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 youe here?"
Amelia swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "I... I was just here!"
Patrick nced at the bare feet of Amelia and asked sarcastically, "Why do you leave your shoes
somewhere else? Did youe 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 ufortable.
Patrick waspletely 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 herplicated feelings, smiled, and walked over to
the two children, separating them.
Ashley rolled her eyes andughed, "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?"
Ameliaughed 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 nced 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?"This belongs to N?velDrama.Org.
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 ck, 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?"
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 youter..."
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 using her of being "a bad influence on the children," she was then used of "shirking her
responsibility to care for the elderly". Ameliaughed 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?"