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The Secret Successor CHAPTER 324
After Connie left, Russell didn’t enter the house but sat at the foyer and thought about how to get the upper hand over Stacy.At around eleven o’clock in the night, Russell received a phone call. It was from Liam.Russell hadn't spoken with him in over three weeks, so he answered quickly.“Hello, sir. How are you doing?” Russell asked with a smile.“Your voice sounds lively. Can I take it as a good sign that things are going smoothly between you and my daughter?” Liam asked.“To be honest, she’s mad at me because I messed up with the gas company,” Russell explained what had happened.“You’re still very new when it comes to running the company, so you couldn’t have guessed that Stacy would pull such a move,” Liam tried to comfort him. “Then again, Kyra is justifiably angry with you since you let your enemy get the upper hand over you both. Kyra is a bit like her mother in this regard, but she is nowhere near as manipulative as Charlotte, so don’t let distance increase between you two
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 325
Russell waited anxiously as the clock kept ticking.An hour had passed since he talked with Stacy and told her to come to his home with the documents and all, but there were no signs of them.Russell was getting sleepy, so he started walking to and fro in the garden so he wouldn’t fall asleep.At around 12:25 AM, the breeze was just starting to blow, making Russell feel good, but then he suddenly heard faint noises. He immediately looked toward the border wall, where two masked men had just jumped over the walls.Seeing Russell outside, they immediately took their guns out and shot at him.Russell’s body reacted on its own, and he ran over to the Alpha Wolfe car, which was able to repel the bullets without even taking a scratch.Russell’s heart was racing as the two assassins carefully approached him from either side of the car. He could hear their footsteps. He wanted to get under the car, but there wasn’t enough space for a human to freely fit under the luxury sports car. Under extr
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 326
William had taken care of the dead bodies of the two assassins, not by himself but by calling what he referred to as ‘Twin Cleaners.’These Twin Cleaners were part of a very big organization whose name that even William didn’t know of.But William made sure to tell Russell to not look them in the eye for long.The Twin Cleaners came wearing traditional outfits of detectives with the hat, the long suit, and the hard boots. One of them threw the bodies in their van, whereas the other poured some kind of a detergent on the ground, and it naturally sucked all the blood and evaporated on its own.Russell’s jaw dropped because he had never seen something like this before. Moreover, the pavement looked completely clean. Not a single drop of blood could be seen on the floor anymore. Russell couldn’t believe his eyes, even though he had seen some crazy things while training in the Agnar clan.Russell asked them if William paid them or not. They made a ‘thumbs up’ gesture before leaving.“They
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 327
Russell’s first demand jerked one of Stacy's eyebrows.“It’s very pleasing to see a beautiful woman like you getting angry,” Russell teased Stacy on purpose. “Anyway, my second demand is… you should write on a document that you’re never going to bother me or Kyra in any way or form for the rest of your life, and in return, I and Kyra will take your son’s secret to our graves. Of course, I will also write that in the document as you deem fit. Whoever breaks the rule first will have to pay the other party half of their net worth.”“WHAT?” Ivan raised his voice. “What sort of a joke is this? You and your wife own a few billion dollars, but my madam owns thousands of billions. She’s a trillionaire. You can’t ask for even a hundredth of her wealth!”“Did I say I was requesting?” Russell asked. “No. I’m demanding, guys.” He unlocked his mobile and showed them the surveillance footage of the assassins attacking him, and he also showed the voice recording of him and Stacy talking over the pho
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Stacy felt like snakes and centipedes crawled on her skin every time Russell called her aunty.Kyra was the only person who called her Aunt, but Kyra was a woman, so Stacy never felt bad. However, no man ever addressed her this way, so her ego took a big slap whenever he casually called her Aunty.“You’re right, Russell,” Stacy forced herself to smile. “I can always buy land at some other place, but I can’t restore my son’s image once it goes down the drain.” Roddick was her only child, and she didn’t want him to be mocked by the whole world, as it would not just affect Roddick but also the Heller family as a whole.“Does that mean you agree with this deal?” Russell asked.Stacy put her hand forward. He shook her hand, but to his surprise, she didn’t let go of him. Her grip was rather firm.“We all have one life, so don’t let it slip away from your hand, Russell,” Stacy advised. “Everybody experiences hardships, but only those who walk past their tears and continually seek success wil
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 329
Many things changed overnight. Some were born into this world, whereas some booked their spots in the graveyard. Some lives took abrupt turns unforeseen by any astrologer out there.In the same way, Denver had once again experienced that scary truth that it would only take one wrong move for the king to become a beggar. He thought he would be safe if he were to take the side of Ivan and that he could keep his father and himself not the target of the Heller family, but that same Heller family threatened him and took his shares away and also the house that he bought just yesterday.This whole event brought Denver and his dad Matthew to the streets. Denver wasn’t that sad for himself because he believed that he deserved it, but what did his father do? He didn’t want to see his father in such a pathetic situation where he seemingly lost all interest in life. Matthew’s heart and face seemed to have turned into a stone, and he neither smiled nor cried.Denver could only get angry at his mot
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 330
At the dining table, Russell explained everything that happened, excluding the detail that Stacy had sent assassins over to get him killed, probably because he thought it might make Kyra think of him as a killer.Kyra’s jaw stayed low until he finished talking. “Y-You’re kidding, right? You made Stacy give up her 46 acres of land that’s close to the river?”“The related documents are also in this file,” Russell pushed the file toward her. “I want to transfer the rights of that land to your name, too.”“Y-You what?” Kyra opened the file and checked all the documents, and Russell really arranged everything as he said. “This…” she didn’t know what to say. While she didn’t want Russell Gas company back because she had given it to Russell as a gift, she definitely felt greatly tempted to take Stacy’s land not just for the value it held but for the power it would give her over Stacy and many others. Owning that land would help her make a lot of new deals or close the unfinished deals. No ma
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 331
Russell and Kyra have come out on a date. This was the first time just the two of them were eating together at a restaurant in this city.Kyra had chosen Ducksbelly restaurant, which was the busiest restaurant during afternoons where business people would often make reservations days prior. Kyra booked the whole restaurant for the evening.Surrounded by beautiful candle lights, Russell and Kyra peacefully enjoyed dinner under the moon visible through the glass ceiling. This was romantic in its own way.“You look more handsome after a clean shave,” Kyra complimented him. She was wearing a dazzling pink gown that oozed elegance. The antique gold border was personalized to fit her taste. It cost her 8000 dollars just to get this dress customized.Russell slightly smiled. “You look great, too.” For some reason, he then remembered Jessica’s words who told him the exact opposite: You look more handsome now that you’ve grown a beard.Personally, he didn’t care if he had a beard or not, but d