Unveiled (Torn #6)(44)
He made a face. “I’m one of a kind, what can I say?”
“You are…and I will forever try to make up for that,” I murmured, promising him everything.
“From the last time I checked, my family is worth billions with the double digits. I can get you a precise estimate by tonight if you’re interested upon knowing. I’m worth sixty percent that amount from the company stake. My personal finances without that sixty percent is actually about almost nine hundred million. If you wonder why and how I have acquired so much by being this young, well, from a young age, I would always go with my father to meetings, learning the ropes of the world market and current trends that will be the next best thing. I also learned that being up to date with world news can actually be turned into a monetary investment if I choose wisely. For example, during hurricane season and winter months, disasters are abound most especially in the US, so investing in wood or any materials in the best given time before a major disaster hits, can multiply your investment into millions upon millions. Another point would be legalizing marijuana in some US states. So if one invested a year or two before this ever happened, that very first few days of the bill passing will make anyone an instant millionaire. It’s a skill one need to acquire—learning to one’s gut-feeling and following through it. So that’s basically the gist of how I accumulated much of my wealth in the beginning, the rest of that came a little easy. But yes love, you walked away without a dime to your name. Shames isn’t it, since I was willing to hand you half of that…though I doubt you read much of the paperwork that was handed to you last year during the divorce proceedings.”
“Should I be insulted that you honestly think I’d change my mind had I truly known your net worth, Dimi? It’s yours…and I wouldn’t dream of taking a dime from you not even if I’m vengeful. I can make you pay in a different way.”
He bellowed a deep laugh. “Ah, Lindsey…only you can feast on that idea…though you have a mad skill in driving a man crazy. So much so that one could find relief being dead and buried that endure your kind of crazy.”
I smirked. “Too late to back out now, Dimi—you’re stuck with me for good.”
“That I am, yineka mou.” He kissed the side of my head before pulling me close. “And I wouldn’t have it any other way. Crazy or not, you’re meant to be with me. So hand me all the craziness you can muster and take comfort in knowing that I’ll still be standing next to you at the end of the day…I’d still be right there, sleeping next to you in our bed, holding you close bidding you the sweetest dreams. I’m not going anywhere.”
Swooning sure became a constant thing lately with me. Sigh. “Well then, I’d most likely take you up on your offer soon enough. Just you wait.”
“I’m sure you would…” he murmured before kissing me whole-heartedly.
There was meaning behind my threat because once we get back on land, I still planned to pursue a confrontation with Claudine. Come Hell or high water, I will achieve it, no matter the cost.
Chapter 22
Dimitris
“Seafood…yum!” Lindsey declared the second she got a whiff of grilled lobsters being escorted to our makeshift table sitting on the sands of island of Aspasia while our toes get awashed by the soft tides of seawater.
After last night, I had decided that waiting for my schedule to clear up will rather take too damn long before taking her somewhere out of the city. And by then, the damage that was gradually getting wider by the day was stretching, ripping us slowly apart, so after last night’s dinner while in Pappou’s villa while she was being entertained by my family, I took a moment to navigate through my schedule, keeping important meetings to be set-up via video chats while the secondary important ones where going to be handled by my father. The man had retired but after the turmoil I’d been in for the past several days, he didn’t even hesitate when I told him that I need to take Lindsey somewhere without the nuisance of my hectic life and lifestyle. He understood completely and I couldn’t even be more grateful enough to have such supportive parents even though I’d set and made some questionable decisions that would surely raise worry to some but with my mum and dad, these two always had given their support, whether it was good or bad, they unwaveringly stood behind me, loving me unconditionally.
This short mini vacation with Lindsey meant to woo her again, and I wouldn’t rest until I had her heart in full, that kind of overwhelming love she had for me without those beautiful dark eyes that mirrored fears and doubts that had visibly appeared upon her visit.
There were developments that I wished to share with her but I had been rather hesitant since nothing’s been fully finalized. There was one vital report, which stated that the paparazzi behind those lurid photos was tipped off by a voice-altering device. Since then, my team had been working on tracing that call. So far, nothing surfaced since the caller had used a dummy phone.
But even so, I wasn’t one to easily give up. And even though Lindsey was bent on not letting me finish what I meant to tell her, the moment I get everything together, she won’t have a choice but hear my confessional.
Earlier today, Pappou made an impromptu visit in the office, bearing breakfast with him that was prepared by my mother. Of course I wasn’t shocked that my family already had a plan on its own but it would’ve been great…that for once, they didn’t interfere and let me take care of it? I knew Pappou had become attached to Lindsey and didn’t want to lose her from being a part of the family, but their lack of confidence in me was rather insulting.