My Unwanted Billionaire

I kiss Jason goodbye and walk inside the house. He just dropped me off at home. The day I went to his house, I took a cab to his place. I borrowed the car to Uncle Jack. I turn the doorknob and step inside the house.

“My eyes, my eyes, my eyes,” I say, screaming while closing my eyes.

“Oh my God, Eleanor. What are you doing here?” Uncle Jack says, falling to the ground. I heard a thump.

I can’t dare open my eyes until he and Vivienne put on clothes. I can’t believe I walked in on him and Vivienne. I need to stop walking in on people having sex.

“I live here; please put on some clothes so I can open my eyes.”

“I am so sorry, you saw that,” Vivienne says, putting on a shirt. I can hear clothes ruffling, so I am guessing they are putting on clothes.

“It’s fine. Are you guys decent?”

“Yes, you can open your eyes,” Uncle Jack says,

“I think it’s high time I move out,” I say, opening my eyes.

“What” Uncle Jack says, with only a pair of jeans on. Vivienne has his shirt on.

“I said, I think it’s time I move out,” I say, walking to the kitchen.

“Why”

“Are you really asking me why after what my eyes just had to witness?” I ask, opening the fridge to get a bottle of juice.

“I didn’t think you were coming back today. That’s why we didn’t bother to go inside my room. If I knew you were coming home, we wouldn’t have done it in the living room.”

“I know, but you shouldn’t have to do that. I think it’s time I move out so you can finally live like the single man you are.”

“He is not single,” Vivienne says, walking into the kitchen

“Sorry, my mistake; what I am trying to say is that it won’t be a bad idea if I move out so you and Vivienne can have more freedom to taint the house with your bodies,” I say, cringing as the image of them doing it on the kitchen counter enters my head. I walk out of the kitchen.

“We can still do that while you are still living here.”

“No, you can’t,” I say, walking into my bedroom.

“I can’t believe Eleanor wants to move out,” Uncle Jack says to Vivienne. I can hear the conversation Vivienne and Uncle Jack are having from inside my bedroom.

“I don’t think it’s a bad idea,” Vivienne says.

“I know it’s not a bad idea, but I am worried she might not be able to survive on her own”

“Eleanor is a big girl. She will be able to take care of herself. You have nothing to worry about.”

“You are right; I am worried for nothing.”

“Yes, now let’s get back to where we were.”

“Alright,” Uncle Jack says, and I hear Vivienne giggle. I move away from the door once I hear that.

I know Uncle Jack is worried about how I will survive on my own. I have lived with him all my life. I know it might be hard at first, but I am sure I will get the hang of it.

The thought about moving out first came to me the first week Jason and I got back to Bora Bora. We always had to do it in his place. I didn’t want Uncle Jack to come back home one day and hear us having sex. I think that would have been the most embarrassing day of my life, but it got me thinking that if I had a place of my own, I wouldn’t have such worries. Today’s incident has made me realize it’s time I move out.

Uncle Jack also needs the house to himself. He didn’t date much after Adeline, so I never felt the need to move out, but now he is with Vivienne, and they have sex a lot. Sometimes I leave the house and go for a walk so I won’t hear them while they are doing it. My ears have bled because of Vivienne’s screams, and the worst part is she is screaming because of what Uncle Jack is doing to her. You don’t even want to know how I feel when I hear them. I mostly feel like the earth should swallow me most of the time.

I think I will start looking for places. I will speak to Jason about helping me find a place to live. I am sure he would be happy that I want to get my own place. He is actually the reason why it’s possible. Jason paid off my college debt even though I asked him not to. With all the money I have been saving, I can use it to rent a new place. The idea of having a place of my own feels exciting. I can’t wait.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

The following day during lunch, Jason and I head out of the office to the restaurant I booked for his meeting with Christine. We have an appointment with an investor close to the restaurant we are meeting Christine. Jason thought it would be better to come along with him to meet Christine to save the hustle of him waiting for me to arrive before meeting the investor.

I step out of the car once Andrew arrives at the restaurant. I walk in with Jason. We walk to our table, and Christine is already seated. She spots Jason first, and the smile that graces her face disappears once she sees me beside him. She does not frown, but the smile is not as big as the one she had once she spotted Jason.

“Jason, it’s so nice to see you again,” She says, hugging him. She smiles or smirks at me; I am not really sure as she wraps her well-manicured hands around his torso.

“It’s nice to see you to Christine. I hope you don’t mind Eleanor joining us. We have somewhere to go right after we are done here.”

“No, I don’t mind if your secretary joins us.”

“Great, so how are you doing?” Jason says, pulling the chair out for me to sit down. I thank Jason and take my seat opposite Christine. Jason sits by her right.

“I am good. How about you? How was your trip?”

“I’m good also. My trip was amazing,” Jason says, staring at me as he cups my hand. “It was the best I ever had in my life,” He says, smiling with so much adoration in his eyes for me.

“That’s good to hear, and how are you doing, Eleanor? I hope working for Jason does not make your life too stressful.”

“No, it does not. If anything, it’s one of the best things about my life right now,” I say, smiling, staring back at Jason with the same intensity as him. I hope he sees the same adoration I have for him as he does for me.

“Wow, you guys must really make anyone single around you feel lonely.”

“What are you talking about?” Jason says, breaking eye contact with me to look at Christine.

“I am talking about how you both zoned me out.”

“I don’t understand what you are saying”

Christine must be talking about how Jason and I were staring at each other and forgot anyone else existed in the world for a few seconds.

“Forget it. Let’s order food,” Christine says, waving someone behind me. She must be calling a waiter to our table.

While eating, Christine speaks up.

“So, Jason, I have been thinking of moving back to LA. Do you happen to know any good realtors” Christine says, placing her hands on Jason’s shoulder as she speaks. I look at her, and she smiles at me.

“Wow, I am surprised you want to move back. You must have really moved on from the past,” Jason says, moving his shoulder away, but this only makes things worse because her hands drop down and land on his thigh. I expect her to apologize and quickly remove her hand, but instead, she takes her time and rubs Jason’s thigh a little as she removes her hand. Can’t believe what I just saw before my eyes. Please, someone should tell me that did not just happen.

“I have. The best way to heal is to forgive and forget.”

“That’s good to he…..” Jason gets cut off when Christine uses her hand to clean his mouth.

“You have something here,” Christine says, using her hand to wipe a little food crumb that is at the side of Jason’s mouth. My eyes widen as I watch her remove the crumbs away. She uses her hand to slowly brush Jason’s lips. Jason quickly moves her hand away and cleans his mouth himself.

The audacity this woman has. Does she not know I am Jason’s girlfriend? I can’t believe I thought her intentions were pure. There is no way her intentions are pure. Only the fact that her finger lingered longer than supposed to tells me her intentions. Christine wants Jason back, but that will only happen over my dead body.

“Thank you, but please don’t touch me again,” Jason says, scowling.

“Oh, sorry, I didn’t think it would offend you.”

“It didn’t, but it offended my girlfriend,” Jason says, surprising me with his words.

I can’t believe he just said that. I knew he was not oblivious to Christine’s behavior, but I didn’t think he would say that.

“Oh, sorry, Eleanor, I didn’t mean to offend you,” Christine says, acting oblivious to her actions.

“It’s fine, no harm done,” I say, with a tight lip smile.

Jason and I are on our way back to the office. While in the car, Jason takes my hands in his and places them on his thigh.

“I am sorry,” Jason says,

“For what,” I ask, locking eyes with him

“For the way lunch with Christine went.”

“Why are you sorry about that? You didn’t do anything wrong” If anything, he was wonderful. He made Christine apologize to me even though her actions were not very clear, but you could still detect what she was doing.

“I know, but I felt like I should apologize since it’s my ex-wife that made you angry.”

“You have nothing to apologize for. You didn’t know Christine would behave like that, and you also asked her to stop. I am not angry with you. If anything, I am happy with you.”

“Really”

“Yes, you defended me without me having to say anything.”

“I just felt the way she behaved was wrong.”

“It was”

“I can’t believe after seeing each other, so many years later she comes and behaves like this”

“13 years is a long time, but I am not surprised she still wants you.”

“Really, why”

“She left you because Alex raped her. She didn’t leave you because she didn’t love you anymore.”

“Wow, you are right, that’s true. I can’t believe it.”

“It’s shocking, but it’s possible.”

“I guess” “I hope you know you have nothing to worry about. Even if Christine wants me back, I no longer have her in my heart. I hope you know you are the only woman in my heart.”

“I know,” I say, smiling.

“I am happy, you know. You are the only woman in my heart. The queen of my heart,” He says, then kisses me.