Finding Out The Billionaire

Chapter 1 Being Cheated On

“I’m busy right now. You should attend the boy’s parent-teacher meeting at his school.”

At the entrance of Four Seas Corporation.

Alex Jefferson had been standing on duty as usual, when his wife had suddenly rung him up.

Before he could utter a word, the line went dead. It was almost as abrupt as his wife’s tone.

Staring at the phone in his hands, a bitter smile spread across Alex’s face.

His wife’s recent attitude towards him had taken a toll for the worse. Whenever she looked at him, her gaze was always laced with coldness and disappointment.

For others, a relationship usually turned sour, at the age of thirty. Unfortunately, the perils of a failing relationship had arrived at his doorstep, four years early.

Raising his head to glance at the dark clouds that swept across the sky, he realized that there was going to be torrential rain very soon.

Regardless of whether or not he was going to attend the parent-teacher meeting, he still needed to pick his son up from school.

Thus, he put aside his phone and walked toward the manager’s office.

Meanwhile, the manager of the security department, James Langdon, was flirting with the pretty receptionist. He was visibly infuriated, at the sight of Alex barging in without warning, interrupting his romantic advances.

“I didn’t see anything. Do carry on.” Startled, Alex turned to leave.

However, the pretty receptionist was increasingly flustered, as she soon rushed out, before he could even take a step forward.

“Get back here!”

Leaning back on his chair, James pulled out a cigarette and lit it, with much annoyance. Then, he asked impatiently, “What are you doing here? Why aren’t you on duty?”

Alex turned around and replied awkwardly, “Um, Sir, I would like to take a half-day off.”

“Why?” James lazily puffed out a cloud of smoke.

“It’s going to rain any time now. I need to attend my son’s parent-teacher meeting…”

“All you do is laze around, all day at work. Do you think that this is your family-owned company?”

Slamming a fist on the table, James stood up in fury and pointed a finger at Alex, “Look at yourself! A live-in son-in-law of the Jenningses! You bring shame to us men, do you know that? All you do is laze around at work, without doing much. Do you think that this company is the Jennings family, where you can leech off from?”

Alex’s expression darkened, as annoyance crept up in his heart.

Nonetheless, when he thought of the scandal that he had witnessed earlier between James and the receptionist, he realized that the man was simply trying to intimidate him. Hence, he controlled his temper and muttered, “This is the first time I’ve asked for a leave, to attend my son’s parent-teacher meeting…”

are. How do you have the audacity to attend your son’s

he’s already been promoted to team leader. Look at you! You’ve been here for four years, yet you’re still a lowly security guard. Don’t you feel an ounce

“Enough!”

himself, Alex curled his fists into balls, suppressing the urge to punch James and break his nose. “I just happened to witness your scandal, that’s all! What do you need to intimidate me for? You’ll approve this leave for me,

angrily spun

of the company today, you’re fired!” James was beside himself with rage. He’s a piece

clenched his fists tighter. Nonetheless, he still pushed open the door

security guards were watching the fun. When they saw Alex coming out in a fit of rage, surprise flitted across

department would dare to talk back

the pretty receptionist from earlier was too ashamed to look

electric scooter, Alex drove to his son’s kindergarten without

the dark sky opened up. Plump droplets of rain started to fall. In a flash, the light pitter-patter

place to take shelter. Rushing through the unforgiving storm, he headed to

sorry. The storm’s rather bad outside, so I’m

parents was attending the parent-teacher meeting with their children. Heads turned, as all eyes fell on Alex,

He’s even late for his child’s parent-teacher meeting. How

son-in-law of the Jennings family, and the

he’s the one who’d made the tabloid headlines previously. He

him, I would’ve kicked him out,

group of parents gossiped amongst themselves as they insulted and

Alex Jefferson, Stanley Jennings’ father. Alex, do come in,” urged Ms.

the water from his body and started to walk towards his son, who

the last name, Jennings? Why

meaning behind her words, as the crowd

something in return for its host, okay? The fact remains that he’s a dog of the Jennings family, used

body stiffened when he heard that. With his eyes filled with flames of fury, his fists curled into tight balls out of

on the wrong side of the bed

insults before, he felt especially

At this moment, Stanley called out, from his seat in the back

very back of the classroom, a sense of guilt rose in Alex’s heart as he strode

sat beside Stanley, wanting to hug him. However, upon realizing that he was completely

to go to work. I’m aware of that,”

already more thoughtful and obedient than most peers his age. However, Alex had not given him a better life or much attention at

Trust me! After some time, I’ll definitely groom you

as if he had

Stanley for not paying attention in class, but Alex

his son’s learning potential

her son drenched by the rain, “It’s raining so heavily outside.

call a cab anyway,” Alex’s

The reason why Stanley was wet, was that he had leaned on Alex on the scooter, causing the rainwater

to explain; he took