The Poor Billionaire novel Chapter 2

Ethan Humphrey stared at the transfer message on the screen in a trance, and his brain was blank.

This... this is...

After a short silence, he suddenly widened his eyes and began counting.

Thousand...Million... one billion... two billion...

Two billion?

Ethan quivered and then thought of the phone call he just got.

He gasped and ran to a nearby ATM, without thinking too much. He inserted his card with trembling hands and entered the password. Finally, staring at the ten digits balance, his legs went softened, and he almost collapsed on the ground.

After a moment of silence, he clicked on the withdraw button and took out 100,000 dollars. Even taking cash in his hand, Ethan still couldn't believe his eyes and felt everything was a dream.

However, this dream was amazing, wasn't it?

Ethan abruptly pinched himself and shouted in pain. He looked at the 100,000 dollars in his hand and laughed in a silly way.

"It turns out to be true. Eric Norman is my father, the richest Chinese in abroad, two billion dollars..."

Thinking of this, Ethan's eyes turned red, and the sadness accumulated over so many years suddenly welled up in his mind.

However, before he cried, his phone rang again. He quickly took it out and saw the number. The caller was his good friend, Charles Walker.

As soon as he picked up the phone, he heard a casual voice, "Ethan, where are you? Come to the Nine Dragon restaurant on the east street near our campus. You are already the last one!"

Ethan frowned slightly and said with some confusion, "Nine Dragon restaurant won't be cheap. Actually, It is the most expensive restaurant nearby. Have you made a fortune recently?"

Charles said excitedly, "No, of course not. Today is my aunt's birthday. She's too happy so that she gave a sum of money to Elie. And then Elie wanted to treat us to a big meal!"

Hearing this, Ethan frowned even tighter and said in a low voice, "Elie Clark is your cousin, not mine. Why should I go to her party?"

What made Ethan's counter-emotion stronger was that Elie always looked down on him and never showed her respect.

Charles didn't notice the change in Ethan's attitude but said, "It doesn't matter. Just come! I'll lose my face if you don't come. Hurry up. We're all waiting for you!"

After that, a busy tone came from the phone.

After calming down, Ethan recalled that Charles had always been nice to him, so he didn't want to refuse him.

He went out of the bank and got a taxi to the Nine Dragon restaurant.

When he took off the taxi, Ethan saw Charles was waiting for him outside. The latter was very enthusiastic and led him to a private dining room on the second floor.

There were a man and three women in the room. The man was his good friend, Dylan Carter, and the three women were Charles's cousin, Elie, and two of her friends.

Ethan felt a bit awkward. Dylan was looking at him embarrassedly. At the same time, Elie and another short-haired girl burst into laughter.

Charles also felt something wrong. He frowned and asked, "What happens?"

Dylan curled his lips, lowered his voice, and said, "Charles, you still don't know, do you? Ethen broke up with Tina."

Hearing this, Charles was stunned and then said in surprise, "Ethan, what happened? You guys are really a nice couple. Why did you break up so easily?"

Before Ethan answered, Elie, who was standing aside, snorted and said with a sneer, "Break up? Ethan, don't flatter yourself. Tina just dumped Ethan. Lily just showed us Tina's post on Wechat. Tina uploaded some intimate photos, which took on the bed, of herself and another guy in your class. Ethan, haha, Ethan, look at yourself. How poor are you, and how dare you want to date a girl like Tina? A toad lusting after a swan's flesh."

Hearing this, Charles felt uncomfortable and said in a low voice, "Elie, what are you talking about?"

Elie said deprecatingly, "Why, why I can't say? He is poor. And not only poor but also stupid. Think about it. Tina is gorgeous. Why did she choose him? This man, poor and stupid, why is he still alive? Besides, as long as someone calls you, you will shamelessly come and eat without any payment. Are you a real man? If I were you, I would kill myself!"

With a gloomy face, Charles said angrily, "You..."

At this moment, his words were interrupted by a voice.

"What about... let me buy for this dinner."

Hearing this, everyone was shocked and turned to look at Ethan. Ethan blushed but looked at everyone seriously.