Chapter 177 Ugly Duckling


    Gloria Taylor looked at the old stuff of Kenny rke.


    And she noticed a photograph on the desk, and it was a woman and a kid in it.


    The kid was in the summer school uniform and looked at the camera with a great big grin on his face.


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    Stood aside from him was the woman wearing a white dress, and she smiled gently.


    “It’s my mother.”


    The gravelly voice of Kenny came behind her.


    And Kenny put one of his arms around her thin waist and his strong chest against her back.


    “It was Children’s Day. She went to the activity held in my school, and we took the picture after that.”


    He reached to the photo with the other hand and exined to Gloria.


    Gloria turned her head to him and thenid eyes on the kid in the photo again.


    That Kenny was bright, not like the Kenny behind her.


    Now, he was handsome, he was sessful, and he got extraordinary ability, but that kid knew how to


    laugh was drown. He drowned at the age of eleven when he witnessed his mother raped to save his


    life.


    Only God knew what supported him to move on his life.


    And if that tragedy did was rted to someone of the rkes, then...


    That thought made her shudder.


    “Are you cold?” Kenny rke asked.


    “No,” Gloria sighed. “How many of the members did your family got?”


    With such arge estate, more of the rkes might live here except for Kenny’s father and grandfather.


    “Countless,” Kenny shook his head and said. “Here and there, home and abroad.”


    He noticed the worry of Gloria, so he changed the subject.


    “The red packet. Did you open it?”


    Gloria did is distracted and she took it out.


    “I guess there is a check inside.” Gloria smiled.


    “My grandfather can’t be that cheap.” Kenny smiled as well.


    “You gotta be kidding. A red packet with a check is cheap?”


    “Open it.” Kenny took her to the chairs and sat down.


    Gloria opened the packet and drew out a card that looked exactly the same as the one that shocked


    her and Anne Taylor back then.


    “Now we’re talking,” Kenny said.


    “Is this the card that only the members of the rk family are qualified to possess?” Gloria looked at


    him open-eyed. Last time when Anne took it from her, she searched it online and got little information


    about it.


    “Correct. Only a rk can have it, but not every member of the family does.”


    Kenny checked the number on it and found it was newly made. He smiled because he knew such a gift


    means his grandfather had already known and epted Gloria.


    “How much money in it?”


    “No idea.”


    “What do you mean no idea?”


    “I spent it since I was a child. Cars, houses,panies. And it never runs out.”


    Kenny gave it back to Gloria, leaving her astonished.


    ...


    The morning of the second day.


    Gloria woke up alone, and Kenny went to his grandfather’s.


    Kenny’s room was close to his grandfather’s, so she took a bath and went to find him.


    In the hallway, Gloria saw a woman walking toward her. She moved aside while that woman did not


    even take a nce at Gloria and bumped into her shoulder almost like in purpose.


    “Is it the first day you work here? Walk with your eyes.” The woman wore an impable make-up and


    was well-dressed but spoke without a single eye on Gloria.


    “It is the first day I’m here, but I did not work here, and I believe it was you who hit me.” Gloria replied,


    her face grim.


    Hearing that, the woman finally took a look at her, and she found Gloria too pretty to be a maid.


    Besides, no maid dared to talk back in this ce.


    As she was put eyes on, Gloria was also looking at the woman in front of her. With a close watch, she


    recognized the woman was the host of a hot show, and her name was Kelly rke.


    No one heard of Kelly until she came out of nowhere and got to host one of the hottest shows. Rumor


    had it that she was a member of the rke family, but it was nothing certain about it.


    “It doesn’t matter whether you work here or not. In this ce, you mind your manner. Don’t assume


    yourself to be a swan just because someone takes you here. A duck is a duck.” She said with


    scorn and left.


    Some men of the rks would take girls from the clubs back here for the nights, which Kelly rke


    was aware of, and she considered Gloria as those girls.


    Knowing what she implied, Gloria rolled her eyes but did not stop Kelly from leaving. She did not want


    to waste her time on a total asshole.


    And that was when Kenny saw Gloria when he was going back to wake her up.


    “What’s going on?” Noticing her expression, Kenny asked.


    “Never mind.” Gloria shrugged.


    Kenny took a look in the opposite direction. Kelly was just leaving, and she might run into Gloria.