Ch. 516..520: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 516-520

Chapter 516

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 516 After some small talk, the three of them then returned to their homes.

When morning came, Gerald headed to the office earlier than usual. After stepping into the elevator, Gerald realized that there was someone else in there with him. Turning to look to his side, he found out, to his annoyance, that he knew the man carrying the briefcase who was also staring back at him. It was Nathaniel, the man who had been clinging on to Bianca the day before.

Nathaniel immediately shot a dirty glare at Gerald once he knew who was standing beside him. An awkward silence ensued before Nathaniel finally said, “Hey, you’re the logistics guy, right? You’re acquainted with Bianca, huh?”

“Yeah, I befriended her yesterday,” replied Gerald dismissively. Gerald had seen how Nathaniel looked at him the day before, and he knew that the man was definitely holding something against him. However, Gerald also knew that putting up with him was only going to be a waste of time and effort.

“Heh, sure. Just keep your distance from her. She only treated you to dinner to be polite. As if she’d ever try to impress someone from as low a class as you are,” he scoffed. Nathaniel felt that Gerald needed to be put in his place since Bianca would naturally only deserve to be with men like him.

“And you should learn to mind your own business. Who do you even think you are? Talking about classes like you’re the one who gets to decide that,” snapped Gerald in return. At that moment, a ‘ping’ was heard and the elevator doors slid open. Gerald immediately walked out without even caring to look back at Nathaniel.

“Y-you motherf*cker! I’ll make sure that your life will be a living hell if it’s the last thing I do!” yelled Nathaniel, enraged. Nobody had ever talked to him like that before and he wasn’t going to allow Gerald to just get away with it so easily.

While the anger continued to seep through Nathaniel, Gerald had already made it to his desk.

“Good morning, Gerald!” greeted a female voice.

“Morning!” replied Gerald with a smile as he switched his computer on. When he looked up to see who had greeted him, he was delighted to know that it was Fay.

He remembered when he had bumped into Fay Foster on the day of his interview. He didn’t know that she was also part of the team since she was out running errands when he first joined. “Fay! So you’re here too!”

From what Gerald now knew, the logistics team consisted of three people. A somewhat chubby male, Fay, and Gerald himself.

“Hehe… Gerald, right? I knew it was you the moment I saw your name on the list! Sadly, I couldn’t welcome you yesterday since you guys had already left by the time I got back from running my errands. It seems like we’re colleagues now!” exclaimed Fay.

Before he could reply, a woman approached them. She pointed at Gerald before saying, “Hey, you there, help me out here. Take this USB and download at least 20 movies into it. I’ll need it back by noon!”

Gerald looked at the fairly pretty, but somewhat cold and reserved woman who had cut into their conversation. To his surprise, it was the same woman whom he had met briefly in the elevator the day before.

He remembered her mostly for her statement claiming that he wouldn’t even have a fighting chance to get employed.

Her name was Mina Miles, and she too was born and raised in Serene County.

While it was normal for those in the marketing department to have the logistics team run errands for them… Downloading movies? Now that was just an absurd order.

“Miss Miles, I don’t think that it’s appropriate for me to be downloading movies during work. After all, I have other work to finish up as well.”

“Pfft. Work? You call what you’re doing work? I’m just asking for a small favor and you’re already complaining? If I end up missing my movie hours, you can kiss your job goodbye!” huffed Mina before slamming her USB onto his desk and leaving.

After she left, Fay motioned for him to come closer before whispering, “Hey, Gerald! You know how there are hidden rules in every company right? Well, in this one, you should try your hardest not to get on her nerves. Do you even know who she is?”

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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 517 “Who exactly is she?” asked Gerald.

“Well, Miss Miles is the godsister of the vice-head of the marketing department. It’d be best if you just watched out whenever she’s around!” whispered Fay.

Gerald simply shrugged and proceeded to do as he had been told. Since he wanted to continue being undercover for as long as he could, he may as well just listen to her. With that, he began downloading some movies.

“Hey, hey you! Logistics guy, what on earth are you doing?” asked a middle-aged man in a cold tone. His arms were folded against his back. Since Gerald was seated near the lobby entrance, the man must have caught sight of Gerald’s computer screen.

Behind the man, stood another employee, but this wasn’t just any regular employee. It was the vice team leader in Ava’s group himself, Nathaniel. He seemed to be enjoying the show and he smirked as he said, “Mr. Murphy, it seems that this employee is downloading movies during office hours! Haha! How ballsy! And to think that this is just his first day at work! Atrocious, I say!”

In an instant, Mr. Murphy was now standing directly behind Gerald. Though Gerald had managed to minimize the tab, he hadn’t done so quickly enough to avoid Mr. Murphy’s sharp eyes!

As Mr. Murphy clicked on the tab, Gerald knew that he had no choice but to surrender this time. Mr. Murphy then proceeded to yell angrily, “Who told you that you could download movies during working hours? What do you take our company as? What’s your name?”

At that moment, everyone in the lobby, including the employees of the department team, came to see what the ruckus was about. Bianca was among them and upon seeing Gerald getting lectured, she felt slightly embarrassed for him as well.

“It’s not like I wanted to!” protested Gerald.

“Oh really? Then what made you do it?” asked Mr. Murphy as he pressed into the issue.

“Miss Miles was the one who told me to download them!” shouted Gerald as he pointed toward Mina.

Gerald wasn’t afraid to get into trouble since his true purpose wasn’t to work there anyway. Knowing this, he was definitely not going to take the blame for anyone, especially not for Mina. He also took the opportunity to observe how the superiors were going to handle the situation.

Mina, as expected, was outraged. She had not expected such a low-level employee to actually report her to the higher-ups. Her first reaction was to throw a file in Gerald’s direction before yelling, “How dare you accuse me?!”

It was clear as day that she was definitely at fault this time around. However, being as arrogant as she was, she would rather die first than to admit her wrongdoings.

As Mina lunged toward Gerald as though she had gone mad, Mr. Murphy’s brows immediately furrowed and he shouted, “Cease this immediately, Mina! What sort of behavior is this? Take your USB back and get back to work! If this happens again, know that I won’t let you off that easily!”

He then glared at Gerald before leaving the scene.

Gerald was left shocked. She wasn’t even given a warning letter even though she had clearly gone against the company’s rules!

Nathaniel on the other hand, simply let out a sarcastic chuckle as he looked at Gerald. He left with a smug smile on his face as though he had just won the lottery. Once the two of them left, the racket died down as soon as it had started.

Mina now held a tremendous grudge against Gerald. From the moment Mr. Murphy left, she would take any chance she could to say passive-aggressive things to Gerald. At times, she would also simply resort to cursing at him without any good reason.

Her main goal was to make every word she threw toward Gerald sting, and though the entire department was aware of her verbal abuse, none of them dared to speak up. Everyone was clearly afraid of her.

Gerald however, just went on with his work.

After some time, Gerald began feeling bored so he got up and headed for the gents. He would use the opportunity to stretch a little as well. However, the moment he stepped into the restroom, he was greeted by the strong odor of cigarettes. It would appear that quite a few employees were smoking in there.

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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 518 “Heh, hey Nate! That new guy’s really screwed up big time, hasn’t he? Wait till his trial period ends. The department head is definitely not letting him through!” said one of the smokers cockily.

“You got that right! He dared to get on Nate’s nerves. Nate’s definitely going to make that guy’s life a living nightmare as long as he’s still here!” added another guy.

“Ballsy to say the least! I’ll screw with him too then!” said a third person.

“By the way guys, I have my eyes set on Bianca, so make sure none of you dare to even make the slightest move on her!” echoed a familiar, arrogant voice.

“Wouldn’t dream of it, Nate!” said everyone else hiding in the washroom. They all then left one by one after throwing their cigarette butts away.

Gerald had been hiding in one of the stalls himself, and he had overheard their entire conversation. The Nate they were talking to was without a doubt, Nathaniel.

It was clear that Nathaniel was the one who had summoned Mr. Murphy to the office earlier. As the vice team leader, he would definitely know about Mina’s habits in the office. After seeing her hand her USB over to Gerald and knowing how much of a hot-tempered woman she was, Nathaniel had used that turn of events as a prime opportunity to humiliate him. What a cunning b*stard that man was!

Though Gerald had heard rumors of employees playing dirty within the workforce, he hadn’t anticipated facing such treatment on the very first day of work. Nathaniel clearly saw Gerald as a love rival now, and wanted him gone as soon as possible.

‘Well two can play at that game. You’re in for quite a show,’ Gerald thought to himself.

Gerald then continued with his day, despite having to deal with the added sour remarks from Mina. Sometime later after running some errands, he returned to the office to find everyone standing at the entrance.

None of them seemed to be planning on leaving. Rather, they seemed to be waiting for someone to pick them up and a few of them were even on their phones. Fay and the chubby guy from his team were waiting there as well.

“What are you guys waiting for?” asked Gerald with a smile.

“Huh? What do you mean? Didn’t you receive the text, Gerald?” asked Fay in return, clearly surprised.

“Text?”

“Well, the marketing department is hosting a welcome party for the newcomers! It’s for the two of you, you know? That’s why we’re all here. I experienced it too when I first joined, and I had a really fun time!”

“I don’t think I’ve been informed about this at all, though,” replied Gerald as he checked for any new messages in his phone.

“Let me have a look!” Taking his phone, she scrolled through his first few messages and saw that he wasn’t lying. There really weren’t any texts regarding the party.

Fay then took her own phone out and showed Gerald the message that she had received. It wrote, “Marketing Department: welcome party of the month. Fay Foster: Room 202.”

‘Well this is absolutely uncalled for! They invited everyone but me!’ Gerald thought to himself. Though he knew that he shouldn’t waste his time or energy being angry over such a trivial matter, he could still feel his blood boiling under his skin.

“Which room are you in, Gerald? Are we in the same one?” asked Bianca who was walking toward him.

“I wasn’t invited,” said Gerald in a calm tone before sighing slightly.

“What? That’s not possible. Maybe Miss Miles and Mr. Chandler simply forgot? I’ll ask them immediately!” replied Bianca. She wasn’t going to just leave him out since both of them had joined the company together. The way she saw it, there was a special bond between them because of that.

“It’s fine, really! You guys can just go on without me,” said Gerald as soon as he realized that it was both Mina and Nathaniel who were organizing the event. It was clear that they didn’t invite him on purpose. As some of his female co-workers snickered, Gerald simply walked out of the lobby with a slight hint of loneliness.

After reaching his hotel, Gerald was just about to take a long shower when he suddenly heard knocking on the door. “Mr. Crawford? Are you there? Mr. Lyle sent me here!”

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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 519 When he opened the door, Gerald was greeted by Zack Lyle’s secretary. She was here to have him sign a few contracts. Since there were several projects in progress, the number of contracts to be signed had naturally increased as well.

“Hmm? Hold on, what’s this?” called Gerald out to the secretary just as she was about to leave. He noticed an envelope that she had left on his desk. When he opened it, he saw a stack of concert tickets inside. From what he could tell, there were approximately fifty of them.

“Ah, well, Mr. Crawford, since seven different projects are in progress right now, the company decided to organize a concert. Around thirty singers have been invited, and that number doesn’t include the number of bands that are participating as well!” explained the secretary with a smile.

“As Mr. Lyle said, you have several friends living here in Serene County. Thus, he told me to send a stack of tickets your way. If any more are needed, Mr. Lyle would be more than happy to send the amount desired over!”

“That won’t be necessary. I don’t have that many friends in the first place. This will be enough,” said Gerald in a calm tone.

The secretary simply bowed before leaving. Unfortunately, though she had made sure to expose ample of her bosom as she bowed, Gerald hadn’t seemed to take any notice of her efforts. With her attempt failed, she left feeling both slightly embarrassed and disappointed.

“Who should I even give these to? Heh, Zack really knows how to run a business, what a considerate guy!” said Gerald to himself as he chuckled. “Ah, I can send some over to Xeno and Sienna! I’ll give

some to Fay tomorrow as well!”

It had been a long day at work and Fay had been the nicest person to him in the company so far. Gerald figured that it was only fair to repay the favor.

After brushing his teeth, Gerald lay on his bed and began video chatting with Mila. It had been about two months since she had gone abroad. If things went accordingly, she would be back within another month’s time.

After talking to each other for three hours straight, the call finally ended and Gerald was able to get a good night’s sleep. Morning came soon enough, and Gerald was up early for work as per usual. By the time he arrived, quite a few of his colleagues were already there.

They seemed to be discussing the party last night, and their chattering echoed throughout the office.

“Haha! That was the most fun I’ve had in a while! You know, you guys probably missed it, but when we went for karaoke, Ethan was ready to kiss Leon! My sides still hurt thinking about it!”

“Hah! Also, remember how Greg tried to confess to Fay? That pervert tried to hug her just because she looked so gentle. Nobody expected her to smack him hard on the face as soon as his arms encircled her. It was hilarious! You should’ve seen the look on his face!”

A girl’s hushed voice was heard next. “I heard some juicy news myself last night while I was on my way to the bathroom!”

“Spill it, girl!” said another female curiously.

“Well, you know the vice team leader of the fourth team? Nathaniel Chandler? I think he confessed to the newbie, Bianca! He even bought a big bouquet of flowers! Not only that, Ava was there too and she was acting as their wing-woman!”

“Hot d*mn! Now that’s juicy! What happened next? How did Bianca react?”

Everyone’s ears were perked as they awaited her answer.

“I don’t know! I wanted to stick around for a little longer but their team members saw me and I was forced out of the room! My guess is that she rejected him though!” continued the girl.

“That’s just your guess though.”

“Well it is, but you should’ve seen how desperate Nathaniel was last night. He somehow found out that Bianca liked Ashley, the singer! He knew that Ashley, alongside several other famous singers and bands, was going to participate in a concert here soon, so he told her that he’d get a ticket for her no matter what!”

“Oh lord, really? I heard that the pricing for that concert’s tickets is crazy! You’d need at least three hundred dollars to sit in the last row! I’m telling you, even if he has the money, it’d be nearly impossible for him to land a ticket!”

 

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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 520 The more the girls discussed it, the more disappointed they became. The concert was being advertised not only on every social media platform, but also on multiple billboards. Everyone knew about it, and everyone was also aware of how the ticket prices were skyrocketing as they spoke, even for just the final row seats.

Though three hundred dollars had been the original price set by the organizers for the final row seats, some re-sellers were selling them for over nine hundred dollars! Even if you had the money, the market for the tickets was so competitive that the right connections were equally as important!

Several celebrities had been invited to the concert, including the current top-ranking boy bands. Everyone wanted to snag a ticket just to be able to see their favorite idols perform live. Most of these people, however, knew that in the end, they would only be able to watch the concert online.

“If he really manages to get his hands on some tickets, Bianca definitely needs to accept his offer, right? Oh! And you can bet that Mina will be trying to get herself a ticket too! She probably won’t even consider coming to work that day! She simply adores Kai to the point where her phone is filled with reality shows and movies with him in them! She won’t let the chance slip by her that easily!” The chattering continued to echo through the office.

Not too long after, the office started getting crowded as more and more people arrived for work. By then, Fay had arrived as well.

“Morning, Gerald!” said Fay with a weak smile. She seemed to be in a bad mood.

“Morning, Fay!” replied Gerald with his own smile. From what he had heard earlier, he knew that Fay didn’t exactly have a good time yesterday, so he refrained from asking her why she was looking blue.

“Oh, by the way, Gerald, I seem to have bought too many buns. Have you eaten? I don’t think I can finish all of these… Would you like some?” offered Fay.

“Why thank you! I actually haven’t had breakfast yet!” replied Gerald as he took a bun for himself and bit into it rather greedily.

As he watched her turn her computer on, Gerald noticed that her desktop background was that of a famous celebrity. Curious, Gerald asked, “Hey Fay, do you like that celebrity? I heard that she’s going to be performing at the concert!”

Turning to look at him, she nodded with a smile before taking a sip of soy milk. “I am! And I’m excited about the concert too! You know, back when I was still in high school, my biggest dream was to earn enough money to attend one of her concerts and hear her sing live! However, looking at the ticket prices, it doesn’t seem like I’ll be achieving that goal any time soon… Like, for real! Nine hundred dollars for a ticket? Are you kidding me? I can’t afford to go broke for a concert!” she said with a sigh, visibly disappointed.

Gerald then took another big bite into his bun and with his mouth full, he said, “I actually have a few relevant connections, so if you want, I could get you a ticket!”

Since she was a nice girl in general and she had even offered him some buns for breakfast, Gerald saw no problem with giving her a ticket. Besides, he had so many of them that it would truly be a waste if he only kept them to himself.

“…Wait, what? For real?” exclaimed Fay. Though her eyes sparkled with excitement at that moment, they soon reflected a slight skepticism. “Hey, you’re pulling my leg, aren’t you Gerald? Or is there some kind of catch?”

“I’m not kidding! Here, have it!” he replied as he took a ticket out of his bag and handed it to her. “That’s a ticket for the middle row! Since that area is slightly elevated, it shouldn’t be too crowded there and you’ll be able to take lots of nice photos! What more, you’ll be able to see your favorite singer from up there clearly!”

“…H-huh?” Fay was stunned. She hadn’t expected him to be serious.

“G-Gerald! I… T-thank you so much!” stuttered Fay as she took the ticket from him with trembling hands. She wanted to pay him back, but Gerald simply refused, insisting that she took it for free.

After finishing his breakfast, Gerald felt slightly thirsty so he decided to go to the water dispenser. Just as he was about to get up, another group of employees entered the office.

“Ugh! This is so unfair!” said an irritated female voice as she stomped all the way to her seat. She slammed her purse onto her desk the moment she got to it, and everyone there was startled.

“What’s wrong, Miss Mina?” asked an employee.

The woman causing the ruckus was of course, Mina Miles.