The Consortium’s Heir by Benjamin_Jnr

Chapter 28

“Alice. I want to go on a date with Alice.”

Everybody had an expression of surprise when they heard his choice, but it was only for a few seconds.

When they thought about it his choice seemed pretty normal. After all Sarah was in a relationship with

one of the richest guys on campus and although she was very beautiful, Alice was not so bad herself.

Sarah‘s face scrunched up when she saw Mr.ordinaryio‘s choice. It irked her greatly that Alice was

picked over her, but it was only for a split second after which she returned her expression to normal

which was her smiling face.

Alice let out a small victory dance in her heart. She was the one the rich fan had chosen to go on a date

with! It was still very dreamlike to her that she had been gifted 5 million dollars by a single person, and

now the said person had decided to go on a date with her.

Alice was someone who strongly rejected the idea of dating before, but she didn‘t mind dating this

obvious noveau riche. She could barely wait to see in him person. After asking him a few more

questions, Mr.ordinary10 account finally turned gray, meaning that he was no longer active.

A few seconds after he went offline, several viewers started leaving the stream. The highlight of the

stream was over. They had lost the competition to someone they could never compete with.

Alice saw the multitude of viewers leaving the stream rapidly and saw that it was finally time for her to

end the stream.

“Thank you guys so much for your support! I‘ll see you in my next stream!” Alice said as she waved at

the screen. Sarah and the two roommates also waved at the viewers before Alice finally turned the

stream off, ending the stream.

Sarah and the two roommates smiled at Alice as they congratulated her for a successful stream, but

Alice could see the bitterness and envy in their gazes. It was expected. Even she would be jealous if

someone gifted them a million dollars, not to talk of 5 million dollars. After they congratulated her, she left

the room to take her shower. By the time she was done freshening up, it was way past 11 pm and her

roommates were now asleep. With her hands trembling from anxiety, Alice brought out her phone and

opened TextMe,

another popular social media app and searched for Mr.ordinaryio‘s account on it.

Unknown to many, before the stream ended, Mr.ordinaryo had texted Alice his TextMe account username

and told her to message him on the app so that they could discuss the details concerning their date

better.

Sure enough, she found his account there. His name was even written in green which showed that he

was active at the moment.

Nervously, she typed a short message and hit send.

Alice: (Hi. It‘s Alice, the streamer on Groove.]

She held her phone and swung her legs as she awaited a response from him. A few seconds later, she

heard a notification ping from her phone.

Mr.ordinary1o: (Hello) Alice: (Thank you so much for your gifts! I truly appreciate!) Mr.ordinary1o: [It‘s

nothing. Don‘t bother about it.)

Alice shuddered when she saw his reply. How rich could someone be to be so causal about spending 5

million dollars like it was nothing?

Of course, she didn‘t know that Groove Inc. belonged to the Reid consortium; otherwise everything

would have been so much easier to understand. Darius gifted her that huge sum because basically it

was generating more profits for Groove Inc.

Alice: [When do you want to go on a date? You can pick the date.)

Darius fell into deep thought when he saw her message. He had a tight schedule ahead of him so he

didn‘t want to go on a date anytime soon. He still hadn‘t gotten his cars, he still hadn‘t gotten a new

apartment, and he still hadn‘t visited some of the companies he now owned. Mr.ordinary1o: (Sorry. I‘ll be

really busy for a while. I‘ll tell you when I‘ll be free for a date if that is okay with you?]

Alice felt downhearted when she saw his rejection. She didn‘t know why but she felt bothered and hurt by

his outright rejection.

Alice: [Oh. I see. Alright then.]

Mr.ordinary1o: (I have to go now. I have a busy day ahead of me tomorrow. Goodnight.]

A few seconds he sent the last message, his name that was written in green turned gray. He was no

longer active.

Alice sighed. While she didn‘t expect to be rejected outright, she still had positive feelings. After all he

promised to tell her when he was free so that they could plan and fix a date for the date.

Seeing that it was late, she was about to switch off her phone when another ping came in. She checked

her phone and saw that it was a message from one of the top streamers on Groove.

She scoffed when she read the content of the message. Basically they were asking for a collaboration

stream with her in hopes of roping in the wealthy fan she just gained to spend more on them.

Alice recalled that when she was a no–name streamer with few followers, she asked for a collaboration

stream with the top streamers and was flatly refused. They didn‘t even give her a chance. She had

slowly worked her way up into a well known streamer and now that she had gotten over 5 million dollars

from a fan they now wanted a collaboration stream with her.

Alice found the concept absurd and amusing. Even now, they refused to engage in a genuine

collaboration stream with her. They only wanted her to join them so that her wealthy fan could donate

gifts to them.

Without any ounce of hesitation in her, she declined their offer. She wasn‘t desper

oner. She wasn‘t desperate. Even if she hadn‘t received such gifts before she still wouldn‘t do such a

devious act as it went against her principles

She started streaming primarily to support herself and her younger brother, who was the only family she

had left after her parents died in a car accident. Now that she had gotten 5 million dollars from streaming,

there was absolutely no reason for her to bend to their will.

Alice checked her phone‘s time and saw that it was already past 12 a.m. She turned off her phone and

climbed into her bed. She could finally relax now that the majority of her problems had been resolved. As

a result, Alice fell asleep with a huge smile on her face that night.