The Billionaires(#1)

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Logan and Natalia were in his office, and Natalia was seated on the chair opposite Logan while going through online articles about MJ Billings. She was currently going through her Facebook and reading comments after Logan stumbled upon an article that spoke about Jorge Billings and MJ Billings being the best business moguls in the world.

“Jeez! Logan, this girl is trending, even more than your article.” Natalia exclaimed while scrolling through her phone, and for the first time ever, Logan looked up from his laptop screen.

“What article?” He asked, and Natalia shrugged.

"The article about you and the mysterious woman from last night." She said without glancing up for a second; she was so fascinated by MJ Billings that she did not even realize or notice the sombreness that crossed Logan's face a second ago. "There's not even a single picture of her on the internet. I wonder how she looks. Some people say she is blonde like her brother. If she is, then I’m sure she’s a heartbreaker; tall, blond hair, blue eyes, pink lips, a sharp nose-”

“ENOUGH!” Logan growled, and Natalia dropped her phone and her eyes landed on Logan’s hard face. “Goddammit, Natalia, stop wasting time on unimportant things and get the hell back to work.” He seethed, his face slightly red.

Natalia had totally forgotten how Logan felt about MJ, and here she was, praising her and literally throwing her in his face. “Logan, I’m sorry.” Natalia said in a whisper and covered her mouth with her palms. “I’m so sorry, I completely forgot-”

“Just leave.” Logan said in a cold whisper.

Natalia swallowed hard, hot liquid burning in her eyes. She nodded and slowly got up, and then she picked up her phone and inspected it for damages. “I’m truly sorry.” She said in a broken whisper and left.

Logan stared at the door as it closed, and then he threw his head back and ran a hand through his hair. This was so far the worst Tuesday morning he had ever had, and he had no one else to blame but himself. He was going through the internet, searching for any news about him and May, or Kyle and Snegugu, but instead, he found articles about MJ, littering the internet. It was said that curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back; curiosity had killed Logan Parker ten times, but he was still not satisfied.

“Cape Town’s Billionaire has made the headlines again after leaving 5 Stars carrying a mysterious woman in bridal style.” Demi read the newspaper article to Mosetsana and Natalia as they walked into the building. The three of them sat behind their desk and Demi continued to read the article. “…who could this mysterious woman be? Is she another Cinderella?” She read with enthusiasm.

It was after lunch and they had just returned from La Café, their usual hanging spot, and today, Demi decided to join them obviously because Carmen was not around. On normal days, they would sit at their usual table with Antonina and they would gossip about everyone.

However, today Natalia was quiet and her mind was not there. She was still saddened about what happened with Logan. When she came downstairs from Logan’s office, Mosetsana noticed that she was not well, but did not pry on the issue.

She knew they had to have had a fight for Natalia to look the way she did, and she was proven right when Logan came down thirty minutes later and walked past the reception desk without saying anything to Natalia or sparing her a glance. He left the building without saying anything to her. The same thing was happening now when he came back, but Demi's paper caught his attention. "Good morning, Mr Parker." Demi greeted when she saw him walking towards her, and she hid the paper.

“It is afternoon, and it is not a good one.” Logan responded sharply. “Can I see the paper you were reading?” He placed his hand on the table, and Demi quickly put the paper on his open palm. Logan took the paper and opened to the page where his article was, and the pictures in there caught his attention. Most of the pictures taken from the event were posted, but none of the pictures with May Smith were there. The only ones that were there were taken from behind; the one after the event included. Logan paged through the paper, but there were no other pictures in the paper. “Mosetsana, please put the owner of this publication on the line.”