Chapter 312
The Secretly Rich Man
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 312
It had barely been an hour since that catastrophe.
Gerald didnât want to talk about it in front of Felicity and the rest, so after greeting Naomi, he hurried Queta away.
âHot d*mn, holy cow!â Yvonne exclaimed in frustration. âThat Gerald has some guts, huh? Felicity and the counselor are both here, but he didnât even say a quick hello to them? You ladies saw it, too! He completely ignored us!â
To herself, Yvonne thought about how someone like Gerald ought to show someone like her only the utmost courtesy and always mind his manners.
Instead, heâd snubbed them! Yvonne wouldnât stand for it.
Neither Felicity nor Cassandra could believe how Gerald had treated them, either.
They hadnât greeted him, but he hadnât greeted them, either. Heâd grown some balls.
âHmph! Loser! I couldnât care less!â Felicity huffed.
âAlright, alrightâ¦leave Gerald alone, now.â Naomi tried to salvage the situation. âI noticed he was in a bad mood just now. Somethingâs probably happened and he was too preoccupied to say hi, thatâs all.â
âYou donât have to defend that person, Naomi. Heâs free to do as he pleases. Hmph! Anyway, weâre going to Wayfair Mountain Entertainment laterâweâd best hurry home and try on our new clothes! Isnât that right, Felicity?â
Remembering that theyâd be making a trip to that wonderful Wayfair Mountain Entertainment as soon as today, nothing could bring Yvonne down right now.
Felicityâs company superiors were having a friendly gathering at the villa. Since their top personality Felicity was one of Mayberryâs own, she was naturally entitled to bring a few guests along.
Now that Exceptional Live had risen to become a national-level media platform, they were worth a lot more these days. That meant better company vacations in nicer spots!
Suddenly, Naomiâs phone rang. She took the call, grunted in acknowledgement a couple of times, and then hung up.
Anxiously, she reported, âFelicity, that was the car rental service. Their driver has just left on urgent business and all their other drivers are at some wedding function, so there isnât anyone to drive the Mercedes-Benz G-500 we reserved! Theyâve asked if weâd be able to find our own driver!â
âWhat! The driver dumped us? D*mn it! Itâs just one thing after anotherâ¦â Felicity was fuming. âHow am I supposed to find a driver last-minute to take us there? Anyway, I always hand-pick my driversâthey have to be good-looking! Every detail counts when going for an event like this!â
Really! Why did everything have to be so complicated?
âThatâs right! Among us, only the counselor can drive, but as sheâs going as a guest of honor, thatâs out of the question!â Yvonne squealed. âAnyway, we canât ask the counselor to serve as our driver!â
âOh, Iâve just remembered that Gerald has a driving licence! He could do it!â Naomi exclaimed. âShall we ask him to be our driver, then? Heâs even been to that villa before!â
The truth was that Naomi was serving a personal agenda of her own here.
Previously, Gerald had really borne the appearance of someone whoâd suddenly struck it rich, indulging in luxuries left and right. After a while, however, heâd gone right back to ground.
His classmates believed that heâd splurged it all away, and that was the end of it.
However, that brief period in the limelight had also left Gerald with a nasty preoccupation with appearances.
Naomi hadnât failed to notice this.
She was asking him to be their driver now because she knew that Felicity had commissioned their previous driver for nearly a thousand dollars.
A thousand bucks for an afternoonâs work. It was a lovely arrangement.
Yvonne was the first to protest. âNo, no way! Naomi, didnât you hear what Felicity said? We need a good-looking driver, not some crass dork like Gerald! Forget about it!â
Felicity, however, arched one eyebrow and murmured, âHmmâ¦I actually think Naomiâs suggestion has some merit. Crass and dorky though he may be, Gerald has a certain innocence about him which is rather refreshing. Mm-hmmâ¦our old dorm-mate Xavia wasnât entirely without taste. Iâll just need to give him a bit of a makeover and he might even do very well as our driver!â
âOkay. Letâs give him a shot, then! He can drive, after all!â Cassandra raised no disagreement.
âAlright. Naomi, give Gerald a call. Tell him Iâd like him to be our driver!â