Billionaire's regret: Chasing his ex-wife

The offer

Chapter Three

Samantha's POV

I looked out of the window through the glass window as the waitress served us what we ordered for. The pasta that was set before me looks fascinating and I was forced to hurriedly take a bit from it and seriously, it was damn delicious.

I composed myself as I ate gently looking at him. He looked at me with so much interest too and I began to feel uncomfortable.

"You said you wanted to pay me back. You can as well pay me for this dinner too but I have something better for you. It will benefit you and also benefit me at the same time." He said and I looked at him with curiousity.

"What is it? If it is something I can do." I said and he flashed me a smile before reaching for his pocket and he brought out a golden envelope and a business card and slipped it before me.

"I'm Charles Stones. CEO of Stars entertainment industry." He said and I looked at his business card. I knew I've seen him before somewhere, it was on TV once.

I opened the envelope and it was a recruiting letter. It was a letter inviting me to sign a modelling contract with Stars entertainment industry. I skipped down the page and saw at least five thousand dollars per shoot for a beginner.

I slammed the paper on the table and looked up at him. "Sorry to be rude, but I am not interested at all. No matter how much you're willing to offer per shoot, I am not interested in modelling gigs." I replied.

I didn't want to go back to that same line and be humiliated again. I've had enough with the modelling world. With the entertainment world itself. I want to be in the shadows be be a commoner even if it has to do with me struggling to eat and pay for my daughter's bills. I don't care at all.

"You were the one who insisted on paying me back." He raised his brows.

"Not to be rude, but I'd rather be ungrateful than pay you back in the way I am not comfortable with." I stood up and turned to leave and he stood up behind me.

"I'll drop you off." He said.

"No need to do that, I don't want you owe you anything again." I said and bowed gently. "Thank you very much for your assistance so far, I'll take my leave."

As I walked out the door, a lady walked to.me with a bag of with the restaurant's logo on it. I raised my brows as she stretched it to me. "First timers package. We hope to see you here again soon."

I took the bag and smiled at her before I took a cab back to my place. I walked into the apartment to see Ariel and Briella playing on the bed and tickling each other.

"I'm home." I said and Ariel rushed to me to give me a warm hug and I returned the hug. "I brought fancy foods again."

"What's wrong?" Briella asked after Ariel had fallen asleep in my arms.

"I met with that guy today. His name is Charles Stones." I said and Briella looked shocked.

"Charles Stones? Impossible." She said stunned.

"He offered me a modelling contract at his company but I turned down the offer." I replied and Briella let out a sigh.

"Samantha we spoke about this already. You take any opportunity to take you back to the top. Ariel would need that money to live a good life. You lived in wealth while growing up, it'll be unfair for her to live on like this and you're turning down offers like that." Briella tried to speak some senses into me but I was standing my ground on this one.

"Did you know how much I suffered in the industry because of what Charlie did? You should not be the one I'm asking this, you know everything I went through. I was humiliated and made the laughing stock of the whole city because of the fame I had. Fame had brought nothing but humiliation to me since I had it. Eight from highschool and you know that. Now I had that one chance to be saved from it and I would jump back at it again? Reason in my shoes Briella." I brought my palm up to my face in frustration.

"I would look for another way for Ariel to live comfortably but not by putting myself out there to be humiliated again Briella."

"I know it is scary and you don't want history to repeat itself or even Charles taking advantage of you like Charlie did back then but what choice do we have now in this kind of situation. It will make enough money for both of us even if I'm taken in as your manager." Briella said and I understood what she meant by all that but I wasn't ready yet.

I haven't even recovered from the past humiliation, now I would throw myself into possiblity of having another? The entertainment industry and scandals bringing humiliation works hand in hand and there's never a celebrity who hasn't suffered from scandal in the industry.

"Think about it Samantha. It's not just for your own goods, it's for Ariel's goods too. The little girl deserves all the riches and happiness she deserves and it's time you show Charlie that you can survive without him. You can make it on your own even without your family's riches.

It's true everyone in that city already expects me to bury my head in shame till I died after being painted a cheat in her husband's house and painted a slut out of the entertainment industry that my ex husband, Charlie used that opportunity to make me get out of the industry, I had to make my comeback and show them but I also needed to think about it.

This is a no going back decision if it was made and I had to make it wisely or else things might get ugly.