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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
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 302
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
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 304
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
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 306
James started coming to school after two months. None of his friends knew about him attempting suicide because it was kept secret, so they showered him with all sorts of questions. James didn’t even stay at home in the past two months but was taken to a trip outside, so it was easy for him to tell others that he was visiting the foreign countries these past two months. He even showed them pictures for proof.To his good or bad luck, Amelie didn’t come to school, but her classmates still kept talking about her.One of the friends told James about her, “You wouldn’t believe it. My cousin just happened to take me to a bachelor’s party, and there she was. Amelie along with a few pretty girls. They were picking guys off for the night. Nobody picked me, unfortunately, but my cousin said he had the greatest experience that night, and that those drunken girls were insatiable. I’m going to go to the next party and get a girl for myself and lose my virginity no matter what. Do you also want to
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 307
Russell, Elora, and Kyra had eaten fast food items at their home until they couldn’t eat anymore.Rekha was also there, but she didn’t participate because she had come here just after eating, so she felt quite unlucky. Still, she was planning to take the leftovers home.After finishing the meal, Elora took Russell out into the garden to speak privately.“I’m going out on a little journey,” she said.“What?” Russell looked confused. “Where? You just came, Mom. At least rest here for a few days.”“You have a beautiful wife, Russell. I don’t want to stick out like a sore thumb in this house,” she said, touching his cheek. “I’m not leaving permanently, so don’t resist me.”“Then…” Russell hesitantly said, “let me give you some money.”Elora smiled. “Okay, but no more than a thousand dollars. Otherwise, I won’t even take a penny.”“Alright,” Russell reluctantly nodded.“One more thing,” Elora leaned closer and whispered, “don’t distance yourself from your siblings. If they ask you for anyt
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 308
Gage helped Regan get back into his car and then gave him tablets and water. He also opened the car window so that Regan could breathe better.Regan was no longer crying, but his fists were clenched.“I can’t believe she’s so heartless that she wouldn’t give you a second chance,” Gage blurted in anger. “How could she act like this toward her own dad? Say whatever you want, Boss, but you shouldn’t beg her again. You’ve already done it three times now. Please don’t do it again. If I tell my dad that I let you cry on the street, he’ll kick me in the face and spit on me.”Regan began to rethink where it all started going wrong between him and his daughter. There were many times when he pissed her off, but probably, the worst of them all was when he told her he’d find her a partner he deemed worthy after getting the guy she was dating beaten by his bodyguards.“Even after all these years, she still kept all those things in her heart?” he squeezed his forehead with his fists.Meanwhile, Elo