Chapter 0001

"Hello. Blossoms convenience store," Logan Pearce answered the store phone.

"I need a box of condoms and two packs of tissues delivered to room 1302 of the Sheraton Hotel by the South River. Hurry!" The caller hung up.

Logan shook his head. People never seemed to be prepared.

He packed the required items, put on a raincoat, and rode his electric bike toward the Sheraton Hotel by the South River.

It was nine o'clock in the evening and raining heavily, and his pants and shoes were soon wet and filthy. Luckily, the merchandise was still dry, but he didn't dare delay any longer, so he hurried toward the hotel.

When he arrived at Class 1302, he knocked on the door, and it was opened quickly.

"Hello, here's your—" Logan was stunned into silence.

The woman in front of him was none other than his girlfriend, Paige Reynolds!

She was dressed in a white robe, with her long, dark, wet hair draped over her shoulders. The scents of shower gel and shampoo assaulted his nose.

"Paige? What are you doing here?" He stared at her in disbelief, still feeling dazed.

"What are you doing here?" Paige asked. Her heart skipped a beat, and she took a small step back into the room. Her mind went blank and then started to spin.

"What's wrong?" Another guy walked up to the door, wearing a robe and slippers, and Logan immediately recognized him.

"You! You dare to touch my girl?" Logan couldn't suppress the anger welling up inside him, and he started moving toward Oscar Walsh, determined to teach him a lesson.

"Stop!" Paige stepped in front of Logan. After a brief burst of panic, she had managed to get back a bit of control. Since her boyfriend had already discovered her betrayal, there was no point in trying to hide it now.

She looked directly at him. "Logan, we need to break up."

"Break up?" Logan was stunned. He stared at Paige with wide eyes. "Paige, we've been together for more than a year. Are you going to break up with me now?"

"Yes. We need to go our separate ways." She kept steady eye contact with him and spoke with a strong sense of resentment. "Are you surprised? You have no money, Logan. You can only barely afford the cheapest essentials. We never have anything nice. As long as I'm with you, people will always be laughing at me, and that just isn't the life I want. I'm too good to be living in poverty like this. I was too naive when I was in my freshman year, and I let myself get tricked into being with a broke ass like you!"

She hugged Oscar's arm and said to Logan, "Oscar is my boyfriend now. From now on, I want nothing to do with you. Don't bother me again!"

"Well, seems like you're just her good-for-nothing ex now!" Oscar looked at Logan with a provocative smirk.

Logan, standing there in a raincoat and with mud stains on his pants and shoes, felt like Paige was right. He was a complete loser. Oscar took the plastic bag from his hand and took out the box of condoms. He waved it at Logan and laughed as he said, "I'm staying in a nice hotel, having my girlfriend's ex bring me condoms. And you're single. Sure was good of you to help me out."

"Why are you still here?" Paige scolded Logan.

"Nah, it's good that he didn't piss off. Maybe you want to see me beat him down, huh, Paige? Gotta give a lady what she wants," Oscar sneered.

Logan felt utterly defeated. He slowly turned around and walked out of the room.

"Bro, you're not even taking the money? Heh, nice. I get a girlfriend and a gift." Oscar felt great watching Logan's slumped, dejected posture as he closed the door behind him.

When Logan left the hotel, it was raining even harder than before. He took off his raincoat, allowing the cold rain to drench his entire body and help clear his head.

Paige had discarded him because she believed he had no money. Losing such a materialistic woman should be something to rejoice over, so why should he be sad?

[Buzz, buzz!]

His phone vibrated in his pocket. Logan took it out and glanced at it, but when he saw the number, he stopped walking. His entire body was shaking as he read the text.

[After a review, the Pearces has decided that their son, Alexander, has met the conditions required for entitlement to his inheritance. From today onward, control of his property will be returned to him.]