Ch. 666..670: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 666-670

Chapter 666

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 666 As soon as they saw the young woman step out, everyone in the two rows immediately bowed deeply.

The woman with snow-white skin—who looked to be around twenty-seven years old—had a pair of branded sunglasses on. She also wore extremely expensive-looking clothes, complemented by the blazer draped over her shoulders.

As she continued chewing on her gum, she tilted her shoulders slightly, allowing her blazer to seamlessly fall off her shoulders. One of her bodyguards caught on to it before it even managed to touch the ground.

Even from afar, everyone could see that all the bodyguards surrounding her had equally fierce gazes in their eyes. They also seemed to be extremely capable and strong. These were the kinds of bodyguards who would most definitely be prepared to tackle any sort of situation that they had to face.

While she was extremely charming, the woman had an extremely strong aura as well, pressuring a lot of the present people to not even dare to take a breath.

As she scanned through the crowd, her gaze fell on the large flag placed right outside the scene. It was Gerald’s flag. She then smiled slightly before pointing at it and shouting, “Raise that flag higher!”

“Very well!” said the head of the broadcasting station who had not dared to even straighten his body yet.

With a wave of his hand, he immediately ordered his subordinates to do as she said.

As he did that, the rest of the businessmen at the entrance held on to their breaths as they remained bowed down. It almost felt like they were participating in a queen’s arrival.

Even those who appeared to be over fifty didn’t dare to do anything. They were simply too terrified to say a word, most of their legs quivering as though they had just been struck by lightning.

They all watched as Gerald’s flag was slowly lifted to the highest point it could reach.

Seeing that, the woman’s smile deepened.

She then walked forward and handed her handbag over to Mila, who just so happened to be the first in line among the others who were also tasked with receiving the guests.

At the time however, Mila was still looking at Gerald’s flag curiously.

‘Why did the president only want Gerald’s flag to be raised higher? What exactly is her relationship to him?’

Mila knew that even though Gerald had several female friends, he was still loyal to her. However, after seeing all this, she was starting to feel slightly nervous.

After all, the woman seemed extremely powerful and frightening.

“Hmm?” said the woman as she frowned slightly.

It was at that moment when Mila broke from her daze and finally realized that the woman had been handing out her handbag to her!

The head of the broadcasting station was so terrified at that moment that his eyes were bloodshot as he growled, “Mila! What the hell are you doing?”

He had constantly reminded them not to make any mistakes when the grand VIP arrived. Yet here Mila was, making a mistake as soon as she arrived!

“Are you new here?” said the woman as she continued chewing on her gum calmly.

“H-huh? I-I’m sorry! I’m terribly, terribly sorry!” answered Mila. She was so frightened that her face has lost all its color,

“I-I’ll dismiss her immediately! I’ll even be sure to punish her and her entire family!” said the head of the broadcasting station nervously.

It hadn’t occurred to Mila that just because of her slightly slow reaction, even her family would be brought into this!

‘She’s simply too overbearing!’

At that moment, Mila was more frightened than ever. After all, the woman standing before her now— who was exerting an immensely powerful aura—had every right to do as she pleased to her.

“Did I say I wanted you to dismiss her? Cease your nonsense!” retorted the woman as she rolled her eyes at the head of the broadcasting station.

“I’ve been saying nonsense, yes! I apologize for not watching my mouth!” shouted the head as he harshly slapped himself thrice.

Once he was done, his mouth was stained with blood.

Hallie on the other hand, lowered her head at that moment. She was filled with glee.

It was definitely going to be all over for Mila now!

Chapter 667

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 667 “Tell me, why were you staring at that flag earlier?” asked the woman, her voice crystal clear.

Mila simply lowered her head, unsure of even what to say.

As Mila continued remaining silent, the woman noticed the slap mark on Mila’s cheek. She then stretched her hand out and lifted Mila’s chin gently.

“You’re so beautiful yet you were slapped. Such a pity… Where are you from?” asked the woman, her tone sounding genuinely regretful.

“M-Mayberry!” replied Mila.

She hadn’t answered the woman’s earlier question since she didn’t want her to know that she was honestly thinking about Gerald!

After all, Mila was still unsure of that woman’s true identity and status.

“She’s an intern student who was chosen and sent here from Mayberry University! Her academic results are outstanding!” replied the head of the broadcasting station.

Raising an eyebrow, the woman said nothing as she took a few sneaky glances at Mila before turning to enter the main area.

However, before she entered through the door, she turned around and pointed at Mila before saying, “You there! Follow me!”

After saying that, she entered without saying another word.

“Mila! Why are you still standing there in a daze? Go follow the president already!” said the head of the broadcasting station immediately.

“G-got it!”

Mila was still in deep shock. However, she simply followed the president inside.

Hallie on the other hand, was left stupefied.

‘Why?’ She thought to herself.

‘Why was the president taking particularly good care of Mila? Was it because she heard that Mila was from Mayberry University? She didn’t even tell Mila to take responsibility for her rudeness earlier!’

Hallie was filled with jealousy.

It was when the event was about to begin when Mila finally realized that the president’s surname was Crawford. She had found out about this when she heard others addressing the woman as President Crawford while following her.

So she bore the surname of Crawford as well.

Since President Crawford had requested for Mila to follow her, Mila was placed within the group of assistants assigned to help her out. Because of that, both Hallie and Mila had to work together on stage at the same time.

Now blinded by jealousy, Hallie looked at Mila with murderous eyes whenever she could.

A little while later—when she saw that Mila was busy refilling tea for the guests—a nasty plot formed in her mind!

As Hallie walked past Mila, she gave her an extremely brief but cold glare before nudging her slightly.

Due to her actions, the cup Mila was holding nearly toppled to the floor! Thankfully, Mila was able to catch it in time! While the cup was safe, its contents were splashed all over the person in front of Mila…

And that person was none other than Yoel!

“F*ck! Look at what you’ve done!” said Yoel as he glared at Mila angrily, a frown already forming on his face.

“I-I’m terribly sorry!” apologized Mila immediately.

As she said that, a burning hatred for Hallie had bloomed within Mila. It was obvious that Hallie’s jealousy had driven her to continue creating trouble for Mila, even now!

Regardless, though Yoel was currently only here in place of Gerald, Mila had been meaning to find out what his true relationship was with Gerald. She was also interested in finding out who he was to President Crawford.

After all, even a fool would have realized by now that Mr. Yoel Holden had been addressing President Crawford as his sister. It was also obvious that the president clearly liked him a lot.

What kind of relationships did Gerald have with both of them?

Though she had earlier thought about asking them about it, after giving it some thought, she refrained from doing so. After all, she was only part of the staff there. They, on the other hand, were very important guests.

If she simply acted rashly and asked such a personal question, what would they think of her?

“Sorry? Do you honestly think that everything will be over with just a simple apology?” said Yoel as he immediately got up and shoved Mila with his right hand.

The force from Yoel’s push was strong enough to send Mila falling to the floor.

During the process, her phone fell to the ground as well.

While it seemed like President Crawford was the main guest today, Yoel was clearly the actual one in control here.

After all, Yoel had been given the role of Gerald’s direct substitute.

Similar to past events, whenever Gerald was busy or unable to attend any grand functions, either Yoel —who was Gerald’s godbrother—or Aiden would be sent to take his place.

Since Mr. Crawford was already busy when the event invitation was received, Zack hadn’t bothered informing him about it. Instead, Zack simply went through the usual process of electing Yoel to take Gerald’s place, since Aiden wasn’t available.

While Yoel was usually obedient and nice in front of Gerald, both he and Aiden were truthfully quite reckless and arrogant when they were on their own.

Because of that, it would certainly not be him if he didn’t get angry after being drenched in water by a rude assisting staff member!

 

Chapter 668

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 668 Almost everyone present at the scene was stunned speechless.

While Molly was equally terrified and sad for Mila as she watched her good friend get shoved to the floor, Hallie was contrastingly sneering like there was no tomorrow.

President Crawford herself, who was getting a massage at that moment, pretended like she had seen nothing.

“Humph! How bold of you to offend Mr. Crawford! If I don’t personally teach you a lesson now, you’ll never learn!” shouted Yoel as he raised his arm, seemingly ready to beat Mila up.

However, before he could launch his first blow, he paused right in the nick of time.

He had noticed just in time, that the lock screen on Mila’s phone—which had earlier fallen to the side— contained Mr. Crawford’s photograph!

“…Hmm? What?!” said Yoel, startled.

“Do you know Mr. Crawford?” asked Yoel, clearly surprised to see his godbrother’s photo in some assisting staff member’s phone.

He then picked her phone up, trying hard to figure out who she really was. Since he wasn’t able to come up with any logical conclusions yet, he refrained from beating her up just yet.

“Return my phone to me!” said Mila as she snatched her phone from Yoel’s hands.

“I’m asking you now. Why do you have Mr. Crawford’s photograph as your lock screen photo?” asked Yoel again, his voice filled with confusion.

While her eyes were closed at that moment, even President Crawford had heard his question. She then gestured for the person massaging her to leave before glancing suspiciously at Mila, even scanning her from head to toe.

“That’s a personal question!” replied Mila, holding on to her phone carefully.

“Then what’s your name?” asked Yoel as he scratched the back of his head. He seemed to have just remembered something important, which was what prompted the question.

“Mila Smith!”

Hearing that, Yoel’s eyes widened slightly.

‘Mila Smith… Why does that name sound so familiar…? Where have I heard it before…?’

‘Hold on… Aiden told me that Mr. Crawford’s girlfriend was doing her internship in Northbay…’

“…Are you from Mayberry University?” asked Yoel, slightly astonished by his own conclusion.

“I am!” replied Mila with a slight nod.

“F*ck!” Yoel was even more surprised now that his deduction was actually correct!

“Then you definitely know my brother, right? Gerald? You even have his photo in your phone! Could it really be that you’re his girlfriend? Do you know who Aiden and Zack are?”

“I know them, yes!” replied Mila, giving another nod.

Yoel almost jumped in place after hearing her reply.

‘Sh*t, she really is my sister-in-law! What have I done? How could I nearly have beaten her up?’

‘I’m screwed for sure this time!’ Yoel thought to himself as he turned to look at President Crawford meekly.

Seeing his reaction, she immediately stood up.

She had naturally overheard their entire conversation, and she too was surprised by the revelation as she walked toward Mila.

“Are you really Gerald’s girlfriend?” asked the president.

“Yes, she is! She’s Gerald’s girlfriend, Mila!” shouted Molly—who had taken a step forward at that moment—out of the blue.

Seeing that she could no longer deny it, Mila simply bit her lower lip slightly before nodding in agreement.

Mila had been extremely reluctant to admit it since she wanted to be more independent instead of solely relying on Gerald. It was the reason why she had endured all her hardships alone. She simply didn’t want to only be known as eye candy for Gerald if she was to continue being his girlfriend.

Because of her lack of reliance on Gerald’s name in her workspace however, the truth only served to amplify how stunned the people there were.

“H-hot d*mn! Is she really Mr. Crawford’s girlfriend?”

“I guess so! While she really is beautiful, I wonder why she’s working as a receptionist here…?”

As the others began discussing the current situation, Mila noticed that President Crawford was staring at her.

“P-President Crawford, I-”

“You don’t have to call me President Crawford anymore. After all, if you’re Gerald’s girlfriend, you should be addressing me as your sister!” replied Jessica, a faint smile on her face.

“Sister… Are… Are you Jessica? Gerald’s elder sister?”

At last, Mila finally knew who President Crawford really was.

Chapter 669

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 669 “That I am. He’s told you about me, hasn’t he?” replied Jessica with a faint smile on her face.

Mila was too astonished to immediately respond to her.

Gerald had indeed mentioned her before. He had told her that his sister treated him extremely well. What more, Jessica had been the one responsible for establishing the Mayberry Commercial Group in the past!

While Mila was aware that his sister was very rich, she hadn’t expected her to be this rich and influential!

At this point, Jessica could almost be considered to be a person of royalty! This made Mila even more nervous than she already was.

She had initially not felt the pressure of the Crawford family’s true wealth and influence since she never had her eyes set on Gerald’s money from the very beginning.

After all, it didn’t matter to her whether Gerald was rich or poor. All that mattered to her was that both of them retained a good relationship.

Due to that way of thinking, even though she knew Gerald’s true identity, she never really realized that there was this large a gap between them.

Now that Jessica was standing before her, however, the sudden realization of how different she actually was from the Crawfords was definitely stressing her out.

“Y-yes! He did mention you… He told me that you were in North Africa!”

“I was, I actually just returned a few days ago!” replied Jessica, still smiling.

After saying that, she turned to look at Yoel before smacking him behind the head once.

“Sister-in-law! I’ve clearly wronged you! I sincerely apologize!” shouted Yoel. He was so frightened that his face was deathly pale as he apologized.

Once that was done, Jessica then turned to look at the slap mark which was still visible on Mila’s face.

“Speaking of which, who slapped you? Now that I know that you’re my younger brother’s girlfriend, I won’t allow for such actions to go unpunished while I’m here!” said Jessica aloud, her voice suddenly turning cold.

“I-I’m the one responsible for that!” replied Hallie at that moment, her entire body trembling in fear.

Knowing Mila’s background, Hallie had initially thought that Mila’s family was just doing some kind of business in Mayberry.

It was the reason why Hallie dared to bully Mila so unscrupulously.

However, it was beyond her wildest dreams to ever expect Mila to actually be Jessica’s sister-in-law! What more, it turns out that Mr. Crawford really was Mila’s boyfriend!

With the cat now out of the bag, Hallie was terror-stricken.

“You?” replied Jessica, glaring icy daggers at Hallie.

“How exactly did she slap you Mila? Return the slaps to her the same way she did to you!”

Mila could only bite her lower lip slightly. After all, she wasn’t an aggressive person. However, given her current situation, she really didn’t have a choice.

Regardless, it was true that Hallie had constantly been targeting Mila, getting even more daring after each of her consecutive plots against her.

Mila was well aware that since Hallie hadn’t treated her kindly, she didn’t need to either.

With that in mind, Mila slowly raised her hand before slapping Hallie right in the cheek.

Once the impact hit, Hallie immediately covered her now hurt cheek before bursting into tears.

On the contrary, Jessica couldn’t help but have a much better impression of Mila now after seeing that.

Jessica then looked at Hallie before saying, “How insensible of you to lay hands on my brother’s girlfriend… I definitely have to teach you a personal lesson! Hmm… How about this? You’ll need to drink in order to compensate for slapping her!”

“H-huh? Thank you for letting me off easy!” replied Hallie immediately.

“Oh, don’t thank me yet. Listen to the rest first! Here are ten bottles of whiskey… You have to finish all of them in a single gulp!” smiled Jessica icily.

Her subordinates then began dragging Hallie away.

Seeing this, Mila felt her right eyelid twitch slightly. If the issue wasn’t handled well, Hallie’s life could very well be in danger.

Though Mila agreed that Hallie needed to be taught a lesson, what Jessica had proposed was simply too cruel for her.

Even if she was to advise Jessica against it, she felt that Jessica’s decision would still be indisputable.

It was also at that moment when she realized that Jessica was the complete opposite of Gerald. While Jessica was arrogant, reckless, and extremely domineering, Gerald on the other hand, was gentle, reserved, and humble.

At this point, it almost seemed as though Jessica felt that bullying others like that was simply the natural thing to do.

“Once the function is over, I’d like you to come along with me, Mila. I have something to discuss with you. Ah, also, don’t let Gerald know that we’ve already met each other!” said Jessica calmly as she continued chewing on her gum.

“Alright, sister!”

After hearing that, Mila started feeling equally worried and scared though she simply couldn’t tell why.

Moving back to Gerald…

Chapter 670

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 670 Early the next morning, Gerald—accompanied by Barry and Queta—went looking for the master that Barry had mentioned the previous night. The master lived in a scenic spot atop a mountain.

Since a bit more time was needed before they were going to get the final results, both Barry and Queta continued waiting there.

Gerald himself walked quite a distance away from the place to make a call to his sister. It was only last night when Gerald found out that she had finally returned from abroad.

He had always thought that he would be among the first to meet his sister as soon as she returned. After all, he missed her dearly since both of them hadn’t met for so long.

During the call, Jessica told him that she was attending some kind of grand function. She also mentioned that she wanted to meet Gerald there.

However, after Gerald explained that he was busy doing something for their father, she didn’t have much else to say.

A while later, Gerald ended the call and was just about to head back when he heard someone call out to him.

“Gerald?”

Turning around to see who had called him, he was stunned when he saw the familiar faces.

The group of young people—whom Gerald had seen—seemed to be playing and laughing around with each other, save for the one who had just called out to him. They had all clearly come here in search for amusement.

Of the five people in the group, Maia and Warren were among them. Jamier was there too, along with Gerald’s old high school competition teammates, Vincy and Lennard.

“Humph! It really is him! What a coincidence! We really can bump into him just about anywhere we go!” said Maia as she couldn’t help but smile rather bitterly.

They were here because Jamier had told them that this scenic spot was quite famous. What more, it was mostly reserved for the well-off since the prices of things here were particularly expensive.

Aside from that, there was also another place called the Summer Resort which was located near the peak of the mountain. All sorts of high-end entertainment centers could apparently be found there.

One usually needed to have a certain level of influence and wealth in County Salford to even be able to go there to have fun.

Quite frankly, the scenery at the foot of the mountain was nothing compared to what one would be able to experience once they arrived at the Summer Resort.

Since Jamier wanted to prove his capabilities and have some fun at the same time, he had begged his father to allow all five of them up there to have a good time together.

After some difficulty, he finally managed to convince his father, which was why they were all ascending the mountain now. It was also why they had managed to bump into Gerald again while they were enjoying the scenery.

“I had initially wanted to invite you out to have fun with us, but I didn’t know whether you had anything going on since you came all the way out here to County Salford!” said Vincy with a chuckle.

While she wasn’t exactly too close to Gerald, both Vincy and Gerald retained an ex-classmate kind of friendship. Compared to the rest, she was in fact, quite nice to Gerald.

“I appreciate the thought, Vincy. I don’t really have much going on now. I’m just looking around!” replied Gerald quite cordially.

“Humph! I have to say that you’re not too bad yourself since you know about this famous scenic spot! However, I should remind you that you’re currently only looking at the scenery from the foot of the mountain!” said Maia as she smiled.

It was her usual straightforward style of speaking.

In her mind, she had already estimated—based on her knowledge of Gerald’s economic status—that he would only go to places that didn’t require entry fees whenever he went on trips.

After all, to enter such high-end places, one would first need to have at least some sort of connections or money like her, right?

Hearing her comment, Gerald could only shake his head with a bitter smile on his face.

‘As if there are places that you can go to that I can’t…’

Though he was clearly being looked down upon by Maia, Gerald didn’t want to say much. He simply couldn’t be bothered by her.

Other than Vincy, who had stopped to talk with Gerald for a brief moment, nobody else spoke to him.

Eventually, it was Lennard who tugged Vinvy away from Gerald, telling her not to continue speaking with him.

It wasn’t long before the group of five arrived at the scenic spot’s entertainment center.

“Pleased to meet you, ladies and gentlemen! Please present your VIP cards,” said a staff member standing at the entrance. A few other staff members were also standing there, each awaiting other customers to serve.

“Here you go! All of us came here together!” said Jamier as he took a card out and showed it to the waiter.

“Alright! This way please,” said the staff member respectfully.

This entertainment center had been established specifically to target rich businessmen and famous people, which explained why the VIP card was required. However, the target audience aside, the center was also open to sightseeing tours, which meant that not everyone needed a VIP card to enter.

Upon entering the place, Maia soon found herself being charmed by the magnificent scenery.

“Wow! Everything’s so beautiful!” said Maia rather excitedly.

The moment she turned around however, she became instantly stunned.

“What the hell? Did he actually enter this place together with us?”