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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
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 435
Russell thanked Tom as he was leaving with his mom. “I’ll forever remember your kindness, Teacher. If you need anything, just don’t forget that I’m there.” He had given both his number and his mother’s number. On top of that, Tom also had Nora and Jessica’s numbers, so he believed that if Tom ever got in trouble, he’d contact him. “Be careful with your son.”Tom smiled. “I’m going to leave this house once Max recovers his strength.” Tom would have left the house that day itself if Max was in good health. Because Tom was planning to roam around with Max, it would be inevitable for Max to fight some street dogs along the way, so going out when Max still hadn’t fully recovered from the gunshot wound would be nothing less than a suicide mission. “I’ll put a board at the door, telling my son goodbye and for him to have this house. I’ll prepare documents and a will, so I doubt he’ll still come after me.”Russell’s mouth turned down a little. Was there really a reason for Tom who was nearing
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 436
The Red Ice hotel was known for its good reviews and decent price range for its lodgings, around 120 dollars per night, so Russell had come to this hotel so he and his mother could stay here for a while before they decided on whether to buy a house or how to proceed forward.However, they did not expect the parking lot supervisor to run his mouth and badmouth a car which Russell had spent a lot of money to get repaired. While the car looked old because it was old, it definitely didn’t deserve to be treated like trash.“If a worker is this arrogant, then his superiors must have their heads in the clouds,” Elora opined. “Why don’t we find a better restaurant instead of wasting our energy on these guys?”“Are you sure?” Russell asked her again.“Any hotel that accepts our car is a better place to stay at,” Elora said, “of course, assuming they are maintaining minimum standards of cleanliness.”“Fine,” Russell reversed the car and put his left hand out and gave a thumbs down symbol to the
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 437
“Is that the guy?” the professional boxer, Gunner, was watching through binoculars while sitting in the car. “Other than the face, he doesn’t look like much.”“Well, my stupid friends thought the same,” Karensa blurted angrily. “Now, they’re in the hospital with broken limbs. I hope you won’t disappoint me like them.”“You can count on me, Karen,” he said, making her glare at him, “I mean, Karensa.”“I wouldn’t have let a loser like you sit in my car if not for my friends being scared of fighting that man,” Karensa growled madly. “If you call me by anything other than my name, I swear, you’ll lose your tongue.”Gunner’s expression hardened. (This innate slut… if only I didn’t need her uncle’s sponsorship, I wouldn’t be doing this bullshit.) “You called me a loser, didn’t you? I know why you said that. My two-year-old wife stole millions of dollars from me, even though I wrote a prenup with her. She told the lawyers that I coerced her into signing the document, and that filthy, charact
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 438
Liam and Kyra had been talking with the lawyers and some scientists in the law firm for hours.One of the scientists installed a defense software system on both of their mobiles and told Kyra, “These days, one of the main ways that the government or the companies target the citizens is through mobiles by stealing your data 24/7. In fact the government selectively kills its enemies among the public through cell phones. They can make your heart stop, brain malfunction, or affect any particular organ in your body, or even manipulate your mood. But with the software I installed, it’ll automatically stop the mobile from emitting harmful frequencies and radiation. Nevertheless, I highly suggest that you keep your mobiles switched off and only turn them on when you need them. Never put them in your pocket, and certainly don’t sleep with them. If you want an alarm, then use one analog clock. Unless you specifically need it, you should keep it switched off.”“Keeping my mobile switched off mos
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 439
If someone stepped on his toes, Magnus would have made them bleed from their ears just from his scolding. However, right now he could only bear the pain through his screams. After all, he didn’t want to scold Kyra, at least not in front of her dad because Liam had helped Magnus in the past. When a billionaire tried to kill him for talking bad about his products, it was Liam who shielded him and gave him monetary support for his research. This later helped Liam in building quality electric products as well, which led to the steady increase of Lynn Enterprises’ fame and the people’s trust.Kyra apologized to Magnus before leaving the building with her dad.“I’m not sure why you really want to fight the federal government,” Kyra opened up her mind. “They are the guys that print money, Dad. They have power over every nation. They are too big for us to fight them by ourselves. Otherwise, why would the Heller family or the Conreid family not back us?”Liam smiled. “Do you hate that I raised
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 440
Russell was sleeping, but then a somewhat familiar voice made him open his eyes. To his surprise, Tyler the Collection king was talking with his mother.“Please come and stay at our house, ma’am. Both of you,” Tyler respectfully spoke. “This is my wife’s wish. She wants to give our daughter to your son in marriage. He can slowly take over my businesses.”“And you expect me to believe that you’re okay with it?” Elora asked. “I’ve heard about you from many months already, Mr. Tyler. And while I admire how you take care of your wife and daughter, you also stoop to any level if it profits you. I cannot send my son over to such a family. It’s important to earn food, but it’s even more important to live with honor. I don’t think my son can live an honorable life in your house, under your care.”Tyler frowned initially but then forced out a smile. “I’m not as bad as you think, ma’am. While I’m ruthless to those who take money from me and don’t pay back in time, I take care of my friends who
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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
