So, he agreed to go.In the afternoon, once Mr. Winters finally slept off, Gerald left for the party.It would be held in Cape Grace Hotel, somewhere around Serene Town county.Attracting investors had always been a top priority for the region, and this time, much thought had been put in to make it as grand as they could.Even many business owners of Serene Town County would be attending.Zack and Micheal arrived first since Gerald had to look after Mr. Winters.Gerald stood at the entrance, ready to enter the hotel.Beside him, a car pulled up at the parking space. A couple came out of the car, arm in arm.The woman was dressed elegantly and formally, and the man had a suit on him.“Oh my, we should’ve left earlier. Look at the time now!” complained the woman.“Hmph, why is it always my fault? You were the one taking hour upon hour to put that makeup on! My dad even called a couple of times to hurry us since Mr. Crawford will be arriving. It’ll be an embarrassment if we are
Gerald frowned, unhappy, but he walked over to their table anyway.“Whoa, Madam Lewis, is this one of your students? He looks pretty good... hey, why isn’t he in a uniform?” said a woman next to Montana.“Yeah, look, all the waiters here are in their uniforms, and he’s the only one not wearing it!”“I guess he must be the handyman then. He’ll work wherever there’s work to be done, so he should be a temporary worker.”Montana tried to find a reasonable explanation.“Haha yeah, come here, little guy, come to my side. There’s an empty seat beside me. Come sit and have a chat!”“Yeah, little cutie, don’t be shy! It’s a rare chance to dine among so many rich and young CEO today, so you’ve got to appreciate your time here!”In their late twenties, a few women saw how Gerald looked quite handsome and cute, and they tried to tease him.Montana rolled her eyes. “What are you staring at? Can’t you see that they’ve asked you to sit down?! Are you that dumb? Four years of college for not
“Huh? Miss Lewis? Why are you here?”The girl was surprised.“Morgana, why are you here at Cape Grace? Didn’t you say you were hanging out tonight with the group at Buntingford Grand Hotel?”Morgana was surprised as well.Morgana, the girl Montana chose as the class representative, and now a doctor at the county hospital!“Forget about it. The hotel is closed for a few days, so we came to Cape Grace, but it seems they have some kind of event today. Luckily, we booked early, or we wouldn’t have gotten a place!”Morgana shrugged, grumbling away.She seemed to have not noticed Gerald, who was just standing by her side.“Miss Lewis, how could you have been so careless? You’ve got red wine all over your clothes!” asked Morgana.“Hmph! Don’t even ask. I’m here for a business event, and it was all because of that bastard Gerald! He got the wine all over me!”Montana rolled her eyes at Gerald.Only then did she notice Gerald who was standing close by.“Why are you here, Gerald? Don
“Huh?”When Gerald turned around, he saw a middle-aged man hurrying toward him.They did not seem to recognize the man.Could he have known Gerald personally?Gerald stepped out of the crowd.“Damn, Gerald. Why did you go for it? Didn’t you hear how he was calling for one, Mr. Gerald?”“Haha, yeah! Aren’t you embarrassed?”The few friends from high school followed Gerald as they laughed.Even Morgana was laughing as she covered her mouth.Montana rolled her eyes again and again at Gerald.“I must have made him drunk... I’m speechless!”Montana shook her head and sighed.“Mr. Crawford, I’ve brought your car for you. It’s in Sector-C of the parking lot. Here are the keys, and the master instructed me to ask you to return early.”“I got it, Mr. Lyle. If there’s nothing else, you should head back.”Then, a boy next to Cameron stepped out and shook his head with a chuckle.“F*ck... I think he mistook him!”Gerald felt a little embarrassed.“You’re hilarious, aren’t you? You
“Congratulations, Mr. Duffy, for winning a gold keyboard worth 15,000 dollars!”The host spun the wheel again.Ding!“Congratulations to…”“…”Three prizes were sent out subsequently.Ding!“Congratulations, Mr. Jonathan Ladd! You’ve won an emerald jade bracelet worth 30,000 dollars!”“Ahh!!!”Montana was dizzy with excitement as she heard the emcee’s announcement.The audience burst into applause too.The prize alone was just a part of the raffle.More importantly, Montana could go up the stage with Jonathan, the same stage which the other big shots stood on. Besides, there were a ton of reporters on the side.Gosh!What more could a woman ask for?Montana was so elated that she even smacked Gerald on the cheek. She was just too excited, and the smack felt like it was no big deal!“Who will be the one to go home with the grand prize?”The voice of the emcee echoed loudly, and the crowd fell into a hush.As the pointer dropped, the crowd’s eyes widened in anticipation
Especially Montana, who had just been reprimanding Gerald all this while.Her eyeballs were about to drop out of her eye sockets.F*ck!She was extremely aware about Gerald’s background. He was just a mere poor pauper with no money.And who was Mr. Crawford?He was the most reputable man from Mayberry, and even more so the man who was going to change the history of Serene County.Montana would not believe that the two of them are the same person, even if she was beaten to death.However, Zack Lyle and Michael Zeke knew who Mr. Crawford was.So that meant Gerald’s identity was not a mistake.F*ck, Montana’s was completely mind blown. “Mr. Lyle, you guys must be mistaken right? You’re calling this poor b*stard Mr. Crawford?”Montana could not help but blurted out in a straightforward manner.Zack frowned slightly at the question. Looking at the wine stains on Montana’s dress, he turned to the organizers of the event with displeasure and said, “What’s going on here? How can a
After they had chatted over the phone, Gerald suddenly remembered his dad’s advice to visit his comrade from the army in Serene County. He had been back for more than a week and he had long forgotten about it.Gerald had nothing else to do at present. He then bought some gifts and headed to the upper-class area of Serene County to visit Mr. Willie Jung.The relationship between their families, as mentioned earlier, had drifted apart quite a bit after several incidents that went on in the later stage.But his dad was a very sentimental man.He did not believe that it happened, but the reality remains. As a person, how could one have no humane feelings at all?Gerald remembered the cold treatment from the Jung Family when his dad brought him along to beg them so he could go to high school six years ago.Gerald understood his dad’s feelings.But this time round, he was alone, and he came here with a different identity!He wondered if he would face the same treatment as before…As
The girl stared at Gerald, her eyes filled with curiosity.To be honest, she was somewhat looking down at Gerald when she saw the ordinary clothes Gerald was wearing. His sense of fashion was a bit countryside-like.When they heard of her question.There was a minute of awkwardness between Willie and Leia.Especially Leia.It was just a second ago that Willie said he had an urgent matter to handle and he would be having a meeting soon. They were hoping Gerald would not stay for lunch.And then her daughter jumped out of nowhere and popped this question.This made things much more difficult for Willie and Leia.If only their daughter had come out a little later, Gerald would have left by now!“Oh, Leila, have you forgotten, he’s Uncle Dylan’s kid, didn’t you two meet when you were little?”Leia said with an awkward tone.“Ah I remember, he must be Gerald, right?”The girl replied.“You still remember me, I’m Gerald! It’s been years since I’ve seen you, and you’ve gotten muc