Gloria drove back. Sitting in the driver's seat, she laughed at herself for having an illusion. Otherwise, how could she see Patrick?
Suddenly, she realized something.
Gloria stepped on the brakes, her body leaning forward instinctively. She stared forward.
The next moment...
She unbuckled her seat belt, got out of the car, and limped forward.
"Patrick! Where have you been? Everyone is worried about you. Do you know that?" Gloria shouted at him with her coarse voice. Her chest heaved violently.
Patrick seemed frightened and stared at her blankly.
"Gloria," Patrick explained, "Hank said that if I behaved, you would come to see me. I waited for a long time, but you didn't come. I miss you so much!"
He looked at a loss and was about to cry. "Have I done something wrong?"
Gloria's heart skipped a beat. An indescribable pain spread through her heart and she was caught off guard.
Before she could say anything, Patrick placed his hand on her head. "Don't stay in the rain."
Gloria looked up at his clear eyes. She was caught off guard, as if something had hit her.
"Gloria, don't be upset. I'll be good from now on," Patrick said anxiously.
It was too late. Gloria's tears streamed down her cheeks.
Patrick was in a sorry state, and his shoes had been worn out. He should have been looking for her for a long time.
"Get in the car." Gloria took him to the car.
Gloria opened the door of the back seat.
"No." Patrick was stubborn and refused to get into the car.
"Why?" Gloria asked, frowning.
"I don't want to sit in the back seat. I want to sit there." Patrick pointed at the passenger seat.
Gloria was stunned, not knowing what the difference was.
"I want to sit next to you." Patrick's eyes were serious, which surprised Gloria.
In the heavy rain, she went to the passenger seat and opened the door. "Come here."
Patrick ran over and kissed her happily. "You're so nice."
Gloria pursed her lips and started the car.
"Do you know Sean's phone number?" She threw her phone at Patrick. "Call him."
Patrick said cautiously, " Password?"
Gloria was holding the steering wheel. She paused and said, "0926."
926 was her name in the werewolf prison for three years.
Just as Sean picked up the phone, Gloria said to him, "I found him. He is with me now."
She drove to the Moonlight Garden, which belonged to Patrick. Although it has only one bedroom, it was quite spacious.
"Go take a shower first." She found a large shirt and handed it to Patrick.
Then, Gloria went to the kitchen to prepare something to eat.
After Patrick came out, she also took a shower.
She slammed the bathroom door hard as if to show how much she didn't care about him.
Gloria took a quick shower. After her body warmed up, she dried herself up and put on her pajamas.
She took out a thin quilt from the closet, threw it on the sofa, and said emotionlessly, "You'll sleep here tonight."
Early the next morning, Sean called her.
Gloria said, "I have an important meeting in the morning. You can come in the afternoon. I will rush back."
They were talking about Patrick.
Sean thought for a while and said, "I have something to discuss with you. Let's meet at your house at two o'clock in the afternoon."
"Gloria, you are so beautiful," Patrick said to Gloria as she hung up the phone.
"Beautiful?" Gloria curled her lips into a mocking smile. "There's a scar on my forehead. Do you think that's beautiful?"
Patrick was silent for a while, and Gloria felt it was ridiculous. Patrick continued, "Yes. In my eyes, you are the most beautiful person in the world."
Gloria clenched her fists and turned to leave in a panic.
She said inwardly, 'Patrick, after I've lost all my best years, now you tell me that in your eyes, I am the most beautiful woman in the world."
Gloria stepped into the elevator and left without looking back.
"Miss Carter, are you feeling unwell?" Mandy was waiting downstairs.
She handed a glass of milk and a sandwich to Gloria, who had just gotten into the car.
"Probably because I didn't sleep well last night. Thanks."
"It's nothing."
Gloria finished her breakfast quickly and asked Mandy, "Have you prepared everything?"
"Yes, everything is ready. It's in my bag."
Gloria took out the folder and began to look through it.
"Gloria, close your eyes and rest for a while. I checked the information three times last night. There won't be any problems." Mandy looked at the desperate Gloria and felt she was a little different today.
She wanted to ask some things, but she held back.
"If you have something to say, go ahead." Gloria did not raise her head from the document, but she noticed that Mandy was hesitating to speak.
Mandy thought about it. "Gloria, I should not have asked."
"It's okay."
Mandy said, "Gloria, is the Carter Group..."
"Yes." Before Mandy could finish her words, Gloria answered resolutely.
"Is it very bad?"
"Yes."
"How bad?" Mandy was a little uneasy as Gloria wouldn't lie.
She thought, 'If a big company like the Carter Group is facing a major change, why didn't I know about it?'
"Alger, the former chairman, transferred most of the liquidity of the Carter Group to other places," Gloria said expressionlessly.
That was illegal possession of property and embezzlement.
"Why is no one else in the company aware of it?" Mandy said in a hurry because she was so anxious.
"I only knew it after the liquidation." Gloria was still focusing on the documents.
"Why didn't you do anything at that time?"
Gloria put the document away. Then, she looked up. "Mandy, somehow, he is still my father."
"Alger has let you down." Mandy's eyes turned red.
No wonder Gloria had done everything she could to achieve the best results for this cooperation.
It was not that she pursued perfection, but that she could not afford failure.
Mandy recalled the rumors in the company.
Those people had no idea what Gloria would be facing after she took over the company.
"I am not that kind," Gloria said lightly.
Her grandfather did not wish for her and Alger to hurt each other, and she only wanted to protect the last bit of happiness in her life.
The car stopped at the entrance of the building.
"Mandy, this time, we can't afford to lose."
"OK!"
By the time Gloria and Mandy got out of the car, other representatives from the Carter Group had also arrived.
Apart from Gloria and Mandy, there were six elites from the Carter Group.
The elevator doors opened, and they felt the cold atmosphere immediately.
"Miss Carter, this way please." The secretary led Gloria and the others to the conference room and opened the door for Gloria.
"Thank you," Gloria said politely and stepped into the conference room. She was a little surprised and confused.
Mandy also felt strange. She leaned close to Gloria and whispered, "Why did they only send one person here?"
Gloria replied in a low voice, "There are two possibilities. They do not take this cooperation seriously, or they are ready to make things difficult for us. However, though the current situation of the Carter Group is bad, people from outside didn't know it yet. They should not act in such a way."
Mandy was impressed that Gloria could be so calm and rational when facing such a crisis.