The Billionaire I Fell In Love With

“Tony did a great job with your dress, i love it” Mr Harlow said over dinner.

“Well.. Tony didn’t make it. Irish did” Mrs Harlow smiled, she was glowing since her husband’s return.

“Really! Oh.. my! You’re so talented.” Mr Harlow said, one could tell he was deeply impressed with Irish. He liked her.

“Thank you” Irish smiled.

She was greatly enjoying his company, he had cracked jokes and made them laugh and he didn’t seem to mind that she’s eating with them.

“She’s so good at what she does, she’s just the best fashion designer I’ve ever come at” Mrs Harlow said.

“What’s the name of your fashion store? I’ll link you up with some of my friends and boom your fashion store would go worldwide ” Mr Harlow said and Irish was stunned as she answered him. “Levine fashions”

“Wait! Fred Levine is your father?” Mr Harlow asked and his spoon dropped from his hand when she nodded.

“What!” He exclaimed.

Everyone looked at him anxiously wondering why he did that.

Irish was the most anxious, she knew her father wasn’t a bad person but her heart couldn’t help but beat fast in fear. His father wasn’t a bad person the Jewelry company had tarnished hisreputation over the stolen golden necklace.

The expression on Mr Ethan face was inexplicable.

“Come here darling” He said to Irish and she felt relieved alongside everyone else.

She went to him and he surprisingly hugged her tight.

“How’s he doing?” Mr Harlow asked.

“Uhmm, My dad, he’s died. He died in a car accident a month ago” Irish said.

“Oh! I’m so sorry about that” Mr Harlow and others sympathize and Irish smiled then nodded. Mr Harlow had known her father?

“How did you get to know him?” Ethan asked.

“When I once based in Singapore, I use to order for Jewelries at one of the most expensive story in Singapore. Fred was the one delivering it to me and he had so royal that I’ve no reason to complain. He always deliver exactly what I ordered for. He’s not just a delivery man to me, but a friend too”. Mr Harlow said .

“He’s the most honest man i’ve ever seen, righteous, incorrupt, selfless. Despite being my friend, he never asked for any favour, he turned me down many times whenever i wanted to give him money. He’s the reason i still have my paper company till date, he told me how my employees were planning on taking over the company and i quickly took action against them. I’ll forever be grateful to him. But suddenly he stopped delivering and the new workers who now deliver said he quitted. R er since then I’vent been satified with their delivery and I’ve never seen Fred since then” Mr Harlow said.

Irish’s eyes were filled with tears already and everyone else looked emotional.

“He even stopped coming to my company all of a sudden, i called him, he never picked, i didn’t even know his home address by then. Suddenly, his number stopped connecting, i had new employees then and none of them knew so much about Fred, he’s a very private man, he rarely divulges information about himself or his family, though he told me he had two children and his wife has a fashion store ‘levine” after them. I visited my old employees one after the other andno one knew his home address, I learned he was a thief and had stolen the most expensive jewelry from the company , a year later when one of my old employees told me he came across his wife. I didn’t believe then because I’ve truest Fred so much” Mr Harlow was fighting back his tears as he spoke and Ethan could see how much Irish’s father meant to him.

This is one of the few times he’ll see his father close to tears.

“I know i opened up an old wound in you, I’m sorry” Mr Harlow said to Irish and she nodded.

Mrs Gabrielle had passed her a handkerchief to wipe her tears.

“I’m so sorry about your father’s death Irish” everyone said in unison.

“Thank you” Irish sniffed.

“May Fred’s gentle soul rest in perfect peace ” Mr Harlow and they all chorused Amen. A minute silence was observed for him before Mr Harlow continued.

“You don’t know how happy i am to meet you, everything i wasn’t able to do for Fred, I’mm gladly do it for you. Levine’s fashions is gonna go worldwide like your father always wanted,

you’ll have the most prominent customers, i was told you have a little workshop in my son’s garden. I’m gonna transform it into..”

“Dad, stop” Ethan suddenly said.

“What? Why?” Mr Harlow asked.

Ethan sighed…”I didn’t plan to reveal this, this way but i have plans for Leveni’s fashions already. I’m going to handle it dad”

“We both can handle it” Mr Harlow said.

Irish was still stunned… she couldn’t even process everything, she was still sad in remembrance of her father’s death and tears won’t stop streaming down her face.

She recalled herself trying to hate his father, but she didn’t know how much he father had sacrificed for her and mother, and Arusha too.

“Can i le.. ave? I need to, i need sometime to myself” Irish said.

“Yes you can leave, will you be fine?” Ethan asked and she nodded.

“I’ll take care of Arin” Jessica said and Irish muttered thanks before walking to her room.

“Dad, we all know there’ll be nothing left for me to do if you step in. “Ethan said.

“I want to do something for Fred” Mr Harlow insisted .

“Me doing it, is the same as you doing it, I’m your son and Irish is Mr Fred’s daughter, leave it for me to handle Dad, i have so many plans already, please” Ethan said.

“Alright, there are other ways i can help too, I’ll think of other things to do for them” Mr Harlow said.

“I feel sorry for her, she must have gone through a lot”Sarah said.

“A whole lot” Ethan said.

“Sarah, The only person who needed to be pleased her is you. You’re the reason why Arin has the best Nanny now, Thank you for your care Sarah” Ethan said.

“C’mon brother. It’s nothing” Sarah smiled.

“I could still recall how messy she looked when I saw her, She was almost going into depression, I liked her at first sight and though she’d be good enough for Arin, but I didn’t want things to go wrong , so for weeks I kept a close look at her and saw that definitely she’s a good girl, She had even dropped out of school to give her brother a good education.” Sarah said.

“You won’t believe Irish is insisting on paying me back the money i spent on her mum’s surgery” Ethan said.

“Really?” Mr Harlow asked.

“Yes”

“Isn’t she just like her father” Mr Harlow wondered.

“She is, Dad, now i know where she got that rare behavior from” Ethansaid.

“You aren’t going to accept the money back from her, are you” Mr Harlow asked.

“I wasn’t going to. I would never do that” Ethan said.

“Good!” Mr Harlow sighed. He’s so happy to have met Fred’s daughter and knowing she has the same behavior as her father made him happier.

“Arin is yawning already” Mr Harlow smiled at his granddaughter.

“Here Arin, Happy birthday! Sorry I’m late though I got you this gift” Sarah said handing her a parcel.

“Thank you sister” Arin hugged her.

“You might not see me when you wake up!”

“Why?”

“Arin, Sarah has to go home, Her father, your uncle need her to fix something for his upcoming project. She’ll come and stay longer when it’s over” Mr Harlow said and Arin nodded.

“Let’s get you to bed Arin” Jessica said and everyone kissed Arin goodnight.

“I should go check on Irish also”Ethan said and got to his feet.

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Irish stepped out of the shower and grabbed a towel, she wrapped it around her body and walked to her room.

She just finished having her night shower after crying in remembrance of her father.

She felt a little better now and she proceeded to wear her pajamas.

She let her hair down her back after wearing her pajamas and then got under the blanket.

She heard a knock on the door and somehow knew it was Ethan.

“Ethan I’m fine” She said.

“Are you sure?” He asked outside her door.

“Yes, i need to sleep now” She said.

“Okay, goodnight”

“Good night” Irish said.

She wasn’t even feeling sleepy, she only stared blankly into space and made the memories of her father occupy her head.

Tears started streaming down her face before she knew it.Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.

__ You cannot stay in Singapore with me! You can’t get into the same mess I get into. You need to get a life Irish! Tommorow you’re leaving Singapore, and I don’t want you to come back ever again! Go out and get a life___ Her father’s word rang in her mind .

She now understand what her father meant by those words. He didn’t hate her, he was only trying to protect her and make her see the outside world.

The ringtone of her phone jolted her from her thought, she sat up and she checked the caller ID. Arusha.

She sighed and allowed it stop ringing before switching off her phone, there’s no how she’ll pick that he wouldn’t sense that something is wrong with her.

She was finally starting to feel sleepy, she got out of the bed and walked into Arin’s room through the adjoining door, she was sleeping beautifully and Irish smiled as she saw her stir in her bed.

Irish had taken Dolly over to her own house.

She covered her properly with her blanket and walked back to her room.