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The Secret Successor CHAPTER 450
A minute earlier.“What do you think? Will he come to our side?” a voice from the other side of the phone call asked Ross.“He’s very stubborn, but if the juices in his brain haven’t rotten, then he’s going to bend himself to serve our interests,” Ross said. “After all, the media channels he owns are nothing compared to what we owe. In fact, we can make every channel in the world do our bidding by paying them money. We control the money supply. We create cash out of thin air. We only need to credit an account to make others listen to us.”“But we already tried that,” the officer from the Federal agency replied. “We put over a billion dollars as advance in his bank account. We even sent gold bullions to his estate, but he sent the money and the gold back. He’s clearly not hungry for more money. He also doesn’t fear us, probably because he has backing from the Aeson family. Because one of the supreme families is involved in this, even we can’t act recklessly. But how are we going to dea
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 451
“How did it go, Dad?” Kyra asked Liam on the phone, knowing he was just called to the senate office.“They are trying to press me through the banks as well as all kinds of rubbish things,” Liam didn’t sound happy or afraid for that matter.“Even the banks?” Kyra was surprised.“Well, banks are all trash. Especially, the central banking system is a currency cartel owned by the feds and private businessmen,” Liam said with a hint of hatred in his voice, making Kyra wonder if he was talking about her mother. “If they want they can easily print more money and give it to the needy and the homeless, but they let people suffer from the unending inflation. They are the biggest mafia out there. I may own many lawyers, but they own the courts. So, fighting them legally will be impossible, but I will still be putting pressure on them from every direction possible. I’m looking for other ways to shut their mouths at least for a while. Hopefully, things will go my way. Even if they don't, and somet
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 452
RUSSELL’S POV::It’s amazing how difficult speaking nothing throughout the day can be.After hearing Karensa talk and talk and talk words into his ears for a long time, I’ve decided to walk away from her and give her the task to catch up to me in her car. It was a test I started on a little serious note because I was frustrated, but as I kept crossing roads and alleys to avoid getting caught by her, it gave me a lot of fun.Then again, this task wasn’t for people who hated sweating because running away just did that.I walked whenever I believed I was in Karensa’s sight, and when she would move out of my sight, I started running. This way, I knew it’d frustrate her a lot more.This went on for almost thirty minutes, but that time flew by very fast.Thirty minutes of being silent while running on busy roads and alleys was dangerous on many levels, but it was also very thrilling.In the end, I stopped by the medium-sized Drake's restaurant because I saw a familiar face. And it completel
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 453
“I chased cars and jet planes before, but I never chased a man before, whether it’s on foot or by driving in a car,” Karensa said. “This was a fun and frustrating forty minutes, I must say.”“You chased jets before?” Russell sounded more shocked than surprised.“Ah, yeah, I know how to fly the planes,” Karensa said, flipping her hair back. “It’s very easy. If you want, I can take you for a ride.”“Ah, not really,” Russell replied. He didn’t want to tell her that he was someone who was afraid of heights. It wasn’t as bad for him to call it a phobia, but he’d rather avoid looking down from the top of a building as it’d always give his body a weird discomfort that was beyond description.“Fight travel gets really boring really fast, though,” Karensa said. “Unlike on the ground level, you don’t have any traffic up there. So, I prefer journeying in cars and partying on flights. I cut my last birthday cake at 50,000 feet high,” she proudly said, “though I had to bug my dad to prepare a spec
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 454
“What makes you think I’ll work with you?” Charlotte snorted at Teresa while talking on mobile. “Your Jones family is nothing compared to my Heller family. My ancestors have done great things and accomplished a lot. What did your ancestors do? Nothing. You think you’re in a position to tell me what to do?”“I know, ma’am. Your grandfather was among those who planned the sinking of the biggest ship the world has ever made,” Teresa said, her voice neither rude nor polite. “I even know that a bomb was placed in the engine room in case the iceberg collision wasn’t as effective. Because of what happened that day, many of your enemies died, and you profited a lot from it. The Heller family also established the Supreme Bank soon after that, and now it’s one of the best banks with a market capitalization of over half a trillion dollars. I know all that.”“Then what makes you think you have the audacity to talk to me like this?” Charlotte growled. “You may think you’re some hot shit, but you h
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 455
Karensa and Russell were returning to the Gator hotel. Seeing the red light at the junction, Russell quickly said, “You should stop.” Even so, it didn’t seem like Karensa was going to squeeze the brake pedal, so Russell said again, “Stop!”“Alright,” Karensa half-rolled her eyes. “You’re so conventional. I can easily maneuver myself through this traffic. That’s what this babe is here for.”Russell was silent.“By babe, I meant the car.”“I know,” Russell calmly replied.“You need to live a little. Mm?” Just then Karensa saw someone walking down the zebra crossing while talking on a mobile. But after seeing the pagani car, he ended the call and started taking pictures. “Who’s this clown? Should I just hit and dash away?”“No,” Russell quickly said.“Haha, I was joking, dude. You’re too funny,” she chortled. “But…” She pressed her foot on the accelerator and drove past the man and snatched the mobile from him and left too fast for that man to do anything about it. After going some dista
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 456
Russell came to his hotel room.“You’ve been gone for hours,” Elora asked. “Where were you? I came downstairs, but you weren’t there.”“I had to go out with a woman,” Russell said. “I mean, not as a date but just a casual trip.”“Okay. Who’s that woman?”“She’s the one who sent food to our room early in the morning,” Russell sat down on the bed. “She’s the daughter of Ross Raer.”“Ross Raer?” Elora’s expression changed. “The guy that owns multiple extraction industries?”“And he’s also a senator on top of that,” Russell said. “He’s filthy rich, just like the Hellers and the Lynns.”“Why are you roaming with Ross’ daughter?” Elora quickly sat next to him. “You do know how these extractive industries work, don’t you? They steal everything valuable that is in the earth in remote places, and yet they do not give any single benefit to the locals there. On top of that, they make sure to make the lives of the locals miserable by ruining the environment around them. Every penny they earn is b
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 457
“It didn’t work, ma’am,” Nancy lowered her head in front of Charlotte. “I think he’s gotten too old to feel the touch of a woman.”“Tsk, I thought we could get something on him,” Charlotte bit her lower lip. “You can go. I’ll deal with him some other way.”“About my loan debt…”“I’ll look into it.”“Thank you,” Nancy quickly left with a happy face.Charlotte glanced at William who was sitting on the couch in the guest room nearby. She sent a message to him, and he came to her room.“What do you think about kidnapping the old bastard?” Charlotte asked.“He has a bodyguard who’s guarding him all the time,” William said. “But that bodyguard is nothing for me. So, kidnapping the old man shouldn’t be hard, but if it backfires, then you’ll have a lot to worry about. You can’t go back after this.”“Yeah,” Charlotte bit on her nails. “That’s what I’m worried about. The SHADOWS have been developing AI programs and nano chips that are going to be introduced to the population through the virtual