The Great Son-In-Law

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“What do you mean?”

“Amanda and I have been in a relationship behind your back, and that relationship has been going on for the past year. So now you know the answer to everything you want to hear, right? Amanda doesn’t love you, and stop begging for love from my girlfriend.”

“No, this is impossible.” Lukas was still trying to be stubborn about the facts he had just seen. “Amanda, can you explain everything to me?”

“What can I explain, Lukas? Isn’t what Brian said obvious? Brian and I have been in a relationship behind your back, and we are getting married soon. So stop expecting me.”

“But, aren’t we—”

“We? Do you think I’m stupid for handing over my life and future to a useless man like you? You don’t have any future, Lukas. And I also can’t possibly marry a man who only has a handsome face, because your handsome face can’t afford luxury jewelry, luxury bags, and luxury clothes. Are you now satisfied and clear with my answer?”

Lukas’ hands were clenched tightly into fists, he felt like he wanted to hit everyone around him now. The only problem was, Brian’s two friends were holding him so tightly, and Lukas' strength wasn’t strong enough to fight them all at once. Until finally, Lukas’ self-esteem rose again, he tried his best to make all this clear.

With his remaining strength, Lukas stood up, releasing the grip of Brian’s two friends who were caught off guard. Lukas then clapped his hands, his smile looked so faint and empty.

“Congratulations, at least now I know that a traitor is a match for a coward. “Hopefully your relationship will last. And for you, Amanda … I hope you will never regret your decision.”

“Amanda will be grateful for letting go of trash like you and marrying me, Young Master Michael, heir to the M Group business empire. I’m not a trash like you!” Brian cursed.

After letting go of Amanda’s hug, Brian approached Lukas again and then he grinned confidently.

“Actually, I’ve wanted to kick you out of my comfortable residence for a long time. But I thought again, if you weren’t there then who would take care of my house, who would cook food for me. So even though I’m annoyed and hate you, I can still hold it in. And for tonight, I want you to get out of my sight. Stand outside until Dad’s birthday party is over, after that I will open this door for you. And I hope before I come, you don’t freeze to death, Lukas.”

Brian immediately pushed Lukas again, he walked with his arm around Amanda and went back into the house with his two friends. Lukas was silent, looking at the painful sight. Slowly the snow started to fall, the cold felt colder. Apart from Lukas wearing a wet shirt, Lukas didn't wear a coat.

Lukas then ran to look for shelter, until in the end he crossed the road without looking left or right. And accidentally Lukas was almost hit by a car, so he fell and dropped an object that he had been wearing around his neck.

“Hey, are you okay?” asked a man wearing an expensive suit, he was getting out of his car with a panicked expression.

“Sorry, Sir. I am at fault, I didn’t look around. Once again I’m sorry.”

The man didn’t move, just as he picked up a necklace that had a pendant in the shape of a lock, until then the man took something under his shirt, and it turned out that he had a pendant in the shape of a key there. The man then opened the padlock pendant with the key pendant and ....

Lukas’ locket pendant was open, a musical sound along with an old photo was there. The man was shocked in disbelief, then he hugged Lukas so tightly.

“You are my long-lost son, you are the heir to my fortune!”

“W… what?  I… I am your heir?” Lukas was shocked.

“Yes, this pendant is proof that you are my heir. If you still don’t believe me, we can do a DNA test.”

“Who are you?” asked Lukas who was still confused. He really didn’t understand what was happening right now.

“My apologies in advance, Young Master Malik. I want to introduce the figure in front of you. He is your father, Mr. Moreno Malik. He is the owner of the M.M Group, a business empire that controls various branches of business throughout the world. All this time we have lost you, we tried to look for you everywhere. Until we found an orphanage that said they were the ones taking care of you for three months after they found you with a will. Then you were adopted by a family called the Michael family, seeing that you were around the Michael residence carrying this pendant, of course this proves that you are the long lost son of Mr. Malik. And what a coincidence, we are actually heading to Mr. Michael’s residence. Apart from attending Mr. Michael’s birthday, we are also going to find out about your condition. So is it true that you are the adopted son of the Michael family?”

“I need a DNA test to prove it, then I also want to ask, how could I be in an orphanage and adopted by someone else? Am I not a rich man’s son?”

“It started when Mrs. Malik ran away from home after she gave birth to you, Young Master Malik. Mrs. Malik misunderstood Mr. Malik and thought that Mr. Malik had an affair with his secretary. Mrs. Malik chose to entrust her baby to an orphanage, and she had an accident and died. Because of that, we couldn’t find any trace of where you were entrusted and where you disappeared to. “Luckily, after you were born, Mr. Malik immediately gave you a pendant, where inside the pendant was a photo of Mr. Malik, Mrs. Malik, and Young Master Malik when you were just born.”

“If you still don’t believe it, you can come with me to do a DNA test. I will never lie that you are my son, you are the sole heir to the Malik family fortune. Tell me what your name is, the owner of the orphanage said your name is Lukas. Is that true?”

Lukas nodded his head, he then followed Mr. Malik’s steps into the car. The sooner he does a DNA test with Mr. Malik, the more convinced Lukas will be of all the truth.