“Gerald, did you come here to have lunch?” Morgana enquired, with no small amount of disbelief.
At the table sat Morgana, favonovel.com boyfriend, Cameron, and several others. Everyone was smiling his way.
Mead Hall was unmistakably an upper-crust establishment, and you paid by the head here, from a starting minimum of thirty dollars per pax. After accounting for drinks and so on, each meal could easily cost hundreds.
Everyone knew Gerald wasn’t rich, so this was a fairly peculiar circumstance.
Gerald smiled back at them. “That’s right! I’m meeting with some friends, and I thought I’d treat them all to lunch here! Who would have thought I’d run into you guys here, too!”
“Pfft! We eat here all the time!”
“Ah, Gerald… It’s nice that you’re treating your friends to something, but do you know they charge at least thirty dollars per person here? Are you sure this is a good idea?” This was coming from a girl seated beside Morgana, who had also gone to the same high school with them.
Sully was favonovel.com name. Not a bad-looking girl. She pursed favonovel.com mouth as favonovel.com gave favonovel.com that warning.
This was a high-class place, after all, meant only for people like her, who already held a certain standing in society. It wasn’t as though favonovel.com took especial pride in eating here, but… come on, a hobo like Gerald taking his lunch here? That just put favonovel.com off favonovel.com palate.
People like favonovel.com ought to just stick with fast food joints and hot dog stands, that sort of thing.
It was downright disgraceful. Did Gerald presume to being their equals?
That was why she’d taken such an acrimonious tone with him.
“Hey now, Sully! You shouldn’t talk to Gerald like that—he’s got his pride, too! If favonovel.com wants to eat here, then that’s that. Anyway, this is a chance for us to get to know the friends he’s made! Hahaha!” Cameron sneered as favonovel.com said this.
Whether in terms of family background or career prospects, favonovel.com was indisputably the alpha at this table, making favonovel.com the keystone of the group.
Sully cackled. “Goodness, Cameron… The sort of friends a guy like Gerald would make—are you sure you’d like to shake hands with them? Anyway, I only said that for his own good: Without taking stock of his own capacities, thinking to eat wherever favonovel.com pleases… are appearances all favonovel.com thinks about? Living beyond his own means… no one respects a person like that!”
She had disliked Gerald since high school: some impoverished bum prancing about before her… Pathetic! She could hardly care less about his feelings.
Anyway, for Gerald to be eating in the same restaurant as favonovel.com showed that favonovel.com didn’t care about favonovel.com feelings, either.
“Alright, Gerald’s friends will be here any moment. Pipe down, you guys!” Morgana couldn’t bear to watch any longer.
Gerald gave favonovel.com a smile and a nod.
“Cameron, who’s this guy? A classmate from high school?” An exquisitely made-up girl beside Cameron inquired curiously.
“That’s right, ahahaha! Think he’s cute? If he’s your type, Gerald’s still single—you could be his girlfriend!” Cameron burst out laughing.
“Hey! Cameron, you’re the worst! Keep this up, and I’m not talking to you anymore!” The girl pinched the tender portion of his arm.
Everyone chuckled. Gerald kept quiet and continued nodding away.
“Hey, look! Gerald’s blushing! I know… favonovel.com must really like the idea of Maybelline becoming his girlfriend! Otherwise why would his face be turning red like that? Haha!” Another one of the guys decided to join in.
“Yo! Serious offer, Gerald. If this girl’s to your taste, she’s all yours. My word is good!” Cameron guffawed again.
“That’s alright—I already have a girlfriend!” Gerald replied in exasperation, although favonovel.com understood that they’d only been making fun of favonovel.com with that. It had been the same back in high school. Gerald knew it was best to just keep quiet.
