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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
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 463
“This is one fine car,” Tristan complimented while fingering his ear and then smelling his own finger. “I would have loved it more if only it wasn’t electric.”“I can get this modified for you if you want,” Kyra replied, still being mind-controlled by him.“Oh, that’s really sweet of you, but no thanks,” Tristan said. “I’ll keep it as it is, since the world is moving toward electric vehicles anyway, even though it’s all highly inefficient and unsafe compared to the gas vehicles.”“What makes you say that?” Kyra asked back. At this point, it wasn’t her talking but Tristan making her talk.“Electricity prices will only go up. The more people buy these vehicles, the more electricity will be used. You’ll need to stay a long time to get your vehicle charged, and on top of that the radiation inside your vehicle will constantly cook your organs and slowly make you sick and kill you,” Tristan laughed. “Only clueless idiots like you who blindly trust the trend and have too much money to spend