The Secretly Rich Man

Chapter 2097

Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 2097 Takuya had reason to feel ashamed. After all, ever since Gerald showed up, he had constantly been protecting Fujiko. Despite receiving so much of Gerald’s help to the point where he even rescued his daughter from getting raped, not only had Takuya failed to repay Gerald’s kindness, but he kept on troubling the youth…

Even so, Takuya didn’t really know anyone else who was reliable enough to protect his daughter during the special forces competition…

Regardless, before Takuya could say anything else, Gerald simply waved his hand before replying, “Don’t worry about it. Even if you hadn’t asked me to, I would’ve done it anyway. “

Gerald, for one, knew that the closer he got to the Futabas, the higher his chances of learning about Yearning Island…

Whatever the case was, upon hearing that, Fujiko instantly found herself blushing.

With how casually Gerald had accepted his request and how hard his daughter was blushing, Takuya couldn’t help but say, “I do wonder whether there truly is something between you two…”

Hearing that, Gerald immediately replied, “Please don’t overthink it, patriarch…”

“Honestly, I don’t really mind. As Fujiko’s father, I’m grateful enough as long as you keep her safe…” replied Takuya as he shook his head with a smile, knowing that it was a good choice to entrust Fujiko to Gerald…

Upon hearing that, Gerald didn’t attempt to further explain himself. If Takuya continued misunderstanding him, so be it. He would simply clarify the misunderstanding after learning about the secrets of Yearning Island.

Either way, after dinner, Gerald and Fujiko left the dining room together with the intent of talking about the special forces competition… It definitely beat being alone.

However, as they continued walking around the manor, Gerald couldn’t help but feel slightly awkward. After all, though there really wasn’t anything between them, Gerald couldn’t deny that their relationship had gone far beyond the point of just being regular friends. With that in mind, whenever he was alone with her, he couldn’t help but feel guilty toward Mila.

His train of thought was cut short when he heard Fujiko sigh before saying, “I wonder if the Hanyus will continue trying to assassinate me now that I’m participating in the competition again…”

Fujiko, for one, had been training her martial arts skills ever since she was a young girl. Though she eventually got to a point where she even gained the title of ‘Queen of Soldiers’, she recalled how weak she truly was against Saburo back when he attacked her. It was at

That moment when she realized that no matter how much she trained, she would always have an unfair disadvantage against a man’s physique…

Shaking his head, Gerald simply replied, “Don’t worry about them. I’ll be sure to protect you.”

Shortly after he said that, however, Gerald quickly found himself frowning. His Herculean Primordial Spirit had sprung to life, which meant that danger was close by…!

Watching as Gerald stretched his arm out to hide Fujiko behind him, the puzzled girl couldn’t help but ask, “… Um… Is something wrong, Gerald…?”

“… It seems that the manor isn’t as safe as we’d like to imagine,” replied Gerald with a faint smile.

“… Huh? What do you mean…?” asked Fujiko, confused as to what was happening. However, it didn’t take long for her to realize what he meant.

Leaning in closer to him, Fujiko then whispered, “… Are you saying that our manor has been broken into…?” This belongs © NôvelDra/ma.Org.

“Unfortunately, that seems to be the case, ” replied Gerald with a nod.

“… T-then, what are we still waiting here for? I need to tell dad about this so that he can send out our men to capture those trespassers! ” said Fujiko as she immediately attempted to notify Takuya about all this.

However, before she was even able to make it past her first step, she felt as Gerald grabbed onto her arm…