Ch. 661..665: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 661-665

Chapter 661

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 661 “What’s going on here, Mila?”

Though Mr. Hill admired Mila a lot, he still had to be impartial, especially when so many people were involved with the uproar.

“Explain it to the director yourself, Xyleena!” said Hallie as she dragged Xyleena into the spotlight.

Xyleena, for one, had been unwilling to speak in the first place. She could only stammer, reluctant to tell the truth. After all, she and Mila were on good terms. Mila was also usually a very nice person.

However, after finding out that the culprit was Mina, there was nothing more that Xyleena could say. For the sake of Mila’s dignity, she honestly just wanted to remain silent and let it all slide.

“Explain yourself, Xyleena!” demanded Mr. Hill as he frowned.

Seeing that she had no other choice, Xyleena detailed everything that had happened the day before. She couldn’t lie about it either since there had been so many witnesses around when it happened.

After hearing her explanation, Mr. Hill found it difficult to believe what she had said. Quite honestly, he didn’t buy her story at all.

However, if he tried to gloss things over or refuse to make a fair decision after hearing all that, he knew he would have to eventually deal with Hallie who could most definitely report the case to the police.

What more, Hallie had brought along many of her college classmates to support her. They would definitely not let the case rest easily if he persisted with picking Mila.

“Mila, I can’t do much regarding this matter. If that’s what really happened, then I’m afraid I can’t give the spot to you!” said Mr. Hill.

“You definitely shouldn’t!” said Hallie as she crossed her arms.

Narissa simply stood in a corner as she looked at Mila. She seemed like she wanted to say something. However, before she could even make a move, she spotted a warning gaze from Hallie.

Seeing that, Narissa could only helplessly clench her fists and lower her head. She felt shameless.

There was nothing Mila could say to defend herself. As a result, she had no choice but to watch her opportunity get taken away by someone else.

She was simply in a helpless position since nobody dared to go against Hallie.

“Mila!” said Molly as she and the others approached her.

“Don’t worry, Molly. I’m fine. I just need to use the restroom!” replied Mila as she turned around to leave.

After washing her hands, Mila was just about to leave the ladies when Hallie and a few of her good friends blocked Mila’s path.

“What else do you want? Aren’t you done yet?” said Mila as she glared at Hallie icily.

“Oh, but of course I’m not! I know what these people will think of me. Actually, maybe they already think that I deliberately planted the evidence there to frame you, but it doesn’t really matter anymore. While the opportunity is now mine and you’ve clearly lost, I’m definitely not done with you yet!” replied Hallie as she glared back, her eyes reddened.

Ever since she was a child, Hallie had always wanted to be first in everything. Regardless of where she went or whatever organization she was participating in, she wanted to be the leader. The ‘Big Sister’ of everything.

There was nobody who dared not to call her that.

Since she had come to the TV station to study and learn, she had also taken advantage of the people and platform there, resulting in almost everyone referring to her as the ‘Big Sister’.

Despite that, she was still lacking behind Mila in almost every aspect.

What more, she thought that Mila was simply faking her friendliness, and that she had fooled everyone into liking her.

From the poor Narissa, to the extremely wealthy Xyleena whose boyfriend was equally as rich, all of them treated Mila well.

In the past, Xyleena had been one of Hallie’s best friends. Now however, she was extremely close to Mila as well.

‘Do you really think I haven’t figured it out yet?’ Hallie thought to herself.

If someone else or even Hallie had stolen Xyleena’s valuables, Hallie knew that Xyleena wouldn’t have easily forgiven any of them, not even her. Rather, Xyleena would probably not let the thief get away without a fight!

However, not only did Xyleena not pursue the matter when Mila had been framed as the thief, but she had even convinced the others not to spread the news around as it could have an unfavorable effect on Mila!

Why…?

Just why did everyone like Mila Smith so much?!

 

Chapter 662

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 662 “I don’t care if you hold any grudges against me. It’s not like I can even fight you!” sneered Mila.

“Oh, it’s not about that. I just don’t understand why everyone likes you but hates me. Even though everyone knows that you’re the one who stole the ring, I’m sure that they’re all still going to think about your wellbeing first! In fact, I’m certain they’ll start saying that I’m the one who framed you!”

“I don’t want to hear it. However, I believe that the truth will prevail in the end!” said Mila as she tried to leave.

“Stop right there! I’m the ‘Big Sister’ here! You can’t just ignore me like that!” shouted Hallie as she grabbed Mila’s arm and forcefully pulled her back.

A second later, Mila could feel a burning sensation on her cheek. Hallie had just slapped her!

“I’m going to go ahead and say it now. I’ve been meaning to teach you a lesson for the longest time! I’ve held myself back every time others praised you, but there’s no need for me to put up with your bullsh*t anymore!” said Hallie as she raised her hand, preparing to land another slap.

“Stop right there! What on earth are you doing, Hallie?” shouted Xyleena.

At that moment, several girls rushed toward the scene. Among them was Xyleena and several of Mila’s dorm mates.

Xyleena had early sensed that something was amiss when she saw Hallie walking together with her gang of friends.

“Who do you think you are to hit Mila?”

“So what if I hit her? What’re you going to do about it? I’m the ‘Big Sister here! I’ll teach her a god d*mn lesson whenever I feel like it!” retorted Hallie.

She then pointed at Mila before saying, “If you want to remain here next time, just be honest!”

After saying that, she led her gang away.

“Are you alright, Mila?” asked Xyleena in a worried tone.

“I’m fine!”

“Dmn it, that Hallie’s being such a btch! That field spot was supposed to be yours, but after her meddling, you now only get to greet the attendees at the entrance! I can’t stand that btch and her hateful as anymore! Let’s beat her up!” said Molly furiously.

“Don’t even think about it. If you even touch her in the slightest, it’s definitely going to be much more difficult for you girls to gain a foothold here, especially if you’re doing it for my sake. Leave it be, there’s nothing else we can do since she’s the boss around here!” said Mila, her tone grateful.

Mila personally didn’t mind being an entrance hostess. After all, she would rather do that than drag Molly and the other girls into the matter.

At that moment, Narissa walked over to Mila’s side before saying, “Mila, we have to greet the guests now… Many wealthy businessmen and celebrities are already coming over. Let’s head over first…”

However, when their eyes met, Narissa accidentally let out a squeak.

“Humph! I don’t see you getting a promotion for being a bootlicker!” sneered Molly as she stared at Narissa.

Everyone else there gave her an equal look of contempt before leaving to get the rest of their things done.

Mila simply looked at Narissa before saying, “Sure, let’s go!”

Once they arrived at the entrance, they saw that the big square was crowded. Many VVIPs were also already present at the venue.

Unlike Hallie, she was now able to walk amongst the group of big celebrities.

“M-Mila… I’m… I’m so sorry!” said Narissa out of the blue. She was looking at Mila as she said that and her cheeks were burning red.

She simply couldn’t hold it in any longer and she soon burst into tears.

For Narissa, it had always been difficult for her to study outside. It was Mila who had constantly treated her well. Even when she faced hardships financial wise, Mila had always been the one who had used her own money to help her.

It was near unbearable for Narissa to see how much trouble she had caused Mila.

“Mila… You have to understand… I was forced to… Otherwise, I would’ve gotten into trouble…” said Narissa in between sobs.

Chapter 663

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 663 Narissa then explained the entire plan that Hallie had set up to frame Mila.

Basically, since the opportunity to work with the TV station was extremely important to Narissa, Hallie had threatened her by saying that she wouldn’t let Narissa intern there if she didn’t go along with the plan!

Because of that, Narissa had no choice but to cooperate with her.

While Mila had indeed been somewhat angry with Narissa, after hearing her side of the story, she just couldn’t hold any grudges against her anymore.

After all, she couldn’t just put the blame on Narissa.

If Mila lost this position, sure, it would affect her job later on. However, she could still return to Mayberry where she still had her family and Gerald.

However, if Narissa lost the position, she would have nothing left.

‘If I were in her shoes, I would probably do the same thing, right?’ Mila thought to herself.

In the end, the true culprit of this entire fiasco was Hallie Yates. If she needed to hate someone, it should definitely be Hallie.

“I’m thinking of standing my ground against Hallie, Mila. I don’t want her to continue treating you like this!” huffed Narissa.

“Please don’t. It’s fine, I don’t blame you at all. I know that you’re having a hard time, but this matter is between Hallie and me. I won’t blame anyone else but her!” said Mila.

“Humph! How dare both of you talk nonsense! Stand still already!” said Hallie as she walked over to them, a smug smile on her face.

“Molly! Wanda! Stand here as well! We need more people handling the guests so I requested for two more hostesses!”

Hallie then glanced at Molly and Wanda as she stood by the entrance. By then, the VIPs had already begun showing up and they were all ready to greet them.

“William Rye, President of Yanken, has arrived!”

Following that announcement, a young man walked over like a superstar, surrounded by lots of people.

As he walked on, a flag representing the VIP was raised.

Every VIP who attended was prepared to show something off to present their identity and business.

After all, this was a prime opportunity for them to advertise and make themselves known since people from all over the world—all the attendees being wealthy businessmen—were flooding the grand scene.

“The President of Modow has arrived!”

One after another, the number of VIPs steadily increased.

Hallie herself had the honor of standing at the very end to welcome and shake hands with each of the VIPs.

By then, the red carpet had already been stepped on by what seemed like hundreds of wealthy businessmen and celebrities.

For some odd reason, the longer she stood there, the more excited Mila felt. However these were just bigshots from Sunnydale.

‘Why the hell am I even feeling excited?’

All of a sudden, she wondered if he too would be one of the VIPs…

Outside the venue, paparazzi and reporters were swarming the red carpet area. After all, aside from their charming faces, the VIPs were also flaunting their expensive luxury cars to show how powerful and wealthy they each were.

“Mila! Mila!” said Molly as she ran to her side.

Since Molly was now here, it wasn’t hard for Mila to imagine Hallie kicking her other friends out as well as part of her revenge.

“Do you think Gerald will come? If he does, we can make a fool out of Hallie! Even if all her contacts banded up together, they’d still be no match for him!” said Molly excitedly.

“I… I don’t know!” replied Mila as she shook her head.

“Oh for the love of god! I can’t believe you’re this stubborn! If I had a rich boyfriend like yours, I would’ve followed him around the world! It’s all because of how stubborn you are to prove yourself as a strong and independent woman! What’s so bad about being called a trophy wife? For me, as long as my husband is rich, that’s all that matters!”

While Molly had previously supported Mila in her quest to become an independent woman, getting into trouble with Hallie had changed her mind.

Deep in her heart, Molly thought that if Gerald was her boyfriend, she would’ve used him to embarrass Hallie for bullying her. That way, Hallie wouldn’t ever dare to mess with her again.

While Wanda hadn’t said a thing, she was also standing together with them, looking forward to Gerald’s arrival.

 

Chapter 664

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 664 After all, even she would be able to show off slightly if he truly came.

“What are you guys talking about?” said Hallie with a snicker as she approached Mila and Molly who had been whispering to each other for a while now.

“Nothing much. Also, Hallie, while it’s true that you’ve been freely toying around with us, don’t ever try to cross the line. Consider this to be a fair warning if you wish to live to see another day! I’ve already told you that Mila’s boyfriend is Mr. Crawford from Mayberry, an extremely powerful man! He may even come today, and if he does, well… You’ll just have to wait to find out!” replied Molly.

“Hahaha! Oh no… I’m terrified… Please, I’ve heard of several rich people in my life, but never have I heard of… What’s his name again? Crawford from Mayberry? Haha!” sneered Hallie sarcastically.

“Oh, you just wait and see, Hallie! You just wait and see!” said Molly in response.

As soon as her sentence ended, the crowd’s excitement seemed to suddenly escalate as ten dazzling sports cars, unlike any of the previous ones, arrived at the scene.

It was surprising to see such expensive cars here, to say the least.

Even Hallie was shocked speechless. While she had seen many expensive sports cars before in her life, this was the first time she was seeing a convoy of this many luxury cars together.

Before the cars had even stopped, a few staff members dressed in suits were already rushing toward the greeting hostess’s side while shouting, “Mr. Crawford, the director of Dream Investment Group has arrived!”

Those who heard that felt chills run down their spines.

“Hurry! Mr. Crawford’s already here!”

“What? He’s arrived early!”

The entire group still seemed to be in utter shock as the hosts and hostesses began running downstairs to greet him.

After all, though there were many other VIPs, Mr. Crawford was still the most important person today.

Even several of the businessmen and heirs that had earlier entered exited again, just to greet him after hearing word about his arrival.

“…What? Mr. Crawford exists?!”

At that moment, Hallie’s face was the palest anyone had ever seen. It was as though her heart almost stopped beating.

After seeing the commotion happening before her eyes, she no longer doubted that Mr. Crawford was indeed, the most important person of the day.

It didn’t take long for her to snap out of it, and once she did, she immediately threw jealous glances at Mila as she said incredulously, “You said Mr. Crawford’s your boyfriend? How could that even be possible?”

Could it really be that she was never actually a match for Mila Smith to begin with?

How was she always this lucky? To be even able to have such a powerful and wealthy boyfriend?

“Hah! You look star-struck! Every word we said was true! Mila here is Mr. Crawford’s girlfriend!” replied Molly excitedly.

She wanted to see how Hallie would react after being beaten in her own game.

Mila on the other hand, had her eyes peeled on the convoy before her.

She wasn’t really expecting any help from Gerald. Rather, she was thinking about how she hadn’t even had the chance to talk to him properly despite having returned to Mayberry briefly that day.

Saying that she didn’t regret resenting Gerald was a big fat lie.

“Holy f*ck! This should be the most luxurious convoy we’ll be able to see tonight, right?” exclaimed someone from within the crowd.

“I’d assume so! Each of the ten cars in there costs at least three million dollars! That’s like thirty million dollars in total!”

As many from within the crowd gasped in surprise after hearing that, the cars finally stopped moving forward.

“Mr. Crawford’s here!” shouted a man.

Following that announcement, fireworks were set off on the television building’s top floor, and the night sky was instantly painted with beautiful bursts of colors.

Simultaneously, water was also shot out from the water fountains on both sides of the pond while the staff carefully began raising a massive flag.

Mila herself had her head lifted, nervously looking out for Gerald.

Chapter 665

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 665 When the main car’s door was finally opened, the crowd was stunned.

A fair-skinned and rather chubby guy with eyes as small as pumpkin seeds stepped out as he waved at the crowd in his gorgeous suit.

“Is he Mr. Crawford?”

“Really?”

“Of course not! I recognize who he is! He’s Yoel Holden! The son of the richest man in the county state!”

“Is that so? I guess by the looks of it, Yoel’s attending in place of Mr. Crawford, right?”

While the crowd was busy discussing among themselves again, the stage manager looked visibly disappointed when he saw Yoel instead of Gerald.

However, he still had to take Yoel seriously. After all, Yoel Holden was also one of the VIPs.

Mila on the other hand, wasn’t familiar with Yoel. This made her slightly surprised and disappointed when she saw him.

‘Why didn’t Gerald come…?’

Even if Gerald had made his appearance, she would’ve hidden in a corner so that he couldn’t spot her. Regardless, it was no lie that she had at least hoped to have been able to see him.

While Mila wasn’t the kind of girl who liked to show off, any girl’s heart would throb like crazy if they ever saw their boyfriend making such a grand entrance.

Sadly, it wasn’t her boyfriend in the car. It didn’t seem like Yoel knew who she was either.

As Yoel was led up the stairs by the guide, Hallie—who had earlier been scared witless—said, “Well, well, well. What have we here? Why didn’t your boyfriend come over to greet you?”

She was clearly trying to rub it into Mila’s face.

“D*rn it! It wasn’t Mr. Crawford after all! Why isn’t he here?” said Molly rather regretfully. She was certain of how utterly pleased Hallie must have been feeling at that moment.

“The fck were you trying to pull off, btch? Weren’t you talking about how great your boyfriend was earlier? Embarrassing! It seems that I didn’t slap you hard enough earlier!” mocked Hallie, a hint of anger in her voice.

Before she could say another word, another burst of excitement could be heard.

“Oh god! Oh god, oh god, oh god!” shouted someone hysterically.

“What kind of cars even are those?”

“Hot d*mn! Aren’t those exclusive Lamborghini models? Designed only for the company’s top customers? I think it was around three years ago when they revealed online that each car costs about ten million dollars! The cars are each equipped with a superior artificial intelligence system and their bodies are said to be even stronger than that of bulletproof cars! I don’t think I need to say anything more about their stunning designs!”

“You’re kidding right? Ten million dollars for a car… There’s like… Five, ten… Twenty of them!”

“Holy sh*t! You’re telling me that what we’re seeing now is a convoy worth two hundred million dollars?!”

It wasn’t just the youngsters at the entrance who were waiting in anticipation this time. Even the businessmen were giddy with excitement.

While most of the wealthy people there had gone through several hardships to earn what they had today, the VIP that would soon be making their appearance had a convoy worth two hundred million dollars!

Most, if not all, of the people in the crowd had gone pale, clearly overly excited by this unprecedented grand entrance.

As the person leading the hosts shifted his gaze to the stage manager, he could see that the stage manager himself was taking several deep breaths to calm himself.

“This is the main VIP for today, right stage manager?” asked someone excitedly.

“Yeah, that’s her! Tell everyone to start paying attention immediately! Don’t make any mistakes or you’ll be dealt with accordingly!” said the manager, his voice quivering slightly.

After the cars stopped in front of the entrance, the stage manager began walking briskly toward them to greet the main VIP.

Molly, Hallie, and the other girls were frozen in anticipation as well. All of them were too shocked at the scene to even remember that they were fighting.

Even Mila could hardly believe any of what she was seeing.

She knew how rich Gerald was. To think that there were still people way richer than he was. After all, the main VIP was a person who owned a two hundred million dollar convoy!

What kind of house did she even live in? Gosh, everything was just so extravagant to the point where this entire scene seemed unbelievable!

By the time the car’s door was opened, the stage manager and several other VIPs had formed two uniform rows outside it, standing ready and alert to greet their grandest guest yet.