The girls consoled Aurora with kind words and hugs until she calmed down.
"You don't have to worry about this leaking, Aurora-chan." June said with a confident voice.
"We would never do something to hurt you or Theo." Ayia added with certainty.
The other girls also nodded in agreement. After hearing what Theo did for Aurora, they admired him even more. He would anything to protect the people he loved. And the girls would not complain to be friends with someone so noble.
"Plus, Theo is already over the legal age. So, I believe that even the social services would not be able to hold Theo accountable without any evidence." Shizuka commented calmly with eyes filled with admiration.
She grew up in a wealthy family, so she hadn't gone through 1% of what Theo went through. But she believed that she wouldn't be as lively and happy as him if she went through all that. This made her admire his tenacity and determination even more.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt'It seems like he built his business empire only relying on himself.' She thought.
Aurora heaved a big sigh of relief when she heard that. The last thing she wanted was to cause trouble for her brother.
Actually, she didn't have to worry about it as Theo was aware of everything as well, and he wouldn't leave any loose ends. That's why one of the first things Theo asked Sylph when he realized her hacking power, was to hack into the social services system and erase any loose ends.
She even hacked into the bank system to erase the transaction between Theo and the dirty employee.
Sylph swept the entire internet and erased any potential threats to Theo and Aurora. Afterward, there were no traces of what Theo did. The only loose end would be the dirty employee, but he had died one year ago, and he didn't even leave any paper trail of his misdeeds, Sylph investigated in depth to be certain of that. Therefore, no one would even suspect that something fishy happened with Aurora's legal guard.
Theo was as clean as any other citizen.
"How did you guys manage to get so wealthy then?" Sayuri asked in surprise.
She still remembered the day when Theo met her and made an offer to buy the publishing house. He offered 300k dollars without batting an eyelid. He was so confident then.
"Oh, big brother won 10k dollars with a lottery ticket from one of those newsstands. Instead of spending, he decided to invest in a coffee shop, he had the recipes for some drinks he liked. After he bought the coffee shop, I don't know much. I only know it made a huge success, and we receive more and more profits. And he was able to invest in other companies with the money from the Bluecloud." Aurora replied with a thoughtful face.
"Yes, it was just like Aurora-chan said. I was working as a barista in the coffee shop that he bought. That was how we met. I watched his business growing day by day." Sam commented as she recorded those times.
She could still remember that Theo behaved the same way he did when he met her. His sudden success did not change him at all.
"Wow! You are with him since the beginning, Sam!" Ayia exclaimed with a little bit of envy.
She regretted not meeting him sooner, if it was possible, Ayia loved him even more after she heard Aurora's story. He was the type of person who would cherish his loved ones until death. He was her ideal man.
"Girls!" Ayia exclaimed.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"We have to throw a birthday party for him. We have to erase his bad memories with great memories with his friends and family! Or at least make his birthday not so sad. We owe that to him after everything he did for us." Ayia exclaimed with shining eyes.
The girls' expressions changed when they heard that because what Ayia said was true.
Aurora's case was the most evident as without Theo, she wouldn't have survived.
Sam was struggling to provide for her family after leaving college, she had almost given up her dream to work in business management when Theo appeared in her life. He looked at the simple barista without any prejudice, he trusted her as no one else did before. He gave her the opportunity to change her life.
Sayuri had a bankrupt publishing company, she was watching as the company that her father built would disappear in the river story. But it was then that Theo appeared, even though he gave her much more money than necessary to buy the company, he still allowed her to retain 10% of the shares because he respected her wish to maintain her father's company. He even trusted her to manage the company when her history in doing it wasn't so good. Theo made the company more famous than she could have possibly imagined, and she was genuinely grateful to him for everything he did for the company her father created.
June was just a rookie fresh out of college. She watched as her rich classmates managed to get important jobs because of their money, she had already given up on being a manager when Sam called her offering a job as the manager of a restaurant. When she arrived for the interview, she saw the most beautiful restaurant she had ever seen. And Theo trusted her enough to give her the head manager position of that fancy and beautiful restaurant! His trust in her was almost abnormal as he didn't know her at all! But she would be forever grateful for his trust.
Ayia was a completely different case. Her social status was so high that if there was a royal family in the Sakura Abode Country, she would be one of the princesses! Her family built this country and they were extremely wealthy. Ayia never had to worry about money. Plus, she was extremely intelligent and talented. She was even a few years older than Theo. The probability of Theo and Ayia meeting was infinitely small. And the probability of them falling in love even if they met each other was almost zero. After all, Ayia grew up watching amazing and talented people, so she was not easily impressionable.
But fate seemed to play its tricks on that day, as Ayia managed to see for the first time someone doing a good deed and genuinely enjoying it. She watched Theo playing with the children of the orphanage with a genuine smile on his face, a smile that she only saw from her parents. A smile filled with care and love. She never imagined that someone could give so much love to people he didn't even know. That day she fell in love with his gentle and loving personality.
What a twist of fate!
The princess falls in love with the simple boy from the countryside.
And the more Ayia got to know him, the more she fell in love. Theo made her see happiness in the little things of life as he lived his life with a happy smile on his face. He exuded a gentle feeling. That's why she fell for him first.