Ch. 506..510: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 506-510

Chapter 506

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 506 “Sorry, I misheard you!” said Gerald as he smiled awkwardly.

“Hah! Could it be that he thought that she was calling for Mr. Crawford?” said one of the interviewees as he cackled.

“If we were any more gullible, we would’ve thought that he was the actual Mr. Crawford of Mayberry!”

Everyone there then burst into laughter. Even the beautiful girl from before was smiling. Gerald remained silent, knowing that he had embarrassed himself.

Jared then stood up and entered for his interview. A few moments later, he stepped out with a smug smile on his face.

“Hey Jared, what did they ask during the interview? Care to spare us some tips?”

Several people immediately gathered around him as soon as he stepped out.

“Oh, nothing special, honestly. All I did was talk casually, and I even managed to make them laugh! They’ve even asked me when I’d be available for work! It really wasn’t anything challenging!” said Jared, his hands in his pocket.

The other males stared at Jared in jealousy. He was definitely getting the sole position reserved for the males.

One by one, they each took their turns to get interviewed.

Gerald included his referral letter in the document that he had brought. After being asked a few questions, he was dismissed as well. All that was left to do, was wait for the results to be released.

Some of them left immediately after the interview. Jared himself was busy trying to initiate a conversation with the same girl from before.

“The results are out!” exclaimed the female assistant from before as she held on to two application forms in her hand.

“Who got in?”

Several murmurs of guesses echoed in the room.

“Congratulations to Miss Bianca Snow!”

Without a doubt, Bianca was definitely the ethereal beauty in the room.

“And for the male role, congratulations to Mr. Gerald Crawford!” added the assistant. “See, I told you!” said Jared as he smiled sweetly toward Bianca. It took him a moment to realize it, but when he did, his expression darkened immediately. “Wait, why wasn’t I chosen?” asked Jared, stunned. Everyone else in the room was shocked as well. They all turned to look at Gerald. Gerald was as cool as a cucumber. He had anticipated that either he or Jared was going to be picked, and it turned out that Gerald won. He exhaled lightly while apologizing to everyone in his mind. He took his application form and, together with Bianca, entered the office to sign up for their positions. “Nice to meet you, Gerald. Since we’ll be working together from now on, let’s get to know each other better. Where do you live?” asked Bianca, now that it was just the two of them in the office.

“Oh, I live in Touin. It’s in Serene County,” replied Gerald.

“Oh? What a coincidence! I live in Serene County as well! Specifically, Fuenti which is pretty near to Touin!” said Bianca with a smile.

The girl seemed to be quite an outgoing person despite her ethereal beauty. She was also easy to talk to.

“Fuenti, huh. That place is pretty famous for its hot springs, right? I’d like to go there one day myself!” replied Gerald as he smiled back.

“I’ll be your tour guide when that day comes!”

The two had easily become good friends.

“Are the newcomers in here?”

Both of them could hear a female voice coming from outside the office. She seemed to be talking to the HR assistant.

“They are, Manager Ava,” replied the assistant.

“Take me to them,” ordered the manager.

Gerald couldn’t help but feel as though he had heard the manager’s voice somewhere before. Though the voice seemed bright and young, it still felt oddly familiar.

Could it really be her outside this very office?

Chapter 507

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 507 When the door swung open, Gerald could finally get a good look at the manager.

She was walking behind the assistant when Gerald exclaimed, “Ava Anderson? Is that really you?”

Ava Anderson was Gerald’s classmate during junior high. She was the principal’s daughter and also one of the top students alongside Gerald and Xeno. All three of them had even participated in numerous competitions together.

Though they were pretty close to each other back then, they no longer shared the same class when they entered senior high.

The first few days upon entering senior high, Ava would still invite Gerald out for lunch since neither of them were familiar with their new classmates. After school, she would catch up with Gerald and they would talk about how their day had gone.

After those few days, however, Ava started having lunch with her dorm mates instead. This led to them talking less and less and as time passed, they would eventually only get to meet each other once a week. Their distance further increased in the following semester, and they would just give a simple greeting whenever they crossed paths.

By the last year of high school, both of them had reverted back to being complete strangers.

Since Ava went to a university in Yanken and Gerald went to Mayberry, it had been approximately three years since they had last crossed paths.

Ava seemed to be doing quite well on her own. She was able to get the position of manager at such a young age, after all.

“What brings you here, Gerald?” asked Ava, visibly surprised.

It was an understandable response. After all, it had been so long since they had last met. Ava knew all too well that their friendship had deteriorated since their high school days and she felt a sudden wave of awkwardness run through her veins.

“Oh, I’ve just applied for a position. I’ll be working here from now on!” replied Gerald with a smile.

“Oh really now?” She smiled as she skimmed through both of their resumes.

“Look at you Avie, you’re so cool now! You’re a manager!” said Gerald as he stared at her tag.

“Thanks, but do refrain from calling me Avie from now on… You can call me Miss Anderson,” responded Ava slightly coldly.

“Understood!” Gerald said as he nodded.

“Assistant Valen!” said Ava as she closed the files. “I know we’re short by two employees since this is, after all, a new team. However, we prefer quality over quantity so I’ll only pick one of you to help out in the team.”

At that moment, Bianca started to panic. Gerald and Ava knew each other so he was definitely getting chosen!

Contrary to how she imagined it, however, Ava glanced coldly at Gerald before turning to look at Bianca. “Miss Bianca Snow, we require another female here, so welcome to the team!”

“As for you, Gerald…” said Ava as she scanned him from head to toe. “I know that the logistics team is still hiring, so you should help them out. You’d probably need to run around each department and do errands for them!”

Gerald went silent. He didn’t know what else to say.

The assistant then interrupted, “But Manager Ava, Gerald graduated from Mayberry University…”

“I’m aware, but it just can’t be helped. Our current situation only has this position to offer. What do you say, Gerald? If you accept, I’ll send you over to logistics first. If you keep up the good work, I’ll bring this up to the directors and have you join our team later one,” said Ava with a fake smile.

In all honesty, Ava didn’t care for him at all. Even from her high school days, she had come to realize that it was embarrassing to hang out with Gerald.x

Chapter 508

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 508 Gerald was from a rather poor family after all. Like many others, Ava was slowly swallowed by her own pride the older she got. And just like the others, her pride reached its peak during her university years.

“Sure thing!” said Gerald as he nodded. He didn’t really mind, though he was slightly taken aback at how coldly Ava had just treated him.

Immediately after completing the application process, Gerald and Bianca started working at their assigned positions.

Gerald sat in a small corner in the office and started working immediately. His job was to manage and sort files. He was rather glad since it would help his investigation greatly.

After a while, Gerald decided to head to the gents. After he was done, he was about to leave when he heard faint whispering coming from the ladies.

“Come by the office to get an interview done. You’ll have to be quick though. I’ve saved a position for you, so you owe me one!” echoed the barely audible voice across the stalls.

“What? No more positions? Well, you’re right but something unexpected happened. Our director’s brother in law was supposed to be accepted, but somehow, my junior high classmate was the one who got the job!”

“Heh, don’t worry about it. I already know about his background so any job will do for him. I sent him to the logistics team and that idiot gladly accepted my offer! So listen here, you still have a chance. Don’t let this opportunity go to waste!”

All the color drained from Gerald’s face. That was definitely Ava.

It seemed that he had been set up. Gerald could recall how surprised the assistant had been a while ago. So Ava was bringing her own people into the company too.

‘This newly formed investment group seems to just be for show’ Gerald thought to himself. He now realized how much information he could gather just by being an undercover spy in the company.

Ava hadn’t spared him any mercy this time, so Gerald would be sure to return the favor when the time came. He made a mental note of the incident before returning to work.

As was expected, a full day of work in the office was definitely boring. Thankfully, it didn’t take too long before Gerald was able to get off work.

However, Gerald couldn’t leave just yet. Bianca had invited Gerald to dinner after work via text message. Gerald could sense that this was probably Bianca feeling bad since he wasn’t able to join the team.

Since she was being considerate of his feelings, he accepted her invitation. It was just a simple dinner after all.

Since the team was still having their meeting, Gerald decided to wait for her at the lobby entrance.

After waiting for about ten minutes, Gerald saw Bianca exiting the lobby. However, she wasn’t alone. Ava followed closely behind her.

“Oh, Gerald! I’m sorry! I forgot to inform you that I can’t make it for dinner tonight! Manager Ava’s told me that she has someone she wants to introduce me to over dinner!” said Bianca as she smiled apologetically.

“No worries, have fun!” replied Gerald as he smiled rather sadly.

Ava on the other hand, simply looked at him for a brief moment, acknowledging his presence before getting into her car with Bianca.

As she drove off with her, Gerald’s phone began to ring. It was a call from Zack Lyle.

Chapter 509

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 509 “Mr. Crawford, I’d just like to ask. You’ve mentioned that you’d like to provide dorms for our employees, right? I know you said you’d like to do this yourself, but I’d like to provide my assistance if you’re busy. I just came back to Serene County!” Zack said.

“Don’t worry about it. I already have an area in mind. I’ll have you do the rest when I’ve bought it. I think you should focus on the jade incident.” Gerald replied reassuringly.

“Okay then, Mr. Crawford. Oh, but one more thing, it’s rather personal, hehe. Your birthday is coming up. We’ve always been organizing a big party for you following our family tradition. So, where would you like it to be held?”

“I’d rather celebrate my birthday back where I used to live. I don’t think a party would be necessary. Let’s all just have a nice dinner together.” Gerald said as he mustered up a fake smile.

Since young, Gerald was used to not celebrating his birthday. Back then, all he did was have a nice meal on his own or with the Winters. Besides, his immediate family no longer lived with him since high school. Even if he wanted to celebrate his birthday, there was no one here to do so with him.

“Sure, anything you say, Mr. Crawford!” Zack exclaimed. Gerald then hung up right after.

Speaking of buying property for the employees’ dorms, Gerald already had an area in mind. It was where he bought the property the last time. It was pretty near the company, and the environment was decent as well. Since his dinner was ruined, Gerald then walked to the real estate center to deal with this project at hand.

In front of the real estate center, two cars pulled up at the entrance, and a group of eight exited their cars one by one.

“Hello there, are you here to find a property? I can show you around if you’d like!” A real estate agent immediately greeted them.

“These two would like to buy a house for their wedding. We’re just here to accompany them!” One of the girls exclaimed.

“Say, Morgana, your boyfriend already has a big enough house. Wouldn’t it be nice to live with his family too? Isn’t it kind of irrational to buy a new house? And this is the most expensive one in the city!” Another girl asked.

It seemed that the ones buying a new property were Morgana Lopez and her boyfriend.

“I think it’s way better to move out, it’s really inconvenient to live with parents! With a new house, you two can spend some alone time together!” Yet another girl exclaimed.

“That’s exactly what we’re thinking. We’d like to be able to spend some alone time together. By the way, Lilian, didn’t you say you found yourself a wonderful boyfriend? Why didn’t he come with us today?” Morgana asked.

Since they were all friends since high school, the group wanted to meet up again after all these years. However, they had to wait for Morgana to get off work from the hospital and choose a new house. Hence, all of them came with her to the center.

“My boyfriend… won’t be coming today!” Lilian responded awkwardly. Lilian knew that she didn’t actually have a boyfriend. Even if she did, that was just Gerald acting as her boyfriend. It wasn’t real anyway.

“What about you, Sharon? Didn’t you say your boyfriend was joining us?” Morgana then turned to Sharon and asked.

“He’ll be here in a bit!” Sharon glanced at Lilian’s direction, then turned back to Morgana.

Everyone there was aware of rumors of what happened between Sharon and Lilian. Hence, they all try to keep their thoughts to themselves on this sensitive topic.

“Let’s just go take a look at the properties, then we can go have some fun after choosing one!” Howard suggested.

All of them stepped into the center and started choosing from their various options. But the mood seemed a bit somber; hence they needed a change of topic to lighten up the mood.

Suddenly, Sharon broke the silence, “Oh yeah, why aren’t Xella and Waylon joining us today? Back then, Waylon would always join gatherings like this!”

Chapter 510

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 510 “Oh, let’s just not mention them. Waylon seems to be occupied with family matters. And Xella, I gave her a rang, and she said she wasn’t feeling well, so she’s not coming too.”

“Ah, then I guess we’ll see them next time. By the way, Morgana, you’ve never told us your secret; how are you progressing so much? You switched industries almost too quickly!” Sharon asked. Upon hearing this question, Howard’s expression turned awkward.

Morgana coughed, visibly awkward as well, “It’s because of the help of Gerald. And well, Howard helped me out a lot too!”

“Gerald?” Upon hearing his name, both Sharon and Lilian were startled. In reality, Sharon had been asking them about every single classmate, as if she was studying abroad and wanted to catch up with everyone, although she had only been in Mayberry this entire time.

Both of the girls were dying to ask if Gerald was joining them, but they ended up asking about every other classmate but him. They couldn’t help it as Gerald was a touchy topic for both of them.

“Oh yeah, you guys may not know this, but Gerald has been doing really well! He’s a completely different person now!” Morgana exclaimed gratefully.

Lilian and Sharon went silent. How could they not know he’s a different man now?

“Hmph, he just has a few connections around the area, big deal!” Howard huffed. Now that Gerald took the spotlight away from him, Howard’s reputation in the class was no longer at the top. During high

school, he and Waylon were both the talk of the class. But it seems like. Lately, all they’ve been talking about was Gerald.

Suddenly, one of the girls said in a surprised tone, “Guys, look! Isn’t that Gerald? Why is he here?”

“Huh?” Everyone turned to the direction she was pointing towards, and Gerald’s silhouette fell into their field of vision.

“It really is him!” Lilian exclaimed. She had been texting him since she came back, but he never responded to any of her texts. She settled disappointedly that Gerald had lost all feelings towards her. His sudden appearance filled her with delight and relief.

Sharon, on the other hand, was just as excited. That excitement, however, didn’t last long and was followed by slight disappointment. Although Gerald was doing quite well now, he had also been giving her the cold shoulder.

Basically, both of them were drowned in mixed emotions at this very moment.

Morgana seemed to have noticed it. “Lilian, Sharon, did anything happen between you two and Gerald back in Mayberry?”

“No, not really. Even if there was, I’d say that a certain someone is getting the cold shoulder from Gerald, though he was the nicest to her back then!” scoffed Lilian.

“It was just that one time that he picked you up, big deal! Who told you that he’s giving me the cold shoulder?” Sharon pouted.

They seemed to be on the verge of initiating a fight. One of the girls then came up with an idea and suggested, “Why don’t we just sit over there and see who Gerald greets first when he sees us?”

“Sure, it would be a surprise for him too. As soon as he looks over, he’d realize we’re all here. That would surely give him a shock!” chuckled Morgana.

Howard was submerged in jealousy, but everyone had sat on the sofa at the side, so he had to follow them as well.

Just at that very moment, Gerald slowly made his way to the real estate center…