Ch. 386..390: 11The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 386-390
Chapter 386
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 386 So, he agreed to go.
In the afternoon, once Mr. Winters finally slept off, Gerald left for the party.
It would be held in Cape Grace Hotel, somewhere around Serene Town county.
Attracting investors had always been a top priority for the region, and this time, much thought had been put in to make it as grand as they could.
Even many business owners of Serene Town County would be attending.
Zack and Micheal arrived first since Gerald had to look after Mr. Winters.
Gerald stood at the entrance, ready to enter the hotel.
Beside him, a car pulled up at the parking space. A couple came out of the car, arm in arm.
The woman was dressed elegantly and formally, and the man had a suit on him.
“Oh my, we should’ve left earlier. Look at the time now!” complained the woman.
“Hmph, why is it always my fault? You were the one taking hour upon hour to put that makeup on! My dad even called a couple of times to hurry us since Mr. Crawford will be arriving. It’ll be an embarrassment if we are late!” retorted the man.
The couple was none other than Montana and her husband, Jonathan.
“Stop squabbling, let’s get inside!” said Jonathan.
Suddenly, he glanced over his shoulder and saw that a boy had also entered the hotel. He pointed at him in surprise.
“Montana, look! Isn’t that one of your students? Is that Gerald?”
“Wait; what? Your eyes must be playing with y… f*ck, it is him!”
Montana was startled, and by the look of her face, she was seriously taken aback this time.
“Gerald! Stop right there!”
Just as Gerald was ready to enter the hotel, he heard someone calling out to him. He looked back, and by incredible coincidence, it was Montana.
“Ms. Lewis, what a coincidence!”
Gerald greeted with a smile.
Quite frankly, he wanted to kick Montana badly on the kneecaps twice.
“We’re surprised you asked us… do you even know what this place is? They’re planning a grand event, so what are you doing here?” asked Montana, crossing her arms.
Without waiting for his reply, Montana looked as if she realized something.
“I see; you’re here to work, right? Wow, Gerald, I didn’t know you had quite the eye for the finer things! Cape Grace Hotel will be quite busy tonight, so you must’ve smelled your opportunity, huh? Not bad!”
Montana smirked and nodded slowly.
“Okay, work well. I’ll remember to spare you a tip!”
Montana patted Gerald’s shoulder. She then grabbed Jonathan’s hand and went into the hotel.
Hehe…
“Just wait and see, I’m going to make you cry, you b*stards!” Gerald laughed and shook his head.
He took a step into the venue.
The dining hall was packed tonight.
Gerald held his hands behind his back, scouring the crowd for Zack and Michael.
Suddenly, he felt his face pelted by a small object.
F*ck! Who was that? That person must have been really bored, huh?
Gerald turned and saw Morgana sitting by a table, covering her mouth and giggling behind it.
Several young ladies sat next to her, and they all looked like they knew each other quite well.
They all looked at Gerald and laughed together.
“Stop standing there like a dummy. Get over here!” Montana shouted at Gerald.
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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 387 Gerald frowned, unhappy, but he walked over to their table anyway.
“Whoa, Madam Lewis, is this one of your students? He looks pretty good… hey, why isn’t he in a uniform?” said a woman next to Montana.
“Yeah, look, all the waiters here are in their uniforms, and he’s the only one not wearing it!”
“I guess he must be the handyman then. He’ll work wherever there’s work to be done, so he should be a temporary worker.”
Montana tried to find a reasonable explanation.
“Haha yeah, come here, little guy, come to my side. There’s an empty seat beside me. Come sit and have a chat!”
“Yeah, little cutie, don’t be shy! It’s a rare chance to dine among so many rich and young CEO today, so you’ve got to appreciate your time here!”
In their late twenties, a few women saw how Gerald looked quite handsome and cute, and they tried to tease him.
Montana rolled her eyes.
“What are you staring at? Can’t you see that they’ve asked you to sit down?! Are you that dumb? Four years of college for nothing!”
In the end, Gerald could not resist the invitation.
He was feeling good tonight, so he chose to sit with them for a little while. He would then cross over to Zack’s table once he spotted him. Still, he was a little annoyed, mostly because Montana had been incessantly abusing him with insults.
Why?
For the sake of their teacher-student relationship, Gerald did everything that she asked had him to do, yet he didn’t even get a single thank you.
Now, she had been mocking him ever since they stepped into the place.
Gerald was supposed to attend the welcoming party. Instead, he became the ladies’ laughing stock.
He preferred to remain low-profile, but it certainly didn’t mean he was easy to be made fun of.
Unperturbed, he sat down immediately.
“Hmph, you really are pathetic and gullible, aren’t you? I can’t believe you sat down after being told to do so!”
Once again, Montana rudely jeered at Gerald.
It made the women giggle in glee.
These ladies were the wealthy spouses of Serene Town’s business elite, their husbands’ moguls involved in Mayberry’s top corporations.
Montana, on the other hand, was just a substitute teacher.
As a result, she endlessly flattered them on some occasions, hoping she could tag along too.
Seeing that everyone was so happy, she was even more eager.
Thwack!
Montana slapped the back of Gerald’s head.
“Why don’t you get up and pour some wine for Libby and the others? Think you’re some rich heir now?!”
Everyone at the table burst into fits of laughter.
Gerald remained silent, standing up and pouring everyone a glass of wine.
However, when it was Montana’s turn, Gerald deliberately shook the bottle, aggressively pouring its contents without the slightest care.
Shaking his hands, he and spilled the wine directly on Montana’s abdomen.
Now, her dress was full of wine.
“Ugh! Holy sh*t! My skirt!” Montana screamed.
“Gerald, do you even know how to pour wine??? Do you want to die?! Any idea how much I paid for this dress?”
Montana was enraged.
The party was about to start in a second, and there was no way she could meet people in this state.
Yet, Gerald looked like a numbskull.
She thought Gerald was a brat who had never attended any such events, so he was naturally careless and clumsy.
But she was the one who made him do it anyway, so all she could do was hold her tongue and save her curses.
“I was wrong… this is my mistake. I should never have let you sit here from the beginning! If I didn’t, my skirt wouldn’t have gotten dirty!”
“Oh gosh, what are you standing there for? I’m heading to the toilet. Hurry up and get me some tissue!”
Since her boyfriend was at another table chatting with some elders, and it would be weirdly unattractive just to go the get tissue by herself, she poked Gerald’s head instead.
“Alright!”
Gerald smirked as he looked at Montana. He nodded and followed Montana to the toilet.
“Fck! I told you to get me a box of tissue! What the fck am I going to do with just one piece?”
Montana was in a blurred rage. The sink was universal, and both the men’s and women’s washrooms were located beside it.
At that moment, a girl came out of the washroom.
She happened to walk over to the sink to wash her hands.
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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 388 “Huh? Miss Lewis? Why are you here?”
The girl was surprised.
“Morgana, why are you here at Cape Grace? Didn’t you say you were hanging out tonight with the group at Buntingford Grand Hotel?”
Morgana was surprised as well.
Morgana, the girl Montana chose as the class representative, and now a doctor at the county hospital!
“Forget about it. The hotel is closed for a few days, so we came to Cape Grace, but it seems they have some kind of event today. Luckily, we booked early, or we wouldn’t have gotten a place!”
Morgana shrugged, grumbling away.
She seemed to have not noticed Gerald, who was just standing by her side.
“Miss Lewis, how could you have been so careless? You’ve got red wine all over your clothes!” asked Morgana.
“Hmph! Don’t even ask. I’m here for a business event, and it was all because of that bastard Gerald! He got the wine all over me!”
Montana rolled her eyes at Gerald.
Only then did she notice Gerald who was standing close by.
“Why are you here, Gerald? Don’t tell me you’re here with Miss Lewis for the event?” asked Morgana in astonishment.
“Huh, him? He’s just here as a handyman. There’s no way he would have been invited to this!” Montana said, her mood obviously foul.
No matter how much she tried to clean her dress, the stain was present, but the event was about to start soon, and she quickly stormed out of the toilet in a fury.
“Cameron, guys! Look who we have here!”
As soon as Montana walked out of the toilet with Morgana, a few boys walked out of the hall’s lounge on the first floor.
It happened to be Gabriel Lyons, Morgana’s boyfriend, Cameron, and the other classmates.
The truth was that Gerald hadn’t met Cameron and the others for years now. They didn’t even talk much back then high school, let alone college.
When they saw Morgana, they hurriedly came over to greet her.
Gerald did not interject or take the initiative to greet them, merely standing beside and listening silently.
“Cameron, you were the most handsome in our class. I didn’t expect you to be still a heartthrob! So, what’s next? Any future plans?” Morgana asked Cameron.
Cameron was dressed in a tuxedo, his hair slicked to the back. He had good posture, and indeed, looked absolutely dashing. More importantly, he wasn’t the wealthiest kid in class back then, but his family had the most connections, and the teachers somewhat respected him.
“I’ve no idea; maybe my family will pull some strings for me?” Cameron laughed heartily.
Needless to say, everyone understood that his future career would be stable and secure.
The others were dripping green with envy for him.
“But Cameron, you can’t be the only one that gets a stable path. Morgana is now working in the hospital, and you have to do whatever you can to help her!”
Of course, Montana had not forgotten her own class representative.
“Don’t worry about that. It won’t be a problem for me.”
“Oh right, Gerald was also a high school classmate of yours. Why do you guys not seem to know each other?”
This time, Morgana’s boyfriend, Gabriel, suddenly pointed at Gerald.
“Huh, Gerald? F*ck!” he exclaimed with a smile.
Cameron and the others looked in Gerald’s direction, and sure enough, they realized that it was the same Gerald from high school!
“Yeah, I forgot to tell you guys that I met Gerald at noon today at noon, and he’s now a waiter at Cape Grace Hotel.”
As soon as Morgana saw that Gerald was let aside and ignored, she felt awkward and introduced him anyway.
“Ooh, that’s great, Gerald. Are you stationed in the kitchen or hall? If things don’t work out for you, I’ll find you some connections and promote you to be a supervisor or something?”
Cameron smiled and nodded.
“Is he your classmate from high school?”
Among the group of people, there was also a boy whom Gerald had never seen before, now looking at him and asking some weird questions.
Indeed, running into an old classmate who was a waiter during a class reunion, now that was newsworthy by itself.
“Yeah, he’s the famous broke guy from our class, haha!”
The other boy laughed.
The group introduced Gerald to that boy without hesitation, even bringing up his past.
“Mr. Crawford… so you’re here!”
Just then, a voice suddenly boomed from across the hall…
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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 389 “Huh?”
When Gerald turned around, he saw a middle-aged man hurrying toward him.
They did not seem to recognize the man.
Could he have known Gerald personally?
Gerald stepped out of the crowd.
“Damn, Gerald. Why did you go for it? Didn’t you hear how he was calling for one, Mr. Gerald?”
“Haha, yeah! Aren’t you embarrassed?”
The few friends from high school followed Gerald as they laughed.
Even Morgana was laughing as she covered her mouth.
Montana rolled her eyes again and again at Gerald.
“I must have made him drunk… I’m speechless!”
Montana shook her head and sighed.
“Mr. Crawford, I’ve brought your car for you. It’s in Sector-C of the parking lot. Here are the keys, and the master instructed me to ask you to return early.”
“I got it, Mr. Lyle. If there’s nothing else, you should head back.”
Then, a boy next to Cameron stepped out and shook his head with a chuckle.
“F*ck… I think he mistook him!”
Gerald felt a little embarrassed.
“You’re hilarious, aren’t you? Your name sounds nothing like Crawford at all!”
The boys continued to ridicule Gerald.
“Okay, okay, that’s enough; let’s return to our table and continue with the drinking. Oh right, Miss Lewis, I’ll organize a student reunion when you’re free, and you have to attend. All right?”
Cameron didn’t bother ridiculing Gerald, replying to Morgana instead.
“Okay, no problem. Once you gather the students for a reunion, I’ll definitely be there!”
The group agreed as well. Paying no attention to Gerald, they returned to their tables.
Gerald followed Montana up the stairs.
“Aren’t you the least ashamed or embarrassed? Why did you show yourself when that guy called for Mr. Crawford? F*ck! I’m so ashamed of you!”
Montana reproached Gerald a few more times before they both returned to the event hall.
Perhaps he was used to it that he simply sat down on the empty seat next to Montana.
Just as Montana was about to start cursing, the emcee had already started the night’s event.
It seemed to have gone on for quite a bit.
She had to quieten down.
When she looked at the stage, a spinning raffle wheel had appeared out of nowhere.
Several names were written on different sections.
One of them was Mr. Crawford, but without the first name.
This was a welcoming party for Mr. Crawford, after all, and everyone already knew who “Mr. Crawford” was.
The event continued with a raffle, and in the middle, the prize of a Mercedes-Benz G500.
“Montana, you almost missed the good stuff. Look at that, whose name do you see on that wheel?”
The woman beside Montana grabbed her arm.
“Jonathan? F*ck! You’re in the raffle?”
Montana excitedly pulled her husband, Jonathan’s arm.
“Haha, yeah, they were drawing the names earlier, and I made it into the shortlist! It’s enough of an honor to have my name on the same list as Mr. Crawford. It doesn’t matter if I win the G500 or not.”
Jonathan was gratified.
“How could you say that?! That’s a Mercedes G500, worth almost half a million dollars! If we win that car, can you imagine how awesome it would feel going out with it?”
“Right… by the way, is Mr. Crawford here? Which one of them is Mr. Crawford? Look at that table. It looks full of big shots!” exclaimed Montana excitedly.
“Gerald isn’t here yet, but the legendary Zack Lyle and Michael Zeke are both here. Mr. Lyle said that Gerald might come over later, anyways, since Mr. Crawford said he’ll come, he will come tonight.”
Jonathan was excited.
On the other hand, Gerald was looking at his phone. As expected, there were several missed calls from Zack.
Seeing Gerald was using his phone, Montana became dissatisfied again.
She was about to throw some insult when suddenly, the voice of the emcee filled the entire hall.
“Everyone, the raffle is starting now! Let’s spin the wheel and see who wins the top prize tonight, the G500!”
In the county, a G500 was a pretty big deal. It was pretty apparent that they had put in an immense effort into this event.
With a loud hurrah, the emcee spun the wheel.
Ding!
Chapter 390
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 390 “Congratulations, Mr. Duffy, for winning a gold keyboard worth 15,000 dollars!”
The host spun the wheel again.
Ding!
“Congratulations to…”
“…”
Three prizes were sent out subsequently.
Ding!
“Congratulations, Mr. Jonathan Ladd! You’ve won an emerald jade bracelet worth 30,000 dollars!”
“Ahh!!!”
Montana was dizzy with excitement as she heard the emcee’s announcement.
The audience burst into applause too.
The prize alone was just a part of the raffle.
More importantly, Montana could go up the stage with Jonathan, the same stage which the other big shots stood on. Besides, there were a ton of reporters on the side.
Gosh!
What more could a woman ask for?
Montana was so elated that she even smacked Gerald on the cheek. She was just too excited, and the smack felt like it was no big deal!
“Who will be the one to go home with the grand prize?”
The voice of the emcee echoed loudly, and the crowd fell into a hush.
As the pointer dropped, the crowd’s eyes widened in anticipation.
Ding!
Finally, the pointer stopped moving.
“Congratulations Mr. Crawford, on winning the Mercedes-Benz G500 prize worth 300,000 dollars! Let’s give him a huge round of applause!”
The host yelled in excitement.
“Ahhhh!!!”
The crowd screamed.
Of course, the winners for the other prizes were all by random, but as for the main prize, Mr. Crawford was set to win it even though he may not have appreciated it.
Everyone knew the ruffle’s set up.
“All right, may the winners please come up on stage! Also, Mr. Crawford, if you’ve arrived, please come up to the stage as well!” The audience was suddenly quiet again.
Everyone’s eyes searched everywhere around the hall.
“Hurry up, hurry up Jeremy, you can share the stage with Mr. Crawford!”
Montana straightened her dress to hide the wine stains.
She hurriedly took Jonathan’s arm and stood up.
On the other hand, Gerald did not want to keep the others waiting any longer.
He decided he was not going to keep a low profile anymore. He stood up along with Montana and followed them towards the stage.
“F*ck, why are you following us?”
Montana only realized that Gerald was following behind her as she was reaching the stage.
“I’m here to claim my prize!” Gerald replied.
“Fck off, no one said your name. That prize is not for you, that’s for Mr. Crawford, not Gerald, are you fcking blind?”
Montana retorted anxiously.
“Oh my, Jonathan, you don’t even want to know what just happened earlier. I ran into my ex-students at the hall downstairs. Then, one of the student’s housekeepers came and called for Mr. Crawford, and this dumb*ss Gerald stood up, even I as a bystander could feel the embarrassed for him!”
“And now, he’s trying to get on the stage to receive the prize! If people start making fun of him and find out he’s one of my students, we’ll be embarrassed!”
That was all that Montana was concerned about.
“Mr. Crawford, please come up the stage!”
This time, Zack Lyle took the stage as the guest of honor.
He looked respectfully at Gerald and called for him.
“Mhmm!”
Gerald nodded and did not say much.
He walked up the stage.
Michael Zeke, who was seated at the VIP table below, as well as the other teams of Mayberry International Inc, all stood up and cheered for him.
“Mr. Crawford, congratulations!”
“Thank you all!”
Gerald smiled blandly.
“F*ck, so he really is Mr. Crawford!”
The entire crowd instantly fell into a pin-drop silence…\