My Unwanted Billionaire

I drag my feet as I walk to the bathroom to pee. These past two weeks have been the worse two weeks of my life. I have cried so much I feared I would become sick. I didn’t know what Jason meant to me until his betrayal.

I have not had a good meal and sleep in days because of what happened. I spend the whole night thinking about him and crying. I never have the appetite to eat these days. Amber, Evan, Uncle Jack, and Vivienne tried to encourage me to eat, but I didn’t see a reason to eat when all I wanted to do was disappear from the surface of the earth. I felt so much pain that I wished I didn’t exist sometimes.

I step into the bathroom, and as I pass the mirror, I look at myself. The bones in my neck are more visible than usual. My eyes are bloodshot red and swollen from too much crying. My nose is also red from crying and too much sniffing. I looked like a zombie, to sum it up. I empty my bladder and sprinkle some water on my face before stepping out of the bathroom.

I walk to the kitchen to find a bottle of water to drink. That is the only thing that has successfully entered my stomach these past two weeks. I could never take more than two spoons of any food. I am even surprised I have not died from starvation.

“Oh my God, Eleanor,” A voice says. A voice I had not heard in two weeks and did not wish to ever hear again in my life. Tears start to stream down my face as I realize I also missed that voice dearly. The voice that can make my heart beat faster than a beating drum and make me wet just by whispering into my ears. “Why do you look like this?” Jason asks, cupping my tear-stained face

“What are you doing here? How did you manage to get in here? That does not even matter. Get out. I told you to never show your face in front of me again,” I say, moving away from him. I almost leaned into his hands once he touched my face, but once I remembered what he did to me. I felt my skin crawl from his touch.

“I never cheated on you, my love, and I have proof,” Jason says, causing my eyes to widen.

“What,” I say, surprised to hear what he just said. He has proof to show me he didn’t cheat on me. What kind of proof could he have to make that nightmare of a video prove he is not the one in it?

“I have proof, my love, come with me,” Jason says, stretching his hand out for me to take

“Show me,” I say, walking past his hands. Until I see this proof of his, I can’t tell if I would accept him back.

We walk to the living room, where a laptop is already placed on the center table. I sit in front of it, and Jason sits beside me.

“I love you, and I can’t wait for you to be back in my arms,” Jason says, shocking me to the bones. I look at him wide-eyed as he plays the video. I quickly pause it and stare at him. I can’t believe he just said that. Does he mean it? Does he really love me? I know he cheated on me, but he can do it and still be in love with me.

“Watch the video, my love,” Jason says, turning my head to face the laptop. He presses the play button, and my eyes widen for the second time tonight once I see the people in the video.

What the hell is going on? I ask myself as I see Christine and Mrs. Sullivan sitting across from each other in a restaurant.

“Hello Christine, it’s been a while since I last saw you,” Mrs. Sullivan says, smiling.

“Yeah, it has. What do I owe the pleasure of seeing you after so many years” Christine says

“I need you to do something for me.”

“Why would I help you?”

“You will help me because if you don’t, I will tell Jason that Alex never raped you. I am sure you don’t want Jason to find out the truth.”

“Sorry, a slip of the tongue. What do you need me to do?”

“I need you to come back to California and split up Jason and his current girlfriend.”

“How do you want me to do that? Jason probably does not have any feelings for me. It’s been 13 years since we divorced”

“I know it’s been ages, but you were the first woman he loved dearly before that whore came into his life. I am sure some feelings might come back once he sees you.”

“What if he has really moved on from me, and when he sees me, he feels nothing for me.”

“Then we will execute plan b.”

“Which Is?”

“Jason is going to cheat with you.”

“How would that be possible?”

“I am going to get Jason drunk or give him something to make him sleep. Once he is down, we will take pictures of you guys in bed and send it to her”

“That is the oldest trick in the book. She will guess it is photoshopped and believe Jason when he denies it.”

“Not if we have a video too.”

“You want me to rape him in his sleep,” Christine asks wide-eyed. “Do you want to split them up that bad?” She asks, surprised with the extend Mrs. Sullivan would go to split Jason and I

“I want to split them up badly, but I would never let a woman like you sleep with my grandson ever again. I will send her a video of both of you having sex, but it will be fake. I will hire someone good at mimicking voices to mimic both of your voices so I can mirror it into the video.”

“What about the people who will be having sex in the video. Are you going to hire people for that?”

“I don’t need to; I can just get a porn video online. The tech guy will just change the voices and photoshop your faces so it would seem like it was you and Jason.”

“Wow, it seems you have everything planned out.”

“Yes, I don’t want anything ruining my plans like last time.”

“This must not be the first time you are trying to split them up.”

“No, it is not. The first plan didn’t work. The idiot got into an accident and ruined everything. Jason even almost found out that I was behind it.”

“Oh, I hope it works this time, and how much are you going to pay me.”

“I am not paying you a dime. If you succeed, I will drop the charges against you.”

“That’s fine with me.”

“Good, see you in California in two weeks.” Mrs. Sullivan says, standing up to leave

“Goodbye, Mrs. Sullivan,” Christine says, standing up also.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

I turn to Jason as the video comes to an end. I don’t know what to say right now. I can’t believe what his grandmother did, but I shouldn’t be surprised. I don’t even know why I didn’t think of the possibility of her framing Jason. I guess I was too hurt to think properly. I feel so bad that I didn’t trust him and believe his words, but you can’t blame me. The video, the pictures, and finding him naked in bed with Christine made it very hard to just believe his words only.

“I am sorry for not believing you.”

“It’s fine, my love; I am just happy you know the truth, and we can finally be together,” He says, taking my hands in his

“I missed you,” I say, staring into his eyes. “I thought I was going to die without you in my life anymore.”

“I felt worse, my love. I felt like my world ended the day you left me.”

“I am sorry again for not believing you,” I say, hugging him

“It’s fine, and I am sorry my grandmother framed me to cause you so much pain,” Jason says, and I am about to speak, but someone cuts me off

“I think it’s enough with the sorry. You both know by now the other person felt bad for what happened,” Uncle Jack says,

“Yes, I do,” Jason and I say at the same time.

“Did you really mean what you said before I started watching the video?” I ask, biting my lips in nervousness. I can’t still believe he said he loves me.

“Yes, my love. I do. I love you, more than you can imagine.”

“I love you too,” I say, smiling.

“Really, you do. You love me? Me?” He asks, finding it unbelievable that I do

“Yes, I do.”

“God! I am one lucky jerk to have you love me back,” He says, smiling

“I guess you are,” I say, and Jason seals my lips in a passionate kiss.

Tears of joy roll down my face as I kiss Jason back. I have missed him terribly. I am so happy he didn’t cheat on me. I don’t know if I would have ever recovered if he did. Thank god, everything was a setup. I love this man too much to see my life without him in it.

“I love you, Jason,” I say once we break from our kiss with my forehead against his

“I love you too, Eleanor,” He says, with his forehead against mine.