VKBoySorry guys for not updating for three days. I'll try to write more chapters next week as compensation. I wanted to finish this novel this year itself, but I couldn't. I'm likely going to finish this in the first quarter of next year as 80-90% of the novel has already finished. Thanks to all the readers and the gem voters. A special thanks to Gabriel who is regularly voting lately, even during the days I haven't updated sometimes. To both Gabriel and Mickey, please don't feel pressured to vote as you've already supported plenty enough. Since we're at the end game, I'm going to keep myself motivated even when there aren't people voting. And last but not least, I wish you all a wonderful year ahead. If you want a goal, I'll give you one: overcome yourself. (The same goal Russell always had, though he never explicitly stated it!) CHEERS!
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The Secret Successor CHAPTER 481
“To tell me something very important?” Russell smiled a little as he offered an apple to Gage. “Alright. I don’t have a clue as to what you want to talk about, but I’m all ears,” he sat down in another chair and bit on the apple.“I’ll be frank. We don’t hate each other, but we don’t quite like each other, either,” Gage said. “Why don’t we change that?”“Change what?”“Change into becoming buddies that will do anything for each other,” Gage added.Russell blinked twice. “What?” He didn't know what to say. “Did some dog bite you or something? You came here out of nowhere and started saying something stupid. You didn’t drink and then come here, did you?”“I didn’t drink because I don’t have a friend to drink with,” Gage pitifully said. “And I don’t like drinking alone, which is why I brought beer with me. You left those cans at the door, though.”Russell believed his words as Gage really did not have many friends in school. Even though he was good at sports, he was always to himself. “I
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 482
Many months back.“Rustless? That’s a weird nickname,” Russell said, as he and Natasha were riding an elephant together.“But I like it! Because you are pure as gold,” Natasha said. “You don’t lose your shine.”“Shine?” Russell looked awkward. “What shine? Our classmates are already doing jobs and have their own cars, but I’m struggling with vlogging. Nobody watches my videos. I don’t even know what my future holds.”“Then why don’t you just do something better?” Natasha asked, while wrapping her arms around his waist from behind. She had to hold him tightly so she would not fall.“My mom told me I shouldn’t shy away from pursuing the path I want at least until I turn 30, which is probably why I still haven’t given up, maybe?” Russell wondered.“I know you want to succeed with your own potential doing what you’re passionate about, but if you ever need my help, just ask me, I’ll use my dad’s influence to get you recommended to a company,” she said.Russell frowned. “Sorry, that won’t b
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 483
Not long after Gage left, Russell was working on his laptop, when his mobile began to receive messages. He checked them and was surprised because most of them were messages sent by his friends.“How did they know my number?” he thought for a second and then frowned. “That damned principal. Did he give my number to Natasha?”Russell looked disappointed as well as angry because some of these messages were sent by anonymous people, and one of these messages was titled ‘she restarted him with one slap.’Russell still vividly remembered that these types of posts were published a lot online back when Natasha rejected him. They also probably played some part in Russell ending up at the cliff that day.“She said she had no interest in crushing me anymore. Yeah, this woman is a pathological liar. I’m sure of it now,” Russell couldn’t block the friends that sent him messages, but he made sure to block all the anonymous numbers after sending them the message: Hell awaits you.One of these messa
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 484
It was dark outside when Elora woke up. The full moon could be seen through the window.To her added surprise, Russell had prepared a meal for her which he personally cooked.“How were you able to cook in this hotel?” Elora looked very shocked. “How did they allow it?”“They said we can cook as long as we’re using induction cookware,” Russell said. “So I bought some tools in the nearby supermarket and unpacked everything and cooked an egg and tomato dish for you. Taste it and tell me how it is.”Elora didn’t know what to say. “Russell… since when can you cook a full curry?” He had helped her with many things over the years, from making all kinds of healing potions, but he never cooked curry for her because he didn’t know. Jennifer never even allowed him into the kitchen, which Elora knew because Russell had told her about it decades ago. He didn’t bring that up after growing up, but she knew that Jennifer didn’t let him enter the kitchen even after he grew a mustache.How would a per
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 485
“It’s long past twelve, Boss,” Gage said, yawning. “It’s getting quite chilly here. How much longer are you going to keep tapping your shoes? Either enter that hotel, or let’s go home. I’m hungry! And I’m sure you are also hungry!”Regan took a breath and stepped out of the car, surprising Gage.“I’m going to do it,” Regan told himself, but then it was quite bright outside, so he naturally lifted his head and saw the full moon. Looking at the full moon made him suddenly remember something that happened many years ago. He was on the rooftop of his estate talking with his business partners on mobile. It was in the middle of the night, with a full moon above his head.Elora came running to the rooftop and quickly held his hand and said, “Happy Birthday, Dad!”However, Regan pulled his hand away and ‘shh’ed her, telling her to leave with his hand gesture.Elora wasn’t even ten years old back then. She silently cried as she went downstairs.Coming back to the present.Regan started to shak
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 486
Elora and Russell talked for a long time that night, and he briefly told her that Natasha and her sister came to invite him to Skarlett’s wedding.Elora clearly told him to not go to that wedding, and that Natasha was the type of girl who wouldn’t spit on Russell even if he was burning! “She might even come after your life, so stay away from her.”“I don’t intend to go to that wedding, either. I don’t want to put my mental health at risk,” Russell said, “even if Kyra might attend the wedding.”Elora’s expression changed. “Kyra will be going?” she paused for a second. “Are you sure it’s completely done between both of you?” She knew very well that a lot had happened between them, but it was more due to misunderstandings and not due to big mistakes from each other. So, she believed that there might be a chance for them to end up together.Russell didn’t look too sure, either, but he said, “She’s the one in the wrong. If she doesn’t trust me with something like this, what’s the point of
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 487
“There are all kinds of people in this world. And not everybody is functional!” Teresa was talking with her son-in-law. “They won’t get it no matter how many times they try to reform them. Your son, Russell, also falls into that category.”“But… mother-in-law, we can’t just let him live like a beggar,” Arnold said. “I think he’s received enough punishment. If he receives some guidance and help, I think he’ll grab onto that opportunity and make something out of it. We don’t have to help him directly. We can do it with someone else.”“I totally get what you’re saying,” Teresa casually said while reading the newspaper. “He’s your blood. He’s your first son, and you want to help him even if he’s a useless scum who preys on juvenile girls.”“T-That’s not what I meant,” Arnold frowned.“But that’s what it means,” Teresa said. “There are many jobs for trash like him. Blowing leaves off the streets will get him paid a few dollars, or mowing someone’s lawn, or cleaning drainages, you name it.
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 488
Regan walked out of Teresa’s estate and entered his old Porsche car.“Where do you want to go now, Boss?” Gage asked. He didn’t like that Regan came here to meet Teresa because it was a risky thing to do. “Who do you want to meet this time?”“Let’s just go to a restaurant,” Regan said. “A humble one.”“Alright.” Gage drove for more than twenty minutes and stopped at Drake’s restaurant. It was neither small nor big, but it was quite busy. “Damn, there are a lot of people here. So, do you want me to choose another restaurant?”“No, this is fine. You stay here,” Regan said. “I want to eat alone.”“Okay, Boss. Put the goggles on so that no one recognizes you.”Regan, however, didn’t wear the goggles as he wasn’t in the mood.Regan entered the restaurant, walking slowly with the help of his stick. He looked around. There were no empty tables, so he waited for almost eight minutes before a table was freed. He quickly went there and sat at that empty table.A tall handsome youth, with the na