Billionaire by Chance

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Adrien

Viktoria is not in the room where I left her last night and that makes me let out all the air I was holding in disappointment. Fück, I missed my chance to apologize again, sober this time.

I know she probably had a lot of things to do and couldn't stay and waste time with me on a Thursday morning, but I was seriously looking forward to seeing her, if only to give her a ride to her own car. I even set my alarm half an hour earlier to make time.

I kick the door of the guest room and walk to the kitchen to drink a whole bottle of water before leaving and getting in my car. Once there, I check that I did indeed call Viktoria in the middle of the night even though I don't have a shred of recollection about it. I must have been incredibly drunk to do something that stupid.

I send a long text to Viktoria apologizing for everything and thanking her for being so nice to me, twice now. I've never had a person be so nice before, for real. I don't even know how to deal with it.

Once I'm done, I take the opportunity to send another text to Tamara asking her what's wrong and if she hates me now or what the hell, before going in search of some breakfast for me and my coworkers.

Viktoria sends me another text then:

"You have nothing to apologize for. I had to leave early due to work issues but thanks for letting me stay at your place. I loved it, it’s truly beautiful."

You can come back anytime.

You can live there if you want.

I can put your name on the papers.

Okay, I’m overdoing it now, but her words do make me feel something inside, especially since I was starting to question my decision to buy that house because it’s too big for me... although, if I lived with someone else, I guess it wouldn't be so big. And if I had a family, it would be even less big.

What the hell am I thinking? Having a family, me? Fück, I've never wished for that before. I'm just talking bullshït because Viktoria is the hottest woman to ever look in my direction.

I should wait, but I start texting back:

"Still, I owe you one. Seriously, ask me for whatever you want whenever you need it." I write back, still driving and nearly killing ten people waiting for a bus outside the Starbucks. Oops.

I go into the drive thru and order six different breakfasts and coffees for all the people in my office. I didn't quite think through how I would have to carry all of that so when I enter the building I look like an uncoordinated, dumb assistant. As soon as I get out of the elevator in the office, Tommy notices everything I'm carrying and runs to help me, thankfully.

"You're way too nice, Adrien," he says when we reach the first desk where we can leave everything there. The others come over with excited eyes and thank me profusely, which makes me smile.

"It's no problem," I reply, as I grab my own coffee and sandwich to go sit and eat there. My boss comes over for his own and for the first time smiles at me as if he likes me instead of seeing me as the useless burden I am.

Am I trying to buy their love? Probably. As I said before, I need friends. And I like them. So for the rest of the day I'm the coolest person in the world to them, I entertain them non-stop, making them laugh so hard the boss has to come and tell us to calm down, but I can't stop chatting or sit still. The two lines I took this morning are doing their thing, but I know as soon as I get home I'm going to fall unconscious from the comedown. I don't care, it's worth it.

Maybe I'm the only person who enjoys the comedown, but I really do. It gives me a chance to sleep soundly and when I wake up, I feel like I'm living in an alternate reality where nothing exists, which is fun.

"I'm sorry I disappeared like that, there was a problem in my family," Tamara answers suddenly and I put aside the stupid work I'm doing to give her my full attention. I ask her what happened and she replies, "My sister was in a car accident and I was in the hospital all day."

Oh, no, poor thing.

"Do you need money?" I ask, because it's kind of polite, right? That kind of thing is expensive and she could be in trouble.