She said,

I stood up because I knew once she mentioned my whole name, she was angry at me. I exited the living area and went to my room. I want to rest because later at night I want to go into the city. I want to meet Geoff there too. He is one of my flings. We are the same in terms of attachment. We prepare for a short-term relationship more than anything. I don't believe in such an ever after. I will love you forever. Because I know that fairy tales don't exist. And if my once great love never left me before, maybe I'm a fan of happily ever after right now.

My parents left me alone. I grew up with my aunt. She raised me well and treated me like her own. My aunts weren't lacking in educating me about manners and everything, but this is the outcome of my attitude. Do I have to force myself to change when I am like this? I don't care what people think about me. Because when I was in my darkest days, they weren't here for me. All that matters to me now is myself, that I even hurt my aunt because of my attitude. I'm 28 years old, but sometimes I act immaturely. I don't want to find a job even though I finished my degree course because it was a hassle for me with my happy-go-lucky habits. My aunts want me to get married so that I can stay in the house.

We fought about her suggestion. I don't do marriage, never in my wildest dream. My aunt has a mini-grocery store in front of our house. And she wants me to manage that store, but I don't want to. I'm getting bored in the small place. The bar is my favorite place. I love the lights and the music. And I love seeing the girls flirting with the boys. Then I didn't hear my aunt's voice in the whole house.

I slightly opened the door in my room and I sneaked my eyes around the area, but I didn't see my aunt. Maybe she is in the store right now. I love my aunt, but I can't stop myself from giving her a headache. So I decided to get out of my room and went to the kitchen. I was hungry about my aunt's scolding habits. She didn't stop until I became deaf. When I open the fridge to see what's inside, I get the tupperware of macaroni, get a bowl, and place it on the table. Then I started eating when my phone beeped. A message came from Harry, indicating that he was waiting for me there.

That man wants something from me. He thinks that I should give in to him. No way! I'm just like this, but I want my virginity intact. I loved the company of a man, but I don't go beyond my limitations. Later on, he called me. I didn't pay attention to his message to me.

"Gianna, where are you? "he said, asking on the other line."

"I'm at the house, Geoff," I said.

"I just texted you. You didn't receive it?" he asked again.

"Yes, I received it, but I don't have any plans on going out," I said.

Days passed, I didn't need his presence anymore. I felt something was wrong with his personality.

"You had promised me, Gianna. And now you've changed your mind about going out?"

Did I promise him? I can't remember anything. Maybe he is making a story for me to come with him. What did he think he would fool me? One of my habits is saying, I don't want him anymore. I already feel something strange about him. When he looks at me, he wants to eat me whole. It's scary when I haven't avoided him yet. When I'm done eating, I wash my plates in the sink and place them in the cabinet and went back to my room.

I changed my clothes first and decided to go out and check on my aunt outside. I'll bring my phone with me. When I was already outside, I'll go to the store only to find out that my aunt is sleeping on the sofa bed. I didn't disturb her peaceful sleep. I got candies and went outside. I noticed girls in the neighborhood throwing a death glare at me, as if I'd do something to get them mad at me. They're insecure human beings because they are so ugly. Because they keep talking behind my back as if they are perfect in themselves, I don't have any friends in this neighborhood.

Because not all friends are true; some are plastic; they are kind in front but bitches in the back. If I'm bored like this, I'd want to go for a walk around the neighborhood and smell some of the residents' plastic attitudes. My aunt had no friends in this area, even though she had lived here for a long time. When I spotted them inside their house discussing other people's lives, when I walked near them, they all started laughing as if they were making fun of me. My blood boils at their attitude, but I restrain myself from making a scene and slapped their faces because it was a waste of time to listen to some nonsense individual.

I returned to the house after my walking session around the neighborhood and saw my aunt seated in a wooden chair near her flowers garden outside. I approached her.

"Where have you been, Gianna?" She asked me.

"Hello, Aunt, I'm strolling around the neighborhood," I said and kiss her cheeks.

"And then you got upset because they're backstabbing you? Let them be, Gianna; they're minding other people's lives because they don't have a source of income."

"But I can't help myself, Aunt, I want to punch their faces one by one." I grumbled.

"Don't pay attention to them; they act like that because they are insecure. You grow used to it." Aunt remarked.

"You should come inside and change your clothing, Gianna." Then, as my aunt had instructed, I went inside my room and changed my clothing.

After that, I take my soiled clothes to the washing room to be washed. When it comes to my dirty clothes and undies, I wash them myself since I'm embarrassed if my aunt does them. I'm going to turn off my phone so Geoff doesn't call me and insists on seeing me at the bar. He's been acting like a jealous jerk the last few days, constantly questioning where I am, what I've been up to, and everything else.

Which terrified me; what if he expects something from me in return for his efforts in providing me with things? But I didn't ask for it; he gave it to me of his own free will.

Meanwhile, I was sitting in my office couch, staring at the woman I don't want to see. She is Maureen, a family friend who has a thing for me, continues suggesting that the two of us should be married soon. Is she hallucinating? I'd like to marry again, but not to her. I usually tell her that we are simply friends and nothing more, but she is stubborn because all of my children are in her favor.

They have no sentiments; they don't understand why I don't desire Maureen and instead want someone else. She always follows me like a tail. She reminds me of a teenage girl who is obsessed with her crush. Right now, I want to send her on her way because the longer she stays, the more irritated I become.

"Please, Maureen, are you going to come here and bother me?" I asked.

"You are extremely inconsiderate." She said.

"You know, it's an office hour."

Then I saw she was disturbed by my words. I hurt her with my words in order for her to understand that I am not interested in her. She and my ex-wife are the same in that they are enthusiastic and loyal at first, but then they will abandon and never return.

So it's frightening to gamble, not on the same person but the same habit. I don't want to go through it again after giving everything I had, yet she suddenly left me? Right now, they can't even fool me. There are attempting to seduce me with their flirting techniques because they believe I've give them what they want. That was before, but that is no longer the case. They were not given a single centavo because from now on, I'll stop dating woman just for fling.

However, Maureen flirtatious voice interrupts my thoughts.

"What are you thinking, Marcus?" she asked.

"It's as if your mind has wandered into another universe; I keep talking here but you don't listen."

"I don't have time to entertain you, Maureen, Can't you see I have a lot of papers to check."

"You injured my feelings, Marcus." She sobbed.

I was embarrassed by her outburst, she is so dramatic even I didn't hurt her physically.

"Don't be so emotional here, Maureen. My staff thinks I harmed you. You may go home right now, I'm not paying attention to my work because you keep staring at me. The way you look at me, it's like you're trying to choke me to death."

She ran towards the door and slammed it hard after I said those words to her.

She has the tantrums of a spoiled adolescent. I was embarrassed since she didn't act her age. I felt relieved when she went out and go home.

After that, someone came into my office. Luca was my firstborn.

"Hello, Dad," she said, kissing my cheeks.

"What brought you here, Luca?" I asked her.

"I'm only here to pay you a visit. What Aunt Maureen is doing here, Dad?I'm walked right through her, but she didn't notice me," she added, her gaze fixated on me.

"What have you done, daddy? Aunt Maureen seems angry."

"I didn't do anything, Sweetheart. Sit down." I said.

"And what do you want, coffee or juice?"

She smiled and said,

"No thanks, Dad, I'm on a diet."

She is a petite woman but she wants to go on diet.

"Why is that?" I said.

"Does your lover leave you when you gain weight?" I asked her.

"No, dad, he is so in love with me for him to do that."

I laughed because of her words.

Luca was a surgeon, and her lover was a lawyer.

"How are your siblings? They didn't come here often."

"They are so busy, dad, and they said they would pay a visit if they have time."

We didn't live in the same house, so now that my only son Timothy, is married, I'II give each of them their own house. My second one is Winter, she live in a townhouse with her designs.

Winter worked as a fashion designer in another country but she stay her with us for good. When their mother hasn't left me yet, the two of us live with Luca in my house. After Timothy married, they didn't come to see me as often because he was occupied with his career as an architect and as a father. I have a grandson on him. That is why I wish to remarry because my children are preoccupied with their own life and do not always look after me.

"You don't have any work at the moment? That's why you pay me a visit?"

"Even though I'm busy, dad, I don't forget to pay you a visit. I know how to manage my time properly."

"I have to go, Dad. I visit here again next time." She said.

"All right. Take care." I said.

After our conversation, Luca said her goodbyes and left to return to her clinic. I rested my back against the swivel chair, which was aching. I hire a manager to check all of my business around the city. But I'II double-check all of the income to make sure. It's adequate. That's why all women are interested in me because I'II become the talk of the town since everyone aware that I'm a billionaire but I worked hard for it and they had no idea what I went through in reaching where I am right now.

Do they believe becoming a billionaire is simple? Because of this terms, both side abandoned me. They sent me away because money is more important to them than a family. We got into difficulties when my parents and grandparents died, because of all of their inheritance and the names on their last will and testament we're all named after me everything were still they same if they weren't biased.

It would not have created a fuss if the, inheritance had been distributed among the children and grandkids, that's fine for my parents because I'm their son, but it wasn't appropriate for my grandparents because I'm only a grandson. So, what about their children? Because they can't accept what happened, they refuse to speak to me and push me out of their lives.

Even when our paths cross, we are just strangers. Once they says that I became a billionaire because of greediness. So to avoid trouble between us and the family. I talked to the lawyer again, I asked him to make and new last will and testament that contained the names of the children of my grandparents, but the lawyer told me that he could no longer change what was stated in the will, that it was up to me to decide whether to divide to them the inheritance or not.

So I called them in a meeting together with the lawyer to witness our division of inheritance but before that ,we've got into commotion because they would not allowed me to receive any but do they have a choice? They're an ungrateful human being, I'll gave them a chance but they insisted to receive the whole.

Their reason was my mother should not needed to receive because my father had already from his parents. They just forgot that my mother is one of their siblings. Because of their attitude that time my anger overflowed so until now they didn't receive any amount. Until now I was confused of what is the reason behind why the name of all the inheritance they have after me. They are unaware that their decision was make a mess between me and their children, but how did they know if they already passed away.

Knocking on the door brought me back to sanity. And the door was open, then my Engineer friend came in.

"Good afternoon, my friend." He said smiling.

"What's good in your afternoon, Lance?" I asked him.

"It's so nice, Marcus, because we're going out today and have fun." He said to me.

"I'm busy so I can't go with you." I asked.

"As far as I know the office hour was end in five o'clock and never extend until evening. " He said.

"You should invite your other friend, so that the all of you can bonding." I said.

"They're busy with their married life, Marcus, so I don't want to disturb them."

"What's with your tone, Marcus, I feel that you can't come with me." He said.

"You're feeling was right, I don't want to go out." I said.

"Don't worry, this time it's my treat." He said.

"Don't put me in your pocket, Lance, I know your kind." I said smiling.

"Of course, Marcus, you're a billionaire, it was just a coin for you." He said.

"Shut up. I work hard for the tail of my billion, Lance, my investment of that is blood and sweat. And before you forget, you owed me million the other day." I said.

I don't want to hang out with them very much because they are prejudiced; if we should pay the bill, they want me to pay it because their reasons is, I am a billionaire.

They wouldn't show up for about a week after that, and if they had a problem again, they should come to me and have a pitiful reaction. I'm upset with them, but I've never been angry with them even once. Then I made a joke with, saying that if the situation occurred again, if ever I would pay our bill once more alone, I'm going to report them in the police station.

His face pale because of my remarks, he was afraid that I would make him pay what he owed me early. He suddenly fell silent and sat down in the couch, and he was became serious when we talks about his debts to me. Just then, Lance suddenly spoke.

"Who is the reason of the loss of your good mood today? I want to hit her by broom, because of her you remember my debts to you." He says laughing.

"Even though I'm in a good mood, Lance, I'll never forget what you owe me." I said.

Lance frowning upon staring at me.

"You should be serious once in your life, Lance, so that you could find happiness." I said.

"Wow, the billionaire was like a love adviser, so cheesy." He said to me mockingly.

"All right, I'll have to go, Marcus, I'll just call you later." He said coming out the door.

After Aldo leave the office, I decided to go outside. I lock the room in my office and I'm done informing my staff that I'll go out early.

While, I was lying on my bed reminiscing my past. I'll remember my old self where I'm just a simple girl who believe in the greatness of life and love.

If my once great love never leave me behind we end up together right now. If he has been contented of what I gave to him maybe we live the life that we promised with each other before.