My Unwanted Billionaire

Jason and I walk inside the room. Once my eyes set on Tracy, my heart aches for her. I don’t even care that she lied to my boyfriend about being pregnant. Her whole body is covered in bandages. I see Jason moving forward to wake her up, but I grab his hand to stop him. I shake my head, telling him no. Tracy might have done a horrible thing by deceiving him, but I don’t think right now is the best time to confront her. I don’t even want to imagine Jason’s wrath upon her when he starts questioning her. I pull him and walk back outside.

“Why did you stop me from waking her up?” Jason asks once we are outside Tracy’s room

“She barely survived the accident. I don’t think we should ask her until she is doing fine.”

“Why?”

“Her physical health is not great right now, and I know how you can be when you are angry. You might not lay a finger on her, but you can input enough fear to make her condition worse.”

“I hate that you know me so much,” Jason says, punching the closest wall to him.

“I know you don’t mean that. Let me see your hand,” I say, grabbing his hand to see his knuckles. They are bruised a little. “We will need to put ice on it later,” I say, blowing his knuckles to ease the pain a little. I plant a small peck on it. As I am removing my lips away from his hand, I feel his eyes on me. “What?” I ask, confused as to why he is staring at me so much.

“What did I do to deserve you?”

“Where is this coming from?”

“You are such a wonderful person. You overlooked the fact that Tracy was one of my old flings and was badly worried about her. She lied about being pregnant, which I am sure she did to separate us, but you told me to wait for her to recover before I made her regret doing it. Any woman in your shoes would be questioning Tracy right now and rubbing it in her face that her plan did not work but not you. You are truly something else.”

“Jason,” I say, finding myself a little loss of words. I didn’t think it mattered who Tracy was to be worried about her. She is a human being, and that’s all that mattered to me.

“I don’t deserve you,” Jason says, placing his palm on my face

“Don’t say that,” I say, placing my hands above his.

“I don’t, but I will make sure to never forget it and spend my days making you the happiest woman alive,” He says and kisses me. I smile as I kiss him back.

Two weeks have passed since Tracy’s accident. She is getting discharged today. I was able to make Jason wait till today before he confronted her. I don’t even want to imagine how today’s conversation is going to go. Jason asked me to be there with him as he questioned her. He says I help him stay level-headed. I like to differ, considering I have felt his wrath, but my case is different. The reason I felt his anger was not even close to what Tracy did.

I walk to the living room to join Jason and Tracy. I take my seat beside Jason.

“Tracy, I want to ask you a few questions, and as I ask you these questions, I want you to remember something while you answer them.”

“What?” Tracy asks, biting her nails. Jason has not even told her what he will do to her for lying to him, and she looks like he has already planned her funeral.

“I make people pay when they lie to me once; imagine what happens to someone who does it to me twice.”

“I swear, Jason; I didn’t want to do it. I had no choice but to do it,” Tracy says

“How did you bribe my doctor?”

“I didn’t bribe him myself the person who asked me to do it bribed him.”

“Who asked you to lie to me? You were carrying my child, but before you answer that. How did you plan to lie to me for nine months? They would have been doctor’s appointment; what were you expecting the scans to show when we visit the doctor.”

“The plan was never for it to last nine months. I just needed to pretend I was pregnant to make you leave Eleanor or make her leave you. Once you guys broke up, I was supposed to have a miscarriage a month later.”

“Why would I leave Eleanor just because you are pregnant?”

“I was supposed to make Eleanor look like she was coming between us. I was supposed to put you in a situation where you would have to pick between the mother of your baby and your girlfriend.”

“Wow, am I the only rich man in this city? Why would you go to so much trouble to be with me?”

“As I said earlier, I didn’t do it because I wanted to. Someone asked me to do it.”

“Who?…….. Wait, let me guess. Alex”

I am not surprised Jason suspects Alex. Even I would, but I don’t think it’s him. There is only one other person in this world who could benefit from Jason and I breaking up.

“No, your grandmother asked me to do it,” Tracy says, causing Jason’s eyes to widen.

“Tracy, what did I say before we started talking” Jason looks like he is getting angry. He must be angry Tracy accused his grandmother of doing such a horrible thing to him.

“You didn’t say it in these exact words, but you threaten me not to lie to you again.”

“Good, so why the fuck did you just lie to me,” Jason says, banging the edge of the couch. I jump in my spot on the couch even though I am not sitting at that side. “And you did not just lie; you accused my grandmother of doing such a horrible thing to me. Are you trying to dig your own grave?”

“I swear, Jason, I am not lying to you. Your grandmother paid me to do it. She found out I was the last person you slept with before you started dating Eleanor and asked me to pretend to be pregnant for you. I swear I never meant to deceive you.”

“Tracy, I will give you one more chance. Who the hell asked you to lie to me,” Jason says, fuming with anger.

“Your grandmother,” Tracy says, with her head bowed down. Jason is scaring the shit out of her.

“You will regret the day you said that,” Jason says, standing up to walk away, but Tracy grabs his leg.

“Please don’t do anything to my family or me. I swear it’s your grandmother that hired me.” Tracy says, holding Jason’s leg

I shake my head as I watch her on the floor. I can’t believe she allowed her greed for money to make her like this. I don’t feel bad as I watch her hold Jason’s leg and beg. No one forced her to lie to Jason. She did it for the money she was paid.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

“Tracy, release my leg before I do it myself, and trust me, you don’t want that.”

“I swear Jason, it’s her, you can even call her here, and I would still say the same thing.”

“I will never ask my grandmother to come and see someone like you. People like you don’t deserve to be in her presence. Get out of my house,” Jason says and forcefully removes his leg from her hold. This causes her to stumble back a bit.

I walk past her and leave the living room with Jason. He walks over to the bar and pours himself a drink.

“Can you believe she accused my grandmother as the one who hired her to lie to me?” Jason says after he finishes emptying his glass of bourbon. I don’t say anything because I actually can believe his grandmother is responsible. “You are not saying anything,” Jason says, filling up his glass again.

“Hmmm” I want to tell him that there is a possibility of his grandmother being responsible, but I know he is furious right now, so it will be hard to convince him.

“You think she is telling the truth,” He says, looking surprised. Again I shut my mouth. I know I can’t shut my mouth forever. I just plan to until it’s the right time to explain to him that Alex might not be the one responsible. “I can’t believe my own girlfriend thinks my grandmother would do such a thing to me. Do you know what you are agreeing to?”

“I didn’t say I agree with Tracy, but………..”

“But what”

“There is a high chance she might actually be the one.”

“Eleanor,” Jason says, shocked.

“Jason, I know you love your grandmother and believe she would never do anything as evil as what Tracy said, but………….”

“But what again,” Jason says, sounding frustrated with me holding my opinion on the matter.

“You know how you think your grandmother does not see me as a good fit to be with you because we are not from the same class.”

“Yes,”

“That’s not the reason she does not want me with you.”

“What’s the reason then?”

“She believes I am after your money.”

“Even if she did, I don’t see how it would result in her asking someone to lie to me that she is carrying my child.”

“The last time we spoke makes me believe she can do it. Money didn’t work, so she had to find another way to get rid of me.”

“What do you mean money didn’t work?”

“I didn’t tell you because I didn’t want to cause trouble between you guys. Your grandmother almost offered me money the last time we met”

“She did what?”

“It’s not a big deal since I turned it down.”

“Of course, it’s a big deal, Eleanor. If she wants you out of my life that bad, you should have told me.”

“I didn’t think it was necessary since I didn’t even see the check.”

“If you didn’t see the money, how do you know she was offering you money?”

“It was obvious.”

“Oh, but anyway, back to the main topic. You really think my grandmother would do such a thing to me.”

“I know your grandmother loves you, and that’s how I know she would do anything to get rid of me even if the process might hurt you.”

“Wow,” Jason says, rubbing his face with his palm. He takes a big sip of his drink and places it on the table. “I want to believe you are lying, Eleanor, but other than Alex, she is truly the only one who has an agenda to split us up according to what you are saying”

“Yes,”

“I need to know for sure, though”

“She will deny it if you ask her”

“There is a way we can find out.”

“How”

“I need to put both of them in a room and see how they behave around one another.”

“That’s actually a good idea, but what reason would you make that will require both of them to be in the same room.”

“I can’t think of anyone right now, but once I do. I will set it up and find out if you and Tracy are right, but I hope both of you are wrong.”

I wish the same for your sake, but I know better. I say to myself only.