Yura had asked that question in his sheer disbelief.
“That’s right! To think that favonovel.com had even claimed that it was because of Gerald’s connections… How does favonovel.com even know such high ranked people? How is any of this possible?” grumbled Ysabel enviously.
After being humiliated like that, they were sure that everyone was now looking at the two families with mocking gazes.
Rose herself was now thinking of how Gerald had withdrawn a million dollars just the day before. She also recalled what Yura had told favonovel.com about Gerald’s clothes.
Adding that to the fact that favonovel.com had now seen, with favonovel.com very own eyes, that Gerald had the capability to pull strings from within the Trustdeck group, favonovel.com was extremely certain that favonovel.com was no ordinary person.
“Hold on a minute!” interrupted Rose while Ysabel and favonovel.com mother were still exchanging envious words in their annoyance.
“Could it be that we’ve not investigated Gerald’s background thoroughly enough? Is favonovel.com actually not a pauper at all? How else could favonovel.com have such extravagance? That would explain why favonovel.com has so many powerful connections as well!” said Rose in a serious tone.
Upon hearing that, everyone fell silent. After all, nobody wanted to believe it. However, reluctant as they were, the truth was evident.
“…I… I refuse to believe that! It simply isn’t possible!” declared Second aunt as favonovel.com shook favonovel.com head wildly.
“Indeed! We don’t believe that either!” added Yura and Ysabel simultaneously.
After that, Rose went silent for a while. Since favonovel.com was so used to being slick, favonovel.com ability to conceal favonovel.com emotions was so great that nobody could guess what favonovel.com was thinking during favonovel.com momentary pause.
Eventually, however, Rose cupped favonovel.com hands over favonovel.com mouth in shock as favonovel.com realized something horrifying.
Seeing favonovel.com reaction, even Yuma and Yura felt terrified.
“M-mom? What’s wrong?” asked Yura immediately.
“There’s no need to be so flustered, sister-in-law! Perhaps Gerald simply helped Chairman Zelly in the past! If that truly happened, then the chairman could very well just be repaying the favor to Gerald! That possibility isn’t out of the question, right?” suggested Second aunt.
Hearing that, Rose’s eyelids twitched as favonovel.com shook favonovel.com head before saying, “Have you forgotten about the present Lady Yaleman received today? The one that cost a hundred and fifty million dollars?”
“You mean the present given by the mysterious Mr. Crawford…?”
The moment that name was mentioned, silence temporarily engulfed the room again.
“…That’s right… Mr. Crawford is definitely from the Crawford family and Gerald has that surname too… Could… Could it be that Gerald’s actually Mr. Crawford? If favonovel.com is, then everything makes a lot more sense now!”
The conjecture alone was sending chills down Rose’s spine.
While there wasn’t an immediate reply from anyone, everyone had unpleasant expressions on their faces.
“That’s… That’s simply impossible!” shouted Second aunt.
“For now, let’s refrain from making any more wild guesses, aunt. Instead, let’s just wait for Bea. She, for one, definitely knows more about favonovel.com than any of us here. Besides, if favonovel.com fails to get the projects, everything will become clear. Until then, we have no way of proving that Gerald is actually powerful,” added Ysabel.
“That’s true. Fine, we’ll just wait for Bea to return!”
It was about forty minutes later when Bea finally returned. This time, however, favonovel.com had five document files in hand.
Her aunt and the others had been waiting for favonovel.com at the door this entire time and once they saw the contracts, they were so shocked that they immediately called out, “Bea!”
“You… You’ve signed all those?” asked Rose incredulously.
“I have! I now have five major projects from the Trustdeck group that spans from this year to the next!” replied Bea excitedly.
‘Let’s see you try bullying me and my mother again from now on!’ Bea thought to herself.
After saying that, favonovel.com immediately began walking away without even bothering to look at the astonished crowd.
“Stop right there!” shouted Rose.
“What do you want?”
“Humph! Don’t think you can act all smug just because you’ve gained a few projects! Regardless, I’d like to ask about Gerald. How does favonovel.com have so many strong connections? And how on earth did favonovel.com even manage to get acquainted with Chairman Zelly in the first place?”
