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Natasha looked like a crocodile when she was hugging the floor. Her expression was that of pure confusion and shock.When was the last time her father slapped her? She didn’t remember it. He probably never slapped her in the past. Yet now, he slapped her like he was slapping an annoying slut chasing men on the roadside.“Fredrick!” Diana got up from the couch. “Are you trying to kill her?”“I wasn’t,” Fredrick turned away. “But if she stays before my eyes for another minute, I don’t think I’ll be able to control myself.”“I’ll take her away,” Diana assured him and quickly helped Natasha to get back to her feet.“Mom, I really didn’t call Russell to the rooftop,” Natasha pitifully told her mother, “I swear.”“Even if your dad doesn’t believe you, I believe you, Natasha.”Diana took her out of the room and made her sit in the living room on the first floor. “Just wait here for a moment, and don’t say a word to anyone. I’ll come back and tell you why we’re here.” Saying that she quickly
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Jessica walked over to the reception desk. A tall, blonde lady was busy typing with one hand while holding a cup of coffee in the other. “Excuse me, ma’am, I’m new to my job, and I don’t know where I should go.”The blonde lady took an entire half-minute to cast a glance at Jessica and then resumed typing for ten more seconds before sparing another glance at her. “What do you want?” There was a hint of arrogance and annoyance in her tone as if she was superior and was doing a favor to Jessica just by giving her some attention.“I passed the interview for the PA post conducted recently,” Jessica patiently explained with a polite smile on her face. “I was told to come at 10 o’clock today, but I don’t know where I should go.”“PA post? Who? You?”she amusedly smiled. “Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror?”Jessica immediately frowned. She didn’t put much makeup on, but how could this woman talk so rudely when she didn’t even know a single thing about Jessica? “Thank you for your
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“My boss? You must be joki—” only then, Miley glanced down and realized that she had just answered the red telephone and not the white telephone. The red one was exclusively used by the boss, and it never rang before, and that fact didn’t even cross her mind until now. “S-Sir,” she immediately stood straight, “sir, what do you want, sir?”“Jessica Walker. Send her to my room,” an indifferent voice replied from the other side.“I’m sending her up right away, sir.”“You are going to escort her to my room.”Miley’s heart sank into her stomach and swam virulently in her gastric juices. “Y-Y-Yes, sir.”The call ended.Miley quickly glanced at Jessica’s employee tag and saw her full name: Jessica Walker. She swallowed her saliva and then briefly looked at Jessica with an annoyed expression. She then gave her belongings back to her and blurted, “Follow me.”“Follow you? To where?” Jessica’s frustration escalated because she didn’t think it was Regan who just talked with Miley. She wanted to
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Russell was wearing Derek’s clothes, which were informal among informals. Miley felt disgusted just from a look at those uncivil clothes, though she didn’t make it obvious through her expression. “How did you get in here?” she asked in a threatening manner like an angry dog barking at an intruder.“Excuse me?” The young man, Russell Bennett, was a bit taken aback.“What are the guards doing?” she peeked over her desk-wall and looked at the entrance only to realize that the guards were gone. (Don’t tell me… both of them went to the medical store?) She tapped her forehead. (Those idiots…)“I came here to give this to Jessica,” Russell raised the purse in his hand. “She forgot her purse. Her inhaler is inside. I must give this to her.”Miley was surprised to hear that. (If I give her this in front of Mr. Regan, he may consider giving this month’s salary!) “Give it to me. I’ll deliver this to her.”“I’m sorry, but I must personally make sure she gets this.” He knew how much Jessica used t
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Jessica’s first day at the Creed Tech company was a mix of good and bad events. Some employees were quite friendly with her, whereas some didn’t shy away from expressing their negative opinion on her after hearing her qualifications. She couldn’t blame them because she didn’t even go to college and still somehow managed to get a 150,000 dollar job, so she could understand their envy. She could bear such an ill attitude shown toward her, especially because it was her first day, and she believed that they would change their minds if she were to prove her worth.Unlike Jessica, Natasha’s first day at Russell’s home was nothing short of terrible. Everybody except her sister and mother treated her as if she was a used tissue paper. Jennifer’s face especially scrunched with anger and disgust whenever their eyes met. Rails ran in Natasha’s heart every few minutes when she wondered how Jennifer would react if the truth were to be revealed.In a long while, this was the first day Natasha hadn’
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Jennifer came upstairs and saw the burger, sandwich, and the cooldrink bottle on the floor. “Did you throw them on the floor?” she scowled at Natasha. “You think this is your house?”Natasha gritted her teeth.“Why aren’t you speaking?” Jennifer raised her voice. “Are you dumb? Or Did my son’s slap make you deaf?”“You…” Natasha’s blood boiled. She immediately stood from the couch. “Who do you think you are!”“I’m the owner of this house, you little cunt,” Jennifer growled and didn’t back down. Natasha felt somewhat intimidated by the redness in Jennifer’s eyes. “You better pick the food and either eat or throw it away. And clean the floor while you’re at it.”“What? Clean the floor?” Natasha clenched her hands. She had never done such a thing before. “I’d rather leave this damn house than do what you tell me to do.” She started to walk away.“Liam’s men are waiting outside,” Jennifer said. “I’m sure they’ll be more than happy to drag your sorry ass back in.”Natasha didn’t believe he
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The taxi dropped Jessica and Russell at her home. She paid for the ride this time. The driver asked for a little extra, and Russell was going to give him a dollar, but Jessica slapped his hand and didn’t let him give it.After the driver left, Russell asked her, “It’s only a dollar, so why did you stop me?”“Did he give us any discount when we asked him?” she quickly spoke back. “He asked for a lot more than what it would cost us on a bus ride. There’s a difference of 50 dollars. He’s already earned more than what he deserves. And I’m not going to take a taxi again to go to the office. Bus ride is better, though it’ll take longer to get home.”Just as they were entering the home, Jessica’s phone rang. It was Irene. She quickly stopped and answered, “Hey, how did your interview go?”“I didn’t even go,” Irene’s voice was loud, so even Russell could hear it. “We’ll talk about that later, but right now, can you come to my home?”“Your home? Now?” It was already getting dark by then.“Yeah
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The next morning.The mobile alarm rang sharply at 6 AM, but Jessica was in too deep of a sleep; she didn’t even respond to the extremely loud noise her low-budget mobile made.Russell, who was sitting on the opposite couch, was not at all feeling sleepy, even though he hadn’t slept all night.He stopped the alarm and kept staring at Jessica.He had been thinking for four hours straight on how to handle his relationship with her. If anything, these four hours made him realize just how precious Jessica’s existence was in his life. Even though he hadn’t met her often after he joined college, she always made time to come and meet him at his house, even though Jennifer and Arnold didn’t treat her well. Jennifer wouldn’t even treat Jessica as a guest, and she never once fed her sweets or even fruits. Still, Jennifer didn’t speak ill of them, even when Russell himself cursed his stepmother a few times.“My life is a mess, Jessica. I don’t want to drag you into the mud with me. You deserve s
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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
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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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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
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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
