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The Secret Successor CHAPTER 100
The next morning. Jessica was on her way to her job, currently waiting at the bus stop, but she was talking with Irene about Russell’s marriage. “If he gets married, I wouldn’t be able to see him often, right?” “No, you won’t be able to see him ever again,” Irene bluntly said, bringing a tear to Jessica’s eye. “Since you clearly love him so much, why don’t you just go and confess to him?” “What? Now?” Jessica was shocked. “He has a wedding tomorrow, with a big family at that. If I go and talk him out of it, everyone will think badly of me.” “Screw what others think about you. Only what Russell thinks about you matters,” Irene said. “And he didn’t give you the wedding card, did he? Why do you think so? Isn’t it because he couldn’t give it to you? Maybe, deep in his heart… he has feelings for you, and he just doesn’t know it yet.” “You really think so?” “Of course. You should be more open and bold about this, Jessica. Remember how Natasha snatched him from your side. You’ve been tr
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 101
A few minutes earlier.Even though it was nine in the morning, Russell was still sleeping. His room door wasn’t locked because he didn’t have that habit of locking the door.“Brother!” Viola ran into the room and jumped onto the bed, turned her body axially in midair and crashed her bum on his abdomen.“AUUGHH!” Russell got jolted out of his sleep.“Brother! Have you seen your new video?” Viola excitedly asked. “It crossed 100,000 views!”Russell pushed her aside, cringing in pain. He slowly got up, fearing that his back might have gotten hurt due to Viola's reckless action, but luckily, he was able to sit up without much of a problem. “Viola! You think you’re still a five year old or what?” he fumed at her. “You weigh 50 kilos now!”“I only weigh 47, though,” she retorted.Russell controlled his anger and exhaled audibly. “Anyway, you were saying something?”Viola showed him the mobile screen. “Your video is trending in the top 100 in the vlog category.”“R-Really?” Russell grabbed t
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 102
A taste sweeter than chocolate seized his soul as two masses softer than marshmallows collided with Russell’s lips and birthed a flame at the uttermost depths of his heart, making him moan.He had been kissed a few times in the past, but all those kisses paled in comparison to this kiss that attacked with the center point of sweetness and held its ground as if trying to prove that it was more than a moment of lust.Saying that it was refreshing would be an understatement.Russell forgot about all his worries and cares, and felt as if he was floating in the air. It was like taking a trip to the heaven above, a place he had never been before, yet it also felt as warm and comfortable as a baby would feel in the mother’s womb.He wanted this feeling to last forever.As seconds passed, he felt the taste of Jessica’s lips and her passion filling his body and soul.They had become one as a flower that was pressed against two halves of a book that had similar yet completely different stories.
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 103
The masked assassin had been observing everything since early in the morning so he could make the perfect plan.“There are many variables in this mission. First, I saw a few faces walking to and fro in the same street, which means they’re probably taking a loop around the house since its backside is also linked to a different street. I was wondering why they didn’t put any guards. Well, it’s because they must have hired these women from some security firm. Hmph, they are so poor at doing their job, though. Fooling their eyes shouldn’t be too difficult.“Once I enter the house and turn the cameras off, killing him shouldn’t be much of a deal.“Two million dollars are at stake here, so I can’t make a single error.” He told himself and put the mask of Jennifer on his face and also dressed himself appropriately.He then fearlessly went to Russell’s house. The female security guards didn’t even doubt it. (As expected, my camouflage is perfect. No one can beat you in this, Edward. ) He told
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 104
When Gage took his gun out and pointed at Edward from the balcony, one of the security girls from the Thundergate noticed him from almost 150 meters away.“Take your mask off,” Gage told the assassin.Suddenly, a bullet flew in and struck Gage’s arm that was holding the gun. The gun fell from his hand, and he immediately lowered his posture and rushed into the room and groaned in pain.”Urgh!” (Who shot me? Was it the security women? To think they shot so precisely with a freaking handgun from more than 100 meters away…) Still, he had no time to worry. He crawled onto the balcony floor to see what Edward was doing.To his shock, Edward saw this as an opportunity. Instead of running out through the main gate, he jumped over the neighbor’s wall and entered Russell’s house.“This bastard…” Gage’s heart pounded in his chest. “There’s no doubt. He’s here to kill Russell!”One of the security girls opened the gate and rushed into Russell’s house and saw Edward who was wearing Jennifer’s mask
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 105
“Is the wound serious?” she asked Gage in a cold tone.“No. It missed the organs. With a few hours rest, he should be able to stand,” replied Gage.She breathed in a bit of a relief as the wedding wouldn’t need to be stopped. “What’s your name?”“Isn’t it manners to tell your name first before asking for others?”“Lamiya.”“Gage.”“I’ll find out who you are, Gage,” Lamiya replied. She was a dark brunette with scary red eyes. She was in her mid forties, but she looked to be only in her early thirties. “If I find anything out of the ordinary, I’ll personally find you and kill you.”“I’m a virgin.”“... so?”“Before you kill me, can we…”She raised her gun a little.“Just kidding,” Gage said and then his expression turned serious, even though he wasn’t even looking at her. “Do you think your girls can catch that bastard?”“I’m confident in them.”“To have come in the appearance of Jennifer Bennett, either he’s been planning this for quite long, or he’s some top professional who wasn’t gi
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 106
Once Liam was on the move, Roddick’s butler, Ivan, backed away from his operations as it was too risky to try and kill Russell now. “If worse comes to worst, both the Lynn and the Heller families will be fine, but I will be pushing up the daisies.”All Liam needed to do was make a few phone calls, and a hundred snipers were stationed around Russell’s home, while keeping themselves hidden on rooftops. Moreover, there were many new faces roaming in the neighborhood, and there was no way to tell who was working for him.Even for someone like Ivan who had so many resources, this was too risky a task, one that was doomed to fail.Liam met Lamiya who thought she’d be congratulated, but Liam slapped her and said, “You couldn’t even catch a single man. Your head is still on your shoulders because Russell is still alive. Now, get lost from my face.”Lamiya and her team left the scene, looking humiliated even though they were paid.Liam then came to meet Russell who was still in Madison’s home.
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 107
Russell opened his eyes much earlier than expected.William told him where he was and what had happened. The Bennett family wasn’t told about anything yet, whereas Madison and her husband were told to keep their mouths shut. William had already paid them 10,000 dollars.“Why would anyone want to kill me so badly?” Russell was still in shock, especially because the assassin had come wearing Jennifer’s mask.“The Lynn family has a lot of enemies,” William said in a neutral tone. “You’ve made some enemies recently, too.”Russell shook his head. “No. Natasha and Denver are not capable of doing something of this scale.”“You’re right. It’s not them.”“Then who is it?”“We didn’t find it out yet,” William showed the face of Edward on his mobile. “This is the guy that tried to kill you. He’s a trained assassin. Only millionaires can hire this type of guy. So it could be anybody who suffered because of the Lynn family’s rise in power.”“How do you intend to narrow down the list?” Russell coul