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On the same night, at Tom’s house.Elora and Jessica were in the tuition hall, while Nora had gone back to the Lynn estate because she didn’t want to leave her son alone for long there.“If you don’t think I’m being intrusive,” Elora hesitantly said, “why didn’t you try to meet your mom or dad after you got the job?”“My dad is crazy, and my mom is crazier. They are two of the most selfish people I’ve ever seen,” Jessica said. “Compared to them, Jennifer doesn't even come close.”“Still, your mother carried you for about forty weeks in her womb,” Elora reasoned. “There are many women these days who think of pregnancy as an inconvenience. If your mom and dad hadn’t taken care of you when you were in the womb, you wouldn’t have been born, Jessica. Don’t forget that. And giving birth itself is a very painful process, though the joy that follows after you see your child completes overshadows everything else. There isn’t another experience like it in this world.”Jessica frowned visibly. “
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 410
After Russell went out of the room, his broken mobile turned on by itself. Its front and back cameras were also turned on, as the hacker tried to see if the target was near.However, he did not get a good view because the mobile was put on the shelf.He sent a particular frequency wave through the mobile, which spread in every direction. Once it entered Tom’s ear, it stimulated his cochlea, and he heard a voice, ‘wake up.’Tom immediately opened his eyes and looked surprised. He was sure he heard a whisper just now, but there was nobody in the room other than himself. Was it just his imagination? But the voice he heard felt very visceral and real. He could feel the faint vibration in his left ear. How could it be his imagination?After sitting for a few seconds, Tom got off the bed and went to the water pot that was by the window and drank some water to hydrate himself. Now, his muscles didn’t feel so rigid and hot anymore. He got back to his bed and tried to sleep.Moments later, he
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 411
The next morning.Jessica woke up early. When she walked out of the tuition hall, she saw Russell sleeping on the stone bench. “Why is he sleeping outside? And he’s not even covering himself with a blanket.” She immediately rushed back into the hall to bring a blanket, but then she stopped midway because she got a brilliant idea.She picked up her handbag and took out her long whitish but transparent scarf. She grinned and covered Russell with it. The scarf wasn’t long or big enough to completely cover Russell, but moments after he put it on him, he snuggled onto it, making her smile.Jessica suddenly found herself tempted to kiss him. She quickly looked around to make sure nobody was watching. And then she kissed his forehead and hurriedly walked away on her toes.“I’ve got one more day, and then I’ll have to go back to work,” Jessica thought. “I’m going to learn driving from him today as well, but… should I once again confess my love to him?” she clenched her fists. “What if he says
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 412
Charlotte had a great sleep, even though she slept late.Surely, she did not expect to see the ghastly news about her daughter on a random news channel. This was like her worst nightmare coming true in the shittiest way possible.“W-Who? W-What news channel dares to spread this news?” Charlotte was anxious, but she was furious even more so. She quickly came down the stairs, already calling her PA. “Ma’am, this isn’t just one channel,” Connie said, changing the channel using a tiny remote. “It’s coming on multiple channels.”“W-Wait,” she squinted her eyes. “W-Why does the anchor look like me… in all these channels?”Now that Charlotte mentioned, both Connie and Kyra were able to recognize the anchors who looked like different versions of Charlotte from her younger days.“Which bastard is playing this trick on us?” Kyra’s gut growled in rage.One of those channels was owned by the Lynn family. Another channel was owned by the Heller family, which made no freaking sense at all. Why wou
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 413
This morning proved to be a particularly bad one for many people including Charlotte Heller, Kyra Lynn, Liam Lynn, Harry Heller, and many more.However, there was one person who thoroughly enjoyed this news. This was none other than Roddick Heller who called his friends and threw a party in the morning itself.“Hahaha,” Roddick didn’t dance with the girls during the party, but he drank wine and showed his happiness to everyone.The reason for his unbridled happiness was the fact that Liam Lynn had suffered what was probably the greatest humiliation in his life. After all, the world now came to know that the daughter he raised for more than twenty years didn’t have his blood running in her veins. And the world would never forget this incident and would keep haunting and troubling Liam with it.Charlotte had already called the media channels and made them announce to the public that the program that was telecasted that morning was the result of a hack and that the matter told about Char
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 414
After the shopping was done, it was time for eating. Jessica didn’t want to spend too much of Elora’s money, so she ordered egg sandwiches for everyone.Elora quickly told the waiter to bring a different item for her.“Do you not like sandwiches?” Jessica asked.“No. Look over there,” Elora pointed at another table, where another customer was eating an egg sandwich. “They don’t just seem to dry out the bread but also dip the whole thing in oil. That’s not good. They already add egg and cheese inside, so oil on top of that is a bad combination for many reasons. Having some fat on the body is good, but too much fat is poison. It’s the worst slow poison out there.”“T-Then why didn’t you let us order something else?”“You two are young, so your stomachs can withstand unhealthy food better than mine,” Elora’s reply left Jessica speechless.“I think about health or calories many times a week, but all those calculations go out of my brain when I smell street made food,” Jessica said. “If I
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 415
Russell, for a second, couldn’t believe that Jessica would spit in his face, but then she quickly apologized. “I’m so sorry.”And she looked at the bottle in shock and then took a sniff. At the same time, Russell also felt the smell of beer on his face.“What the hell?” Jessica looked at Elora. “Why is there beer in this bottle, Aunt?”Elora blinked twice. “B-Beer?” She put her hand forward and took the bottle. She didn’t even need to bring it closer to her nose, and she was able to smell the beer. “This…” she looked at Jessica. “I took the bottle out of the fridge, thinking it had water inside. I had no idea that it had beer.”Jessica icily looked at Russell.“Why are you looking at me like that?” he asked.“I had no idea you drink beer this sneakily,” she said. “If you want to drink beer, you should do it openly, not like this.”“You got it wrong, Jessica. I have nothing to do with this,” Russell said, wiping the beer off his face with a napkin.“Then who would do it? Me?”“Aren’t y
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 416
Roddick didn’t just throw a party for his friends. When one of his male friends proposed to a female friend, and she agreed to marry him, Roddick then wrote them a check of 200,000 dollars so they could enjoy a trip for their honeymoon before the marriage. This made everyone talk greatly about Roddick.Even though Roddick wasn’t so magnanimous all the time, he was clearly in a great mood now. And he was also someone who always supported his friends when it came to their love. Having said that, he almost slept with every female that would attend his party, so he had no morals in that regard.If anybody were to spend some time with Roddick, and as long as they agree with him on things, they would think he was a very good guy.On one hand, Roddick was very happy that his father, Charlotte, Kyra, and Liam would be facing consequences of the news that had been leaked. On the other hand, Roddick had already begun to investigate and find out who leaked the news. Was it his mother, or was it