INTERNATIONAL BILLIONAIRES BOOK 1: NIKOLAS LANCE AFINIDAD.

TEASER:

It was no secret for Irene that Nikos is angry with her. But that did not stop Irene from getting closer to Nikos – the man who was almost her brother. Over the years he has loved Nikos as a man. Even if that love seems to be forbidden, all that matters to her was that she loves him.
And he would do anything just to get Nikos. Even if in exchange for that, he would get more of his anger, which she wished that he would have just reciprocated with love.

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UNLIKE from his former comrades and fellow children at the Safe Haven Orphanage who were saddened by leaving the place, Nikolas Lance — or Nikos for many — was overjoyed.
He is an orphan and been staying at the orphanage since he was a baby. He grew up well and also well-treated, however, for him, having your own family is different.
And soon, he will have one – finally!
Few days from now, a Greek national couple will pick Nikos and take him to Santorini, Greece where they live. He will finally be adopted.
Nikos has also seen the couple Loukas and Iris Sallis several times. And on several visits, he knew that the couple love and adore him. He is lucky because the person who will adopt him are kind. They always say they like him and they cannot wait to get him and be their son.
Nikos was told that it was love at for Loukas and Iris when they saw him. The couple has long wanted to adopt a Filipino child because they have heard that Filipinos are kind. Because they had been married for several years and had no children, the couple decided to adopt.
Accompanied by a few foreigner friends who both also wanted to adopt, Nikos and Iris went to Safe Haven. Of the forty children in Safe Haven, Nikos was the favorite of Loukas and Iris. And he was one of six lucky children adopted by six foreigner couples who visited Safe Haven less than a year ago.
The possible adoption of Nikos and five other children who are almost the same age as his who also have become friends in the orphanage is called inter-country adoption. It is not that difficult especially and powerful people to adopt their six. Anyway, long process. There will be trial custody for six months.
Trial custody measures whether the adoptive parents can afford the adoption. It also measures whether the adoptive parents will be able to adjust to the new family. There are times when the adoptee still needs to live in the adoptive home. But in the case of the six of them it was not so. Their adoptive parents simply used their power to get through because of their busy schedule. They are rich and powerful people. It is just easy to make a way.
However, the adopters also showed that they are really capable by making several visits to them. In addition, the social workers also saw the willingness of the six to adopt them. The only thing that was done in the six months trial custody was to look at the ability of the adopters who were also successful. So far, their adoption is in the final process. Nikos' wait is about to end, as well as the waiting of his friends.
“I will miss you. I hope that even if we are far apart, we will still not forget about each other ”Augustus said dramatically. Same with Nikos, his friend will also go to Europe because a French national adopted him. “I hope we still have time for each other. Write to me, huh? ”
“Huh? How can we write to you? We still don't know each other's address, ”Jet asked. An old maid, a Spanish doctor, will adopt him.
"I will ask my future père et mere ," Augustus smiled as he tried to speak the language of his country of residence.
“It may not be difficult for us to still talk. Our adoptive parents will be friends. They live in different countries and have different nationalities. Then we can still contact each other because maybe they also have contact with each other, ”Ed theorized or they can call it“ Prince Ed ”because he will go to a Portuguese royal family. .
Vincent and Cedric nodded as Nikos left the Safe Haven Orphanage at the same time. Vincent will be adopted by a wealthy Korean couple while Cedric will be adopted by prolific painter in Italy.
Ed is correct in that theory, so Nikos is no longer sad that the six of them, who are almost siblings, will be separated in the orphanage.
All the nuns in the orphanage told them they were very lucky to be six because everyone who would adopt them was not just rich. They are known internationally for their career and business. They are sure that their future is very bright in the state of their adoptive parents. And what's even better is that they are friends. The foreign couples are part of an elite organization that helps orphaned children, so they got to know each other and thought of adopting the children. It was lucky that the place they have selected to adopt is the Philippines.
But for Nikos, it's not just because the rich will adopt him that he's lucky. The Sallis own the largest shipping company in Greece, so they are sure to have a future there. But what he wants most is to have his own family. Now he can have his own parents. He will have the identity he has long hoped for.

Nikos never met his parents. According to the nuns, he was found outside the orphanage when he was a baby. He was named Nikolas Lance and the surname used Afinidad is the surname of the former nun who heads the orphanage.
Now, the nun was dead but Nikos is still using the surname. For the past years, no one tried to adopt him. So for him he still has no real identity. But now it is changed, because of his adoption and adoptive parents. There are only a few and his papers can be processed. He can leave the country. He will be legally adopted by Loukas and Iris Sallis. His nationality will also be Greek.
He is happy because he finally has something to say about real family. He also has a feeling that his parents will love him. And most of all, he will also feel that his personality is complete because he will also have his own last name.
Aside from having a real “safe haven,” Nikos would also have his own identity. He is no longer Nikolas Lance Afinidad who just lent personality. He will soon be Nikolas Lance Sallis.
A legal child. A legal person.