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The Secret Successor CHAPTER 106
Once Liam was on the move, Roddick’s butler, Ivan, backed away from his operations as it was too risky to try and kill Russell now. “If worse comes to worst, both the Lynn and the Heller families will be fine, but I will be pushing up the daisies.”All Liam needed to do was make a few phone calls, and a hundred snipers were stationed around Russell’s home, while keeping themselves hidden on rooftops. Moreover, there were many new faces roaming in the neighborhood, and there was no way to tell who was working for him.Even for someone like Ivan who had so many resources, this was too risky a task, one that was doomed to fail.Liam met Lamiya who thought she’d be congratulated, but Liam slapped her and said, “You couldn’t even catch a single man. Your head is still on your shoulders because Russell is still alive. Now, get lost from my face.”Lamiya and her team left the scene, looking humiliated even though they were paid.Liam then came to meet Russell who was still in Madison’s home.
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 107
Russell opened his eyes much earlier than expected.William told him where he was and what had happened. The Bennett family wasn’t told about anything yet, whereas Madison and her husband were told to keep their mouths shut. William had already paid them 10,000 dollars.“Why would anyone want to kill me so badly?” Russell was still in shock, especially because the assassin had come wearing Jennifer’s mask.“The Lynn family has a lot of enemies,” William said in a neutral tone. “You’ve made some enemies recently, too.”Russell shook his head. “No. Natasha and Denver are not capable of doing something of this scale.”“You’re right. It’s not them.”“Then who is it?”“We didn’t find it out yet,” William showed the face of Edward on his mobile. “This is the guy that tried to kill you. He’s a trained assassin. Only millionaires can hire this type of guy. So it could be anybody who suffered because of the Lynn family’s rise in power.”“How do you intend to narrow down the list?” Russell coul
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 108
There was literally not a single soul in the street, except for Russell.Most kids would already be sleeping at this point. In fact, most of the people in the city itself would be sleeping.Russell, however, was walking quickly, ignoring the cold of the night and the sharp pain in his back.Like how sea waves vigorously seek the shore under the growing moonlight, he found himself going to such lengths to meet Jessica.Why?His heart was more chaotic than it ever was.Jessica had always been more than a friend to him. She was like family. If he said that the thought of sharing his life with Jessica never crossed his mind, he would be lying. He knew that his parents wouldn’t allow him to marry Jessica who didn’t have any family or background. Perhaps, that was why he subconsciously never allowed himself to love Jessica in a romantic way, but when she expressed her love to him this morning, he was left both shocked and speechless.Why couldn’t she say those ‘three’ words before Kyra came
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 109
The experience of getting slapped was nothing new to Russell. Both Arnold and Jennifer had given him a lot of experience regarding this, but Russell rarely ever got slapped by a girl his age. This was only the second time he got slapped by a young woman. The first time was when Natasha rejected his proposal.Naturally, more than getting shocked, Russell was mentally hurt for receiving a slap. Was it really this easy to slap one’s fiance? What could Kyra’s reason be for treating him like this?Russell could see that she was clearly angry with him.At the same time, Kyra could see that Russell was hurt by what she did. She frowned and looked a little guilty. “I… shouldn’t have hit you. I’m sorry.”Russell still looked hurt. Could a slap be erased with a simple sorry? Probably not. Hurting was always much easier than healing. For good or bad, could Russell ever forget this incident?Kyra, on the other hand, put herself in Russell’s shoes for a second, and that made her feel somewhat terr
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 110
The next morning.Jessica had ended up sleeping outside the house.“Ma’am,” someone patted Jessica’s shoulder, waking her up. She slowly looked up at him. He was a handsome pizza-delivery guy with a manly beard. He was the same guy that once stopped Russell from committing suicide.What was a pizza-delivery guy doing at her house? She immediately checked the time on her mobile. It was ten in the morning.“I didn’t order pizza,” she said, standing up. “Are you sure you are at the right address?”“Yes,” he politely said, putting two pizza boxes down. “It was ordered for Jessica by a guy named Derek. He already paid for everything. You must be Jessica, right?”“Yeah…” Jessica looked at the pizza boxes. They were from Rye’s Pizzas. “Uh, I don’t want them. Can you take them back? You don’t need to pay the money back.”The pizza-guy was surprised and kept staring at her face for a little while. “Is everything alright, Miss? I mean, you were sleeping outside.”“Everything is alright,” she re
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 111
A wedding even the billionaires would envy was taking place on the rooftop of the 77-floor building owned by the Lynn family.Every floor had something special prepared for the guests, whether it be top music artists performing or magicians ready to display all the tricks in their books. However, all those that entered the Lynn Tower were escorted by a pair of beautiful female and male escorts who were also couples in real life.The guests were taken to the elevator so they could head straight to the rooftop where the wedding was taking place. After the wedding finished, the guests could then explore the tower and be entertained for the rest of the day. This was the plan carefully crafted by Charlotte Lynn herself.Most of Russell’s friends weren’t invited as the Lynn family didn’t want his friends whispering and talking about Russell’s past before other guests.A Ferrari and a few top sports cars stopped outside the main entrance. Roddick and his friends got out of the cars, but inst
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 112
Before the wedding started, Liam told the Bennett family these words, “Stick to the script, but don’t talk about your past unless someone asks you. Lie as little as possible.”Arnold and Jennifer perfectly executed these words so much so they completely avoided talking about their past. Even when someone asked them what the Bennett family does these days for them to have gotten the attention of Liam Lynn, they just replied, “It’s not because of our greatness but because of our son. He and Kyra fell in love, and we were also distant relatives, so… things just worked out this way.”Even the billionaires couldn’t hide their envy toward Jennifer and Arnold and especially Russell.The rich young men who had their eyes on Kyra for a while now gave rough handshakes to Russell, and some even went out of their way to say, “you’re one lucky bastard,” though only joking on the surface.Russell countered them, saying, “There’s no such thing as luck. Every marriage is decided in heaven; so is mine
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 113
Unlike the rest of the Lynn tower, there were minimalistic designs used on the rooftop so as not to distract the guests from what they were supposed to look at. Not counting the wine and the honey cake that was being served, only a few thousand dollars were spent on the decorations and everything else one could see on the rooftop.There was a beautiful shade cast over the rooftop because of the clouds screening the sun. Nevertheless, Kyra looked more beautiful than the sun itself in her white wedding gown. Her smile overshadowed the bouquet of white flowers she was carrying. Most men and even women couldn’t take their eyes off Kyra. Jessica was no exception.However, none of these people had any idea what Kyra was going through. Locking hands with her Man of Honor, Roddick, whom she now knew was surely behind her late boyfriend’s death was nothing short of a nightmare.If it was possible, she wanted it to be someone else, but her parents insisted on Roddick being the one to escort her