CHAPTER ELEVEN

ADRIAN’S POV

“Your foster dad is dead,” Ivan said, making me freeze.

I was shocked to my very core. How did my dad die? I wasn't aware he was sick. So how the fuck was he dead?

My heart ached after hearing this. My heart ached for Susana, my foster mom. I knew how much she loved my foster dad.

I mean, what was there not to love about him? I loved him too. He was an honest, kind, and loving man, very understanding.

“Mom, was he ill?” I asked her to be sure my suspicions weren't right.

“I’m sorry, Adrian; he didn't want you to know. He said it would make you worried, and he didn't want that. Besides, I didn't know it was something that would lead to death,” she said amidst sobs.

I squinted my eyes and sighed, fighting back the urge to shed tears. I was a man, and I was going to act as one.

“On your dad’s dying breath, he said the company should be passed to Ivan. That he didn't want you to carry the burden of heading such a big company,” Ivan’s dad said all of a sudden, making my eyes s