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The Secret Successor CHAPTER 427
In the thick of the night, Benjamin just arrived at another delivery point, a duplex home where a young lady opened the door wearing two-piece clothing. “Want to eat pizza together with me?” she asked. “No thanks. I’ve got more orders to deliver,” Benjamin said, looking away, but he put his hand forward so that she would take the pizza box. “Why are you acting like you’re innocent and pure?” she snorted. “Or are you looking away because I’m ugly?” Benjamin didn’t reply. “My parents aren’t home. I’m alone,” she added. “Will you come back after your orders are finished? I’ll let you do whatever you want to me.” Since he was a good-looking guy, she was more than willing to say such words to tempt him. “If you’re not going to take the order, I’ll leave,” Benjamin said. “Hmph,” she grabbed the box and then also his wrist to pull him in, but he proved too strong for her. With a flick of his wrist, he freed himself from her and began to walk away. “Don’t you want a tip? I’ll give you
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 428
Benjamin returned to Rye’s Pizzas. Roddick and his friends were enjoying themselves there, drinking and having fun. Benjamin didn’t like that. He went to Christopher the obese manager and asked him, “Why are you letting them ruin the whole place, Boss?” “They are all rich kids,” Christopher said. “Some of them are sons and daughters of billionaires. We don’t want to mess with them, or they are capable of buying this company and then firing both you and me. Anyway, I’ve got both good and bad news for you. Which one do you want to hear first?” “Is the chicken first or the egg first?” Benjamin asked. “Huh? Why are you asking me that?” “It’s the chicken first, because God created the chicken first, and then the chicken created the egg, so I’ll be hearing the good news first.” “The good news is that one of the customers called and left a long review, praising you for your efforts,” Christopher said. “They even donated some money for you, though it’s only 100 dollars.” He lied because
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 429
Reynolds was terrified and screamed like a girl after his blood sprayed out of the foot and hit the ankle. He thought he was going to die from blood loss because he had never seen so much blood come out of anybody.“Why do you look so shocked?” Benjamin calmly uttered. “Heart pumps blood faster when your adrenaline is rushing. So, this sort of leakage is not uncommon, but you won’t die from it, so you should control your facial expression because you look really stupid now.”Reynolds was still in too much shock and pain to be comforted by Benjamin’s words. Jordan was also in a similar situation.Karensa still could not move. Nobody watching except Roddick could move.“How dare you hurt my friends,” Roddick folded his sleeves. “You’re going to pay for it dearly now.”“If you really care for your friends, you would prioritize taking them to the hospital,” Benjamin responded. “You can deal with me later, whenever you want.”For some reason, Benjamin’s words made sense to Roddick, even th
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 430
The time for Jessica to get back to work has come. She actually wanted to stay at Tom’s house and be with Russell, but after hearing that Tom was planning to leave the house soon, she had to change her mind.After saying goodbyes, Russell dropped Jessica at Tuna Waves because her boss was at this restaurant. However, Russell didn’t step out of the car.“Aren’t you going to come inside?” she asked.“Well…” Russell scratched his chin. He used to be the owner of this restaurant a week or so ago, so he thought it would be awkward to enter this place now while all the workers there would probably recognize him, including Irene who was still working as the manager here.“I stayed at your teacher’s place for two days,” Jessica blurted. “Let me treat you to at least one meal.”“Um, sure,” he couldn’t refuse her request because he had no idea if they both were ever going to eat at the same table again or not.He entered the building with Jessica. The guards and the receptionist were both happy
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Irene heard that her friends had come to the restaurant and made her way over to them and greeted them.Jessica was quick to ask, “Why are all the prices of the dishes so damn high?”“Haha, this is a five-star hotel, Jess. What else did you expect?” Irene chortled. “The thing is… I will pay for both of you. Consider this as my treat!”“Y-You will?” Jessica was surprised.“Yeah,” Irene confidently said. “You two are responsible for me getting this job, and I haven’t given you a party yet, so I’ll be paying for this meal. Just leave it to me.”“Are you sure?” Russell asked her.“Huh, of course I’m sure,” Irene didn’t think twice.“But your dad might be angry if you pay for our meals,” Jessica stated.“He can cry if he wants,” Irene snorted. “I’m a capable manager, but I’m also a strong, independent woman now. I’m not going to stop my dad from making me spend a bit of money on my friends!”Just then, the waiter arrived with the receipt.“Eh? The bill is already paid?” Irene quickly snatc
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 432
A few seconds earlier.“I know you probably didn’t take any money from the Lynn family, even after how they left you on the street,” Jessica told Russell. “But I thought, maybe, her mother tried to give you some money so that you wouldn’t bother her daughter again.”“Well, they had me write a prenup, which was a pretty extensive one,” Russell said.“Ah, I should have guessed. I’m sure they used their lawyers to write an ironclad prenup agreement. These rich people can spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on their cars, but they don’t like giving a penny to the poor,” Jessica hissed. “Anyway, I feel better after knowing you didn’t get the money from the Lynn family. You don’t have to tell me where you got the money from, so chill.” Even though she said that, Russell could see that she wanted to know.“I didn’t get it through any illegal means, so you should also chill.”“Haha, I’m chill,” she laughed.Just then, Rgan’s voice echoed in the hall, making Jessica’s heart jump into her th
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 433
Jessica was super-busy, dealing with the files that were on her desk and also on the floor. There were over 300 files that she needed to look at, and more files were being brought once every few minutes. “I thought someone else would have filled my position temporarily. This is going to take me a few days to finish,” Jessica was already feeling wrist pain from turning the pages so much. Just then, Marlon entered the room with a smile on his face. He stood a few feet away by her desk, leaning into the wall with his arms crossed. “I heard you got injured. Are you feeling okay now?” “Yes, Mr. Marlon,” Jessica briefly looked at him and then went back to focusing on the work. “I also heard… you didn’t even take your salary yet,” Marlon pointed out. “Hasn’t it been well over a month since you joined this place? Why didn’t you take your salary then?” “It’s not that I didn’t take any. Mr. Regan wanted to pay me in advance, but I only took a little bit of money and wanted to keep the rest
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 434
Under the mansion Teresa and her family were living in, there was an underground facility.Nathan entered that using a black card as the key. He was sweating a bit because it was eerily silent inside. Nathan walked past many prison cells, where mutated humans were being kept. Most of them had lost their sense of reasoning, and they were put in a dormant state.Nathan went to a particular cell, which was not locked. All of its walls were painted with blood. Sitting in the center of it was a man with long hair-locks and glowing red eyes. There were corpses of young, beautiful girls lying all around him.“Hey, mosquito-fucker,” Nathan said, “Teresa Ma’am has a new mission for you.”Mosquito Fucker was a name Teresa had given to this vampire because he resembled a mosquito to her, and he was also capable of controlling mosquitoes, thanks to being a mutated vampire himself. However, his real name was Tristan Roberts, and he was from a family of nobles. His ancestors used to own lots of wea
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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
CHAPTER 630
“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
