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The Secret Successor CHAPTER 17
Arnold staggered. (I don’t get it. Why would Fredrick do such a thing?) “This must be some kind of a mistake,” he quickly said. “I’ll call him right now.” He dialed Fredrick’s number but couldn’t reach it. He tried a couple more times, but the same thing happened. He looked at Tyler and said, “I’m calling. I’ll talk to him.”“You have the IQ of a spoon, dude,” Tyler bluntly said. “He probably already blocked your number. Don’t you get that? Or are you trying my patience?”Arnold’s expression froze like a fly stuck in a web.“This is what happens when you stay at someone’s house for free,” Tyler indifferently stated.“T-That’s not true,” Arnold had worked his ass off for Fredrick and his businesses. His efforts would surely cover the rent for this house. He was never leeching off of Fredrick. He had his pride to keep, after all. Even the car given to him by Fredrick was not a new car but a used car, and it wasn’t worth much. Still, Arnold used that car mostly to do Fredrick’s work than
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 18
If there was one thing that Russell and his siblings learned that day, it was that nobody would hesitate to humiliate you and your family if you were poor and didn’t have much influence.Arnold definitely had some influence in the neighborhood, but none of that mattered once Fredrick stopped supporting him. Even those who Arnold knew outside of Fredrick’s influence weren’t willing to give their support to him now.The humiliation and heartbreak they had to face after walking out of the house was much more compared to what Tyler had put them through.Arnold wanted to move to the town where Jennifer’s parents lived, but Jennifer was utterly against leaving the city. Besides, Arnold already owned a small farm house, so why should she and her children leave the city? That made no sense to her.In the end, she forced Arnold to move all the luggage to the farm where Russell’s mom, Elora, was living.Russell felt so happy as he would be able to live with his mother, but the moment Jennifer e
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 19
A young brunette in a long pony-tail was walking slowly, looking disheartened. Her bag felt all the more heavy today. This was Jessica, one of Russell’s schoolmates, and she used to be pretty close to Russell when they were kids, so close they exchanged lunch boxes and also used to greet each other every day with kisses. But that was all when they were in middle school.She was not tall like Natasha, and she didn’t know how to perfectly apply contour to her face, which Natash was extremely good at. She didn’t have money like Natasha. Her parents had divorced each other and stopped caring about her and her younger brother, so Jessica didn’t even have the chance to join a university. She had been working many part-time jobs to take care of herself and her douchebag of a younger brother.Jessica’s phone rang. It was a used mobile she bought from the one that was calling right now.“Hey, Jessie, where are you?” the one on the other side asked in a hurry.“Just walking. I lost my most-payi
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 20
Jessica was checking the online posts while heading home on foot. She never used a cab because it was too expensive. She used to have a bicycle, but her younger brother, Derek, had taken it this morning, so she had no other choice but to walk to work and to return home the same way. Right now, Jessica wasn’t worrying about the fact that she had to walk many blocks because the comments she was reading made her utterly furious. Irene: Natasha escaped hell by rejecting Russell because I still remember it vividly… he came in twenty seconds the first time we did it… and his timings only got worse afterward. Irene’s comment twisted Jessica’s gut. Irene was Russell’s first girlfriend; in fact, the only girlfriend he had until he eventually started dating Natasha. Irene used to be fat when she was in school. No boy would even look at her twice, even though she was always in the top 10 class rankings. On one January 1st, Irene asked Russell out on a date, and he accepted her. They dated for
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 21
Charlotte kept giving one reason after another as to why Russell wasn’t a good match for her. “Be it in terms of beauty, or wealth, or elegance, or talent, he’s nothing compared to you. The college he graduated at is a joke, and his job is even a bigger joke.”Kyra was utterly puzzled. “Weren’t you the one who chose him because he’s ‘part’ of the relatives?”“Yeah, but…” Charlotte then explained about the dog poo incident.“What?” Kyra was shocked. “He did such a thing?”“No matter how upset he may be, he has no right to smear your wedding dress with dog poo,” Charlotte had the look of disgust on her face. If Russell was around, she would have probably slapped him ten times and scolded him a thousand times. “Being upset doesn’t give him the right to insult and taunt us like this!”Kyra still couldn’t believe it. “But he seemed so genuine…”Charlotte stood and hugged her daughter. “We should be glad we came to know what type of a man he is before the marriage.”Kyra hugged her mother t
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 22
As Russell walked out with William, Jennifer was scolding the old maid vehemently. “You’ve done enough. We don’t want to waste money on you anymore. Just leave.”“How can you kick me out like this without prior intimation?” the old maid cried out. She was short and stout, but she was experienced at working. “And I haven't been paid the salary for the past six months.”“Weren’t you free-loading everything growing on the farm? And you want more?” Jennifer raised the frying pan in her hand, bent the old maid with force and struck her on the back with the pain.“AHH!” The old maid cried out harder. “My back!”Russell ran over to help the old maid.“Young Russell, this woman is trying to kill me so she wouldn’t need to pay my salary,” the old maid cringed in pain, still unable to stand straight.“I’ll do something about it, so why don’t you go home?”“Home? If I don’t take money with me, my sons won’t even let me into the house,” the old maid cried some more. “Please help me. Do something,
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 23
While Russell stood frozen, having received a completely different response from what he had expected, Liam didn’t say another word.Liam entered his car first, followed by William who made a slick, reverse U-turn around Russell before speeding up like a ghost in the wind. The car barely made any sound even though it went so fast.Russell had never seen someone handle the car so well, but he had more important things to care about than appreciate William’s driving skills.“They didn’t cancel the wedding?” his mouth widely opened, and his face regained a bit of glow. He believed that Jennifer was going to force Elora out of the house sooner or later, but now, he was sure Jennifer wouldn’t do it.He was elated by this. He ran into the house and sat by his mother’s bed and excitedly said, “Mom, the marriage wasn’t canceled. Liam himself personally came here and told me to properly get ready for the marriage.” Elora, however, didn’t seem surprised at all.“What? You don’t believe me?” Ru
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 24
Russell quickly said. “I don’t want to be a live-in son-in-law.”“Don’t be foolish,” Elora softly rebuked him. “There’s nothing wrong with being a live-in son-in-law.”“Then… I’ll take you with me,” Russell said. He didn’t want to let his mother live in the same house as Jennifer.Elora pitied her son’s innocence, as she knew there was zero probability of the Lynn family accepting for Elora to live in the Lynn estate. She touched Russell’s cheek again. “I know you’re going to do fine as a husband, but as your mother, there’s one thing I want to tell you: Don’t ever make your wife cry. It is better to never marry than to marry and make your partner cry.”“Mm,” Russell nodded a bit emotionally.Arnold, on the other hand, was not looking all that happy as he had made Elora cry in the past by having an affair with Jennifer even before Elora got sick, and now he was starting to wonder if Elora knew about it all along. And this sped up his heartbeat.Meanwhile, at Jessica’s house.Jessica