Forever with the Billionaire

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The loud ringing of Hillary’s cell phone woke me up from my sleep. I had tried to ignore it but the phone continued to ring over and over again. How did I know that it was Hillary’s phone? I found out because Hillary used an annoying ringtone. When it didn’t seem as if the ringing would stop, I tapped Hillary who was asleep beside me.

“Wake up Hillary! Your phone has been ringing non-stop! ” I tapped her to wake up, but she rolled over and hugged me tighter, not letting me go. “Hillary!” I shouted her name.

“Oh my!” She shouted and rose from the bed. “What’s going on?” She rubbed her eyes as she turned to face me. “Is it morning already?” She asked.

I didn’t reply and just stared at her beautiful face. After our first night together, we woke up in the middle of the night and did more rounds until we were out of breath. “What are you looking at, Loukas?” Hillary asked, staring at me, trying to read my expression, but I quickly frowned. “Why did you wake me up from my beautiful sleep?” She pouted at me.

“Are you insinuating that I didn’t let you sleep last night?” I chuckled.

Hillary cleared her throat and ruffled her hair. “I don’t know what you are talking about,” she said, lowering her head.

“Is my wife shy? I thought you were a tiger with the way you acted last night, dear wife, “I winked at her.

“I…” Her phone rang yet again and she jumped out of bed to pick it up from the dining table. Placing the phone in her ear as she picked up the call, she looked into my eyes. “Hello, Rotimi!” My ears perked up at the mention of Rotimi’s name, and I thought about why Rotimi was calling her instead of me. “Mr. Atins is dead!” Hillary shouted and moved closer to me.

“What’s going on?” I asked her even though I already knew everything. Hillary didn’t reply but instead handed over the phone to me. “Hello, Rotimi!” I said. “Mr. Atins died this morning?” I asked to make sure I heard him right. “That’s unfortunate.”

“You both need to find your way down to Mecianda today. Mr. Atins’s death spread throughout the state and everyone that had taken an interest in his company was heading down to the hospital! ” Rotimi informed me over the phone.

I didn’t know how I was supposed to react because Mr. Atins’ death came as a shock, even though we already knew that he was going to die, but it was too sudden, and I…

“I just can’t believe that he is dead!” Hillary lamented and stood up from the bed. She paced around while remembering the time spent with Mr. Atins. Tears trickled down her face as she paced around the cabin.

“Hillary and I would be in Mecianda in a few hours,” I told Rotimi on the phone before hanging up. “Hillary!” I called but she didn’t answer at first and continued pacing around. “Hillary!” I shouted her name yet again, and this time it was pretty loud.

“Yes,” Hillary said as she turned to face me. “is…” She didn’t get to finish as she burst into another round of tears. “I know I shouldn’t be crying, but I am just surprised at how unlucky death has made a lot of people. Life is so unfair and takes the people we truly love away from us. Did we do anything wrong? ” Hillary beat her chest as she wept. “Death is so cruel,” she sniffled and wiped the tears off her face. “I know death is inevitable, but it shouldn’t come when we are closer to our loved ones,” By now, Hillary’s nose was already running and her eyes were swollen from too much crying. Unable to stand up by myself, I beckoned to her to come over.

“That’s enough Hillary!” I said to her. “You don’t have to cry anymore. What’s happened has already happened and we can’t change Mr. Atin’s fate, “I told her, and she nodded in response but continued to cry. She lay in my arms while I patted her on the back. “Everything is going to be fine.”

“I hope so, Loukas. I hope so because… ” She raised her head to look at me, and it broke me apart to see her face. It was filled with tears, and watching as she was crying made my heart bleed. I felt tears well up in my eyes, but I blinked them away because I didn’t want to look weak in front of her. I shouldn’t be crying in front of her. Instead, I should be the one consoling her. “Why is life so unfair?” Hillary sniffled. “You just wake up one day and those who are close to you are no more! Why is life like that? ”

I heaved a sigh. “No one can question death,” I told her and rubbed her back gently. ” Like I said earlier, we can’t change Mr. Atin’s fate or even your father’s, because he was destined to die and no one can change that.”

Hillary nodded in response. “I wondered how his son must feel right now. The man wanted the best for him, and he was pretty lucky that he got to spend time with his father. ” She heaved a sigh. “I didn’t get to spend enough time with my father or mother. They both left me all alone in this world, and that’s the saddest part of it! ” She sniffled. “I just hope we have enough time to spend with the people that we love and don’t have to lose anyone when we are getting to know them,” she said, and I agreed.

Hillary was lucky enough to have a memory of her parents, unlike me, who had no memory of my childhood or my parents. The only thing I remembered after my accident was that I couldn’t walk perfectly again, and that was the saddest thing for me. My life changed overnight and for fourteen years I had been in the shadow all alone until Hillary came along. If she had not saved me that night, then I would have been long forgotten by everyone.

“Everything is going to be alright,” I assured her.