Taming A Billionaire

The third point of view :

"Neon, what do you think about being my son?" Niklaus asked the ten years old boy. This was three years after his mother, Jennifer was locked up in an asylum.

He had watched the way the boy interacted with his kids and they were good with each other, although Allen once in a while posed to be a problem, it was nothing he couldn't handle.

Honestly, he had thought Reina would be the greater problem since this was the son of a woman he had a history with and who nearly killed her. To his greatest shock, she was the one who suggested adopting him.

"He's a good kid and I'll take better care of him once he's mine," Was her decision.

And that motivated him to suggest the idea to Neon knowing the boy had to consent first before he could make any other move.

"Adopt me?" Neon asked, surprised. 

"Yes, that means you and Ailee and Allen would be real siblings. You would then bear the same surname as them and of course, access to the privileges of being a Spencer. It sounds amazing, doesn't it? What do you think?" Niklaus enticed him the same way a salesperson would do to a customer. 

"So If you adopt me....?" 

"Yes?" 

"I would be real siblings with Ailee?" he reasoned. 

"Of course, you'd be real siblings for life," Niklaus said proudly. He didn't need a soothsayer to tell him Neon would agree to his request. After all, what child in his right mind would reject such a tantalizing offer? 

Neon thought over it and said, "If I became your child, that means I can't marry Ailee, right?"

"Of course, Neon," Niklaus laughed, "You can't marry Ailee because she would be your..." He trailed off when realization set in.

Oh no, it couldn't be. No way. There was no way on earth this kid liked his daughter, right? He means, what does the kid even know about love and marriage? 

[A/N: Well, he's been watching you and Reina. How wouldn't he know?] 

"If that's the case, then I don't want to be your son," Neon decided, eyes steel with determination. 

Niklaus felt his head throb with a headache. This had to be the most absurd thing he had even heard. Who in the right mind would reject such an offer? Does he know how many billion people in the world wish to be a Spencer? To be in his shoes? Yet, all this power and riches, he threw them away because he wanted to be with his daughter. What does the kid even know about relationships? 

So Niklaus attempted one more time to convince him, "Look, Neon, you're young and don't know what you're talking about,"

"No, leave me alone!" Neon said and took off while Niklaus was left, dumbfounded. 

However, he didn't give up and looked for diverse ways and techniques to convince him but the boy's mind was made up. 

"Ailee and I made a promise never to leave each other and I intend to keep mine," Neon would always say to him. 

So Niklaus let him be. But then, he never told the real reason behind Neon's refusal to be adopted to Reina knowing how protective his wife was of her children. Moreover, he was sure Neon would change his mind once he grew up more - he simply had a crush on his daughter. 

As Niklaus expected, he had no reason to fear as the kids grew up closer than he thought, to the extent that unless one knew of Neon's surname, they would never know he wasn't a true Spencer.

Most of his acquaintances even thought that Neon was his bastard son due to the way he treated him and their distinct appearances. He let them think whatever they wanted as far as it didn't make the front page of the media.

His only problem was that Neon had no girlfriend, unlike his son, Allen, who inherited his playboy lifestyle - if only Allen knew that would pose a problem for him in the future.

Everything was going well until this very moment after the boy's statement which caused an awkward silence to fall over everyone at the dining except Allen and the triplets. 

They have been doing and living well together, why bring up the topic of not being a member of the family? Even the triplets didn't know he wasn't their real brother. Even if they somehow did, they were not showing it - they loved Neon equally. 

"I'm sorry," Neon apologized after he realized what he said. It seems the comment slipped out of his mouth. 

Allen put down his utensil, "So now you've said it, how do you feel?" he asked, brows raised at him.

"Allen," Reina cautioned him, knowing nothing positive could come out of that sharp mouth of his. He was intentionally trying to stir up trouble.

"No," Allen chuckled derisively, "Let's be sincere here, what was he trying to achieve by reminding us all that he's not a member of this family? Pity?" 

A chair squeaked as it was pushed back, "I think I'm going to rain check on supper today," Neon stood up. 

"Neon!" Ailee called after him but the boy ignored her and hightailed it out of there. 

Ailee turned to her brother with anger and spat, "Asshole!" before she went after Neon. 

She knew where Neon would be, there was always one place he would go after an episode like this and that was where she found him. 

The rooftop. 

Neon stood still, staring out at the starry sky and the magnificent city view while the night breeze tousled his hair. Ailee went ahead to hug him from behind, saying, "You know, your habits never change," 

He didn't say anything, just sighed. 

"You should know Allen by now. Never take Allen's words to heart, he's a sadist who's just searching for a source of entertainment from his boring mundane life," She comforted him. 

"If you are going to comfort me, then you have to do it properly," Neon said, then pulled her to his front where he embraced her tightly. 

None of them said a word, both just took comfort in each other's embrace. But then, Ailee spoke up after a while, "Come on, Neon, let's go down, you have to eat," 

"Fine, I'm good now," He said, then glanced down at her with a smile, "After all, someone just rejuvenated me with a special hug," 

Ailee wrinkled her nose and pushed him away playfully, "Stop teasing me and come and eat," 

"Sure, mom," He teased her further.

Ailee rolled her eyes and then took his hand and started to pull him along when his phone beeped with his message. 

Neon brought out his phone from his pocket to check his notification only for his brows to furrow at the message he received.

{How are you doing, son?} 

"Hey, what is it?" Ailee asked, noticing the change in his countenance. 

"It's nothing," he said, putting his phone back into the pocket of his pants. 

Neon smiled at Ailee but inwardly, he felt a sense of dread and didn't like it one bit.

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