The Billionaire’s Desires

Ariel POV

“Find out where she lives, I want to kill her myself.”

“Yes, ma’am, I’ll get right on it.” He responded abruptly and ended the call.

Travis’s plans worked better than I had expected. I got a call from Nathan’s mom telling me to find time to come see him off at the airport. Apparently, his grandfather wants him to come back home for some weird traditional tingy, I don’t really care. The point is that he gets to leave town for a few months until he fully understands the family’s heritage.

This would give me all the time I need to find that slut and get rid of her for good, but at the same time, I can’t forget about Travis. That sneaky bastard. He must think that I’m so stupid. With Nathan out of the country, he would have the power to run the company the way he want. He has something up his sleeves and I’m going to find out what it is.

When I got the call from Mrs. Trent, I drove over to Nathan’s house, the house his parents got for him in the estate. The battle between Travis and Nathan is no secret in the Trent household. The elders always try to be just and fair in their judgments, that is why they got them the same house in the same estate. I spent the afternoon With Travis, but when I drove over to Nathans house, I found it uninhabited.  The premises look deserted and unkempt. You could tell that no one lives in this house. If he hasn’t moved to this house, it simply means that he has another house in this estate that nobody knows about.

I’ve kept tabs on him for the past two years, I monitored his affairs closely to make sure he doesn’t change the plans, how did I miss this, how could he have gotten a house without my knowledge?

It’s got to be her, he bought that house for Hillary. That slut. She is the cause of all my problems, how did she get to be smarter than me?

I’ve schemed and planned my affairs for more than two years, I’ve killed to get to this position, but she only came a few days ago and now she has him doing anything she wants. Well, not for too long, I won’t let her take this away from me, I’ve worked so hard to get to where I am. She has no idea what I did to get Nathan’s parents to accept me. I fucking killed to get here, how can she take him from me, after all I did?

I turned around and left his stupid house that’s empty, then I drove to his parent’s house, at least I’m still welcomed there. The atmosphere at his parent’s house is so gloomy, it looks like they were moaning about the death of a loved one. It is so depressing and I wished I had never come here. I had to pretend to be a little bit sad about his impromptu travel, I had to fake it to his family. His mom sat on the couch quivering her lips as she sobbed, she thinks the old man is up to no good, she isn’t far from the truth because I happen to have the same thoughts. Although I know his reason for calling him home was because Travis asked him to do it, I still wondered why the old man had listened to Travis.

It is said rumored that Nathan is the favored son. He is a spitting image of the elderly Trent and he is adored and favored by the elders. It is due to the influence of his grandfather that he was chosen to lead the family despite the fact that Travis is two years older than him. The old man had fought and schemed to make Nathan the heir, how could he be working with Travis to ruin his own plans and destroy Nathan, it’s just not right. Something doesn’t quite add up, it just doesn’t make any sense.

I kept thinking about it as I consoled his mom and assure her that ever would be okay, the only thing that keep coming to my mind is “Blackmail.”

Travis must have something on the old man and he is using it to force him to do his bidding. I wouldn’t put it past that slimy, sneaky bastard. He could blackmail his own grandfather if it gets him what he wants, that’s how dangerous he can be.

“Let’s not make this harder for him mom, I’m sure he is pretty upset about leaving. It would make him feel even worse if he walks in and see us looking this way. Look let’s just cheer up and support him, he is going to be back before we know It, it’s just going to be for a few weeks.” I told her with a warm smile, a fake smile I must confess

“Few weeks?

Oh, my poor baby, You have no idea do you? Have you had a chance to discuss it with him, I’ll suggest you get pregnant with his baby before he set out.” his mom told me, making my eyes go as wide as saucers.

“What the hell are you talking about mom? You know he would never agree to that, why would you suggest that to me?”

“Sweetie, he may be gone for a very long time. No one knows when the elders would pronounce him ready. His father stayed for almost four years and he would have stayed longer, but Nathan had an accident and needed an urgent transfusion from his father. You need to have a long talk with him before he leaves, I would hate for you to wait for him for so long. I love you Ariel, but you have to know where you stand in his life, you can’t put your life on hold for him. I just hope he is able to pass all their silly mind games and tests, I’ll miss him so much.” She sobbed once more.

I should be consoling her, I really want to console her right now but my head is in many places. She is making it sound like I don’t have a future with him and it’s very infuriating. I’ve got a lot of questions swirling around my head and it’s trying to drive me crazy.

“Mom, if Nathan would be gone that long, then who is going to be in charge of the company while he is gone?” I asked in confusion.Exclusive content © by Nô(v)el/Dr/ama.Org.

“Oh, Travis will. You’ve met his cousin Travis right?

He will be in charge of the company while Nathan is gone.” She responds with a little sad smile.

“Of course, I’ve met the traitor,” I thought within me. I’m just too stunned to respond to her question, good thing it sounds rhetorical, I’m guessing that she isn’t expecting an answer from me. I can’t believe that I thought he was helping me, when did I become so gullible and soft, How could I be so stupid?

He did this for himself. It has always been his plan to get rid of Nathan, and now he just did. I was never part of his plans, to him I’m just a whore that he can use whenever he wishes. I’ll make sure he doesn’t get away with this, I’ll teach him not to mess with me.

First, I’ll put a bug on his phone, I need to find out who he has been calling, I have to know what he is planning. I also have to find out what he is using to blackmail his grandfather because I am certain that the old man would not play along with his tricks if he wasn’t forcing him to. I’m so going to ruin his plans, if I’m not getting this money, I’ll make sure he doesn’t get it either. I just need to make sure Hillary has been taken care of, once she is out of the way, I’ll have all the time in the world to deal with Travis.

Since he loves playing dirty, I’ll teach him how to roll in the mud, lets see who is smarter.

TRAVIS’S POV

After she left, I made another call to the pilot that flies the family’s private jet. It’s about time that I put an end to Nathan. I can’t let Ariel know that I plan to get rid of her fiance, she would never have allowed it. The fucking bitch is too desperate for her own good.

Too bad she doesn’t know about my other plans, and even if she did, she wouldn’t be able to do anything to stop my plans, I’ve got the video of us having sex in this house, there is no way she would fight against me because I could release that video at any Point in time and it would ruin all her plans to be Mrs. Trent.

Even if she chooses to fight it, she is still going to lose this battle because Nathan is never coming back to this city alive, so there is no way she would be taking on the surname, “Trent” at least not from me, I’m sure. She is good for the sex, I’ll never have such a whore run my household, not even if she were the last woman on planet earth.

I bet she doesn’t know that Nathan has just taken his new sweetheart to the marriage registry, he never had any plans for her, he hates her guts. I wonder what, aunt Doris, Nathan’s mom was thinking when she accepted her as his wife, she must have believed the rumors spread by my dad and I about Nathan. It’s quite a shame that she doesn’t know how to spot out a lie or a rumor, she has been in this family for so many years, but she has never learned the tricks of the Trent’s, she is still a pure-hearted do-gooder that can be easily tricked or deceived, that is why she believed the old man’s lies, even when the truth was staring at her face. Well, it’s a good thing that she never ratted him out because if the truth had been exposed, I would not have anything to use against the old man and force him to do my bidding.

You’re wondering what I’m talking about, right?

Well, let me take you on a trip down memory lane,

You see, many years ago, back in the Caribbean, my grandfather fell in love with a beautiful lady, named Elsa. She was the only daughter of the Kingston family and the heir to the family wealth. My grandfather had a friend named Conor and his family was also wealthy but the Kingston’s were the wealthiest because they came from a long line of elites. Grandpa, Conor, and Elsa were best friends and they were so inseparable. He never thought anything would destroy their bond until he discovered that Conor was also in love with Elsa. They both had feelings for the beautiful damsel but none of them could open up to her because they feared being rejected.

One day, Gramps caught his two best friend’s making out in Elsa’s room, apparently, Elsa also had feelings for Conor and when Conor wouldn’t ask her out, she took the bold step and confessed her feelings to him. They both had been dating for a few months and they kept my dad in the dark until he caught them in bed. The pain and heartbreak were too much for my grandfather, so he packed up and left the Caribbean and that was how he came to settle in New York City and luckily, he found love again and he settled in New York and started his own family. With his experience in the family business, he started a new company in New York and within a few years, he built another empire in New York and when it was his turn to lead the family, he linked the companies in the Caribbean and the ones in New York and other countries and that was how we got this wealthy and influential.

With all this wealth, he still wasn’t happy, he had a grudge in his heart against his two best friends who later got married and had a beautiful daughter that was as beautiful as the mother, Elsa. He wanted to hurt them as much as they had hurt him, but he never got a chance. Watching their beautiful daughter always makes him feel the pains all over again. He had two boys, my dad and uncle Simon, Nathan’s father, but he still envied his best friends who had only one daughter.

The years went by and the kids all grew up and got married, then he had grandchildren. My mom ran away from my father after she had me, but Luckily, Aunt Doris had a daughter after Trent, and Gramps was excited to have a daughter himself. My father told me that everything was going well and everyone was happy, but nobody knew of the plans my grandfather was hatching until a tragedy befell Conor and Elsa. Their only daughter, died during childbirth, leaving her beautiful daughter in the care of her husband. He couldn’t take care of the little girl, so he left the little girl in the care of her grandmother, Elsa.

Elsa was grief-stricken because of the death of her daughter and while she moaned the death of her daughter, another tragedy struck, the little child got missing. The whole house was in chaos, the police were invited, but no one had any idea what happened to the poor child. I was only five years old, and as usual, I had a fight with Nathan while we were fighting over a toy, Aunt Doris was trying to console me with a snack and while she took me to the kitchen, we passed by the old man’s room and heard the cry of a baby. Aunt Doris stooped by and knocked on the door and Gramps came out and gave her some flimsy excuses and as usual, she believed his lies.

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Two years ago, my father got drunk and while he was whining about my mom leaving him, he told me about Gramps unlucky love story. I had forgotten about that day, but when I heard the whole story again, I did my findings and I discovered that my grandfather had stolen that child just to hurt her grandparents and he dumped her in an orphanage and forgot about her. I did not bother searching for the girl because I have no business with her, but I sure used the information I have to blackmail my grandfather. If only I’ve had this information sooner, Nathan would never have been named heir to the empire, I would have blackmailed him into giving me everything because he knows that his friends are still searching for their granddaughter and it would be such a shame if they discovered that he has been the culprit all along.

But, it ain’t too late though, I can still make things work in my favour, and that is exactly what I’m going to do.