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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 281

“Are you the general manager here, Miss Thornton?”

Gerald couldn’t hide his shocked expression as he posed Wynn the question. With just a glance at her demeanor, he felt her overbearing female presence, and never before had he felt an aura as potent as this.

“Why? Do I not seem like one to you?”

Wynn drove along, smirking as she looked at Gerald through the rear-view mirror.

“Oh, by the way, you should stop referring to me as ‘miss.’ It makes me sound old. Since I’m only ten years older than you, just call me by my name!”

Wynn frowned, looking grumpy.

“Alright then, I won’t call you Miss Thornton anymore!” Gerald nodded.

“Pfft!”

Wynn somehow seemed amused by Gerald’s reply, and she let out a hearty laugh.

Gerald initially wanted to have a conversation about Wynn and her family, thanks to a lingering doubt that had been floating at the back of his mind for a while—Minnie’s last name was Thornton.

It made Gerald wonder if Wynn had brought up the child all by herself.

But since a topic as such would be too personal, Gerald abandoned the thought.

Wynn stopped by a supermarket along the way home, and later on emerged with a few big bags of groceries.

It was just as Gerald had guessed—Wynn’s home was clean and tidy. After a simple tour around the house, there were no signs of any men.

That little fact somehow made Gerald feel a bit more comfortable.

Wynn then got to show off her cooking skills to him. In just a couple of minutes, she had whipped up a table of delectable dishes, way better than anything they served at Wayfair Mountain Entertainment.

Anyone who married Wynn in the future would be more than blessed to have a wife as such.

Not to mention how she was really good at conversations too.

After the dishes were served, Gerald felt that Wynn had grown a little warmer, as if the two had known each other for a long time.

Wynn had her eyes fixated on Gerald.

She was even more attracted by Gerald’s down-to-earth personality.

With much in common, their conversation quickly picked up as they naturally opened up.

Wynn stared adoringly at Gerald as she rested her rosy cheeks on her palms.

“Gerald, you must be curious about Minnie’s father, right?”

“Well… not really…” Gerald replied, with slight awkwardness.

Wynn smiled as her gaze pierced into Gerald. “Really? While I was cooking earlier, I noticed you were kind of scanning through my room. Were you looking for something?”

Her deadshot gaze made his heart skip a little.

Wynn wasn’t someone to be messed around with, having observed Gerald’s every single move the moment he stepped into her house.

And every single word she said was exactly what he had in mind.

The situation made Gerald feel like an elementary school student, where all his thoughts were exposed.

“Hmph! Don’t even think about hiding anything from me. The truth is, I had nothing to hide from you anyways. Minnie’s father left us long ago, and it has always been just the two of us. Minnie usually spends her time in kindergarten while I work at my company. I’ll bring her along to work during the weekends. Here’s the problem. Last week, a capital invasion by some wicked bastard forced many of Mayberry’s small and medium establishments out of business. God, I was so stressed out!

“There was this one time, where I was so bogged down about this that I slipped and Minnie accidentally fell into a river! You have no idea how much it scared me, and god knows how much I wished I had a man by my side to help me get things sorted!”

As Wynn downed a few glasses of red wine, her pretty face had started to blush, causing her to look increasingly sultry and charming.

Frankly, Gerald had always been attracted to women who were around his age or younger than himself.

He’d never actually hook up with mature women who were in their thirties.

Especially not with a such beautiful yet temperamental woman like Wynn.

Gerald could not help but stare at the gorgeous sight before him, his heart thumping in his chest like crazy.

Putting that thought aside, Wynn had only invited him over for dinner as a kind gesture, and Gerald felt a little awkward when she brought up the topic of looking for a man. He was unsure if he misunderstood her words.

“Miss Wynn, earlier on you mentioned that some young man invaded the capital of Mayberry. Now, what did you mean by that?”

“Oh, about that. Nah, it’s nothing much, but you must’ve heard of Mayberry’s most wicked man, Gerald Crawford, right? He’s the dude that owns Mayberry Commercial Street!”

Wynn’s tone was filled with anger.

“Hmph?”

Gerald almost died choking on a mouthful of potatoes.

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Since when did he become the most wicked youngster in Mayberry?

“Well…of course I’ve heard of him! But I’ve only heard of the good things!” Gerald’s face flushed beet red in embarrassment.

“What do you mean by good things? Don’t you know how businesses work? Some time ago, Gerald invested a large amount of capital into Mayberry’s major enterprises. It might have seemed like a power move, but many other businesses in the Mayberry community were screwed as well, no thanks to him. The businesses that received a sudden injection of funds underwent some over-rapid development, disrupting the business community’s balance. Of course, it also posed an enormous challenge to second and third-tier enterprises like us! Many people from the business community hate him to the bone!”

Wynn was done talking. Gerald lowered his cutlery and rubbed his nose.

Of course, he knew all about those massive investments Wynn was talking about. He represented his sister while investing in those projects, including the funding of Scothow Elementary School and other similar projects.

Gerald never gave it much thought and simply did everything per what his sister told him to do.

After doing so, however, he did not delve in any deeper.

Unbeknownst to him, the influx of large funds had disrupted the economic balance of Mayberry.

To put it in one way, he was the reason why Wynn was so worried about her investment. It resulted in her neglecting Minnie, where she eventually lost sight of her and let her fall into the water.

Gerald could not help but smile bitterly.

“Hmph, enough talking from me. Right, so Gerald, you’re about to start your internship soon, aren’t you? Any good places in mind?”

It now seemed to be Wynn’s turn to ask the questions.

Gerald was honest and kind, but from the way he dressed and the cell phone he used, Wynn could tell that he came from a poor family.

There was kindness within Wynn’s heart, and she was all but concerned over Gerald’s future.

“I haven’t decided where I’d go yet!” replied Gerald.

“That’s fine. If you don’t have any place to go, you’re welcome to intern at my company. I’ll double your salary, and as long as you follow me, I guarantee you’ll be able to buy your own house in Mayberry within five years!”

Somehow, Wynn was tempted to keep Gerald by her side.

Their conversation was interrupted by Minnie. “Mommy, what do you need Uncle Gerald to buy a house for? Just let him live here with us! Once I grow up, I’ll have my own house, so you can live with Uncle Gerald!”

“Minnie, what are you babbling about! How can mommy live with Uncle Gerald? Only married couples are allowed to live together, do you understand?”

Wynn couldn’t help but smile bitterly.

“Ooh, I understand now!”

Wynn turned her attention to Gerald, only to see him smiling silently.

“You should consider the offer, Gerald. My company may be small, but it has a great future!”

Gerald nodded in reply.

He wondered what she would think of him once she discovered that he was indeed the Gerald who had messed up her company!

From the conversation, though, he knew that he was somewhat responsible for the doldrums that Wynn’s company was facing. Gerald would not just ignore it.

Minnie wiped her mouth with a napkin.

“Mommy, I’m full! Can I get my toys from downstairs? I want Uncle Gerald to come with me!”

“What toys! If you want new toys, you’ll have to wait until tomorrow. That’s when mommy will bring you to the toy store.”

“No, I want Uncle Gerald to go with me!”

At this point, Minnie seemed to have taken a liking toward Gerald.

Her hands gripped Gerald’s arms tightly, refusing to let go.

“It’s okay, I’ll accompany Minnie to the toy store. I’ll keep an eye on her, so don’t worry!”

After that was done, Gerald brought Minnie downstairs with him.

As they were on their way, Minnie glued herself close by Gerald’s side. Although he was delighted, he pitied her a little. There was no doubt that Wynn was a strong woman, but no matter how strong she was supposed to be, she was still a woman, and Minnie, a fatherless child.

“You like being with me a lot, Minnie?” asked Gerald.

“Yes!” Minnie Thornton nodded hard.

“Hmm, why?”

“That’s because you’re a good man, unlike the bad guy who keeps coming to my house. He hits mommy, and sometimes he hits me too!”

“Huh?”

Gerald was startled by the little girl’s words.

Initially, he only wanted to learn more about their family, hoping he could render Minnie and Wynn with more assistance. He definitely did not expect to hear something like that from Minnie.

Those bad guys… did that mean Wynn’s social relations were quite complicated as well? And who in their right mind would beat up a child like Minnie?

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Now, which socially successful woman didn’t have a man behind her back?

After hearing about Wynn’s significant other, Gerald, for no apparent reason, felt a fleeting sense of disappointment.

He wished to help Wynn, not just because she was pretty, but also for her child, Minnie, the little girl he had started to find favor in.

Perhaps it was because he saved Minnie’s life. It gave him a sense of fatherhood, where he automatically felt the sense of paternal affection each time they met.

Things, however, seemed to be more complicated than initially thought.

Wynn probably didn’t require his help at all.

As for his disappointment, it was because Gerald really thought Wynn was that type of woman. Why then would Minnie say that a man had been coming to look for her!

It was someone else’s private life anyway, and it was none of his business.

So after buying Minnie her new toy, Gerald brought her back to the neighborhood.

Without explanation, Minnie abruptly grabbed Gerald’s arm. He did not know what she saw—her happy expression had disappeared, and her face had turned pale.

He saw that her eyes were staring right at a large black Mercedes-Benz parked along the driveway. The car wasn’t there before.

“What’s the matter, Minnie?” Gerald asked in shock.

“Uncle Gerald, the bad guy is here again, and that’s his car! He was the one who hit mommy and me!”

Minnie’s body trembled in fear, and she immediately hid behind Gerald.

“Huh?” Gerald was slightly startled when he saw that the car was empty. It could only mean that the driver must have entered the house.

After dining at someone’s house, there was no way he would just walk away and pretend that nothing happened.

“Come on, Minnie. Let’s get inside!”

Gerald immediately picked Minnie and rushed upstairs.

Upon his arrival, he found that the door was left ajar.

Inside, a big commotion had taken place.

“B*tch, did you bring another man home? Why are there three sets of cutlery on the table?”

he sounded

What happens in my family is none of your business!” Wynn

you could pull through this difficult time. I did everything for your sake, and in return, you promised to be with me. How else did you think your tiny little establishment

have the nerve to hook up with another man?! Hehe, alright, I’ll collect the interest today. I’ve been wanting to f*ck you for a long time now, and I can’t hold back a

off the table and the sickening shatter of

me, you son

out with

open and was welcomed

vase beside him and lunged at the man sitting above Wynn.

brought down the

impact, Damien Rye’s skull

head with one hand and struggling to pull up his pants with the

“Mommy, are you okay?”

helped

ripped apart by Damien, leaving her

stare, Gerald picked up a stool from the floor and eyeballed Damien. His eyes were

pretty much knew everything that was going on

investment plan, something that had almost destroyed

when this b*stard, Damien,

his condition, in exchange

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without much consideration, which led to a countless chain reaction

Gerald witnessed Wynn being assaulted, he also felt some self-loathing inside, and

Wynn, he’s the sugar baby you’ve been feeding, right? How dare you have the balls to hit me! I’m Damien-fcking-Rye! Just

at Gerald as blood gushed

was not afraid of him. He ran up to him, ready

of hardships. He used to be poor and timid, but

things started to escalate, Damien

as he wailed in pain. In the end, he managed to get to the door

Thornton! Are

threw down his stool and approached Wynn with

head. “I’m fine, that son of a b*tch, he came up shortly after you

not talk about it, now you’ve saved both of our lives, I can’t drag you into this mess, so you’d better get out of here now. Damien

in

Damien Rye better than she did. He once heard someone mentioned that Damien had a crush on a service girl at the bar. He wanted her to accompany him, but that service girl’s boyfriend also worked at the same bar, and he was reluctant

stepped forward

his goons to beat him up, severing

he raped the service girl and let his goons have their

Rye

had the entire Rye family

to the both of you if I leave? He will definitely not let go of

indeed not afraid of

he would rather jump off the building! He

take Minnie and go? I’ll stay, I

as she bit

what she

a safe place, you and Minnie can follow me, so both of you don’t have to worry about Damien. I know for a fact

his identity,

main reason was that his phone was now broken, and he

replace his broken phone. He believed that his plan would not

she had completely no idea what to do when it came to such situations. Staring into Gerald’s convincing eyes, she could only nod

they had finished packing their items, the three of them went

as they got

into the streets of Mayberry, followed by three or

of them

loomed into the

slightly bandaged, was escorted down from his car. Not knowing what order

was happening outside of her house, Wynn’s face turned pale, and even Gerald was feeling

minute later, he would

to get to where he was today, and if he was to be smashed to

to the slums

hard on the pedal and they fled

up the tension that was going on and wanted to leave the place as soon as possible.

of the car window, Damien’s

standing downstairs and was turning his head, as he

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who messed with Damien Rye, I guess it won’t end well for

in shock while he

knew Damien Rye and had

come from? Is he more powerful even than Flynn Lexington from Mayberry

Gerald asked the driver.

like

it… Flynn Lexington is indeed a powerful figure in Mayberry, he has the entire Mayberry International Inc. behind his back. As for Damien Rye, he’s from the Rye family, one the wealthiest families in Mayberry. He’s the cousin of Henry Rye, the former head of Rye Group. Although Mayberry International Inc. is the first, it’s still a foreign company that has been established in Mayberry for just over ten years. On the other hand, Rye Group is different. It has been here for forty years, and the Ryes, a local mafia family, has deep roots here in

Inc. is, they’re still strangers to this land.

chatterbox who would not stop talking once he opened his

introduced the Ryes to him, Gerald started to recall his past memories, especially

he once had a brief

But when was that?

Xanders disappear from Mayberry? What made Alice cry so much that she would not dare to come out of her dormitory? In the end, not even her parents could do anything,

they were dining in Royal Dragon Villa, Henry Rye’s second-generation rich son, William

people

led to the

Instead, Zack was the one who stepped in to mediate the

let them

an eye out for his own safety and to conceal his identity

was no doubt that Mayberry International Inc. was indeed the largest company in Mayberry, but that did not mean that

the company was run by her sister, Jessica. They were unaware of

did not even miss the chance to use

kidnapped, and Zack had no choice but to make a phone call directly to Henry Rye, begging him to let

Rye was up to no

was pretty obvious how dangerous the Ryes were

cousin of Henry Rye,

in the car, Gerald could not help but ponder

lean on the power the family holds to resolve the issue. After all, no matter how powerful the Ryes were, the

do for now was to get his phone

Minnie to where Queta Smith and the others

was extremely

be able to track

Gerald,

“Hey kids, where’s Yasmin?”

Danny and Edmund, who were doing laundry, immediately

making dinner

a short while, Queta and Yasmin came out

too deep into the details, he simply explained that Wynn and her daughter were staying for the night. Queta was fine with it, and immediately cleaned up a place

her that Queta had

herself, Wynn felt an immediate

down, he went to a nearby mobile phone mall

things would

mobile phone mall was huge, and there

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The mall was crowded.

around, not knowing which brand

needed a

his eyes were locked on a phone model. It was of extremely

was arguably an expensive

I have a closer look on that

asked the

saleswoman had seen Gerald searching around for almost half a day. From the way Gerald was dressed, she knew he

thought he was just trying

him to act as if the phone was not what he wanted and he would instead buy some 50-dollar

too many such

Gerald walked towards her store, she looked

Gerald said he wanted to have a look at the most expensive phone

sir, customers aren’t allowed to try out this phone

me the money if you have it, f*ck off if you do

a look at it

wallet on him at the moment, so the only way for him to pay was to insert his SIM card

sir! It’s our store’s rules!” The saleswoman

busy at the moment? I’ve brought some friends over to have a look at some

“Ahhh, welcome!”

a dude with his bunch

aren’t you going to change to a new phone?

gleamed at Hayward with

“Oh? A new model?”

his friends

the girls glanced at Gerald, who was

sh*t! Gerald, what are you doing

girl was not just any other stranger, it

one standing next to her was Sharon Leslie, who did not

they were all hanging

he had

reason, he

just female classmates from high school. Their friendship was long

probably ridicule him for how he looked, and Gerald did not want to bore himself to the point

simply

matter how he tried to slip away,

are you buying a new

new phone, do you even have the money? Wait, did you have to relocate, and you’re still thinking

with a

standing on the side, looked at Gerald and shook her head with

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you guys

as she smirked

quite well-known amongst the

there would be a big development in the west side of Yorknorth Mountain. The

the near future, this area will be developed into a main commercial

compensation, Hayward was very active around the

his phone here, hence he got

We were just classmates from

Hayward shook his head.

he ignored Gerald and

recommended? Can I have a look, I’m going to buy one for each of my friends!” Hayward

he was referring to

interested in him as well, which made him really anxious. If he were to break either one’s heart, he too, would be a little

have both of them

time, but in turn it boosted Hayward’s ego, which made him feel wanted, as though they could

new phones, they were first

of them get Hayward’s sole, unconditional

only envious and jealous of

a look first!” Margie smiled as she

by the side, Gerald’s blood started

the store’s rules only applied to

to lash out on

felt a little embarrassed

came across another

It’s an international brand, and it’s priced at 4800 Dollars, but the first 50

soon as he entered, a saleswoman who looked roughly around 18 or 19 years old smiled

tell that she was

like a newcomer here, who does her job without judging a

the price of the phone definitely gave him

at almost 5000 dollars, which was way

the features and the brand of the phone,

and military captains used this kind

powerful, and the quality

was much better than

with pro-features. You can

saleswoman thought she had frightened Gerald as

tag? Most ordinary people

a megastore with a big-branded phone like this, it was pretty normal for them to sell the cheapest phone with a

be necessary, just show me the most expensive phone here. By the way,

sir!” The saleswoman handed both the phone

was a mobile phone specialty mall, so there were security guards patrolling at the entrance. Besides, there was also a special scanner equipment, hence no one here was to be afraid of

the requested items, the first thing Gerald did was to insert

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Margie? This phone costs

heard coming

were beside him were also a

definitely shocked by the