30 Days Until He Loses Me by Aaren Collins novel Chapter 17

Chapter 17

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Salomé held her hand very seriously.

“Felicia, if you hadn’t adopted Abby in time, maybe… she would still have been adopted by someone else.”

“But this time, I will definitely screen and verify the identity of the adopter. I won’t let Abby get hurt again.”

No, one such disaster was more than enough.

Felicia shook her head: “I will adopt Abby.”

But she didn’t meet any of the requirements.

This matter weighed on Felicia’s mind every day. After work, she would head straight to the welfare home, and only when she saw Abigail could she feel at ease.

One day, just back from the welfare home, Felicia absentmindedly tidied up her room. She randomly tuned the television to a channel to fill the silence.

“Gideon, I heard you are not American. Why do you always use your American name outside?”

“My grandfather was American.”

The man spoke concisely, so the host continued to the next topic, steering the conversation toward the man’s career, wealth, and charitable activities.

Felicia glanced at the screen unintentionally, and her body froze as she wiped the table.

Gideon?!

It turned out that the man she had rescued was him!

No wonder he looked so familiar.

A regular on the financial channel! Gideon, famous on Wall Street!

Charity… that’s right, charity!

He must have a way!

Felicia rummaged through her drawers and finally found that business card, then dialed the

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number.

She called three times, but no one answered.

Until the fourth call.

A deep, magnetic male voice finally sounded from the receiver: “Hello.”

“Hello, this is Felicia.”

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There was a moment of silence on the other end, as if he was searching in his mind for who she

was.

“I remember. Have you decided what kind of reward you want?”

The man’s voice was cool and calm. The sound of paper being torn came through the phone, followed by the smooth glide of a pen on paper, as if he was writing something.

Felicia knew he couldn’t see her expression, but she still felt embarrassed, and her speech became hesitant: “I… I need help with something. It’s not about using gratitude as leverage, I just saw that you have been involved in welfare and charity for years, and thought you might be able to help. If not, that’s okay.”

Gideon signed his name on the check, paused at the amount: “You want…”

Before he could finish asking how much she needed, the woman covered his voice.

“I… I want to adopt an American girl, but I don’t have enough money, nor citizenship. Do you have a way?”

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Gideon’s brows furrowed: “I remember you said you had a daughter.”

Felicia felt a bit embarrassed.

She hadn’t expected that adopting Abigail would be so difficult.

Otherwise, Abigail would have already been her daughter.

After a while, Felicia’s awkward voice came through the receiver: “I was talking about her, but at the time I didn’t realize adoption would be so hard…”

Gideon didn’t know what he was feeling at that moment.

He just felt an inexplicable sense of ease in his chest.

So he said, “Alright, I can go take a look.”

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“Thank you so much!”

Felicia’s voice rose with excitement.

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Hearing the excitement in her voice, Gideon’s lips unconsciously curled up.

After hanging up, Jacques walked in with a contract: “Gideon, what are you so happy about?”

He glanced at the half–written check. Could it be that Gideon already knew they had acquired the desired property?

But the contract was still in his hands. Gideon’s information was really up–to–date.

“We’ll talk about the Times Square acquisition tomorrow. For now, come out with me.”

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