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The Secret Successor CHAPTER 162
“Excuse me?” Jessica quickly sent daggers onto Gerald. “You think I’m a property for you to add as part of your deal?”“Don’t get me wrong, Miss. There are two things in the world that one shouldn’t be afraid to show,” Gerald said. “Muscles and emotions. And I’m expressing my emotions because I like you.”“You don’t even know me, and you are older than my father,” Jessica seethed. “How can you shamelessly say that you like me?”“When I was young, I looked up at the sky and asked the moon thousands of times to come into my hands, but it didn’t,” Gerald explained. “The first girl I had a crush on in high school refused my love proposal, saying I was too poor. She threw the 100 dollar ring I gave her like it was nothing. After that incident, I went into a shell and missed the days of my youth, spending all my time and effort on coding.” He looked at Jessica and said without blinking, “Will you believe me if I tell you I’m a virgin?”Jessica blinked twice. “Huh?” Was it even possible to t
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 163
It was a rough day for Jessica, mainly because of having to deal with Gerald and then to arrange Regan’s schedule for the coming week.In a span of a few hours, she talked with more than 200 people, and her whole head was aching at this point.Even though she was sitting most of the time, talking over the phone for more than four hours drained her both mentally and physically.In the evening, Blake was not only fired but was also made to apologize to her in front of other workers. Moreover, he was handed over to the police.Jessica didn’t feel sad for him because he deserved it.As she was leaving the building, Miley came to her and gave her a file and said, “A guy came in and told me to give this file to you on orders from Sir Regan.”“Our boss?” Jessica was puzzled, but she took the file.“Why don’t you open it?” Miley asked as there was a seal on the file.“Ha-ha-ha,” Jessica laughed and then patted Miley’s shoulder before saying, “No.”Miley pouted, then harrumphed and went back t
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 164
Jessica hesitantly asked Russell. “Can I stay here tonight?”“Sure,” he didn’t even wait to respond.“Thank you,” Jessica felt happy. She probably wouldn’t have asked him for this favor if Elora wasn’t living in the house. After all, Russell was a married man now. It wouldn’t be right for Jessica to stay in his house when no one else was present.“Why are you thanking me?” Russell angrily blurted. “You would have done the same if I was in your position. Let’s get inside.”“Yeah.”The first thing Jessica did after entering the house was to report the incident to Regan.Regan assured her he would deal with the stalker the next day and also told her to stay at a friend’s house for the night, just to be safe.Because the neighborhood Jessica lived in wasn’t a safe one, she had chosen to get down near the farmhouse where she knew Elora lived. She had no idea Russell was also here at the time, but that actually made it easy for her to make the stalker leave.Currently, Jessica was sitting d
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 165
Jessica slept alone in one room, whereas Russell slept in the hall, next to his mother’s bed.Jessica actually didn’t feel bad for him this time because she had told him he could sleep in the room, but he replied to her saying that he was a married man and that it wasn’t right for them to sleep in the same room, even with the doors open. His words made complete sense to her, but they also made her angry for some reason.Probably that’s why she woke up earlier than usual to leave without telling Russell. However, to her surprise, Russell woke up the moment she stepped out of the room.“Y-You’re awake?” Jessica’s heart jumped into her throat.“That guy might bother you again, so let me accompany you to your office,” Russell said.“Uh, okay,” Jessica ended up nodding.“You took a bath, right?” he asked.She shook her head while touching her ear.He sprayed some perfume on her. “This should do, for now.”She tried very hard to not get emotional because nobody had ever sprayed perfume on h
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 166
Russell and Jessica together arrived at the Creed Tech company.Miley, the receptionist, saw Russell and remembered him from the last time, and so she didn’t stop him this time. In fact, she showered a friendly smile as he went past her desk.Russell was surprised by her expression. “Hey, that woman is treating me differently this time because I’m walking next to you. It seems, they fear not just the boss but also his PA?”“I rarely meet them, so it’s not like what you think,” Jessica answered as they entered the elevator.“You’re being too humble. I can see some fear in their body language.”“Say what you want, but I’m trying to keep a low profile in the company. I don’t want to get into unnecessary trouble,” Jessica expressed her fears. “There are many rich people working in this company who don’t like the fact that I’m Mr. Regan’s assistant. A couple of them even tried to threaten me indirectly.”“What?” Russell was slack-jawed. “That’s too much. You should complain to your boss.”“
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 167
“Would you like to work under me?” Regan asked.Russell was not expecting such a question. He had faced many insults over the years, but this one was on a different level.Normally, nobody would ask the Lynn family’s son-in-law such a question. However, Russell wondered if Regan knew his roots and that he actually came from a mediocre family.Thinking along these lines, Russell took on the defensive mode. “Sir, I don’t have any experience with the business industry, and I didn’t marry Kyra because I had great ambilitions. I’m just a simple man. As long as days go by peacefully, I’ll be satisfied with my life.”“Simple man, huh…” Regan tossed a newspaper on the desk.Russell glanced down and saw the bottom section of the main page which had the heading ‘Russell Lynn Bets Small, Risks Big & Wins Bigger.’Russell frowned. (Dammit. I didn’t think the website would use Mr. Tom’s accomplishment as an opportunity to promote themselves. How can they do that without contacting me first? Was it
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 168
After Russell left the Creed Tech company, he didn’t go to his farmhouse. He took a bus ticket and went to where Arnold and Jennifer lived.Along the way, he had thought a lot about what his mother had said.Why didn’t Elora tell him what Arnold had done all these years? Did Elora and Arnold talk about it before? Did they fight? Was that the reason for their divorce? From what he knew, it felt impossible to piece things together.Whatever might have happened, Russell was clear about one thing. It was that Arnold had betrayed his mother.And he couldn’t just forget about that as if nothing ever happened.Perhaps, the reason why Elora revealed this to him was because he no longer needed to live in Arnold’s house?At any rate, Russell wanted to dig deeper into this issue, which was why he had decided to spend some time with the Bennett family.When Russell was walking in the neighborhood, many people greeted him. Even those who never even bothered to spare a glance at him in the past was
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 169
In Viola’s room.“Why did you come here, Brother?” Viola asked Russell while eating the cake. “Don’t tell me you missed me already?”“Don’t flatter yourself. I came here… just because…”“Just because… what?” Viola flirted with her eyebrows. “It’s okay. You can say it out loud that you love me more than you love yourself. I won’t mind it.”“You’ve become narcissistic in the few days I've been gone,” Russell pulled her hair. “You should stop spending too much time online.”“Aw! Stop!” she slapped his arm.“Alright,” he let go of her arm but then pulled her cheeks while the cake was in her mouth. As she suffered, he enjoyed it.She started crying, which forced him to let go of her cheeks.“Waterworks has always been your weapon since childhood,” Russell sighed and smiled. “Anyway, when are you going out on the trip?”“Tomorrow. Why?” she asked. “You want to come with me? If you really want to, I can talk to my teacher.”“Thanks but no,” Russell said. “I have some work to do here.”“Here?