The Inheritance - Book 1
Copyright© 2026 by Arise
Chapter 35
Alice was always a little awkward whenever she saw Richard now.
After all, who was the person who looked down on Richard the most in the past? It was Alice.
Now, the pathetic pauper that she used to despise could most likely be a rich young master.
His identity and status were not that simple.
In short, Richard could be a really incredible figure.
Alice wanted to get closer to him.
“Well, it is Hayley’s birthday today!” Richard replied as he smiled.
He was not a person who held a grudge, let alone seek revenge on a person who was making peace with him.
Hayley and Harper looked at the both of them before exchanging glances with one another. It seemed as though they wanted to matchmake them on purpose.
At this time, they greeted everyone and welcomed them into the room in the manor.
When they were allocating seats, Harper and Hayley had already obviously discussed this in advance. They deliberately arranged for Alice and Richard to be seated together.
As for Benjamin and the others, they were also seated next to a group of girls to facilitate communication.
“By the way, why don’t I see Jacelyn around?”
Benjamin looked around, only to realize that Jacelyn was not around. Therefore, he asked about this immediately.
“Jacelyn went out to play with her boyfriend. Every time she goes out with him, it will be for a day and night. Alas, she told us that we do not need to wait for her. She will come by later and she said that she would give us a big surprise then!”
Hayley smiled.
She had deliberately mentioned the fact that Jacelyn has a boyfriend. This was because Harper has already told Hayley that Benjamin has feelings for Jacelyn.
But, how should we say this? Jacelyn seems a little too powerful.
Besides that, Jacelyn already has a boyfriend. Hayley felt that it would be better to tell Benjamin about this matter in advance.
Benjamin let out a languid cry.
The atmosphere was a little awkward.
Alice smiled before she said, “Jacelyn became even more mysterious after she got together with Danny. She kept telling us yesterday that she was going to give us a big surprise but she is still keeping us in suspense now!”
After she spoke, she looked towards Richard who had not said anything at all, “By the way, Richard, do you know that Jacelyn has gotten into a relationship with Danny from your class?”
“Yes, I know!”
Of course, Richard knew. He almost had a conflict with him the other day.
Danny could be regarded as his own enemy. However, Richard did not want to deal with him because there were too many people there that day.
After thinking about it, Richard felt that he should teach Danny a severe lesson.
Otherwise, he would be like a fly that is constantly buzzing around him, annoying him to death.
He should just step on it to death!
Very soon, all the food and wine were already served.
Alice was extraordinarily gentle and temperamental. She kept taking food for Richard and she specifically picked all the dishes that Richard liked.
To be honest, Richard was a little moved.
He had already been despised for a long time in the past. Even though Alice has already looked down on him more than once, Richard did not hate the fact that she was treating him so well now.
Everyone also exchanged glances with one another. It seemed as though if anyone were to end up becoming a couple today, it would be Alice and Richard.
Moreover, Alice was equivalent to a goddess who was being proactive and chasing after the guy instead!
“My dear, sorry that we are late!”
The door of the room was suddenly pushed open. At this time, Danny and Jacelyn came in, followed by a young man who looked about the age of twenty-five years old.
Jacelyn said out loud.
“Jacelyn, we have been waiting for you! Why are you only here now? Danny, please have a seat too. Who is this?”
Hayley looked at the handsome young man who was standing behind them.
“Oh! Oh! This is Danny’s cousin, Chad. His family is doing some business. The three of us went out to play together. When he knew that we were in a hurry, he offered to drive us here!”
Jacelyn said with a smile.
“Hello, everyone. I used to study at Sunnydale University too. I graduated about two years ago so I can still be considered your peer! Hehehe. Okay, since I have already sent my brother and sister-in-law here, I will go back first. You guys should have fun! Just give me a call if you need me for anything!”
Chad smiled before he shook the Maserati car key that he had in his hand.
“Since you are Jacelyn’s cousin brother, then Brother Chad, don’t leave. Anyway, there is an extra seat here!”
Hayley said politely.
This was because if they were to ask him to leave directly, it would not look good for Jacelyn too. After all, they were living in the same dormitory. It was just an extra seat, anyway.”
“Wouldn’t I be intruding, then!”
“It’s okay, cousin brother. Just sit down. After all, I really cannot bring myself to announce the big surprise today if you are not here!”
Jacelyn smiled and her eyes suddenly turned cold as she glanced at Richard who was in the room with them.
She had a smug and arrogant look on her face.
“Jacelyn, what the hell is this big surprise? You have already been keeping us in suspense for such a long time. Hurry up and tell us!”
“Yes, what is it about?”
All of her roommates were already impatient.
When Richard saw that Jacelyn’s gaze was fixed on him, he suddenly understood something.
Oh my! Was the so-called big surprise directly related to him?
“Of course! I am going to tell everyone about it now!”
Jacelyn smiled triumphantly as Danny glared coldly at Richard.
“I will start with you!”
Jacelyn walked directly over to Richard before giving him a slap across his face.
He was stunned. This woman was really dying to be taught a lesson!
Richard stood up as he stared at Jacelyn.
D*mn it! Did she just slap him without any explanation?
“Look? Gigolo! Pathetic jerk! Scumbag! What do you think you are looking at?”
Jacelyn crossed her arms in front of her chest and she looked very proud and arrogant at this moment.
Richard, you are very awesome, right?
You, Richard, used to make us lose face in front of you, right?
I, Jacelyn, used to think that you, Richard, were really awesome. I even flattered you all the way but you were cold to me in the end. You looked down on me, right?
Hahaha...
For this reason, Jacelyn had been depressed for a short while.
It was only until some time ago that Jacelyn specifically decided to hook up with Richard’s mortal enemy, Danny just to annoy and make Richard angry.
Just the day before yesterday, she discovered that Richard was not the young rich second-generation Mr. Crawford at all! He was just a gigolo! A gigolo!
Danny even consulted with Victor and Whitney about the situation at that time.
They discovered that Richard was not only the gigolo of Jane, who was working as a receptionist at Wayfair Mountain Entertainment, but he was also another young lady’s gigolo!
Nowadays, there were too many handsome young men who were very pretentious and wanted to act as though they were really wealthy. Therefore, it was not surprising that many rich women would be interested in a handsome and honest young man like Richard.
However, it was Richard’s fault if he used this fact to act as though he was really amazing!
“Jacelyn, what are you doing?”
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