Ch. 2291..2300

Chapter 2291 "However, women above thirty-five are different. Women nowadays generally take great care of themselves, so women who are thirty-five look like they are just in their twenties. Some of them who are forty-five even seem like they are in their early thirties. Plenty of them have long flowing hair and great figures. That is the reason why our company has decided to design clothes for women from age thirty-five to fifty-five. They have great spending power and they have excellent taste. Once a woman reaches this age, their taste will naturally get better. Many experts studying women nowadays say that a woman should be most beautiful in the twenty years between the age of thirty-five to fifty -five. I originally did not believe this statement. However, I finally believed it the moment I saw you. To be honest with you, Miss Shaw, I had been paying attention to you in secret for a long time before I went up to greet you for the first time yesterday, why have I been paying attention to you? Don't be afraid. It's because my company is looking for a model between the ages of thirty-five to fifty-five. We have been searching and searching, but we just couldn't find a suitable person. My boss has been casting his nets wide in search of a suitable model and he saw you in the process."

"You perform the best in the senior citizen dance group, you have the best figure, and you also have the most outstanding temperament. Someone like you is very eye-catching even if you try to keep a low profile. At first, my boss even thought that you were in your early forties. He thought that with your good looks, as well as your elegant and calm temperament, you would absolutely be the best person for our company's model. Therefore, he purposely sent me to discuss this with you. I was thinking, has my behavior yesterday frightened you? I'm sorry. It's because I have finally found a suitable model who is very elegant and is able to represent our company. It's really not an easy feat. You're truly one in a million. That's why I was a little excited yesterday. Please forgive me." 1 James gave such a long speech that not only made Gloria's ears incredibly tired, but even Jame himself was frothing at both the corners of his lips. He silently praised himself for doing an excellent job at memorizing his lines. He would have made an exceptional actor. In fact, that was indeed true. He was improvising and he just spoke whatever came to his mind. 'It's really not bad. I reckon that you certainly can make Gloria feel moved.' However, there was no reply from the other end of the call after a long time.

"Miss Shaw, Miss Shaw? Are you...alright? why aren't you talking? Have I scared you? I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I apologize to you. I truly feel it's quite a pity if you don't be our company's model. You'll know it once you put on the clothes our company produced once they are ready. It really will be very great. We will even take photos for you so that your young and beautiful appearance gets to be saved. Miss Shaw..."

James was so sincere that he was able to move mountains. He was truly very earnest.

On the other end of the call, Gloria finally replied as well. However, she sounded much weaker than earlier. "James, I...understood you. It's just that I...I..." Gloria coughed twice.

"Miss Shaw, what's the matter?" James asked.

Only then did Gloria say, sounding very weak, "My phone ran out of battery. I had just borrowed a charger and charged it a little. I only saw your countless missed calls after I switched on my phone. I'm sorry for...not picking up your calls. I am sick and I'm at the hospital..."

James was incredibly pleased. "Then, can I go over to see you now? II "Sure...," said Gloria weakly.

Chapter 2292 When Sabrina heard Gloria saying that, she immediately cut her off. "Mom, you were sick?"

Gloria teared up. "Mom, why didn't you tell me that you were sick and was hospitalized? If you hadn't told me today, I wouldn't have known!" She angrily complained to her mother.

Her mother smiled, and her smile was very kind. "Silly girl, I was truly sick, I would definitely tell you, wouldn't I? I have always been in very good health. I have done loads of hard work in the field in my day. My body was very strong. Later on, I was locked up in the basement by Lincoln. After that, I escaped from there and Ĩ ran around this city every day to find you, which was equivalent to training my body.

"All these years, some people got headaches and fevers, some needed intravenous therapy, and some even had coughs and bronchitis, but I've gotten any of those. I would watch a cold too, but I basically always get over it in a day. Later on, I found you, and my life got better. My daily routines were very normal as well. I had great food and wore great clothes. Most of my time every day was spent taking care of my health and dancing. Let me just tell you this much, my health is better than yours!"

Sabrina looked at her mother with a doting gaze. "Look at how smug you are. since you're healthy and you didn't get sick, why did you get admitted to the hospital the next day? What exactly is the reason? And...you were so weak?"

Sabrina still cared about her mother, after all, so she anxiously asked her mother what had happened, "Mom, quickly tell me.

Quickly!"

"I wasn't sick. It's a strategy that I have discussed with the police. It's a strategy to let them take the bait. Do you understand it now, silly girl?"

Sabrina laughed. "Mum, you've already turned into an expert in solving a case. You even pretended to sound weak. I think not only were you an expert in solving a case, but you're also a skilled actress."

Gloria let out a hearty laugh, then she sighed. "I just wanted to do something meaningful. I just wanted to seek justice for the women who live alone like me."

Sabrina nodded and looked at her mother while feeling concerned. "Mom, 1 know that you have a sense of righteousness, and you also want to do something. But Mum, promise me that you're never going to get involved again in the future. I was worried sick."

"Did you know that those women who were deceived by a man like Janes were not exclusively wealthy? If they were truly wealthy, then it more or less would've been a little better. At least, their lives would not be at risk after they were cheated out of their money. However, do you know how evil this group of people can be?" said Gloria, she was furious.

"Could it be that they also cheated people who were poor? Even so, the poor have no money, what do they cheat them for?"

Sabrina subconsciously asked.

After giving it some thought, Sabrina's jaw dropped. "Could it be that this group of people even cheated elderly ladies to get their hands on their houses? Fuck! These people absolutely deserved to be punished by death! They deserved the death penalty!"

Gloria patted her daughter and said after she sighed, "That's not that bad. At least those old people, who had houses and money, were living quite comfortably. Also, they were already very old. I am not looking down on old people. I, myself, have already become an old person. I just wanted to say that in comparison to those old people who were cheated, if an eighteen-year-old girl, who was desperately waiting for money to save her life, was cheated out of her money after she had gathered the money and was right about to go for an operation, the eighteen-year-old girl could only wait for her death. How heartbreaking is that?"

Sabrina dumbfounded. "There'S...SUC11 a thing?"

At that point, Gloria's tone became much gloomier, "she was a single mother. She was not that old. She's not even forty yet. She had raised her daughter by herself, but in the end, her daughter got critically ill. The young mother was covered in tears every day. When she was truly out of a solution, she chose to crowdfund. On the first day of the crowdfunding, the young mother received her first big sum of money, which was a thousand dollars."

Chapter 2293 She was very grateful to the person who sent her the money, so she took the initiative to contact and thank the person from the bottom of her heart. After she contacted the person, she found out that this man was almost the same age as her. He had an outstanding appearance, was gentle, and elegant. The remarkable thing was that this man also did not have much savings. He was a man who had to provide for his parents. Also, he was even supporting his late brother's children, a boy and a girl, who were both in college. The man was carrying such heavy burdens, but he still gave that young mother a thousand dollars.

"Don't you have your own children? You have to take care of the parents and also your brother's children. What about yourself?"

she cried.

She originally only asked that out of concern.

"My...my brother died a long time ago. When he died, his daughter was only one year old. His wife left with another man one month after my brother died, and she left their five-year-old son and their daughter, who was a little over one, behind. At that time, my father was paralyzed and my mother had a bad back. All of them needed my care. Well... You'll never be able to imagine how an eighteen-year-old young man like me changed my one-year-old niece's diapers every day. Sometimes at night, when my niece was hungry and wanted some milk, I just..."

Speaking of that, the man smiled awkwardly. "I just tied the bottle onto myself and comforted my niece. At that time, which young lady of the appropriate age would be willing to marry someone like me, who needed to take care of both the elderly and also the young ones in the family? I do have good looks, but I don't even have a wife at this point in my life. However, it's alright. My nephew is now a postgraduate student, and my niece has just become a college freshman. I think in another few years, everything will be alright for me once my nephew and niece start to work. I don't want anything in this life. I just want to care for my nephew and niece."

"But you're only about thirty-eight," the woman immediately said while feeling sorry.

"That's true. I'm only about thirty-eight, but I...don't even know what it's like being with a woman in this life." The man's tone was incomparably sorrowful.

After saying that, he forced himself to smile. "Enough about me. I am a man. What am I getting emotional for? No matter how bad it is, I still have two children. They were not my own children, but they are my brother's children. They are no different from being my own, especially my niece, who is very close to my heart. Oh, yes, do you know why I donated these one thousand dollars to your daughter? It's because your daughter is almost the same age as my niece. She is a pretty young lady as well.

"I was reminded of how I started taking care of my nephew and niece, especially my niece, by myself when I was eighteen. My niece was still a toddler back then, so I carried her on my back while I worked odd jobs. After she has fallen asleep at night, I would then work the night shift at the construction site nearby. That was how I brought up my niece after going through so many hardships. You don't know this, but my niece is very close to my heart. I have always liked to have daughters, to begin with. My nephew had been very naughty since childhood and I often gave him a beating. My niece, however, I've never been able to even bear to give her a beating at all since she was a child. Girls needed to be doted on. They can't be beaten. Little girls are so delicate.

Therefore, once I've seen your crowdfunding information, I was immediately reminded of my niece. I am very poor and these one thousand dollars is all my savings, but I have to send it to you as well. Mm-hmm. Your daughter will certainly recover. When I get paid next month, I will give my nephew and niece less money, and I'll squeeze out a little bit for you again."

What the man said made the woman feel so moved that she immediately broke out in tears. Perhaps she had been lonely for too long and had been taking care of the child by herself, or perhaps it was because her daughter was still sick, so the woman was already on the brink of having a meltdown. At that moment, she finally found someone she could pour her heart and soul to.

Acting on an impulse, she rushed into the man's arms. "Sir, after my daughter recovers, I'll marry you. I will do your laundry and cook for you. I will work together with you and raise our three children. Would you be willing to have me?"

The man hugged the woman and sneered silently. "I will help you to crowd-fund together and fight to gather the money earlier."

Chapter 2294 The young mother was on the brink of having a meltdown, so she did not even notice that she had already fallen into someone else's trap. She even thought that it was a blessing in disguise. Her daughter was critically ill, but there was a reliable man helping her to raise money together at that moment. There was a much greater hope of her daughter being saved. Also, she would have someone to rely on in the future.

She had already been single for more than a decade. She was still young as she was just in her thirties. She still had a long future ahead of her. she had decided to spend the rest of her life with this gentle, elegant, caring, and righteous man in the future.

As long as she had such a man by her side, no matter how bitter life got, she would still be able to get some sweetness out of it.

From that day on, the man helped her to write a proposal. Every single word that he wrote could move any reader to tears. The man even helped the woman record a short video and posted it on all platforms. Within a short span of a month, the woman actually had raised half a million dollars. 99.9 percent of the people in society were kind, when they saw the short video of the woman sincerely asking for help, they more or less would donate a little. Those who were rich even donated more than ten thousand dollars. Those who had no money still donated a few dollars. It was only natural that the power of a crowd was the greatest. In just a month, from big sums that were more than ten thousand dollars to small sums of just a few pennies, the people who donated were too many to count. Therefore, they managed to get five hundred thousand dollars very quickly.

The woman hugged her daughter, crying tears of joy. "My poor child, you'll be saved. We have money now. I have already made an appointment with the doctor for your operation. We'll have the operation as soon as possible. My daughter is going to be saved. She'll be saved, oh, yes, I want to introduce a man to you. He has been a great help to US. In the future, I may want to marry him. I will work together with him to earn money and pay our debts, and then we'll send you to college, what do you think?"

The weak girl had never gotten any love from a father since childhood, so when she heard her mother saying that, the girl was incomparably happy. Her mood got much better and her spirits were much lifted as well, she looked forward to her mother bringing that man over. Her mother then went back to the house that she rented to bring the man over and also to take out the money as well to hand it to the hospital in preparation for the operation.

Together with the man, the young mother went to the bank, took the money out, and placed it slowly into a briefcase. They took the bus and entered the hospital together. The man had been holding the woman's hand the whole time. However, it so happened that when they came to the entrance of the hospital, some people were actually arguing there and many people had gathered to watch.

They were then unable to squeeze through the crowd to enter the hospital. The woman desperately pulled the man as she wanted to squeeze in through the corner. As she was pulling the man, she and the man were separated by the crowd.

In fact, there were not that many people. There were just a few people arguing and a few people gathering around them to watch. The woman was only separated from the man for a minute. She turned around and wanted to hold the man's hand again, but when she turned around, the man was gone. Where did the man go?

The people arguing at the entrance of the hospital had already been taken away by the security. However, the young mother never saw the figure of the man she cared about the most. She turned the entire hospital upside down, and she even forcefully barged into the men's washroom and gave a few strangers such a scare that they no longer felt the urge to urinate anymore.

However, she just could not find a trace of the man. where did he go? The woman cried so hard while squatting in the hallway that she was unable to stand up.

It was crowdfunded! The money she got was crowdfunded!

Chapter 2295 In more than a month, she had already asked for help from people from all over the world. Her daughter was urgently waiting for an operation at that moment, but where was the money? Was she to raise money again? Putting aside the fact she would not be able to make it in time, the young mother did not think that she was able to raise another five thousand dollars. That was because she had already used the most pitiful side of herself to gain the people's sympathy, what else could she use to raise such a big sum? Tell everyone that she had been cheated by love and a man that she loved had cheated out of all her money?

she would have been scolded severely.

It did not matter if she was severely scolded as long as she was able to save her daughter's life. However, just as she had expected, the young mother had been scolded by netizens. They criticized her for still having the time to fall in love when her daughter was already so critically ill, and she even lost the money to save her daughter's life because of love. The young mother was unable to bear the pressure, so she secretly took her own life. Her lonely daughter, who was laying in bed, used all her might and main to crawl to the side of her mother's body and died miserably in sickness. On the other hand, according to the information from the police, the man who created them should be this man named James Dunn.

It was such a pity that the man was incomparably cunning. He did not leave any evidence behind. He did not even follow her to the bank to withdraw the money. "I can't look at your pin for the withdrawal. I don't want to get involved with your money. This is the money to save your child's life. You have to keep it safe yourself."

It was precisely this kind of talk that made the young mother trust James even more. However, never would she have expected that he would harm her and make her so miserable.

From then on, one after another, the police also received similar reports. However, the police were still unable to find strong evidence after several cases until Gloria came to make a report and explained the situation to the police. After that, she volunteered to cooperate with the police to prepare a trap for these criminals to fall into. That plan was immediately approved.

Their first step was to let Gloria pretend to be sick. Firstly, in this way, they would be able to give James an impression that Gloria did not make any deliberate moves to approach him so that James would not have any suspicion. Secondly, they could even create an opportunity for James to approach Gloria. As such, they were able to kill two birds with one stone.

Hearing her mother saying that, Sabrina was unable to hold back her tears. She gritted her teeth in resentment. "Two lives!

That's two lives! How can they be so cruel that they even cheated someone out of money that was meant to save a person's life!

These people deserved to be torn into pieces!"

Gloria sneered. "To them, what does it have to do with them whether the money was meant to save a person's life or not? They managed to get five hundred thousand dollars in a month and that's not a small sum as well!"

"Mom, you cooperating with the police and helping them with the case is such a great thing. Why didn't you tell me in advance?

Sebastian and I would have been able to help you. At the very least, Sebastian would ask Kingston to come over and stay by your side to protect you twenty-four hours a day. You should know James and his gang are dangerous criminals, but you still secretly get close to him. That's so dangerous."

Gloria laughed in relief again. "My child, I am not a fool. I am in my fifties, but I've been through enough hardships and dangers.

Was I putting myself in danger? Yes! However, I was sure that I could protect myself. The reason I didn't tell you guys in advance was that I didn't want you to be worried. Also, if you were to send someone to protect me and James were to see through it, then wouldn't all of my previous efforts be in vain? All of you were clueless, so your reactions would be true. Just like how you came to my house and got angry with me, argued with me, and even pointed at James saying that he was a scammer. That reaction was very real. That also got me even closer to James, and he let his guard down even more."

When she heard her mother explaining it that way, Sabrina could not help but look at the mother with admiration. "Mom, an older person is still the wiser person. Now tell me, did James come to see you in the hospital later?"

Her mother smiled. "Take a guess?"

Chapter 2296 Sabrina was unable to make a guess. She wrapped her hands around her mother's arms. "Hmm, if I were to take a guess, with my mother's charm and methods, that person certainly would have come running over. Not only did he come over, but he would even think that he had already trapped you. Right?"

Gloria raised her hand and poked Sabrina's forehead. "Silly girl, is it even necessary to take a guess? If he did not come over, then would there be all these things that followed?"

"Quickly go on, Mom. What kind of attitude did he have after he came over? I am more and more interested in listening to how you make a fool of him." Sabrina was hardly able to have a chat with her mother. Since she finally got the chance, she might as well take advantage of it and have a good talk with her mother and satisfy her mother's joyful mood. That was a very meaningful and important thing that her mother had done. Of course, she had to let her mother tell her the story. If they were to be happy together, her mother would certainly be even happier.

Gloria jogged her memory a little and then continued the story. Gloria's sickness that day was, of course, an act, and Gloria perfectly pretended to be sick. She laid on the bed in the clean and white single room in the hospital where the bedsheet was white, the blanket was white, and everything was white. They made Gloria's skin appear to be even more pale and weak. That large single room, however, not only made Gloria appear to be very well off as even the ward that she was staying in was a single room with a couch, decorations, and everything, but it also precisely made Gloria seem lonely and had no one to depend on.

When James appeared at the door to her room, Gloria was not at all surprised. James even purposely dressed himself up. He was tall and he wore a suit. He looked energetic, elegant, and gentle, and he had a smile on his face. He truly looked like an elite. To be honest, not many women were able to resist such a man.

When Gloria looked at James, who was holding a bunch of flowers, she immediately teared up. "Mister Dunn..." There was a catch in her throat "I-I never thought that out of so many friends I have from the dance group, the person who actually came to see me first would be you. I'm sorry. I was a little rude to you yesterday, but it wasn't that I really wanted to be rude to you or anything. I'm a person who likes to make friends the most. It was really such a coincidence. I was exhausted from dancing with my friends the day before and I was a little hungry when I got home, so I took some food out of the fridge to eat after warming them up. In the end, I got the stomach flu in the middle of the night. Well...once I got sick only I felt how lonely I was. It's so shameful to be the lonely one." Gloria got emotional while having a catch in her throat.

James was putting the flowers in a vase at the side and he even tucked Gloria in before he asked, "Was it because the food has gone bad after being in the fridge for a long time?"

Gloria nodded. "Yes. I don't really know how to cook, so I hired a part-time maid to come and clean my house and cook for me once a week. As she only cooks for me once a week, I would always ask her to make enough food that could last me for the entire week. Maybe my fridge was broken. I noticed a few days ago that my fridge is not that cold anymore. I am a woman and I don't know how to fix it. Also, because I live alone, I don't feel happy about having a repairman over. I was thinking of getting a new fridge, but before I got the time to buy one, I...got sick and was hospitalized."

Speaking of that, Gloria smiled apologetically at James. "I'm sorry, Mister Dunn. As a woman who lives alone, I truly have embarrassed myself in front of you..."

After saying that, she hung her head. Her expression was lonely and reserved, and it also was a little delicate and pitiful that was restrained. Together with Gloria's fair complexion, soft features, and the tidy bed that matches the color of the flowers on the bedside table, the graceful, mature, and weak woman seemed just like a flower. That imagery unexpectedly created a different feeling. James was stunned by what he saw. she was truly beautiful. He suddenly realized that the part of the woman that was beautiful was her age.

Chapter 2297 Even though she was fifty, her beauty was still captivating. That truly reflected the saying that every woman at every age has their own beauty. A young woman's beauty came from being very simple. They looked very youthful, but in fact, they were pretty plain. A woman's beauty came from her confidence. They have the sweetness of a girl and also the charm of a mature woman. A woman's beauty was full of charm. They were incredibly open and their feminine charm was overflowing. At the age of fifty, a woman would be beautiful because of her calmness. They were beautiful because they had seen through everything and were incomparably calm. That kind of beauty came from within.

"It's no wonder why women from wealthy families were truly extraordinary. This temperament and manner is really not something an average woman could have. If it were some average woman, they would have long been an old lady at the age of fifty. How could they have such graceful temperament?"

The man had an extremely outrageous thought in his mind. He wanted money! He wanted all of the vast family fortunes that belonged to Gloria! He also wanted her! of course, he was not really going to marry her and make her his wife. Such a woman could no longer bear children anymore, so what was the point of marrying her? However, this kind of woman was charming. They were very experienced in bed as well. She was indeed a little older, but if he were to close his eyes, the experience would absolutely be top-notch. It would be an experience beyond the ordinary. He wanted to take every last bit of Gloria's fortune, and he also wanted to fool around with the old woman until he was tired of her!

After he had such intentions, all that was left for him was to have a long-term plan. He had to take one step at a time and he had to be very sincere. Everything that he was to do had to be to Gloria's liking. In those few days, James took meticulous care of Gloria at the hospital. Not only that, but he did not even reveal the slightest bit of indecency at all. He treated Gloria with great respect, did not offend her, and was very polite.

Three days later, Gloria was discharged from the hospital. She was not sick, to begin with. Her health had always been very good. In those three days, Gloria and James were already very familiar with each other. On the day Gloria was discharged, James looked a little worried.

"What's the matter, Mister Dunn?" Gloria asked.

James smiled. "It's nothing, Gloria."

The way he addressed Gloria had already changed. Gloria knew that James was starting to employ his tricks. She said to James very calmly, "Mister Dunn, if you have any troubles, you have to tell me. I don't have much ability and I'm already old as well.

However, maybe I'll be able to help you. We're friends, so of course, we help each other out."

Only then did James say apologetically, "It's like this, Gloria, I... originally intended to let you be our company's model. This is also why my company sent me to get in touch with you. However, when I spoke to my boss about your situation, I mentioned that you got sick. It's my fault for blabbing. Once he heard that you got sick, he immediately no longer wanted to hire you anymore. I talked back to him. I said that you were just temporarily sick, and it's not anything serious. However, he still did not agree.

Because of this, I got very angry and I couldn't hold it in, so I had a huge argument with my boss. He was already very unhappy that I came here to take care of you instead of going to work in these three days, and I even argued with him, so he immediately fired me..."

Gloria was shocked. "Did you lose your job because of me? What to do now then?"

Chapter 2298 James immediately smiled gently. "Gloria, are you concerned about me?"

Gloria tilted her head and looked at James with a slightly innocent expression. "You don't believe that I'm concerned about you?"

James smiled but did not say anything.

"Mister Dunn, I am actually very good at reading people. From the way you treated me, I can tell that you're a good person who knew what you were doing. I had been living on my own all these years. To be honest with you, it's really very difficult for people my age to make friends. It's unlike when we were kids. Look at me. I have been in the hospital for three days, even my own daughter never came to visit me once, let alone those friends from the dance group. The person who was by my side was you.

Mister Dunn, you're a good person. I have not misjudged you. You are a good person. A good person who was concerned about me and took care of me, so why can't I be concerned about you?"

James immediately looked very moved. "Gloria, thank you. Having heard what you said, I did not get fired from the company for nothing. But, you don't have to worry about me, Gloria. I am a man, and I was doing quite well in my company. I have great accomplishments. It's still quite easy for me to find a stable and high-paying job in this city. You don't have to be worried about me at all. Even if my boss didn't fire me, I already intended to resign. That's because I have already built quite a number of connections now and I'm almost done taking care of everything. In the near future, I want to start my own business and have my own fashion company."

Once Gloria heard that, she immediately understood everything. Jame's scheme has already surfaced. He wanted to start his own business. To do that, he definitely would need a huge amount of money.

Gloria tilted her head. "Mister Dunn, do you need money to start your business? Is there anything I can help you with?"

"No, no, no!" James said repeatedly. He kept waving his hands as well.

"Gloria, don't mention money to me. What do you take me for?" James' expression was very serious, so much so that there was even a little disgust.

Gloria looked directly at James without even blinking her eyes at all.

James continued seriously. "Miss Shaw, if you don't mind me being harsh, you gave me a feeling that you're insulting me when you asked me like that. I am a man and I have always been very honest. I got in contact with you earlier on because my company had sent me to do so. I didn't contact you on my own. I couldn't stand it. Since they had already selected a person and wanted to get in touch with her, and had already done so, why did they suddenly change their mind at the very last minute? what would that person think? Also, how could I save face in front of the person? Miss Shaw, you absolutely can't think that it's because of you that I argued with the company. I just felt that they were the ones in the wrong in this matter! I am not willing to work for such a boss! This has nothing to do with you!"

Gloria smiled. "I am not talking about the matter of you resigning. I am talking about the matter of you starting a business. Is there anything I can help you with?"

"No need! I am a man. I never use a woman's money! In the future, don't talk about money with me. otherwise, we won't be able to be friends anymore," the man rejected with hesitation.

Gloria was speechless. It was after a while before she asked softly, " Can we still be friends?"

Only then did the man say in a softened tone, "Of course!"

Gloria smiled happily. "Then that's fine. That's fine."

"Let's go. I'll send you home." The man got up to help Gloria. He indeed was very gentlemanly. The way he helped support Gloria was just right and it did not make her feel awkward.

Chapter 2299 Once they got back to Gloria's house, the man helped to fix the fridge. Not only that, but he even cooked a meal for Gloria. The man's cooking was not very delicious. It was not even close to Gloria's cooking. However, Gloria still found it very delicious when she was eating it. She unexpectedly said very happily like a little girl while eating, "Mm-hmm. It's really tasty. I've not had such tasty dishes in a very long time."

With a doting expression on his face, James gently said, "You truly are a proper lady from an eminent family. At your age, you still don't know how to cook for yourself. But that's nothing. If you're willing, I can serve as your chef in the future. I am willing to cook just to have a glimpse of your lady-like charm."

During that time, James had still been acting in a gentle manner with a little admiration and a little caring when he interacted with Gloria.

Once Gloria heard James saying that, she suddenly smiled miserably, "what lady? I am a lady who had never been liked by my own father. I only had the Shaw family name."

James was stunned for a moment. He clearly was disappointed, but the disappointment disappeared in a flash. Nonetheless, Gloria still saw all of the disappointment that had flashed by. she sneered in her heart.

James asked with a slightly hasty tone, "But Gloria, I clearly saw that Old Master Shaw often came over to your house."

Gloria deliberately pretended to look at James with a confused expression. "Y-You know my father?" In her memory, she had never addressed him as her father before. This was the only time, and she did it in front of James.

James immediately stuttered. It was after a few minutes of stuttering that he said again, "I don't really know him. It's just that when I brought you home from the hospital today, I saw an old man near the entrance to your house. He was secretive and he was wearing a cap. There were also men following behind him. I saw that he kept looking at your house, but he did not enter. I then asked your neighbor next door who that old man was. Your neighbor told me that he is your father."

In fact, James had already known that old Master Shaw was Gloria’s father a long time ago. That was information that he had already gotten a long time ago. He even hid not far away from here and heard old Master Shaw personally telling Gloria, "Gloria, why are you doing this? Follow me home. Your brother and his wife, as well as your nephew, would take great care of you. If you don't like me and you don't want to see me, I can move to a nursing home. Half of the Shaw Residence is your brother's and the other half is yours. The entire Shaw family's properties belong to you and your brother equally. My child, it's all my fault. I will never ask for your forgiveness anymore in this life. However, if you refuse to take the Shaw family's vast amount of properties and just leave it there, then aren’t you just being silly? If you hate me, then just think of it as snatching away all of my properties without leaving a single bit for me at all. Let me freeze and starve to death in the streets. Only then can you avenge your mother, my child."

When Old Master Shaw was saying that at that time, James and his gang were eavesdropping nearby. Half of the Shaw family's properties. How much was that? A few hundred million dollars? A few billion dollars? James did not dare to think about it. He had to successfully lead Gloria into his trap. He had to pull out all the stops!

"He is not my father! I will never acknowledge him in my life!" Gloria said with great resentment.

"Alright! I support you!" James said immediately.

Chapter 2300 When Sabrina heard Gloria saying that, she could not help but ask her mother, "Mom, didn't you say that you don't hate Old...him that much anymore?"

The person that Sabrina talked about was, of course, old Master Shaw. In fact, she also did not hate Old Master Shaw anymore. There were plenty of reasons for her to not hate him. It was because of old Master Shaw's own repentance and also because of Marcus. There was also the way Old Master Shaw treated Yvonne. In addition, Old Master Shaw was already getting older and older. He was already a 90-year-old man, how long more could he live? Besides, the biggest reason was that Sabrina did not want to bury the hatred in her heart. No matter who it was, whether it was Lincoln or Old Master Shaw, Sabrina did not want to hate them anymore because hatred would only harm her own body and mind. Why should she harm herself with the mistakes that others made?

As she aged, Sabrina had long started the process of elimination. She would never take people that had nothing to do with her and people whom she would never care about in her life to her heart. Old Master Shaw was an example of those people. Sabrina no longer hated Old Master Shaw, but she also would never care about this old man anymore, she would never care about him until the day she died. That was because, in the past, Old Master Shaw had never given her any love in her life, all that he had given her was harm. Even if Sabrina no longer hated him, she also would not give this old man care, tolerance, and love. She was not that forgiving. Therefore, at that moment, Old Master Shaw was just like a stranger to Sabrina. There was no love and also no hate there.

As for her mother, Sabrina had asked her repeatedly, and her mother had also expressed that she held the same attitude toward her own biological father as Sabrina. Gloria did not hate her biological father as well, but she also did not love him. she truly would never love her father from the bottom of her heart because when she needed her father the most from her childhood to her teenage years, her father had never given her any warmth. Things that had happened were already in the past and she would never be able to get her childhood back. Therefore, it was impossible for Gloria to act as if nothing had happened. However, she also truly did not hate her father anymore, she had stopped hating him a long time ago.

In the past, when Old Master Shaw came to her house to secretly look at her, Gloria would get angry. Later on, she was no longer angry about it. She would even occasionally tell Old Master Shaw, " It's getting very late. You should just go home. If you keep standing here, you will increase my sense of guilt. Do you think that would be appropriate?"

Old Master Shaw then asked excitedly, "Gloria, are you...concerned about me?"

Gloria smiled in relief. "Think of it how you will as long as you feel happy about it, but please don't let me have any more psychological burden, alright?"

Old Master Shaw kept nodding his head. "I know. I got it. I got it, Gloria. I'll leave now. The night has already fallen. It's indeed not good for me to keep standing here. I won't make you feel any more burdened. Coming to visit you is my own business. It has nothing to do with you. I'll leave now."

After saying that, Old Master Shaw turned around and left. Gloria also went into her own house. After she went into her house, she just shook her head and smiled a little.