"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.
James scoffed. "Then that's decided then!"
"But nothing ventured, nothing gained! I learned about her son-in-law. He was just a n 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, h e 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 a s 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 h e 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 b y 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 u p. 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, h e 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 b e 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 t o touch a single strand of Gloria's hair as h e 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 a n 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 t o 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 b y 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?"
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