Come To Me (Amelia and Patrick)

Chapter 959

Upon hearing Nora's question, Patrick's eyes flickered before he replied steadily, "We dropped by a supermarket during our way here. Since we are going to stay for dinner, we had gotten you some fresh meat. It would be inappropriate if we come empty-handed."

Liar!

Knowing that the meat was his leftover, Amelia secretly sneered.

Amelia could not help glancing at Patrick. If he could come out with such a convincing lie now, she wondered how often had he lied to her before without casting her doubts.

Apparently, Nora suspected nothing as she replied, "There's no need to buy so many things, you should just come and enjoy!"

Smiling, Patrick said gentlemanly, "That's what I'm supposed to do."

Amelia pursed her lips. The longer she stayed next to Patrick, the more she doubted her IQ level. She could not help wondering the number of times that she had completely believed everything he said like what Nora did at the moment.

Having this in mind, she was convinced that everything he said to her for the day was nothing but a lie too.

All he wanted was to make sure that she would not call his grandfather and expose the affair between him and Sissi.

Other than that, she could not think of any other other reasons that would lead to Patrick's sudden change of attitude to her.

Patrick had never expected that a white lie would lead to Amelia overthinking everything he had ever said. However, he had no one to blame but himself. After all, he was no longer a trustworthy person in her eyes.

He was in a hurry to send Nora away so that he could spend time with Amelia alone. He then said, "Nora, don't mind us. Keep yourself busy in the kitchen."

Patrick sounded as if Nora belonged to kitchen.

Amelia volunteered herself immediately, "Nora, I'll come with you!"

Somehow, she would rather be anywhere than staying next to Patrick.

There was no way that Nora was going to agree with her coming. She said, "Amelia, actually I would like a favor from you."

Seemingly concerned, Amelia replied, "What is that? I'll try to help."

Nora replied, "Ever since mom had terminated the employment contract of the home tutor of two kids, I can tell that they are struggling with their homework. Do you mind going to their room and guide them?"

Amelia was more than willing to help the kids. She promised, "That wouldn't be a problem at all! By the way, it's already half past seven. Is Owen not home yet?"

Amelia had reached to this conclusion based on her observation. First of all, she had visited Owen's house before. Hence, she recognized the slippers that Owen used to wear at home.

But she had noticed that particular pair of slippers were kept in order on the shoe rack. This suggested that he had not returned home yet unless he no longer wore the slippers.

Nodding, Nora said, "Yes. These days he is busy dealing with the issue regarding C River. It's already normal for him to spend most of the time out working.

Whenever I ask him, he will assure me that everything is fine. But if I ask him to stay at home, he will insist on leading the team himself. Citing his words, he only trusts himself to ensure that

everything is on track.

But this doesn't surprise me. When it comes to things that he is interested in, he will put in his best effort no matter how trivial the matter is. He won't listen to anyone who comes in his way to stop him."

Upon hearing this, Amelia was deeply moved by Owen's effort.

She nearly blurted out that it was because of her that Owen had to spend long hour working. But she had not forgotten that Patrick was here too. He was the reason that she had to keep quiet as she did not want him to know about this.

Her slight pause was unnoticeable for Nora. However, Patrick had known her so well that he instantly caught her hesitation.

Sinking in his thoughts, he began to wonder if Amelia was involved in C River matter.

Amelia continued to ask, "Nora, how about Florence? I had not seen her around too."

Nora replied, "Ah! Florence is now bathing. She complained to me that she had been shopping for hours. Not only was she tired, she claimed that she stank too. That's why I decide to borrow her my clothes so that she can take a shower here."

Amelia immediately broke into a laughter. She asked, "Does that mean her condition now is even

worse than mine last time?" Còntens bel0ngs to Nô(v)elDr/a/ma.Org

Although it was an unpleasant episode to have Patrick abandoned her at the parking lot of The Hopper Family, she was fortunate enough to have Oven and his wife taking her in for the night.

Nora too could not help recalling the eventful night.

She sneaked a glance at Patrick before she told Amelia, "Yeah. Florence told me that she's not returning to her apartment today. It's good to have her around I guess, that's why I let her stay for the night."

Smiling, Amelia replied, "Florence is an outgoing person. I'm sure that she's going to enliven the atmosphere tonight!"

The truth was that the three women were more like family or even more, besties.

They were connected by a much stronger and intimate bond which made them more than just sister-in-laws to each other.

That was also why Amelia cherished the bond they shared among each other.

Patrick was engaging at the thought of C River that Nora had mentioned earlier. Hence, he had not paid attention to the conversation that Amelia and Nora were having. Otherwise, he would not be so calm.

Tracing back to that eventful night, Patrick was known to be enraging at that moment when he was being notified that Owen and Amelia had stayed in the same room together without presence of anyone else.

After knowing Florence's whereabouts, Amelia spoke to Nora, "If there's nothing else, I think I should go upstairs now."

Nodding, Nora asked thoughtfully, "Amelia, you still remember the direction to their room, don't you?"

Amelia was about to assure Nora that she knew the way when Patrick hummed, "Yes, I remember."

Amelia had to halt her reply. She then glared at Patrick in annoyance. After all, she was the one who Nora directed her question to. Patrick was no one to answer for her.

Nora was delighted to see their eyes interlocked.

She then said, "Amelia, I'll leave Patrick to show you the way. I'll go to kitchen and get dinner served. Your brother is going to come back in no time."

With that said, Nora carried the cake from the top while one of her hands held the base of it carefully as she turned around and headed to the kitchen.

After making sure that Nora was too far to overhear their conversation, Patrick immediately looked at Amelia and asked, "Are you keeping anything behind of me these days?"

Amelia was secretly taken aback by shock upon hearing his question. At some point in time, she wondered if Patrick had discovered the fact that she lent her car to Kaiden.

Meanwhile, she had not lowered her guard down either. It was not entirely impossible that Patrick in fact knew nothing of it. All that he intended was to lure her into speaking of the truth herself.

After all, this was his favorite trick to use on others.

Having such a thought in mind, Amelia fired the question back, "There are a handful of secrets that I'm holding back from you. I wonder which one in specific that you are referring to."

Normally, had Patrick found out anything in real, he would have said it out loud by now. In contrast, if he could not pinpoint it, that would only suggest that her inference earlier was accurate!

A meaningful smile spread wide across his lips. She would be a complete idiot if she thought that he was going to be fooled by her.