Precident's Paid Lover

CHAPTER 02

A man tugged at the tie that was draped around his neck, a few seconds later he plopped down on the bed, the stench of alcohol stinging from his mouth and women's perfume wafting on every side of his body. The corners of his lips were bruised and still bleeding freshly, he groaned feeling dizzy and his head was getting more and more inflamed.

"Daniel!" Call him softly.

The owner of the name that was called didn't take long to come, he was surprised to see Gerald's condition, not without reason outside there Mr. Franklin was waiting for his son, and Daniel couldn't let the man see Gerald's condition now.

"What happened, sir?" Daniel approached him and took off the shoes that were still attached to Gerald's feet.

"Hm..." Gerald cleared his throat then laughed to himself while babbling incoherently.

He was drunk and rambling, Daniel really couldn't believe his master would do something like this, even though he had just recently received a severe punishment from his father.

"I'm just having fun." Gerald's last sentence was accompanied by satisfied laughter.

"Is this what you call having fun?" A middle-aged man came, he looked at Gerald with a flash of anger, then walked slowly but stomped into Gerald's room.

Gerald widened, suddenly his consciousness was fully pulled, he hurriedly got up and stood straight, his heart was racing so fast, Gerald didn't expect that his father would come. Unlucky.

"Dad I just--"

Jordan Franklin raised one hand gesturing for Gerald not to continue his words, the eyes whose eyelids were filled with wrinkles rolled up to stare at Gerald appraisingly.

"You rascal! How many times have I warned you, Gerald!" Jordan said angrily, Daniel only looked down when Gerald looked at him in exasperation and fear.

"Dad, i has finished my work well, I just went to the club to find entertainment for a while, nothing more." said Gerald, his father was very temperamental and disciplined even though he grew into a man with a proportional body and looked dashing but he did not have enough guts to facing his father, since childhood Jordan has become a frightening figure for Gerald.

"I don't care! This behavior of yours is still wrong, you think I don't know what you're doing in the club, you get drunk, flirt with women, and fight, you should learn to maintain the reputation of the family and the company I worked so hard to build!" Jordan growled, the silence of the night cracked by his hoarse baritone voice.

Gerald looked down, his hands clenched tightly, his jaw hardened with anger.

"You only cares about reputation and company, have you never thought about my happiness?"

Gerald looked up and stared at the old man. He always felt lonely and neglected, from childhood to adulthood he was trained to be the successor to the big name Franklin, there was only study and work. Even to just laugh out loud and do things people generally do, Gerald has to wait for summer vacation. He became a cold and stiff person because he never felt warmth in either his family or his environment.

Many people looked up to him with respect, thought his life was perfect and wanted to be like him. But Gerald, just wants to be happy, something he hasn't been able to feel before.

"Happiness? Have you been unhappy all this time? I gave you everything and let Justin build his own business, I hope you know yourself better!" Jordan showed his anger even more.

"Don't compare me to that illegitimate child of yours, if you upheld the reputation of the Franklin family you would not have betrayed my mother and that damn child would not have been born!" Gerald replied, not knowing where he got the courage to say such sarcastic words, Daniel turned to look at him and almost pulled Gerald if only he was ready to die in Jordan's hands. Unfortunately, Daniel still wants to live.

"Watch your words! You and Justin are the same as my sons, regardless of who your mother is, you insult your brother, unconsciously your behavior is very bad and very far compared to the wise Justin!" Jordan tried not to get fired up, he lowered the volume of his voice, every time Gerald mentioned his mistake he it will soften a little. But not forgetting to stand up for himself by comparing his two sons.

Gerald smiled bitterly, "Go away! Don't waste time just to see this useless child!" he said.

"How dare you kick me out! You see what's going to happen!" Jordan cursed, then he left Gerald.

After his father left, Gerald sat on the edge of the bed looking down and massaging his temples.

"s**t! You bastard human!" He cursed while groaning with emotion.

"Sir, you shouldn't get out of control, I think Mr Jordan will definitely give you a punishment." said Daniel.

"Punishment?"

Gerald was deterred from hearing that word, there were countless punishments he received whether it was for small or big mistakes, he was like a prisoner who never had freedom.

"I will speak to Mr. Jordan tomorrow, do you have any other plans?" he asked.

Gerald remembered the drink-carrying girl at the club, when Gerald fought with the fiancé of his enemy his hand was injured by a broken wine bottle, the sky-blue-eyed girl treated Gerald's wound with a worried face. This was the first time Gerald felt that someone cared about him.

"Sir? I asked if there were any other plans and orders for me?" Daniel has asked several times but did not get an answer, Gerald was carried away by his own thoughts.

"Gerald!" Daniel's call was a bit jerky.

"Huh?" Gerald gasped then glanced at Daniel.

"You snapped at me?" Gerald's sharp glare made the curly haired man nervous.

Daniel cleared his throat, "No sir, that's not what I meant--"

"Get out! I want to be alone!" Gerald ordered.

Daniel breathed heavily, he felt sorry for Gerald, for more than a decade Daniel had worked as Gerald's right-hand man and took care of all the needs and interests of the man.

He knew very well how Gerald and his family were doing, but it was undeniable that he also felt tired of Gerald's attitude, who often made trouble and always looked for entertainment which eventually got him into trouble.

"What's your name?" Asked Gerald monologue.

"I'm Daniel, sir!" Daniel who had not moved thought that the question was directed at him.

"I'm not talking to you Daniel, leave me alone before i drag you out!"

Daniel immediately left, then closed the door to Gerald's room. Within the vast room, there was only silence and the night breeze. The ticking sound of the clock made Gerald lose consciousness until he fell asleep.

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"Sir, wake up quickly! You must meet Mr. Jordan or the company will fall into Justin's hands!" Daniel shook Gerald's shoulder, the man was so drunk that he hadn't even woken up even though the sun was already shining firmly.

"Daniel don't bother me!" Gerald whispered.

"You must wake up!"

Daniel pushed aside the gray curtains that covered Gerald's bedroom window so that sunlight could freely enter, Gerald felt disturbed whether he wanted it or not he had to open his eyes to challenge the light of the sun that dared to appear before Gerald woke up.

"Why are you so annoying? My head feels like it's going to explode I need more sleep." Gerald rubbed his eyes, his black hair was messy and his voice sounded hoarse.

"Mr. Jordan said, the Firex Group will be transferred to Justin's," explained Daniel.

"What? Why did you just say asshole!" Gerald threw a bolster at Daniel, innocently Daniel caught him on target.

"I've said it before, but you just keep sleeping and babbling incoherently."

"I'm going to meet the old fart, he's really testing my patience, he built the Firex Group with my mother, then why does he want to give it to Justin?"

Gerald rushed to get his towel, "Listen! You have to be alert whenever I call you you have to be ready!" he warned, Daniel just nodded obediently.

The emerald-eyed man darted into the bathroom, he locked himself then took off one by one the cloth that covered his body. Gerald turned on the shower, let the cold water touch and run down his muscular body, he punched the wall and groaned in annoyance.

"I won't forgive you if you give it to Justin!" he muttered.

After washing himself, Gerald immediately got ready to meet his father at Franklin business school, a well-known business campus founded by his father. The man chose to retire in the business world and entered the world of education five years ago.

Gerald drove his own car, in a hurry and carried away by emotions he drove his car at a fairly high speed, because off guard Gerald did not realize that beside the road there was a girl pedaling a bicycle.

Not having time to avoid the front of Gerald's car hitting the bicycle when it braked suddenly, the girl was thrown several meters and her bicycle was destroyed.

"Gosh! Why am I so unlucky!" Gerald got out of the car putting on his sunglasses.

It can be seen that the girl struggled to get up and her knees were injured, not to mention that her glasses were also shattered into pieces.

"Hey, are you blind or what? Why don't you take a bicycle and see?" Gerald grumbled, when it was so obvious he was in the wrong. The blonde haired girl just looked down groping the road to find her glasses.

"Please help me!" the girl's voice was very low, barely audible.

"If you're a man I'll definitely beat you up, you're wasting my time!" Gerald turned and got into his car and left the girl just like that.

Not long after a man on a sports motorbike came, he stopped and saw the chaos that was happening.

"Selena, what happened?" he asked.

"Melvin? Please help me, I can't see clearly my bicycle is also destroyed. Can you take me to campus?"

Selena got rid of her prestige, actually Melvin is her ex-boyfriend and they recently broke up.

Melvin is very popular on campus because he is good at playing basketball and making music. He broke up with Selena on the grounds that she was not his taste anymore.

"What do people say if I come with a nerd girl? I don't want to break the hearts of my fans just for a nerd like you!" Melvin sneered as he started his motorcycle engine.

Selena was stunned, did not expect that the man who really loved her, now insulted her openly.

"Melvin I beg you just this once, please!" Selena was still trying to beg. She was afraid of showing up late and being kicked out of class, Selena put so much effort into her education she didn't want to fail.

"Good luck!" Melvin stepped on the gas ignoring Selena.

"This is all because of that arrogant man, he should have helped me, all of this happened because of his mistake but instead he blamed me!" Selena thought, she doesn't have enough courage to fight anyone, she is just a poor girl, not beautiful, not attractive, and boring.