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“Um…” Jessica hesitantly said, “can I stay in this house until I can walk?” Russell looked up at Jessica in a bit of a shock. “W-What?” “I mean, my brother isn’t home, and I will be there alone,” she quickly explained. “You know how unsafe that neighborhood is.” “Uh…” Russell didn’t know whether to stay silent or accept her request. Knowing her, he didn’t think she purposely injured herself so she could stay here. “This isn’t my house, so I can’t be the one to make the final decision.” “Leave it to me, Russell. I’ll convince the old man,” Jessica confidently said. After all, she got injured because of the old man’s inadequacy, so she was sure of making him feel guilty enough he’d allow her to stay in the house for a few days. “And about Amelie, how about we post it in the news? This could help us in case she’s still somewhere.” “News, huh… Why would they help us? All it does is give them an opportunity to demand money from Roddick,” Russell said. Jessica was surprised to hear tha
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 382
At Tuna Waves.Regan was waiting outside.Irene was standing a few feet behind him, wondering who Regan had been waiting for almost fifteen minutes. “After Russell left the hotel, it basically became the property of the Creed family, even though the Lynn family still technically owns it due to the lease contract. That’s because the Lynn family stopped caring about this hotel, as if they had something against it. All this makes me believe that something very bad happened between Russell and Kyra Lynn, and she didn’t even step foot in this hotel lately. It’s just my guess, but I trust my instincts. Anyway, I feel bad for Russell, but I don’t know what exactly he’s done. I wonder how Jessica is going to deal with him. I told her not to be blinded by love and properly investigate everything in secret. I hope she will keep my words in mind.”Just then Regan received a phone call. To his surprise, it was from Liam Lynn. This was the last person on earth he was expecting a phone call from. H
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 383
Regan explained from his perspective the need for power to fend off the feds and keep his dream game going strong in the future.“I’ve built something that will help humanity experience fantasy on a whole new level, sir. I’ve got no ill intentions,” Regan spoke as the head chef personally brought the thousand -year-old wine and opened the seal right before their eyes and served it.Irene was watching that from a distance and was very surprised. “The Millenium Wine! Just a sip costs 10,000 dollars! Why is Mr. Regan wouldn’t easily serve the most precious wine of the hotel even to the VVIPs is now serving to that man? He even brought a whole damn sealed pot. Just who the hell is that apple?” Her mouth watered more the more she looked at him. She tried to take a picture from a distance, but to her surprise, the picture came out blurry. She took another photo and the same thing happened. Just the part of Benjamin was turning out to be blurry. “What the heck? Is there a problem with the le
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 384
Tom returned home hours after he had left, only to see Russell talking with the same girl that had come the other day. Tom put the gun box away and smiled, “How are you doing, miss?”“I’m not doing good because a glass piece in your yard had pierced my foot,” Jessica purposely said these words to prick his heart. “Now, I’m not even in a position to go home. Is it alright if I stay here at your house?”“I-I’m so sorry that you got hurt,” Tom quickly said, “but… how can you stay here alone where two men live? We’re not even your relatives.”“It’s okay. This guy is my best friend,” Jessica said, secretly pinching Russell’s thigh.“Y-Yeah, teacher. Since we’re not using the tuition hall right now, I think she can stay there,” Russell suggested, while rubbing his thigh.“Ah, that’s a good idea,” Tom gave her a thumbs-up. “You can stay here until your wound heals. Don’t worry about meals because Russell is good at cooking.”“Oh?” Jessica gave him a surprised look. “I didn’t know you could c
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 385
The next morning.Jessica woke up in the tuition hall. She had slept on the mat without much of a problem, even with the wound she had on her foot.For a second, she was surprised because she forgot that she hadn’t slept in her house last night. “That’s right. I’m now staying at Russell’s teacher’s house.”Just then, Russell brought her molten chocolate and biscuits, but he teased her by dipping the long biscuits in the chocolate and eating them himself.Jessica drooled visibly. Her greatest weakness in life would probably be her addiction to chocolate. “R-Russell, if you eat all of it yourself, you’re going to get diarrhea!”“No. I won’t.”“Don’t you know that sharing is caring? Give me some of that!” Jessica raised her voice.“If you want your injury to heal fast, you should avoid anything that has sugar in it,” Russell replied. “That’s why my teacher is preparing a special herbal decoction for you. You should look forward to it.”“Then why are you eating chocolate biscuits in fron
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 386
“Haha,” Tom laughed a bit. “I guess they’re more than just friends?” But it seems that they need some outside help to build a bridge between them.” He got up and went into the hall. “How are you feeling today, young one?”“Jessica pulled the blanket down. Seeing Tom, she sat up as quickly as she could. “I won’t know until I get up and walk, which I don’t think I can do just yet.”“Then you just have to take Russell’s help with everything,” Tom suggested. “For instance, you can ask him to read stories for you or something. Since youth love romantic stories, I’m going to go and buy a couple of good books.”“E-Eh? W-Wait, sir,” Jessica hurriedly said. “You don’t have to do that.”“But I have to do something,” Tom stated, looking at her, “to bring you two closer.”Jessica’s heart fluttered for a second. “W-What?”“Why do you look so surprised?” Tom sat down in a chair. “I can see that both of you are not good at expressing your feelings, so I’m saying I’ll help you. Is it that difficult t
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 387
“I-I never had the opportunity to learn how to drive,” Jessica lowered her gaze and scratched her cheek. “So…”Tom went silent for a bit. He put some pieces together and realized that Jessica was probably from a poor background. Otherwise, it just wouldn’t make sense that she wasn’t able to learn how to drive a car when that would be the first thing any growing teenager from a decent family would do. “If you don’t know how to drive, then you just have to ask Russell to teach you.”Jessica’s eyes brightened. “Y-You really are super smart, sir. H-How could I not think of that? I will definitely ask him to teach me!” She could already imagine Russell holding her hand while helping her change the gears in the car, and she blushed in return.“Then I’ll leave you to your devices,” Tom said and walked away. “If you need help, then just ask.”“Thank you,” Jessica said.Tom just raised his hand without looking back. He walked out of the house and spotted Russell sitting on a bench in the dista
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Russell’s body reacted instantly the moment he saw the man in the van holding a gun, currently aimed at Tom. Russell pushed the bench backward. It was a heavy wooden bench, but against Russell’s strength it turned over, making both Russell and Tom fall back. BANG~! BANG~! The man in the van shot two times at once. The bullets hit the bench. He shot again from an angle and hoped that the bullets hit at least one of them as the van didn’t stop. Russell quickly got up and looked for the vehicle’s number plate, but the words ‘fuck you’ were written on them. “Which bastard is behind this?” He then returned to Tom and checked upon his condition. None of the bullets hit him, but his shoulder was dislocated from the fall. Russell learned about fixing the shoulder during his martial art training, so he fixed his teacher’s shoulder in no time. “Do you feel better now?” Russell asked, helping him get up. “I think I’ll live,” Tom’s face was still a bit rigid. “Which motherfucker attacked us
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THANK YOU:: The Secret Successor has found his family as well as his love! There’s no one more lucky in the world than one who has a family that loves them. They don’t say blood is thicker than water for no reason. But I’d say, love is even thicker than blood. So, Russell is lucky to have a loving mom, dad, grandfather, and a childhood girlfriend. How lucky are you in your life in terms of relationships? Do you have people who support you when you are down? I hope so. I started the novel with the thought of finishing it in 500 chapters, but it took this long. To all those who read every chapter and reached this page… you have my humble and grateful thanks. A big thanks to reader Oyewale Gabriel for your immense support. And then to Mickey Ritch for your votes as well as comment support. Next is Ricky, who is one of the earliest readers of this novel. Good to still see you around. To Charlie Mcmillen, who has a silent but strong presence, you have my Mcvery thanks. And then, we hav
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A few weeks later.Charlotte was at her home, eating peanuts, which didn’t taste good on her tongue right now. It wasn’t the peanuts that had the issue, but her tongue and her mind.“Even the food isn’t going inside,” Charlotte pitifully said. She called Kyra’s mobile, but Kyra didn’t answer.Seconds later, Kyra sent a text message: Don’t bother me.“Tsk, she’s completely cut herself off,” Charlotte tossed the mobile away at the wall. “But she’s sticking with Liam and Russell when they’re not even related to her by blood. It doesn’t make any sense!”“Do you want me to kidnap her and bring her here?” William asked.“Do you want Liam to kill both of us?” Charlotte asked him back.“N-No.”“Forget about Liam…” Charlotte looked at the file in her hand. “This bastard Russell came up with such a clever contract. If I sign this, I’ll basically be giving up my shares in the company, but in return, I’ll earn in the billions.”“Since he’s going to trouble you anyway, he’s giving you a profitable
CHAPTER 635
Jessica was never gifted so many chocolates by anybody before. She immediately hugged Russell with excitement. “You’re the best!”“Wait, they are not just for you,” Russell said. “You’ll be sharing these with everyone at the table.”“U-Uh, of course,” Jessica couldn’t smile as freely anymore because there weren’t multiples for some types of chocolates, and she didn’t want to give those away to others. “I-I will do it after we finish dinner,” she said. “I mean, if we eat chocolates before, then we won’t be able to eat the meal properly.”“You can just distribute them now,” Russell said.“U-Um,” Jessica reluctantly got up and began to distribute the chocolates to everyone at the table. But when she came to Russell, she didn’t put any chocolate on his plate.“Wait, you forgot me,” Russell said.She leaned in and whispered in his ear, “Didn’t you say that I AM your chocolate?”Russell blushed. “Ahem,” he quickly controlled his expression. “I see.”Jessica sat down. The waiters began to se
CHAPTER 634
A few nights later.At Tuna Waves restaurant.The entire top floor was booked by the Lynn family for the night.A large dining table was arranged in the center of the floor. Kyra was the first to attend, because she was the only one who arranged this dinner and invited the people she believed she should.As she waited a bit nervously, to her shock, Jessica was the first to arrive. She was dressed in her work attire and didn’t even have makeup on. Was she coming straight from work?Jessica sat down at a chair but didn’t speak to Kyra and just waited.There was an awkward atmosphere between these two.“I’m not going to eat you, so you can talk,” Kyra voiced her mind. “You came here early so that you can make sure nothing ‘strange’ happens, right?”“Well, I have to protect my guy,” Jessica replied, putting her mobile down, “so that I won’t lose him again.”“Don’t worry then. I think of Liam as my dad, so Russell becomes my brother now,” Kyra stated. “I can’t marry my brother now, can I?”
CHAPTER 633
Other than Arnold, nobody was told that Liam was Russell’s biological father, as Elora and Liam just didn’t feel the need to do so.They believed that revealing that truth now would only bring unnecessary complications.Elora felt like a lot of burden had been lifted off her heart after she told Arnold the truth.Russell also felt happy that Viola was talking to him. Though James was still clouded by his anger, Russell didn’t feel bad about it as James was known for his impulsive behavior.Russell believed that James would understand with time.Liam and Elora went away in a different car, whereas Russell left in his Boyen Redemption. Driving with an injured hand wasn’t easy, but he somehow managed it and got home.Regan was talking with Gage’s dad and introduced him to Russell. “This is the man I trust the most in the world. He’s your friend Gage’s father. His name is Steven.”Russell saw that Steven’s eyes were completely white. “Nice to meet you, Steven?” he looked at Regan. “Is he b
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“I don’t get it. Why do you want to marry her of all people?” Teresa asked quickly. “She’s been sick for decades, and no one knows when she might get sick again and die, not that I’m wishing for it, but I’m just stating the possibility. In addition to that, Russell is already your son-in-law, isn’t he? So, if you marry his mother now, what will the world think of it?”Liam smiled and asked her, “You think I didn’t consider all those things?”“U-Uh…” Teresa didn’t know what to say because he looked calm despite everything she had just said. She looked at Elora. “Are you not going to eat anything?”“No, I’m full,” Elora said, even though the real reason she refused was because she didn’t want to eat what was brought by Jennifer. Elora then glanced at Arnold. “Can we talk privately?”Arnold was not expecting that. Without even looking at Teresa or Jennifer, he said, “Sure. Why not?”Jennifer didn’t want them to talk, but all she could do was stand there and watch as Arnold and Elora walk
CHAPTER 631
Charlotte left the hospital, but on her way home, she received pictures from one of her friends.And these were pictures of Liam and Elora eating at a restaurant.“Stop the car,” Charlotte said.William quickly pressed the brake. He looked back, and Charlotte was fuming.She felt like her body was set on fire. She wasn’t able to stand it.“How can he…”Seeing Liam hold some other woman’s hand, she wasn't able to digest it and pulled her hair with one hand. “Fuck! This isn’t happening. Fuck! Fuck!”“What’s wrong, ma’am?” William quickly asked.“He’s getting away from me,” she said angrily as well as sadly. “He’s really getting away from me.”One mistake cost her everything.Her husband, her daughter, and even her sister, all of them moved away from her.The only person that was still with her was William.“Why won’t you also leave my side?” she asked him.“Does a dog ever leave the side of its master?” he said. “They may be manipulative, abusive, but the dog still loves its master.”Ch
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“Fuck off, bitch,” Natasha pressed the trigger.However, nothing happened.Jessica thought she died, but she didn’t. She quickly recovered from the mental shock and slapped Natasha’s hand, making the gun fall out of her hand. “That’s an autoloader. You should manually cock for the first shot for it to be fired.” She kicked Natasha in the gut as hard as she could.Jessica was a very powerful woman, and so her kick sent Natasha crashing back violently.Jessica then sat on Natasha and began to hit her.“W-Wait,” Natasha tried to speak. “That gun wasn’t loaded.”“You expect me to believe that?” Jessica began to punch her face repeatedly, making her lips rupture and bleed. Still, she didn’t stop and kept going.The other employees gathered around. One of them picked up the revolver and checked for the bullets. “Ma’am, this gun really is empty.”Jessica was a bit shocked to hear that. “What?”“I told you…you fucking bitch!” Natasha grabbed Jessica’s throat and squeezed it. “I’ll kill you fo
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“Aww,” Elora crashed on the floor and cringed in pain. Liam rushed over to help her and tried to help her get up, but she got up on her own, saying, “I’m not that old yet.”“I never said you were,” Liam put forward the bouquet of lilies.“What the… too white and bright,” she blurted. “Your taste sucks.”Liam was shocked because it was Russell’s suggestion.Elora plucked just one lily from the bouquet and smelled it. “Anyway, what brought the great Liam Lynn here. There’s no child in this house, you know.”Liam’s expression suddenly hardened. Whether she was trying to mock him or was purposely trying to tease him, it felt like a joke that went too far. However, he saw not a ounce of negativity in Elora’s eyes. It was as if she was testing him to see how he’d react. “My child, no, our child is in this house, is he not?” Liam replied.Elora somewhat smiled. “Yeah, he is upstairs. You can go and talk to him.” She sat back on the couch. “If you move out of the way, I’ll watch the TV. The c
