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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 581

Though Gerald was aware that the incident had a huge impact on Xavia, he never once thought that it would almost end her life.

“That was the worst and darkest day in my sister’s entire life. And it’s all because of you, the infamous peasant! You’re well aware, I’m sure, that everyone looked down on you and nobody would even talk to you back then. Nobody except for my sister. She would hold your hand in school, go shopping together, and even dine out with you! But did you ever consider that doing all that with you would affect how everyone looked at her?”

“Hey, hey! Everyone, look! It’s Xavia Yorke! The girlfriend of our school’s biggest peasant!”

“That was what everyone was calling her back then. Despite that, she persevered and ignored the mockery just because she wanted to be with you. However, every girl has their self-esteem and one day my sister just couldn’t take it anymore. She felt that she was being treated unjustly and yes, it was the day she broke up with you!”

“But look at you now, still daring to claim that my sister is at fault!”

Gerald remained silent. He knew very well that Xavia wasn’t at fault since everyone had their own right to choose their own partner. Even so, the way Xavia ended up becoming after that event was a surprise even to Gerald.

“Do you remember how my sister begged you that day?” asked Natasha, her eyes baleful.

“Do you remember how you ignored her? As a result, she became so overwhelmingly embarrassed to face you and her classmates that she quit studying completely! That’s the reason why she dropped out! There were only a few more months to go before you guys would graduate but you ruined her at that very last stretch. Ten whole years of studying, gone, just like that!”

“After she left, she made up her mind to avoid you as much as possible which led her to move to Yanken since nobody knew you there. She was going to try to find a job there.”

“However, upon arriving there, her purse was stolen! Nobody can survive in Yanken without money so what could she do? Thankfully, she found a bar looking to hire which allowed her to finally settle down. Not that she had much of a choice at that moment since she was already penniless.”

“Her luck, however, eventually turned to misfortune since one of the bosses there had molested her due to her being so pretty. She slapped him out of anger and because of that, she almost lost her life! The one she had slapped was a very powerful person!”

“After getting on his bad side, it became even harder for her to find a proper job there. The boss wasn’t allowing her to leave Yanken either. She couldn’t even get train tickets to go home, and they continued to force my sister to obey every word they said!”

“Do you even remotely understand how scary it is for a girl to live in fear like that every day?”

“In the end, she ended up washing plates in a regular restaurant. She wasn’t paid in cash, but instead with meals and a place to stay in. All was not well though, since the lady boss kept bullying and even hitting her!”

“At her lowest when she was about to end herself, a miracle presented itself before her. The Long family’s butler coincidentally saw her and since they were short of maids to serve their second young master, Fred, he approached her asking if she would like to work for them. It was a blessing and she instantly agreed. What more, the second young master ended up falling in love with my sister and they’re now engaged!”

“Can you believe it, Gerald? The first half of my sister’s life was as terrible as what an arse like you would probably have wanted her to experience. I’m sure you would never have imagined that she would finally have her time to shine! Let me tell you this, my now brother-in-law is very obedient to my sister! Everyone that used to bully her is now bankrupt and the same goes for the boss that had made my sister’s life a living nightmare. He’s living in complete misery now, though that’s beside the point. What I’m getting at here, is that her biggest enemy is still you!” said Natasha with a cold-blooded face.

Gerald would never have imagined that so much had happened to Xavia after she left, nor would he have thought that she almost died because of him. However, the more surprising thing now, was that Xavia was now engaged to Fred. So that’s how Xavia and her sister got so powerful. The puzzle pieces were starting to fit together.

“I see. So why don’t you tell me where she is now?” asked Gerald.

“Not a problem. Come with me if you would like to see her!” said Natasha as she motioned a finger before turning around and walking off.

Frowning slightly, Gerald simply followed her.

Eventually, both of them reached a bar and the duo entered a room. Gerald could clearly see that nobody was in there.

“Where is Xavia?” asked Gerald again.

“You really wish to see her, don’t you? Sure thing, I’ll let you meet her right this instant!” said Natasha as she clapped her hands.

At that moment, the sound of several footsteps could be heard outside. The second the door opened, at least ten security guards dressed in black rushed in before immediately surrounding Gerald.

“Hahaha! Did you really think that I’d bring you to her, Gerald? She despises you! Why would she ever want to see you, idiot! You knew I was going to hurt you eventually, yet you came along anyway!”

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“Humph! That’s enough talk, get him!” ordered Natasha.

As soon as they received the order, the men in black immediately obeyed and held on tightly to both of Gerald’s arms.

“When will the revenge end?” asked Gerald calmly.

“Honestly, I don’t even know when we’ll ever stop but that’s beside the point. Don’t even dream of leaving this room tonight!” sneered Natasha.

“Is that so? Actually, Natasha, did your sister ever tell you that this street used to be called Mayberry Commercial Street? And that the bosses of these shops all know who I am?”

“Of course she has! But did you know that my sister’s bought this bar? The bar’s boss is just my little b*tch now! Bet you didn’t think that far ahead, did you?” replied Natasha proudly before walking toward him and giving him a tight slap on the face.

“That’s for my sister. You’ve made her suffer for far too long. Today, I’m letting you have a taste of what she experienced after all this time!” Natasha was going to look for him even if he hadn’t come on his own accord today.

“Unfortunately, I’m afraid you won’t be able to torture me today,” Gerald replied.

“What do you mean by that, you little rascal?” asked one of the security guards in return.

Just as his question ended, however, he immediately let out a scream before falling to the floor. His hands were pressed against his neck and his whole body trembled.

“What’s the meaning of this?” asked Natasha, visibly shocked.

She didn’t know what was happening. She could only feel—but not see—the presence of a shadowy figure in the room.

As she continued trying to make sense of the situation, her neck was suddenly locked by two firm arms.

At that moment, she realized that two men had entered the room without her realizing.

The other man was holding on to a long, silver needles. A second later, it was gone from his hand and the remaining man holding on to Gerald dropped to the ground. The other fallen guard was already foaming by then.

“Apologies for being late, Mr. Crawford!” said both men respectfully as they stood before Gerald. They were none other than Drake and Tyson.

Gerald simply responded with a nod.

He had been well aware that he needed to be cautious around Natasha. Both she and her sister were no longer the same people he used to know.

Gerald would never have allowed himself to follow her without some kind of backup plan. Thus, before he came here, he had contacted Drake and Tyson through his family’s specially made communication device so that they would know Gerald’s location at all times from that moment.

Since Natasha was being held hostage, the rest of her underlings didn’t dare to move an inch.

“Now tell me where Xavia is… Or do you want to end up foaming on the ground like that guard over there?” said Gerald as he looked at her, his eyes deadly serious.

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“I-I don’t know where she is! She only came to the school to visit me once. Other than that, we’ve only communicated through the phone!” cried out Natasha.

“Call her then!” ordered Gerald.

He had to meet up and deal with Xavia as soon as he could. Gerald couldn’t have her troubling him all the time.

‘If I’ve done anything wrong to you, take your revenge on me! Your mistake was hurting those close to me,’ Gerald thought to himself. He just couldn’t stand people like that.

As Natasha reached for her phone, she kept signaling to her subordinates—using her eyes—to take down Gerald and the duo. However, none of the guards even dared to move. They all knew how strong Gerald’s people were so they didn’t do anything. Only people like Scorpion would be able to deal with Tyson and Drake.

Understanding that they weren’t going to act, Natasha could only hand over her phone to Gerald in defeat.

Gerald quickly found Xavia’s number and called her. He soon found out, however, that Xavia’s phone had been turned off.

“Why is her phone turned off?”

“H-how should I know?”

“If you aren’t going to be honest with me, maybe this will make you more willing to comply. Tyson!”

“Yes, Mr. Crawford!” He then pulled out another silver needle and brought it close to her neck.

“W-wait!” At that moment, Natasha began crying before she said, “I-I’m telling the truth! That really is my sister’s number!” replied Natasha between wails.

No matter how much Tyson threatened to bring the needle closer to her, she kept repeating the same thing.

Tyson looked at Gerald. Gerald frowned before waving his hand. Tyson then immediately let go of her after seeing the gesture.

Gerald was just trying to scare her into telling the truth, but apparently she hadn’t lied in the first place. Even if he really wanted to beat Natasha up, he knew he could never bring himself to actually do it.

After all, he was the reason why Xavia dropped out. It was the only reason why he had taken the slap earlier. He saw it as returning a favor to Xavia.

Knowing that it was no use staying here, Gerald continued to frown as he walked out of the room.

“Mr. Crawford, what should we do with these people?” asked Drake as he pointed at the bodies lying on the ground.

Gerald simply nodded before leaving.

A second later, horrible shrieks could be heard coming from inside the room. Those guards had no right to be begging for their lives.

Walking over to the bar, Gerald ordered a beer. He was deep in thought, wondering how he should deal with Xavia.

When Gerald turned to look to his side, he was surprised. Sitting beside him was a girl, sipping on her champagne.

He considered talking to her, but eventually chose not to.

However, his curiosity got the better of him and he ended up looking at her again, just to check if she was really the person he thought she was. Much to her annoyance, the girl noticed his second glance and turned to look at him as well.

This resulted in both of them staring at each other in shock.

“….Gerald?”

“Maia?”

both of them simultaneously called out each other’s

you

for a drink. What a

two of them never shared the same class, so how

Gerald’s grades had always been extraordinary during his high school days, he had often

got a chance to participate in competitions since he would be able to somewhat gain a sense of honor. Aside from that, he would also be able to

24 people, with twelve being male and the other twelve female. Maia was on the team as well, and her main role was

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aside from the fact that

was that she was very close to her grandfather and her parents were in politics. This resulted in her

knew that while she and her family were locals, after the final examination, all

in his studies, he was never good enough for Maia. She would only talk to him as the captain whenever they were representing the school in a competition.

very good impression of her since she was both hardworking and

a

had tried to befriend her but she would only befriend those who had their own

chance to even get close to her. This caused the past Gerald to be satisfied to just be able to

was rather nervous now that she was in front of him

it? I heard you went to police school. Are you still practicing?” asked

and continued looking at him for a while before

initiated the conversation, she wasn’t really paying attention to him. Her eyes were clearly looking

at?” asked Gerald as he turned to look where

then!” commanded Maia in a strict tone, just

idea what was going on so he

sip of her champagne before looking at Gerald with a smile, immediately causing him to blush. At that moment,

a few other young people running over as well, and in no time at all, the young man had been surrounded. It looked just like a

A few bystanders witnessing the scene screamed as one of the young people shouted, “Don’t move! Police!” The person

was a cop and she was even

at him! It was all just

wouldn’t let

rascal after so many days! Good work, Maia. Let’s go for a drink later!” said a tall, good-looking

was taken away, a few other female cops came over and said, “Wow, Warren, we want drinks too! Why don’t we get invited

all of you! Let’s head

you talking to him earlier!”

my high school acquaintances. Back then, I was the competition

I thought your relationship would be something like that! Haha! Why not ask him to join us? He’s quite good looking! Also, what

to ask him if he’d like to come along!” said Maia as she

then looked toward Gerald before saying, “Hey Gerald, come

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gestured with a finger

ordered like that. After all, he was

him to do things

those boxes of

help everyone else with their

Maia was so used to ordering him

was left speechless, he found himself walking

true!

team captain in high school, she’s now a cop too! He has to listen or he’ll be

How did you afford to drink at this bar? Did you get rich or something?” asked Maia. She had been curious about this from the

Gerald’s poor?” The girls looked surprised when they

well known for being broke. He used to only eat one meal a day and sometimes, he couldn’t even pay for his school

was just the personality she had grown up with. Regardless of how Gerald would feel, she was

high school as well. No matter how embarrassing it would cause others to feel, Maia would always speak her mind

Maia, the other girls were now looking at Gerald differently. They were all sympathizing with him since they had initially thought that he

start putting more thought into both, furthering your studies and finding a better

know, I had a middle school classmate who suffered from some brain injuries due to a high fever. Though he ended up dropping out of school, he started working and

so he just remained silent while nodding, a bitter smile

I think that’s quite enough, Maia. Now let’s go get those drinks!” said Warren as he took a

you coming along, Gerald?”

do if he followed? He won’t understand

if Gerald ended up taking it seriously, it could spell trouble for her. What more, she didn’t really feel comfortable with the

then waved at Gerald one final time before leaving together with the

Gerald turned to look at the bar again, he saw Drake and Tyson leaning against the

it done? Where’s Natasha?”

still crying inside!” said Drake with a

simply shook his head with a smile. The

Mr. Crawford?” asked Drake as they walked

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definitely seemed to be

they’ve undergone some military training,” said Drake as he took a few puffs

by looking at them. Her name is Maia and she graduated from the police academy. She’s now

friend of yours, along with her colleagues. They may be in for some trouble tonight!” replied Tyson

“…Huh?” Gerald was stunned.

amounts of murderous auras.

if it wasn’t Tyson telling

rush out but he hadn’t noticed anything out of the

am I to compare myself to Tyson regarding such things’

that the two

to Maia. After all, they were barely friends back in high school. However, no matter what the case was, they were still

he rest easy if he didn’t save her after knowing that something bad would happen

expose his identity yet. After all, keeping it a secret would allow him to do a lot more things

discussing the plan with Tyson and Drake, Gerald immediately rushed toward the bar where Maia had

he arrived, Maia and the others had already started drinking. They were now seated in front of a

look! Why is Gerald here?” said one of the girls as she spat out a mouthful

moment he spotted the group, he instantly started approaching

asked Maia with a frown on

join them for a drink as a mere gesture of

to warn you. Don’t stay out too late! It’s dangerous!

could say to give Maia a heads up of

Someone’s watching us? Who the hell could be doing that? I didn’t notice anything at all! Actually, who are you to say that someone is spying on us? If anything, you’re the only one

warning them, Maia and the others would

a warning from a close friend, she’d definitely

was a direct insult to her career. It was similar to prey telling a predator what to do even

to

prepared for such a response before he even

does he even think he

the most hated

didn’t like Gerald either since he was being

him… Why are we even talking about him in the first place? Anyway, Maddy, Tina, follow me to

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trio then headed for the

was washing her hands, through the mirror, her eyes caught sight of two women with long, curly hair

she continued looking at them through the mirror, she immediately felt that

doing?” asked Maia

Aren’t both of you men

too late for that though! We’re here to kill you!” sneered the two men as

both aiming at

“Ahh!”

two girls were only newly-recruited police officers, both of them were

was drenched in cold

Gerald warning her earlier about her being spied on. If only she had been more aware of her surroundings, this turn

for arresting so many of

pulled their triggers and Maia shut her

were

on to their necks. Their bodies took turns convulsing and stiffening before

the hell just

before were both

there. As soon as she poked her head outside, she

and soon, Warren and a few

call from the Alpha

the two guys lying on the

captain and his squad arrived at that moment and he,

said, “It’s them! Both of them are Class-A International

subdued them, Maia?”

two were about to shoot us, but they suddenly held on to their necks, froze in place,

way the two men had been taken down was simply too comical

lost in the mists of time!” said the captain who was

Vessel Technique? Was it an expert who had saved

an instructor say that the Weston military had produced two superior fighters who eventually

Drake and Tyson Duo,” said

wasn’t until two years ago when news broke out that they were—and currently still are—serving a mysterious family. By the looks of how the two criminals were apprehended, I can safely say that it feels very much like their techniques! God, I wonder

what he had to say, the rest of