[Chapter 163]
"What? He is Mr. Crawford?!"
Upon hearing Aiden's words, the crowd looked toward their direction in shock.
Dickson's eyes widened in disbelief while Amber's jaw dropped.
"Hey man, are you my godbrother Gerald Crawford?" Yoel asked anxiously. He never thought that Gerald would appear just like this.
"Yes, indeed!" Gerald answered while struggling to get up. He hissed and took a breath. His body felt numb from bearing the weight of the few pretty ladies who sat on top of him.
"Someone, help me up!"
"Oh my! Mr. Crawford, Mr. Crawford!"
The pretty ladies who were standing nearest to Gerald were stunned. Their screams drowned out Gerald's voice.
Elena felt afraid and was almost shocked at what she saw. Nevertheless, she still rushed over to help Gerald get on his feet.
Last time, Elena had offended Mr. Crawford before, but Mr. Crawford was not too harsh on her because of her father.
However, this incident seemed very serious. Elena was uncertain as to how Mr. Crawford would be angry about this. She stood aside in silence without daring to say a word. Her brain could not process any response at the moment.
"Mr. Crawford! Who beat you up like this?" Yoel asked as he immediately lunged forward to help Gerald up with his hand.
This scene left Crystal and the few pretty ladies in bikinis dumbfounded. They realized that the VIP of the day was actually Gerald, also known as tycoon Mr. Crawford! Oh my goodness, they thought to themselves, what have we done?!
Since Mr. Crawford found favor in those pretty ladies' eyes, Gerald went over to visit them. However, they ended up putting Mr.
Crawford to shame, wasting the opportunity of getting to know who Mr. Crawford was.
Argh! Crystal started to regret this, but Dickson and Amber had the worst feelings of regret.
Dickson had spent the whole day beating Gerald up and showing off his connections and how great his family was. Gerald, however, simply smiled in silence while Dickson was flaunting what he had.
Dickson believed that his ridicule on Gerald had succeeded, causing him to lose his face to the point he couldn't reply a word.
Fuck, he thought. Gerald was actually laughing at how stupid he was!
Amber couldn't process what was going on. She looked at Gerald with terror, dying to speak, but the noise of the crowd would just drown her voice out.
"Mr. Crawford! Mr. Crawford!" screamed the pretty ladies started screaming.
"Anyone noticed how Mr. Crawford looks so elegant and handsome?!"
"Yes, indeed! Look at Mr. Crawford. He rocks in such a plain outfit! Ordinary people ain't his match!"
"I wonder if Mr. Crawford is still single? Goodness me! Mr. Crawford is so reserved. He's such a gem! I want to be his girlfriend!
Numerous ladies loudly discussed Mr. Crawford, expressing their utmost adoration toward Gerald. With that many girls finding favor in 'Mr. Crawford,' Gerald was elated. It was his first time after all.
"Mr. Crawford, I'm sorry!" Crystal apologized and bowed in embarrassment. A group of ladies followed suit and bowed as well.
Crystal even squeezed her chest a little, hoping to attract Gerald's attention.
"These ladies were really disrespectful a while ago, Mr. Crawford. How should we punish them?" Yoel asked, but he already had an answer in mind. He even caught Crystal's flirtatious antics.
Since he was young, girls would automatically flock to Yoel. With the emergence of Crystal Lester, a clingy yet playing-hard-to-get girl, Yoel Holden did not want to lose this opportunity. He simply wanted to experience what it was like pursuing a lady.
Deep down inside, Yoel actually felt like beating silly Crystal to death for rudely roughing up Mr. Crawford and screwing his perfectly prepared plan of a cool Mr. Crawford introduction.
Gerald glared at Crystal and the other girls.