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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
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 458
In the evening, Russell was sitting on the rooftop of Gator hotel, staring at the homeless woman walking down the road in the distance.It made him remember the couple of days he spent on the streets, when he gained a completely different perspective on life.It was only for two days that he was on the streets, which were very dangerous to sleep at, but the most important thing he realized was how much harder it would be for a homeless person to get a job.From home address and clean clothes to ID and mobile, without these things it would be near impossible to get a job. During those two days, Russell did not have a home or a mobile, or even an ID that he could use. All he had were his costly suit, but would that alone have been enough for him to get some kind of a job? Probably not.“After all that happened in my life, I still don’t know how to get a proper job,” Russell thought. He never attended interviews before, so he didn’t have that experience, either.Because he had been worki
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 459
A couple of minutes earlier.“Why are you heading to my hotel, Dad?” Karensa asked her dad in shock while talking to him on mobile.“It’s not your hotel. It’s ‘our’ hotel. I bought you that so you’ll do something good,” Ross said. “If I see good things during this surprise visit, then I’ll reward you appropriately. Bye bye.” He abruptly ended the call.“Do you wish to eat at the hotel, sir?” the driver asked.“Of course. I like convenience, even though it costs more,” Ross replied.Soon, his Rolls Royce stopped at the hotel. He put his suit on, adjusted his wig, and then stepped out. He had no bodyguards with him except for the driver.“The parking space is clean. Surprising,” Ross uttered, “considering how Karensa likes to throw things around in her room. But what matters more is how the food and accommodation are.”He entered the hotel, and the first thing he saw was an old woman in dirty clothes sitting at a table. “What the… who allowed that woman inside?”“Let me deal with her, s
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 460
“Ross Raer…” Russell pressed his knuckles against the door, putting his body weight behind it, “you may love and care for your daughter more than the world, but that doesn’t change the fact that you’re just an arrogant piece of shit.”Russell’s brain was stressed as he looked for a way to bring his mother out of the hotel without making her feel hurt, and without Ross coming in their way.He didn’t get any good ideas, but because Ross gave him only ten minutes, he had to enter the room quickly.Elora was comfortably sleeping on the bed, reading a magazine. “Russell, there’s an article about you in this magazine. Look.”“About me?” Russell was very surprised. He quickly took the magazine and saw the content. “Mom, this was released when I became the chairman of Russell Gas company. This is almost three months old.”“But still, it’s so wonderful, seeing you in a popular magazine,” Elora said. “And you look dashing in a blue suit. My favorite color is dark blue, too.”Russell put the mag
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 461
Ross was standing at the entrance and was looking in the direction of the old car, inside which Elora was sitting right now. After divorce, Ross never felt like marrying someone, but he suddenly felt the desire to do so after seeing Elora. He was so focused on her, he didn’t notice Russell approaching him from behind. Russell snapped his fingers once. Ross didn’t notice. Russell patted Ross’ shoulder. “Hey.” “Mm?” Ross turned around. Seeing Russell carrying two bags, he smiled. “You’re leaving. Good for you. My driver didn’t bring your advance money, yet, so…” he took out a check book from his suit pocket. “Tell me, how much do you want? Ten thousand? Twenty thousand?” “I don’t need your money,” Russell blurted. Ross smiled and then wrote a check for 25,000 dollars and tried to give it to him. “I said I don’t want it,” Russell pushed it back and was walking past him, but he briefly stopped and said, “but there is one thing I want from you, though.” “Oh, what is it?” Ross asked,
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 462
Kyra did not want to spend much time at the wedding party after her skirmish with Karensa Raer. She greeted the newly wed couple, apologized to them for the disturbance she caused, gave them three separate gifts, a Rolex watch for the groom, and a diamond necklace for the bride. The third one was the car keys of an Aston Martin Valhalla.The bride could not believe it.The groom said, “Isn’t this too costly to be given as a gift?”“Beatrix was my roommate in college for the first year,” Kyra told him. “I didn’t stay in the hostel most of the time, but when I did stay, she gave me good company. She’s a bit selfish when it comes to studying, but I totally understand that. You need to have that selfishness to succeed when the competition is so high. Once I got good grades in the first semester, she opened up to me in the second semester. We spent a good amount of time together in the library that semester. She’s part of the reason why I was able to top the grades in the first year, so th
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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
