Encounter With The Billionaire:Love, Lust, And Redemption

Chapter3

Kimberly Daveney wins!!!

I woke up one hour ago, and sadly for me, I did not see who I desired in my dream.

“Maybe I won't ever see him again” I sighed, disappointed at my fate.

To worsen everything, I made a million calls to secure a job in the last few minutes, I mean, I've been doing that since last month but now I think I might just consider my mother and Aunty Camille’s idea concerning the billionaire man and his selection.

Thank goodness I had not sold my remaining dresses today, I could make something nice out of it.

“I had no idea who the f**k he is and only the Lord knows why I was not interested in making my research about him,” I cried out and walked to the most beautiful place in our home. the dining section.

Already perceiving the aroma of my sisters' split pea soup, there they were, Kourtney and Delah, Kourtney was two years older than me, while the one tiptoeing to reach the saucepan, Delah was just nine,

“Kim is here!!!,” she excitedly announced, I had not been eating with them on the table since I f****d their lives up.

I didn't come out of my room either. The shame of disappointing them was killing me deep inside.

Everyone looked up to me before because I was the only one with good grades right from college and in the university.

My siblings are really smart people too but they just hate the academic aspect of life.

my father’s face altered to a frown immediately after he saw me.

Kourtney ignored me and continued serving. She was the most reserved among us… But she had this big attitude and very scary eyeballs, I was a big victim of her outlook.

No, perhaps she was the victim here…

Her tuition fee and recruitment for her volleyball scholarship were lost because of me, I can't tell how much my big sister hates me, she had not spoken to me since then even though we were like besties… But I bet she is hurting badly.

Volleyball is what she loves the most in life.

She has beautiful dreams and achievements. And I just got to ruin it.

“I better win this f*****g contest,” I thought, with so much persistence and a big drive to put my family members back in place.

Do they want an enthralling figure?? I inherited a jaunty visage, a well-defined jawline, and big blue eyes, having the face of an absolute demigoddess and I knew it, it was probably one of the reasons why my obsessed ex didn't want to let me go.

Intellectual capabilities? My certificates says it all.

“What else could they want in a wife?” I thought.

I don't know what being a wife would be like, but I would give it my all. Even if the sound of being someone’s wife at 23 is scary, I think that's all I have left now.

“What was the black sheep of the house doing here??” I asked, he hardly came home since Christmas.

I mumbled as I saw my brother, Abraham enter.

I quickly ran to him.

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Now I know the reason why Abraham convinced me, even warned me not to partake in this bridal selection…

Before leaving home, I was feeling like the prettiest girl in the world. Now, No-w, I feel less of it.

The women by my left and right were top stars, classy and elegant. This person is unquestionably a big deal for rich actresses and influencers to assemble to marry him.

Their skin, fragrance, and angelic makeup spoke volumes.

Shit! I had just used only my gloss and mascara.

“Should I just leave before embarrassing myself??” I lost my confidence.

Champagne flutes were passed around, and young women in similar outfits were on the big stage dancing.

Mustering the courage to stand up to go to my father’s house, I had seen enough!

Getting up in front of this big crowd wanted me to throw up, I was tense.

“You need something lady?” A woman of average height asked me, she looked very rich and excited. Enliven enough for anyone to think she was the mother of the one getting married, like a proud parent.

“No ma’am,” I landed back on the gold chair.

“Good,” she smiled and went on inspecting.

“Maybe this was a sign to stay??” I mumbled to myself, my phone buzzed, a message from my mother.

“You can do this Kim, This is a big opportunity for us” my mother’s message weirdly calmed me down.

I put my phone in the bag and sat still, my head up high

“I have to make efforts at least and be my natural self, irrespective of the set of lionesses here ”

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After so many examinations and interrogations, I think I'm doing a lot better than I thought I would.

But now I'm confused,

Where in the universe is the man everyone was competing for??

Why is his mother the one choosing his bride?

Is he so occupied that he can't pick who he will spend his whole life with? So many thoughts in my head, we were three standing now.

I can't believe I beat seventeen megastars, all of them were beautiful but had creepy brains.

This was a real situation of “Do Not Judge A Book By Its Cover”

I was excited and more determined to beat the remaining two, how blessed would my family be if I won? I giggled at the thought of it.

Lost in my thoughts, the woman stood in front of me and looked me in the eyes, she beamed, I recognized that smile, it was a feeling of pure happiness, she held my hands and announced something.

“My Future Daughter In Law, Everyone!!”

“Did I hear right??” my heart pounded, I could not feel my legs, I was quivering,

“I thought we had one more competition” I questioned fate.

She was handed a microphone “Congratulations darling, I admire your simplicity and surveillance, you have won!!”

How??