Many months back.“Rustless? That’s a weird nickname,” Russell said, as he and Natasha were riding an elephant together.“But I like it! Because you are pure as gold,” Natasha said. “You don’t lose your shine.”“Shine?” Russell looked awkward. “What shine? Our classmates are already doing jobs and have their own cars, but I’m struggling with vlogging. Nobody watches my videos. I don’t even know what my future holds.”“Then why don’t you just do something better?” Natasha asked, while wrapping her arms around his waist from behind. She had to hold him tightly so she would not fall.“My mom told me I shouldn’t shy away from pursuing the path I want at least until I turn 30, which is probably why I still haven’t given up, maybe?” Russell wondered.“I know you want to succeed with your own potential doing what you’re passionate about, but if you ever need my help, just ask me, I’ll use my dad’s influence to get you recommended to a company,” she said.Russell frowned. “Sorry, that won’t b

It was dark outside when Elora woke up. The full moon could be seen through the window.To her added surprise, Russell had prepared a meal for her which he personally cooked.“How were you able to cook in this hotel?” Elora looked very shocked. “How did they allow it?”“They said we can cook as long as we’re using induction cookware,” Russell said. “So I bought some tools in the nearby supermarket and unpacked everything and cooked an egg and tomato dish for you. Taste it and tell me how it is.”Elora didn’t know what to say. “Russell… since when can you cook a full curry?” He had helped her with many things over the years, from making all kinds of healing potions, but he never cooked curry for her because he didn’t know. Jennifer never even allowed him into the kitchen, which Elora knew because Russell had told her about it decades ago. He didn’t bring that up after growing up, but she knew that Jennifer didn’t let him enter the kitchen even after he grew a mustache.How would a per

Elora and Russell talked for a long time that night, and he briefly told her that Natasha and her sister came to invite him to Skarlett’s wedding.Elora clearly told him to not go to that wedding, and that Natasha was the type of girl who wouldn’t spit on Russell even if he was burning! “She might even come after your life, so stay away from her.”“I don’t intend to go to that wedding, either. I don’t want to put my mental health at risk,” Russell said, “even if Kyra might attend the wedding.”Elora’s expression changed. “Kyra will be going?” she paused for a second. “Are you sure it’s completely done between both of you?” She knew very well that a lot had happened between them, but it was more due to misunderstandings and not due to big mistakes from each other. So, she believed that there might be a chance for them to end up together.Russell didn’t look too sure, either, but he said, “She’s the one in the wrong. If she doesn’t trust me with something like this, what’s the point of

Regan walked out of Teresa’s estate and entered his old Porsche car.“Where do you want to go now, Boss?” Gage asked. He didn’t like that Regan came here to meet Teresa because it was a risky thing to do. “Who do you want to meet this time?”“Let’s just go to a restaurant,” Regan said. “A humble one.”“Alright.” Gage drove for more than twenty minutes and stopped at Drake’s restaurant. It was neither small nor big, but it was quite busy. “Damn, there are a lot of people here. So, do you want me to choose another restaurant?”“No, this is fine. You stay here,” Regan said. “I want to eat alone.”“Okay, Boss. Put the goggles on so that no one recognizes you.”Regan, however, didn’t wear the goggles as he wasn’t in the mood.Regan entered the restaurant, walking slowly with the help of his stick. He looked around. There were no empty tables, so he waited for almost eight minutes before a table was freed. He quickly went there and sat at that empty table.A tall handsome youth, with the na

Skarlett leaned into her sister and hissed at her in a low voice, “Stop with your nonsense. Are you jealous that he’s handsome and he didn’t appreciate your beauty?”Natasha, however, did not even lend an ear to what her sister was saying. The moment she saw Russell and his mom happily eating what looked like ice cream, it stirred her gut. She didn’t like what she was seeing. How could they be so happy right now? How could they come into a restaurant like this and enjoy a meal together? Were they perhaps using the last bits of money they had to buy a nice meal for one last time? If not, did they steal from someone else and then came here to eat? As these kind of thoughts flooded her mind, she suddenly heard Jim’s voice.“We are providing meals for free until two o’clock thanks to one of our customers’ kindness,” Jim told Diana. “But I assure you that the quality will be just as high as you’d expect it.”“I don’t doubt you, Jim,” Diana smiled softly at him. “I’ve never once been disapp