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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 404
Cindy giggled.

“Of course!”

Stony-faced, Leila snapped, “Cindy! Have you forgotten what you came here to ask about? And, and… weren’t you so worried about Gerald, just a moment ago? Aren’t you curious why he’s unscathed?”

“Oh, right! Gosh, in my excitement I quite forgot. Gerald, tell us. How are you still in one piece? And are all those guys outside your people?”

“Indeed… how am I still in one piece?” Gerald answered dumbly.

“We’re asking you!” Leila frowned, glaring at Gerald.

Then Gerald clapped a hand to his forehead. “Oh, I remember now. Just as I was about to come to blows with Louie, the patrons from next door burst into the room, and maybe they had some kind of grudge against Louie, because everyone started fighting on sight! In all that chaos, I managed to slip away.” Gerald finished with a laugh.

Leila was so mad that words failed her.

was obviously lying. Slipped away? Like, out of the karaoke bar… and into the

forget it! She was too angry

stay for dinner, too? It’ll be my treat, okay?” Gerald said

be honest, seeing the mouth-watering feast that had been served, Leila felt extraordinarily tempted. All

with the way things were between

What about her pride?

need—if we wanted to eat, we’d order

she wanted to order

each person. He’d picked up the tab for karaoke earlier, to the tune of a whopping one thousand and two hundred dollars. There was no

influence—but

It’s just… I’ve

that it was beyond

wretchedly. Douglas felt

as they turned to go, they ended up knocking over a vase of flowers

a crash, the vase shattered