Classic Novel
Chapter 52
Chapter 52
Chapter 52 It’s My Treat
“Hiss!”
When Phillip’s voice fell, the room instantly quieted down. Phillip paused the playing of the songs. The
entire club was quiet at this time.
Everyone looked at Gerald together in shock.
The moment Phillip spoke, Gerald probably understood what he meant.
Obviously, Phillip felt that Gerald definitely would not be able to afford the karaoke. Thus, Phillip joined
forces with the people from the club to trick him. Now that Phillip had said this, under everyone’s gaze,
Gerald would lose his face no matter if he refused or not.
If he refused, he would lose face in front of everyone.
If he did not refuse, he would not be able to pay the money.
Moreover, someone able to operate such a large club would have a strong background. Someone at
Gideon’s level might take charge and force Gerald to bear this debt.
Gerald instantly sorted out his thoughts and slowly tilted his head to Phillip.
Phillip was also looking at Gerald with a smile, but the viciousness in his eyes was very obvious.
Sitting aside, Keira frowned slightly. She felt that something was wrong. But she could not rule out the
possibility that Gerald had opened an expensive bottle of champagne for her.
Doreen frowned. In her and Henley’s eyes, Gerald could not take out this money. They felt that Gerald
borrowed money from Audrey to buy the jade bracelet. He might ask for his salary in advance.
Therefore, they all guessed that this was Phillip’s trick.
Henley smiled and decided to add fuel to fire. He clapped and said, “He’s indeed rich. Even I rarely
order this kind of
wine.”
Under everyone’s gaze, the waiter looked at Gerald and smiled, “Sir, please settle the bill first. It’s 316
thousand
dollars!”
Gerald shrugged his shoulders and said lightly, “I said I didn’t order the wine. Go ask whoever ordered Content is property of NôvelDrama.Org.
it to pay the money. Don’t look for me.”
Everyone at the scene was stunned. From the beginning, they felt that Gerald was staggering wealth.
Now, Gerald’s refusal changed their opinion.
In fact, they were also looking forward to tasting this worldly famous wine.
The waiter frowned. He looked at Gerald and said, “Mr. Kenneth, are you kidding? It was you who
asked us to open the wine, and now you don’t admit it? What do you think our Glory Club is?”
After Gerald denied it, Hazel instantly figured out what was going on. Thinking of the boss behind the
Glory Club, smiled and did not go to help.
she
“Gerald, just pay the money. You can buy a jade bracelet worth 200 thousand dollars. 316 thousand
dollars should not be a big deal for you,” Phillip said with a smile.
Keira frowned.
Things became quite embarrassing. This was her birthday party, and she still wanted to end it happily.
She didn’t
want any problems to occur, so she didn’t invite Phillip and Matthew from the beginning.
She was worried that something unexpected would happen.
But what she was worried about still happened.
She wanted to pay the bill herself, but the bill of nearly 320 thousand dollars was indeed too much for
her.
Gerald glanced at Phillip and then looked at the waiter in front of him. He said indifferently, “I’ll say the
same thing again. Whoever opens the bottle of wine shall pay for it. This is my friend’s birthday party.
Don’t disturb us.”
“Do you want to go back on your word?” the waiter’s eyes darkened as he asked.
He placed the tray on the table and took out a walkie–talkie. He said to the walkie–talkie, “Hey, David,
the man who ordered the Silent Boat wants to go back on his word. He said that it wasn’t him who
ordered it.”
“Got it. I’m coming!” A voice sounded from the walkie–talkie.
Keira’s expression suddenly changed.
She knew that her birthday party was going to be ruined.
Audrey wanted to say something, but Hazel stopped her.
Henley sighed and said to Doreen, “I didn’t expect Gerald to be this kind of man. He actually wants to
renege on his debt after opening a bottle of red wine. This is Keira’s birthday party. Doesn’t he feel
ashamed?”
Soon, the door was pushed open. A middle–aged man led more than ten people into the private room.
He looked at Keira and said, “Ms. Bender, I had no intention of disturbing your birthday party, but this
Silent Boat is the specialty of our store. There are only three bottles in total, and none have been
opened before. Today, we opened one bottle, but someone refused to pay. This is really too much.”
David looked at Phillip again and inadvertently nodded.
At the same time, the waiter in front of Gerald stepped aside and said to the man who came in, “David,
this is the man
who went back on his word.”
Gerald’s face was revealed in front of David.
Gerald still had a calm expression. He held a cup of wine and calmly sat there.
When Gerald’s face appeared in David’s eyes, David trembled violently. He looked at Gerald in shock
and took two steps back.
Gerald had no impression of him.
In fact, he had seen David before in Hazel’s Internet café. This person was called David Field, Gideon’s
right–hand
man.
Glory Club was also Gideon’s property.
As the local tyrant of Los Angeles, Gideon was mostly engaged in the entertainment industry of bars
and karaoke
clubs.
When he saw Gerald, he thought of what happened in Hazel’s Internet café. Gerald had almost beaten
Gideon and Decker to death in front of more than 30 people with weapons, and Gerald even killed
Jaydin.
Gerald … was a terrifying man.
The moment David saw Gerald, he felt his scalp go numb. At the same time, he saw Gerald’s gaze
also glance over.
David swallowed his saliva and quickly took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket. He walked over to
Gerald and handed the cigarette over shakily. “Mr. Kenneth, we didn’t know it was you who ordered it.
This is all our fault. That … that bottle of wine, just treat it as our treat to you. Please forgive us…”
Besides him, other than Hazel, everyone else was shocked.
This was the Glory Club opened by Gideon. Now, David who worked here was actually so polite to
Gerald. Moreover, from the tone of David’s voice, he seemed to be… very afraid of Gerald.
Gerald narrowed his eyes. He looked at David and asked, “Your fault? So this was deliberately done by
you?”
Cold sweat broke out on David’s forehead. He knew how miserable it was for Decker and Gideon.
He was afraid that Gerald would also beat him up… and even kill him.
“It’s all Phillip’s idea!” He walked to Phillip’s side and slapped him in the face.
Phillip was stunned. He completely had no idea what was going on.
He finally thought of Matthew’s reminder. Gerald seemed to be a jinx.
David glared at him and said, “Do you want to fucking kill me?”
Then he tilted his head and said, “The brat asked me to open a bottle of red wine and then embarrass
you by saying you ordered it. If you don’t admit it, we shall surround you and force you to pay. If we
knew it was you in advance, we
wouldn’t dare to do this.
“You know Phillip’s father is Desmond, the president of New Bank. Who dares to not show him respect
when doing business in Los Angeles?” David said nervously. “Take this bottle of wine as a gift from us.
Please forgive us!”
Phillip was completely unable to think at this time. He even thought he was dreaming.
He didn’t know why things would develop like this.
He was held by David by the collar. At this time, Gerald stood up, touched his nose, and walked
towards him.