Chapter 7 - THE BOY WHO LEARNED WHO HIS FATHER WAS
The days after the gala were chaotic.
News organizations called nonstop.
Photographers waited outside the family offices.
The story spread internationally.
BILLIONAIRE'S WIFE RETURNS FIVE YEARS AFTER ALLEGED DEATH.
Then the questions began.
Where had Elena been?
Who planned the accident?
Why did Adrian believe she was dead?
And most importantly—
Who was the young waiter standing beside them?
Lucas hated the attention.
He wanted his old life back.
Adrian understood.
One evening, they sat together in the kitchen of the family estate.
“No cameras,” Adrian promised.
“No journalists.”
“No business meetings.”
“Just dinner.”
Lucas looked at him.
“You eat this late every night?”
“Sometimes.”
“That's terrible.”
Adrian laughed.
“You sound like your mother.”
Lucas smiled.
The resemblance was impossible to ignore.
Not just physically.
The same stubbornness.
The same humor.
The same way of raising one eyebrow when something sounded ridiculous.
Elena watched them from the doorway.
She had dreamed of this moment for years.
She just never believed it would happen.
Then Lucas asked:
“Why didn't you find us?”
The room became quiet.
Adrian answered honestly.
“Because I didn't know you were alive.”
Lucas nodded.
“I know.”
“I spent five years searching for answers.”
“What about Mom?”
“She was protecting you.”
Lucas looked down.
“Were you angry?”
“At her?”
“Yes.”
“For a long time.”
“But?”
“But now I understand.”
Lucas was quiet.
Then:
“I thought my mother didn't have anyone.”
Adrian smiled sadly.
“She had us.”
Lucas looked up.
“Did she love you?”
“More than anyone.”
That evening, Elena joined them.
For the first time, the three sat at one table.
No secrets.
No hidden identities.
Just family.
But there was still one person they needed to face.
Daniel.
Adrian's first son.
His relationship with Daniel had become complicated after Elena's supposed death.
Daniel had been told his mother was dead.
He had grown up believing Lucas never existed.
Now the truth was being delivered all at once.
When he met Elena, he froze.
“Mom?”
She nodded.
He began crying.
“I knew you weren't dead.”
Elena stared.
“What?”
“Part of me always knew.”
“I thought you had forgotten me.”
“No.”
Daniel hugged her.
For the first time in five years, Elena held both of her sons.
Lucas.
Daniel.
Two brothers separated by secrets.
Now standing together.
Adrian watched them.
His family was finally complete.
But the legal battle was just beginning.
Because the enemy hadn't only stolen their peace.
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They had stolen millions.
And the evidence would reveal exactly how much.
