Ch. 546..550: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 546-550

Chapter 546

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 546 Just as Gerald took the tissues out, Yolanda snatched them out of his hands before rushing toward Jarvis. She wanted to help wipe the sweat off Jarvis’s forehead too.

‘The audacity of some people!’ Gerald thought to himself, irritated.

Yolanda seemed to be quite fond of Jarvis, which was why she had invited Queeny along. Queeny would act as her wingwoman so that she could get closer to Jarvis.

Yolanda knew what she wanted. It was as though anyone other than Jarvis didn’t deserve her attention. Even though Gerald had just met her, he was already fairly annoyed with her attitude.

“So, what did your dad say, Hugo?” The question came from Queeny.

“Well, he said that he can’t help us… He said he wasn’t able to contact anyone here. What about you, Jarvis?” asked Hugo.

As Hugo turned to look at him, Jarvis seemed to have just ended his phone call as well.

“Any luck?” asked Queeny. She was now willing to pay for a ticket since they were no longer for sale. After all, getting a ticket would still be a great honor.

“My dad told me to wait for a bit… He’s going to contact the vice manager!” replied Jarvis.

Gerald had been standing at the side and he was beginning to panic as well. Though the springs had been built by his company, he didn’t know anyone here. It would appear that they only hired locals, along with the older employees back in Wayfair Mountain.

If it wasn’t for the strong security system that had been implemented, Gerald wouldn’t be just standing in place doing nothing. However, the sun was blazing and he was carrying a lot of things as well.

Annoyed, Gerald said, “Hey! Are we going in or aren’t we? I’ve been standing under this heat for hours!”

“F*ck you! Jarvis is already contacting some people so just be useful and shut up!” replied Queeny, slightly embarrassed.

Ten more minutes passed and Gerald was beginning to feel extremely dehydrated. There wasn’t any shade nearby and Queeny had refused to let him wait in the car as well.

What a pain! Now at his wits’ end, Gerald resorted to texting a message to Zack. He told him to have someone escort them. Waiting any longer would just be a waste of time and energy.

Zack replied immediately. “Yes sir! I’ll have someone escort you right away!”

Jarvis on the other hand, had just hung up on yet another call.

“So what did he say?” asked Hugo.

“My dad’s contacted Mr. Dean, the vice manager here. Both managers are out of town now, so everything depends on Mr. Dean! If he can’t help us, nobody can!” replied Jarvis.

The other group was now staring at Jarvis as well. The employee then said, “You guys should just come back next time. The weather’s been really hot so getting a heat stroke isn’t out of the question if you continue waiting. I can assure you that you won’t be able to-”

At that moment, the phone in the ticket counter began to ring, interrupting the employee. “Hello? Ah, I see. Understood!”

After ending the call, she turned to look at the group with a polite smile before saying, “Dear sirs, the manager just called and informed us that you’re all welcome inside. All your fees for today will also be covered!”

The employee had honestly not expected this herself. Did their calls really get them in? That Jarvis and Hugo did say that they were going to contact someone in power. She hadn’t anticipated their so-called ‘connections’ to be real. After all, it was the manager himself who had told her to let them in!

“Wow! You actually managed to get the manager to let us in!” exclaimed Queeny and Yolanda excitedly.

Yolanda was especially excited. It was as if her admiration for Jarvis was never-ending.

At that moment, the leader of the other group approached Jarvis. “Hey there handsome, think you could let us in too? We’d gladly pay for the tickets!” said the leader, her admiration for Jarvis clearly reflected in her eyes

“Sure darling! Go right on ahead!” Jarvis was overjoyed. He never knew that his father held so much power. He was able to contact the vice manager and the manager as well! His ego immediately inflated immensely. The two groups then walked into the building cheerily.

Once they were gone, a female escort approached the employee before asking, “What happened? Did the manager really speak up for them?”

“Well, the manager said that one of our VIPs had arrived and we weren’t giving them access. He also told us to be on our best behavior! It would be unwise to disappoint this VIP after all!”

“Understood!”

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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 547 Gerald was speechless as he followed behind them. Someone else had taken the credit for what he had done. He had thought that scenarios like these wouldn’t happen to him again.

Jarvis himself looked like he was clearly out of his mind. It was as though he had lost all his common sense. Why would the manager speak up for him when the one he had contacted was only the vice manager?

Then again, Gerald knew that this was partly his fault for acting so low-key with everything he did. However, he didn’t really want to expose his true identity now, especially not in front of these pricks. The entire experience was just slightly disappointing.

As they entered further into the building, the two groups slowly merged into a single, large one. After Jarvis’s ‘help’, the girls from the other group were feeling grateful toward him. Some of them even started idolizing him, and this made Yolanda green with envy, birthing a strong sense of rivalry in her soul.

The girls flirting with him were very pretty as well. Naturally, this only served to further fuel Yolanda’s jealousy and annoyance at the girls. However, all she could do was roll her eyes at them.

“Put my bag away for me!” said Yolanda as she tossed her bag at Gerald before walking toward Jarvis, visibly unhappy.

“Say Jarvis, where are we going later? Didn’t you say that you’d take me to the springs and treat me to some good food?” asked Yolanda as she pouted her lips and clung to Jarvis’s arm.

She was going on the attack now. If she didn’t act fast, her man might get stolen away by one of these girls! Both Hugo and Queeny had been helping her get closer to him these days. Adding that to Yolanda’s good looks, Jarvis and her were now at the stage where they could openly flirt with each other. She was already so close.

“Of course I will!” said Jarvis as he smiled.

“Oh? Is she your girlfriend, Jarvis?” asked one of the girls.

“She’s so pretty!” complemented another as she smiled.

Yolanda simply remained silent as her ears perked, waiting for Jarvis’s response.

Jarvis then put on a fake smile as he said, “Nah, she’s just a really close friend!”

“Speaking of which, miss, I haven’t had the pleasure of knowing your name,” continued Jarvis. The girl he was speaking to was indeed, very beautiful and elegant.

“Michelle Waxham, but you can call me Elle. Thanks for today. Do you want to be friends?” asked Michelle as she smiled sweetly.

“Of course!” replied Jarvis as he fished his phone out. While the two exchanged numbers, Yolanda’s pouting only worsened.

Gerald on the other hand, had been quietly observing the entire incident. He realized earlier that the girl looked somewhat like Xabrina. Once he heard her name, he immediately understood why. Queeny herself seemed to be stunned. She then asked rather hesitantly, “Um… Are you by any chance related to Brook Waxham?”

“Oh? He’s my grandpa!” replied Michelle.

“Well then! What a coincidence! My grandpa is Theodore Winters! Does that name ring a bell?” exclaimed Queeny.

Michelle simply chuckled. How could she not know who that was? After all, he was the one who had set her up with that weirdo, Gerald Crawford.

“Of course I do! Actually, you’re Queeny Winters, aren’t you? Mr. Winters’s granddaughter! I remember meeting you a few times when we were young!” said Michelle. She seemed to be warming up to them.

Gerald felt slightly awkward with this turn of events. It was just way too coincidental. However, he was lucky that Mr. Winters had not mentioned anything about the blind date when they had their lunch together yesterday.

Queeny was already on the way home when Mr. Winters asked Gerald out for lunch. It was clear that he wanted to ask about the blind date, but it was inconvenient to do so since Queeny was around. Gerald himself didn’t want to talk about it. He had wanted to wait till lunch before bringing it up with Mr. Winters.

Besides, it was best that Queeny didn’t know about the blind date. She would definitely tell Francis about it, which in turn would only cause more conflict between them. The best thing to do was to keep it to themselves.

D*mn it. Gerald’s original blind date was here and she was Xabrina’s sister! However, she was truly very elegant and even Gerald couldn’t help but sneak a few stares at her.

Michelle, on the other hand, was very curious about Jarvis. Her curiosity began when she saw him do what he did at the ticket counter just a while ago. When she realized that she was already acquainted with Queeny, the two of them immediately clicked and kept their conversation going.

As for Yolanda, she was fuming with jealousy. She even made a few passive-aggressive remarks whenever she could.

 

Chapter 548

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 548 Since Jarvis didn’t try to stop her, Yolanda continued making rude remarks from time to time. Gerald on the other hand, was being treated as though he didn’t exist.

After two long hours of shopping without stopping to rest, it was already close to eleven at night. Since there were several restaurants in the building, Jarvis suggested for them to find a place to have supper. They would be able to talk more while seated anyway.

Naturally, Michelle and her friends accepted the offer and they soon found a nearby restaurant. Finally able to take a seat, Gerald put their bags down and sat at one of the tables as well.

“And who said that you could sit here?!” screamed a voice just as Gerald sat down.

“Aren’t we eating? Is it wrong for me to take a seat?” asked Gerald, clearly annoyed.

The voice had belonged to Yolanda and she was at her limit. Her jealousy had overpowered her rationality since she had to watch Michelle talk to Jarvis this entire time. Since she wasn’t being noticed enough, she decided to cause a scene and simply yelled at Gerald.

“Just look at you! Who do you even think you are to sit with us? As if you could ever be at our level! Save yourself the embarrassment and stay in your own lane!” screamed Yolanda again. She was clearly referring to someone else at the same time.

“Now what do you even mean by that?” snapped Gerald.

“Gerald Crawford, why are you even fighting her? Just leave her be, plus, she’s telling the truth anyway! Seriously, fighting with a girl. What kind of man are you?” said Queeny. She knew Yolanda

was upset so she ended up scolding Gerald as well.

“Gerald Crawford?” At that moment, Michelle turned to look at Gerald. Wasn’t that the name of her blind date? Was this person before her really her supposed blind date?

“Oh, you probably have no idea who he is. He’s my grandpa’s neighbor and he’s rented our unit. I invited him over so that he could carry our bags! I’ll treat him to lunch later on as thanks,” said Queeny. She was afraid that Yolanda would end up fighting with Michelle, so she quickly tried to change the topic.

“Ah, I see!” replied Michelle as her cheeks flushed in slight embarrassment. She took another glance at Gerald and felt extremely awkward.

She had imagined what Gerald looked like before, and she thought that he’d at least look decent and have a great personality even though he came from a humble background. However, here he was, carrying bags for a mere meal. He looked rather decent, but didn’t his actions mean that he was just some lowly pushover?

She then turned to look at Queeny who didn’t seem to know anything about the blind date. If neither Queeny nor Gerald brought the topic up, Michelle preferred taking that knowledge with her to her grave.

“Excuse me, miss! This is quite hot!”

The voice came from a waitress whose path was being blocked by Yolanda. As Yolanda turned around, her arm hit the corner of the tray and the waitress almost lost her grip. Thankfully, she was able to hold on to it. However, a bit of soup ended up getting spilled onto Yolanda’s elbow.

“I’m terribly sorry, miss! Are you alright?” apologized the waitress immediately.

Her apology, however, was only replied with a tight slap on the cheek from Yolanda.

“Why don’t you watch where you’re f*cking going? How dare you spill soup onto me!” Yolanda’s rationality had long set sail, and only anger resided within her now. She had been humiliated in front of Jarvis for far too long, thus she directed all her anger toward the waitress.

The waitress herself seemed quite young. She bore the look of someone who had just finished high school. The slap stunned her, and she was now only staring at Yolanda in disbelief. Gerald and the others were stunned as well. Nobody had expected Yolanda to actually hit someone.

“Natalie? Natalie, what happened? Who hurt you?”

At that moment, the manager of the restaurant ran out to help. Following him were a few other waiters and waitresses. As they helped her up, the few who followed the manager out and even the manager himself looked terrified.

“She did!” shouted Natalie as she pointed at Yolanda. Her other hand was cupping her now swollen cheek.

“How dare you! Do you even know who she is?” scowled the manager as he glared at Yolanda.

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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 549 “As if I care! She’s the one who spilled soup on me! I’ve done nothing wrong! She’s a mere waitress anyway, big deal!” huffed Yolanda. She wasn’t afraid of the consequences since she knew that Jarvis was definitely the most powerful man in the room at that moment. Nobody would dare to defy him and in extension, her.

Besides, her spotlight had been stolen by Michelle and she was already having a pretty bad day. Not only did they not apologize for the soup on her clothes, but the manager was here scolding her! This was ridiculous…

The more she thought about it, the more Yolanda looked as though she would explode in anger.

“Don’t cry, Nat… I’ll have someone call Mr. Wadford for you. Your dad will definitely be able to handle this!” comforted the manager.

Natalie Wadford was the daughter of Blake Wadford, the manager of this entire tourist attraction. Her father was also one of the main organizers of the new projects around the area. Blake had been assigned from the main branch in Mayberry, and he had absolute power within this area.

Since Natalie was bored during her summer holidays, she came here since she wanted to gain some experience doing a part-time job. However, it was just her first day of work and she had already received a slap to her face! Though she had begged her father for the longest time to allow her to take the job and have some fun, her efforts ended up being the worst experience she had had throughout her time here.

“Humph! Call whoever you want to! We have Jarvis here! As if we’d be afraid of you guys!” scoffed Yolanda as she clung to Jarvis’s arm. Everyone then turned to look at Jarvis. Being the egoistic man he was, he knew that Yolanda was using his power to do as she pleased, and this stoked his ego to new heights.

He then stood up before coldly saying, “How amusing. Fine, let’s see who you’re calling over! Don’t worry Yolanda, I have my connections!”

As Yolanda continued yelling hysterically, the manager made a phone call. A few seconds after his call ended, three Audi A6 cars screeched to a halt at the restaurant’s entrance.

“Who the f*ck dared to slap my daughter? Do you have a death wish?!”

The furious voice came from a middle-aged man donning a suit. As he got out of his car, eight other bodyguards followed closely behind. Nobody dared to mess with them since they were clearly men with power.

Yolanda now looked slightly terrified and she turned to Jarvis for help.

“Mr. Wadford! She did it! She’s the one who slapped Natalie on the face!” exclaimed the manager as he pointed toward Yolanda.

“Oh? This b*tch? You sure have some guts, I’ll give you that much. Grab her!” shouted Blake as he signaled his bodyguards to do so.

Jarvis immediately stood in front of Yolanda as if he knew what he was doing. “Heh, Mr. Wadford, was it? There must be some kind of misunderstanding! Should I give a call to Mr. Dean? Since it was the manager who had let us in, starting a fight here won’t be any good now, would it?”

It was clear that Jarvis thought that he held the most power in the room. After bringing up his superior connections, all he needed to do now, was to wait for Blake to back down.

“For real? Those nobodies? Are you seriously trying to threaten me with them? You need a reality check, brat! F*ck off!” yelled Blake as he slapped Jarvis on the face. Blake’s had swung his hand hard, and Jarvis was almost knocked down from that one slap alone.

“J-Jarvis!” Both Michelle and Yolanda rushed toward him after seeing that happen.

“Humph! And here I was wondering why this brat was being so stubborn! Listen, kid, do you really think Mr. Dean and Mr. Will rule this area? Hah! Both of them still have to take orders from Mr. Wadford!” scoffed the restaurant manager.

“…What?” Upon hearing that, Jarvis immediately froze. He had wanted to fight back but after finding out that Blake was even more powerful than Mr. Dean, he didn’t dare to move another muscle.

Yolanda’s screams suddenly echoed through the restaurant. Two of Blake’s bodyguards were pulling her hair and another was slapping her face. Chaos had befallen the group.

“Listen up, brats! You hurt my daughter so each and every one of you will pay for this! Don’t even think about escaping!” roared Blake, his eyes red. He seemed to love his daughter very much.

None of them had expected their supper to end this way. Queeny and the others were struck with fear the moment they heard what he said.

“M-Mr. Wadford, please! We didn’t even do anything!” pleaded Hugo immediately.

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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 550 The bodyguards showed no mercy. Though Michelle was slightly older than the others, she too was terrified as she watched the chaos unfold before her eyes.

Gerald on the other hand, simply sat there quietly. He was no saint and he wasn’t obligated to help everyone with everything. He knew that Blake Wadford sounded familiar and if he wanted to, he could even talk him out of it. But Gerald didn’t want to. He had no obligations to help Yolanda and Jarvis. Both of them were mere strangers to him.

Besides, Yolanda had constantly looked down on him. She deserved to be beaten up like this for always being so stubborn and reckless. It would seem that Queeny and the others were going to be involved in this as well.

All of a sudden, a team of employees rushed into the restaurant.

“M-Mr. Wadford! Stop! Please stop!” pleaded what seemed to be the team’s leader. More employees rushed in behind her.

The leader of the team was the girl at the ticket counter earlier. She was apparently also responsible for this area.

“Huh? Oh, it’s you Becky. What’s wrong? Why shouldn’t I beat them up?” scowled Blake.

Becky immediately stood beside him before whispering into his ear. In an instant, Blake’s face turned pale.

‘…What? They were let in by Mr. Lyle?’ Blake thought to himself.

“The security team informed me that they had caused a fight here so I came running as soon as I could, Mr. Wadford!” explained Becky.

Blake went silent for a moment before he took in a deep breath. He now knew who these people were. They weren’t even supposed to be here in the first place. However, it would seem that this Jarvis guy gave his father a call which eventually got them in.

Becky hadn’t wanted to grant them access, but the manager had told her to let them in and treat them like VIPs. Mr. Lyle had been the one to authorize their entrance. One of his relatives gave Mr. Will a call, which led to the current situation. Even the two managers—who were supposed to be purchasing stocks—were now rushing back here.

Blake was now sweating bullets. He couldn’t believe what he was hearing. He immediately turned to look at Jarvis—who was still lying on the ground— with apologetic eyes.

“Ah, good sir, why didn’t you mention that you were let in by Mr. Lyle? Indeed, this really was a misunderstanding!” said Blake in cold sweat. The difference in power between Mr. Dean and Mr. Lyle was colossal. Of course Blake would feel terrified!

The bodyguards understood the situation immediately and each of them nervously took a step back. It was as though they had just undergone a one-eighty degree flip, attitude-wise. This only made Michelle even more impressed.

“D*mn! Honestly, who is he? How can one person hold that much power?” said Michelle as she stared at Jarvis, her eyes filled with admiration.

Yolanda on the other hand, was glaring at them. She then laughed hysterically before shouting, “Hahaha! You dumba*ses! I’ll make sure all of you are dead by dawn for slapping me!”

More slaps echoed through the restaurant as Yolanda continued to slap each bodyguard several times. Though she was being beaten up just seconds ago, her ego had reached new heights now that she could fight back without any repercussions. She knew that Jarvis wouldn’t let her down.

“Mr. Jarvis… May I know who your father is?” asked Blake timidly.

“Heh, my dad is Thomas Fish. Both my parents are in Serene Org, and even Mr. Edward here knows them!” said Jarvis smugly.

‘Thomas Fish…? I know several of Mr. Lyle’s connections but not him… Mr. Lyle intervened for him? That… doesn’t sound quite right…?’ Blake thought to himself.

“Humph! Know your place, old man! I’ll slap you twice as much as your bodyguards did to me!” said Yolanda as she walked up to Blake, cockily.

“Blake! Long time no see, huh!” said Gerald with a smile out of the blue. He then got up from his seat and stood there, hands in his pockets.