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Chapter 1244
At that moment, the doors to the villa were opened, and in stepped a few bodyguards, dragging Rita along with them. Rita herself was struggling quite a bit to get free as she shouted, “Unhand me! Unhand me this instant!” “Cease this at once!” shouted Gerald as he immediately began walking over to them. “…Gerald?” muttered Rita in a rather surprised tone the second she saw him. From the moment her cousin had gone missing, she hadn’t met or even heard any news about Gerald. Snapping out of her shock quickly, Rita then thought to herself, ‘Humph… Gerald Crawford… The rich heir of the Crawford family with near-endless wealth… Being so powerful, I had my doubts that you’d still think fondly about my cousin after all this time… Hell, you never even contacted us from the day she went missing! You probably don’t even care about whether my cousin’s dead or still alive!’ Back then, Gerald had only sent Zack over to pacify the Smiths. Relaying what Gerald had told him, Zack told them
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“…Is… Is that really true…?” asked Rita. After hearing his explanation and seeing the sachet again, Rita had to admit that she was starting to believe him slightly. It also helped that she knew how Gerald was as a person, at least in the past. Regardless, he didn’t seem like the kind of person who would just forget someone he loved that much. “I’m saying it now that I’ve never personally contacted you throughout these two years since I was too ashamed to stand before any of the Smiths. Why do you think I kept sending Zack over to help you? Even so, Zack’s told me that none of you have accepted any of my gifts. Is that true?” asked Gerald who hadn’t really questioned their decision before. “It is. The Smiths have their own dignity to maintain too, you know? Since Mila’s gone missing and both of you aren’t even married, what right do we have to take your things? At least that’s what my grandma keeps saying!” replied Rita now that Gerald had cleared up some initial misunderstandings
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Rita bit her lower lip slightly as she concluded her explanation. “Since grandma already knows that they don’t mean well, why is she still insistent on going?” asked Gerald. “Well, grandma said that since the Smiths haven’t done anything shameful, our spirits shouldn’t waver. What more, Georgia’s family had invited our family over with great hospitality. With that said, there truly is no reason for us not to be straightforward and just attend,” replied Rita. “While we’re on the topic, grandma has undoubtedly become more and more stubborn throughout the past two years… It was her birthday yesterday, you know? However, she misses Mila so much that she said that she was unwilling to celebrate it again until the day Mila finally returns!” “…I see. Regardless, since you’re going to attend the birthday party later anyway, allow me to come with you!” replied Gerald. Georgia belonged to the Sier family, and in a way, it was quite similar to the Smiths. After all, they were both ordin
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Regardless, everything was fine now. After all, her granddaughter had gone missing and that rich heir boyfriend of hers had most definitely forgotten about the Smiths by now. “Still, remember how my grandson had constantly tried to gain Mila’s affection for a time, Serenity? I wonder if you’re regretting allowing Mila to turn him down now… Though I’m sure you didn’t have much say in that… After all, it’s a matter that concerns only the children! Even so, as the head of the family, you should’ve been a bit stricter in deciding for her, don’t you think? If only you had been, then Mila wouldn’t have acted out of spite and continued furthering her studies in Hong Kong! If that didn’t happen, she could have already married my grandson now and opened a company together! Now wouldn’t that have been great!” declared Georgia as several of the guests who heard that began shaking their heads. “Indeed! What an absolute pity!” As comments about the situation continued being said aloud, those
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Georgia had purposefully raised her voice to ensure that everyone there heard her. Now that everyone’s attention was on Gerald, Justin smiled subtly before saying, “Ah, so you’re my cousin-in-law! A pleasure to meet you!” He showed no interest in even wanting to shake hands with Gerald, and his wife simply stared at Rita’s boyfriend, sizing him up from her husband’s side. While Gerald certainly didn’t dress luxuriously, she just had a gut feeling that something was wrong with him. “Since you’re so exceptional, I believe that your boyfriend must be equally as excellent as well! Do introduce him to us!” said Georgia. “Apologies, Lady Walford, but he isn’t my boyfriend,” replied Rita as she turned to look at the rest of her family who were still seated at the table. The Smiths hadn’t even recovered from their shock yet, and their mouths simply remained wide open as they continued staring at the duo in silence. Even Serenity hadn’t been able to regain her wits in time to reply.
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Suddenly hearing all this truly touched every single one of the Smiths, including Serenity. They now finally realized that they had misunderstood Gerald this entire time, and that Mila hadn’t misjudged him. Regardless, the atmosphere of the setting instantly changed rather drastically now that Gerald was here. Though not many of the guests had even paid the Smiths any attention earlier, more and more of them were now heading over to their table to toast and chat with them in hopes of being able to deepen their relationship with that family. Of course, there were also those who immediately began fawning on the Smiths as well. Even a few of the presidents were already surrounding Serenity while saying, “Speaking of which, it was your birthday yesterday, wasn’t it, Madam? Why didn’t you send us invitation cards to attend? Such a pity that we weren’t able to celebrate with you… Whatever the case is, we’ll certainly make up for it later!” With all this happening, the person who was su
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Yana’s voice sounded much more determined now. “A… A classmate?” replied both Justin and Georgia, both equally shocked by her claim. It was as though they were hearing some story from The Arabian Nights, and they had their reasons to be doubtful. After all, such a coincidence was pretty much unheard of! What more, though Yana had a powerful family background, there was simply no way she would have been able to afford or even have the status to be Gerald’s classmate! “…What kind of classmate could you be referring to? Do note that we can’t afford to make jokes about such things, Yana. I’ll have you know that I have some prior knowledge about Mila’s boyfriend, and I can confirm that he truly is extremely powerful. It’s the reason why so many of us are willing to believe that Mr. Crawford really is her boyfriend after he revealed his identity! If we end up offending him now, we may not be able to survive in Mayberry any longer!” said Georgia as she began smacking her thighs in her a
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“…And who might you be?” asked Gerald as he looked casually at her. ‘Smacking someone on the head as a greeting… I wonder if she’s lost her marbles…’ After seeing Yana actually smack Gerald on the back of his head, Georgia and the others instantly began trembling in fear. Quickly snapping out of it, all those from Georgia’s family—as well as the guests—quickly ran over and stood behind Yana. “Are you really still pretending in front of me, Gerald?” asked Yana. “Pretending? Do we even know each other?” replied Gerald in resignation. He truly had no idea who she was. “Haha! So that’s how it’s going to be! Maybe this little refresher will help! Let me ask you something. Did you study in Third Primary School in Serene County as a kid?” sneered Yana. “That I did… Though I’m curious as to why you’d know that…” replied Gerald with a nod. “Hah! And did you study in the second class in third grade?” added Yana. “…I did, indeed…” said Gerald, sensing that something was wrong. Aft
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