Billionaire's Hidden Princess by Alegna Ciee (romance novel chinese novels TXT) 📗

 “The pleasure is mine, Ma’am… By the way, why aren’t you going in?”

“Oh, ummm… Livi is talking with someone at the moment.

“He is?”

Ian is surprised by this since his schedule for this hour is supposed to be empty. No one booked a meeting or any of the likes. Livius even insisted to have his lunch time unoccupied.

Now, as soon as he takes a peek inside his office and sees the scene for himself, he can’t help but heave a sigh in exhaustion.

“Oh, another one came, huh?” Ian muttered in dismay.

“What do you mean, Sir? Does this thing often happen?” Leticia asked, curiosity visibly piqued.

“Well, uhh… The President used to have surprise visitors like this, and most of them are relatives or close acquaintances of the higher-ups. They’re also mostly women who are desperate to catch the President’s attention – this lady, for instance, is his most recent marriage interview partner, I think.”      

“Oh, I see.”

Hearing her heave out a small sigh, probably displeased, Ian suddenly feels obliged to elaborate the situation more. He knows for a fact that Livius has always been secretive about this kind of subjects, which is something that bothers him a little.

After all, up until now, Leticia doesn’t seem like she knows the full expense of being the girlfriend of this distinguished figure. She’s still unaware of so many things, including the downsides of being in a relationship with a famous person like Livius as well as the hazardous risks.

Above all, she still appears to be clueless about why certain things keep happening to him such as this particular occasion.   

“May I tell you something, Ms. Selene…?” Ian continued, making her look at him and slowly nod in reply.

“There’s a reason why many people have their eyes on the President, and that’s the reality that he no longer has any family member or close relative. That said, all of his assets, properties, belongings, and everything else he owns – he doesn’t have anyone to share them with. He has undivided riches.”

Her eyes grow wide at this in astonishment. More than that detail about Livius having all the wealth for himself, Leticia is nonplussed by the fact that he doesn’t have a family anymore.

“The thing is, his parents died before he even turned fourteen. That’s why at such an early age, all the obligations they left have been forced on him. It’s not like he has no more other relatives left either. It just happened that none of them can be trusted. Since he got all the inheritance, they’re all after him. Some tried to please him, others wanted to get rid of him… But in the end, President Apollon decided to stand on his own feet and be independent – not relying on anyone from his own kin, undergoing intense trainings, growing as fast as he can, and handling the business at the early age of twenty-two.”

The more she gets to hear, the more painful the sting in her heart becomes.

Before Leticia knows it, her eyes are starting to be pooled with tears while her heart aches for that young Livius who was forced to suffer all on his own.