Patrick was amused by Gloria's pained look.
He said maliciously, "Gloria, you have been quite an eye-opener for me today. I wonder if your brother would be mad if he saw your pitiful look?"
'You can't do this!'
Gloria was about to say it. With her nails stabbing into her palm, she immediately sobered up.
She dared not to look at Patrick in the mirror, afraid that he would see her through.
"Mr. Hammond, I don't have a brother anymore. I'm a rogue and was once locked up in a werewolf prison. The Silver Spring Pack wouldn't accept a murderer."
Patrick did not expect Gloria to say anything like that. For a moment, he was stunned, then he laughed. "Gloria, I underestimated you before. You are so cold-blooded. No wonder you committed such a crime."
Gloria swallowed Patrick's cold words. It was like a knife to her heart; it shook her very soul.
She thought, 'Cold-blooded? Patrick, didn't you make me that way?'
"But I'm curious. Since you have such a cold heart, I wonder if your body is cold too, or..."
Gloria's body stiffened as she heard him say so.
A hot body suddenly pressed against her back.
Patrick's tight grip on her waist made Gloria tremble with fear. Looking down, she saw Patrick's palm on her abdomen.
Patrick wanted to humiliate Gloria, but the closer he got to Gloria, the more he was attracted to her scent.
His wolf was fighting for control over his body.
Leo tried to take over Patrick's body while Patrick tried to fight back, but he could not control his hands.
He unbuttoned Gloria's coat, and Patrick's hand went into her dress. Gloria shivered again as she felt the heat of his palm.
Patrick frowned. Gloria was wearing a sweater underneath her coat. It was summer!
Wolves typically had higher body temperatures than humans, making it easier for them to survive cold weather. Patrick could not understand why Gloria was afraid of the cold.
With a hint of doubt, Patrick was about to lift Gloria's sweater.
"Patrick!"
Gloria called his name in alarm.
Patrick felt his fingertips numb as if an electric current had passed them. He felt the voice was pleasant.
He narrowed his eyes and asked, "What did you call me?"
Gloria's shoulders trembled. She immediately said, "Mr. Hammond."
She could feel the palm under the sweater stroking her belly and it felt like an electric current.
She felt the palm getting closer to the wound that she was unwilling to reveal.
Gloria's heart beat faster, and she cried out.
"Mr. Hammond!"
"Yes?"
Patrick's voice was filled with desire.
Gloria said, "Mr. Hammond, didn't you already reject me? Have you forgotten about Gabrielle?"
Patrick suddenly recalled the appearance of Damon's younger sister, Gabrielle.
He also remembered how he had felt when he saw the corpse of Gabrielle three years ago.
Patrick came back to his senses. He realized that he was holding the woman that killed Gabrielle.
All of a sudden, his aroused desire disappeared without a trace.
Patrick believed that this strange feeling was in fact his hatred of Gloria.
He let go of Gloria and roared, "Get out of here."
Gloria staggered out of the bathroom, not daring to linger for a moment. She opened the door and left without looking back.
Patrick stood in the office. His body exuded a coldness that might have frozen all around him and their hearts.
Neither Patrick nor Gloria noticed that while they were embracing each other in the office, Yuna had been lurking in the doorway, watching everything.
Yuna did not dare to get too close, for she knew that Patrick had a keen hearing.
She could not hear their conversation, but she saw Patrick holding Gloria and then letting go of her.
She left quickly before Gloria came out of the office.
Yuna could not believe that Patrick, the behind-the-scenes boss of the Fittro Club, would be with Gloria, a low, cowardly, ugly woman.
Many of the employees at the Fittro Club had a crush on Patrick but were afraid to approach him because he kept his distance from them.
Out of jealousy, Yuna's face looked ferocious.
Yuna thought of what had happened a few days ago. When she was intimate with Derrick, she was interrupted by Gloria.
At the thought of this, Yuna hated Gloria even more.
As she returned to the lounge, she told others how Gloria seduced Patrick shamelessly.
Gloria was not aware of this. As she entered the lounge, she felt that the people around her, in groups of two or three, were all pointing and discussing her.
Gloria did not care much about it. Perhaps it was because her sudden move to the Public Relations Department was controversial.
But after entering the lounge, she realized that wasn't the case.
"The female dog is here." All of a sudden, there was a sneer. Gloria's face turned pale. She knew that it was Ruby who was pointing at her and scolding her as a "female dog".
"Ruby, don't be so loud. I'm not blind and I can see a female dog break in."
Just now, Yuna told them that Gloria had seduced Patrick, which made them jealous.
Ruby felt that her job had been taken over by Gloria and was mad at her. Now that she saw Gloria, she began to taunt her.
Ruby said with a smile, "She acted like a dog in front of the guests, wagging her tail and begging for mercy. She even barked and picked up the money on the ground with her mouth. So disgusting!"
Gloria blinked, wondering, 'Who turned off the lights? Why is it so dark?'
In the eyes of others, Gloria was standing there motionlessly with a face full of horror, but they did not know that Gloria had fallen into endless darkness.
Gloria was suddenly blind, but her hearing was keener. She could hear the jeers of the girls around her.
For a moment she thought, 'If I could die like this, it would be for the best.'