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The Secret Successor CHAPTER 37
Jessica was bringing buckets of water from the neighbor’s well as the pipes in her house busted, and she had no running water. She had already told the owner, Harvey, a 62-year-old man, but he was indirectly asking her to give him a quick blowie. Harvey had always been a pervert, and he had tried to seduce Jessica’s mother as well, but her mother found someone much richer and settled with him. She never came to check up on Jessica or her younger brother, which deeply affected Derek, to say the least.Jessica wasn’t troubled by all this. At least she didn’t appear to be troubled. Having a new headache everyday had been a big part of her life, and she got used to it.She took a quick bath and then prayed to God for food and for the pipes in her house to get repaired soon.And then she bought a couple of chocolates, ate one, and then attended an interview at a prestigious burger shop.The manager was a 45-year-old man who kept staring at her weirdly when she explained her experience with
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 38
Russell returned home. The one being that would usually come to greet him was nowhere to be seen.Straight away, he felt terrible. He didn’t enter the house but went to the small dog house. It had a blanket with bone designs. Perro liked the blanket so much he wouldn’t even let Russell take that for getting it washed.He would tell Viola to take the blanket when he took Perro out for a walk, and Perro would make a lot of fuss after coming home. The amount of sass he would show, no other dog would probably be able to come close to him.But all of that is past now.“Denver Dankworth…” Russell clenched his fists. “You’re not going to get away with what you did.”Russell then went to find a part-time job as he had a debt to pay for having paid Nora her salary.He tried a walk-in interview for babysitters. He particularly chose that job because he didn’t want Kyra to see him working.He got the job to work in an apartment’s room. He had to babysit siblings that were three and four years ol
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 39
The next morning.Jessica spent the last night without eating anything. She was so hungry she couldn’t even sleep. To add to her stress, her brother didn’t come home until dawn. When she asked him where he went, he put thirty dollars in her hand. When she asked how he earned the money, he didn’t answer.“You didn’t steal from a beggar, did you?” Jessica demanded an answer. He went into his room and shut his door. She put the money outside. “I’m not spending it until I know how you earned it.” Saying that, she went out, looking for a new job yet again.Her mobile rang. It was Irene calling.“Hey, I’m heading out to look for a job,” Jessica answered. “We’ll talk later.”“Actually, I called you to tell you there’s a walk-in interview for a CEO’s PA post for a tech company,” Irene excitedly said. “Are you interested?”“PA?” Jessica shook her head. “Is the CEO a female?”“I think it’s a male.”“Then, no. I’m not interested in working as a personal assistant for some male.”“Hey, beggars ca
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“Miss,” the old beggar hesitantly asked, “can you hear me?”“Oh, I can very much hear your heartbeat,” Jessica replied, controlling herself from hissing at him. She and her brother were always very close to ending up on the streets, so she could totally understand the act that the beggar was putting up. “I know you must be going through a tough period, but if you think that will justify anything and everything you do, then you’re gravely mistaken.”“I-I don’t understand what you’re talking about, Miss,” the old beggar looked confused.“I know you get what I meant,” Jessica blurted. “I suggest that you leave before the guards show up, or they’re going to handle you roughly.” She warned him and entered the building.She reached the tenth floor, where the interview was being conducted. To her shock, Natasha was also among those who were waiting in the conference room. There were already more than fifty people. It took her a while to find Irene who was sleeping. She just sat next to her a
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Irene exclaimed. “EHH?” “Why are you reacting like that after seeing a resume?” Jessica couldn’t control her curiosity and took a peek at the resume. The only thing written on it was his name ‘Regan’ and his experience of 40 years begging in the streets. “Huh?” Neither Jessica nor Irene had ever seen anything like it before. Irene quickly gave the file back to the old beggar and gave a thumbs-up. “You’re definitely going to make an impact.” “Thank you,” Regan happily said. Irene looked at Jessica and controlled herself from laughing. “If that can be called a resume,” she said in a low voice, “mine can be called a gold mine.” “Shh,” Jessica pinched Irene’s cheek. “He may hear you.” “Even if he hears me, what’s wrong with it? I’m only speaking the truth.” “Yeah, but there’s something called decency,” Jessica pinched Irene’s ear this time. “You mean THIS?” Irene pinched Jessica’s nipple. Jessica’s jaw dropped. She quickly looked around, but luckily, nobody was watching, at least
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 42
The house owner, Jordan, gave a huge shock to Denver by refusing to kick Jessica and Derek out even though Denver offered a lot of money. Denver left as a frustrated man, thinking Jordan was just a foolish man who didn’t know the value of money.However, Denver had no idea that Jordan’s aim was not money but Jessica. He had developed so many feelings for Jessica over the years. She was the only woman he knew who never dated anybody and didn’t spread her legs for money. Everything about her made him want to bend her to his will. He wanted to make her his woman, even if it meant making life difficult for her. This was the reason he didn’t fix the broken pipeline in her house, so she would suffer. He didn’t care if she thought of him as psycho or something else. He only wanted her to come to him and obey him and bend to his demands.Right now, Jordan, who was old enough to be easily mistaken for Jessica’s grandpa, came to her house with a bag full of chocolates, biscuits, and all kinds o
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The next morning.Both Denver and Russell had birthdays on the same day. Denver was someone who got most of his friends by buying them drinks or dinner. That worked when they were young, but now his friends wanted more. Women and drugs, to be precise.Natasha didn’t like such things, so he kept it a secret from her and arranged a morning party at his penthouse while he took Natasha to a fancy restaurant. They had a great time together, and Denver left ten $50 bills in the folder, even though Natasha told him that 500 dollars was a bit too much for a tip. But he replied, “They don’t like 1 dollar bills, and this is a special day, so… this much is nothing.”Additionally, Denver was planning to surprise Natasha by taking her for dinner on an ultra-luxury cruise ship.However, everything changed when Denver’s dad and Natasha’s dad received invitations for a birthday party, inviting not just them but their whole family. Both their fathers called their children at the same time and told the
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Origin Casino. The oldest casino in the city.Derek had known about this casino well because it wasn’t too far from his house. Its owner Thomas Origins was a reputed gambler who would never send men after those who made good money in his casino, given no cheating was at play. And there were rumors that the cheaters would be thrown in the crocodile pool in the underground chambers of the casino.The guards stopped Derek. “Do you have more than 100 dollars?”Derek smiled and showed the cash he got. They silently moved away. He gave them a hundred dollars each, and they thanked him for it.“If I win, I’ll pay you more on my way out,” Derek’s words strengthened their smiles.At Russell’s house.The party had already started at five in the evening. Hundreds of people from the neighborhood flocked and enjoyed all the exquisite delicacies. There were more than fifty varieties of dishes to choose from. Even the most prideful eaters wouldn’t be able to taste all the dishes.Russell was made to