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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?
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 170
Arnold wanted to put a piece of cake in his son’s mouth, but things totally didn’t go the way he expected they would.After Russell left, Jennifer came to his room and asked where Russell went. “Where’s your son? Why does the cake look like it hasn’t been touched?”“He knows about the past,” Arnold said, skipping Jennifer’s heart.“What? Y-You mean he knows about us?”“I don’t think he knows the full story, but he’s aware that I cheated on Elora,” Arnold’s jaw hardened. “I always had my doubts, but now I am sure that Elora knew it all along.”“That bitch…” Jennifer’s blood boiled pretty fast. “She waited all these years for an opportunity. Now that her son is married into a rich family, she spit out the truth! That cunning bitch! She has no gratitude that you let her stay in your house, Arnold. You should make her pay for this. We put a lot of hope in Russell. We can’t let that sick woman spoil our future.”Jennifer didn’t want Russell to ever know that it was actually Jennifer that A
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 171
The ten-floored hotel called Tuna Waves, best known for its international aqua dishes, was being auctioned this evening.Anybody who bought the auction ticket worth 1000 dollars was allowed to enter the auction hall on the tenth floor, which had a great view of the national park right next to it.Three years ago, Kyra bought this spectacular hotel built on the banks of Lake Longst, which was a massive draw for tourists. Lake Longst was one of the most popular tourist destinations of the country, especially for the rich, as everything was grand there.If there was any land that all the billionaires in the city would love to buy, then a plot around this lake would be among the top of their bucket list.So, Russell was wondering why Kyra was selling a hotel in that region, even though the hotel was running successfully.“She bought it for 31 million dollars back then. Now, the base price they’re selling for is 40 million,” Russell thought as he was traveling in a bus. “I wonder how many p
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 172
“Did you not just hear what we said?” the guards stopped and yelled at Russell as he tagged along instead of leaving the place.“I did, but I don’t know who this Matt Longst is,” Russell said, “so I’m not afraid of him.”The guards briefly looked at each other before saying, “The Longst family was the one who created this lake. They owned this whole region in the past. Even now, they own most of the buildings built around the lake. Nobody goes against them because if you do, you won’t be able to live in this region.”“That’s it?” Russell casually said. “You guys were afraid of a frog in a well?”“F-Frog in a well?” the guard’s eyes widened. “The Longst family are a noble family. They are multi-billionaires who rule this neighborhood. Nobody can leave this place without their permission, so you better get the hell out of here while you can. Consider yourself lucky that Zebron Longst is drunk, or you’d already be in trouble by now.”“So that brat’s name is Zebron, huh,” Russell walked