Sarah Canon and I were out to buy a fashion home. The fact was that fans wouldn’t let me focus on this vengeance, and to an extent it got me worrying if I could ever exist in public without attracting the attentions of fans, especially the ladies.
Sarah stared at me with jealousy hanging in her eyes as she watched the ladies hold me at a spot, clamoring to break through my tight security just to get my autograph and a selfie photo.
“The world richest man, I love you, please I need a selfie photo with you!” a pretty tall lady wailed at the tops of her voice as she tried her possible means to push against my hefty security. Soon she was all tears. But there was no stopping my security. None of the fans were allowed to come an inch close to me.
The frown on the face of Sarah was more than thunderous now as she laid her head on my shoulders, “indeed you are loved and most courted. Never in my life have I seen a man so courted by the ladies the way it is for you, even magic cannot do this. You are indeed the god of wealth.”
Nevertheless, Sarah always forgot who I was and often got too emotionally attached to me especially whenever we are in public. Right now she was daring to lay her head on my shoulders and I shrugged off gently. She shot a frown at me, wondering why I wouldn’t let her place her head on my shoulders. The frown on her face asked a million questions now.
“Come on I don’t want you to fall asleep on my shoulders. Forget about the fans.” I sounded pretentiously and the moment she wouldn’t smile I added, “How about buying you this fashion home so it could be on your list of investments.”
I had barely finished my statement when Sarah widened her gaze at me, gagged her mouth and lost the verve to scream in excitement, “Oh my god! Oh my god! The world richest man! Oh my God!” her hands were shaking in astonishment now as she gave me a powerful hug, that seemed to last forever. I stole a glance at Zion and he forced a smile on his face yet with a thought that he hated Sarah just like I did.
Sarah sounded sonorously, “This is the most expensive fashion home in Rio Hondo. Oh! Uh, the world richest man why don’t you save the money , perhaps add it up and give me the one trillion dollars so that we can offset our bankruptcy. I wonder how much this is going to cost you now.” She complained amidst excitement that left her blushing.
I dragged a brief grin, “You don’t have to bother yourself sweetie. I got so much money to spend on you. Aren’t you my girl friend anymore, uh? I am the world richest man.” I am supposed to spoil my girlfriend dirty.” I advanced forward to her and mumbled, “By the time I am through spending on you the whole world would know, the world richest man is in love…”
She almost jumped on her feet as she gagged her mouth and then placed her hands on her bust, “Oh this is wonderful. This is so romantic of you. I can’t believe this happening . I can’t imagine myself being in love with a Croesus that is most sorted by all the ladies.” She was all smiles and disturbed me with countless hugging.
Seeing that the flashes of light from the paparazzi and avid fans was becoming too much, I gave Sarah my arms and held hand-in hand, we walked into the fashion home. When I stole a glance on the face of Zion he was smiling pretentiously, knowing what I was up to.
I looked straight to the manger of the fashion home and upon sighting us, the young man greeted, “Greetings the world richest man. Greetings, ma’am,” he greeted Sarah, who proudly and arrogantly gave him the cold shoulders.
She sighed and hissed, “hemmm Mr. Man is that how to greet the girlfriend to the world richest man, uh? Aren’t you supposed to genuflect? Are you daft?”
Out of sheer respect for me, the young man greeted her again and bowed this time.
“That is why you will forever remain poor. I don’t know what is wrong with you people. You are arrogant and full of yourself …” she blew hot at the young man.
“Sorry ma’am! Sorry ma’am!” the young man kept apologizing
I interrupted, “Come on dear. Chin up and let it go. You don’t have to allow anyone or anything spoil your day. Have you forgotten today is your day, uh?”
She tilted her face to me, smiling and playing too intimate, “Yes darling. I can’t wait to own this fashion home and sack some arrogant, poverty-stricken manager.” She rolled her eyes at the young man.
“I saw notice of sale of the fashion home online, so how much is this fashion home worth, buddy?” I asked the young man, and we watched as he glanced at the desktop before him.
“Okay, boss,” the young man replied coldly, “We have the price of the fashion home here. It is slated for thirty billion dollars, boss.” The young man replied and gazed upon me. “That is the least price, boss, and It is the least price you can find around.”
I dug my hand into my tuxedo and slid out a credit card, “ I want to pay with my card. I hope you don’t mind dear.” While I spoke to the young man, Sarah was still having her hands on her lips.
I could see the trembling of her hands. She was dominated by anxiety and uncertainty now. She least expected what was happening and would want to know if she was dreaming or not,
I slid out my credit card and handed over to the young man to make withdrawals of the said money. And it was when Sarah knew I wasn’t bluffing. She pounced upon me with a warm hug and wouldn’t let me be. We hugged for a time that seemed eternally and she sounded, “But isn’t the money for the fashion home too much? I thought you could add more to it and give it to me to set off our one trillion dollars debt…”
“I said you don’t have to worry, Sarah. I will sort out your debts, okay. I have unlimited money,” I said encouragingly.
And her face locked with joy when I said, “Soon I will engage you with a diamond ring..”
She was so surprised that she gagged her mouth with her hands…
A shocker loomed on…
Chapter 83
Sarah Is Carried Away By My Wealth
“Father! Father! Father!” Sarah clamored at the tops of her voice as she advanced into the ward.
Greg Canon wondered what could be responsible for her happiness and right now his heart lit up with anxiety as he expected her to walk into the ward with good news of their one trillion dollars debt being sorted out.
That was the only news he wanted at the time and he looked forward to the fulfillment of the promise which his daughter told him, “You don’t worry father about the one trillion. I will charm the world richest man to pay off our debt.”
Once the door creaked and opened Sarah approached him with a warm hug, “ Guess what a father.” she shook her head in the negative once he made a face, “No, no father I am not going to accept that. You are going to guess this time around. You must say something.” She insisted with a firm nod.
Greg tossed his head this way and that way as his face was consumed with smiles and unwavering joy, “Come on daughter, you know I am not good at guessing. I am not going to subscribe to that. Why don’t you go ahead and tell me what it is.” He chuckled and coughed radically before she placed her hands on his chest just to nurse him.
“Come on further at least you could guess.” She locked eyes with him and Greg stared at the ceiling thoughtfully put his finger between his teeth, “Come on try harder uh.”
With a brief grin, Greg shrugged and sounded, “If you insist, I would say the good news is about our one trillion dollars debt which obviously the world richest man has sorted out…”
Sarah snapped, “Well you are didn’t guess at aright.” She paused, slid her hand into her hand bag and brought out a POS paper, and some documents, “The world richest man just gifted me a fashion home. I am now a proud owner of Roham Fashion Home!” she screamed at the tops of her voice and gagged hertmouth the moment she took notice of the face that she was in a hospital.
Greg snorted, forced a smile and threw his gaze away. His joy was short-lived. He shouldn’t spend his verve smiling over what he termed no news; this was what he least expected form his daughter who made a promise of charming me to her heart.
“Father!” she called, the moment she began to notice the thunderous looks creep back on his face, “You don’t seem to be happy over my romance with Mike Don. What could be rattling your cage? Why are you offbeat?” she caught hold of his warm palms into hers. “Talk to me, father, what could be ravaging your happiness?”
Greg smacked his lips, turned his pitiable face at her and nagged, “Once upon a time you doubted if you could win the heart of the world richest man and now you have won his heart, what have you been able to do with it, uh?”
She was lost and confused. She couldn’t comprehend at what he just said, so she shook her head and queried, “Come on father, i don’t get you. What do you mean? Aren’t you happy about us? Aren’t you happy that your daughter is rolling with the world richest man..” she poured the documents on the table, “ he just bought me a fashion home.”
Greg interposed her, “Daughter you don’t understand the enigma of love. I want you to fall in love with your head not with your heart. What happens to our debt of one trillion dollars, uh?” He dared to sit up and his waist hurt and he groaned and lay back, “Right over there,” he pointed at some documents on the table, “You will see a remind notice which the ministry of urban planning served us today . They came to me while you were away. They never cared if I was dying or not. All they want is their money.”
Sarah quickly grabbed the paper and perused through it in nagging, quarrelsome tone, “They are bunch of fools. Do they have put us to shame by giving us a remind notice? My boyfriend is the world richest man and soon I will pay them the one trillion dollars…”
Greg interrupted, “When daughter? When is he going to do that? Why did you let him buy you a fashion home while your father’s company is in a financial mess? Didn’t you inform him about the bankruptcy that has engulfed us?” he queried in a nagging tone.
“Yes I did, father. I did. My boyfriend is aware of all that. Mike Don knows my worries, my pain because I have laid it on his shoulders already. He is a man of repute. Do you know what it means to date the world richest man, who is courted by all the ladies in the world? Come on father, you should count your daughter fortunate rather than nag about our debt.” She stood up, grabbed her waist and nagged, “After all what is one trillion dollars?” she took the POS slip of the fashion home I just bought for her , “See this is five billion dollars purchase of Roham Fashion Home by Mike Don.” She read it out, “What do you think? It means Mike Don is in love with your daughter. He is already spending on me. If he could spend such whooping sum of money on a fashion home just for me, what makes you feel that he won’t pay off our debt of one trillion dollars, uh?”
Greg shut his eyes briefly and snorted. He shot his frown at her and washed Sarah could interpret the doubt in his eyes, “Whatsoever you do , you had better be fast and cautious. He is the world richest man. All the ladies have his name on their lists. Once it is time you will lose him to another prettier lady, who will suck him dry.
She refuted him through clenched teeth, “I can’t lose him to any lady because he loves me even more than his wife. Calm down father. I will get the one trillion dollars from him,” she boasted and was interrupted by her phone which rang.
I was calling…