I Inherited Billions

Chapter 40

It was eleven when Montana came home, looking completely exhausted.

I went up to her with a smile. “Hey, you’re back. How was your date tonight?”

“Are you trying to make me mad?” Montana glared furiously at me.

“I was just being concerned. Why would I want to make you mad?”

“You are making me mad. What do you even mean by ‘date’? I was nearly r***d tonight,” Montana said angrily.

My eyes widened as I pretended to be shocked. “r**e? What happened?”

“That guy I was dating tonight turned out to be an imposter. He stole Gentle Heart’s account and asked me out so he could d**g me and r**e me. If the cops hadn’t shown up in time, I would be a goner tonight.”

“Is that true? Was it that serious?” I pretended to be astonished.

“Of course it’s true. Didn’t you watch my live stream?” Montana said angrily.

“Urm… I used to watch it, but we fought the last two days, so I didn’t tune in tonight. Well, it’s good that you’re okay,” I chuckled as I said.

“By the way, you told me before that the man was an imposter and you’re the real deal. What was that about? You aren’t really Gentle Heart, are you?” Montana questioned.

“That’s right, I am Gentle Heart. I changed my username a few days ago. It’s a very popular name everyone’s copying!” I didn’t deny it and instead admitted it.

However, Montana refused to believe me. She snatched my phone from me. “Let me take a look.”

She clicked into Waves of Whales Streaming Platform and found my profile page.

My ID was displayed as ‘Gentle Heart 10086’.

She threw my phone back to me with disdain. “One look, and I know that’s fake. But how did you know that guy was an imposter?”

“Actually, it was just a lucky guess. I had no idea he was an imposter, and I just blurted it out.”

“I understand now. You like me, so it doesn’t matter who I go on a date with, you’ll still try to stop me from going, right?” Montana found a very reasonable way to explain things.

“Well, I…” I hesitated before nodding in admission.

“You’re right, I do like you.”

“Hmph! I knew it!” Montana grunted coldly with pride.

“But since you’re pretty sincere about it, I’ve decided to give you a chance to woo me.”

“What… What do you mean?” I was stunned. Had Montana just agreed to me wooing her?

“I said, I’m giving you a chance to woo me. If you do well, there’s a chance I’ll be big-hearted enough to agree to become your girlfriend.”

“Urm… Why would you suddenly agree to this? Don’t you want to wait for Gentle Heart anymore?” Montana’s sudden change of heart surprised me.

“I’ve given this long and hard thought. Gentle Heart has never shown himself, so he might be someone untrustworthy, just like that imposter. Since Gentle Heart is being a coward, why should I wait for him? Besides, I’ve also realized that the internet is not a real place and is filled with all sorts of people.”

I began to understand her point of view after listening to her.

Tonight’s incident had left a huge scar on her mentally, which was why she was giving me a chance.

“Why are you still in a daze? You aren’t willing to woo me?” Montana looked unhappy when she saw me keeping silent.

“Of course I’m willing. This is more than what I hoped for.”

“That’s better.”

With that, Montana’s ponytail swished behind her as she proudly turned away and returned to her room.

…

I returned to my room after Montana did.

At the thought of having the opportunity to become Montana’s boyfriend, I could not help feeling happy.

I started to hum without realizing it.

At that moment, I suddenly heard Montana screaming ‘Ahh!’ from her room.

I thought something had happened to her, so I quickly rushed into her room.

When I got into her room, I did not see anything strange.

She was not hurt, and there were no scary little critters like rats or snakes in there.

“What’s wrong? Why did you scream?” I asked with slight exasperation.

“Look at this!!!” Montana was pinching a pair of lacey purple underwear between her fingertips and looking disgusted.

“It’s just underwear. What else could it be?”

“But this doesn’t belong to me…”

“Huh?”

I realized the issue when she said that.

Montana had always been partial to a more adorable style, which was why her underwear was always in pink tones.

The lacey purple underwear in front of me was clearly on the sexy side…

It was clear who the owner of that pair of underwear was.

I instantly looked upset at the thought of it.

However, I still attempted to explain it away. “Well, it must be yours. You might have forgotten that you bought them.”

“How could this be mine? It doesn’t belong to me!”

Montana threw the underwear onto the ground with disgust. “Freddie, did you bring a woman back tonight? Did you make love in my bed?”

“I didn’t. How would that be possible?” I denied it.

“Then tell me, what’s going on?” Montana looked extremely upset.

“Well… If I told you that the pipes burst in our landlord’s house next door, so she came by to borrow some clothes, and she changed in your room, would you believe me?”

“Do you think I would?” Montana’s face was dark when she said this.

“I know it’s difficult for you to believe what happened, but it really is the truth…”

I did not know whether to laugh or cry. I felt like I was trapped.

“Freddie, I’m so disappointed in you. Get out of here!”

With that, she pushed me out of her room.

Following that, she threw the purple underwear out as well.

I looked at that sexy pair of purple underwear, grim-faced.

I finally understood Macy’s scheming.

What nonsense about the pipes bursting and looking for a place to change her clothes!

Those were her excuses for her trying to seduce me. After she failed, she purposely left her underwear in Montana’s room to create a rift between us.

This was a scheming woman.

I picked up my phone to dial Macy’s number.

“Where are you? Get over here right now,” I said furiously.

“Are you missing me already, Young Master Lang?” Macy said demurely on the other end of the phone.

“Miss you? What I really wanna do is beat you up!” I said angrily.

“Alright, Young Master Lang. Your humble servant will now go to you to be beaten up.”

…

About ten minutes later, I was lying on my bed and scrolling through some videos.

Macy suddenly sent me a message.

“I’m back, Young Master Lang. I’m right next door.”

“Wait for me there!!!”

I rushed toward Macy’s home in anger.

However, when I saw Macy lying on her side on the sofa in sexy fishnet stockings, I suddenly realized I might have been too impulsive.

“You’re here, Young Master Lang.”

Macy got up from the sofa and walked saucily toward me. “Didn’t you say you wanted to beat me up? I’ll let you beat me however you want tonight.”

With that, she placed a whip in my hand.

I had no idea how to react as I stared at the whip in my palm…

Right then, I could not lose my temper even if I wanted to.

I gulped drily and turned away, not looking at her. “I helped you out of kindness tonight, and it turns out, you were just trying to get me in trouble, you wicked woman.”

“What are you talking about, Young Master Lang? When did I get you in trouble?” Macy said demurely.

“Why did you leave your underwear in Montana’s room?”

“Underwear? I must have forgotten about it,” Macy chuckled with no intention of admitting her faults.

Instead, she hugged me from behind and said breathlessly, “Tonight is a beautiful night, Young Master Lang. Don’t you want to do anything to me?”

“I’d like to make sure you die!”

I turned away and pushed her onto the bed. “I’m giving you one day to explain this to Montana. Otherwise, don’t blame me for what happens next.”

Macy was initially happy when I pushed her onto the bed.

However, her face fell when she heard what I said.

“Master Lang, am I not attractive to you at all?”

“Don’t think for one minute that I don’t know what a slutty fox like you is thinking about. Listen to me when I tell you to forget about your little schemes.”

With that, I ignored the disappointed look on her face and turned to leave.

…

I had initially been in a good mood tonight.

Montana had allowed me to woo her, but after Macy created trouble between us, everything was back to square one now.

What had I brought upon myself?!

I eventually drifted off into a deep sleep.

As there was no class the next morning, I had planned to sleep in, but Chris called me at eight. “Freddie, why aren’t you at school yet? Did you forget that Stamen Group has a recruitment drive at our school today?”