Chasing Dreams And Billionaire Desires

ChapterTwo

“Oh my goodness, who's that guy? "He's so hot. " He's worth billions of dollars,” a fair lady in the crowd said, holding on to her friend seductively. “If I were to be that lady, I would fall into his arms, helplessly. She is such a fool; a thousand generations are blessed already with this level of wealth.”

Side talks kept on flying into Bella's ears as she walked hurriedly home.

Who knows if it's the young CEO that nobody knows? What a weird thought, another person mentioned. All of this didn't matter to Bella. All she wanted was to get herself out of the situation.

As Bella approached the house, she was surprised to see the whole family seated waiting for her to return. She knew something was wrong. “How dare you disgrace this family, what nerve do you have to drag the Williams family to the mud, because I don't have money?” Her dad yelled angrily. Bella had never seen her Dad this way. “No Daddy, it's all a misunderstanding. Let me explain…” “Shut up!” Her dad interrupted. “No wonder your mother walked away from you at three months. You took after that ingrate! Haven't I loved you enough?”

At this point, Bella was already bitterly broken. “Dad,” Lia, her stepsister, interrupted. “She had not only gone round begging for money, she had also slept with the rich old frogs.” Lia took out the phone to show their dad the picture she had taken from a distance when Bella and the rich billionaire made eye contact and held each other. Her father couldn't believe his eyes that his once-decent daughter was now a slot.

“You little brat! "I've had enough of your ill manners and misconduct. " I heard you lost your job!” Bella was startled. How did they know? She asked within herself. Immediately she knew it was one of the mischievous acts of her stepmother and sister to frustrate her life.

“Young lady, you will go upstairs and pack your things. " You're leaving for Paris tonight!” her father said, still uncontrollably furious. “Paris? "Why? " I don't want to go, Dad. "I don't know anyone there! " Hear me out,” she cried with her tiny cranky voice. “Do as I say this minute,” her father insisted.

With no strength to argue, Bella went to her room, packed her things and bade her family goodbye with no words. Although she knew her stepmother had never liked her since she was young, she never knew it would get to the point where she'd be denied her father's love; the only person that is most important to her in the world.

A part of her was excited that she finally got to escape the torture of her stepmom and sister. But the reality of traveling to an unknown land troubled her. Throughout the three-hour drive from Washington to the airport, neither Bella nor her father uttered a word. Her dad was still furious; Bella felt betrayed. As Bella boarded the plane, her dad only left her with a small amount of money that wouldn't be enough, and he said no goodbye when they parted ways.

The young lady could not help but lament within her. “Why's this happening to me?” My mum? Abandoned me when I was just three months old? You mean Dad kept this from me for almost two decades? When was he hoping he was going to tell me? ” The only woman she had called Mom was Mrs. Williams; but with the level of maltreatment, pretense and dubious attitude she extruded, Bella dotted the lines and concluded that she was her stepmom. There's no way Mrs. Williams would be her mother. Although she hadn't been told anything about her mom, she held her discovery for a fact that no woman would treat her child with such cruelty. She has no mother's love for me. She nodded her head sideways.

Mr. Williams had deliberately avoided conversations that had to do with Bella’s mother because of what she did about nineteen years ago. He would always refer to Mrs. Williams as her mother.

The journey to Paris was the longest twelve hours of her life! This was the first time Bella would travel alone, even after her father's million-dollar company crumbled without a cent left. How cruel can my father and his family be? Bella kept on pondering and crying.

After about two hours of wandering in the airport, it was getting dark and people were already warming up to close for the day. Bella finally decided to spend the night under an orange tree, behind a security checkpoint, a few meters away from the airport. Then she heard a conversation from a distance between two ladies who seemed excited.

“I just got my visa for the Bill White Academy. That is unbelievable. " I have waited all my life for this”, Lily, one of the ladies, said.

" Oh just come off it. My dad has connections with Bill White's family; he even does business with them. They are partners. This is just a piece of cake. I am on the top list of the fifty students who were shortlisted for the training. Mrs. White adores me”, Phoebe proudly said.

Excited and surprised, Lily said, “You're so lucky!”

“Of course I am,” Phoebe interrupted rudely. “ My goal at that academy is to get to know who Mr. and Mrs. Bill White's son. She immediately drew closer to Lily and whispered, “I heard he is the youngest CEO and the heir apparent to all the wealth and influence they've acquired. But, nobody knows who he is. Not the media nor his workers. Only very few of his friends and we don't know them either.”

“This is super amazing. " Hold on, I thought you mentioned that your dad is one of his business partners,” Lily said with an excited yet surprised look, hoping to get a proud response from Phoebe as usual.

“You worthless thing! My father only gets to talk with his managers. How am I even friends with you? " You're so dull! "Gosh!” Phoebe angrily walked away.

Bella's mind wandered for a moment after eavesdropping on the conversation. In a flash, she conceived the craziest idea she had ever imagined. Unconsciously, she jumped up from the mattress she had laid under the tree and screamed, “I am going to England”. A ray of hope flashed through her being. “This is the moment,” she said to herself.

Without further calculations, she headed to the airport. She intended to use the money her dad gave her at the airport to board a flight, get to Paris and locate Bill White's Fashion Academy. She wasn't sure how it would turn out, but she was determined to get herself into the academy.

Throughout the flight, Bella's excitement knew no bounds. She slept, ate and enjoyed every moment. For a moment, she forgot about all the betrayal and worries she had.