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Amelie was a curly-haired girl who appeared naive at first sight. Even her dressing style was modest, and so it was likely for her to be mistaken for a village girl.“What are you doing here?” Roddick asked her, a hint of intimidation flowing through his voice. “I’m sure you are supposed to be in school, but you’re having fun in the park.”Amelie couldn’t look into Roddick's eyes. Her mother worked as a maid at Roddick’s house, so she was very afraid of him telling her mother about seeing her in the zoo park.“I-I wasn’t having fun, sir. I came here to see animals,” Amelie responded, sweat forming on her neck.“Are you telling me that you came alone to roam this big-ass zoo all by yourself?” Roddick’s voice grew rough. “That’s highly unlikely. Your boyfriend is probably around here somewhere, so you can tell him to get on the bus. I wouldn’t tell your mom, so tell him to come over.”Amelie pressed her lips into a thin line.Natasha then signaled to Roddick that she would handle the gi
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The black limousine arrived at the Lynn estate.Liam helped Russell get out of the car, and the head maid Wendy was waiting outside to receive him.Russell’s eyes naturally looked for his wife, but she wasn’t anywhere to be found. His mother-in-law wasn’t here to receive him, either. Other than Wendy, both Dolly and Molly were also present. And they were smiling a bit weirdly. Russell wasn’t sure if they were excited or disappointed to see him. Either way, he couldn’t care about them right now.“I can walk by myself,” he told Wendy, and so she moved to the side and gave room for Russell to walk freely and on his own.Taking every single step carefully, Russell entered the estate, and the first thing he noticed was the flooring. There was a welcome sign arranged with flowers, and the tiles looked white again like they had in the past. It seemed like Charlotte had gotten the tiles treated.After Russell entered the hall and looked around, Liam smiled and patted his back gently. “Think o
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Now, Russell was not a devastatingly handsome man like Trevor or a lady charmer like Roddick, but the words he had said to Kyra just now touched her heart and made a good impression.So, when Russell closed his eyes and came toward her, she also closed her eyes and reciprocated in a similar fashion.“Russell Bennett,” just as their lips were about to touch, Charlotte’s voice reached their ears and stopped both of them. “Or Should I call you Russell Lynn?” A second later, Charlotte arrived at the doorstep and took a look at Russell in a slightly angry and condescending manner. “Instead of coming to my room first, you chose to come to your room so you could hide in here.”Russell couldn’t believe what Charlotte was saying. Shouldn’t she be waiting for him at the entrance when he comes home after many days? Then why was she turning that back on him as if it was his fault that he didn’t come to meet her?“He probably didn’t want to disturb you, Mom,” Kyra uttered.“You don’t say a word, K
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Molly, the second maid in the estate, cleaned the house pretty quickly. By the time Charlotte came downstairs for lunch, she could tell that the floor looked extra clean.“He mopped the floor by himself, right?” she cast a glance at Wendy.Wendy looked at Molly.“Y-Yes, Ma’am!” Molly, who was feeling tired, had to reply with extra energy. “I was with him throughout.”“Are you telling me he cleaned all the floors in two to three hours?” Charlotte raised her brow. “Who are you trying to fool?”Molly flinched. “H-He’s not as weak or hurt as you think, ma’am. He was able to clean pretty fast. He’s experienced with it.”Charlotte paused for a second and said, “He has cleaning experience, you say. Do you think your words make any sense? If he had that, why would he make a mess out of the flooring in the first place?”“M-Maybe, he’s not used to cleaning marble floors, ma’am,” Molly quickly replied.Charlotte bought those words. “That does make a little sense. He comes from a low background,
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At four in the evening.As per the schedule Sansa had given Russell, he should be sleeping right now. However, he was eating lunch together with Kyra.He consumed only liquid food even though there were half-dozen varieties before his eyes.“Tell me how you convinced Regan,” Kyra asked, eating fruits and boiled vegetables only because she was also following her own diet, “into giving Tuna Waves to us for such a low price? We may not get much profit with that hotel, but our prestige has been restored. In five years, people will forget about it. We will make them.”“I didn’t say any magical words with him, Kyra,” Russell spoke in a low voice because the maids were around. “He saw how the hotel was taken away from us, and then I got stabbed at the hotel, too, so, maybe, that’s why he thought of giving us the hotel for five years?”“Hmph, you think that old man has such a soft heart?” Kyra snorted. “The chances of seeing stars in the morning are higher than Regan being sympathetic.”“How
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Natasha was hoping to have a great day after posting the selfie taken with Russell on social media and then shortly deleting it afterward.However, she received a completely opposite response to what she had been expecting. Throughout the day, Kyra kept uploading pictures taken with Russell during their honeymoon.There were only a few women in the entire city that Natasha would feel inferior to, even when she wasn’t wearing makeup. One of those women would be Kyra Lynn.The fact that Kyra was posting pictures of her kissing Russell was something she couldn’t digest. Moreover, it seemed like she was taking care of him while he was wounded and lying in bed? This was utterly unexpected.To add salt to the wound, she also saw on the news channel that Ambigas was officially bought by the Lynn family, and its name was changed to Russell Gas.Natasha currently had a few million dollars in her bank as per her deal with Roddick, but what was her money worth compared to what Russell now owned?
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Russell slowly sucked in a deep breath and then knocked on the door.“Come in,” Charlotte’s voice reached him. He pushed the door open and entered.Charlotte was behind her working desk, typing something in her laptop using only one hand. “You said you can’t climb the stairs, and yet you’re here. What for?”“My job that Kyra called me here for is over, ma’am,” Russell nervously said. “I want to go back to the farmhouse until I fully recover. Kyra and I had already talked about this.”“Sure, you can go to your mom,” Charlotte replied in an icy tone, “but then you’ll need to forget about ever coming to this estate or talking with my daughter.”“W-What?” Russell’s face turned pale.“The reason you became Russell ‘Lynn’ is so that you’ll put Lynns above everyone else,” Charlotte bluntly said while keeping him standing. “As a husband, you should act like you have no one else but Kyra in your heart. As a son-in-law, you should act like Liam and I are above everyone else in the world. Your m
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The next morning.Russell’s timetable here changed completely, though Sansa wasn’t yet told about it.William began to teach more about business. “What Young Lady does mostly is invest in things that earn her higher returns. Two to five times on average.”“Yeah. I already figured that out. When we were traveling, she bought a house near the beach for a few hours and then sold it for a higher price while leaving,” Russell replied, “though I don’t think she sold it for twice the price.”“Well, that’s a short term deal, but if you take Tuna Waves as an example,” William explained, “it could have sold for at least fifty million dollars.”“She bought it for 31 million, so she’d have earned at least 19 million dollars. That’s not much profit as per your standards,” Russell opined.“Yes, but it’s close. That’s the profit margin you’ll get with the real estate business. One to three times profit is what you get most of the time, so if you want higher margins, you should go for companies, espe
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THANK YOU:: The Secret Successor has found his family as well as his love! There’s no one more lucky in the world than one who has a family that loves them. They don’t say blood is thicker than water for no reason. But I’d say, love is even thicker than blood. So, Russell is lucky to have a loving mom, dad, grandfather, and a childhood girlfriend. How lucky are you in your life in terms of relationships? Do you have people who support you when you are down? I hope so. I started the novel with the thought of finishing it in 500 chapters, but it took this long. To all those who read every chapter and reached this page… you have my humble and grateful thanks. A big thanks to reader Oyewale Gabriel for your immense support. And then to Mickey Ritch for your votes as well as comment support. Next is Ricky, who is one of the earliest readers of this novel. Good to still see you around. To Charlie Mcmillen, who has a silent but strong presence, you have my Mcvery thanks. And then, we hav
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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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CHAPTER 634
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
