Chapter 43 – The Regretful Billionaire: Victoria and Oscar Novel (Online Free)

“I am not surprised these words are coming out of your mouth. I mean, how more selfish can you be? Aren’t we rich enough? I have literally sacrificed everything for this company, what more do you want from me?”

“Okay, please calm down. Just come back home so we can talk. You do not need to call off the marriage with Ingrid. We can always talk it out.”

“I have nothing to see you for. I have made up my mind.”

“And please, don’t you ever refer to Ingrid’s Son as my son because he is not. You all tricked me into marrying her not knowing that she has a son.”

“It is a pity you are advocating for someone who is not your flesh and blood and meanwhile, your granddaughter, who has your blood flowing through her veins is somewhere out there. She doesn’t even know you and would probably never be aware of your existence. It is so sad how you cherish an outsider rather than your own granddaughter or the happiness of your son.”

“If you and Dad had not ruined things for me, I would have been happily married to Victoria. I would not be miserable at this age of my life.”

“My love, it is not what you think. Just give Ingrid a chance to make it up to you. Let us be sincere, she is good, you are the one making this really difficult. What are we going to say to her family when they hear about the divorce.”

Oscar massaged his temple, feeling a bit of headache building up at the right side of his head. “I honestly don’t care what you all do and I am not going to go back and forth on this with you. Good day.” He ended the call right when his mother was about to say something.

Oscar gulped down the rest of the wine in his glass cup after which he went back to arranging his stuff in the box.

Once done, he locked up the luggage, brought it down from the bed, and placed it by the bedside. He reached for his laptop and found his way to the work desk which was on the other side of the room.

Once his laptop was booted, he decided to facetime Greg since he felt that they had a lot to talk about.

“Man, isn’t it midnight over there? Why are you up?”

“You look like sh it too?” Greg said the moment his face came into view.

“Yeah, I will soon go to bed, I just want to go through my emails first! Things have been so crazy that I have not got the time to figure things out with work.”

“So what is the latest with you and Vicky? What have you decided?”

“I was with her an hour ago. I sneaked into her house to discuss with her. She has moved on so I want to do that also.”

“I do not trust you, Oscar! You did something to freak her out, didn’t you?”

Oscar sighed, “I feel so sad and hurt but I wonder why I just feel this peace in my heart. Maybe because I know I have tried my best. I really do not know what to do anymore.”

“What happened bro? You are looking really sincere.”

“What do you mean?” Oscar frowned, staring at Greg on the screen. From his outfit and background, it was very obvious that Greg was still at work.

“I don’t know. Since your path crossed with her, you have been looking and sounding vexed, furious, pained, overconfident but now you just look exhausted and really humbled.”

Oscar shrugged. “I have done all that I could and she still rejected me. Told you I was not going to apologize but instead take revenge on her. I couldn’t help myself so I went to her place.”

Oscar chuckled, recounting everything that went on this evening. “We had sex twice and you won’t believe she ended up chasing me out of her house. Never have I felt so insulted in my life.”

“Why are you smiling? It is not funny, Greg!”

“Sorry!” Greg chuckled. “It just reminds me of those days when we did have nightstands and we chased those babes out the following morning.”

“That is exactly how I felt, dude. Except for the fact that I was not paid any money.”

“But what went wrong? Your charm is hardly irresistible.”

“I don’t know, Greg. I do not really know. I took the blame for everything. I apologized, pleaded for her to give me a chance, and promised to make it up to her but luck was not on my side.”

“I did not get to see my daughter. Go d knows where Vicky sent her to and with whom. She made it clear that they both want nothing to do with me.”

“I thought I was successfully able to win her heart by the time we had sex the second time until she switched it up on me. No matter how hard I tried. Looks like her heart is really made up.”

“I am so sorry about that,” Greg said, his heart reaching out to his friend. It had been so long since he saw his friend this way. “Please don’t. I feel like cr ap already. No need for the words of pity.”

“So what are you going to do now?” Greg could not help but ask.

“Nothing!”

“Nothing?” Greg reiterated.

“Yes, nothing! She wants nothing to do with me so there is no need to force myself on her.”

“I spoke with the pilot on my way back to my suite. He will start making preparations but will be here by Sunday which is tomorrow so I should take off before noon.”

“Da mn, I am so sorry buddy. I really had high hopes for you. Thought this was going to work out this time.”

“I am in shock 100. I never saw a possibility but you made me see that. Maybe it is for the best that I left her alone.” “Mom called and she was not feeling sorry about the fact that she separated Victoria and I years ago. She was doubtful about Sophie being mine and even defended herself that She would have kept her and then after Sophie was born, separated her from her mother. It is so disgusting to even think about it. A part of me was relieved that she left because it actually seemed to be like the best decision right now.”

I did not have the opportunity to meet my daughter or have a conversation with her but from what I heard front people, She is amazing. No doubt Vee did a good job in bringing her up.”

*She has worked really hard and now earns well. She made it known to me that that has been her goal. So she would be able to give our daughter a good life. And on that note, she wants nothing from me.”

“Of course, she knows that I am married which is an issue and she has also thought of the fact that she did not want Sophie to be involved in any enmity when it comes to who is going to be the heir and all. I don’t know, she probably thinks I have kids with Ingrid.”

“Wow! She has really thought deeply about everything.”

“You have no idea, Greg! She left no stone untouched.”

“I am so sorry man! Or do you need me to talk to her? I can always reach out to her.”

“No, no need. She wants me to disappear from her life and that is what I am going to do. Besides, I feel nothing is going to change if you speak to her on my behalf. Bugging her would only make her irritated even more.”

“So what is going to happen now because I am sure you do not want Ingrid’s son to be your heir.”

“Yes, I have spoken to my lawyer about it so we are trying to see how compensation is going to solve that. It is a pity I was unaware of the clause till lately. I feel like my parents did that on purpose. They want me to have a child with Ingrid and that is not going to happen.”

“I am divorcing her, told my lawyer to prepare the papers.”

“You sure she is going to agree to it?”

“I do not know but I hope so. What is the worst thing that could happen? We will end up before the judge who will decide for us. Plus. I have got the best lawyer on my side so that calms me a little.”

“You have got so much on your plate. I am so sorry all of these had to happen but I love the way you are handling it all.”

“I’ve got no choice. Life goes on.”

“I can’t wait to hit the club when I am back.”

“You say that when you want to hide your pain.”

“You know me too well. I am up for anything that will take my mind off everything I encountered in Australia”

“No worries, we will hit the club together. I will make reservations.”

“Before I forget, what is your plan with the shares you got at the marketing firm?”

“I do not know honestly. But I think I would hold on to it. I found out Vicky’s half-brother is a shareholder too. He is not in the country presently so there is no way I can meet him. He probably hates me too but I will try to see if I can reach out to him and maybe transfer the shares to Sophie. She is still a minor though but I am sure there is a way we can go about it that it will be hers.”

“She does not have my surname and Vicky doesn’t want anything from me. My properties or child support, whatsoever! Never have I felt so useless with all my wealth.”

“I am so sorry about that, man. I wish there was something I could do.”

“It’s fine. This is my reality. I have no choice but to live by it.”

“How about Fedora Have you spoken to her about the new development?” Greg could not help but ask.

“No, not yet. She would feel really sad about this because she had high hopes about me and Vicky having a second chance as well as meeting Sophie. I didn’t even get the privilege of meeting her either so…”

“I do not like making sad conversations that would make people look at me with pity. I will probably tell her about it once I come back.”

“By the way, How is Rachel?” Oscar asked after Greg’s girl.

Greg arched his brows. “You never ask about her. What is going on?”

“Don’t be a ba stard, dude. Since I do not have a happy life anymore, I want to start being happy for people.” He sighed, “Perhaps the universe would consider my genuine well wishes and make something good come my way too.”