The Billionaires(#1)

18 ||

Cameron Parker just stood there and stared at the floor. Jorge Billings was on point. "Are these men the reason for the rift between you and your brother?" Jorge asked. Cameron sighed and ran a hand through his hair. This was not something he wanted to talk about, especially after discovering what his brother had done to him; he was hurt when he found out that Logan wanted him locked up in prison.

All his life, Cameron had looked up to his brother; Logan was always the better man that he was. Unlike him, by the time he was ten, Logan knew what he wanted to be. Cameron never knew what he wanted to do with his life; he dropped out of school and lived off his parents' money. However, after a while, his father got tired of sponsoring his rendezvous and lavish lifestyle.

Cameron was the type of person who moved with time; he bought every new shoe design Adidas or Nike has ever released, and he advanced with Samsung mobiles. He was not the type of a guy to wear suits and ties, thus his father and everyone else looked down on him, and always compared him to his older brother and sister. He was always in his brother's shadows and ended up going on the path of destruction once his father stopped giving him money.

The first time he messed up, Logan was the one to rescue him, even back at school before he dropped out. Cameron trusted Logan with his life and was crushed when he found out that the only person he had close to family, had thrown him under the bus.

Cameron was snapped out of his thoughts by Jorge's voice. "Look, Came, I'm so sorry about what I said yesterday. I was frustrated and I took it out on you." Jorge apologized with a sad smile.

"If I was a lady, I would have been repulsed by your smile," Cameron smirked and sauntered to the table to pour them drinks. He took two glasses and handed one to Jorge, and then they settled on the couch.

"I will have you know that I have been celibate for three months now," Jorge commented after a while, and Cameron threw him a disbelieving look as he gulped down his drink.

"No way!" Cameron laughed and shook his head while his eyes twinkled in humour, but Jorge just nodded and muttered, 'yup' before placing his glass on the small coffee table.

Jorge placed his feet on the coffee table and leaned back against the couch. He loosened his tie and closed his eyes. He could now feel all the tension from yesterday wearing him out. "What is this? Don't tell me this is your way of saying you are going to walk down the aisle." Cameron joked and took a sip of his drink, but when Jorge did not say anything, he choked on his drink and sat up straight. "WHAT?" He asked, and Jorge just shrugged and gave him a shy smile. "So you are going to propose to Sonya Smith? Man, you are whipped." He laughed and sat back, and then he tilted his head to face Jorge.

"I love her, man," Jorge said and looked into the distance as if imagining her. "The past few months have taught me a lot. I realized that life is too short, and I am not getting any younger." Jorge said. Cameron almost laughed because in all the years he had known Jorge, he had never seen him this serious about someone other than his sister. "I'm 35 years old, but I have nothing to show for it. I want to settle down and have children of my own. And besides..." Jorge smirked and turned to face Cameron. "I have always wondered how mine and Sonya's kids would look like." He said, and Cameron cringed and shuddered at the thought.

"You love her, don't you?" Cameron asked with a nervous chuckle while staring at the wall ahead of him.

"With my life," Jorge said. Cameron shuddered again; he could not imagine himself loving someone like that, he could not picture himself sharing his life with someone else. "So are you going to tell me what is going on or what?" He asked after some silence, and Cameron groaned.

"You are not going to let this go, are you?" Cameron sighed, and Jorge gave him an incredulous look.

"I didn't travel two hours searching for you just to tell you that I was whipped."