Chapter 2: 50,000 Dollar Son-in-Law
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Updated : Jun 5th, 2025
Melanie insisted on marrying Idris. Vanessa had no choice but to force Idris to agree to marry into the Barker family.
For the 50,000 dollars, Idris agreed to become the Barker family's live-in son-in-law. Soon, everyone in Longburg was laughing at him.
People in Longburg started calling him "the 50,000-dollar son-in-law."
For the last three years, Idris lived in constant humiliation, but he had to suck it up because of a secret deal he made with Melanie.
Their agreement was that only Melanie could file for divorce during the first five years. After that, Idris would finally be free.
Idris thought he had to endure for two more years. Suddenly, his mother's landlord started kicking her out. He visited several rental agencies, but nobody would rent to her when they heard she was Idris's mother.
With no other options, Idris went home to beg Vanessa to let them stay for a few days, but she rejected him without a second thought.
"I should've seen this coming," Idris thought angrily. "She used to suck up to my parents all the time. Now that we've fallen, seeing my mom reminds her of how fake she used to be. Of course, she can't stand it."
What a trashy person.
But what could Idris do? He didn't even have a job. He was like a pet to the Barker family, or maybe even less. Who was he to complain?
Not long after, Idris rushed to his mother, Lyra Fraser's, apartment, boiling with rage.
All her stuff had been tossed out onto the street. To make things worse, a group of punks were trashing her things, laughing as they cut up her clothes with scissors.
One of the punks was about to cut up a photo when Lyra suddenly lunged at him. "Give that back!"
"No way!" the punk snickered, snipping the photo in half.
Lyra bit down hard on the punk's wrist, making him scream in pain before he lashed out and kicked her in the stomach.
Lyra cried out, but she gritted her teeth and managed to snatch back the half-ruined photo.
Tears welled in her eyes as she looked at the man in the picture. "Honey…"
The punk, seeing his wrist bleeding, lost it and slapped Lyra hard across the face.
"You bastard!" Idris charged in and tackled the punk to the ground. He punched him over and over until the guy passed out cold.
Idris freaked out the other punks, and they backed off right away.
Right then, a slick-looking young guy showed up.
"Idris, why put yourself through all this?" he sneered. "Just divorce Melanie, and I'll give you a million bucks. You and your mom can get a new place, and she won't have to dig through the trash anymore."
"So it was you, you piece of trash!" Idris recognized Alexander Doyle, the oldest son of Longburg's real estate big shot, Liam Doyle.
Alexander had always liked Melanie, but she wouldn't even look at him, which drove him crazy. Since he couldn't go after Idris, he took it out on Lyra instead.
That was just the kind of lowlife he was.
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