Page 1 of The Billionaire Revenge

The Billionaire Revenge

Carrie closed her eyes relishing the taste of her mother’s apple pie. “So nice of you to finally make it home” her mother commented from where she sat across the table.

Carrie opened her eyes and looked over at her mother who was almost her mirror image. They both had long red hair with slender heart shaped faces and thick lips. The only feature that Carrie had gotten from her father was his striking grey eyes and his height. She stood at almost six feet tall which had set her apart from many of her peers over the years. She also believed that her height had a great lot to do with her commanding personality.

“It’s nice to be home” Carrie replied ignoring her mother’s sarcasm.

“We can’t wait to hear about what you’re doing in New York” her youngest sister Toni chimed in. Carrie was the eldest of three children. Her younger siblings were seven years younger and only a year apart from each other.

“You guys will have to wait until the summer before you come there,” Carrie told them.

“Sis, just a weekend?” Angel asked pouting

“You should listen to your sister,” her father chimed in. “She knows what she’s talking about. She’s the one with a billion dollar business”

Carrie had always been a daddy’s girl. She knew her father loved them all but ever since she was a child her father had paid her special attention. He had been her rock through all of her life situations and there was nothing about her that she hadn’t told him.

“Fine” Toni replied begrudgingly.

“So is there a handsome man in New York waiting for you hurry on home?” her mother asked.

Carrie sighed; she knew it had been coming she just didn’t want to talk about it. Her mother’s chief concern after she had made her first billion buying and selling her first company had been whether or not she was going to marry before the work took over her life. Every visit since then had been filled with similar questions.

“No mom, just my cat” Carrie replied.

Her mother let out a sigh.

“It’s about time you found someone and settled down sweet heart” her mother said “I only say this for your good. Don’t think all the men will walk up to you and ask you out. Sometimes you have to be the one to make a move”

Carrie and her sisters let out a collective exasperated sigh.

“What, if I’ve told you girls once, I’ve told you a million times” her mother said looking from one to the other “I saw your father and approached him because he was who I wanted. Sometimes guys don’t know what they want until you show them”

“Yes mom” they replied in unison.

Carrie usually ignored her mother’s words but the closer she got to thirty the more she wanted to find someone to settle down with. She had always wanted to be one of those women who could do it all; have an amazing career, a great marriage and children. Her last relationship had been a disaster that had left her both broken and confused. She was on the verge of taking over her second fashion company and all she could think about was the fact that there was no one she could celebrate it with.

The dinner ended and Carrie packed her things so she could leave. It was a short flight back into the city but she was comforted by the fact that her father would be taking her to the airport.

“So what happened with that Alex guy?” her father asked

She hadn’t told her mother or any of her sisters about her relationship with Alex. They had known she had been seeing someone but they had never met him or even heard her call his name. Her father however had managed to drag it out of her one day.

“It ended,” she told her father

“How come?’ he asked “the last time we spoke you guys were on the verge of marrying and starting that baby factory you always wanted”

Carrie held her head back as memories of Alex began to fill her mind.

“Well, I found him cheating on me” Carrie said almost choking on the words. She still had not fully forgiven Alex and she was still hurting from the loss and betrayal she had suffered. After she had caught him he had just left without a word.

“You should have told me,” her father said

Carrie realized her father was gripping the steering wheel a bit too tightly

“I got over it” she lied. If there was one thing she never wanted to do, it was burden her parents with her heartbreak.

“It’s gonna be alright” her father said when a little while later