Chapter 294
Chapter 294
The call ended in silence as Patrick slowly turned back, but then he saw Amelia and he stiffened.
Amelia was also frozen. She grabbed her hair and pretended to be silly, "Hey..."
Patrick circled her between himself and the corridor armrest with a cold face. He looked at her in panic and said, "When did you come here?"
Amelia swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "I... I was just here!"
Patrick glanced at the bare feet of Amelia and asked sarcastically, "Why do you leave your shoes somewhere else? Did you come here to scare me?"
Facing his confession, Amelia became more nervous, "Well, I just want to make a joke with you. That's it."
Patrick stared at the panicked face in front of him and said emphatically, "How much of the phone call did you hear?"
Amelia immediately shook her head, "I didn't hear anything, really!"
Patrick threatened, "Even if you hear something or associate it with something, you better not mention it to a third person, especially the elders of The Hopper Family, or I'm going to be very rude to you!"
His words were so serious that he didn't mean to tease her at all, and Amelia whispered yes to him, but she felt very uncomfortable.
Patrick was completely unaware of how hurtful his words were, still wondering if Amelia had heard him on the phone, and it wasn't until he heard Andrew and Ashley's door open that he regained his senses.
As soon as Andrew and Ashley stepped out of the room after their shower, they saw the image of Patrick and Amelia almost kissing on the railing.
Andrew reacted quickly by covering Ashley's eyes, "It's not appropriate for children!"
Ashley pushed Andrew's hand away unconvincingly, "Then why are you allowed to watch?"
Andrew tightly covered her face and shouted, "Because I am older!"
And then they almost got into a fight...
Patrick had distanced himself from Amelia by this time, but he still looked at her warningly.
Avoiding his aggressive gaze, Amelia adjusted her complicated feelings, smiled, and walked over to the two children, separating them.
Ashley rolled her eyes and laughed, "Auntie Amelia, are you done making out with Uncle Patrick?"
Amelia was embarrassed, "We weren't making out."
Andrew covered Ashley's punched face and asked thoughtfully, "Are you going to have a baby after you kiss?"
Amelia laughed and said, "It's not so easy to have a baby. You will understand when you grow up."
"Amelia, can you stop it?" Patrick criticized Amelia as if she were doing something wrong!
She glanced at him coldly, "What do you mean?"
Patrick impulsively shouted, "Then why are you telling him all this? If he gets curious and sleeps with a girl to prove it in the future, who is responsible?"
Amelia's eyes looked like they were about to burst into tears as she listened to his rude tone of voice, and she couldn't even say anything in reply.
Seeing them arguing, Andrew guiltily said, "I'm sorry, I said the wrong thing."
Even the always bold Ashley didn't dare to say a word.
Amelia reached out to hold the little boy in front of her and whispered in his ear, "It's okay. It's not your fault. You don't have to apologize."
In the blushing face of Andrew, Amelia let go of him and began to help them get dressed. They both put on sweatshirts. Andrew was in black, and Ashley was in white.
"Wow, you both look so good!" Amelia looked at them with a smile and ignored Patrick.
Ashley tugged at the corner of her clothes and asked, "Did you buy these for us?"
Amelia nodded, "I bought them with Florence this morning. What do you think? Do you like it?" Property © NôvelDrama.Org.
Ashley's way of showing her affection was straightforward as she climbed Amelia's shoulders and kissed her cheek.
Patrick was unhappy to see both children snuggled up to Amelia!
Luckily, Florence showed up just in time and waved to the kids from a distance, "It's time to go to
dinner!"
Amelia gently pushed the little butts of the two children and said, "Go ahead."
"What about you, Uncle Patrick, and Great Grandma?" Andrew asked thoughtfully.
Even without looking back, Amelia could feel the cold look on Patrick's face from behind her, she ignored him, and then replied, "I'm not going to go because I don't want Ganny Hopper to be home alone."
"Oh," Ashley and Andrew looked at each other, then said with disappointment, "See you later..."
Florence poked Patrick's back and asked, "Patrick, are you going?"
"I'm not going." Patrick said in a tough tone, with inexplicable anger.
Florence saw that they seemed to be having a disagreement, and then grabbed the two children and was about to leave. Just then, Amelia stood up and said, "Wait a minute, I'll go!"
Amelia could clearly feel Patrick's angry expression as she said this, but she didn't want to be with him right now, it was too awkward, and he needed to calm down.
Seeing that Amelia had changed her mind on the spur of the moment and was still afraid to look at him, Patrick grimly said, "I thought you said you were worried about Grandma being home alone?"
Yes, Patrick was angry at Amelia, at her fear, at her avoidance...
Amelia pouted her red lips and said, "You are taking care of it at home, aren't you?
Patrick was pissed off and said, "You're avoiding the responsibility of taking care of grandma. Do you understand?"
After accusing her of being "a bad influence on the children," she was then accused of "shirking her responsibility to care for the elderly". Amelia laughed bitterly, so it was always her fault?
After cleaning up the bathroom, Granny Hopper happened to see that Patrick was making things difficult for Amelia. She
reprimanded Patrick indifferently, "What are you doing! Don't yell in front of the kids!"
Amelia eased the uneasiness in his heart. With Granny Hopper around, Patrick's temper would be restrained a bit.
Patrick said sarcastically, "Grandma, do you remember what Amelia said when you just arrived in Northville? She said that she would take you to have fun, but now she wants to leave you alone for dinner. Do you think it's right?"