BILLIONAIRE'S BETRAYAL

Beginning of an end for the rich Quinn

It was a fine monday morning when Krizzia's parents bid her a goodbye kiss for she is heading to the university she was attending. That time, they are in front of the house's entrance, waiting for their family car to arrive. They look so happy, daring and sweet. A perfect family which everyone adores.

"Good morning, baby. Take care at school!" Her mom said sincerely, with a smile on the lips. While caressing her dad's back. They are standing beside each other while Krizzia is in front of them.

She smiled back at her mother and nod. Unbothered, for she is not a baby anymore. "I will mother." Like a good daughter in front of her parents, she responded.

Her father tapped her on the shoulder, "Be good, Krizzia. I've heard rumors about you again." She pouted and the same time... make a puppy eyes and a puppy smile. Looking so sweet in front of her parents. Especially her dad who caught her whereabouts behind curtains again.

Krizzia is a kind of lady who doesn't want to hinder herself, when it comes to the things that she likes to do. It's because it is her life! No one has the right to limit her, when her own parents did not stop her from being happy. Who is this people who likes to taint her profile? That doesn't mean, if she's known for being the daughter of a famous business couple... She has to adjust and monitize! After all, she lives her life according to her own needs and wants. Not for the other people's sake.

She's a self-centered woman, a spoiled brat. She can do everything what she wants! She's not a baby anymore, she can decide for herself too!

Partying and playing with some random guys she finds interesting in public, and because of her family's quiet known... and influences by many, she easily gets the attention of both people and media.

Trying to replenish her father's disappointment. She leaned closer to him. To convince him and fight for her rights. "Papa, I was just having fun. So, what's with the rumors? Aren't I allowed to set myself free? Do I have to limit myself just because of them? That's unfair!" She reasoned out. Her father took a deep breath and just patted his daughter's head. She makes a face. "It's not as if, I lived for them." She murmured. Which did not escape from her dad's ears.

She is the only daughter and an only child of the Quinn couple that's why her parents love her so much and cherish her so much. She's already twenty, coming twenty-one this year. Yet, she's still a pain in her parents'head. Recently, she was involved with a scandal which was fake and purposely uploaded on the internet. To create a scandalous scratch on their profiles. Unlike her girl cousins and nephews who're under her Aunt and Uncle's spell... She's a one hell lucky girl for having such kind parents.

Quinn is known in business fields, and one of the monstrous enemies in productions. A top lister among tycoons for generations already. However, her family wasn't that close to their family's subsidies. Usually, it's because they took themselves as enemies. Both reality and business. Krizzia doesn't mind too tho. She's okay with her cousins and that she has no problems with them. The problems of the parents don't affect the children. They believed.

"Alright, my daughter. Whatever you'd like to do." In the end, her father take the loser's spot. She won again, against her father. Because she knows that they cannot stop her in regards to her wants. After all, she's taking herself just fine, and did not do unnecessary actions that would bring shame to their family.

Gone with being annoyed, she expresses her gratitude to her father. "Thank you, Dad! I love you! You're the best!" and hugged him at the same time. Giggling. Her father really can't get a hold of her for long. Which made him the best among the best dad in the world!

While her mother looking so happy for them. Well, for the mothers... There are no greater things that could surpass the happiness of seeing their treasures happy. Because to them, they are the greatest among the greater ones they acquired in the world.

"I always love you, my daughter." her father replied and caressed both of her back and the back of her head. While her parents are looking at each other with a smile crept on their face.

Krizzia Alastair is a spoiled daughter, since then. But, she's a kind of spoiled brat who work, and put efforts for the things she wants to acquire. Her parents trained her to be like one. If she wants a car just like she wants on her upcoming birthday, she has to be on the top dean's list before the year ends. Even if it's entitled as a gift. She has to do work for it. Everything that she has now, she obtained it from her parents because she contributed too. Making her parents proud of her, was always her top priority.

She then turned to look at her mother, with sweet stares and sincere eyes... she pulled out from her father's embrace and transfer to her mother. "I love you, mama." she hugged her mother, like how the way she did to her father. She respect them. However, the sincerity she received was quite confusing. In the end which she ignored.

Her mother was her best friend, up until now. No one can replace the care and the love that her mother showered to her. Not even her friends, her peers, and colleagues. She doesn't even give the title best friend to any of her friends. Just only her and her papa. "I love you more, baby."

That endearment... Krizzia cherished it, with all her heart. Doesn't really matter if she's a big baby now, what matters to her is that... She's her parents only princess. She likes the endearment that her parents used to call her.

"But my love for you mom is huge too." she pouted and argue with her mother again. Yes, she loves to argue with the smallest thing she find amusing, but she can't win over her mom. Unlike her dad, who always have the patience to spoil her more.

"I'm your mother, and mothers like me have the biggest love and patience for their babies." her mother held her in the arms and made her look at her. "But, your love baby will be always treasured and appreciated." She felt like crying. Her mom was just so sweet and daring. "You better go now, Zachary is already waiting for you in the car." Her mom advised.

Her eyes widened. Surprised. "Oh my... Zachary is here?!" She shouted in shear happiness.

"Yes, baby."

"I thought he won't come today?"

Her mother looked at her father who just shrugged his shoulders "Well, his class today got suspended so..."

"Papa, Mama! Gott'a go, bye!" Even if her father was still speaking, she bid her goodbye and run towards the car. Feeling so excited to see her friend after a damn week!

There she saw her childhood friend who she admire the most. "Zacharyyyyy!!!" Like a kid, she called her friend's name with a high pitch note.

Zachary sighs at her nosiness. "What a kiddy friend I have." He mocked to himself. Before opening the car's door from the inside.

Well, Krizzia has always been a nosy fellow, and he can tell that she's not getting mature enough and will be always the kid friend of his. He's not rich nor famous. He is just the son of Krizzia's family driver. Coincidentally, he met her when he was eight and she was five. They became friends because she was friendly while he's rude. He can't even imagine how he gave up and accepted her as his friend.

"I missed you!" Krizzia then hugged him tightly. Making him have the difficulty to breathe.

"K-Krizzia, I c-can't breath," he said as he was supporting her back, even after how tight she clung on his neck. Damn this woman for being clingy. But, do he has a choice? She is his friend and he spoiled her from letting her do those gestures to him. Even people who witness their sweetness, mistook them as a couple.

"Oh, I'm sorry!" Krizzia apologized, while he's coughing his lungs out. Krizzia pouted at him and is confused. "Don't you miss me too?" she huffed at him.

"I don't." He then settled himself at the driver's seat. To start the engine, so they could live.

"Why so rude, Zach?" she asked seriously as she doesn't care about putting her seatbelts on. Sulking.

Zach glance at her, "Seatbelts, Krizzia." Ignoring her question.

That's the truth, he doesn't miss her but she made him think about her, always. Zach gave up and buckle the seatbelts for her. His friend is sulking after all. He lean closer to her and put her seatbelts on. Krizzia is just observing him while doing it for her.

She's flustered at what he does to her, not until their eyes met. He's looking at her with worry and sincerity. She doesn't like it. It gives her a bad feeling. She then remember the kind of sincerity she saw in her parent's eyes. She doesn't want to think another way around and remain positive, but still... It made her worry. Which she can't just calm herself easily. She avoids gaze from him.

The trait she had received earlier seems suspicious for her. Her parents was not used to stay at home longer that they had now. It's always been about business and money. Which needs her parents' attention. They don't usually escort her to the car during her departure for school.

Is there a problem that her parents did not tell her about? She wonder.

Zach withdraw his attention from her and just maneuver the car out of the Quinn's premises.

Along the way, she is silent and just keep herself busy with the scenery outside.

"Hey," Zach called her but she did not bother to look at him. She has no appetite to converse with him. He was rude, eventually she return the favor that Zach gives. Serves him right.

And because he's her friend, he knows how to make her noisy again. By just playing her favorite song, the silence between them disappears.

While her head is spinning by the car's window and her eyes are busy to the sceneries, her mouth just sings through the music when its played.

She played with her fingers by writing something in the window. Like a kid, who's enjoying her moment. That's Krizzia. One of the things that Zachary missed from her. She has this type of voice that awakens your hidden feelings. While driving, he didn't feel bored as he is having a good time listening to her voice.

The car stopped and Krizzia just noticed that he made her sing along the way to the school "Did you just made me sing?" She asked, sarcastically.

"Nah-uh, I just played a song and you sing by yourself." Zach answered her. She's gone annoyed and went off by the car immediately. She slams the door and walks away from it. Annoyed.

"Krizzia, let's go out later! My treat!" well, not bad if that's his offer. Everyone who heard Zach looked at her with a teasing smile. She does not mind tho, after all Zach's a hottie.

She just raised her hand in response. Zach smiled before closing the window and drive the car back to the Quinn's mansion.

Krizzia walks towards the building where her course belongs. When one of her colleagues, Carmel approached her and joined her from walking. "Girl, are you okay?" Carmel asked, worried is evident.

"Why wouldn't I be okay?" She mocked a question in response to Carmel, while chuckling. Carmel is just her colleague, but Carmel treats her as a friend. Carmel's parents are her parent's colleagues at work too.

"Never mind," Carmel muttered and just hold her in the elbow while taking the path that leads them towards their designated classroom.

As soon as they reached their classroom, most of her classmates flocked over her. "Sis! Are you alright? No one's bugging you?"

"We're worried..." Her brow arched in anticipation. She had no idea with what her classmates is tackling. It's just weird. She can't even relate.

She chuckled confusedly, "I'm fine, why are you guys asking me weird questions? I'm doing just fine!" She then shrugged her shoulders while frowning.

Then everyone sighs in relief. In her class, her classmates are kind to her. No one bullies her except girls who are obsessed with a man that has a crush on her. They call her unnecessary things like bitch, slut, etc. But she doesn't mind that and be frank and blunt to those girls.

After that day, and the next days she received the same questions. And whenever she answered them, they just... zipped their mouths shut. Leaving her confused.

Every passing day gone worst and made her more confused, Her parents went back to being busy too.

Every time she went home, they are not in their house and she's alone in the mansion with the maids. Sometimes, Zachary visits her and spend time to have bond with her in the pool or in the garden and even in the movie room. After that, she's alone again because Zach needs to go home for he has a class the next day.

Classes of that year has ended, summer came... Followed by her birth month. Meaning her birthday is coming!

Her first week of summer is busy with the preparations. Though, whenever she encountered people who knows her as the daughter of Quinn, they asked her the same questions.

"Aren't you affected with the situations?" was the most confusing question she had received from her gown designer. Why? Is there something going on that she doesn't know? If it has, what was it? And why do people worry about it so much? Does it have to do with her? Do she have done any scandalous to gossip about her?

The twenty-first of May came... The day she will turn twenty-one. That day is the very first day she's able to spend a long time with her parents. Many guests came, friends, peers, and relatives. That was her biggest day. Many did congratulate her for she had entered adulthood. Many did also praise her, from her appearance to her manner of handling guests.

But every compliments she received, has mix of insults. She tried to set that thing aside especially that she's with her parents. She set that things aside and tried not to bother about it. Thinking of unnecessary things will just make her night bad.

But her faith towards the things doing just fine, failed her. Because from that day she felt suspicious around her, was the very first day that the problem occurred. Her parents did not tell her about the issue in which her parents was facing, nor she did not ask about it from them.

Their company was losing. It fell in a bad state and has a lot of debts. Her parents worked so hard but it is hard to recover. And it was over the media, which she didn't noticed! That's also because... her parents blocked every sites that could lead her to the news. Why didn't they told her? Why are they keeping it to her?

Having the situation that everyone knows, while she's dumb who doesn't have any idea about it is insulting her real bad! It was painful to her because her parents tried their best to look just fine in front of her, while she has no idea that her parents was facing a bad loss. Her parents' absence means trying to work hard just to resolve the problem. Unfortunately, they did not make it.

Big-time businessman vulgar a false accusation towards her parents and even planted a false shame. On her birthday night, the police capture her father, which makes her cry hard. "No! Papa won't do such things like that! He's not a criminal! Please, don't accuse my papa!" She defended her father, she shouted in between her sobs. While hugging her father, tightly. Her father told her to calm down and things will be okay and also told her to trust him. But, how will she calm down when her father is going to jail?! No one can remain calm when it is your family who's being captured by the police. No one could!

Her mother was bashed and was hated by many. She can do nothing, rather than shed tears. Even if her mother is at that state, her mama still gives her best to protect her and accept all the words of judgments that was also meant for her.

"Baby, listen to mama. Things will be going just fine" she shakes her head in disagreement. "No, mama. They don't know us personally! Papa won't do those things they accused! It was a misunderstanding. He is not a bad guy! Papa is kind!" she insisted because that's the truth of her. Her father is kind and she would never believe such lies that people were trying to accuse.

Her family experienced and suffered the worst. Her friends, left her because of the situation and the shame they experienced. "We don't need a poor friend like you!"

The bullies bullied her for being feeling rich, and perfect. Boys who admire her harassed her playfully. "Be ours Krizzia and you will become rich again!"

Except for Marianne, Zachary, and Carmel who remains by her side... But Marianne and Carmel are being warned by their parents to not befriend her. The reason why they left her too. Zach is what she have from her friends who stayed.

That night was a torture, she couldn't imagine that on her birthday itself... Those things will happened. Her father was being captured by the cops and delivered in jail, while her mother was sent to the hospital because it lost consciousness while in the middle of the loud crowd.

She was hurt and in pain because of the unpredictable situations that happened to them. A kind of scenario she read in novels that she doesn't expect to happen in reality. How will she be able to face life when they don't have anything? Zachary is the friend who accompanies her that night. She cried and even cursed those people who did those things to them.

"Why do these things need to happen to us?" she asked herself while she is in the care of Zach. Zach is hugging her while her mom is still in the emergency area. They are waiting at the benches. "Why did they capture papa when he hadn't done anything wrong? They just accused them! I know!" he was just silent, caressing her back and her hair. She's still in a gown. Her make-up was a mess, and she appears almost like a beautiful zombie. She was not wearing any sandals. That's why Zach lends her his shoes. He understands her situation. Krizzia wasn't exposed to these kinds of problems and that shocks her to the point that it traumatized her.

The next few days, weren't easy... They've gone to witness and support her father and uncle as her father's lawyer at court. Nor, visit her father every day at the prison. Bringing him food to eat. It was painful for her and her mother to see her father lose weight because of a lack of food. Sometimes, her father did not eat because the food they brought was eaten by the other inmates. Her father was also abused inside, but her father chose not to tell them about it. For them to not worry.

Three months after, her father was announced not guilty at court and proved his innocence. He was freed from the prison and they lived together again. Start a new beginning as normal citizens.

They sell their mansion, and the assets left from them. Including accessories and jewelries which she owned.

When they got the money, they left that community and live from a far province. Far from the judgments, and unpleasant society.

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"Sir, Mr. Quinn of Quinn's enterprises went out of the prison today. Do you have any orders to do with him?" An expert servant came from an anonymous man reported.

The tall and young man stood himself with glory amidst the dark facing the wide glass wall of his rented office, hands being slid to his slacks pocket. "Nah-uh, we have nothing to do with him anymore. We get what we need from him already."

The servant bowed at him. "As you wished, Master."