The Billionaire Pauper

FED UP WITH IT ALLReuben left the premises of the hotel and headed back to the office. He was angry about all the things that had happened in the past few minutes.Although he had had enough humiliations from and maltreatment from his wife's family, he never knew his wife could cheat on him with another man simply because she thought he was broke.Yet he smiled againIn his family, a series of tests was run for the person to inherit the family property. On his own side it included staying with his wife and her family and acting like a broke man.True to their assumptions, he had been maltreated by every member of the family from the oldest person to the youngest including Louisa herself.Now it was time to reveal the truth to Louisa and let her know his true identity but thinking about what had happened a few minutes ago, he concluded it was not necessary to do so. He headed straight to the office and after confirming the delivery of his order he went back home.*******In the house

MR MANAGER'S CONTRACT Reuben's demeanor changed.He flashed a quick look at Louisa and then back at grandma. He thought today was his last day as delivery man so he better as well finish his last day’s duty. A parcel was being asked to be delivered to this location so he came. But he never thought he would hear what his wife has been lying to the whole family.Sorry grandma, I never cheated on Louisa here. In fact she is the one who cheated on me with another man. I.. ” Reuben tried to explain But before he could finish his sentence Louisa burst into tears again abruptly cutting him short“ It's a lie grandma, he cheated on me and now he wants to turn it up on me.He was the one who cheated. I saw him in bed with another woman, ” Louisa said amidst crying.Reuben frowned.He looked surprised and confused..Grandma ordered him to apologize Reuben frowned and creased a brow.He shook his head in the negative and stared blankly at grandma.“ I don't have any apologies to make here, it

REUBEN IN TROUBLEReuben hissed and looked around.Something caught his attention.He noticed someone entering the room.He looked again.Lo and behold, it was the man who was with Louisa at the hotel The man entered the room and went to stand beside Louisa.Reuben was boiling with anger. Hatred grew in his heàrt for the pair.He pointed to the man.“ And if you all care to know, that is the man she was cheating on me with. In a hotel room! ” Reuben said, looking at Grandma, and pointing at the manGrandma's eye widenedThe man looked at Louisa in surpriseEveryone in the room was gazing at the pair.Some people had their mouths agape in shock.Louisa's cousin had a smile playing on the corners of her mouth.“ Is it true Louisa? ” Grandma asked with a shaky voice“ No grandma, it's a lie,” Louisa replied trembling.“ What is going on here? The man asked Louisa, with a surprised look“ Reuben told everyone here that I am cheating on him… with you! ” Louisa explained.The man unders

THE BEST JOB OFFER Following Grandma's verdict on trashing out Reuben, all family members were happy.Other than the family members, there were guests present at the ceremony.All these guests happened to be big shots in the city with high status quo. CEOs, managers, business owners and most of all billionaires and multi billionaires.Each of them had great businesses in the city and beyond.Grandma had specially invited them to his birthday ceremony in a bid to get them to partner with the family business. All these people were present as the drama between Grandma, Louisa, Williams, the manager and Reuben unfolded.Finally, following Grandma's decision, most of them found it as an opportunity to gain favor from the Anderson family and especially Grandma.Immediately the jubilation about Reuben's trashing from the family died down, one of the high ranking members quickly stood up and began to address Grandma. “ Mrs Anderson ( referring to Grandma), it is of great pleasure to be in

YOUR WORKS OR A MERE COINCIDENCE The manager's phone began ringing.Everybody turned their attention to him. He smiled sheepishly and took out the phone from his suit He glanced at the screen and it was an incoming call from the man who had given him the contract as the manager of the delivery company. He was the caretaker of the company.The manager let out a broad smile.He knew the caller was about to announce his contract extension The manager answered the call and placed it to his ear.“ Hello good day sir” he greeted the caller.“ Good day manager, I have news for you, '' the caller said in a hoarse voice.“ I'm all ears sir” he said with a grin maintaining his smile. “ Well I'm sorry to tell you this but we can't renew our contract with you as the manager of the company anymore.Your contract has been terminated and you are no longer the manager with immediate effect. You should go take all your belongings from the office” the caller said and the line went dead.The manage