Ch. 616..620: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 616-620
Chapter 616
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 617 While all this was happening, Giya’s friends were still with her in the Quarrington family villa.
The girls were drinking and singing together, seemingly having a lot of fun. In truth, they were all trying very hard to cheer Giya up so that she could forget all of her sadness regarding Gerald.
Since Giya’s parents had earlier left for Yanken, Tammy and the other girls had agreed on staying the night to accompany her.
“Say Tammy, I need to use the bathroom… Will you accompany me?” asked Giya.
“Sure thing!”
Both of them then headed to the bathroom upstairs together.
However, not too long after, a scream could be heard coming from upstairs!
Shocked, everyone immediately rushed toward the source of the scream. However, once they got to the bathroom, Tammy and Giya were nowhere to be seen.
“Tammy? Giya?! S-stop messing around with us! Where are you two?”
The girls began shouting as they searched around the villa. After quite a bit of time had passed, they concluded that their disappearance was no prank. They had really vanished without a trace!
At that point, most of them were so anxious that they were already on the verge of bursting into tears.
“W-what should we do now…?”
“What else can we do? We need to call someone!”
Moving back to Giya and Tammy, they awoke sometime after in what seemed to be an abandoned house in the middle of nowhere.
All they remembered was that a shadowy figure had appeared before them as they were about to enter the bathroom. The last thing they could recall before passing out, was feeling a sharp pain behind them.
“L-let us go! Who are you?!” yelled Giya fearfully.
“Yeah, let us go this instant! We’re warning you, Giya’s well connected with several rich and influential people! If you still refuse to let us go, then you’ll definitely be done for!” added Tammy, her voice quivering slightly.
“Hahaha! Oh no… I’m so scared… Please, I know who you are, Miss Giya. I’m well aware that you’re Mr. Long’s fiancée. To tell you the truth, that’s the main reason why you’ve been kidnapped in the first place! I’ll cut straight to the chase, Miss Giya. I need you to force that b*stardYunus to fork out the money he owes me! As soon as I get my money, I’ll leave immediately without even touching a single strand of hair on your head, Miss Giya!”
Of course, the kidnapper in question was none other than Harry.
After all, he was the kind of person who lived for money, and he would do anything to get his hands on more. Even now, he was only threatening and blackmailing Yunus to get the cash he had been promised.
He wasn’t really trying to ruin their relationship. That was why he had yet to reveal the truth about the set up for both Gerald and Rosalie that Yunus had orchestrated together with him.
Aside from that, Harry was also aware that if word got out about his involvement in the case, he would simultaneously be offending the Crawfords, the Longs, and the Owens. He would definitely suffer a horrible death should that day ever come.
Harry was smart enough not to act based on his emotions, which led him to eventually come up with his current idea instead.
“Hehe… You truly are beautiful, Miss Giya. I’m certain that Mr. Long will give me any amount of money in exchange for his beautiful fiancée’s safety!” said Harry as he gently squeezed Giya’s cheeks.
“Pfft! Mr. Long isn’t the only person who’ll be coming after your neck! There’s another equally rich and influential heir who’s close to Giya! And his name is Mr. Gerald Crawford from Mayberry City!” exclaimed Tammy.
“What? Gerald?!” replied Harry, a stunned expression on his face.
If it wasn’t because of Gerald, he wouldn’t have been reduced to his current state where he had to constantly hide in the wilderness.
Harry was well aware that the Crawford family should not be underestimated under any circumstances.
“Stop it, Tammy! I told you, I have nothing more to do with that person anymore! We are no longer connected in any way! Why on earth would he possibly help me now?” said Giya as she looked at Tammy.
“Humph! I doubt that! Even if you’re no longer friends, I believe that Gerald will still save you in the end!”
Chapter 617
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 618 Tammy sounded confident with her words.
“It’s not like I want to see that s*umbag ever again anyway!” replied Giya.
“Hey, hey! Are you two done talking yet? If you aren’t aware, you’re being held hostage! Are you pretending that I don’t exist now? Huh?!” said Harry angrily.
Hearing that, Tammy was so frightened that she immediately went silent.
Rubbing the bridge of his nose, Harry then took Giya’s cell phone from her.
“Look, I don’t care which rich heir you’re talking about, I just want my god d*mn money!” grumbled Harry as he looked through Giya’s contacts to find Yunus.
“Giya? Why are you calling me out of the blue?” asked Yunus in an affectionate and doting tone as soon as he picked up Harry’s call.
“Cut the cr*p already! Giya’s in my hands now. If you don’t want your precious Giya to encounter any ‘accidents’, I propose that you hand the money you owe me right this instant! I’ll free them after that!” cursed Harry through the phone.
“What?! Harry?! You’re brave, I’ll give you that! But to think that you’d actually kidnap her when I just spared your life!” replied Yunus, his voice cold as ice.
“Spared my life? Hahaha! Let me tell you something, Yunus. I’m going to settle both the old and new accounts with you today! I also want triple the amount of the original sum of money that you still owe
me! Consider it to be compensation for the emotional and psychological damage that you’ve done to me! If you’re having second thoughts, I also have all the footage of you doing all your bad deeds in the past! If you want me to hand those recordings over to you, deliver the money to me. Personally! Both of us can settle the score between us after that, once and for all!” sneered Harry as he explained his terms.
Now that Harry had seen Yunus’s true colors, he wasn’t going to fall into the same trap twice in a row.
While Yunus’s men were quite powerful, would they really be able to capture him? Haha!
Harry was sure that Yunus understood what was at stake now.
“I won’t be going there personally. However, I will be sending someone over to hand you the money! Where are you?”
“As I said before, you have to hand it to me personally! There are still some things that I need to talk to you about, face to face. I assure you that if you don’t come alone, you’ll definitely regret it in the future! Also, it seems I forgot to mention this earlier! You come alone!”
“Say what you want, I told you I’m not going. My decision is final! If you want, you can come over instead to deal with me!” replied Yunus as he laughed.
“D*mn it! Are you seriously not planning to come over?! If you’re persistent with your decision, then I guess I’ll forgo the money… However! Do you truly believe that I won’t take out my dissatisfaction on your fiancée? She’s quite the beauty, you know!”
“Four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. That is all I will give, and when you receive it, I expect both my fiancée and the recordings to be handed over! There is no further room for discussion! Also while we’re at it, you should take the time to consider your own eventual fate as well!”
After saying that, Yunus immediately hung up.
“Hello? Hello?! D*mn it! What a brute! He doesn’t even care about his own woman at all!” shouted Harry, his face red from anger.
Giya herself had heard the entire conversation. Though she had never liked Yunus in the first place, she still felt a chill in her heart after listening to their call.
Sure enough, regardless of how good a scmbag pretended to be, they would still be a scmbag in the end. It was usually during moments of crisis when their true natures would finally be exposed.
“Hahaha! I’ll just tell you now that Yunus and I were never on good terms! If you’re still planning on using me as a hostage to threaten him, dream on!” said Giya as she smiled wryly.
“What else can I do? I can’t just leave empty-handed! I’ve simultaneously offended three wealthy and influential families! Four hundred and fifty thousand dollars isn’t going to cut it!” replied Harry as he anxiously scratched the back of his head.
All of a sudden, he started patting his thighs. It seemed like he had arrived at a sudden realization.
“F*ck! I almost forgot! If all else fails, then I should just try to make a fortune off Mr. Crawford! If the Long family is willing to hand me four hundred and fifty thousand dollars, then Mr. Crawford should definitely be willing to pay even more! After all, he’s richer than they are! If I’m lucky, I could even rack the numbers up to seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars! Now that would be a worthy transaction! What more, I already have all the information that he wants anyway! Hahaha!” said Harry aloud as he smiled.
He then walked toward Giya before saying, “Miss Giya, please give me Mr. Crawford’s contact number.”
“I hate to disappoint you, but I don’t have anything to do with that man anymore. In other words, I don’t have his number with me! Also, don’t you think it’s a bit ridiculous to use me as a hostage to threaten him?” sneered Giya coldly.
“Haha! And what’s so ridiculous about that? Well, even if he doesn’t come for you, he’ll definitely want the valuable information I have on hand. After all, he’s probably still struggling to clear his name after Mr. Long and I set him up for that attempted r*pe case involving Rosalie back then! He’ll definitely come anxiously looking for me once he realizes that I have all the information he needs!”
Since Harry was planning to leave the country anyway once he succeeded with his plans, he no longer had to worry about keeping any secrets. At this point, offending others was the least of his worries.
As soon as Giya heard this, she immediately raised her head before saying, “…What… what did you say?”
Chapter 618
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 618 Tammy sounded confident with her words.
“It’s not like I want to see that s*umbag ever again anyway!” replied Giya.
“Hey, hey! Are you two done talking yet? If you aren’t aware, you’re being held hostage! Are you pretending that I don’t exist now? Huh?!” said Harry angrily.
Hearing that, Tammy was so frightened that she immediately went silent.
Rubbing the bridge of his nose, Harry then took Giya’s cell phone from her.
“Look, I don’t care which rich heir you’re talking about, I just want my god d*mn money!” grumbled Harry as he looked through Giya’s contacts to find Yunus.
“Giya? Why are you calling me out of the blue?” asked Yunus in an affectionate and doting tone as soon as he picked up Harry’s call.
“Cut the cr*p already! Giya’s in my hands now. If you don’t want your precious Giya to encounter any ‘accidents’, I propose that you hand the money you owe me right this instant! I’ll free them after that!” cursed Harry through the phone.
“What?! Harry?! You’re brave, I’ll give you that! But to think that you’d actually kidnap her when I just spared your life!” replied Yunus, his voice cold as ice.
“Spared my life? Hahaha! Let me tell you something, Yunus. I’m going to settle both the old and new accounts with you today! I also want triple the amount of the original sum of money that you still owe
me! Consider it to be compensation for the emotional and psychological damage that you’ve done to me! If you’re having second thoughts, I also have all the footage of you doing all your bad deeds in the past! If you want me to hand those recordings over to you, deliver the money to me. Personally! Both of us can settle the score between us after that, once and for all!” sneered Harry as he explained his terms.
Now that Harry had seen Yunus’s true colors, he wasn’t going to fall into the same trap twice in a row.
While Yunus’s men were quite powerful, would they really be able to capture him? Haha!
Harry was sure that Yunus understood what was at stake now.
“I won’t be going there personally. However, I will be sending someone over to hand you the money! Where are you?”
“As I said before, you have to hand it to me personally! There are still some things that I need to talk to you about, face to face. I assure you that if you don’t come alone, you’ll definitely regret it in the future! Also, it seems I forgot to mention this earlier! You come alone!”
“Say what you want, I told you I’m not going. My decision is final! If you want, you can come over instead to deal with me!” replied Yunus as he laughed.
“D*mn it! Are you seriously not planning to come over?! If you’re persistent with your decision, then I guess I’ll forgo the money… However! Do you truly believe that I won’t take out my dissatisfaction on your fiancée? She’s quite the beauty, you know!”
“Four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. That is all I will give, and when you receive it, I expect both my fiancée and the recordings to be handed over! There is no further room for discussion! Also while we’re at it, you should take the time to consider your own eventual fate as well!”
After saying that, Yunus immediately hung up.
“Hello? Hello?! D*mn it! What a brute! He doesn’t even care about his own woman at all!” shouted Harry, his face red from anger.
Giya herself had heard the entire conversation. Though she had never liked Yunus in the first place, she still felt a chill in her heart after listening to their call.
Sure enough, regardless of how good a scmbag pretended to be, they would still be a scmbag in the end. It was usually during moments of crisis when their true natures would finally be exposed.
“Hahaha! I’ll just tell you now that Yunus and I were never on good terms! If you’re still planning on using me as a hostage to threaten him, dream on!” said Giya as she smiled wryly.
“What else can I do? I can’t just leave empty-handed! I’ve simultaneously offended three wealthy and influential families! Four hundred and fifty thousand dollars isn’t going to cut it!” replied Harry as he anxiously scratched the back of his head.
All of a sudden, he started patting his thighs. It seemed like he had arrived at a sudden realization.
“F*ck! I almost forgot! If all else fails, then I should just try to make a fortune off Mr. Crawford! If the Long family is willing to hand me four hundred and fifty thousand dollars, then Mr. Crawford should definitely be willing to pay even more! After all, he’s richer than they are! If I’m lucky, I could even rack the numbers up to seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars! Now that would be a worthy transaction! What more, I already have all the information that he wants anyway! Hahaha!” said Harry aloud as he smiled.
He then walked toward Giya before saying, “Miss Giya, please give me Mr. Crawford’s contact number.”
“I hate to disappoint you, but I don’t have anything to do with that man anymore. In other words, I don’t have his number with me! Also, don’t you think it’s a bit ridiculous to use me as a hostage to threaten him?” sneered Giya coldly.
“Haha! And what’s so ridiculous about that? Well, even if he doesn’t come for you, he’ll definitely want the valuable information I have on hand. After all, he’s probably still struggling to clear his name after Mr. Long and I set him up for that attempted r*pe case involving Rosalie back then! He’ll definitely come anxiously looking for me once he realizes that I have all the information he needs!”
Since Harry was planning to leave the country anyway once he succeeded with his plans, he no longer had to worry about keeping any secrets. At this point, offending others was the least of his worries.
As soon as Giya heard this, she immediately raised her head before saying, “…What… what did you say?”
Chapter 619
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 619 “Well… I guess there’s no harm in telling you the truth at this point. After all, it’d be better for you to know what kind of person Mr. Long really is since you’re marrying him soon. I have to say though, Mr. Crawford really is too careless. He barely ever has guards escorting him wherever he goes! Mr. Long was aware of this so he one day approached me, saying that he had something to discuss…”
By the time Harry’s story ended, Giya’s heart was beating extremely rapidly.
“So he was innocent after all! You did this! Why did you have to set him up?!” shouted Giya, her eyes bloodshot.
She was experiencing a great surge of emotions in her heart.
How could she have been so stupid?
She had known Gerald for quite a while now. How could he ever be the kind of person Yunus had framed him to be?
Gerald had even tried to defend himself, saying that he wasn’t the one who had committed the act. He must have only tried to prove his innocence to her because he considered her to be a good friend. What more, he even specifically went over to find her, but what did she do?
She didn’t even give him a chance to explain himself. What more, she even called him a disgusting jerk! He must have felt extremely disappointed back then!
She was his only friend yet she refused to believe him…
Why… Why had she driven him away back then? Why did she refuse to let him explain himself?
“Gerald… I’ve misunderstood you… I’m… I’m so sorry…!” said Giya as tears started running down her cheeks.
“Alright, that’s enough! I don’t care about your misunderstanding with him! I just want my money already! Once I get my hands on it, no one will be able to find me. You can continue your squabble with him all you want after that! Now hurry up and give me his phone number!” ordered Harry.
“I don’t have it! Even if I did, I wouldn’t give it to you! I’m not letting you hurt him!”
“For fck’s sake, were you even listening? I’m not going to hurt him! Rather, I’m giving him a chance to prove his innocence! Just give me the dmn number already! Don’t blame me if I stop being gentlemanly! Do you believe that I’ll take care of your friend first if you plan to delay this any longer?” said Harry as he unbuckled his belt.
“W-wait! No! No! No!” yelled Tammy in fright.
“G-Giya, it really seems like he doesn’t have any other intentions aside from getting money! Why don’t you just give him Gerald’s number so that he can come save us?” said Tammy, almost in tears.
“Haha… Tammy, even if I tell him that we’re in danger, Gerald won’t come to save us… I broke his heart too badly this time… We can’t even be friends anymore!” replied Giya, her eyes red.
“Even if he does come, it’ll just be because he wants to clear his name of this huge mess!”
“Oh, for the love of god! Just give me the number so that I can take the money and leave! It’s that simple!” said Harry, his voice growing wearier by the minute.
“I… I have his number! You can have it!” said Tammy, finally giving in.
A little while later, Gerald picked his phone up before asking, “Hello? What’s wrong, Tammy?”
“Heh… Hello, Mr. Crawford, it’s me, Harry! How are you?”
“Harry?”
“Have you forgotten about me already? We met briefly at noon in the hotel!”
“It’s you!” shouted Gerald as he immediately sat up on his bed.
“That’s right! I’m aware that you’ve been searching all over Mayberry City for me, so after giving it some thought, I’m hoping that you’ll be willing to negotiate and strike a deal with me! Also, Miss Giya and Miss Tammy are with me now. Just thought you’d like to know about that,” replied Harry.
“You dare to even kidnap Giya? What’s your motive?” replied Gerald coldly.
“Alright, so here’s the thing. Since Miss Crawford had looked out for me so much before, let’s just say that I’d feel slightly guilty just leaving things as they are. Why don’t we do this? See, I’ve taped the entire incident and I’m willing to hand over all the evidence as long as you’re willing to provide me with a sum of money! Once I get that money, you’ll be able to prove your own innocence!”
“I’ll ask you again. Why did you kidnap Miss Giya!” repeated Gerald.
“Oh, don’t worry about her. I assure you that she’s completely fine. However, you’ll need to hand the money over to me. Personally. I won’t accept any bank transfers and you’re not allowed to have any bodyguards around. I know how powerful Drake and Tyson are!”
As she listened to their conversation, Giya could only bite her lower lip softly.
“Fine. I’ll be heading over now, but you better release them immediately after!” replied Gerald without the slightest hesitation.
Though Gerald was still feeling slightly disappointed with Giya, he knew he would never be able to forgive himself if Giya were to end up facing misfortune because of his lack of action.
Chapter 620
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 620 While it was true that Gerald felt that Giya shouldn’t have distrusted him since he had already helped her so much in the past, he didn’t really feel any enmity toward her.
In fact, he honestly didn’t want to cause any further harm to her.
The way he saw it, since he no longer had anything to do with her anymore, she would no longer need to suffer because of him.
“That’s what I like to hear! You know, now I feel a little guilty for setting you up like that… Regardless, I’m currently at…”
After Harry relayed his location and detailed a few more things, both of them hung up.
Giya now had tears trickling down her cheeks.
“He… He doesn’t hate me at all! He’s still willing to put himself in danger because of me!” said Giya to herself as she felt her heart melt.
Moving back to Gerald, he notified Drake and Tyson about some things before personally driving to the location he had been given. It wasn’t long before he arrived with a bag of money in hand.
As Gerald stepped out of his car and stood in the middle of the wilderness, Harry was already observing his every move through a pair of binoculars.
“Heh, I see you, Mr. Crawford… True to your word, you didn’t bring anyone else with you!”
Once he was sure that Gerald was truly alone, he sent Gerald another location and ordered him to immediately rush over there next.
D*mn it! This guy really knew how to scheme! Gerald could only helplessly obey his orders.
Eventually, he finally stood face to face with Harry. Harry himself bore a wretched expression on his face.
“A pleasure to meet you, Mr. Crawford!” said Harry as he bowed slightly before Gerald.
“Cut the cr*p. Release them immediately! Also, where’s that recording that you promised?” asked Gerald as he threw the bag of money over to Harry.
“Relax, everything’s here! You’ll definitely be able to prove your innocence with this!” replied Harry as he smiled.
After hearing that, Gerald then walked over to Giya and Tammy to loosen the ropes that Harry had used to tie them up.
He also helped them remove the tape covering their mouths. Harry had earlier attached them to the duo in fear that the two girls would start screaming at any moment.
“Gerald!” shouted Giya the moment she was freed from her restraints. She clung on to him and started sobbing immediately while saying, “I’m sorry! I’m so, so sorry! I should have believed you! I even pretended that I was in love with Yunus just to make you angry! I’m so sorry…”
Both of Gerald’s arms were raised from the elbow. He was momentarily unsure of how to even react to Giya’s actions. However, he knew better not to return her hug.
Eventually, Gerald gently pushed her away with a subtle smile on his face before saying, “As long as both of you are safe, it’s fine. For now, let’s leave this place!”
“Wait! There’s one more condition I’d like to add, Mr. Crawford!”
“What else do you need?” asked Gerald, a frown on his face.
“While I may escape today, should the eldest young lady ask about this in future, under no circumstances should you reveal that I was the one who had orchestrated all this. My identity should remain strictly secret. While you may be kind and generous, Miss Crawford bears a completely different personality. If she ever finds out that I did all this, I’ll definitely be torn to shreds with no less than a thousand blades! I beg of you, Mr. Crawford. I truly have no other ill intentions, so I hope that you’ll keep my involvement a secret in order to spare my life. You can direct her to the Long family if you need a culprit! After all, I’m only doing all this because they hired me to!” said Harry as he ended his explanation with a gulp.
Gerald simply nodded slightly before leading the two girls out of the abandoned house.
From a window, Harry continued spying on them through his binoculars. He was clearly afraid that Gerald would secretly send someone after him.
After taking a few steps out of the house, Gerald smiled faintly before shouting, “You’re only looking left and right, Harry! You’re going to miss key details if you’re only limited to that field of vision!”
“…The f*ck? What do you mean by that, Mr. Crawford?”
After hearing that, Harry had a gut feeling that something was terribly wrong.
It was also at that moment when he heard a slight droning sound from atop the house. Harry was dumbfounded when finally turned to look at the sky.