Chapter 1: Inheritance
Rain poured heavily as Noah Morgan stood frozen under the flickering glow of a broken street lamp.
His hands were clenched at his sides, and his knuckles turned white from holding back tears—or fury, maybe both.
He had just been humiliated. Again!
The short video "The Foolish Man Confesses, Gets Roasted by the Queen!" is still trending online.
Even though his friends are gone, he still hears the mocking in their voices.
Julia Hart, the girl he foolishly loved since high school, humiliated him. She is intelligent, beautiful, and charming, but tonight, she wore a smile sharper than any blade he had ever held. She rejected him at their high school reunion.
"I mean...really, Noah? You? Dating me?" she said, drawing out her words as loudly as possible to ensure everyone could hear and notice her voice.
"You are broke! You are jobless now and for the near future. And you are still clinging to your high school dreams. This was just...too much...please wake up from your stupid dream!"
The laughter that followed had crushed something inside him. A piece of him that still believed he had something in him that could win Julia's affection.
Maybe, just maybe, if he tried hard enough, she and others would finally see his worth. But they didn't!
And now, even she—especially she—had joined the rest of the world in treating him as if he were nothing but the garbage of society.