Chapter 1
Category:
Urban
Author:
JadynWords:1330Update time:25/05/26 19:55:18
I was stopped at the entrance to the exclusive club.
"Monica, Jorge isn't here."
Jair Nolan, the underling, kept his head down, not daring to look at me, fully aware of how feeble his lie was.
I looked at him calmly. "Back when you had nowhere else to turn, I gave you a way out."
Back then, Jair had been swindled out of all his money by a pig-butchering scam. Homeless and with nowhere to go, it was I who treated him to a meal and introduced him to Jorge's company.
He did have talent. Within just a few years, he became one of Jorge's most loyal subordinates.
Jair's face flushed red, and the hand that blocked my path trembled slightly.
A few seconds later, he lowered his hand. "Jorge is in the top-floor private room."
……
The rest of the way, no one dared to stop me.
I stood at the door of the private room, listening to the familiar voices inside, unsure of what to make of it.
"Jorge has secured the project on the outskirts of town. He's quite the hotshot in H City now."
"That's right. When the time comes, don't forget to help us brothers along."
In response to everyone's flattery, Jorge's voice remained languid. "You're joking. I'm just an ordinary person." In response to everyone's flattery, Jorge's voice remained languid. "You're joking. I'm just an ordinary person."
He's far from ordinary now.
In just five short years, he went from being a penniless nobody to one of the elite in H City, becoming a rising star in the business world.
He has the courage, the strategy, and the means.
Inside came the laughter of women. I looked up to see Jorge Compton turning his head as a beautiful young woman lit his cigarette.
They were very close, the atmosphere intimate.
He let her lean in and leave an intimate kiss on his neck.
In the private room, glasses clinked together as everyone chatted and laughed.
"Jorge, you're twenty-eight this year, right? When are you going to marry Monica? You have to invite us to your wedding banquet!"
Someone said this, and the entire room fell silent instantly.
Jorge had his arm around the woman, lowering his head to exhale a puff of smoke, the haze making it hard to read his expression.
The man realized his mistake. "Look at me, I've had too much to drink! Jorge, don't mind me."
"What's there to mind? It's not like we can't talk about it." Jorge smiled. "You all know about me and Monica Hull."
Seeing that the atmosphere wasn't as awkward as they had imagined, everyone exchanged smiles and relaxed.
"Yeah, we all know."
"Monica is really good to you."
"Before you used to..." Seeing Jorge glance over, the man paused and changed the subject. "By the way, we haven't seen Monica in a while. What has she been busy with lately?"
"I don't know." Jorge stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray and sighed slowly. "It's been a long time since I've seen her."
No one responded, so he continued speaking to himself.
You all know what I used to be like, sitting in a wheelchair for more than ten years. Even my mother gave up on me.
When I was neither human nor ghost, I met Monica, and she saved me.
I'm grateful to her, and I do like her, but honestly, she doesn't match up to me anymore."
Six years ago, a miracle allowed him to stand again.
It also overturned his predestined tragic life course.
He redefined his own life.
And he had embodied it fully in these past few years.
He was always meant to be a favored son of heaven.
Jorge's eyes flickered. "Monica witnessed my most wretched years, and every time I see her now, I'm reminded of those days in the wheelchair. It makes me feel... disgusted."