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The Secret Successor CHAPTER 178
“Who are you?” The words that came out of Russell’s mouth shook Jessica’s heart for a second, but then she remembered that he was anesthetized.“You don’t remember me?” Jessica leaned forward. “I’m your—”“I know you…” Russell said in a slurred voice because of the drug effect. “You are my mom’s friend, aren’t you?”“Huh?” Jessica’s veins in her cheek throbbed. “Do I look old enough to be your mom’s friend?”“Mom, your friend is yelling at me,” he tried to speak loudly, but his condition didn’t allow it.“Stop,” Jessica put her hand on his mouth and glared at him. “I saved your life and even sacrificed my sleep for you. It’s NOT AT ALL right for you to call me your mom’s friend. Take back what you said, or I don’t know what I’ll do to you.”Russell looked at her a bit strangely and said, “I remember… You are my friend, aren’t you?” From the vacant look in his eyes, it was easy to tell that he didn’t remember anything. Seeing no response from her, he asked, “Wait, are you my girlfriend
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 179
“Are you the Janitor?”“Janitor, my ass,” Arnold came and sat down in the chair next to the patient’s bed. “Just because you’re angry at me, you’re now calling me a janitor. I've done all kinds of shady things for Fredrick over the years, but still, a janitor post is way below me.”“If you’re not a janitor, then what are you?” Russell innocently asked.“Mm?” Arnold felt that something wasn’t right. “Are you okay?”Russell didn’t answer but just kept staring at him.“You are angry at me, huh,” Arnold pressed his lips together. “I can understand your feelings. If I was in your place, I would have probably attacked my father. But, I’m thinking of apologizing to your mother, for everything. We all make mistakes. I’m not the only husband who cheated on his wife. Most men I know do that. Fredrick, included. It’s just an open-secret, really, that there’s no such thing as a loyal relationship in marriage anymore.“But I’m not saying that what I did isn’t a mistake. I shouldn’t have married El
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 180
Jessica didn’t go to her home but went to Elora’s house because going home in the middle of the night in her neighborhood wouldn’t be a smart thing to do. At the least, someone could mistake her to have become a prostitute and spread rumors. At worst, she might even get robbed right in front of her house.Elora let Jessica stay as long as she wanted, but Jessica couldn’t tell her about what had happened to Russell.Elora was under the impression that Russell must have gone to the Lynn family, though she was a bit angry that he didn’t even tell her that he was going back.Jessica slept on the same bed she had slept last night. It still smelled of Russell and made her feel strange. Yesterday, she felt comforted by the smell, but tonight that wasn’t the case. It didn’t just feel right, and so she slept on the floor instead.In Peter’s hospital.Russell was put to sleep, but with alcohol this time, as per Sam’s suggestion. While Liam and Arnold didn’t like that, Sam told them that alcohol
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 181
An earthquake with magnitude over 8 has struck Longst lake, causing widespread destruction, including a landslide that had cut right through the lake, making its waters pour out into the cracks of the earth.Most buildings either tilted or collapsed and left the entire community utterly destroyed and its people roofless.The trembling was felt even in Peter’s hospital that wasn’t far from the lake region, but the shaking wasn’t strong enough to make the building collapse. Still and all, the patients were all evacuated from the hospital.Liam, however, didn’t let him and his son-in-law be taken out. He stayed there, fully confident that the building wouldn’t fall, and it didn’t.After all, he knew the reason behind the earthquake was the president using a tectonic weapon to bring about an artificial earthquake to destroy the Longst lake for good.“I thought he’d pressure Matt by going after his business partners when I told him to erase Longst lake from the map, but he took it literall
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 182
“He doesn’t know that I’m his grandfather,” Regan explained in a bit of a harsh tone, “but that doesn’t matter. What matters is that you hurt my only grandson, and you need to be punished for that. Both of you. Firstly, we’ll start with the son.”Regan glanced at Gage, who unsheathed the sword in his hands, shocking the father and the son.“W-What’s that for?” Zebron gasped in horror.“You already know what it’s for,” Gage calmly stated. “Show me the arm that you stabbed Young Master Russell with, or I’ll chop both of your arms.”Two bodyguards came to Zeborn and freed his arms, but forcibly held both of his arms down on the table, and he couldn’t even resist against those big guys. What could a teenager do against men whose biceps were as big as his head?“No, no, no, please don’t!” Zebron cried out.“Stop this!” Matt yelled in rage. “I’ll give you whatever you want, so stop!”ZUP~!The sword sliced through both of Zebron’s biceps in one go and blood poured out. “AHHH!” The sheer sho
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 183
Matt and his son ran to the governor’s house for his protection so that he and his son could safely leave the country.The governor, Langdon Campbell, whose net worth known to the public was around five billion dollars, but unofficially, his assets were well worth over a hundred billion dollars. Both he and his son were actively involved in mafia and trafficking and arranging young women for rich people’s entertainment.Langdon and Matt were good friends, but right now, Langdon was so angry he wanted to slap both Matt and his son until they fully realized their mistakes.“Matt, it’s one thing if your son messed up because he’s ignorant, but why the f*ck did you start a fight with the Lynn family?” Langdon growled. “Liam is the kind of man who would cut your nose if you so much as sneeze at him intentionally. If you cause him any harm, he will not let you go until you pay for it dearly. Twenty years ago, one of his business rivals warned him over a phone call that he’d kidnap both his
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 184
A white Porsche stopped outside Peter’s hospital.Regan was the one in the driver’s seat. His hands were shivering, and he found it difficult to let go of the steering wheel. The fact that he lost his son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren in an unfortunate accident still haunted him to this day, and now, his only remaining successor was almost killed because of an arrogant teenager.Regan had never feared anything in this world until his son Bernard died, but when he buried his own son and grandchildren, he was so heartbroken he fainted on their graves.Waking up afterward was probably his biggest disappointment in his lifetime because he wished that he had died on that day.Ever since then, all the riches he earned didn’t please him.What was the point of owning a trillion dollars if he had no one to share dinner with when he got home after a successful day?While the memories of his son and his grandchildren haunted him every day and night, living a lonely life in the midst of many
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 185
When he was young, Regan lived for himself. But after his children were born, he found meaning in living for them. And so, their happiness brought him happiness as well. However, given that he was a short-tempered man, a big fight made his daughter leave his side, and he never knew that he would grow cold-hearted enough to not even look for his daughter for decades.Now, he knew very well that he had no right to talk to Elora, let alone talk to Russell and expect him to call him ‘grandpa.’Sitting outside the room, hearing his grandson talk, he felt satisfied for the time being, though he didn’t like how Roddick was mocking Russell.“Mark my words, Russell. I’m going to take Kyra from you,” Roddick assured, standing next to Russell’s bed. “And you’ll be able to do nothing about it.”“You think she’ll ever like you after I tell her that you killed her boyfriend?” Russell barked, and it made him cringe in pain.“Haha,” Roddick laughed a little. “You are an idiot, really. You think Kyra