Becoming the Richest Man Alive

Chapter 184

His classes would usually start at seven. But a moment later, he remembered that he had no class that morning.

He tried to get back to sleep to no avail.

With that, he decided to pick up his jogging routine, which he had abandoned for ages. Feeling motivated, he got freshened up and changed into his sportswear.

He stopped by the cafeteria to check if there was any breakfast available.

To his surprise, the cafeteria had already opened while a few people were already eating there.

One of them was someone he knew very well.

Casper’s lips curled into a smile seeing Giselle eating breakfast at a corner. Instantly, his foul mood due to his nightmare brightened up a little.

While he was thinking of walking up to greet her, his feet halted abruptly.

Giselle was one of the characters that appeared in his dream, which he remembered perfectly.

As in the dream, Giselle became close to him, and her ending was the worst.

Shaking his head, Casper tried to dismiss his thoughts. Don’t be silly! No matter how real it felt, it was just a dream; it has nothing to do with reality.

However, regardless of how hard Casper tried to persuade himself, he was somewhat petrified.

The nightmare seemed so real that he could still remember every detail in his mind.

When he thought of what happened to Giselle in that dream, he was terror-struck.

In his dream, Giselle was married to him and they were living together.

However, their life was far from happy.

As time went by, their love for each other was destroyed gradually by the cruel reality.

They started to argue frequently; suspicious of one another.

There was a vast difference between them in terms of values—especially after Casper became a millionaire, the distance between them became wider.

In the dream, the Simpson family had become the main priority for Giselle. She had to give up on her dream and job to become a full-time housewife.

Besides, due to her mediocre social standing, she often received doubts and humiliation from their social circle. Hence, she ended up staying home most of the time, waiting for Casper to come back from work.

Alas, the richer Casper got, the busier he became.

Even though Casper treated Giselle well, he was coming home less and less. At times, Giselle would be waiting for the entire night until she dozed off alone at the couch.

As this situation continued for an extended period, the smile on Giselle’s face started to fade gradually. Moreover, with all the critics and pressure coming from within the family and the outsiders, Giselle’s mind began to break down.

Until one day, she got pregnant.

When that happened, Casper was twenty-five while she was twenty-eight.

In that particular year, joy could be found on her face once again. Because of the baby, Casper naturally started to spend more time at home, which worked favorably for Giselle.

Giselle was like a rotting flower starting to bloom once again—lively and beautiful.

Her beauty had taken another level, supposedly because she was becoming a mother soon.

She looked forward to the birth of the baby.

As any mother would, she treated the baby’s life more significantly than her own.

As the days stacked, her belly grew bigger and bigger, while her smile grew wider as well.

It was a baby boy.

Casper too, anticipated the coming of the baby to this world as much as Giselle.

However, as the baby’s birth got nearer, more members of the Simpson family began focusing on this first heir.

Everyone was talking about the grandson that Alfred was going to have soon.

Naturally, some members did not wish to see the baby, as it meant they would have another competitor in the family’s wealth.

Maybe because of Alfred’s approaching age, he showed extraordinary care and cherish for the baby who was yet to be born.

It was a good thing, though. It simply meant the child would receive unlimited resources in the future.

But as good as it was for Casper’s family, it meant the total opposite for other people in the family.

The more resources the child was about to get, the less it would become for the others.

Hence, rather than being lovely relatives, most of them wished for the death of this unborn baby.

Regardless of how tight the security around Giselle was, it was highly challenging to defend against wave after wave of ambush.

No average human would be able to withstand the pressure of being targeted all the time.

Not to mention, Giselle was a pregnant woman with unstable emotions.

Without Casper noticing, Giselle’s condition worsened day by day.

She became paranoid that she might lose her baby anytime soon.

With that, she plunged into a severe depression.

Casper thought she was fine, as she rarely shared her true feelings with him, not wanting him to worry.

The burden, which was supposed to belong to both of them, was shouldered by Giselle all by herself.

She kept everything to herself till the very end. At times she even became the one who comforted Casper when he was stressed.

A pregnant woman should be cared for and comforted, but Giselle got none of those during her entire pregnancy.This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.