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The Secret Successor CHAPTER 73
On the same night, in Jessica’s home.Jessica was so tired after work, she didn’t even have the strength to cook.“Why is he not here yet?” She would have called Derek, but he didn’t have a mobile on him. The last time she brought him a second-hand mobile, he sold it away and used the money to buy lottery tickets, an effort that miserably failed.Jessica then called Irene and asked her about her parents’ reaction regarding the new painting she had done. Irene didn’t even talk about it as one of the neighbors’ sons had told her father everything that had happened. It was obvious that they had a grudge on Irene because she refused to date him.“Forget about me, but tell me how your day at work was,” Irene asked out of intrigue. She really wished she would one day get to work in a high-paying company as well, so she wanted to know everything there was to know about it. “How did your boss treat you? Is being a PA more grueling than you thought?”“This job is indeed demanding,” Jessica kep
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 74
“Mom, coffee,” Natasha mumbled in her sleep, but then the traffic noises woke her up, just to make her realize that she was sleeping on a roadside bench. The unforgiving cold outside bit on her skin as well as her heart, and she found herself shivering in and out. Every breath released loads of fog through her mouth. Every passing thought burdened her heart.She got up from the bench and hissed in pain because her feet hurt. Her heels had cracks now. She sat down and cringed. When was the last time she had cracks on her feet? Probably, never. Because she had walked for hours the previous night, the stress must have led to these cracks, she thought.She massaged her feet with a sad and angry expression. “What have I done to deserve this?”A beggar that was passing by took a look at her. She seemed to be seventeen at best, but she kept staring at her.“What?” Natasha snarled at her. “Is there something on my face?”“I saw you sleeping here last night. It’s not safe to sleep out in the o
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 75
A large black SUV stopped outside the store. Arnold was in the driver’s seat; his family was in the back. “Is this the store?” he asked.“Yes,” William, who was sitting next to him, calmly said. “Do you like this car?”“Y-Yeah,” Arnold smiled a little embarrassedly. This car was actually given by Tyler the Collection King as a gift during Russell’s birthday party. It probably costs more than 100,000 dollars. Maybe even more than 200,000 dollars. “This is the costliest car I’ve ever driven.”Jennifer was quite happy to see her husband delighted.Tyler was a lot more influential than most people knew. He had connections with mafia, and he was also someone who wouldn’t even pour milk to a cat and throw leftover bones to a dog. To be able to make such a man give away a costly car like this only showed just how powerful the Lynn family must be?Jennifer looked at Russell, whom she had prepared by cutting his hair and putting makeup on. “We’ve arrived at the store, Russell.”Russell recogni
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 76
A minute earlier.Seeing the customers coming in, Ethan quickly put the lollipop aside and called for Natasha and Cassidy before going over to meet the customers.“Welcome, everyone. I’m Ethan, the manager of the store.” He introduced himself. Cassidy arrived by then. He whispered to her to arrange for drinks. Cassidy nodded and left. Ethan called for Natasha as she still didn’t show up.“Natasha?” Viola’s eyebrows shot up. “It can’t be her, can it?”James quickly shook his head. “She’s not the type who’d work in stores, Sis.”“Yeah, you’re right.”Ethan called for Natasha again, this time with a louder voice.Russell, just then, recognized Ethan’s face. He looked so fat now Russell almost couldn’t recognize him. “Wait… aren’t you, Ethan?”Ethan recognized Russell at first glance as he looked very similar to when he was young, except that he looked more handsome now. “Russell?” As far as he knew, the Bennett family wasn’t rich enough to enter a premium Myers store, so it got him a lit
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 77
Ethan knew something was up when a customer called him. He hadn’t put his lollipop away just to hear one of his friends complain about another friend, whom he knew had dated. He had no idea when they split up or what happened, but sensing the tension and conflict in between Russell and Natasha, he smiled smoothly. “Sure, sir. We’ll provide you with the most experienced pair of assistants.”Ethan then allotted Johnson and Jackson to Bennett family, which the cousins were very happy about because they would be receiving tips!Losing customers was a greatly demotivating thing, but Natasha didn’t feel bad in that regard. She felt relieved that she no longer needed to deal with the Bennett family. Though she wouldn’t get the tip, she was okay with that. Ethan also didn’t scold her or anything, so he was alright with how things turned out. Then again, at the back of her mind, she was finding it difficult to digest the fact that Russell had rejected her services. It didn’t feel good at all.
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 78
(This ignorant woman is going to give me a heart attack!) Arnold couldn’t control his from beating rampantly against his ribcage.“Who’s she?” William asked, his gaze akin to a sharpened dagger.“S-She’s…” Arnold was smiling like an infant gorilla that smelled bananas for the first time, but no other words came out of his mind no matter how hard he tried.“Who am I? I’m Russell’s best friend since he was still so clumsy at buttoning his shirt,” Jessica proudly said. “I know how he eats and snores when he sleeps. And I even know when he jumps.” She poked Russell’s waist, making him almost jump on his toes. “See, I told you.”“Jessica!” Russell caught her ear. “I told you many times not to do that.”Jessica poked him again, forcing him to let go of her ear. She moved a step away from him and was still smiling. “Anyway, I’m here with my boss, so I can’t keep him waiting. This is goodbye.” She left just as fast as she came.Arnold hesitantly looked at William who had the face of a constip
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 79
With Regan around, William didn’t want to talk with Ethan. He silently walked out of the store and took a cigar out. “What’s that guy doing here? Is he buying suits? No, why would he personally come here to buy suits? Is he planning to form some sort of partnership with this clothing company and so came to check on their quality beforehand? If that’s the case, I must tell this to Sir Liam, but he specifically told me not to call.” Smoking one cigar didn’t quite help him, so he lit up a second one and smoked both of them at the same time.Meanwhile, Russell came to show his dark brown suit to Jennifer. She didn’t say how he looked because she wondered how James would look in this suit. Right now, all the attention was on Russell, but if James were as old as Russell, James would be wearing this suit, she thought.“Mom, how do I look?” Russell asked.“Y-You look good,” Jennifer forced herself to smile, and then her eyes kept looking for James. (Where’s he hiding?) Soon, she noticed James
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 80
William told Russell he should only buy white suit for marriage, and that he should buy at least two of them just to keep one as spare in case something were to happen to the main suit.So, Russell bought a total of three suits. Two white ones and a brown one. He also bought two matching white pants and a pair of brown pants. All these cost approximately 18 million together.Arnold bought himself an 820,000 dollar worth suit. James, however, bought more than two dozen suits and fashion T-shirts and pants which together cost over 990,000 dollars.Jennifer also bought golden coated dresses that added up to exactly 1 million.Arnold tipped Johnson with 1000 dollars. Jennifer gave Cassidy 100 dollars because Arnold told her to. Viola gave Natasha 1 dollar. Regan, on the other hand, had already given Jackson 3000 dollars and left.After knowing how much Johnson tipped, William made Russell separately tip every worker in the store with 5000 dollars, including Natasha, using the excuse of hi