BILLIONAIRE: Lurking in the Dark

10:

"Have you heard about the Yang Organization?" I nodded

"Not t-too much, I only know that it is the r-richest company here in S-Seoul, having countless branches all over Korea and some a-already starting outside the country" I answered while he smiled

"It wasn't always like that you see. The man behind the success of the company was once a beggar in the street" I grew confused of his sudden narration of someones life.

Why was he telling me all of this?

"-A homeless person who did not have any food to eat nor a penny in his pocket." He was sounding more and more like a grandpa telling a good night story to his grand kids

"Every day he would go to the streets and beg for food but everyone ignored him. Once a day, someone would go beat him up yet he couldn't retaliate as he was as old as a man could be, he was 45 that time and now he is 50. It only took him 5 years to be where he is today" He stood up and went to gaze at the window that was overseeing a beautiful garden

It was as wide as a park, covered with diverse flowers covering the green Eden, a pair of bushes make up the pathway making it seem isolated

'it really is beautiful'

I followed and stared at him as he continued on with his story. I wanted him to know I was listening

"But that success wasn't only his doing. You might ask how a beggar came to be the richest man in Seoul" he stated which made me nod immediately, wanting to know just that.

It was too much of a mystery. Every poor person like me wants to know the secret. How to be rich. How to be powerful.

He chuckled,

"It all started one winter night. He was hugging himself in a dark alleyway to keep his body warm. He was breathing irregularly, he thought it was his time, the end of his life. He was ready to die and leave this unfair world behind but two figures came walking towards him unexpectedly lending him a hand. It was a man and a woman. They took him to a temporary place and gave him the chance of a lifetime. A chance to change his life. It wasn't of course the easiest but it made him what he is today" I stared at him, his words gave me a curious look

What deal would that be? but looking at his face, he appeared to be keeping it, not wanting to speak more about what the two people had offered. Afraid that if he would say more than what he intends to do, his life would end

He saw how curious I was and turned his body to me

"I can not tell you what they made me do because it is not my business to but I expect your parents and sister wants to tell you about it themselves" I was shocked at the people he mentioned

My parents?

What connection do they have with him and his story?

"You said The Manoban Corporation.....is it...about my parents?" I then remembered what he said last night about me being an heir

"Yes, Miss Lisa. Those people who helped that poor guy 5 years ago were none other than your parents, Mrs. Chitthip Manoban and Mr. Marco Manoban. And the person they helped was me, Yang Hyun-suk"

My mouth could not form any words. I was bewildered to an infinite extent.

Someone better be writing my story or they would not believe me if I tell them this

"Your family had a business, one which became the source of how they became the richest in the world. The Manoban Family"

I took a step back