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Chapter 589
While Gerald was walking next to Giya, his phone started to ring. It was a call from Zack. “Gerald, there’s a celebrity banquet tonight and I hope that you’ll attend. Since a master treasure appraiser from the South will be attending, you can have him appraise the jade pendant when you meet him. A few other celebrities from Mayberry will be attending as well.” Zack was still helping Gerald track down Xavia. He had brought up the celebrity banquet a few days ago as well. The celebrity banquet was a yearly event and celebrities from all walks of life usually turned up. Since it wouldn’t look good on Gerald’s part if he refused to attend, Gerald simply agreed to go. When evening came, Gerald arrived—together with Yoel and Aiden—at the banquet which was being held at Mountainview Manor. As was expected, the venue was packed. The large manor was usually used for gathering events, second only to Wayfair Mountain Entertainment. The owner of Mountainview Manor, was Wallace Quinnens
Chapter 590
By then, several celebrities had already noticed that the main seat was still empty, and hearing Wallace’s words shocked them even further. “What’s going on?” “Well, Mr. Crawford was about to take the main seat, but Wallace didn’t allow him to!” “What? How dare he do that? That seat had always belonged to Ms. Crawford in the previous years since she was the CEO. As her younger brother, Mr. Crawford should rightfully inherit her estates. Why the hell is Wallace acting so boldly?” “Humph, who knows? Mr. Crawford must be feeling embarrassed by now!” As the crowd continued gossiping, something else was happening outside. Eight Rolls-Royce Phantoms had arrived at the manor’s entrance, and immediately after they stopped, more than a dozen bodyguards wearing black suits got out of the cars before quickly forming two rows. The grand entrance soon attracted the attention of the crowd, and even Gerald was compelled to look out the manor. The main car’s driver got out and respectful
Chapter 591
Gerald had been searching for her for two whole days now. During that time, he had constantly thought about what Xavia had become. While Gerald was angry that she did all those excessive and terrible things to him, he just couldn’t bring himself to hate her. To counter that, he kept reminding himself that the current Xavia was no longer the same girl that he used to know during his freshman and sophomore years. She was a completely changed person. He also told himself that with all the power and wealth he had now, it would be easy for him to retaliate against the two sisters. He knew that if he had really wanted to teach Natasha a lesson earlier, he could’ve just ordered for her to be crippled on the spot. Gerald knew very well that he didn’t need to hold back or even be polite to Xavia any longer. Despite all that, whenever he tried to be cruel toward her, he just couldn’t. His mind would wander back to the times when they were both still together. After all, Xavia hadn’t h
Chapter 592
Wallace had an incredulous look on his face as he held on to his now swollen cheek. After all, he was someone who had Mr. Long to back him up! “Oh, sorry Mr. Quinnens! My hands felt a little itchy today so I couldn’t help myself from hitting you!” sneered Gerald. As soon as Wallace heard this, he immediately stood up again. The nerve of this person! Wallace got into position, seemingly ready to hit Gerald back. However, Gerald simply continued glaring at Wallace with one hand in his pocket. He didn’t move an inch. It was at that moment when Wallace suddenly came to his senses. He realized that regardless of who was backing him up, he was still dealing with Gerald right now, the richest man in Mayberry City! And his sister was even more amazing than he was! Putting their family background aside, the Crawford family wasn’t too far off in terms of wealth and power compared to the Longs. If Wallace actually hit Gerald now, the Long family would probably be unable, or rather, u
Chapter 593
“Well this is perfect! I’ve been looking for an opportunity to have a good chat with you!” said Gerald as he felt himself blush slightly. Gerald was feeling an onslaught of complicated emotions at that moment. “Oh? What exactly do you want to talk about?” asked Xavia with a smug and arrogant look on her face. She then started walking toward him before saying, “You know, I’m curious about something. I’m sure you’re well aware that I’m no longer the same Xavia you used to know. Before this, I could only ever dream about living a life as luxurious as you wealthy people do. To think that that dream would one day become true! I’m now part of a wealthy and influential family, Gerald. You may have humiliated me in the past, but I’m on equal footing with you now. Tell me, Gerald! How do you feel about that?” “I don’t mind it at all. I simply want to make things clear to you. If you think that I’ve let you down and you hold grudges against me, attack me, and only me! Don’t take your reven
Chapter 594
To think that he had even waited for her to come to him instead of the other way around! At that moment, Xavia raised her hand and gave Gerald a tight slap. Gerald didn’t retaliate. Instead, he simply said, “If this can help you vent and release all that pent up anger, then go ahead and continue hitting me! Once you’re done, I hope that both of us can call it quits and have nothing to owe each other anymore!” “Fine by me!” shouted Xavia as she raised her hand again. However, before she could slap him, she paused. She then slowly put her hand down again. “You think I’ll let you call it quits that easily? Don’t even dream about it. Do you really think that a few slaps to the face can resolve everything when you’ve hurt me so badly in the past?” said Xavia as she took a deep breath before returning to her cold and indifferent expression. “What do you want then?” asked Gerald. “Oh, nothing much. Speaking of which, Gerald, I heard that you’ve gotten quite a number of female fr
Chapter 595
Gerald soon arrived at his seat. Even as he sat down, a few of the wealthy businessmen were still not done proposing their toasts to Yunus. At that moment, Xavia looked at Gerald, hinting with her eyes for him to take action. “Just look at what they’re doing! Just wait till my godsister comes back!” said Yoel, dissatisfied. Gerald simply took in a deep breath before picking his wine glass up and walking toward Xavia. “…Bother? What are you doing?” asked Yoel. “Don’t interfere. Mr. Crawford definitely knows what he’s doing!” said Zack though he too was quite surprised when he saw Gerald heading toward her. However, he knew Gerald well enough to know that he wouldn’t be doing this without a purpose. “Ah, Mr. Crawford, you came here to propose a toast as well?” As soon as the businessmen there saw him, they immediately made way for him. They were all the same as Wallace. Regardless of whether they had the Long family backing them up or not, they couldn’t afford to offend G
Chapter 596
“As for my final request, it too, is quite simple. All you need to do is to teach a certain person a good lesson by forcing him to close down his shop permanently. Besides, he’s quite a terrible person so you’re not exactly being placed in a difficult situation either!” said Xavia. “And who exactly is this person?” asked Gerald. “He goes by the name of Hugh Lynch. He’s from the same village as my parents and he used to be my father’s best friend in the past. However, to start a business in Mayberry, he borrowed tens of thousands of dollars from my family. After eventually becoming successful, Hugh never once considered paying off the debts he owed us. And that’s not the worst thing about him either! Do you remember when I told you about what happened after I took a leave to go home during sophomore year? It turns out that it was Hugh who had hired the people to beat my father up!” replied Xavia as she slowly quieted down after explaining the situation. She was talking about their