The Wrong Timing, The Right Billionaire

Synopsis

At twenty-three, I borrowed a million dollars to start my own business. By thirty-one, my company was worth over three billion dollars. During those eight years, I proposed to Julia four times. She always said, "Let's wait. The timing isn't right." I thought she was waiting for me to be good enough for her. Until that day. Her best friend posted a photo of a sunset in Paradise Isles. Julia was leaning on a man's shoulder, her smile lighting up her whole face. The caption read: "She finally found the right person." The timing was never the issue. It was that I wasn't the one. On the day my company went public, Julia blocked my car in a white dress. Her eyes were rimmed with red, and her lips quivered. I rolled down the window and smiled at her. I asked, "Ms. Stone, could you please step aside? "The future Mrs. Hawthorne is waiting for me at City Hall."