The Rise Of Lord Almero

Adopted Children Only

 Everyone was shocked when they heard what Joni said. Lili tried to break the silent atmosphere in this room by clapping her hands. Finally, everyone joined in clapping amidst their confused feelings.

 Elan went up on stage and was greeted warmly by the hugs of his parents. Elan grinned as he looked at Almero who was now glaring at them sharply.

 Almero felt lied to by all of them, who knows what the three of them were planning, Almero didn't know, but Almero was disappointed and what did they mean by saying that Elan was their biological child, was it possible that Almero was not part of the Gladwin family, was Almero not their biological son? Joni and also Lili.

 "You all must be confused, why did I choose Elan as the main heir to the Gladwin family and not Almero, all because Almero is not our biological child and Elan is our only child," explained Joni in front of everyone and this immediately spread. Throughout the country because it was broadcast live, which immediately became a trending topic on social media.

 "Is the heir to the Gladwin Group also Mr. Elan and not Mr. Almero?" asked one of the journalists who was curious.

 "Of course," said Joni firmly. "The Gladwin Group company is also an asset belonging to the Gladwin family, even though it was managed by Almero, but because we are very grateful to him, I have sent some money to his account. He has tried hard to enlarge the Gladwin company," explained Joni while smiling at Almero.

 Zili, who heard all this, immediately let go of her hand, which had been holding Almero's arm. Almero looked at Zili, who immediately left without saying a word.

 "Zili must feel disappointed because I couldn't keep my promise to propose to her in front of everyone, but more than that I feel betrayed, I was lied to for decades, it's sad," thought Almero as he clenched his hands into fists. No wonder his parents have always loved and pampered Elan.

 The journalists immediately stepped closer to Almero, asking for the man's response, but Almero just walked away and left the event.

 ***

 Almero waited for his parents to arrive in the living room of Gladwin's house. Finally, the sound of footsteps and laughter that was familiar to Almero's ears began to be heard. Almero looked at Joni, Lili and Elan sharply, as if he wanted to tear the bodies of the three people who had lied to him so cruelly.

 "Almero, I thought you were no longer in this house when you found out about the reality," insulted Elan with a satisfied grin.

 Lili and Joni didn't speak up, they just kept quiet and showed innocent faces, really cruel people.

 "Tell me everything, why am I in this house if I'm not your biological son." Almero tried to suppress his emotions by speaking in a low tone, but described the pain that was obvious from his unsteady breathing.

 "My wife told her," said Joni to Lili. "It's time he found out."

 "Mother, tell me quickly, I can't stand seeing her face in our house," said Elan. Since the beginning, Elan has never liked Almero because the man is smart, handsome and always the center of attention, very far from Elan who has never even received the media spotlight because all the media has been more interested in Almero all this time.

"At that time, my husband and I didn't have children, we finally decided to take the child from the orphanage and that was you. My husband and I kept this all a secret from the public, so they know that you are our biological child according to what we planned. Until three years later, I was pregnant with Elan, initially we wanted to tell you the truth when you were 17 years old, but we gave up that intention when we saw that Elan still couldn't be independent, maybe because we spoiled her too much since childhood and because of that we rearranged it. Plan. Will inform the public when Elan is 25 years old. And now is the time.” Lili explained at length, without any pity in her eyes, as if she didn't have the slightest affection for Almero.

 "Thank you for your hard work all this time, Almero, but we don't need you anymore, now you can leave this house. "I've sent money to your account as a token of thanks, you can use the money to start your own business." Joni said firmly without feeling guilty.

 Almero took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, he had to control himself. That damn man would be even happier if he saw Almero angry and provoked by their story.

 "Since you all planned this from the start, it's no wonder I always felt like an outsider, but I dismissed all those thoughts, I love you sincerely, but you cruelly lied to me," said Almero with half a voice stuck in his throat, pain, soreness, disappointment now hugged his body tightly, making Almero short of breath.

 "Since the beginning, we took you from the orphanage only with the aim that we could have offspring with Gladwin blood flowing, from the start, our affection was only for Elan, we always thought you were an outsider who helped Elan to get his highest throne. And it was proven, "From 20th place, the Gladwin family is now ranked 10th of the richest and most influential people in this country. Thank you for your help, and now we don't need you anymore, you can leave this house," said Joni without heart.

 Almero was still silent, frozen in place as if there was a block of ice covering his whole body now. And Elan's voice started to sound insulting to him.

 "Almero, since birth you have been a homeless person who was thrown away by your parents to an orphanage. And now my parents don't want you either, your life is very unfortunate, now quickly leave this house, you don't deserve to live in the Gladwin residence. That child having no status in society deserves to be on the side of the road." Elan spoke harshly and arrogantly, he had been holding back cursing and insulting Almero for a long time, and now he didn't need to hide all this hatred.

 Almero looked at Elan with his eagle eyes, he immediately shot up, beating Elan badly. Elan couldn't fight back, his strength was like when in front of Almero.

 "Guards! Throw this man out of the Gladwin residence, don't let him set foot in this house again ever!" Joni ordered his bodyguards.

 "My darling, are you okay? Gosh, your face is bleeding, you have to go to the hospital," said Lili while rubbing Elan's face lovingly.

 "You ignorant man. It's good that we adopted you from the orphanage, and this is the reward you gave us. It's true what Elan said, you really deserve to live on the streets," cursed Joni. "The servant beat him, beat him until he got worse injuries than my son, made him unconscious and threw him on the side of the road!" Joni ordered cruelly and without pity.