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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 791

“It is! I really hadn’t expected to bump into you again!” replied Gerald with a nod.

The woman in question, was none other than Alice.

He had initially thought that he wouldn’t ever see her again after the incident in the Fenderson family mansion. To think that he would bump into her again so soon!

Gerald still remembered what Alice had said to him that night, and he was honestly still feeling bad about it. Had she not met him, she could’ve been living a much better life now.

As if her suffering wasn’t already enough, she would’ve definitely been beaten up much more terribly by that man had he stepped any later! Seeing the state she was in made Gerald truly saddened.

After all, he no longer held on to any resentment toward her.

“Are you alright?” asked Gerald.

“I… I’m fine! I’m just a loser now, Gerald… Do you want to beat me up too? After all, I’m just some vain girl who loves money and is willing to do anything for it! I’m beyond shameless! Just leave me be!” replied Alice between sobs as she began crawling away.

“Why do you have to be this way, Alice…” said Gerald as he shook his head in resignation. He simply couldn’t bear looking at her like this.

“Just ignore me, Gerald… I don’t deserve your concern after treating you like that back then!” replied Alice as she sat on the ground and wept.

Gerald was well aware that there was simply no way that he would be able to sleep well tonight if he abandoned her in her current state.

“…I’ll get you a room for the night. It’s pretty late already and you definitely look like you need the rest. Come on now,” said Gerald as he supported Alice up and began leading her into the closest hotel.

Before entering the hotel, he turned to look around and gestured at his subordinates. Understanding his non-verbal order clearly, they immediately arranged for the ship from earlier to wait for his return.

After booking a room and making sure that she got there safely, Gerald was about to leave when Alice suddenly wrapped her arms around him tightly!

“Just get some well-deserved rest, I really need to go now!” said Gerald.

“Please don’t go, Gerald! I’m begging you… I… I have a lot of things I want to tell you… I was wrong before! Even after all this time, the one who’s always been nicest to me is still you! I… I know I don’t deserve you… but could you please… Take pity and accompany me…? Just for a short while!” replied Alice, refusing to release her hug.

Gerald could only sigh in his mind as he nodded in agreement. However, he made sure to maintain at least some distance away from Alice.

While it was true that Alice had the allure of a goddess that could make any man yearn for her, her sad condition outweighed any of his earthly desires.

Since there was red wine in the room, Alice grabbed a bottle and poured two glasses of wine for Gerald and herself.

“Have a drink with me, Gerald. Once we’re done, I won’t pester you anymore in the future! I’m now well aware of how foolish I was in the past, but that’s because I didn’t know about your true identity! Regardless, please indulge me for a little while and just drink with me! You don’t have to be afraid, I’ll keep my word that I won’t pester you after this!” said Alice.

“You’re already this hurt. I suggest you just hit the hay early,” replied Gerald as he shook his head.

“My heart hurts even more. And you know what they say, wine is the remedy for a broken heart.”

“…Fine. But I won’t be drinking much. I’ll leave after one drink since my subordinates are still waiting for me!” said Gerald as he took a wine glass from her hand.

Alice then started talking about her life. The main reason she was currently in such a pitiful state was because she was living alone and away from home.

Being Alice’s ex-classmate, Gerald knew he would definitely feel bad about it later if he didn’t spend at least some time advising her. What more, she was also Naomi’s best friend.

By the time both of them were done, Gerald had already drunk three consecutive glasses of wine. Seeing how tipsy Alice was already getting, Gerald immediately stopped her from getting more wine.

“That’s quite enough. We’ll stop drinking now. It’s about time you get some rest, Alice. Everything will be fine the next day… Now if you excuse me, I have something to do and it’s about time I left!” said Gerald as he stood up.

However, Gerald’s legs were already giving in, even after just a few steps forward. He was getting increasingly dizzy as well.

‘Isn’t this wine… a little too strong…?’ Gerald thought to himself as he felt Alice’s arms wrap around him again.

Though he wanted to push her away, his arms barely had any strength left in them.

It wasn’t long before Gerald finally blacked out on the bed.

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Holding on to her stomach as she wiped her tears away, Alice took her cell phone out and began sending a text message.

It wasn’t long after when a knock was heard at her room’s door. Upon opening it, the person who stood outside turned out to be the same man who had beaten Alice up earlier!

“Is it done, miss? And here I thought that the young master would’ve already picked you up and left with you by now!” said the man with a chuckle.

“Here’s the money, now get out of my sight! Also, while I did tell you to put on a great show, don’t you think you were being a little too harsh?” replied Alice angrily.

“Hey, it’s all because of my intense acting skills that the young master ended up buying it! Haha! I can see that he’s fainted… Since you’ll be free for the rest of the night, why don’t we… ”

“Get lost!” shouted Alice as she glared contemptuously at the man before slamming the door shut.

It was true that Alice had earlier set Gerald up. After all, the only way she would be able to gain his trust and compassion was by ‘getting hurt’ in front of him.

Though it was a gamble, Alice was willing to try anything at this point.

Her fantasies of being together with him had been shattered the moment she learned of Gerald’s true identity. What more, he seemed to be leaving Salford County soon.

Once he left, she knew it would be near impossible for her to meet him again.

Alice simply couldn’t reconcile with the fact that she had once only been steps away from being able to be part of an unimaginably distinguished and rich family.

This was her final attempt to grab hold of her dreams.

After the birthday banquet ended, Alice had not scrupled to leave the service team before rushing back to Hong Kong. She was in such a hurry since she had heard some things during the Fenderson Mansion event.

According to the rumors, Gerald was bringing some of his people there. While she didn’t specifically know where his family stayed in Northbay, Alice knew where Gerald’s sister was.

Though she had initially been rather skeptical about the rumors, her gamble paid off in the end, since Gerald truly did come.

By then, she had already planned for the show between her and that man from earlier to happen. Her plan had worked flawlessly too since she knew Gerald like the back of her hand.

His greatest downfall was the fact that he was a soft-hearted person, especially with women. It was why Alice had managed to successfully trick him, and all that led to the current situation.

“You really can’t blame me for doing this, Gerald… I really just want you to be mine!” said Alice as she slowly began undressing.

The next morning at Northbay’s main port in Hong Kong, a large ocean liner could be seen waiting to depart. The ship had been exclusively reserved for those in the investigation team.

One after another, the many members of the investigation team began boarding the ship.

“I’ll see you in three days, Molly! I’ll miss you!”

“That’s not a lie, is it?”

“Of course it isn’t!”

As Molly continued openly flirting with her boyfriend, Wanda did the same with hers. Both their boyfriends had come to see them off.

Mila herself, however, seemed to be waiting anxiously alone there. Her cell phone was ready in her hand and she had already tried calling him up to twenty times that morning.

The reply she got, however, was always the same.

“Sorry, the phone you have dialed, is currently off. Please try again later.”

“Why hasn’t Mr. Crawford arrived, Mila?” asked Molly as she walked over, her arm locked with her boyfriend’s.

“Humph! Do you honestly think that being a rich man’s partner is going to be that easy? He probably doesn’t even care for her! Why, it wouldn’t be a stretch to assume that he’s currently sleeping in another beauty’s arms!” said a girl who smiled coldly as she approached the group.

“Like you’d know anything about that, Hallie! Remember, you’re only here because you made use of your connections! In the end, you’re just a b*tch deep down, and you’ll never be anything more than that! So shut up already!” retorted Wanda with a huff.

Hearing that, Hallie’s face immediately went red with rage.

“Hey, look over there! A luxury car is coming this way!” said a man who pointed at it as a few other men—who were standing close by—turned to look.

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“A luxury car?” said Mila as she quickly turned to look as well.

Mila could feel her heartbeats quicken as she watched the sports car swiftly make its way into the port.

‘Has Gerald finally come?’

As the car came to a screeching halt, Mila found herself slowly walking forward.

Out stepped a young man with a bouquet of fresh flowers in hand. Seeing how romantic he was being, almost everyone present—especially the girls—began feeling jealous.

“Sorry I’m late, Hallie!” said the young man as he removed his glasses while smiling.

“You’re not late at all, darling! I’m delighted to know that you rushed all the way here just to see me off!” replied Hallie as she skipped rather excitedly toward the young man.

When she moved past Mila, however, she made sure that Mila saw her smirking at her before saying, “Why did you walk so far ahead? Did you honestly think that it was going to be your rich boyfriend? Too bad! This one’s mine!”

Hallie felt extremely satisfied after saying that. After all, she had initially feared that Mila would end up becoming the highlight of the day since her boyfriend was so powerful.

Thankfully, he hadn’t turned up. This meant that her other assumption was right. After all, why would a rich heir like Mr. Crawford ever want to be with a girl like Mila?

‘In the end, he doesn’t even bother about you. Did you honestly think that he’d come all the way over just to meet you? Dream on!’

While Hallie was aware that she had already lost to her when it came to work, she was happy to know that she could still win against Mila when it came to her love life.

“Rich boyfriend?” asked the young man as he held on to Hallie’s hands.

clear his busy schedule just to come over and meet her, in the end, it was all just a

that she felt like crying right there and

had stemmed from the fact that Gerald

he truly not love me anymore?’ Mila thought to herself, her mind swimming with many other

your phones! All personnel are required to verify your identity before you’re allowed to board the ship!” said one of the

after everyone

all, he promised me that he would come, and he never lies

fade in

on, the screeching of car tires could be

rich heir and an old man as

ocean liner was

his fist against the car’s bonnet, realizing

he found that she had switched her phone off. If only he had been a little earlier, he would’ve

wasn’t about failing to meet her, however. It was failing

eyes. That was all he needed to see to

scolding, he immediately rushed out of

and his men had been waiting for him the entire night at the port, and knowing this only served to add to Gerald’s

pity on Alice, none of this

to picture how eager and disappointed Mila must have felt throughout her wait for

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crossed-legged on the port in his

could do was wait for Mila’s return and explain to her what had happened the night before

day passed by quickly and before Mila knew it, it was already night. With the sea being so peaceful as the ocean liner sailed on, even the faintest of

it, don’t you think, Mila? Since we’re all probably tired by now, let’s go get a bite!” said Molly as

replied Mila with a slight

the investigation team have to take our phones away? How boring!” said

about the investigation could easily be leaked if we had our phones with us! While being strict isn’t necessarily a bad thing, I never thought that they’d even take my watch away! Humph!”

investigate the quality of the sea, I really doubt that that’s the case, or at least I feel that that’s not our sole mission. After all, I

getting at?” asked Wanda, slightly

They really didn’t need to put on such a grand show if their motive was simply to investigate the ocean’s quality. What more, while I was helping to move some things into the conference room earlier, guess what I

looked at her. After all, even they had sensed that the investigation team was somewhat mysterious. The team seemed to have

be wild if the investigation team was actually on a mission

in dismay. The way Molly had said it had

pulling

not! There’s no reason for me to lie to both of you! Besides, they noticed that I saw the picture and they sternly

picture doesn’t concern us… Let’s just stick to doing the things we were assigned to!”

response, both Wanda and Molly

heard footsteps coming closer to their room, followed by a few knocks on the

do you want?” asked

here to inform you

be on our way

eyes, Hallie then

leader of the operation. He looked to be around seventy and while he seemed rather strict, he was also extremely knowledgeable. That made Mila respect him a lot. From what the girls had heard, he had been in charge of finding a sponsor and forming the investigation

them, there were about thirty members in the investigation team. The meeting itself wasn’t anything special. Professor Shevall simply wanted

meeting, however, Professor Shevall suddenly began coughing terribly. From that point on, he started

right beside the professor, her gaze inadvertently fell upon the back of his neck. What Mila saw made her instantly

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Professor Shevall…?” called out Mila

the professor as he looked at her with

of some sort seems to have appeared on

was just rash from all the

possibly be talking about, Mila?” asked Professor Shevall as a bitter smile formed on his

that moment when Mila became certain that it wasn’t just mere rashes on the professor’s neck. Rather, the symbol on his neck was one that

the

the symbol on the

the others present began looking at each other before each fishing out their own pendants from their pockets. All of the pendants

it turns out that everyone

everyone was familiar with the symbol, Professor Shevall’s expression immediately changed. Snatching the pendant from Mila’s hand, he gave it a good look before scanning through the other pendants held by the rest

after, his face went white

to the one on the pendants?” asked the professor who

what was happening, Mila could only

for the most important of members! I didn’t expect everyone here

symbol represent, professor? I received it yesterday through

Shevall’s expression had become, the others were now equally as scared as Mila. After all, though there were many of them in the room, they were still

again… It seems that we’re its targets this time!”

do you mean by that,

of you in danger! I’m so sorry!” replied the professor as he removed his glasses, unable to

since it’s finally reappeared today! Alas, everyone ever recorded to have received the symbol has mysteriously gone missing within three days! It’s been decades since I’ve

knowledgeable

didn’t help that his expression remained dead serious throughout

the investigation! We’re turning back immediately!” ordered the professor as

his order, the same person burst into the room again

“Elaborate!”

come outside and have a look for yourself! It’s right in front of

then quickly led the investigation team members out of the conference room, bringing all of them to the

huddled

at the deck, everyone was immediately stunned. Molly even found herself screaming

straight for it! Close up, it looked exactly like

the ship away from the menacing whirlpool,

immediately!” shouted the professor

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to come.

slowly began sinking into the maelstrom. However, no matter how much they screamed, the chaotic

night was dark, but the ocean

a giant object could be seen descending into the depths. While it was faint, the symbol on the pendant made a brief appearance before disappearing, just like

asked Fynn as he hurriedly headed for Gerald’s room

currently in a

in a rather good mood today. He’s even asked for a ship to be arranged so that he’ll be able to go out

the maid’s reply ended, the door

planning to meet up with Mila if we’re able to

give her the proper explanation

looking for her, Mr. Crawford!”

“And why is that?”

Ocean Liner No. 2 last night! The area’s currently been

2?” repeated

seems that the ship was hit by what we can only assume to be a tsunami last night! Since

could this be…? What became of its crew…?”

I’ve said, we’ve been looking for the ship for ages, but so far, we haven’t even found any signs of a

for her in person!” declared Gerald as

shake his head as he took his cell phone

exclusive marine support! I’ve already told all of you to be ready from dawn, haven’t

grow even from when Gerald was still a child. He

been in a relationship with, with utmost

the fact that Gerald hadn’t had a mental breakdown was already a good sign

recklessly upon hearing the news. To prevent that, the moment Fynn

spot in the Northbay Sea remained unchecked. However, even when evening came, not a trace of the ship could be scavenged no matter how hard

grief as he watched the faint outlines of the many ships still out at sea trying to

hadn’t come here, nothing would’ve happened! If I hadn’t broken my promise yesterday, I wouldn’t have missed

stood by Gerald’s side. In Queta’s hands was Gerald’s meal

herself was understandably saddened since Gerald hadn’t eaten anything the entire day. Just as Queta was about

you’re doing

“Mr. Crawford, there’s a girl who wishes to meet you no matter what. She claims that she’s Miss

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over!” said Gerald as he

her. A brief moment later, the

who wouldn’t be terrified standing in a port filled with hundreds of luxury cars? As if that wasn’t enough, at least a

would ever approach the scene

Mr. Crawford? Mila’s

am,” replied Gerald

heard that you were investigating the liner’s disappearance… While I do have some information about

lead to

unnerving to look at, the three girls and I simply assumed that it was a souvenir distributed to all the members of the investigation team… Regardless, it was rather surprising at the time that

of Professor Shevall, the head of the investigation team. After the show ended, we had a slight chat. However, when I asked about the odd pendants, the student claimed that the investigation team never distributed such a thing! I was quite baffled by that. After all, the packages

through it, it seemed that many of them were discussing receiving the same pendant! I truly feel that something’s off about

look like, miss? Do you have a picture

do!” replied Narissa

at

again!” said

Fynn?”

say that it’s… Nothing short of terrifying. Since it appeared once twenty years ago, Mrs. Xara should still remember it…” replied

I honestly thought that my plan to elope with Peter had been exposed, and that the pendant was a

master’s disappearance truly caused an immense uproar within the Crawford family… Since we assumed that the Fendersons had been the ones who had kidnapped the second master, the master was extremely furious. It was then when the Crawford family began resenting the Fendersons again… While that was the master’s reaction at the time, in truth, he’s been investigating that incident for

he couldn’t just say that without any solid proof. It was then when he remembered about the pendant with the strange symbol on it that Peter had received before his disappearance. While he wanted to look for Mrs.

created such a huge mess

They’ve already taken Peter and now they’ve taken Mila as well! What on earth do

meantime, don’t you think it’s about time

staying here!” said Gerald. After all, if

that, both Fynn and

search party every day in hopes to

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tirelessly day in and day out, his efforts proved to be fruitless, even as the tenth day passed by. He had exhausted every