Ch. 2311..2320

Chapter 2311 Especially when he was so handsome. He was cool and stylish, and he was very muscular! He was also more than ten years younger than him! which old woman would be able to hold themselves back when they saw him? There were many wealthy women in society who would secretly keep those young hotties and cuties as their sugar babies. James was even better than them! He had the charm of a mature man and he was better at handling women, especially old women! James suddenly felt extremely pleased with himself.

"You want to whisper loving words to you?" James asked.

James made it seem more loving and pure after he changed the term that was originally supposed to be sweet talks to loving words.

There was a tiny bit of misery in Gloria's words when she said, " Which woman in this world doesn't like loving words?"

"However, the person who had just been chased out by you just now, Angie, didn't like to listen to them," James said.

In fact, he was deliberately driving the wedge between Gloria and Angie even deeper. James absolutely would not let Angie spoil the good thing he had going with Gloria.

Gloria snorted. "Hmph! she didn't like it? what a joke! If she didn't like sweet talks, she wouldn't have been bewitched by her husband's sweet talks in the beginning and then married him! Now that she had been dumped by her husband, she felt that all the sweet-talking men in the world are bad! she is just being jealous! She is jealous beyond measure! she only wanted her life to be happy and perfect, but she could not stand others having the slightest bit of happiness at all! I have finally seen her true colors! It's impossible for me to ever have a relationship with her anymore! It's no big deal to lose one friend! I have gotten used to being lonely anyway! It doesn't meter!"

"Gloria, you're not lonely. You still have me! You will never be lonely anymore in the future! I will never let you be lonely anymore.

You like flowers, so I will send you flowers. I know you like roses. Don't worry. I will pick the freshest rose for you every day in the future. Also, I will change a different type of flower for you every other day. I promise that you'll be satisfied with the meaning of the flowers and also how they are matched. I will certainly let your heart be as sweet as honey. Don't worry."

Once he let his guard down, James was the best at sweet-talking. Also, he found out that after he let his true nature show, he wanted to quickly take the next step with Gloria even more. He knew very well that he was almost as impatient as Gloria. He had been keeping his true nature under control and hidden away, so his hunger and thirst were not that obvious. However, once he let his guard down and behaved according to his nature, he truly felt that he was unable to control himself anymore. He had to speed it up! Otherwise, he would go mad! He was right by the side of a wealthy, charming, and beautiful woman, but he was unable to make a move on her. Which man would not be driven crazy like that?

James could not help but to clench and release his fists and then clench them tight again. He did not care anymore! The woman was also yearning for him to do so anyway. It was so early in the morning, and Gloria had not even had breakfast yet, but James opened both his arms as he wanted to hug Gloria.

Suddenly, Gloria's phone rang. That ring tone was incredibly loud and rapid, and it startled James. The urge that had just surged up was truly unable to be suppressed, but he still had to suppress it. " Gloria, you should first pick up the phone..."

Gloria immediately answered the call and her voice became incomparably furious. "Why is it you again? Fuck off!"

Chapter 2312 There was an extremely obvious frustration from not having her desires met in Gloria's anger. That kind of anger truly felt like she could stab someone to death! James also had such anger. However, once he saw that Gloria had such a bad temper, he calmed down. " Who is it, Gloria?"

"It’s still her! I shouldn't have taken this crazy woman in! I have put the dox in the henhouse! I had nourished a viper in my bosom! II "It's her again? Angie?" James immediately got infuriated.

What the fuck was going on? Both his and Gloria's relationship clearly was progressing into the next step incomparably smoothly.

Both of them had no barriers between them anymore, which meant that success was within reach! How did this crazy woman appear out of nowhere to interfere with them!

"James, what to do? Let's call the police and have them arrest this woman! I am extremely pissed off by her! I don't want to go out to open the door for her! I'll call the police!" Gloria immediately wanted to call the police.

"No, no, no, Gloria, don't." James absolutely could not meet the police, so of course, he could not let Gloria call the police. He grabbed Gloria's hands and looked at her very firmly. "Gloria, you don't have to go out. I'll take care of this matter. I'll go and meet her out there. I '11 see what it is exactly that she wants to do! I think she is just upset because she was dumped by her husband.

There's nothing in this world that can't be resolved. If I'm unable to console her, I will first give her a sum of money to let her settle down. After all, she is your friend."

Gloria nodded her head. "James, you're so kind-hearted."

"I'll go out and have a look. I will think of a way to not let her bother us anymore." James gave Gloria an incomparably firm gaze.

In fact, when he had decided to go out and meet Angie, he had made a vicious decision. He wanted to trick Angie into going to his gang's headquarters and then have this eyesore of a woman killed! While thinking of that, James headed out.

Right at the moment when he opened the door, James was stunned. Not only did he see Angie outside the door, but he also saw Gloria's father, Old Master Shaw. That was a mighty general who used to be very powerful a few decades ago. The old man was already more than 90 years old, but his mighty aura and his calmness still sent a chill down James' spine. People in James' line of work were not afraid of the police and so on. old Master Shaw was not a police officer, but he had been fighting on the battlefield all his life, so he had a cold and stern air around him. Which man would not be afraid when he saw him?

"You're James Dunn?" old Master Shaw asked James with a cold expression.

James clearly knew old Master Shaw's status in South city and he clearly knew that he was Gloria's father, but he still deliberately asked, "S-Sir, you are?"

"You don't know who I am?" Old Master Shaw asked in return.

"Sir, I..." James pretended to be calm and smiled. "I have never met you."

"James Dunn! This is Gloria's father! The head of the famous Shaw family in South City! Can you afford to mess with him? Listen to me, James Dunn, don't you even dream about getting involved with a lady above your station! The Shaw family would never let a man like you defile their noble princess. You'd better stay the hell away!"

James was speechless.

Fucking bitch! At that second, James really wanted to punish Angie severely by shredding her into pieces! He was filled with so much hate that he almost could not control himself. However, he heard Angie say, "What do you think, James? should you and I have a talk by ourselves?"

"Sure." James sneered. After saying that, he turned around and looked at Old Master Shaw politely, "Sir, I'm sorry. I didn't know you're Miss Shaw's father. I have never heard Miss Shaw talk about you. How about this? I'll first have a chat with Miss Shaw's friend, Angie, and you may just enter. Miss Shaw is at home."

In fact, he knew that Old Master Shaw would not enter because Gloria would not let him in. Also, James and his gang had made an observation a long time ago that old Master Shaw would never set foot in Gloria's courtyard. However, even if he knew, James still had to say what she said. He had to pretend that he did not know Gloria and her father were not on good terms. He did not take another look at Old Master Shaw anymore, but he turned around to look at Angie. "Let's go, Miss Angie."

Both of them then walked side by side into the distance. At first, Angie did not say anything at all. It was after they had walked into a densely populated street that Angie suddenly said to James," James."

Chapter 2313 "What did you call me?" James said with utter disgust.

"I called you James," Angie said James was speechless.

"I'll tell you something. I am ten years younger than Gloria. I am more youthful and energetic than her, also...when I saw you the first time you went to our dance group to look for Gloria, I already...

It So that was what it was! It made sense now! Bloody hell! It turned out that this woman had had her eyes on him too. Gloria was right. This woman was jealous. Not only was she jealous, but she even wanted to snatch him away. Ha! He was indeed good- looking and also gentlemanly. However, James truly did not take a fancy to her at all.

"What did you do then?" James' tone was as cold as the icicles formed in the deep winters. He never looked directly at Angie at all.

Angie did not mind as well. On the contrary, she promoted herself to him even harder. "I am younger than her. she is already more than fifty years old. Her skin is already saggy. It's true, James. I-I also know how to dance and play the piano. I am just as good as her. Look at how tight my skin is. I..."

James sneered. "Go to hell!"

"What did you say?" Angie asked.

"I asked you to go to hell! Fuck off immediately. The further you can go, the better it is. I have seen plenty of women like you!

Fuck off!" James did not help the woman save face at all.

James did not want to easily have someone else's blood on his hands. Also, he did not have the absolute confidence that he was able to lure Angie with sweet talks and trick her into going to his gang's headquarters in broad daylight to have her killed there.

Because if he were to fail halfway through, then he would have exposed his true colors to Gloria. He could not have that. At that moment, he could only scold Angie with a cold expression and express his devotion to Gloria in front of Angie.

"Y-You asked me to fuck off? At the very least, I am also the youngest beauty in the senior citizen dance group. I have taken the initiative to express my feelings for you because I think highly of you, yet you want to chase me away?" Angie questioned James while raising her eyebrows and gritting her teeth.

"Bitch, get the fuck away from me!" James did not even bother paying attention to Angie.

Angie suddenly sneered. "James Dunn! Don't think that I don't know what you want! You have had your eyes on Gloria's family background, haven't you? You think that she is very rich, right? You don't truly love her. what you love is her money! otherwise, I really don’t know what you love about her when is an old woman who is more than fifty years old!"

A murderous air was radiating out of both of James' eyes. Angie had hit the nail right on the head about his intentions! It was fortunate that Angie only said he was going after Gloria's money, and she did not say that he was actually a scammer, a criminal!

It seemed like he truly had to get rid of this woman!

Just when he was about to change a method to deal with her, Angie suddenly smiled wickedly. "James Dunn! I'm going to tell you this, you can dream on! Do you know why Old Master Shaw would knock on the door today? It's because I have already told him everything. Don't worry. Old Master Shaw is unable to set foot in Gloria's house, but with him around, don't you even think about going near Gloria. One day, I will make you understand that you will never be able to have Gloria! I will let everything you do be in vain! See you! No, I'll never see you again! Hmph!"

Just like that, Angie sneered and left after getting on the bus. James, who was left behind, was speechless.

Chapter 2314 James desperately wanted to smash that bus. However, ever since that day, he never was able to find where Angie was staying anymore. He originally wanted to beat around the bush and ask Gloria where Angie was staying, but before he could ask, Gloria brought it up on her own. "This woman is really too much! she actually moved out! She still owes me two thousand dollars! How dare she move out! She even changed her phone number! I really have made a terrible friend! I'm so pissed off! So pissed! This won't do. I'm going to call the police! I'm going to call the police now!

Gloria was so angry that she teared up. It was James who stopped her. "Gloria, Gloria, don't be rash!"

"How could I not be rash? This woman has gone overboard! I treated her as my friend! But what about her? she stayed at my house, ate my food, cried, and whined, and I tolerated her. But what did he do? she turned her back on me! she even still owes me money! This is such a scoundrel!"

Gloria took out her phone and wanted to call the police, but how could James let her call the police? That would be bringing trouble upon himself.

"Gloria! Listen to me, Gloria! It's only two thousand dollars. What if she really is desperate for money and is unable to return?

After all, both of you were friends. Two thousand dollars really is nothing much. Just treat it like you are lending her a hand. No matter what, she indeed was dumped by her husband, she is very pitiful now. Maybe the reason she left without saying goodbye and even changed her number was that she wanted to bid farewell to the past and be with her own thoughts. Why should we bother her? I'm guessing the reason she didn't want to see you is that you're now happier than her. You're pretty and your life is fulfilling. Mm- hmm... You also have a boyfriend like me by your side. This is a very big trigger for her. Do you understand, Gloria? We have to let her off easy whenever we can. Let's just treat it as doing something charitable, alright?"

His words were extremely sincere. He was so sincere that if Gloria had not already known that he was a scammer beforehand, Gloria would have believed his words. Gloria was stunned for a few minutes. After that, she looked at James with an admiring expression. "I have never expected that you're so generous and have such great tolerance. I really never expected it.

"What's the matter? You don't like me like this? Do you think I'm silly?" James deliberately asked.

"No! I like men like this. Generous, responsible, and tolerant. This kind of man would usually be very reliable. I have not misjudged you! James, don't worry. If you want to buy a house. I will take out my savings of a few hundred thousand dollars and buy a house together with you. If you want to start a business, I will also support you. In short, I will fully support you! I...I will withdraw it for you now!"

Upon saying that, Gloria went to turn her drawers upside down to take her bank deposit slip.

"Gloria, that's not what I meant. Really, Gloria. I don't want your money. Not a single penny of it." James rejected Gloria very firmly.

When Gloria was telling Sabrina about this process, Sabrina could not help but cut her mother off. "Mom! Were you really going to give him your six hundred thousand dollars?"

Sabrina knew that her mother was not a big spender. In the past few years, her mother had taught piano lessons and sometimes she would perform with the dance group, so she was still able to save quite a sum of money in a year. On top of that, Sabrina would give her mother a sum of money during the holidays as well. Marcus would also hear a sum as well. Therefore, it was also normal for her mother to have six hundred thousand dollars on hand after a few years. These six hundred thousand dollars did not matter to Sabrina or Marcus, but her money was a self-reliant person. She would not stay idle and rely on her daughter, son- in-law, and her nephew just because they were rich, she had always insisted on spending the money that she had made herself.

Chapter 2315 Whenever one was unable to save any money, one should just spend money frugally. In short, materialistic things were not important. The most important thing was being frugal. Gloria even often joked with Aino, "Aino, I have saved up a sum of money for you. When you get married, I can also buy a decent gift. Why do I insist on buying you gifts for your wedding? Because when your mother got married, I was not by her side. I also never had the chance to make it up to her. Therefore, I am thinking of saving up to buy you wedding gifts."

Saving money to buy wedding gifts for Aino was something that Sabrina's mother had been insisting on doing for the past few years. She was even reluctant to buy jewelry for herself, she had never used any luxurious bags as she wanted to save her money for Aino. Therefore, Sabrina really wanted to ask her mother if she truly was going to take the money out to give it to James.

Her mother's reply really surprised Sabrina. "Yes! I really intended to give it to him. If he really were to start a fashion company after he had taken this money and never interact with those people and never harm others anymore, I had even thought it through that I would persuade him to turn himself in. To confess that he had once caused a mother and daughter to lose their life because he had cheated them out of money. However..."

At that moment when she said that, Gloria shocked her head and laughed lightly. "It's such a pity that as I have expected, James was indeed immensely greedy. He didn't want these six hundred thousand dollars of mine at all! I know he didn't want the money because he wanted to thoroughly leave his best impression on me. It's all in preparation for the few hundred million dollars he wanted to take from me!"

"He did not want it?" Sabrina was delighted.

"Six hundred thousand dollars is already nothing much to him because he already has his heart set on my six hundred million dollars!" Gloria said.

"Then, what happened?" Sabrina made a cup of coffee for both herself and her mother.

The mother and daughter were sitting at the small table under the roof, and they were talking about this matter as if they were just telling a story. That made Sabrina and her mother have an extra cozy and extra leisure kind of feeling. Later on...

Gloria took a sip of her coffee and she suddenly laughed, she even almost spat out her coffee.

"Mom, what are you laughing about?" Sabrina asked in confusion.

Only then did Gloria tell Sabrina, "Do you know what James said today when he was arrested at that small vegetable garden of mine in the suburbs?"

"What did he say?" That truly piqued Sabrina’s curiosity.

"He said that if he had known he would be left hanging like this and even ended up being arrested by the police in the end, he should have just taken my six hundred thousand dollars and gone somewhere far away. At least he would have still been able to earn six hundred million dollars that way. Unfortunately, he was too greedy, so he ended up sending himself to prison in the end."

"Haha! Gosh, Mom, this is killing me..." Sabrina burst out laughing so hard that she almost spat her coffee on her mother's face.

However, her mother sneered and said, "Unfortunately, he didn't know that if wanted to cheat me for that six hundred thousand dollars, I also would let him end up getting nothing. This was a strategy that officer Angie and I had designed, to begin with. Little by little, we were luring him into the trap."

"Mom, quickly go on, what happened next?" Sabrina was more and more interested in the story of her catching the thief.

"Later on..." Her mother started recalling her memories.

That day, when she wanted to withdraw the 600,000 dollars she had deposited, James stopped her in every way. His expression was so sincere that Gloria was even more fond of him. She looked at James with affection. "James, can you...no leave today?" 1 James immediately nodded. "As long as you're willing."

He was extremely eager. He had long been waiting for this.

"On our first day...can we have put—" James immediately cut Gloria off before she finished her words. He beat her to the punch to say, "Flowers! We must have flowers at home today! Gloria, don't worry. I'll go out to buy them now. They must all be the freshest!"

While saying that, James heeded out very quickly. As soon as he left the door, he received a solid slap on the face. James felt so painful that he cursed, "Which fucker is seeking death! How dare you slap someone in broad daylight!"

"It's me!" said an extremely mighty and cold voice.

Chapter 2316 James took a look after he regained his senses and saw that it was Old Master Shaw. He was so frightened that he almost wet himself.

"S-Sir, hello...hello, I..." James was trembling in fear and he did not know what to say.

At that moment, he even felt that he may lose his life. That was because old Master Shaw had two tall and strong bodyguards following behind old Master Shaw. Those bodyguards looked well- built and tough at a glance and were very professional. If Old Master Shaw were to see through his intentions, then it would not be just as simple as being imprisoned for him anymore. He would be torn into a million pieces. By then, not only would not get a single penny, but he would even lose his life. He looked at Old Mater Shaw very cautiously.

Old Master Shaw, however, had a cold and fierce expression. "I heard from my daughter's friend that you wanted to be my daughter's boyfriend?"

James nodded and then he shook his head. After that, he nodded again and shook his head again. It took him quite a while to regain a little bit of calmness. He came to the conclusion that old Master Shaw absolutely would not notice anything because he was unable to enter Gloria's house. Gloria also never communicated with the old man as well.

Therefore, all the old man could do was make guesses in regards to his relationship with Gloria and also what kind of a person he was. That damned Angie must have been who had spoken ill of James without any restraint in front of old Master Shaw. Otherwise, old Master Shaw would only watch James and Gloria from afar, and would never slap James without Gloria's permission.

"S-Sir, 1-listen to me. If you still want to beat me up, punish me, or have me killed after you've listened to me, I'll be at your mercy. Do you think this is alright?" James looked at Old Master Shaw with immense sincerity. He went all out.

since he would be dead either way, he might as well take a chance to fight for himself.

"Speak!" old Master Shaw only said one word!

"I don't know what Angie had told you, but I must let you know that I did not approach Miss Shaw on my own initiative!"

James said very loud and clear.

Old Master Shaw raised his head and glanced at James.

James continued, "sir, you have to admit that your relationship with your daughter is bad. Do you know how lonely your daughter is being all by herself? Nobody knew that she was hospitalized after a couple of days. I was a salesperson sent by my company to discuss some business with her, and I was unable to find her. It was after I had asked her that I learned that she was at the hospital, she was all alone at that time. Could it be that her being hospitalized was also an arrangement I had made beforehand?"

Old Master Shaw was speechless.

"It is out of the humanitarian spirit that I took care of her. she was grateful to me, so she invited me for a meal. Only then did she tell me that her fridge and sorts of electrical appliances in her house were either too old or needed to be repaired. There was not a single man in her house! Yes, she did have a father, but she was not close to you! She also has a daughter, but her daughter has three children now. Her daughter also has a job as well, so she was too busy!

She just endured everything that she could endure! I then drop by to help her fix the appliances! What have I done wrong?" Old Master Shaw sighed. "You indeed had done nothing wrong."

"Yes! I have done nothing wrong!" James became more and more justified.

"I have never approached Miss Shaw on my own initiative.

However, Miss Shaw has great character and is good-natured. Both of us admired each other and were attracted to each other. We also would give each other encouragement. 1 encourage her to live her life well. She encouraged me to work hard on starting my business. We have been very respectful of each other and we've never done anything despicable!" he said with conviction.

Old Master Shaw sneered. "If you've never done it, then why did you come to my daughter's house so early in the morning? when I came to knock on the door early in the morning a few days ago, you were here as well! Explain to me clearly! Why is that so? Boy! Listen to me! Don't think that just because my daughter ignores me, she would be a lonely woman who is easy to bully! My daughter is ignoring me and doesn't acknowledge me as her father.

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Chapter 2317 "I, however, have never given up protecting my daughter! with me keeping an eye here, don't you even think about harming my daughter!"

"I didn't! I really didn't!" James got anxious. "I swear! I have never done anything offensive to your daughter. The reason why I appeared at your daughter's house so early in the morning that day was not that I had spent the night. It was because she had a friend who had a fight with her husband. That woman spent the night at your daughter's house. I came over that early in the morning to deliver breakfast to both the women! Also, your daughter was the one who agreed for me to deliver the breakfast!

That was because your daughter had been comforting that woman, so she had no time to prepare breakfast. However, I had never expected that the woman was an evil viper! Your daughter had comforted her, taken her in, and treated her so well. But what happened in the end? That woman actually took a fancy to me and wanted me to be with her! She still owes your daughter two thousand dollars as well! Now, she is missing"

Old Master Shaw was in disbelief. "There's...such a thing?"

"Of course!" James said with annoyance.

He deliberately did that because he knew he could not keep being meek. He had to be firm. Only then would old Master Shaw feel that he was aggrieved.

Surely, after old Master Shaw pondered for a while, his tone also softened up. "Boy! Listen to me! I may have made a mistake by blaming you this time! I hope you won't say anything unpleasant about me to my daughter!"

"I know that your relationship with your daughter is bad, but that’s a matter between both of you. I will not get involved!" James said.

"That's good!" old Master Shaw sneered. He still had more to say. " However...however, you also have to listen to me carefully!

My daughter is already more than fifty years old. she had been through many hardships wandering around everywhere her whole life. She had never gotten true love when she was younger, let alone now. You spoke with such conviction and your words indeed are very convincing. However, one will never truly be able to tell what others are thinking, who would know what you truly have in mind?"

James suddenly shuddered.

"People say that only time will tell what a person is truly like. This saying is not wrong at all. My relationship with my daughter is not good, but protecting her from harm is still something I am able to do as a father! Boy, you listen to me carefully. In any case, my daughter is already more than fifty years old and she had never met any good men in all these years. Since it has already been so many years, a couple more years would not make a difference. If you're able to keep being good to my daughter everyday for the next three days and let her be satisfied every day, I will agree to let you and my daughter get married! As long as you guarantee that my daughter will be able to live happily for the rest of her life, I will make it worth your while!" old Master Shaw said. 1 James' eyes lit up. What did Old Master Shaw mean by that? Was that an acknowledgment for him? It did not seem like it either.

The Old Master Shaw was a sly old fox. He was smarter than others. He was testing him. If he was just a little unqualified, the old man would be able to turn him into dust. For a moment, James felt both excited and also felt like he was caught in a precarious situation.

He was really tempted by Old Master Shaw's words. If he were to become Old Master Shaw's son-in-law and live the rest of his life with Gloria, the glory and wealth he would be able to get would absolutely be no less than those obtained from cheating others. There was no need for him to grow old with Gloria. He just had to force Gloria to divorce him after five years, and he would be able to get a hefty sum of money. He then immediately nodded aggressively like a chick pecking on grains, "Sir, don't worry. I will certainly make you satisfied not because you had threatened me, but for the sake of Gloria. I will show you that I certainly can take good care of Gloria."

"Don't you dare to break her heart!" old Master Shaw's words were domineering!

Chapter 2318 The old man's words were very clear. He allowed his daughter to be in a relationship, but he absolutely would not tolerate a man playing with her daughter’s feelings or breaking her heart.

"I absolutely would never break Gloria's heart." Once again, James expressed his determination to Old Master Shaw.

Old Master Shaw sneered. "So, three years! If you can remain committed for three years, then only I will believe you!"

James was speechless. There was a moment when he really wanted very badly to have old Master Shaw killed. However, he did not have the ability nor did he have the guts. Unless he did not wish to live anymore.

"Three years. Don't worry! I will definitely be able to last three years! No, no, no! Even if it's five years or a lifetime, as long as it's good for Gloria, I will do it, let alone three years!"

"You'd better do it for the rest of your life!" old Master Shaw turned around and left after leaving those words with him. After he walked to his car, he turned his head around and said to James, "I am very old! I am going to be ninety soon! I have been through so much my whole life. I was once young as well! when I met Gloria's mother, I was already in my forties. But what about Gloria's mother? she was not even thirty years old at that time. It's very easy for her to fall in love with me after seeing an actual conqueror like me. But what about me if I were to ask myself? The first time I met Gloria’s mother, she was the one who had saved my life. It was also because she had saved me that time I directly made Gloria's mother my woman. If Gloria's mother was a fifty-year-old woman back then, I may rather be captured alive by the enemy or beaten to death than make her my woman.

That's because I would not be able to make a move on her! Because I would be disgusted! I am not trying to insult us, men!

However, all men in this world are alike! We only loved the young ones, who would cherish the older ones? We can be good to our wives because we have been through so many hardships with them our whole lives, what about the other women? Have you and Gloria been together since you were young? No! You've only known Gloria for a total of one month. Just one month! Young man! Gloria is already over fifty years old! If she is able to meet her love in this life, of course, it would be a good thing. However, I would rather have her not meet her love than to see her getting heartbroken! She is already in her fifties. She can't afford to be heartbroken anymore. Also, she is a person who values relationships and loyalty very much. If her heart is broken, she may even lose her life! She may lose her life. Do you understand? So, you better be good to her your whole life! Don't try to touch her!

Forget about a lifetime, I'm only asking for three years! I think there's still a possibility for an old man like me to live for three more years. If you're able to be as good to her as always within these three years, then I will consider letting both of you get married!

That's what I meant!"

After saying that, old Master Shaw directly went into the car and the driver started the engine. The car left as swift as an arrow.

James was left alone at the door, and he was stunned for a very long time. He was able to feel that old Master Shaw's intimidating power was very strong. If he were to have the slightest mistake, not only would he fail at cheating Gloria out of her money, but he really would end up dead.

That afternoon, after James returned to his gang's lair, he started persuading the gang to back out of this deal. "This is not a very good deal. The old woman's father is keeping a very close eye on us. He is already ninety years old now and he is indeed very nice, but he is very intimidating. Not only the old man but the old woman's daughter and her husband as well. Nobody in the entire South City can be their match."

Chapter 2319 "If we were to scam an old woman like her, we may truly lose our lives at the slightest accident!"

The leader of the gang sneered. "Are you afraid now?"

"Are you not afraid?" James asked.

"I am afraid!" the leader of the gang immediately said. 1 James scoffed. "Then that's decided then!"

"But nothing ventured, nothing gained! I learned about her son-in -law. He was just an illegitimate son back then! Not a single penny of the Ford Group was his back then, but he was able to fake his death as a lure and get the entire Ford Group into the palm of his hands!"

James was speechless.

"There's also her father as well. You have also heard about it from her father today that when he was fighting the war abroad, he also had a narrow escape from death. It was already very good to be able to have a narrow escape. When he was just a hair's breadth away from death, it was a woman who had saved him! she saved him, but he devoured every inch of this woman instead! He never married her his whole life, and he never acknowledged his own daughter for most of his life! If had a conscience when he was young and let his woman live a better life, and then bring his daughter home, then would Gloria, who is now living alone and refuses to acknowledge her father, still be in existence today?"

James had no choice but to admit it. "That's true."

"Gloria Shaw! She is a perfect target for us! She lives alone, has no husband, is on bad terms with her father, and her daughter and son -in-law are very busy with their lives and work! She is a fifty-year- old woman who loves to play the piano and dance, she is at an awkward age and she is alone, so could she not be lonely? As long as we can utilize this information about her, we will be able to take all of her properties for our own! old Master Shaw is very mighty and he is very powerful, but does he have power abroad? After we've got her half of the properties, all of US could then settle down abroad, and each of US will have a few hundred million dollars in our hands. When the time comes, wouldn't you be able to have any kind of beautiful woman you want?

Listen to me, James, this is a rare opportunity that will never come by again if we don't seize it. We've been working in this business of scamming others for so many years, and this is the first time we've encountered such a big catch. It would truly be a pity if we give it up. At least, for the time being, Old Master Shaw still doesn't know that we are scammers. He’s just worried that her daughter would be heartbroken. However, he is just anxious for nothing because his daughter won't even let him enter the house. Why do you care so much about him then? Just be careful and everything will be fine!"

The leader of the gang's remark had successfully eliminated all the worries and the fear in James' heart. He originally was reluctant to let go of it just like that, to begin with. Seeing that success was already so close that he could taste it, who would be willing to let go?

From that day on, James did not even dare to touch a single strand of Gloria's hair as he was watched by old Master Shaw.

Gloria, however, gave all sorts of hints to him, which made him have an incredibly strong itch to be with her. No matter how great of an itch he got, he was still unable to have a taste of it. That anxiety was simply torturing James' body and mind. He was a man that had not even turned forty. In the past, he would often be surrounded by women. At that time, he was basically living his life like a monk. If he truly had been a monk, then at least he would still be able to keep calm. However, he was unable to do that as well because Gloria kept flirting with him almost every other day.

Gloria wanted to have a change of fresh flowers at home almost every day. she was an extremely elegant woman living an extremely romantic life. James had to keep up with Gloria's pace. Within a few days, his cheesy and sweet-talking look was entirely exposed in front of Gloria, of course, Gloria was aware of that. However, James, himself, was unable to tell that he had already been fully exposed because that was his true nature. Once his true nature was exposed, he became even more anxious.

Because he was anxious, he would occasionally go on dates, get drunk, and so on behind Gloria's back. That was the reason why Sebastian had once met James at a restaurant creating a commotion by being angry drunk. It was because he was very anxious.

Never would James and his entire gang ever expect that all of this was a strategy that was used by Gloria and the police as they had joined forces. Gloria was then able to protect herself from being violated by James, but at the same time, she was also able to make James' gang unknowingly expose themself, become anxious, and then unable to remain calm and composed.

"If it was according to our original plan, some time may still be needed before James and his gang were able to be caught.

However, because you've intervened forcibly...," Sabrina's mother said to her while looking at her gently.

Sabrina was stunned. "Because of me?"

Chapter 2320 Gloria smiled. "Because of you." "Was it that time when Vireo's sisters came over?" Sabrina immediately asked.

Gloria nodded. "James was so scared that time that his soul almost left his body. He hid in the courtyard and both of his legs were shaking. I saw it with my own eyes. I just pretended I didn't know anything, and I even did my best to comfort him."

Sabrina smiled. "Mom, I never would have thought that the one time that I was rude to you actually helped you. However, Mom, do you know how worried I was at that time? I originally didn't intend to intervene in your relationship matters because I feel that as a younger member of the family, I shouldn't be involved. No matter who you're dating, I will support you. However, before that, Sebastian had witnessed James being an angry drunk and acting like a rogue at a restaurant. That made Sebastian and me extremely worried. I took the day off from work that day to come and visit you. In the end, I ran into Vireo's sisters, who were causing a scene, and then followed US all the way here. All sorts of coincidences just happened to run into each other. You have no idea about this, but when I saw how cheesy James was and how he looked just a gigolo at a glance, I truly wanted to beat him into a pulp on the spot. Mom, I am not afraid of other things. I'm not afraid that he would cheat you out of your money because it's losing some money in the worst scenario, what I was most afraid of was that he would break your heart. If you were to lose both money and also your heart, would you still be able to live? That was what I was mainly afraid of."

Gloria hugged Sabrina. "I know. I know all about it. I know that you're the daughter who loves her mother the most in this world! If you had loved me any less, you wouldn't have had such a big reaction that day. I know. However, at that critical juncture, it was almost time to capture them after we've put in so much effort in the early stages, so if we were to alarm them, then all of our previous efforts would be in vain. Therefore, I can't tell you the truth. I'm sorry to have made you worried, baby."

Gloria looked at Sabrina incredibly apologetically.

"Mom, don't say that. In fact, I was the one who had not paid enough attention to you. I thought I was already being very diligent and caring to come to visit you once a week with the kids. However, I never expected that so many things had happened around you this month, and I didn't even know about it at all."

Sabrina was feeling guilty. Nothing happened to her mother because she was quick-witted. However, what if something had happened to her mother? what should she do?

Gloria looked at Sabrina lovingly. "My child, it's not your fault. I had intentionally hidden it from you, so how could you have known? When you came over every weekend, I deliberately made it so that James would not appear at the same time. I told him that I am already very old, so dating someone is a very embarrassing thing, especially when I didn't want my daughter and son- in-law to know. Unless one day I'm getting married. I'll let my daughter know then. Besides, your grandfather has been watching James at all times, he did not dare touch me at all. That was a plan that Officer Angie and I had formulated. Therefore, my personal safety was very well protected." 1 "But then, wouldn't James be so desperate that he'll do anything?" Sabrina could not help but ask her mother.

Her mother laughed. "That's right. The ultimate goal that Officer Angie and I wanted to achieve was to both keep James from getting close to me and to make him see that I have mountains and mountains of wealth. Then, let him be so desperate that he'll take desperate measures."

Sabrina got curious again. "Mom, then what desperate measures did James take in the following week or so after that? How did you guys round them up and capture all of them?"

Gloria continued recalling the past.

Ever since Old Master Shaw threatened James, and then James encountered the incident of the Payne sisters calling the police to block them outside of Gloria's house, James became easily startled and frightened at everything. However, because Gloria kept showing him affection, he had to respond to her. Even so, his response was only sending flowers to her every day.

After he responded the same way every time, Gloria got angry. "Do you not like me? If you don't like me, then you tell me as soon as possible! 1 won't keep pestering you!"

"I-I promised your father that I..." James said with immense difficulty.