Millionaire Posing as Poor Invites Girl of His Dreams to Shabby Old House and Proposes to Her — Story of the Day

A millionaire tests his girlfriend by inviting her home to a very old dilapidated house and proposing she marry him.

Andrew Hardy had spent his childhood in an unhappy home. His mother had married his father for his money, and once she’d given birth to Andrew, she’d considered her duty done.

Andrew had seen his father’s sadness and knew that he truly loved a woman who cared nothing for him and lived only for luxury and status. Andrew was determined that he’d never marry a gold digger. His life was going to be very different.

Andrew had gone to university in England and then gone on to do his post-graduate degree in Australia, so when he came home, he had few ties to the community, except his father and his grandmother.

As for his mother, she had long since divorced his father and remarried, and had never contacted her son. So Andrew was a new guy in town, and nobody knew that he was the son of Danton Hardy, the only heir to Hardy Industries, and that’s how he liked it.

“Dad,” Andrew said to his father. “I was thinking…How about I start working at the company?”

Danton was delighted. “I’d love that!” he cried. “You can start as vice-president of marketing…”

But Andrew was shaking his head. “No!” he said. “I want to start at the bottom, work my way up, and I don’t want people to know I’m the boss’s son. Hire me as an intern in the marketing department.”

Danton frowned. “Are you sure? The pay isn’t great!”

Andrew grinned. “That’s OK! I can still live at home, can’t I?” Danton laughed and said, of course, he could.

Andrew went out and got himself a modest second-hand car and a wardrobe to match an intern’s salary. He started working at his dad’s company and he loved it. He made friends with many of his co-workers, and especially with his fellow intern, a sweet girl named Cynthia, who quickly became his best friend.

Then one day, Andrew was out jogging and he ran past a Starbucks. There was a girl coming out and she didn’t see Andrew and ran right into him. The inevitable happened and her coffee flew through the air and splashed Andrew.

“Oh my God,” the girl gasped. “I’m so sorry!”

“That’s OK,” Andrew said, and then his mouth fell open. She was the most...