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Regan and Russell’s eyes met. Russell had bigger eyes compared to his grandfather.Russell obviously remembered who he was. Did the bouquet belong to him? He wondered. He then put the bouquet on a table and quickly rushed up the stairs. “Let me help you, sir.”If someone offered help, Regan would have yelled at them saying he’s not that old yet, but because it was Russell, he did not say anything.Russell held Regan’s left arm with both of his hands and helped him climb down the stairs slowly.After coming down, Regan decided to sit at the table Russell had kept the bouquet at. He put the walking stick on the same table and exhaled audibly. “Only ten years ago, I could run up and down the stairs like a king, but now… my knees feel stiff. And my back feels like it might give up any second. Using the stairs becomes not just tiring but also a scary thing to pull off. The only good thing about it is that I’m sure I won’t live another five years, so I don’t have to suffer this old life for
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 494
“I was born into a rich family,” Regan said, “but of course, we weren’t rich enough to not be able to keep track of everything we own. I used to spend money on buying everything I wanted when I was young. On my thirteenth birthday, however, my dad gave me a gift with nothing in the gift box. I told him that there was no gift inside. You know what he said?” Russell slowly shook his head. “He told me to figure that out myself,” Regan added. “Since that year, he hasn't given me a dollar, not to the day he died. But he did let me work in his company. However, I didn’t take any salary for my work, either.” “Mm? Then how did you eat?” Russell couldn’t help but ask. “I was still staying at my dad’s house, so I ate whatever the maids cooked,” Regan said. “It was on my thirtieth birthday, I was able to get an investment from a friend and professor, and I used that to build a tech company called ‘Gift.’ I built a game, which somehow worked out, and I bought my first credit card that year. On
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 495
Elora was muttering something angrily to herself as Russell entered the room. She stopped talking suddenly and looked at him. To her shock, he was holding a bouquet. “W-What’s that?”For a second, her heart trembled.“Someone I know gave it to me,” Russell said and put the bouquet on the table. But he plucked one rose. “Though I don’t understand why his daughter seemed to have rejected it. Maybe she doesn’t like red roses like you?”Elora’s heart started beating faster. She didn’t like red roses because they reminded her of blood, but she loved blush pink roses. Russell knew that. However, Regan didn’t.“How did you know that old man? What did he tell you?” Elora asked, sitting frozenly as Russell came up to her.“He’s someone I met through a friend. We didn’t talk much. He told me his past and his regrets,” Russell raised his hand and put the rose forward toward her.Elora didn’t know what to do. Was she supposed to take it, knowing that it was bought by Regan? But Russell would get
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 496
At Lynn Trills, an open restaurant owned by the Lynn family.Teresa was waiting at the table, observing the birds that were put in cages for display. Their chirping noises made the atmosphere pleasant to her ears.“Did I keep you waiting for long?” Kyra came and sat across the table.“This is a good place, so I don’t mind it,” Teresa said. “How are you doing?”This sort of friendly attitude was not what Kyra expected from this old lady. She understood that Teresa must want something from her. “I’m doing fine. Do you need some sort of help from me?”Teresa smiled a little. “Actually, it’s the opposite.”“Opposite?”Teresa took a file out of her handbag and put it before Kyra. After seeing the pictures in that file, Kyra couldn’t help but frown. Those were pictures of Amelie and Roddick meeting in some animal park. What was even more shocking was that Natasha also seemed to be somewhere in the picture.“It’s not a quality image because these people were in the background,” Teresa said.
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 497
The woman who taught her how to walk;The woman who made her smile;The woman whose smile she believed was brighter than a rainbow;The woman she grew up thinking to be more beautiful than any flower in the world;The woman she put before any treasure ever existed in the world or in her imaginations;The woman whose husband she believed to be part of the bones that made her spine;The woman whose husband’s blood she believed also flowed in her;This woman named Charlotte now became a big thorn in Kyra’s heart.As much as Kyra tried to forgive and forget the biggest of lies that Charlotte made, for the sake of their bond, Kyra now had another reason to feel hatred toward her mother now.She was driving home very fast in her Alpha Wolfe car, which was in auto-pilot mode because she was so upset she was not in the right condition to be driving now, definitely not at this speed.Despite traveling at a high speed, the car did not make a single mistake. It was able to bring Kyra home in opt
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 498
In a beauty parlor in the evening.“Have you seen this?” Skarlett showed her sister the new video that Russell uploaded.“He doesn’t even have 50,000 subscribers,” Natasha snorted. “I have 250,000 now. My makeup tutorial video was seen by over 42 million people. What’s his highest viewed video? I doubt it even has a million views. He’s not even my competition, sis. I utterly crushed him without even really trying. Even if he makes a thousand videos, he’ll not get a hundredth of the attention that I received. That’s just how useless he is.”“Haha, you’re right. You have a lot of male as well as female subscribers, but his content is so bad that he’s struggling to have subscribers,” Skarlett remarked. “I thought he was going to succeed when he started making videos with Kyra with her face hidden, but that didn’t last long. So, now, I’m sure his subscribers will demand videos with her, or at least ask him the reason behind divorce. ”“Even if he doesn’t tell them, I’ll leak some informat
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 499
After checking his weight in the weighing machine, Russell used the foot massager mat for a minute and found it very stimulating as well as relaxing.He left the car there and began to explore the place on foot. He came across a tripartite shop where one could choose to shoot in three ways: Bows, guns, and darts.Russell chose the bows because the quality of the bows were quite good, and he never held a bow before. The arrows had blunt tips, which was expected. He only had to pay only one dollar for every attempt. A deer hologram was made to run around in the square room right before his eyes, and he had to shoot it.Russell quickly shot at the deer when it briefly stopped and looked at him, but the arrow grazed past its back. “Ah! Just missed it!”“You can try again, sir,” the worker, who was a pretty young lady, said. “You can use the VR goggles if you want.”“VR goggles?” Russell looked at her a bit confusedly. But then she gave him a pair of goggles.“It helps you focus on the dee
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 500
In a huge hangar-like tent, many professional gamers were test-playing the game in their zones. At one end, there was a big table where twenty people could sit around it, but only Charlotte and Regan were sitting there. The others were busy observing the professional gamers use the VR gear to play the game. “This neural gear is working much better than I expected,” Charlotte was smiling very much. “The professional gamers who played the game for 20 hours yesterday had their brain functions checked, and their vitals were better than those who work at a desk for eight hours.” “That’s because we fed them all a proper diet in the morning,” Regan said. “A glass of lemon water which helps create white blood cells, a banana for energy and improving cholesterol, a guava for fiber and for keeping hunger in check. These three must be included in breakfast. On top of those three, we’ll then allow them to eat the fourth item of their choice. This is the rule I put for all the gamers. I’ve used i
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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
CHAPTER 629
“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
