[Chapter 101]
“Mr. Crawford, here to accompany your girlfriend for her driving test, are you?”
That day, Sean had already discovered the truth about Gerald.
Just imagine… Two and a half million dollars, all without breaking a sweat. That was true wealth. Sean had also heard other rumors. Although they were not directly related to the mysterious Mr. Crawford, he now knew that the manager of the Lamborghini dealership was someone of note within the Mayberry group. Even he had shown so much deference toward Gerald. It was clear that he was not your ordinary guy!
“No, no… we’re both taking the test!”
Although both these people had been rude to him before, seeing this well-mannered reception now, he responded with courtesy in kind. Irene and Kenneth were utterly confounded by all of this. This was Sean they were talking about?! Why was he showing such reverence for a penniless wretch like Gerald?!
How could they not be surprised by this?
“In that case, how about this, sir? I just so happen to be headed in the direction of Mayberry University. May I offer you a ride?” Sean said amicably.
He had to make good with someone like Mr. Crawford. It would be of tremendous benefit to him. Well, since he was going their way…
Gerald had no objections, and Mila was okay with it too. Just like that, Irene and Kenneth were left standing there, gawking as they were left behind.
“That Gerald… Do you suppose Mila was telling the truth? About him being a wealthy heir in secret? Why else would Sean have treated him that way?” Irene’s expression was a sight to behold.
This should have been a rare chance to knock her nemesis down a peg or two. Let her enjoy the bitter taste of defeat for once. Let her know the shame of not even being able to hold up her head. Vulgar though it may be to be flaunting one’s boyfriend and money, as long as it was something she
had that Mila didn’t have, that was reason enough! Irene was stomping mad.
“Hmph! Irene, don’t be so quick to jump to conclusions,” Kenneth muttered grimly.
“I have my own connections in Mayberry University. Just hold on while I get to the bottom of this and find out which hole this Gerald person crawled out from!” After all, it wasn’t just Irene who had lost out this time.
Gerald had greatly offended Kenneth as well! As Sean dropped Gerald off, he also bald-facedly asked for his contact information. A shrewd fellow, this guy. Since he had just done Gerald a favor, Gerald could hardly refuse. Just as well. Better another friend than another enemy! Turning down an offer of a meal as well, Gerald and Mila walked side-by-side back to campus.
Truth be told, it wasn’t the first time they had walked together like this. Just, it hadn’t been this awkward the last time. After all, Mila had just named him her boyfriend. Gerald was not such a fool that he would be delighted at the prospect of being a decoy boyfriend, but the strange thing was that he genuinely did harbor feelings for her, and for a brief moment, she had been his.
What a paradox. He wanted to be happy about this, but he shouldn’t be. And yet, he wasn’t displeased about having been used. Anyway, that was how he was feeling about all of this.
“Gerald, I’m sorry… What happened just now, I just lost control of myself, so I told them that you were my boyfriend without even asking for your permission!” Mila was embarrassed about this whole thing herself.
“It’s alright. Isn’t this great, though? You defended your pride, and for well over an hour, I had a ravishing beauty as my girlfriend!” Gerald said wryly. Mila glanced over at him.
“Gerald, when did you learn to be such a sweet-talker like all those other guys? I hate that sort of thing!”
“Does that mean you hate me too, now?”
With all the exciting twists and turns that were transpiring today, Gerald was speaking more boldly with each passing moment. Gone were the doubts of before.
“Hmph! While I hate that type of guy, it’s alright if it’s you. I couldn’t hate you if I tried!”
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These words made Gerald feel very happy inside.
“But Gerald, I feel that you are hiding something from me. That Sean does not look like an ordinary person at a single glance. Why is he so respectful to you? No, he is not only respectful but it seems as though he is flattering you.”
Mila could not take it anymore. She felt that Gerald was becoming even more and more confusing.
In fact, this was exactly the reason why Gerald eventually became friends with Sean.
During their entire conversation, as long as Sean did not mention it, Gerald would never say that he bought the Reventon.
It made Gerald feel that he knew how to act accordingly. Gerald learned about this.
At this time, Gerald simply smiled before he said, “Didn’t I say this in person? I am actually a top rich second-generation. However, I really do not want to abandon my current lifestyle and friends. That is why I have always lived a low-key life. Of course, Sean has to be very polite to me!”
“Mere puff!” Mila smiled as she said, “Gerald, I realize that you are getting worse and worse. There is no truth in anything that you say at all. However, I will not force you if you do not want to tell me the truth. Okay, I have to go back to the dormitory now. Mr. Crawford, now that you already have your driver’s license, I hope that you will hurry up and buy a luxury car so that you can take me for a drive!”
Mila blinked, as she pretended to be full of admiration for him.
“Don’t worry. I will definitely take you out for a drive!”
Although he knew that Mila did not believe him, Gerald nodded his head. To be honest, he really hoped that his driver’s license would be here now. After that, he would be able to drive around for fun.
After bidding farewell to Mila, Gerald returned to his dormitory.
“Damn it, Gerald! What were you doing? Your cell phone was turned off and we could not get in touch with you at all!”
Harper started complaining as soon as Gerald came back.
All of them were very busy changing their clothes at this moment. They were all dressing up as though they were going on a blind date.
“When I went out this morning, my cell phone was already almost out of battery. I turned it off for my driving test. When I turned it on to use my text messaging app, it turned off automatically by itself after a while!”
Gerald replied helplessly as he started charging his cell phone. “Brother Harper, Benjamin, where are we doing?”
“If we did not have to wait for you, we would have left already. Hurry up, Gerald! Change your clothes. We will go downstairs and wait for you!”
Benjamin said as he looked into the mirror to fix his hair.
“What is it? Why are you so mysterious?”
Gerald became very interested.
“It is Hayley’s birthday today. She said that she wants to introduce some girls to us, including you! Hurry up! Today is the day where our brothers will no longer be a single man!”
Benjamin was smiling very beautifully like a flower.
“Congratulations, but I…”
“We will kill you if you are not going!”
Before Gerald could even finish his sentence, his group of friends suddenly pounced on him.
“Go, go, go! I did not say that I would not go!”
Gerald smiled bitterly.
He wanted to take a short break.
However, he had no choice but to follow Harper and the rest of the boys to the place where Hayley would be celebrating her birthday.
The location that was chosen was a place called Merlin Manor.
Farm style.
It felt like a picnic, where all of them could just eat, drink and enjoy the scenery together. It was a pretty good place to eat.
Although this was a very simple place, there were many luxury cars parked at the foot of the mountain.
It was obvious that many people with high status and identities liked to come to this place. Firstly, it was quiet and secondly, it was the atmosphere!
It gave people a feeling of returning to the countryside.
“Harper, Gerald, here!”
As soon as Gerald and the rest got out of the car, Hayley and the others were already waiting at the entrance as they waved at Harper and the rest of the boys.
Those in Hayley’s dormitory were all here. There were also a few young and beautiful girls which should be some students having a better relationship with Hayley in her class.
They were all looking in Gerald’s direction.
After all, it was Hayley’s birthday and she already told them that all of Harper’s roommates in his dormitory would be coming here today.
And they were all single.
It so happened that Hayley’s friends were also single.
Therefore, the boys and girls obviously only had one clear purpose today. They were all hoping to meet someone worthy of their trust today!
“Gerald, you are here!”
At this time, Alice who was standing next to Hayley, straightened out her hair before she spoke softly to Gerald…
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Alice was always a little awkward whenever she saw Gerald now.
After all, who was the person who looked down on Gerald the most in the past? It was Alice.
Now, the pathetic pauper that she used to despise could most likely be a rich young master.
His identity and status were not that simple.
In short, Gerald could be a really incredible figure.
Alice wanted to get closer to him.
“Well, it is Hayley’s birthday today!” Gerald replied as he smiled.
He was not a person who held a grudge, let alone seek revenge on a person who was making peace with him.
Hayley and Harper looked at the both of them before exchanging glances with one another. It seemed as though they wanted to matchmake them on purpose.
At this time, they greeted everyone and welcomed them into the room in the manor.
When they were allocating seats, Harper and Hayley had already obviously discussed this in advance. They deliberately arranged for Alice and Gerald to be seated together.
As for Benjamin and the others, they were also seated next to a group of girls to facilitate communication.
“By the way, why don’t I see Jacelyn around?”
Benjamin looked around, only to realize that Jacelyn was not around. Therefore, he asked about this immediately.
“Jacelyn went out to play with her boyfriend. Every time she goes out with him, it will be for a day and night. Alas, she told us that we do not need to wait for her. She will come by later and she said that she would give us a big surprise then!”
Hayley smiled.
She had deliberately mentioned the fact that Jacelyn has a boyfriend. This was because Harper has already told Hayley that Benjamin has feelings for Jacelyn.
But, how should we say this? Jacelyn seems a little too powerful.
Besides that, Jacelyn already has a boyfriend. Hayley felt that it would be better to tell Benjamin about this matter in advance.
Benjamin let out a languid cry.
The atmosphere was a little awkward.
Alice smiled before she said, “Jacelyn became even more mysterious after she got together with Danny. She kept telling us yesterday that she was going to give us a big surprise but she is still keeping us in suspense now!”
After she spoke, she looked towards Gerald who had not said anything at all, “By the way, Gerald, do you know that Jacelyn has gotten into a relationship with Danny from your class?”
“Yes, I know!”
Of course, Gerald knew. He almost had a conflict with him the other day.
Danny could be regarded as his own enemy. However, Gerald did not want to deal with him because there were too many people there that day.
After thinking about it, Gerald felt that he should teach Danny a severe lesson.
Otherwise, he would be like a fly that is constantly buzzing around him, annoying him to death.
He should just step on it to death!
Very soon, all the food and wine were already served.
Alice was extraordinarily gentle and temperamental. She kept taking food for Gerald and she specifically picked all the dishes that Gerald liked.
To be honest, Gerald was a little moved.
He had already been despised for a long time in the past. Even though Alice has already looked down on him more than once, Gerald did not hate the fact that she was treating him so well now.
Everyone also exchanged glances with one another. It seemed as though if anyone were to end up becoming a couple today, it would be Alice and Gerald.
Moreover, Alice was equivalent to a goddess who was being proactive and chasing after the guy instead!
“My dear, sorry that we are late!”
The door of the room was suddenly pushed open. At this time, Danny and Jacelyn came in, followed by a young man who looked about the age of twenty-five years old.
Jacelyn said out loud.
“Jacelyn, we have been waiting for you! Why are you only here now? Danny, please have a seat too. Who is this?”
Hayley looked at the handsome young man who was standing behind them.
“Oh! Oh! This is Danny’s cousin, Luke. His family is doing some business. The three of us went out to play together. When he knew that we were in a hurry, he offered to drive us here!”
Jacelyn said with a smile.
“Hello, everyone. I used to study at Sunnydale University too. I graduated about two years ago so I can still be considered your peer! Okay, since I have already sent my brother and sister-in-law here, I will go back first. You guys should have fun! Just give me a call if you need me for anything!”
Luke smiled before he shook the Maserati car key that he had in his hand.
“Since you are Jacelyn’s cousin brother, then Brother Chad, don’t leave. Anyway, there is an extra seat here!”
Hayley said politely.
This was because if they were to ask him to leave directly, it would not look good for Jacelyn too. After all, they were living in the same dormitory.
“It was just an extra seat, anyway.”
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“It’s okay, cousin brother. Just sit down. After all, I really cannot bring myself to announce the big surprise today if you are not here!”
Jacelyn smiled and her eyes suddenly turned cold as she glanced at Gerald who was in the room with them.
She had a smug and arrogant look on her face.
“Jacelyn, what the hell is this big surprise? You have already been keeping us in suspense for such a long time. Hurry up and tell us!”
“Yes, what is it about?”
All of her roommates were already impatient.
When Gerald saw that Jacelyn’s gaze was fixed on him, he suddenly understood something.
Oh my! Was the so-called big surprise directly related to him?
“Of course! I am going to tell everyone about it now!”
Jacelyn smiled triumphantly as Danny glared coldly at Gerald.
“I will start with you!”
Jacelyn walked directly over to Gerald before giving him a slap across his face.
He was stunned. This woman was really dying to be taught a lesson!
Gerald stood up as he stared at Jacelyn.
D*mn it! Did she just slap him without any explanation?
“Look? sugar baby! Pathetic jerk! Scumbag! What do you think you are looking at?”
Jacelyn crossed her arms in front of her chest and she looked very proud and arrogant at this moment.
Gerald, you are very awesome, right?
You, Gerald, used to make us lose face in front of you, right?
I, Jacelyn, used to think that you, Gerald, were really awesome. I even flattered you all the way but you were cold to me in the end. You looked down on me, right?
Hahaha…
For this reason, Jacelyn had been depressed for a short while.
It was only until some time ago that Jacelyn specifically decided to hook up with Gerald’s mortal enemy, Danny just to annoy and make Gerald angry.
Just the day before yesterday, she discovered that Gerald was not the young rich second-generation Mr. Crawford at all! He was just a sugar baby! A sugar baby!
Danny even consulted with Victor and Whitney about the situation at that time.
They discovered that Gerald was not only the sugar baby of Jane, who was working as a receptionist at Wayfair Mountain Entertainment, but he was also another young lady’s sugar baby!
Nowadays, there were too many handsome young men who were very pretentious and wanted to act as though they were really wealthy. Therefore, it was not surprising that many rich women would be interested in a handsome and honest young man like Gerald.
However, it was Gerald’s fault if he used this fact to act as though he was really amazing!
“Jacelyn, what are you doing?”
Before Hayley could speak, Alice stood and spoke up for Gerald with a puzzled expression on her face.
“Oh, Sister Alice, why are you still speaking up for him? The reason why I hit Gerald is because of you! Amongst all of us, you are the one who has seriously been deceived by Gerald!”
Jacelyn stomped her feet anxiously.
“What are you talking about?”
“He, he… Gerald is not who we thought he was! Gerald is nothing more than a sugar baby who is taken care of by some other women. Those women did not only drive him around, but they also gave him money and bought all sorts of things for him!”
“Moreover, some of these women are hotshots at Wayfair Mountain Entertainment! Otherwise, how else could Gerald possibly bring us into the villa the other day?”
Jacelyn revealed everything that she had seen with her own eyes and all the speculations that she had come up with, all in one breath.
Everyone was stunned and they looked at Gerald in disbelief after listening to her words.
“I can testify that the Jane that I was chasing after has a lot of connections with many big and powerful men in Mayberry City. I am not afraid that anyone will laugh at me or treat me as a joke. The reason why I was so chasing so anxiously after Jane is actually because of her connections and resources! I felt that it would be very helpful for my career!”
“Unexpectedly, Gerald is already being taken care of by Jane. Besides, I heard Victor, the vice president of the Student Union, saying that in addition to Jane, there was a young woman from a large chain of commercial buildings who gave Gerald some things too!”
Luke stood up as he sneered.
“How is this possible? How can it be possible?”
Alice could not believe it.
All the girls were also stunned because they did not know what to do.
After all, they have always thought that Gerald was a very mysterious young man. To be honest, even though they knew that they could not be compared to Alice, they were all secretly fighting to gain his attention.
As a result, the atmosphere ended up being so awkward and embarrassing when they have already put in the effort and taken a step forward.
“I can testify about the clothes!”
At this time, another girl stood up.
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The person who stood up was Hayley.
At this time, she had a very complicated feeling in her heart.
She only knew that Gerald was Harper’s good brother.
However, she really did not expect Gerald to hide everything from them or to deceive them for so long.
Therefore, she felt that it was necessary for them to tell everyone whatever she knew.
And Harper was the one who told her this.
“There is a woman who bought clothes for Gerald and she spent more than fifteen thousand dollars on it! In fact, the clothes that I am wearing today are the clothes that the young woman had given to Gerald. After that, Gerald gave it to Harper!”
“Hayley, what are you talking about?”
Harper was anxious.
In fact, Harper had been joking around with Hayley in the past.
He said that his brother, Gerald really had a way with women. He could get them to buy him anything that he needed without even blinking his eyes at all. He also mentioned that Gerald could have been kept by that woman. Harper joked that he also wanted to be kept by a woman.
At that time, Hayley said that she would castrate him if any girl dared to treat him so nicely!
Hayley scolded him in anger.
This was all a joke that neither one of them took seriously at that time.
However, combined with these things in the past and with everything that Jacelyn had witnessed with her own two eyes, Hayley was really starting to believe it.
Gerald was being kept by a woman!
Harper was afraid that Gerald would continue to become everyone’s target. Therefore, he hurriedly stopped Hayley as he asked her not to say any more nonsense!
“Hey, Alice! Do you believe that I am not lying to you now? That is hundreds of thousands of dollars, not to mention the fact that Gerald used his shopping card to buy a bag that is worth fifty-five thousand dollars! I wonder which woman was the one who gave that to him!”
“What was Gerald doing with all that money? He was trying to go after you, Alice! He wanted the goddess, Alice, to be chasing after him, and he wanted you to finally give yourself to him willingly!” Jacelyn replied coldly.
If she did not see Jane being so kind to him and being so protective and caring towards him, Jacelyn would never believe that Gerald was being kept by a woman.
But now, she completely believed it!
Gerald was too scheming.
“What?”
Alice turned pale because she was utterly shocked when she heard these words.
The other girls were also all in shock.
“Oh my God. It turns out that Gerald is secretly in contact with so many other girls. I really cannot believe this. I have always thought that he was a very honest and low-key person!”
“Yes, but it is our own fault for being so foolish. If Gerald was really a rich second-generation, then will he still be in this miserable state? Wouldn’t he be able to get any girls that he wanted?”
“Yes, yes, everything makes sense if he was a sugar baby. This is the method that Gerald uses to become a sugar baby that is kept by others. He makes people think that he is very innocent and pitiful. In actual fact, he actually has a very dirty heart! He is nothing but a scumbag!”
All of the girls in the group started to look at Gerald differently in an instance.
Hahaha.
Gerald could only laugh bitterly inside.
He was surprised.
He was really surprised at two main points.
Firstly, he really did not expect that Jacelyn, Alice, and the other girls had always been so worried and concerned about his identity. Moreover, Jacelyn was even investigating and looking into his background everywhere.
It seemed as though it was really difficult for them to accept the fact that a person who had constantly been despised and looked down upon by them, would actually turn out to be a rich person overnight.
The second point that really surprised Gerald was Jacelyn’s reasoning and deducing ability.
Some very simple things ended up being a very complicated matter because of Jacelyn’s speculations.
Gerald wanted to explain himself.
Jane was simply a staff member working for the manor and Elena was just the daughter of one of his subordinates. As for the purchases that he made using the universal shopper’s card, that was given to him by his own sister.
However, Gerald knew that even if he tried to explain himself, Jacelyn would never believe him.
Moreover, she would continue insulting him and she would even insult his sister at that point.
If anyone dared to insult his sister, Gerald would definitely not be able to bear it.
Today was also the birthday banquet of his good brother, Harper’s girlfriend. He could not simply say or do whatever that he wanted to!
So, Gerald felt very tangled and complicated inside.
After thinking about it, Gerald decided to just forget it for the time being. He would be getting his driver’s license tomorrow. By that time, everything would be resolved!
This was because Gerald has decided that it was time for a showdown!
“You can think whatever you want to think about me. Anyway, I, Gerald Crawford, have a clear conscience!”
Gerald replied faintly.
However, this sentence made everything think that Gerald was simply admitting it in default.
Boom!
At this time, Alice was so angry that she kicked the stool behind her.
Yes. Today, she, Alice, had undoubtedly become the joke to everyone at the scene once more!
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