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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

you

came for a drink. What

Gerald’s acquaintance from high school. However, the two of them never shared the same class, so how did they end up getting to know

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

always happy when he got a chance to participate in competitions since he would be able to somewhat gain a

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

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Maia aside from the fact that she

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

locals, after the final examination, all of them moved to

enough for Maia. She would only talk to him as the captain whenever

hardworking and capable. To top it off, she was also very pretty

she was a goddess to

tried to befriend her but she would only befriend those who had their own ‘specialties’. Such ‘specialties’ included either being rich or having a powerful family with

would never get the chance to even get close to her. This caused the past Gerald to be satisfied

nervous now that she was in front

hasn’t it? I heard you went to police school. Are you

simply nodded and continued looking at him for a while before saying, “So, why are you at this bar?

the conversation, she wasn’t really paying attention to him.

a job yet. Also, what are you looking at?” asked Gerald as he turned to look where her eyes were

see, so you have time to talk to me then!” commanded Maia in a strict tone,

what was going on so

causing him to blush. At that moment, something

young people running over as well, and in no time at

man who had been drinking was stunned as he was pressed against the ground by a few people. A few bystanders witnessing the scene screamed as one of the young people shouted,

d*mn! So she already was a cop and she

was talking to Gerald. She had even smiled at him! It was all just for show, and Gerald smiled bitterly as he

Drake and Tyson were still inside beating up the guards from before. They wouldn’t let themselves be caught by Maia, right? If it somehow came

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

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

all of you! Let’s head to

Maia, did you know that guy? I saw you talking to him earlier!” said one

high school acquaintances. Back then, I was the competition team captain while he was one of the

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

sure about that and I was just about to ask him if he’d like to come along!” said Maia as she shook her head with a

toward Gerald before saying, “Hey Gerald,

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a finger for

he was no longer the same person he used to be. He

remembered snippets where she would order him to do things like this in

those

help everyone else with their

that was why Maia was

he was left speechless, he found

So it really is true! Gerald

dare not to! Not only was she his team captain in high school, she’s now a cop too! He has

this bar? Did you get rich or something?” asked Maia. She had been

poor?” The girls looked

used to only eat one meal a day and sometimes,

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

it would cause others to feel, Maia

now looking at Gerald differently. They

putting more thought into

fever. Though he ended up dropping out of school, he started working and he now

girls were already talking non-stop, so he just remained silent while nodding, a bitter smile on his

I think that’s quite enough, Maia. Now let’s go get those drinks!” said Warren as he took a cigarette out of his pocket. He was far too

you coming along, Gerald?” asked

followed? He won’t understand most of what we’ll

were just being nice, but if Gerald ended up taking it seriously, it could spell trouble

face, she then waved at Gerald one final time before leaving

at the bar again, he saw Drake and Tyson leaning against the bar’s wall while smoking. It was clear that they

Where’s Natasha?”

crying inside!” said Drake with

simply shook his head with a smile. The three of

Mr. Crawford?” asked Drake as they walked further

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them definitely seemed to be

academy or they’ve undergone some military training,” said Drake as

a person just by looking at them. Her name is Maia and she graduated from the police academy. She’s now part of the police force’s criminal department and she’s pretty

your classmate, we’ll just say this, Gerald. This friend of yours, along with her colleagues. They may be in for some trouble tonight!”

“…Huh?” Gerald was stunned.

of murderous auras. I’m pretty sure that the duo following your classmate has undergone military training before. Worst come to worst, there’s a possibility that they’re both experienced killers

if it wasn’t Tyson telling

the others rush out but he hadn’t noticed anything out of the ordinary.

myself to Tyson regarding such

way, Gerald was at least sure that the two people mentioned weren’t

they were barely friends back in high school. However, no matter what the case was, they were

rest easy if he didn’t save her

certain at that moment that he didn’t want to expose his identity yet. After all, keeping it a secret would

a plan in mind. After discussing the plan with Tyson and Drake, Gerald immediately rushed

had already started drinking. They were now seated in front of

said one of the girls as she spat out a mouthful of wine

the group, he instantly started

are you here?” asked Maia with a frown on her

only invited him to join them for a drink as a mere

out too late! It’s dangerous! I saw someone spying on you

could say to give Maia a

I didn’t notice anything at all! Actually, who are you to say that someone is spying on us?

was the leader who was warning them, Maia and the others would definitely take the warning

it was a warning from a close friend, she’d definitely feel

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

to say

prepared for such a response before he even entered the bar. After hearing

I hate him so much! Who does he even think

right? Was he the most

didn’t like Gerald either since he was being

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

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then headed for

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

continued looking at them through the mirror, she immediately felt

guys doing?” asked Maia and the other

of you men dressed

sneered the two men as they each pulled

were both

“Ahh!”

only newly-recruited police officers,

drenched in

at that moment when she remembered Gerald warning her earlier about her being spied on. If only she had been more aware of her surroundings, this turn of events wouldn’t have

so many

their triggers and Maia shut her eyes to brace for

were

a sudden, the two men started holding on to their necks. Their bodies took turns convulsing and stiffening before

the hell just

girls from before were both delighted and surprised

As soon as she poked her head outside, she found

the bathroom and soon, Warren and

from the Alpha Squad. They informed us that international hitmen are

instantly noticed the two guys lying

at that moment and he, too, saw

the captain said, “It’s them! Both of them are Class-A International Most Wanted

was the one who subdued them, Maia?”

shoot us, but they suddenly held on to

The way the two men had been taken down was

Silver Needle Vessel Technique, thought to have been lost in the mists of time!” said the captain who was surprised after further inspecting the two hitmen covering

Technique? Was it an expert who had saved Maia and the

I was in the army as a special forces soldier, I once heard an instructor say that the Weston military had produced two superior fighters

they were known as the Drake and Tyson Duo,” said the captain, his admiration apparent

disappeared somewhere in the West, or so I’ve heard. It 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 why they’re both here in Mayberry?”

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