When the door swung open, Gerald could finally get a good look at the manager. She was walking behind the assistant when Gerald exclaimed, “Ava Anderson? Is that really you?” Ava Anderson was Gerald’s classmate during junior high. She was the principal’s daughter and also one of the top students alongside Gerald and Xeno. All three of them had even participated in numerous competitions together. Though they were pretty close to each other back then, they no longer shared the same class when they entered senior high. The first few days upon entering senior high, Ava would still invite Gerald out for lunch since neither of them were familiar with their new classmates. After school, she would catch up with Gerald and they would talk about how their day had gone. After those few days, however, Ava started having lunch with her dorm mates instead. This led to them talking less and less and as time passed, they would eventually only get to meet each other once a week. Their distanc
Gerald was from a rather poor family after all. Like many others, Ava was slowly swallowed by her own pride the older she got. And just like the others, her pride reached its peak during her university years. “Sure thing!” said Gerald as he nodded. He didn’t really mind, though he was slightly taken aback at how coldly Ava had just treated him. Immediately after completing the application process, Gerald and Bianca started working at their assigned positions. Gerald sat in a small corner in the office and started working immediately. His job was to manage and sort files. He was rather glad since it would help his investigation greatly. After a while, Gerald decided to head to the gents. After he was done, he was about to leave when he heard faint whispering coming from the ladies. “Come by the office to get an interview done. You’ll have to be quick though. I’ve saved a position for you, so you owe me one!” echoed the barely audible voice across the stalls. “What? No more p
“Mr. Crawford, I’d just like to ask. You’ve mentioned that you’d like to provide dorms for our employees, right? I know you said you’d like to do this yourself, but I’d like to provide my assistance if you’re busy. I just came back to Serene County!” Zack said.“Don’t worry about it. I already have an area in mind. I’ll have you do the rest when I’ve bought it. I think you should focus on the jade incident.” Gerald replied reassuringly.“Okay then, Mr. Crawford. Oh, but one more thing, it’s rather personal, hehe. Your birthday is coming up. We’ve always been organizing a big party for you following our family tradition. So, where would you like it to be held?”“I’d rather celebrate my birthday back where I used to live. I don't think a party would be necessary. Let’s all just have a nice dinner together.” Gerald said as he mustered up a fake smile.Since young, Gerald was used to not celebrating his birthday. Back then, all he did was have a nice meal on his own or with the Winters
“Oh, let’s just not mention them. Waylon seems to be occupied with family matters. And Xella, I gave her a rang, and she said she wasn’t feeling well, so she’s not coming too.”“Ah, then I guess we’ll see them next time. By the way, Morgana, you’ve never told us your secret; how are you progressing so much? You switched industries almost too quickly!” Sharon asked. Upon hearing this question, Howard’s expression turned awkward.Morgana coughed, visibly awkward as well, “It’s because of the help of Gerald. And well, Howard helped me out a lot too!” “Gerald?” Upon hearing his name, both Sharon and Lilian were startled. In reality, Sharon had been asking them about every single classmate, as if she was studying abroad and wanted to catch up with everyone, although she had only been in Mayberry this entire time. Both of the girls were dying to ask if Gerald was joining them, but they ended up asking about every other classmate but him. They couldn’t help it as Gerald was a touchy top
Gerald was in a great rush. He knew that this should’ve been over and done with two days ago.However, due to that hiccup with Xeno, this dorm project was delayed. Since some of the areas were chosen explicitly by Gerald, he decided to pay a personal visit to the real estate center. Gerald entered the center and immediately approached the front counter. The moment the real estate agent noticed Gerald, her expression immediately darkened. She was filled with awkwardness and dejection.She had thought that Gerald was just another poor idiot without enough money to afford a property. Hence, when he had come by under the company of Leila Jung, she insisted that Gerald take up a loan. Her attitude towards Gerald was cold as well; she thought he wasn’t worth the effort since he didn’t seem to be the wealthy type.Then the very next day, he decided not to take up a loan. Instead, he wanted to buy the property with full payment. This would mean that the agent would have earned the l
All of the employees at the front counter instantly stood up at attention and greeted her politely. “Ah, Mrs. Millers, welcome!” “Wow, Mrs. Millers, still as beautiful as always!” everyone chimed.Luna smiled brightly, saying, “Mrs. Millers, it was just this man over here, causing a nuisance. If my cousin hadn’t asked me to help him, I wouldn’t have even talked to him in the first place. So Mr. Millers, how many properties would you like to buy this time?” She turned to her husband and asked.Mr. Millers, an interior designer, was the type to buy many properties and give them a whole new look. These properties would then be rented out. Hence, he was one of the biggest customers of the company.“I’d just like to buy just one this time, but I need it done fast!” Mr. Millers said as he hugged his wife by the waist. The couple then shot Gerald a dirty look; it would seem that they have developed a sense of superiority. Everyone was flocking towards them but ignoring Gerald after
“What?!” Everyone in the lobby, including Luna, was stunned. What followed after was a room full of laughter. Especially Luna and the Millers, they laughed so hard that tears were welling up in their eyes.“Hahaha, holy f*ck my dude, you can’t just go around bluffing like that!” Mr. Millers laughed, holding his abdomen.“Is he insane?” “Yeah, two whole buildings! I thought I f*cking misheard him, hahaha!” “Yo… do we need to call for security?” Even the employees at the front counter seemed to be running out of breath from all the laughing. Suddenly, the manager walked into the lobby with a stern expression. “What happened? Where is everyone’s sense of professionalism? Just look at all of you! Ridiculous!”Luna bit her lip to keep her composure. “No… No sir, this man over here, Gerald Crawford, he… he said he wanted two of our buildings! Hahaha!” Tears streamed down her bright red cheeks.The manager seemed to be more professional than these agents. He took a deep brea
Everyone in the lobby fell silent. Their eyes widened in disbelief as they tried to take in the scene right in front of him. Who even is this man? This was way too much!Then, a man in a suit carefully made his way through the pile of money and entered the lobby. He then approached Gerald and whispered into his ear, “I have done as you asked, Mr. Crawford.”“Ah yes, good job. I’ll leave the rest to you guys. I had already chosen the buildings I wanted. Miss Nicki here will tell you what else we’d need.” Gerald said as he patted Nicki on her shoulder.On the other hand, Nicki gulped and dared not to say a word. If she could have these two buildings signed, the commission fee would be out of this world! Nicki felt as if she had ascended to heaven and found paradise.Luna, still stunned, was now drowning in fear and regret. She didn’t expect him to actually buy it. If it wasn’t for her attitude, she could’ve been the one earning such a large amount of commission fees. She didn