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Chapter 79
“We’re visiting her later. Tag along if you like.” Whitney hung up the call right after.Gerald was only starting to reveal his financial capacity. Until now, Whitney had no idea how much he had in his hand.For this very reason, she was less domineering toward Gerald now when talking to him.However, she still looked down upon him even if he had won a two million lottery.He was just a nouveau riche. How could he be compared out-and-out with a second-generation rich like Victor?Gerald decided not to go with them. Besides, Victor had already said that his car was fully occupied.Hence, Whitney just gave Gerald the address, and Gerald took a cab there after buying some fruits and gifts.Gerald had been acquainted with Mila for almost two weeks now, and they seemed to be getting along very well. To him, she was like Naomi, one of the close female friends he had.Not to mention, he had feelings toward her.Therefore, he had to help her out when her family was in trouble.The cab stopped
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“Shut up, Kyle!” Mila threw the cushion in her hands at Kyle angrily.“Nonsense! Yes, Gerald won a lottery. But, are you jealous of him?”Hearing Kyle’s mocking words toward Gerald, Mila felt sick. He even said that Gerald had given his ex-girlfriend condoms. That was just too disgusting. He was clearly insulting Gerald, wasn’t he?!Mila had always thought of Gerald as her good friend.“What do you mean, Sister? Are you saying that I’m talking nonsense?”Kyle mocked him further as he laughed. “If you don’t believe in what I said, you can ask Victor Wright, the vice president of the student union, who is also his coursemate. Even Whitney knows about this. He really did run an errand to get his ex-girlfriend some condoms for the mere sake of ten dollars!”Mila frowned, and the way Mila’s parents and her friends looked at him changed totally.“He seemed to be a decent man. I didn’t expect him to be so pathetic for the sake of money!”“Disgusting!”They all murmured, judging him.Gerald to
Chapter 81
“Quinton, how did you get to know each other? Look at you. You are carrying so many things! Come and sit here.”Mila’s mother was Helen Smith, and she was the vice president of their company.Hence, she had a wide social network.Although Quinton had been involved in an ugly scandal days ago for his immoral actions, Mrs. Smith was well aware of the potential of his family. Besides, it was acceptable for a young man to misconduct sometimes in his life.More importantly, the Ziegler family had expanded its business in Mayberry Commercial Street. They would rise to power soon.If her company could receive help from the Ziegler family this time, wouldn’t it mean that their crisis would be solved?Upon hearing Mrs. Smith’s questions, Quinton gave Gerald a dirty look and said, “Of course I know him! He is a notorious character in the university!”Thinking of how Gerald was present during his last few embarrassing moments, Quinton’s hatred toward Gerald began to grow.After making those icy r
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Kyle smirked.“Huh. Is he thinking of taking out all the money he won? I bet it wouldn’t be enough.”“It's my first time seeing this kind of person!”Listening to their mockery, Gerald had the urge to reveal his identity.However, he calmed down quickly, because once he did that, he could never live the same life again. He would never be able to finish his studies peacefully, and he would be forced to leave.This was because his father would not let him be alone in the university.If so, his life would be disrupted completely, and Gerald did not want that to happen.He just wanted to improve himself at his own pace, quietly. He was satisfied as long as he was not short of money.Gerald sighed. Then, he said, “Right, I have a class later. I shall take my leave, then.”Gerald stood up and left.“Gerald!” Mila caught up with him.She felt dreadful, especially when she, at one point, looked down on Gerald when he talked about his past.She truly regretted it.‘Why didn’t I think from Geral
Chapter 83
“Gerald, here!”By the time Gerald had reached the dormitory where Xavia lived, it was already crowded with both male and female students.The police were there. Cassandra was also there, as was the representative of Yuri’s class.It was hectic.Among the crowd, Gerald saw Harper waving at him, so he walked toward him.Then, he saw Xavia and Yuri.They must have had a fierce fight judging from the slap mark on Xavia’s cheek and her messy hair. She was shouting and crying at the same time.As for Yuri, he was being held by the police, handcuffed. His face was so pale, he had to be very scared.One of the police was interviewing the class representatives.“What happened?” Gerald asked.“What happened!? D*mn! Gerald, you are curious about how Yuri became rich since that day, aren’t you? Guess what? He’s a fearless lad, I tell you. He first borrowed a hundred thousand dollars from an online loan company for seven days. After seven days, because of the high interest rates, he had to pay bac
Chapter 84
‘What now? What should I do?!’One hundred thousand dollars was not a small amount! She could not earn that much even if she sold her own body.Xavia knelt on the ground and broke into tears.Meanwhile, Gerald had gone back to the dormitory in confusion. He wanted to take a nap, but he couldn’t.He felt pain when he thought of the slap mark on Xavia’s face.If Xavia had stayed with him like before, she would have been able to get anything she wanted.If she was bullied, of course he would take revenge for her.But ironically, she had betrayed him.She had lied to him. She told him that she needed some time to clear her mind, but she had started dating another man in just three days.Gerald never mentioned this, but he would never forget it.Lying on the bed, reminiscing about the good things about Xavia as well as the way she had ridiculed him, half an hour passed without him noticing.Suddenly, Gerald’s phone rang again.It was from Mila.“Where are you, Gerald? Come to my house quick
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It was such a huge street and yet, it was nothing in the eyes of the young Mr. Crawford.How powerful was this Crawford family?!Whitney and the rest of the girls fell for Mr. Crawford immediately. How they wished to become his girlfriend.“Still, aren’t you exaggerating this?”“If it is such an influential family, we should have seen it on the Internet!”The girls doubted it.Quinton laughed. “Those that you see online are not the most powerful ones. Think about it. What kind of an existence would a company be when all the big companies you know online are supported by it? Many of the large industries are supported by such a powerful company, and such companies are run by families of whom we don’t usually hear their names!”“Hmm, it makes sense.”The girls were now convinced.Ring!The phone rang.Mrs. Smith picked up the phone. She was shocked when she saw where the call was from. “It’s from the Bureau of Commerce!”Helen was getting anxious.Were they going to seize their assets? It
Chapter 86
He was rather annoyed by his innocence back then.Now that his peculiar parenting was over and he had spent so much money, he was still being scolded by his sister!Gerald felt that his life was quite dramatic, almost as if it was a dream.“Hey, I’ve checked the transactions of your card. You have spent all the money! Haha, great job! I heard from Zack that you have improved a lot. You even learned to use our company funds to invest in a small company! I did a background check on the company you helped. Did you fall in love with that girl? Are you getting me a sister-in-law?” Jessica asked playfully.It was true that Gerald had been keeping in touch with Mila over these past few days and they were indeed growing fond of each other. Mila chatted with him about almost everything, and he was very happy to chat about anything with her.However, the closer they got, the more Gerald became reluctant to take the first step in pursuing her.He did not expect his sister to find out about this.