The Secretly Rich Man

Gerald Crawford: The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 619

"Well... I guess there's no harm in telling you the truth at this point. After all, it'd be better for you to know what kind of person Mr. Long really is since you're marrying him soon. I have to say though, Mr. Crawford really is too careless. He barely ever has guards escorting him wherever he goes! Mr. Long was aware of this so he one day approached me, saying that he had something to discuss..." By the time Harry's story ended, Giya's heart was beating extremely rapidly.

"So he was innocent after all! You did this! Why did you have to set him up?!" shouted Giya, her eyes bloodshot.

She was experiencing a great surge of emotions in her heart.

How could she have been so stupid?

She had known Gerald for quite a while now. How could he ever be the kind of person Yunus had framed him to be?

Gerald had even tried to defend himself, saying that he wasn't the one who had committed the act. He must have only tried to prove his innocence to her because he considered her to be a good friend. What more, he even specifically went over to find her, but what did she do?

She didn't even give him a chance to explain himself. What more, she even called him a disgusting jerk! He must have felt extremely disappointed back then!

She was his only friend yet she refused to believe him...

Why... Why had she driven him away back then? Why did she refuse to let him explain himself?

"Gerald... I've misunderstood you... I'm... I'm so sorry...!" said Giya as tears started running down her cheeks.

"Alright, that's enough! I don't care about your misunderstanding with him! I just want my money already! Once I get my hands on it, no one will be able to find me. You can continue your squabble with him all you want after that! Now hurry up and give me his phone number!" ordered Harry.

"I don't have it! Even if I did, I wouldn't give it to you! I'm not letting you hurt him!"

"For fck's sake, were you even listening? I'm not going to hurt him! Rather, I'm giving him a chance to prove his innocence! Just give me the dmn number already! Don't blame me if I stop being gentlemanly! Do you believe that I'll take care of your friend first if you plan to delay this any longer?" said Harry as he unbuckled his belt.

"W-wait! No! No! No!" yelled Tammy in fright.

"G-Giya, it really seems like he doesn't have any other intentions aside from getting money! Why don't you just give him Gerald's number so that he can come save us?" said Tammy, almost in tears. "Haha... Tammy, even if I tell him that we're in danger, Gerald won't come to save us... I broke his heart too badly this time... We can't even be friends anymore!" replied Giya, her eyes red. "Even if he does come, it'll just be because he wants to clear his name of this huge mess!"

"Oh, for the love of god! Just give me the number so that I can take the money and leave! It's that simple!" said Harry, his voice growing wearier by the minute.

"I... I have his number! You can have it!" said Tammy, finally giving in.

A little while later, Gerald picked his phone up before asking, "Hello? What's wrong, Tammy?"

"Heh... Hello, Mr. Crawford, it's me, Harry! How are you?"

"Harry?"

"Have you forgotten about me already? We met briefly at noon in the hotel!"

"It's you!" shouted Gerald as he immediately sat up on his bed.

"That's right! I'm aware that you've been searching all over Mayberry City for me, so after giving it some thought, I'm hoping that you'll be willing to negotiate and strike a deal with me! Also, Miss Giya and Miss Tammy are with me now. Just thought you'd like to know about that," replied Harry.

"You dare to even kidnap Giya? What's your motive?" replied Gerald coldly.

"Alright, so here's the thing. Since Miss Crawford had looked out for me so much before, let's just say that I'd feel slightly guilty just leaving things as they are. Why don't we do this? See, I've taped the entire incident and I'm willing to hand over all the evidence as long as you're willing to provide me with a sum of money! Once I get that money, you'll be able to prove your own innocence!"

"I'll ask you again. Why did you kidnap Miss Giya!" repeated Gerald.

"Oh, don't worry about her. I assure you that she's completely fine. However, you'll need to hand the money over to me. Personally. I won't accept any bank transfers and you're not allowed to have any bodyguards around. I know how powerful Drake and Tyson are!"

As she listened to their conversation, Giya could only bite her lower lip softly.

"Fine. I'll be heading over now, but you better release them immediately after!" replied Gerald without the slightest hesitation.

Though Gerald was still feeling slightly disappointed with Giya, he knew he would never be able to forgive himself if Giya were to end up facing misfortune because of his lack of action.