Ch. 526..530: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 526-530

Chapter 526

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 526 Gerald was familiar with Waylon’s family. Since when had they opened a company that was completely unrelated to their family’s business?

After some thorough investigation, Gerald found that there was a problem and he immediately sent a message to Zack to have him double-check for him.

“Come on, tell me. What did you find?” said Fay with a smile. It was just a background check after all. Why did Gerald make it sound so grand?

“You wouldn’t get it, but just know that I’ve found something big!” said Gerald before chuckling.

At that moment, Gerald received a call from Ava which surprised him slightly.

“Gerald? Are you doing anything after work tonight?” asked Ava as soon as he picked up.

“Why? What do you need?” asked Gerald rather coldly.

Though Gerald used to treat Ava kindly, her constant cold behavior toward him made him want to treat her equally as coldly.

“Well, I was thinking of treating you to dinner. You’ve joined the company for two days now and I still haven’t treated you to a meal. So… care to have dinner with me tonight?” asked Ava with a smile on the other side of the line.

“Who else will be there?” asked Gerald in return. He knew that Ava was definitely up to something. However, since Ava and Stuart were so close to each other, he felt that this would be a prime

opportunity to get to know more about them.

“It’ll just be the both of us! Nobody else!” replied Ava.

Shortly after, both of them agreed on a meeting time and place before she hung up.

Ava didn’t return to her desk for the rest of the day. Once Gerald clocked out, he headed for the agreed meeting place. It was just a small restaurant that wasn’t too far off from the office.

As he entered a small, private dining area, he saw Ava. He was surprised, to say the least. She had been true to her word, as she was the only one waiting for him there.

“Over here, Gerald! Come, have a seat! What do you think of this place? It’s pretty good, right?” said Ava with a smile as she opened a bottle of red wine and poured some out for Gerald.

“It’s definitely a pretty nice place. What’s the special occasion though? I wouldn’t have minded going somewhere cheaper!” replied Gerald with a slightly wry smile.

“How could I ever treat you to something cheap? Also, just so you know, I’ve constantly wanted to have a personal conversation with you in the past two days. However, the office just didn’t seem to be a convenient place to talk! Now that we’re alone, it’s about time we both got caught up with the good old days!” said Ava as she inched closer to Gerald, her elbow gently nudging his.

What exactly was this girl up to? Gerald had not the slightest clue.

However, he did notice how flirty Ava was being with him. She had even tried to figure out how he got those tickets earlier along with his other colleagues. ‘Catching up on the good old days’ was definitely not her true intention.

After drinking and talking for quite a bit, Gerald’s face began turning red as he grew tipsy.

“Ava, I think I’ve had enough. We’ve been drinking way too much!” said Gerald as he shook his head.

“Alright then, shall we get going? Ah, could you send me back, Gerald?”

“Sure!”

After Ava settled the bill, Gerald accompanied her back to her place.

He hadn’t been able to find out what she was up to since she kept avoiding answering his questions.

After Ava arrived home safely, Gerald was just about to leave when she grabbed his arm.

“Gerald, don’t leave!”

Chapter 527

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 527 After grabbing on to his arm, she began looking at Gerald flirtatiously.

Though her eyes were indeed, very attractive, Gerald was still shocked.

“Ava, are you alright?”

“No… No, I’m not. Could you please accompany me?” she asked as she pulled him deeper into her house. Eventually, Gerald ended up being pushed onto her bed.

She then began taking her dress off seductively.

Gerald could only gulp.

Ava was really beautiful, after all. She had fair skin and a great figure. As she pressed her body against his, Gerald felt heat rushing through his body.

His throat felt dry as Ava continued undressing. Her upper body was now mostly exposed.

All of a sudden, the door was kicked open and two people rushed in!

Ava immediately rolled off the bed and covered herself with some clothes as she screamed, “Hurry! Get the d*mn pictures!”

One of the two men who had entered was Nathaniel while the other was of course, Stuart. Nathaniel seemed to be recording as Ava started crying.

“Stuart! Save me please!” she cried out.

“Don’t worry, Ava! We’re here now so this b*stard can’t do anything! I can’t believe him! This Gerald seemed like such an honest guy but to think he was this sleazy! How dare he set up a trap for his own ex-classmate!”

“I didn’t know he was such a person either! I just wanted to treat him to dinner! He then offered to send me back but… but… He ended up assaulting me! Thank god you guys are here now!” wailed Ava.

“No worries Ava, we’ve caught everything on tape! Let’s go report him immediately!” sneered Nathaniel.

He knew that Gerald was now as good as dead.

Gerald on the other hand, had sobered up and he now realized that he had been set up.

He knew that something was wrong the moment Ava started undressing. What more, she had been exceptionally nice to him all evening!

Gerald just couldn’t believe that his own ex-classmate would treat him like this.

Though, what reason did she have to set him up?

‘We’ve been friends for at least seven years, Ava. What the hell?’ Gerald thought to himself, a wry smile on his face.

“So, what should we do with you now, Gerald?” said Stuart coldly.

“I don’t know, it’s up to you guys, isn’t it? What do you even want me to do?” replied Gerald with a grim smile.

“Well look at you! You sound decisive!” said Nathaniel with a chuckle.

“It’s simple, really. Just sign this contract and you’ll be the legal owner of it. Isn’t that easy?” said Stuart as he took a contract out for Gerald to see.

When he saw the name of the company on the contract, Gerald was finally able to put two and two together.

The name of the company was the exact one that he had told Zack to investigate into.

It seemed that his predictions had been right. Stuart was definitely a suspicious individual and there were several problems with his and Waylon’s business.

Since the matter had been revealed, they were now obviously trying to find a scapegoat.

This was a matter of life and death! If he signed the papers, he would be deemed the traitor and should Zack find out about it, the person ending up in jail would most definitely be Gerald!

At that moment, Stuart had no idea who he was truly going up against!

 

Chapter 528

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 528 Gerald smiled.

The trio before him would never be able to remotely even come close to anticipating that he was the actual owner of the company.

He then looked toward Ava before saying, “High school friends, huh? Why are you doing all this to me? Since when have you become this way, Ava?”

“Don’t even think about playing the friendship card, you b*stard! After laying your dirty hands on me, don’t even dream that I’ll let you off easily! Since you’re talking about friendship now, why didn’t you save a ticket for me earlier this afternoon then?”

“The most hilarious thing is that you lack even the most basic of common sense! Did you really think that I’d ever fall for or even make out with you? Keep fantasizing about it, that’s all you’ll ever get!”

Since they weren’t filming anymore, Ava found no further reason to filter her words.

She knew Gerald well. All Gerald was, was a poor and powerless pauper. Knowing the difference in power between them allowed Ava to execute her plan without the slightest hesitation. She wasn’t even remotely afraid, to be completely honest.

“Oh, I see how it is now. It seems that I’ve really thought too much!” replied Gerald with a chuckle.

“I don’t really want to believe this, honestly. I truly trusted that you wanted to treat me to dinner because of our past friendship. If you had just been sincere, I would definitely have been willing to help you in the future should you get into any trouble!” replied Gerald.

Though Gerald had anticipated that Ava had some ploy when she called him out for dinner, he had truly felt touched while they reminisced about their old days back at the restaurant. That was the reason why he had decided to accompany her back home in the first place.

Before they entered Ava’s house, Gerald had already made up his mind that he would continue to help her out, even if they weren’t as close to each other as they were before.

After all this had happened however, he was now completely disappointed in her.

“You? Help me? Who do you even think you are? Look, we’re letting you off easy. Think about it, you just have to sign these papers and the company will be yours!”

“Oh I’ll sign them, but you’ll just have to wait for tomorrow. My identification card isn’t with me now and I can’t remember my identification number!” said Gerald as he thought of that excuse on the spot.

“The hell? You don’t even remember your own identification number?” cursed Stuart.

However, he wasn’t too worried since they still had the recordings now. Gerald couldn’t run from them and Stuart knew it.

Tomorrow it was then.

“So be it. You’ll sign these papers the moment you arrive at the office tomorrow. And don’t you dare tell anyone about this or I’ll call the police immediately! You’ll definitely be charged for attempted r*pe if the recording gets out!” said Stuart.

“Tomorrow it is!” replied Gerald.

He was then let off. Once Gerald left the building, he immediately contacted Zack and told him everything that had happened.

He was feeling very upset since despite being disappointed in her, he still felt sorry for Ava.

He had initially gone undercover to try gathering information from the culprits he found. To think that his ex-classmate would be this involved with the matter.

When the next day came, Gerald entered the office and was just about to take a seat when both Stuart and Ava walked up to him.

“Gerald, please come to my office now!” said Stuart as he looked at Gerald. He also motioned for Gerald to remember to bring along his identification card.

“Sure thing!” replied Gerald as he followed both of them. Nathaniel was already waiting in Stuart’s office for them.

The office doubled as a printing room, and not many people usually went there.

“Alright, sign this quickly. We still have other formalities to go through. Hurry up!” said Stuart as he took the contract from the night before out.

However, Gerald simply sat there with his legs crossed. He had clearly no intention of signing it.

“What the hell are you waiting for? Hurry up and sign it already!” warned Stuart with a slightly raised voice.

Gerald’s response was to simply look at his watch before saying, “Just wait for a little while more. I’ll sign it when everyone else has arrived. That’ll save you the time to look for the right person to process your formalities!”

“Huh? What do you mean by that?”

 

Chapter 529

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 529 “Oh, you’ll see what I mean in a little while,” said Gerald with a smile.

At that moment, a few cars arrived at the entrance of the building.

When their doors were opened, out stepped Spencer—Waylon’s father—, Jarvan Wilson—the current deputy minister—and Norman Lay—the investment company’s assistant manager. All of them bore serious expressions on their faces.

Zack Lyle and Michael Zeke were present as well, both looking equally upset.

If Gerald hadn’t sent Zack a message telling him that there were problems with the company, neither Zack nor Michael would have ever found out that all this was happening under their noses.

As it turned out, the profit of the company and the departments within it were all involved just because of a few people.

After hearing what Gerald had found the night before, Zack called everyone relevant back to the office before interrogating them thoroughly throughout the entire night.

Under Gerald’s order, he was to bring them to the office now. As the group approached the building’s main entrance, they saw a man and woman waiting outside.

“Why did you even tell me to come over, Waylon? How should I know where your father is? I didn’t even know that the company was in trouble!” said the woman, her tone slightly irritated.

“Xella, could you please not be like this? You have to help me… D*mn it! My dad’s here!” replied Waylon as he looked up.

Waylon’s father hadn’t been home the entire night. Mostly clueless about what was happening, all Waylon knew was that his father was going to the office early the next day.

He decided to wait for his father at the office to try and get a better understanding of his father’s situation. Since he knew that Xella had been to the company’s headquarters quite a few times, he called her over to accompany him.

As Spencer came closer, Waylon ran over to him and realized that his father’s face looked awful.

“Dad, what’s wrong?”

“Son, just go home first. This is none of your business. Mr. Crawford’s here to see us!” said Spencer unhappily.

“…Huh? Mr. Crawford? He’s here in Serene County?” asked both Waylon and Xella, the two of them equally shocked.

“You heard me,” replied Spencer as he nodded.

“Let’s go. Mr. Crawford shouldn’t wait for us a second longer!” said Zack.

“Yes, Mr. Lyle…”

It wasn’t just Spencer’s face that looked awful. Everyone else being escorted into the building bore equally terrible expressions.

After the group went into the building, Waylon said, “There must be something terribly wrong. I’ve never seen my dad like that! I have to see what happened for myself!”

As for Xella, since the time Cindy’s mother had treated them to a meal last time, she hadn’t wanted to talk to Waylon anymore. However, she really wanted to know what Mr. Crawford looked like. That was the main reason why she had agreed to accompany Waylon.

Meanwhile in the investment marketing department, the mood had been rather lively.

Most of the employees were standing up to look at all the people walking up and down the hallway.

The people in question included higher management people from the headquarters and also some very important individuals.

Nobody could tell what was going on and nobody dared to ask what was happening. It was a shocking scene, to say the least.

As the elevator doors opened, Zack stepped out before leading the small group to the printing room.

“…Hey, that’s the general manager, Zack Lyle and beside him is Michael Zeke! Both of them are the company’s right-hand men!”

“And look who’s following behind them. Isn’t that Mr. Wilson and Mr. Lay? What on earth is going on? Oh my god, the one behind them looks like Spencer Letts from Houseland Enterprise!”

“Is the company in some kind of trouble? All the higher management people and even the boss is here!”

“Most probably. I wonder what’s gotten us into such hot water!”

Everyone who saw the group of people discussed the situation.

Mina herself was sipping a cup of tea as she watched them.

Much to her surprise, she saw a few familiar faces coming out of the lift. She immediately waved her right arm while shouting, “Xella! Over here!”

“Mina!” replied Xella as both she and Waylon walked toward her.

“What are you doing here? Do you have any idea what’s going on? Actually, hold on. Xella, is this your boyfriend?” asked Mina as she chuckled when she noticed Waylon.

“He’s not, but moving on, I was about to ask you the same thing. The headquarters called the higher management for a meeting and we have no clue what’s going on!”

“Well, guess all we can do is wait!” replied Mina as she shook her head.

 

Chapter 530

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 530 A knock was heard on the door and Gerald looked toward it.

His legs were still crossed when he shouted, “Come in!”

Zack and Michael then led Spencer and the rest into the room.

“…H-huh? What?” said Stuart, stunned.

Everyone in the room was involved in the matter.

Even Spencer Letts was here and the ones taking the lead were Mr. Zeke, Mr. Lyle, and Mr. Wilson!

“This…” That was the only thing the trio managed to mutter. Stuart, Nathaniel, and Ava were dumbfounded.

When they finally came to their senses, the trio shouted, “Mr. Zeke! Mr. Lyle!”

“Mr. Crawford, they’re all here!” said Zack as he ignored the three people.

“…Huh? Mr. Crawford?”

“…That’s a joke right? The f*ck? He’s Mr. Crawford?”

Everyone was shocked. This was especially so for Stuart and Ava.

“M-M-Mr. Crawford…?” Ava felt like she could hardly breathe.

“Well, since everyone is finally here now, let’s begin. So, Mr. Ferguston, tell me about the papers again. Where do I need to sign?” said Gerald as he smiled.

“…I…” Stuart’s mind had gone blank and he could only gulp.

Stuart had initially thought that he would be able to wiggle out of this mess, scot-free. His plan was perfect, after all. Now that this had happened, the amount of trouble he was in had skyrocketed.

Never could he have dreamt that he would fall right into Gerald’s trap.

Who the f*ck could have even anticipated that Gerald was the actual Mr. Crawford?

Though Stuart turned to look at Ava, she couldn’t be bothered about him this time. Instead, she shouted, “Mr. Lyle, what did you call Gerald? Is he… Is he really Mr. Crawford…?”

“Step aside and don’t be a nuisance!” sneered Zack in response.

“Mr. Crawford, should we really proceed with this here? The printing room is too small to hold a meeting!” said Michael as he took a step forward.

“That’s true. Bring them to the meeting room. We’re getting to the bottom of this, today!” said Gerald.

Zack nodded before leading the group of people out with him.

Even as she walked out the door, Ava was still peeking at Gerald. Her eyes reflected her sheer confusion. She just couldn’t believe it.

Gerald simply ignored her and headed out himself.

“Here they come!” shouted an employee and everyone went silent.

Mina and the others were shocked when they saw Gerald coming out of the room behind the group.

“Psst! Gerald! Over here!” said Mina in a soft voice as she motioned for him to come over. Ever since he had given her the ticket, she had considered him to be a friend.

As Gerald walked over, he was surprised to see that both Xella and Waylon were there too.

“Gerald? Why are you here?” asked Xella, shocked.

“Eh? You guys know each other? He’s new here and he’s also my colleague!” said Mina as she smiled.

“So this is where you’re working!”

Xella was undoubtedly surprised to see him here. Other complicated emotions were also brewing deep inside her.

Waylon, on the other hand, was exceptionally upset when he heard that.

“Well, you should treat Gerald nicely then, Mina. He’s our ex high school classmate after all, and he definitely has potential!” said Waylon though there were hints of jealousy in his voice.

“Not bad. Also, he really is very skilled! Haha!”

“Hey, hey Gerald! Do you know what’s happening? What’s wrong with Stuart and the others?” asked a group of girls who quickly surrounded Gerald.

“Also, I heard from Xella that Mr. Crawford is here today! I don’t think we’ve seen him… Which one of them is Mr. Crawford?” asked Mina next.

Everyone was curious about that as well.

“Mr. Crawford, everyone’s headed to the meeting room now. Are you coming?”

At that moment, Zack’s voice could be heard from behind Gerald.