The Billionaire’s lost friendship

Prologue

“Hailey,dad said that we shouldn’t run”.my twin sister bailey called from behind .

“No,I don’t listen to anyone” I replied to bailey,audible enough her to hear.

“Hailey ,don’t run you will trip” Lucas my older brother called.

Before lucas could finished his sentence,I tripped. “ouch!” I cried of pain When I tumbled on the pavement.

I heard foot steps coming and when it stopped I looked up, I saw the most gorgeous boy I have ever seen. He was looking at me with his brown eyes. He crouched and help me to get back on my feet again. I just watched him as he help to clean my wounds on my knee. When he finished the cleaning of my wounds he looked at me again and smiled.

“You should be careful”. The boy said.my eyebrows knitted together, puzzled at what he said.

“Ha?” I asked, he chuckled at my reaction and I pouted in annoyance. Then he laughed out loud and I felt dumb infront of him, now i started hating him.

“Master xavier said that you should be careful next time”.my father said when he approached us.

Thank you for helping me. “By the way I’m hailey jones and you are?” I asked and reached out my hand for a hand shake. “Hailey”! My mother scolded me for my behaviour infront of young Rodriguez.

But I remain still,waiting for him to introduce himself. And he politely reached out my hand and introduce himself.

For my sister instead of shaking hand he reached for her hand and he kissed the back side of it. “I’m xavier Rodriguez”.He said.

Eww “she didn’t washed her hands after she feed food to her cat and clean her cat poop”.and xavier dropped bailey’s hand suddenly.

In mischievous smile played on my lips,my father who didn’t react suddenly start laughing,he shook his head but then smile when he look at me. Unable to hold it further I burst out of laughing and then they all look at me like am gone crazy.

“And sorry master xavier forgive my daughter for her crazy antics. Bailey didn’t even have a cat to begin with”.my father said apologetically to Xavier.

“Nice to meet you xavier,do you want to go and play with her”? Bailey asked.

He looks sceptical,may be thinking I might pull some joke again.he glanced at my father for confirmation and my father smiled and then nodded.he looked at me again and I genuinely smile to show him that I don’t have any hidden motive behind my invitation. A smile crept on his face and it gave me the signal to grab his hand and pull him along with me to play with my siblings.

That is how our friendship started,I was seven and he was two years older than me. He was home schooled for a year until he was able to adapt in his surroundings that he finally enrolled into exclusive school.my siblings and I visit him every day after our school. But he always play with bailey ignoring me until,she started to play with her classmate and started ignoring him then he was again close to me and we became good friends.

The Rodriguez family,magnate of the Rodriguez empire and who my family had been serving for decades had been financing the school fees of the younger jones.so all of us are studying in the same exclusive school which made xavier and I best friends but friendship didn’t last long.

Though we have different school levels and priorities,we didn’t let it interfere our friendship.but due to the broken promises,lies and peer pressure from high social class group of kids.even my sister who is prettiest and miss perfect of the school was part of the ‘it’ group.

My older brother Lucas is already in college while my younger brother is still in elimentary.I was left behind and always stayed at the back instead of going out with other friends,I do a part time job at my mother’s boutique.

Then a tragedy happen to our family my brother David was involved in an accident while waiting for me infront of book shop.I forgot that we will meet that day rather I was excited because xavier promised me that we are going to watch a movie after dropping David at home but he stood me up.

It was when my father called and told me that my little brother died from a accident while waiting for me at the book shop I remember that I promised my brother to buy some comics he need to buy.I also found out that xavier gone out with my sister and her group forgetting his promised me.

I’m also fed up by him that I never talked him anymore after my brother’s death. He tried to reconcile but no matter what he do the pain of losing my brother will not let me forgive him.the cold shoulder my mother was giving me when she found out that my brother was involved in an accident because he was waiting for me outside the book shop but I stood him up.

Five years had gone by,five years since my brother died I’m already eighteen and was about to face college life,the lost of david brought a lot of change in my family,my mother stop talking to me.

Bailey now often go out with xavier and her group.while my relationship with my mother got worse she was blaming me for the death of david telling me that if I didn’t stood him up he wouldn’t be involved in that accident.as of xavier, I noticed that he became closer with bailey.

Though I didn’t talk him anymore doesn’t mean I don’t care,he didn’t know sometimes I watch him.he is in second year of college and from what I learned from my father he wasn’t planning on taking over his family business rather he want to build his own empire.now am at the Rodriguez family house to hand to my father some of the documents he requested me to hand for him.when I first came here I was awestruck the mansion was huge it has great architectural style with twenty two rooms,twenty two washrooms,indoor and outdoor pool,spa,theatre room,game room and golf cort.

I knocked and enter on the large office there on the black leather swivel chair sat and the two engrossed in studying a document was xavier he was too focused that he didn’t noticed someone entered the room.

I cleared my throat to catch his attention.

“Hailey”! His said, surprised my sudden appearance.

“I came here to hand this to my dad”showing him the documents on my hand.

“He just went to an errand for me.you can leave those on here”.he said,motioning on his desk.

“I’ll get going”.I said after putting the documents on the desk.

“Hailey wait”! He called.

I was on my back to leave when I suddenly frozed on how he called me.I pull myself together before facing him.he was now standing while his hand was on the back of his neck.

“It has been a long time hailey,I miss my angel.I won’t has to go back the way we were before”.he said sadness showing in his eyes.my heart squeezed because I feel the same.

“Who do you think the cause why this happened to us”?.

“I know and I’m really sorry it’s my entire fault let me make up for you.Let’s start new” he pleaded.

There is nothing to compensate because the damage were already been done.some of it is irreversible,so how?even I can’t forgive myself.how can we start new if I can’t even make myself trust you again I said, my voice strained.

That we can’t continue like this,specially now.

My eyebrows automatically raised at what he just said it seems that his taken back by his own statement.he everted his eyes and looked on his desk.

“What is special now”? He didn’t replied.

What is special now xavier?he flinched at the gravity of my voice.

“Especially now that bailey is my girlfriend.I wont everything to be right,before he officially announced it”.he admitted.

I suddenly felt cold,my heart was broken.and this information crushed my heart.

“Since when”?I managed to ask.

“Two weeks ago”.

“Two weeks ago?but I saw bailey kissing Leo at the parking lot just the other day.Leo even send her home late last night”.

How long have you been liking my sister?What about Leo?i asked,being confused.

“I think I had been liking her since the childhood but I wasn’t sure about my feelings back then.I don’t want to ruin the good relationship we all have,plus Bailey liked someone at that time about Leo there are not together anymore”.he explained.

You had been liking her that long and you didn’t tell me! It wasn’t a question rather a realisation.

“Is that why he had been going out with her and her friends that let him to broke his promises to me because he want to confirm his feelings?he want to reconcile with me not because of our friendship but because he doesn’t want his relationship with bailey to be awkward because me”.I thought to myself I felt that I want to break something.

I’m so sorry he sounded dejected.

Sorry?is sorry will always be the way for forgiveness?.will you were sorry can bring back everything that was gone? Well,you sorry means nothing to me my voice was strained as I remember my brother.

“There is no reconciliation that will happen and by the way, are you sure bailey is your girlfriend? Because I saw her kissing Leo the other day he even send her home late last night”.I said it no remorse.

“I know that I had hurt you and I’m really mean it when I said sorry.but is this the way you will punish me?by making up a story to ruin my relationship with your sister”.he accused with his jaw clenched.

I didn’t clenched when he glazed at me rather I look at him straight on the eyes without saying anything he knows me very well when I’m doing that.he marched towards the door and slammed it close.that is when all the emotions I was holding during our argument broke free from my chest,tears welled from my eyes as I held my chest.

At the same day I recieved a call from my dad telling me that xavier had a car accident while on his way to our school.I figured he was going dare to confirm what I said with bailey.the accident caused him concussion which caused him partial amnesia,his parents are finding ways to help him by searching for the best specialist.

But xavier was opposite ever since when he got home from the hospital,he never goes out of his room.he rarely talked to anyone,he only remembered bailey and he forget me and my brother.I felt responsible for his condition it wasn’t my intention but it seems that I always cause the tragedy to those people I care.

I visit him once but he doesn’t talk to me and doesn’t remember me.I didn’t give up and tried again but every visit I was mistaken as bailey.I was mistaken as my twin sister and I know it is a bad idea but it is only way I could talk to him I don’t mind pretending as bailey.

To make my pretense believable I studied how bailey founded and her mannerisms and even used her perfume so I could smell like her.I asked bailey about her friends and the happening he had with xavier.she was so curious why I became suddenly interested in her social life when I told her why, she became infuriated.

What are you thinking pretending like me,are you out of your mind?She whispered shouted at me in her room.

What I’m thinking?you,what are you doing? I retorted “do you think I don’t know that xavier is your boyfriend and your are cheating on him behind his back! Don’t you dare deny it because I saw you kissing Leo while xavier was away for a week.how could you do this to him? You don’t even visit him!”.

Don’t get me wrong,I love my sister we get along.but I don’t like her choice of friends,they are bad influence to her.

I don’t love him sis I was heartbroken and I want to move on.so I agreed when they told me that I should date but I still love Leo and I want him back so I made him jealous by being with xavier,xavier is nothing more than a brother to me.Leo and I are back together again and I want to tell xavier the truth but how can I tell at his current state bailey said dejected.

My sister always has a light hearted nature I really saw her emotional I understood that she love Leo because she like him for four years and they have been together for two years.but it did not gave her excuse to use xavier but who was I to talk when it was my fault he got amnesia if I don’t told him about bailey cheating he wouldn’t go to school and had an accident.

“You have to help me bailey.he rarely talks to anyone except for you which is really me. He is depressed and he is losing hope that he will able to remember again,he might to self harm.dad and his parents are searching for specialist that can help him but they are out of the country,xavier needs someone who will support and assure him that everything will be fine and he will able to regain memories again I said with strained voice.

Bailey who was sitting acrossed me,approached and hug me tightly she was rubbing my back I don’t know why she was doing that when she look at me she wiped something off my face.

You love him don’t you? Because you wouldn’t go to this extent of you don’t she said as if making me realise something I’m not aware of instead of replying I just continued crying.

After heart to heart talk she agreed to help.i decided that I will pretend to be her until the right time come two months after xavier told me that my father called him and said the good news my father is in London,their he found the best psychiatrist with most modern medical technology and treatment that can help him.

They studied his condition and according to their analysis,xavier has a great chance to remember again he have to fly to London for further treatment before the treatment and he will stay their until they favourable result.

You are leaving tomorrow,what are you feeling? I asked while giving him medicines.

“I’m nervous,I’m hoping for good results but I have my doubt”.he said with his head down I reached one side of his face and caressed it my thumb.

“Don’t be xavier,don’t let doubt get into you and deprive you from every possibility of regaining memories again”encouraging him,he had not said anything.

“Hey say something”.

My hand was still on his face as he shook his head slightly.

“You sound like someone I know but can’t point it out who it is” he said ,I froze.

“Bailey” he said I pulled my hand from his face onto my lap.

I have to say something,my sister is responsible for your accident.I started to tell him everything.

“Do you hate her?” I asked after swallowing the lump in my throat I notice the tense muscles on his jaw.

“I know it is not her fault because I was the one driving but after knowing the truth I couldn’t stop blaming her when she told me you were cheating on me,may be I believed her because you said that she was the person who never lie to me.but you,always being here with me means you didn’t cheated on me and you will right?”he said looking to my eyes.Yes I looked our interlaced hands.

“I’m sorry she is your sister but you said she was my best friend too that’s why I don’t want to here or be near her for sometime because I may not control myself and say something that might hurt her.

I looked at our hands and held it tightly as if my life depend on it.I felt helpless after hearing him that he hated me I was heartbroken he brought my hand on his cheeks and lean on it then kissed my palm and back of my hand.

Slowly he pulled me closer to him and kissed me.I want to push him away but my guilty ness stop me from doing it which let to other things and he took my virginity that night.

Next day xavier fly to London for his treatment I started to regret my decision and slowly became depressed.

Two weeks after that night I found out that I was pregnant.I was scared for the first in my life.afraid that what my family will say and how disappoint they will when the know the truth and what the Rodriguez family will do and most special how will xavier react. If they learn about deception and pregnancy.after one month I came to know that xavier has regain his memories.another one month is passed away but xavier never contacted me and my pregnancy is showing so afraid of being exposed to my family.I run away From all the pain and the impending the consequences of my act.with the determination that I will be stronger and I can make it on my own.and I will determine to make the baby life best and I will raise the baby to be responsible individual who will respect the women and make sure he/she will achieve his/her goals and lead a happy life

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