Female Novel
Chapter 2309
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 2309 Moving back to Gerald, he and Lucian could be seen walking into the villa, leaving their driver behind inthe car.
Upon seeing Lucian, everyone in the villa immediately cupped their hands as they greeted, “Mr.Grubb!”
Though the Grubbs didn’t have the best properties in the country, they were still a cultivating family, sothey were definitely worthy of respect.novelbin
Regardless, Lucian simply smiled as he replied, “Evening, everyone.”
“Who’s that young man, Mr. Grubb? And where’s Frey?” asked one of the members in the crowd,prompting everyone to look at Gerald. They were rightfully curious since Lucian was well known forbringing Frey along regardless of the event. Not even
His biological sons were given such a right.
Fighting the urge to frown upon hearing his son’s name, Lucian quickly managed to calm himselfbefore replying, “This is Gerald Crawford, and he’s an important guest of my family. I brought him overin hopes of introducing him to all of you.”
“G-Gerald…?! ” exclaimed several people from the crowd, making it clear that they all recognized thename. Then again, it was impossible to forget after that person wreaked havoc in their country backthen.
Sensing how tense everyone suddenly was, Gerald quickly cupped his hands before saying,“Greetings. I’m new to this place, so I’ll be in your care from now on!”)
Upon hearing that this was his first time here, everyone immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Sincethey had only heard about Gerald’s name, they quickly assumed that this youth only shared the samename as the other more dangerous Gerald. With that in mind, a few people from the crowd begansaying, “But of course! A guest of the Grubbs is a guest of ours! Feel free to ask for help should youneed any in the future!”
“Indeed! Aside from your good temperament, you look rather handsome as well! I’m sure you’ll be aneven finer man in the future!”
After the duo walked through the sea of compliments, the crowd slowly began sharing details about theproperties they owned, with some even starting to discuss potential collaborations.
Though the scene got rather noisy, the second Maddox showed himself, everyone instantly went silent.Momentarily looking at Gerald, Maddox then pretended not to see the youth before enthusiasticallydeclaring, “Greetings, everyone! Please move to the banquet hall…”
While he definitely noticed Maddox’s leer, Gerald simply chose to ignore it.
Either way, the two thousand square feet banquet hall was located beside the villa, and Maddox usuallyused the area for either organizing social activities for members of the military or for entertainingguests.
As everyone began walking toward the hall, Lucian and Gerald made sure to lag behind the group.Once most of them had walked past the hall’s doors, Lucian took the chance to whisper, “Is anythingwrong…?”
“What do you think?” replied Gerald with a subtle smile.
Gerald, for one, had already sensed the presence of several snipers from the moment he arrived at thevilla, and he was pretty sure that there were even more that he hadn’t pinpointed yet. Maddox haddefinitely prepared a large surprise for Gerald.
Nodding in response, Lucian then sighed before saying, “Just be careful… If necessary, notify me ofany danger in advance so that I don’t end up burdening you too much…”
“Don’t worry, there’s hardly any danger,” replied Gerald with a nod.
Regardless, once everyone entered the hall including Gerald and Lucian, the doors to the banquet hallwere slowly closed.