THE DEAF BILLIONAIRE

20.Chapter Twenty

Losing friends is a painful deal, is what ran on Lily's mind that evening when she got home.Really, her life was far much better but it seemed as if things were taking quite a drastic turn. A complete overhaul  from the hell she had always known as a kid but now, all she felt was empty.

There is something a toxic environment does to a child.

Lily knew.

It was a scar likely to manifest in an adult's life.

She looked around her new place and  sighed. It was a spacious apartment, a warm pastel brown and splashes of white furniture. An antique clock adorned the wall and she knew that was Noah's doing. 

Simple, something Lily loved, very much.

Classy, something Lily was not used to but was starting to like.

She sipped a warm cup of tea, gazing into the sky blue eyes of the reporter on the screen. The volume was on mute but not her mind. She stared at her phone.

27 declined calls...

"...leave me alone, you are so ungrateful, how could you do that to Sampson. Anyone that mistreats my brother is my enemy! "

Lily was certain Christine was misinformed, her outburst was completely unnecessary and it was clear that Christine did not know what had transpired between Sampson and herself but one thing she was certain of: was their quickly dwindling friendship.

Christine loved her brother, reverenced him as if he was he was a god. Everything Sampson said was right- had to be right. There was no way Lily would be friends with Christine if she was at loggerheads with her brother.

Oh! How she hated this.

Lily swiped the screen, took a look at her schedule.

She would be free from Thursday to Sunday and she decided she would visit the twins at an attempt of ironing things out.

* * *

It was Tuesday morning that Lan rushed into Noah's office, his brows furrowed.

" Have you seen the news Noah ?" Lan was loud enough, Noah had the aid on.

Noah looked up at his friend questioningly.

Lan dumped a copy of the day's paper on his lap before sitting beside him on the plush cushion.

Noah  read the words and fumed,"I thought I had paid these busy bodies to keep my name out  of their gossip papers !"

" Looks like someone paid them to,"

ROGUE SAINT: BILLIONAIRE NOAH RUIZ COMEBACK AFTER A DECADE OF SILENCE. 

The billionaire's sudden resurface has raised quite the eyebrows with a new project in hand, question is has the billionaire gone rogue by manufacturing bots that could be a high danger risk ? And what exactly would he benefit from this ?

Another read:

NEW PLAYBOY IN TOWN:

The reverenced saint Noah almost a thought priest was spotted on last night with two stunning beauties on his arm. The trio seemed to be enjoying themselves and sources claim they were seen leaving the pub in the wee hours of the morning. Question is has the saint gone rogue ?

At the bottom of the words, there he was Noah, a pair of rimmed sun glasses in front of an expensive pub, a smile that promised a vida loca while he was sandwiched in between two scantily dressed women.

"Oh ! What is going on, who is this ?"Noah begun to panic.

Both Lan and Noah knew Noah had never left the apartment to go into any form of rendezvous.

Lan's expression darkened,"he looks exactly like you,everything you wear to detail, even your jewellery"

"Oh ! Lord, no "

'This is impossible who dare do this ?"

Just then , a knock at the door and the roundish face of Peter peeked inside. Lan nodded at him,"A group of journalists at the lobby would like to speak to Mr. Ruiz,"

"This is not me, what will do ?" Noah breathlessly asked.

There was something going on and Noah could not tell what it was and it infuriated him.