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Teresa took her entire family over to the villa where Lucy was staying. She introduced them to Lucy while she was watching television.She especially talked good about her daughter. “This is my daughter Jennifer. She’s really smart, ma’am. I’m sure she’ll be useful to you.”“I’ll decide whether she’s useful or not,” Lucy said, looking at Jennifer. “What are you good at?”“Managing people,” Jennifer said.“Mm, how about I give you a manager’s role at some big hotel?” Lucy suggested. “If you can attract billionaires to your hotel in the next one month and get good reviews from them, I’ll recognize your worth.”“I-I’ll definitely do it… madam,” Jennifer said somewhat hesitantly. She actually didn’t want to work, but her mother forced her and brought her here. “What hotel should I manage?”“One of the biggest hotels in this city, the Seven Sins hotel is secretly owned by my family,” Lucy said. “So, you can just work there.”Jennifer’s eyes widened. “Y-You mean, the infamous seven-floored
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Russell was traveling in his old car, with his mother accompanying him. She was the one shooting the video for him this time.“Why the sudden change, Mom?” Russell couldn’t help but ask her. “Two days back, you didn’t look pleased with my working style, but now you’re traveling with me. What changed your mind so much?”“Let’s just say I want to share a little bit of my son’s burdens,” Elora said, “until he gets a partner.”Russell smiled but said nothing.They were traveling a road up the mountain, and a vila caught his eyes. “Point the camera there, Mom. That building looks pretty fine.”“It does,” Elora said.“Looks very good, doesn’t it?” Russell commented. “Must feel very peaceful to live in such a house.”“You don’t usually find peace in such big houses, son,” Elora voiced her mind. “Relationships are all more of a game in the glass buildings. Everyone tries to be on top of each other in every little thing. Only rarely do you find someone who would actually accept their mistakes
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 530
The next morning.Regan came to his office building. Jessica was there waiting for him at his office.“Good morning, sir,” she greeted him.“Did you get the information I wanted on the third son of Parul Conreid?” Regan asked her.“Yes, sir. I left the file on your desk,” she said.“I don’t have the time to read it. Just tell me what you think about him,” Regan said, sitting in his chair, “without any filters.”“Uh, he’s… trash,” Jessica said. “He’s known for dating a different celebrity every week. I’ve asked some people working in his company, and they didn’t have anything good to say about him. He even dates the women in his company, it seems. He’s a real spoiled child, if there ever was one.”“And Parul wants me to observe such a guy?” Regan was shaking his head. “What was he thinking? He’s not the type to send some garbage over, even if it’s his own son.”“Maybe, he has a soft spot for the third son, sir,” Jessica opined. “I mean, he’s the youngest son, so it’s possible.”“Mm, yo
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 531
Russell quickly checked Regan’s pulse. He could barely feel it. He immediately began to press his chest and also called for an ambulance simultaneously. He then called Jessica’s mobile and told her what’s happening.She didn’t believe him, thinking he was pranking her, but she still came to check Regan’s room. And she was shocked that Russell was indeed telling her the truth.“Slap his inner elbow on the other hand,” Russell told her while he was pressing Regan’s chest with one hand and was also tapping the left inner elbow in the other hand.“A-Are you sure this will work?” Jessica tensely asked him. A lot of thoughts rushed through her mind. What if Regan were to die now? What would happen to the game? What would happen to her job? Her career? Moreover, what if people blamed her that it was her negligence that caused this? And she began to sweat without herself knowing.“Just trust me and keep doing it,” Russell assured her. And she believed him and mimicked what he was doing. She n
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 532
Almost ten hours after Regan was brought to the hospital.So many people from all around the country came to see Regan, but none of them were allowed to see Regan.The first person that Regan allowed to enter the intensive care unit was Jessica only, which made many mouths murmur among themselves.Regan was still lying down on the bed, but he didn’t have the oxygen mask on. “Where’s the guy that came with you?” he asked in a low and weak voice.“He waited and left only twenty minutes ago, sir,” Jessica told her. “Someone called him, and so he left. Oh, he told me to give this to you.” She gave him the access card that Regan had given to him.Regan faintly smiled. “He came to give this back to me, huh.”“Yes. Luckily, he came at the right time. Otherwise….” Jessica didn’t know what to say. “What did the doctor say about your condition, sir?”“It’s just a stroke,” Regan responded. “Whatever they might say, I know I’ll be fine, but still, I need to be careful for three, four days. And th
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 533
The next morning.Russell woke up and didn’t find Elora in the room. He saw food on the table and also a letter.“I’m going out on some work. I will be back before sunset,” she wrote.“Where did she go out so early in the morning?” Russell wondered.In the Creed hospital.Regan was talking with Charlotte.“I’m so sorry and sad that this happened to you, Mr. Regan,” Charlotte pitifully said. “Do you remember what you ate that morning?”“Oh, it’s not the food that’s the issue,” Regan told her.“Then, what could it be?”“I’m old enough to hurt my heart from sneezing or coughing, so anything could act as a trigger,” Regan said.“What did the doctors say?”“Whatever they say, I know what to do,” Regan said. “The body heals itself if stress can be relieved. So I should just do my best to not stress myself out.”“Does that mean you’re going to step down as the CEO?” Charlotte asked without hesitation.Regan glanced at her for a second and said, “I haven’t decided anything, but we’ll see what
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“Thank you for coming, my daughter, my little light,” Regan’s eyes teared up. “I can die with no regrets now.”“Stop with your melodrama,” Elora hissed as she sat down on the bed. “I ain’t buying a single tear that comes out of your eyes.”“This isn't a drama. You can check the reports.”“Reports can easily be faked,” she said and then checked his pulse.“What are you doing?”A few seconds passed, and then Elora’s expression slightly changed as she understood that his pulse was weak. She let go of his hand and then said, “What caused you to suffer a stroke? Were you fucking some bitch in your office or something?”“N-No, Elora,” Regan was hurt by her words. “It’s been more than a decade since I had sex with anyone.”“You expect me to believe that?”“I can’t prove it to you, so I can only hope that you believe my words,” Regan said. “What would I gain by lying to you about this? If I was having sex, then I would have told you.”“Then what’s the reason a stone-hearted guy like suffered
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“After I came to this country, I suffered from a lot of stress,” Elora explained to her dad. “I was able to work many part-time jobs every day, but everywhere, my superiors tried to take advantage of me. Maybe it’s because I’m a foreigner, I might have appeared like an easy target for them. Some of them even came to the apartment I’m staying at and began to really bother me. I went to the police station, and the officer warned those men, but then began to harass me by bringing food, drugs, and alcohol to my apartment. He began to call me and send letters dozens of times every day. I was so terrified by that officer’s actions that I was thinking of returning back home.”Regan’s eyes widened. “Then why didn’t you come back?”“Because one day, that officer was harassing me at a traffic junction when I was returning from work…” Elora said. “He was trying to touch me, asking me to wear the dress he bought for me. I was so afraid that he was going to undress me there in the middle of the st
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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
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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
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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?”
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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
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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
