The Inheritance - Book 1
Copyright© 2026 by Arise
Chapter 24
“I really don’t know how you got together with Xavia in the past, but I know that both of you have already broken up. Therefore, I know that you have one less girlfriend who knows how to help you dress up now!”
The meaning behind Quinn’s words was very clear.
She could not help but believe that Richard was actually wealthy. Very, very wealthy!
If she became Richard’s girlfriend, Quinn was certain that Richard would definitely spend most of his money on her.
Besides, aside from his clothes and the way that he dressed, Richard was actually very handsome.
Now that he was a rich and wealthy guy, he was certainly worthy of becoming her boyfriend!
As for whether or not she felt that she was being very shameless for trying to get together with Richard after what she had done to him in the past...
Hah! What was the point in taking care of her own face?
“Um ... girlfriend? I have not thought about it yet.”
Even if Richard honestly wanted to look for a girlfriend, he would not want Quinn as his girlfriend!
After all, Richard was certain that she would absolutely cheat on him!
“Well, I can’t stop myself from thinking about it. Richard, why don’t I lose out a bit and be your girlfriend instead? Anyway, I really do not feel like going back to my dormitory tonight!”
After she spoke, Quinn fluttered her eyes as she leaned toward Richard.
Truthfully, aside from her bad personality, Quinn was indeed a very beautiful girl.
Richard felt slightly moved at this time. Of course, he would never take someone like Quinn to be his girlfriend. However, he would have his revenge if he just had a one-night-stand with her.
Just as he was thinking about it, Richard’s cell phone suddenly rang.
As soon as he looked at the caller ID, he realized that it was a phone call from the head of his dormitory, Harper.
“Hello, Harper. Why are you looking for me?” Richard calmed himself down before answering the phone call immediately.
“Richard, hurry up and come back to the dormitory! Hurry! Something has happened to Harper!”
It was not Harper who spoke to Richard over the phone but one of his good friends, Benjamin.
He was speaking in a very anxious tone.
Richard was afraid that something bad had happened, and he ran in the direction of his dormitory immediately.
Meanwhile, Quinn could not help but stomp her feet in frustration. “Hmph! Richard, you will not be able to escape from my clutches! I will make sure that you fall for me sooner or later!”
Richard was very worried about Harper, and he ran at the speed of light. As soon as he arrived at his dormitory, he hurriedly pushed the door open.
Unexpectedly, someone opened a bottle of beer in front of him, and the beer sprayed all over Richard’s face.
Immediately afterward, his roommates burst out in laughter.
“D*mn it! What’s going on here?” Richard asked as he wiped the beer off his face.
He could see Harper, Benjamin, and the rest of his roommates gathered in the dormitory at this time.
Moreover, the table in the dormitory was filled with beer and other dishes that were still untouched. The boys were obviously waiting for Richard.
“Richard, it’s a good day today! Our boss is finally taken!”
Benjamin quickly explained as he laughed.
Richard could not help but sigh out loud as soon as he heard their words. They had really scared him to death. He had thought that something bad had happened to Harper.
However, Richard was very happy for his brother when he heard that Harper was finally attached.
“So, who is my sister-in-law?”
Richard took the bottle of beer from Benjamin’s hand before drinking a mouthful. It was so cool and refreshing!
“Hayley! We had dinner together at the cafeteria tonight, and she agreed to become my girlfriend!” Harper replied as he scratched his head, smiling like a fool.
In fact, Richard had already guessed that Harper’s girlfriend would be Hayley. After all, during this time, even though Richard knew that Hayley was close to Jacelyn and Alice, she was not the same kind of person as they were. She was actually a pretty nice and easy-going person.
Moreover, Richard knew that Harper really liked Hayley. If Hayley felt the same way about him, Richard truly felt very happy for his friend even though he was a little envious.
“Come on, let’s drink and cheer for the boss!”
“Cheers!”
The six brothers were filled with laughter as they drank and chatted together.
At this time, Harper suddenly received a video call from Hayley.
“Harper, what are you doing now?” Hayley’s gentle voice sounded from over the other end of the line.
“I am drinking with my brothers in the dormitory...”
“Hahaha! Harper, brother-in-law, when will you bring us out for drinks?”
At this time, Jacelyn and the rest of the girls had already gathered around Hayley as she was talking to Harper through the video call.
“Okay! However, you have to wait until all my brothers in the dormitory are in a relationship too! That is why you have to figure it out for me!” Harper smiled as he pointed his camera toward Richard, Benjamin, and the rest of the boys.
At this time, Richard saw Alice sitting next to Hayley. She had clearly just taken a shower as her hair was wet and she was about to remove her makeup.
At the same time, Alice unmistakably saw Richard as well...
At the female dormitory.
Alice looked at Richard who had just appeared in the video call and suddenly felt her heart twitching and tightening.
Even the originally cool expression on her face became a little nervous at this time.
A lot of things had already happened between Alice and Richard during this recent period.
Alice had never taken Richard to heart before until the scene that night during the opening ceremony at Quinton’s Grand Marshall Restaurant.
That was when she had begun suspecting that Richard was in fact the wealthy and powerful Mr. Crawford that everyone was talking about.
Even so, Alice just could not live with it.
She could not believe that the same person she had been so bored and disgusted with was actually a rich second generation who had an absolutely prominent identity!
That would be a very hard slap across her face.
However, Richard seemed to be acting as though he had absolutely nothing to do with that magnate, Mr. Crawford at all!
In short, Alice was now very confused because of Richard.
Whenever she closed her eyes, all she could see was Richard.
The person who helped her was probably Richard, but she had mistakenly thought that it was Quinton. She had even agreed to become Quinton’s girlfriend because of that mistake. Now that the truth was out in the open, should she agree to become Richard’s girlfriend instead?
“Hey, Richard! Why didn’t you say hello to us?”
Hayley quickly noticed that something was wrong when she saw the look on Alice’s face. Therefore, she hurriedly smiled and changed the topic so that they could avoid any embarrassment or awkward situations.
Harper and Hayley were very cooperative, and it was as though they had a tacit understanding with one another.
Both of them were pointing their cameras toward Richard and Alice, as though they were the protagonists for the video call tonight.
“Hello! Congratulations, Hayley! I am really glad both of you lovebirds have finally gotten together!”
Richard quickly congratulated Hayley as he waved his hand.
However, Richard was already too lazy to even be bothered to become friends with Alice any longer.
Richard simply did not want to make the situation awkward, and he did not want to stiffen the atmosphere because he wanted to give Harper and Hayley face.
To Richard, Alice’s various actions could only boil down to one single word: disappointment!
“Thank you, Richard. Actually, I was just discussing this matter with Harper tonight. Shouldn’t you be looking for a girlfriend too? If there are any girls you are interested in, I can definitely match her up with you!”