The Secretly Rich Man

Chapter 975

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 975 Gerald himself was well aware of why Heidi hosted the open auction in the first place.

Putting it simply, she had made sure to invite as many large and powerful forces that she could inhopes that they would eventually fight each other to the death.novelbin

That way, once everyone else was battered at the end of the day, the Yowells would be the only onesleft standing. In other words, not only would they get lots of money, but they would also be placed at anextremely advantageous position!

Of course, Lyra and Bea had no idea about all this and simply assumed that it was an over the topauction.

Surprisingly, they had become easy targets for Heidi to drag into this mess due to how mysterious bothof them were.

“Just why the hell did both of you have to get involved in something so complicated…?” grumbledGerald.

Naturally, he was the one who had been spying on them this entire time. As Gerald looked at the twofresh corpses at his feet, he couldn’t help but worry even more for the girls’ safety.

Gerald knew that Lyra had planned to be low-key this time around from the moment he saw how fewmen she had actually brought along with her. The fact that there were so few people guarding her onlyserved to increase Gerald’s unease. It was the reason he was so actively protecting and keeping watchover the girls now.

As for the two dead bodies at his feet, Gerald still couldn’t guess who they worked for. Regardless, bothof them had clearly been sent over to investigate the girls and Gerald just so happened to run into themwhile coming over to spy on Lyra and Bea himself.

After dealing with them, Gerald did consider ordering the Mighty Four Kingsmen to keep watch over thegirls. After all, the black-robed old man had ordered them to follow everything Gerald instructed themto.

However, in the end, Gerald chose not to since he knew he wouldn’t be able to rest easy unless he wasthe one keeping an eye on them. Sitting outside their window, he knew all he could do for now wascontinue listening in to their conversations.

‘I’ve broken way too many hearts since my disappearance back then… However, it’s not like I have achoice since I can’t go home yet…. I feel like I’ve let Lyra down the most though, since she stillconsiders me to be her fiancé after all this time…’

‘I’m sorry, but it really is impossible for me to be with you!’ Gerald thought to himself.

The hours then passed by and eventually, Bea returned to her own room to rest. Lyra herself slowlycried herself to sleep.

In the dead of night, once he knew Lyra was fast asleep, Gerald silently snuck into the room. Under themoonlight, Gerald could still see traces of tears on Lyra’s sleeping face.

Gently using a finger to wipe one final tear off the corner of her eye, he then blanketed her as he sat byher bedside.

“…Gerald… I’ve been… determined to be your wife ever since I was a child… Please… Just… pleaseshow yourself already… Please come home…” muttered Lyra in her sleep.

“…Home? I wonder when I’ll finally be able to return home myself…” replied Gerald in a soft tone, abitter smile on his face.

‘I appreciate your love toward me Lyra… Though we can’t be together, I swear on my life that I’ll neverallow harm to ever befall you!’ Gerald thought to himself as he gently caressed her forehead with theback of his hand.

It was at that moment when Gerald heard Lyra’s room’s door opening slowly.

As Gerald immediately turned to look at the door, Gerald realized that it was too late to even thinkabout escaping now. After all, the girl who had just entered was now staring right at him.

Understandably shocked, the extremely startled girl was just about to scream when the dark figuresitting on Lyra’s bed instantly made a dash toward her, covering the girl’s mouth!

“There’s no need to scream, Bea! It’s me!” whispered Gerald as soon as he covered her mouth.

Bea recognized that voice anywhere and as soon as she heard it, her eyes immediately widened.

“Keep it down, we’ll talk outside…” added Gerald as he released his hand over her mouth and pulledthe girl out of Lyra’s room.

“C-cousin!” cried out Bea as she leaped into his arms as soon as they were outside. She was currentlyexperiencing a cocktail of positive emotions, so much so in fact, that she was even shaking slightly inher exhilaration.

“Is… Is this really you, cousin? Am I dreaming?” asked Bea as tears ran down her cheeks.

Gerald could feel how tightly Bea was hugging onto him. It was almost as if she was afraid to let go,thinking that the dream would end once she did.