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Russell was excited about the dinner until Jessica called. After talking with her, his mood changed.“I shouldn’t jump the gun quickly. I will first see what kind of a deal Regan offers and then decide if he’s really trying to help or just purely doing business.”After all, Russell had gone out of his way to tell Regan that he’d owe him one if he were to help him with this lease deal.“I can see why adults wish they stayed as children because there’s too much going on in the adult world. Too many people constantly try to harm each other through unethical means in the name of competition and what not. Heck, you can’t even trust your own family because they have so many lies hidden in their heart that they’ll never reveal their true self to you,” he briefly thought about his father. “I don’t want to end up like him, who’s hiding big secrets in his heart.”Just then, Elora called him from the hall.“I’m coming, Mom,” he replied, though not in a loud voice because his health condition sti
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“Shut up, and get lost,” Elora’s words stunned both Russell and Rekha.Regan sat right where he was, but he tried not to look unhappy, though his mouth slightly turned down.“M-Mom!” Russell quickly said, “what are you doing?”“I was just joking, Russell,” Elora forced out a laugh. “Did you not like it?”“J-Joking?” Russell looked confused. Surely, she didn’t look like she was joking.“It’s been so long since I joked, and from my son’s reaction, I think I came across as a bit harsh,” Elora said, trying to get up from the bed. Russell helped her. She sat up. Regan was on her left, still sitting in the chair, and Russell was on his right, standing. “You can leave, Rekha. I’ll take care of the guest,” she said.“Uh…” Rekha looked at Russell for confirmation. Since he nodded his head, she had to walk out without saying another word. She actually wanted to be there to impress either Russell or Regan so she could become a maid in a rich family. Now, her hopes began to turn into vapor.Elora
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Regan made Russell wait for his reply before nodding in agreement. “We can keep it a secret. Since you’re okay with the deal. I’ll send papers tomorrow.”Russell was relieved to hear that.Elora didn’t like how Regan was being so selfish when making a deal with his own grandson. (What’s his plan? Secret or not, it’s going to come out sooner or later. Is he trying to make the Lynn family hate him so that it’ll be easier to attract Russell to come to his side? Tsk, if only I was able to work, I wouldn’t let my son be toyed with by these selfish people. I would have let him live peacefully under my roof.)A few seconds of silence passed.“So, Mr. Regan, what do you do?” Elora asked him on purpose. “Do you live with your children now?”Regan’s expression slightly changed. His gut twisted a little as he spoke, “My son and his family died in an accident, so I’m living by myself right now.”Russell was shocked to hear that. “I’m so sorry.”“It’s okay. What happened brought me down to the rea
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On that night, Regan went home and watched the old videos of his children in a home theater with no one but wine for company.Memories flashed right before his mind. He gave his son everything he wanted, but he didn’t give his daughter all that she asked of him. He spoiled his son by giving too much most of the time. Perhaps, because of that, his son didn’t learn some things that Regan had in his childhood.“I couldn’t depend on my parents much. Life was rough in my childhood. I thought I shouldn’t let my son go through the adversities that I had, and I ignored my daughter, thinking she doesn’t play an important role in achieving my goals.“But I regret thinking that way. Sons should be put through tough work, so that it builds them for facing the challenges outside, whereas daughters should be protected and preserved so that they can support their husbands and families later on.“By the time I realized this, I became alone...”It wasn’t that Regan ignored Elora with a reason. It was
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Russell was aghast after he ended up spitting the medicine in Sansa’s face, but he was even more astonished to see Jessica at the door.Jessica silently came and sat down in the chair and pulled the documents out of the file. “If you read these and sign them, I’ll be on my way,” she said, looking Russell in the eye, “so you can continue playing with your ‘juvenile’ maid.” Even though she had put on a poker face, her eyes were oozing out anger and jealousy.“I’m not a minor,” Sansa said, wiping her face clean with a towel. “And I’m not a maid, either.”“Yes, Jessica. She’s a nurse,” Russell quickly explained while struggling to get off the bed. “My father-in-law selected her because she’s exceptional when it comes to healing even crazy injuries.”“Oh, I can definitely see that,” Jessica said icily, squinting her eyes and giving a mildly threatening gaze at Sansa. “Fighting the patient who got stabbed three times is considered exceptional treatment these days.”“Who is this woman?” Sans
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“Can I take this for a ride? Just once,” Sansa innocently scratched his shoulder, which reminded him of Viola who would also slightly pull his shirt near the shoulder whenever she wanted a little favor from him.“Sure, but be careful,” he gave the keys to Sansa.“Thank you, Bro!” Sansa quickly planted a kiss on his cheek, taking him by surprise. And then she quickly drove away on the bike, making loud noise with the engine by purposely accelerating it. The street dogs began to chase her, but she increased the engine noise and scared the dogs into running away.Once Sansa cornered and left his sight, Russell looked at Jessica who was shooting daggers.“I-I didn’t think she’d kiss me, to be honest,” he tried to explain himself.“Why are you telling me that?” she barked softly as she left in a different way. “I’m not your wife. You can get kissed by a pig if you want and see if I give a damn.”Russell sighed. After Jessica left his sight, he walked back into the house, “Where am I going
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Russell’s phone rang. It was Kyra calling.“I’ll be outside,” William said and left.Russell’s eyes lit up initially, but then he remembered just how many times he had called but received no response from Kyra. His ego told him to not answer, but his responsibility as her husband told him otherwise.In the end, he answered the call. A few seconds of silence passed.“Did you cry?” Kyra asked.“No,” Russell softly but quickly responded. “I would be lying if I said I wasn’t frustrated, but I didn’t cry.”“Your sister called me a few days back and told me how your father has treated you, and how you used to suffer a lot,” Kyra said, startling him. “She told me to not make you cry, but I was angry. That’s why I didn’t answer your calls. You know why I didn’t answer, right?”“Yeah, I think I do.”Kyra exhaled audibly. “I heard that you leased Tuna Waves?”Russell’s eyes slightly widened. (How did she know about it already? Did William tell her?) “I did. I thought it’s something I should do.
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In the Lynn estate.Charlotte and her sister Stacy were having a lavish dinner together.“Is Roddick still talking about Kyra?” Charlotte asked, ripping meat from the roasted chicken like a brute. There were no maids around but only her sister. There was no need for her to maintain etiquette right now, so even freely made chewing noises.“Yeah. He’s become like a child. He throws tantrums every time we meet at the table,” Stacy was shaking her head. “I knew he liked Kyra, but this is too much. She’s already married, for f*ck sake. And he has sex ten different women every week, and he still wants your daughter.”“That’s because he’s way too ambitious. He wants to own the Lynn family,” Charlotte remarked.Stacy forced out a smile. “He thinks he can still marry Kyra and turn her name to Kyra Heller. I told him that’s not going to happen, but he doesn’t listen to me.”“Liam wouldn’t allow his wealth to be buried under the name of the Heller family,” Charlotte sounded certain. “If only Rod
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A few weeks later.Charlotte was at her home, eating peanuts, which didn’t taste good on her tongue right now. It wasn’t the peanuts that had the issue, but her tongue and her mind.“Even the food isn’t going inside,” Charlotte pitifully said. She called Kyra’s mobile, but Kyra didn’t answer.Seconds later, Kyra sent a text message: Don’t bother me.“Tsk, she’s completely cut herself off,” Charlotte tossed the mobile away at the wall. “But she’s sticking with Liam and Russell when they’re not even related to her by blood. It doesn’t make any sense!”“Do you want me to kidnap her and bring her here?” William asked.“Do you want Liam to kill both of us?” Charlotte asked him back.“N-No.”“Forget about Liam…” Charlotte looked at the file in her hand. “This bastard Russell came up with such a clever contract. If I sign this, I’ll basically be giving up my shares in the company, but in return, I’ll earn in the billions.”“Since he’s going to trouble you anyway, he’s giving you a profitable
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CHAPTER 635
Jessica was never gifted so many chocolates by anybody before. She immediately hugged Russell with excitement. “You’re the best!”“Wait, they are not just for you,” Russell said. “You’ll be sharing these with everyone at the table.”“U-Uh, of course,” Jessica couldn’t smile as freely anymore because there weren’t multiples for some types of chocolates, and she didn’t want to give those away to others. “I-I will do it after we finish dinner,” she said. “I mean, if we eat chocolates before, then we won’t be able to eat the meal properly.”“You can just distribute them now,” Russell said.“U-Um,” Jessica reluctantly got up and began to distribute the chocolates to everyone at the table. But when she came to Russell, she didn’t put any chocolate on his plate.“Wait, you forgot me,” Russell said.She leaned in and whispered in his ear, “Didn’t you say that I AM your chocolate?”Russell blushed. “Ahem,” he quickly controlled his expression. “I see.”Jessica sat down. The waiters began to se
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A few nights later.At Tuna Waves restaurant.The entire top floor was booked by the Lynn family for the night.A large dining table was arranged in the center of the floor. Kyra was the first to attend, because she was the only one who arranged this dinner and invited the people she believed she should.As she waited a bit nervously, to her shock, Jessica was the first to arrive. She was dressed in her work attire and didn’t even have makeup on. Was she coming straight from work?Jessica sat down at a chair but didn’t speak to Kyra and just waited.There was an awkward atmosphere between these two.“I’m not going to eat you, so you can talk,” Kyra voiced her mind. “You came here early so that you can make sure nothing ‘strange’ happens, right?”“Well, I have to protect my guy,” Jessica replied, putting her mobile down, “so that I won’t lose him again.”“Don’t worry then. I think of Liam as my dad, so Russell becomes my brother now,” Kyra stated. “I can’t marry my brother now, can I?”
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CHAPTER 633
Other than Arnold, nobody was told that Liam was Russell’s biological father, as Elora and Liam just didn’t feel the need to do so.They believed that revealing that truth now would only bring unnecessary complications.Elora felt like a lot of burden had been lifted off her heart after she told Arnold the truth.Russell also felt happy that Viola was talking to him. Though James was still clouded by his anger, Russell didn’t feel bad about it as James was known for his impulsive behavior.Russell believed that James would understand with time.Liam and Elora went away in a different car, whereas Russell left in his Boyen Redemption. Driving with an injured hand wasn’t easy, but he somehow managed it and got home.Regan was talking with Gage’s dad and introduced him to Russell. “This is the man I trust the most in the world. He’s your friend Gage’s father. His name is Steven.”Russell saw that Steven’s eyes were completely white. “Nice to meet you, Steven?” he looked at Regan. “Is he b
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“I don’t get it. Why do you want to marry her of all people?” Teresa asked quickly. “She’s been sick for decades, and no one knows when she might get sick again and die, not that I’m wishing for it, but I’m just stating the possibility. In addition to that, Russell is already your son-in-law, isn’t he? So, if you marry his mother now, what will the world think of it?”Liam smiled and asked her, “You think I didn’t consider all those things?”“U-Uh…” Teresa didn’t know what to say because he looked calm despite everything she had just said. She looked at Elora. “Are you not going to eat anything?”“No, I’m full,” Elora said, even though the real reason she refused was because she didn’t want to eat what was brought by Jennifer. Elora then glanced at Arnold. “Can we talk privately?”Arnold was not expecting that. Without even looking at Teresa or Jennifer, he said, “Sure. Why not?”Jennifer didn’t want them to talk, but all she could do was stand there and watch as Arnold and Elora walk
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CHAPTER 631
Charlotte left the hospital, but on her way home, she received pictures from one of her friends.And these were pictures of Liam and Elora eating at a restaurant.“Stop the car,” Charlotte said.William quickly pressed the brake. He looked back, and Charlotte was fuming.She felt like her body was set on fire. She wasn’t able to stand it.“How can he…”Seeing Liam hold some other woman’s hand, she wasn't able to digest it and pulled her hair with one hand. “Fuck! This isn’t happening. Fuck! Fuck!”“What’s wrong, ma’am?” William quickly asked.“He’s getting away from me,” she said angrily as well as sadly. “He’s really getting away from me.”One mistake cost her everything.Her husband, her daughter, and even her sister, all of them moved away from her.The only person that was still with her was William.“Why won’t you also leave my side?” she asked him.“Does a dog ever leave the side of its master?” he said. “They may be manipulative, abusive, but the dog still loves its master.”Ch
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“Fuck off, bitch,” Natasha pressed the trigger.However, nothing happened.Jessica thought she died, but she didn’t. She quickly recovered from the mental shock and slapped Natasha’s hand, making the gun fall out of her hand. “That’s an autoloader. You should manually cock for the first shot for it to be fired.” She kicked Natasha in the gut as hard as she could.Jessica was a very powerful woman, and so her kick sent Natasha crashing back violently.Jessica then sat on Natasha and began to hit her.“W-Wait,” Natasha tried to speak. “That gun wasn’t loaded.”“You expect me to believe that?” Jessica began to punch her face repeatedly, making her lips rupture and bleed. Still, she didn’t stop and kept going.The other employees gathered around. One of them picked up the revolver and checked for the bullets. “Ma’am, this gun really is empty.”Jessica was a bit shocked to hear that. “What?”“I told you…you fucking bitch!” Natasha grabbed Jessica’s throat and squeezed it. “I’ll kill you fo
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“Aww,” Elora crashed on the floor and cringed in pain. Liam rushed over to help her and tried to help her get up, but she got up on her own, saying, “I’m not that old yet.”“I never said you were,” Liam put forward the bouquet of lilies.“What the… too white and bright,” she blurted. “Your taste sucks.”Liam was shocked because it was Russell’s suggestion.Elora plucked just one lily from the bouquet and smelled it. “Anyway, what brought the great Liam Lynn here. There’s no child in this house, you know.”Liam’s expression suddenly hardened. Whether she was trying to mock him or was purposely trying to tease him, it felt like a joke that went too far. However, he saw not a ounce of negativity in Elora’s eyes. It was as if she was testing him to see how he’d react. “My child, no, our child is in this house, is he not?” Liam replied.Elora somewhat smiled. “Yeah, he is upstairs. You can go and talk to him.” She sat back on the couch. “If you move out of the way, I’ll watch the TV. The c
