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“This friend of yours…” Kyra asked out of intrigue. “How is he/she doing now?”“Uh, well, he’s…” Jessica was saying.Russell suddenly coughed. “Excuse me,” he then drank some water.“He’s doing fine now,” Jessica said, stopping herself from telling Kyra that her friend was none other than Russell, because Russell didn’t seem to want Kyra to know that fact, at least not at the moment.“That’s good to hear,” Kyra had a warm smile on her face.Elora also loved what she heard and ended up applying extra butter on a sandwich and putting it on Jessica’s plate even though Jessica said her stomach was already almost full. “Don’t be shy and eat,” Elora told her.Jessica pursed her lips and said, ‘thank you,’ before picking up the sandwich. It reminded her of her childhood. “We used to eat lots of peanut butter together when we were in school, didn’t we, Russell?”“Pfft,” Russell ended up spitting whatever mixture that was in his mouth.It was only then Jessica realized that she got caught up i
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 299
The next morning.Jessica woke up early but still didn’t have the time to prepare breakfast for everyone. She said goodbye to Elora because she was not going to come to this house anymore because it didn’t feel appropriate. Moreover, Jessica didn’t want to keep her brother alone in the house for too long, and she also wanted to try a different method on treating her brother so he might just quit his bad habits and reform himself.Jessica didn’t get to say anything to Russell or Kyra because their room door was closed. Still, she left a small note that read ‘Wish you joy, peace, and lovely children.’Moments after she stuck that note on the door and left the house, Russell opened the door and ended up seeing the note.It made him feel guilty for some reason. He squeezed the note in his hand and then realized that his mother was watching.“Ahem, Mom, when did you wake up?” He tried to smile and act like nothing was wrong.“My health is improving, so I’m waking up early these days,” Elor
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 300
Two months later.Kyra was still in the farm house, watching the business news. The anchor said, “A big blow to Liam Lynn as he loses the oil and gas tenders. He lost the bid to Brendon Conreid, the eldest son of Parul Conreid, the richest man in the country. The surprising thing is that he only lost by 1 dollar margin. Is it a coincidence, or… what do you think?”Kyra’s expression turned dark. “1 dollar? These bastards couldn’t defeat my dad directly, so they’re bribing the government officials now? What web portal conducted these tenders?”In the past two months, Liam was targeted by not just Brendon Conreid, but also every person that Liam had contacted and shared information with in the past one year.Kyra was smart enough to doubt everyone, and the person she suspected the most was none other than her own mother. Charlotte would know more about Liam’s contacts and meetings because William worked for her as well as her husband.“I can’t believe she’s now joined hands with others a
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 301
In a forest, the seven-year-old Natasha was hiding in a bush, breathing very slowly while her eyes peeked through the gaps between the leaves. A rabbit passed by very close to the bush, but it didn’t sense her.“He’s taking too long,” she thought. “I’ve been in this squatting position for over forty minutes now. Where is he?”“Behind you,” a voice whispered, startling the heck out of Natasha.“Kyaaa!” she jumped out of the bush in fright.Russell rose out of the bush and laughed till his stomach hurt.“W-When did you get behind me?” She was in shock. “How come I didn’t hear you?”“That’s because I entered the bush exactly when you entered it,” Russell replied, smiling.“Wait…” sweat fought for places on Natasha’s forehead. “You mean to tell me… you’ve been right behind me the entire time?” She gasped in shock. It had been so long since someone completely overwhelmed her. The last time was when she was four years old, when Raquel shocked her by defeating a grown tiger with his little f
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Russell came home in the evening. It had been three days since he last saw Kyra, so he went into the bedroom.To his surprise, Kyra wasn’t alone. There were almost a dozen female friends that had completely filled the room. For a second, he felt overwhelmed. “Sorry,” he said and was leaving.“Russell, where are you going?” Kyra called him. “Come here, let me introduce you to my friends.”“I remember some of them,” Russell said, smiling slightly. “They came to your grandmother’s wedding, I mean, birthday.”Some of them chuckled at his mistake.Russell felt more than a little awkward because twenty four foreign eyes were staring at him with different intentions.Kyra introduced them one by one. All of them gave him proper handshakes. Some asked him why he wasn’t wearing any jewelry except the wedding ring and also told him that Kyra also didn’t wear jewelry, so they were made for each other.Russell then said, “Kyra is stunning as she is. What’s the need for jewelry?”“You’re right.” So
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 303
A lovely, long kiss it was.It probably lasted more than a minute. Russell even went on to kiss Kyra’s face. Cheeks, forehead, eyes, nose, and chin. He kissed everywhere purely on instinct, driven by his soul. He didn’t rush it and kissed her firmly every time, and it was Kyra’s first time getting kissed on her face like that. Even her mother never kissed her, so it felt pleasantly thrilling.However, when Russell’s head moved lower, she grabbed his head and brought it up. “No. It’s not time for that yet.”“It’s been almost three months since we married,” he said, his eyes yearning for things. “It’s been sixty days since that unfortunate incident. Isn’t it time you move on?”“I already moved on from that, Russell,” Kyra voiced her mind, “but… I’m not ready for that yet.”“Why? Don’t tell me, you still can’t forget Trevor?”“Not, that’s not it.”“Then what?” Russell sounded a little frustrated. He was being so patient with her, but she was not giving him the one thing that he had been
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Russell grabbed the tree trunk and shook it.“Wait, wait,” Kyra was saying in a hurry, but then the guavas fell all around her. One of the guavas even crashed on her head, making her hiss in pain. “Aw!”“I’m sorry!” Russell hurried over and started blowing air on top of her head, which suddenly took Kyra to her school days when some of her friends used to do that. His gesture made her forget the pain. She wanted him to keep doing that. After half-minute, he stopped blowing air and gently kissed her on that spot. It felt like his lips sucked some of the pain away. “Is it still hurting?”“It’s still lingering,” she said.He kissed her again. “Now?”She smiled. “It’s gone.” To thank his efforts, she planted a kiss on his hands with which he had shaken the tree. “Your hands look soft from afar, but they are rough.”“I’ve gone through a hellish training in the Agnar clan’s grounds,” Russell replied. “I think I can fight a bear now.”Kyra chuckled. “You surely jest.” she pinched his cheek.
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 305
Russell was outside the farm house, ordering pizzas, burgers, and other fast food from online delivery services. It had been many decades since his mother had eaten a pizza with spices added, so he felt really driven to make her eat the best fast food items. Right now, she very much seemed capable of eating fast food, after all.Inside the farmhouse.“I’ve been a little rude to you,” Kyra pursed her lips. “I’m sorry.”“You are like a daughter to me, and daughters can be rude to their mothers sometimes,” Elora replied, “because who else is going to bear with them?”Kyra smiled in response. “Uh, you are going to look for a job, right? How about I give you a recommendation? It will make things easier.”“I’ll figure something out on my own, Kyra, so don’t worry about me,” Elora said. “And I’m not going to stay here for long and bother your privacy. I’ll leave after eating whatever Russell is ordering.”“You can stay here for a few days until you find a job, Mother-in-law,” Kyra hesitantly