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The Secret Successor CHAPTER 528
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
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 529
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
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 535
“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