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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
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 25
Fredrick wasn’t able to eat well even though he had no tooth pain. He wasn’t able to sleep well even though there were no bugs in his bed. He wasn’t able to even sit peacefully in his house after hearing that Arnold and his family moved back to the duplex house, his duplex house which he owned until very recently. It was now owned by Arnold Bennett, which he couldn’t digest. He had been in a bad mood ever since hearing that Tyler himself had gone to Arnold’s farm house and begged him to return to the old house. “I shouldn’t have sold the house to that dog!” When his wife, Diana, tried to bring him coffee, biscuits, or meals repeatedly even when he told her not to, he got angry and threw the coffee in her face. Though she got angry, she controlled herself and said, “Why do you not want to see Arnold prosper? Isn’t he your best friend? Didn’t he help you with money in the past?” “Stop trying to preach to me and clean the floor,” Fredrick snorted. “And just to be clear, Arnold didn’t
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 26
Russell’s heart was broken by Natasha, not just because she rejected him but the way she rejected him, saying he was a fool to think she would marry him. She was the one who came to him and started dating him, and she was also the one who said he didn’t deserve to even dream about marrying her.Only Russell knew how much he cried after Natasha’s rejection. When he was driving back in his rented car, returning home after getting rejected, his eyes were clouded by tears, and his heart ached more than when he had buried his first pet cat and was walking away from its grave.Crying wasn’t anything new to Russell. He would often break into tears easier than women, and some of his classmates mocked him for that, but it wasn’t his fault that he was born with a sensitive heart.Even after many days had passed, and even though Russell thought he had forgotten Natasha and believed he was very much ready to move on with his life, his heart still felt like it was being squeezed when Denver put hi
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 27
Russell and Jessica had given the orders and were waiting outside the kitchen. She kept telling him how he should handle himself. “Don’t take too many orders to the table at a time. Just take one or two. The last thing you want to do is drop the food. And when you serve, if the guest is on your left, serve with your right hand and vice-versa. You want to get all the appetizers first and as fast as possible. Not one appetizer first and the others at some other time. It’s the same for the main dishes or the desserts. Keep everything simple.”They waited until the chefs prepared all the appetizers, and Jessica showed Russell how to carefully hold them. He followed her and took appetizers to other tables.The manager was keeping an eye on Jessica, and he liked how she led Russell. He had put them in the same team because she was experienced unlike Russell.Russell did work as a waiter in the past, but that was only at a cheap cafe, and he only used to serve coffee and bread. Nothing else.
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 28
Russell’s body was lowered in a way that made things easy for Denver. All he needed to do was raise his hand and meet Russell’s cheek, and he did that in an emphatic fashion with no hesitation whatsoever.This resulted in a slap so harsh and loud every customer in that wing stopped eating and looked in their direction.Russell touched his cheek in absolute shock. He might have expected Denver to be rude, but he definitely was not expecting such aggressive behavior.Before Russell could ask why he was hit, Denver began hissing, “What sort of a waiter are you? Don’t you even know how to prepare the table for the customers?”“What wrong did I do?” Russell still looked clueless.“You still don’t get it?” Denver pointed his finger downward. “Look under the table. What’s that leaf doing down there?”“L-Leaf?” Russell looked carefully, and yes, there was indeed a random leaf, but it was just a mere leaf, so why did he need to make a big ruckus out of it other than to purposely humiliate Russ
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 29
Manager Saxon’s face stiffened when Jessica put her name tag and apron in his hand in front of customers and other waiters. He calmly whispered in a deep voice, “Follow me. We need to talk.”Though Jessica didn’t like him, she had to follow him, as she had nothing to lose, or so she thought. Moreover, he had given her the job, so she wanted to pay the least bit of respect.However, after entering his room, Saxon closed the door and threw the name tag and apron in her face, shocking her. “You little bitch. You think you can shame me in front of everyone? Do I look that simple to you because I gave you the job without having you suck my dick? You can quit the job if you want, but I have your address and resume, and trust me, I’ll use my connections to utterly ruin your reputation and life.”Jessica deeply frowned. “I-I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have done that in front of others, but you can’t threaten me like this.”“I do whatever I want,” Saxon arrogantly replied, his voice sharp as a knife