CHAPTER 14 - The “Millionaire’s” life
Finally, things began to sync in. I knew all the perks and quirks the come with the windfall. I knew the rules and the responsibilities that entail and there is always some very good help available if you are loosing track, from the Lottery company’s financial advisors, my bank account managers, the Millionaire club and Katy.
So I began to take control of my life and plan everything correctly. The biggest purchase which I made was my Audi S3 car and the little shopping spree, but nothing really after that.
I have to tell you about this moment as well, as it marks one of the greatest things of the lottery win. It is the time when interest gets paid into the bank account. I choose to get the interest paid monthly even though my advisors suggested annually, but I just wanted to experience how making soo much money monthly just because you have money feels like. And it feels surreal, makes me feel that life is not fair. I mean how can someone compare getting 35,000 pounds a month for absolutely doing nothing, with something like a single mother managing her 3 kids and working 2 jobs so she can feed them! Where is the fair play in that, even now I feel, that mother should have won this lottery and not me. There are Kardashians, Hitlons, Balzarians in this world and at the same time, there is this old women, who is not even able to walk, eating stale bread and begging on the streets of Hyderabad!
Really, life is very unfair. My mind reverts back to what Hinduism conveys – Souls do not die, they get their transmigrations based on the deeds which they do in their life. If you are good, helpful and live according to the rules, then when your soul transmigrates, you will reap the benefits of your past deeds. And if you are totally wicked and evil, you will pay the price and suffer. Hindu Shastras (rules or precepts) say that you will have to atone for all your sins. Debts, enmity, murder are all sins and you have to atone for these. And then, after numerous births, if your merits and demerits are balanced off and you are at a state of high self-realisation, and then your soul reaches its end point and becomes one with the creator!!
Really amazing stuff, if you think about it. I mean isn’t every religion the same, it’s only the perspective of its followers, who interpret it in their own wrong ways. From what I have read, followed and understood, all religions convey the same message – Truth, Love & Peace!
So I really must have done something amazing in my past life to be blessed by this, but I still feel for all those hardworking souls and promised to myself that I will help out in whatever way I can. I already started doing this and the feeling I get is unexplainable. I mean I was watching this TV game show, where the contestant was disabled, using a wheel chair and he was tormented, bullied all his life for the same. He wanted to buy a better mobility scooter if he wins, but he failed to win. People cheered him and said that he was brave to appear in front of the audience and confronting his past so boldly. The entire time I was watching the show, I was rooting for him to win. In my mind I kept praying that whatever he has done in his past life, please give him a break and let him win. That didn’t happen and I wasn’t going to let go. I followed him online, found his details on Facebook, got in touch with a company that does mobility scooters and got one delivered for him. I told the company that I want to be totally anonymous, so he didn’t find out who bought him the scooter. He then posted a picture with the new scooter and a message on Facebook saying – Angles do exist in the world and I believed in them my entire life!!
I’m no angel, just an extremely lucky person who understands!
There is this other time, where I went to the children’s ward at a big hospital in London. I saw a little girl who was colouring Disney princesses on a colouring book, she was fighting cancer for a few years. I melted down and became a teary mess when I saw that. I bought her and her single mother a fully paid five star vacation to Disneyland, all inclusive.
I really am not telling this to prove my greatness or something, I really am not trying to show off but have this small feeling in my heart that after reading this, people will start to appreciate what they have and help others a little more. If we all, not only the rich, start to feel for all those who are less fortunate, what a better place this world will be! That is my small hope, prayer from the heart and my deepest wish!
Trust me, the feeling which you get once you have extended your help to the less fortunate is unparallel! It is better than the biggest lottery win, or sex with the hottest girl, or even owning the fastest car on this planet!
So the biggest and the best change of my millionaire’s lifestyle has been this, helping others.
Now coming back to the first monthly interest paid into my account, it was roughly 35,000 pounds!! All that money I earned only because I have money in first place, sounds ridiculous right? Well that’s the rules which we made and live by!
Besides all the things going on in my mind, the feeling was almost surreal. Right there, I wouldn’t have needed any of my 22 million pound wealth, I could have lived off the 35K per month for my entire life. It also gave me the strong feeling of how secure my future and the future of my next generation is going to be.
It was time for some changes in life. First, I moved out of Oxfordshire into a very nice apartment in a nice location in London. Katy was just about five minute drive away from my apartment. And she has become a part of my life. We hung out together most of the times and sex was constant. We didn’t label our relation but after recently watching the movie “Friends with benefits”, I couldn’t help but strongly relate to it. No matter what anyone says, at least for me, sex without feelings is not possible. I do have these deep feelings for Katy and if she asks me to be her boyfriend, I would have said yes in a heartbeat. But I know she wants to keep it casual without being tied down, or making things complicated and the win certainly got that perspective into our minds. It was time to fully appreciate and indulge into yourself, getting a partner means things can go any way. Looking at winners before us, we know the truth about how big wins caused serious issues with relations for others, couples split up, relations became enemies and it went as far as blackmail and murder. So living life on the down-low is the best option and that is what me and Katy were doing.
After the first time with Katy, let me mention a few more sexual encounters which we had. She helped me move and we ending up making love on the empty wooden floor of my new apartment in London. Then there was a time when she called up to check if I was asleep, she said she was feeling lonely, about 15 minutes later, we were having vigorous sex in her apartment. On my birthday, she put on a special strip tease show (it was pure awesome) and we made love for hours. And this one time, we ran out of things to do and decided to head home and have sex instead.
She more or less became my girlfriend but without the commitment overload. We used to be together most days and she always was with me when I wanted to do something exciting. We even made a bucket list of things to do. Here’s that list -
- Underwater diving in Maldives
- Drive the fastest cars in the world
- Fly in the zero gravity flight
- Stay in the most luxurious hotels in Dubai
- Dine in the most exclusive hotels in the world
- Go on a seven star cruise
- Go to Disneyland whenever we get a chance
- Go to Comic Con
And the most important one of all – Charity!! Give and give as much as possible!
It was good that both of us wanted a companion to do all these unique things but without all the messy complications that could arise from serious relationships. Plus, sex on top of that was an amazing bonus.
Katy become
the best part of my life and she was soo much involved in me that I mentioned that Grace called up and asked her to be partner for this party. I wanted to turn her down but Katy intervened and said do not loose the best perks of this new life and assured that she will always be there for me. I still wanted to decline Grace’s offer but Katy insisted not to disappoint Grace as she is a very good person and her good friend. Besides, Katy was leaving for America for about 2 months to stay with her parents and spent time with them.
After seeing off Katy at the airport I went to Grace’s party, dressed up in a tux. She wore this gorgeous gold evening gown and looked stunning. She was very happy to see me and thanked me for coming. Again, we connected instantly and had an amazing time. Her professors were attending as well and she introduced me as her friend. I felt great that I could manage myself when topics about education came up. All my years of education really paid off and I felt very confident talking to all her professors. Grace was super impressed and she jokingly said “I thought being rich and education do not go hand-in-hand!” to which I replied “I am just a normal guy first with a craving for learning things!!” She was super impressed.
We had a text from Katy, her flight had wifi and we texted a picture back to her. She then texted me back saying “Don’t hold off, have an amazing time! WINK”
After the party, we went back to Grace’s dorm room and then it was a recreation of the amazing first time which we had together. I wondered where I got that stamina from, we did it once on her bed, then moved to the bath tub and then did it again in the shower. By the end of it, we were super tired and slept like babies.
The next morning was a day off for Grace, no college or part time job so I asked her to hang out with me. We spent time checking the London Museum of Arts and dined on the ferry on river Thames. Then I took her shopping. We went to this luxury garments shop and picked up a few dresses, Grace wanted to try all of them in front of me so she took me along to the trial room. It felt totally awesome seeing her change into all these lovely dresses in front of me. For some she even had to remove her bra to appreciate the dress fully. I felt like I just wanted to be there and never leave from that place. I told she looked really beautiful in everything she wore and couldn’t hold myself. At one point, when she was in-between trying dresses and just in her underwear, I grabbed her and started making out. When it was getting intense, I asked her if I could be inside her. Surprised, she asked me “Right here?? In the changing room??” and I replied “Yes, we will be very quiet.” Luckily, we had a condom in her bag and we ended up having sex in the changing room. We had to be very quiet and quick, but it felt totally awesome, having sex in there with soo many people close by and the constant risk of getting caught. It would have been totally embarrassing if we were caught but thankfully it didn’t happen. We didn’t even make a mess as Grace carried a packet of tissues and perfume. So we made sure that the booth was clean and fresh before we left.
Grace just wanted to buy one dress but I bought her everything which she tried. She resisted a lot but I said she looked so gorgeous in everything that it will be a shame to put them back on the rails! I bought her a new Macbook to help her with her studies and also got her the new iPhone. Grace really didn’t want to take anything from me but I was quite persistent!
We then head out to Zizzi for dinner and then it was back to her dorm as she had college the next day. But, we didn’t end the day there itself, it was another round of sex and I left her totally satisfied in her dorm room and went home. She asked me not to wait long to call next time. I assured her that I will not!
It was time to take the trip back home to Hyderabad, this is going to be unlike any other trip before. This time, I am going as a millionaire, though I am not going to tell this to anyone, but it was time to do something special for my parents.
I booked the same emirates flight via Dubai, but this time, went for on luxury. It was nearly 4 times expensive compared to the economy ticket but I can’t believe how luxurious and comfortable it was. When you compare this with the seats you get in economy, I would probably rate economy as 2%. There really is such a big difference. I got to wait in five star lounges with exquisite food, I almost got my own cabin in the flight, which extended to become a full-on bed and there was loads of food, champagne and unlimited movies on demand.
It was good seeing my parents after the windfall. I didn’t want to tell them about my lottery so instead I told them that I became a partner for this software company and now work as a consultant. I told them that I get a very good pay scale and lots of benefits. Felt bad of not telling them about my win, but I really didn’t want this windfall to cause issues with my relationships. And I do fear the wrath of all my relatives and cousins, so better to be tight-lipped about all this.
I took my parents to nice restaurants, shopping and bought them several gifts. Our house needed a new air condition and television so I bought them that too. My dad was still driving his old, beaten-up Suzuki Swift, so I got him a brand new Hyundai Verna. My parents were over the moon seeing their son soo successful and I was very glad to see them happy.
I stayed in India for a month, initially it was busy meeting all my friends and relatives but then it passed very slowly. I met my old friends and had a few get-togethers but all of them were working so they couldn’t spend much time with me. My parents bought the topic of marriage and were quite persistent about that. They even invited their close friend’s family along with their daughter who just completed engineering, under the pretence of a social get-together but their main intention was to set me up with this girl. She was quite pretty and very soft spoken but I wanted time to myself. I didn’t want to get married and be tied down. My new life just started and I wanted to live it to the fullest before getting tied down. My parents were very persistent and told me that their parents liked me very much and wanted me to go out with the girl and spend some time with her. See, I told you right, this is their official green signal for dating!!
It would have been fun to spend a little time with this girl but the only problem was that if you say yes for dating, it is like you are saying yes for marriage! You cannot just go out with the girl for few days and then turn around and say you don’t want to marry her. It will break their hearts and their friendship. So I had to politely turn it down saying my career is taking a huge turn and I can’t think for anything else apart from that. Total lie, but that got me off the hook.
Now, with all that money, there was this huge temptation to do something which was never possible. Sex was constantly on my mind and there was this secret thing that if you shelled out enough cash, you could go out and spend a night with models or upcoming actresses. It was soo tempting to actually do it with a movie star you have seen in films, mind you, these are not top stars, there are many upcoming actresses who acted in few good movies or actresses who used to be famous but not any more. The thought itself made my heart race, but prostitution of any kind is illegal in India, even though there are loads of places which offer sex for money. Plus the risk of getting blackmailed or duped was very high. So I left those to my own thoughts and restrained myself from doing it.
But what I did not restrain myself was being very generous towards people who weren’t as fortunate as the rest of us. I visited orphanages and gave the kids there toys as gifts, I even donated them some money. I donated a little to the rural education program where they go to villages and backward areas to teach kids. I made donation to the temple where I used to go since childhood. The old woman eating stale bread was someone who I came across when I was visiting one of the temples. She was old, could hardly walk and was begging for some leftovers from a food stall. The man in the food stall turned her away and she started walking slo
wly. I went to her and gave two thousand rupees, which is about 20 pounds and she gave me soo many blessings just for that. How can I even say what my feelings were, at that very moment, I couldn’t wonder and at the same time hate the fact that someone was starving whilst others were rolling in money!
There was this scheme in the temple where I could pay some money in advance and they will provide food for the poor. I did that and gave the old lady coupons so she can go in and have food for the next couple of months. I was really glad that I could at least help out a little and promised myself that I would continue doing that as long as I live.
The time to leave Hyderabad arrived and I told my parents that I would invite them soon on a holiday. Whilst going back, I wanted to take a break in Dubai for a few days. So I opted for a break journey and book this amazing room at The Atlantis on the Palm islands. I booked a suite with balcony overlooking the Arabian Sea. It simply was stunning. I spent the day on my own, went to the spa for the first time, there was this European girl as the masseuse. She was very pretty and knew what she was doing, the experience was excellent.
I then went shopping and ate at on the hotel’s restaurant which had a glass wall overlooking their huge aquarium tank. At the end of the day, being lonely really sucked and I wished I had someone to share this with. My thoughts went back to the marriage proposal from my parents but reminded myself that it was not time yet. Most of the time, Katy was constantly in touch and kept on texting me. When I mentioned it would have been great if she were with me, she suggested getting Grace over to Dubai.
That was a brilliant suggestion, I called Grace immediately and asked her how soon she can get to the airport. She was quite surprised, but thankfully her semester ended and she had a break. She only wanted to work during the break and earn some money so she was hesitant to let that go. I told her to work for me, as my personal secretary for the next week and I will pay her wages. She was very hesitant but I got her to agree. I arranged a business class ticket for her to get to Dubai and within the next 12 hours, I met her in Dubai.
It felt really glad to see her nearly after a month, she was very excited to be there as it was her first time in Dubai. I took her to the hotel and she was amazed at the sheer grandness of it. Next, we didn’t wait for much longer, it was straight to the bed and some amazing sex. We continued it in this luxurious bath tub and then did it again after getting ready. Well, a month of abstinence, I had the stamina to go on for three times with short breaks in between.
The next few days were great, I was soo pleased that I had some company and was not on my own. We went to the dessert safari, went on camel rides, then we went to the huge water park which the hotel has, then did loads of shopping and had some amazing food. Grace constantly didn’t like me spending money on her, but I wouldn’t just take no for an answer.
We then went on a helicopter ride and I really suggest everyone to go on this experience at least once in their lifetime. And sex was constantly there, we couldn’t do it in charging room or public washrooms as public indecency is treated very strictly in Dubai and it can result in jail time, so we kept the sexual activity restricted to our hotel room.
Grace and I got very comfortable with each other. We absolutely enjoyed each others company and she was full of fun, yet very sweet and innocent. After having a great time, we headed back home. Grace had to loose about five days of work, so I wrote her a cheque of 5000 pounds, which actually was a lot compared to what she would have earned. She refused it straight away and it took a lot of convincing on my part to make her accept it. She was working in a restaurant trying to earn money for her next semester and already has a student loan, I even suggested for her to concentrate on studies and I would take care of her money problems. All she needed was about 20,000 pounds to get though and then she will get her degree and can get a very good job. I offered her the money several times, even as a loan which she can repay, but she never accepted. She told that it would make her feel cheap and didn’t want to do that. Apparently, Katy also offered her the same but she declined. It only made the feelings and respect which I had inside me for her stronger and I really argued my way through and made her accept the 5000 pound cheque.
Two real great girls, one is very sweet and doesn’t take any favours and the other is helping me deal with the biggest change in my life, the windfall! I really am a very lucky guy, Touch Wood!