Chapter 421


    Mamie and Leslie exchanged a look with each other. One of them said, "You want us to build a


    good rtionship with Mr. Hopper so that the PR can better perform next year and gain more


    financial support."


    Mr. Reed nodded with satisfaction. "Good. Stop talking about it. Mr. Hopper is here."


    Patrick stood still and asked, "Is everyone here?"


    If they had paid attention to where he was standing, they would find that he and Amelia were


    shoulder to shoulder.


    But everyone''s attention was on his face, so they all missed it.


    At the garden restaurant.


    Everyone was sitting around the table. Leslie dangled the crab''s w in front of Patrick and said


    vulnerability, "Mr. Hopper, it is too hard for me to open."


    Sitting opposite Patrick, Amelia watched them silently.


    Patrick remained unmoved and said to Leslie, "Too hard? Don''t eat it then."


    Well done! Amelia gave a praise to Patrick inwardly!


    "Oh..." Leslie put down the crab. ording to what normal people would do, shouldn''t Patrick


    handle it for her like a gentleman? Why didn''t he follow her n?


    Sitting on the other side of Patrick, Mamie looked at Leslie with disdain and talked to Patrick in a


    normal voice.


    Without trying to please Patrick, Mamie got him talking several times, which reminded Leslie of her


    missteps.


    As if she had gotten Patrick intrigued by mentioning something, the president looked at Mamie


    seriously. "Before you came to work for Roxxon, you taught junior high school?"


    "Yes!" There was nostalgia in Mamie''s eyes. "Sometimes, when I think of those lovely children, I do


    wish I could leave my work alone and go back to visit them."


    Patrick said softly, "Looks like you love teaching very much."


    Seeing that Patrick seemed to have good impressions of teachers, Mamie hurriedly exaggerated,


    "Well, I have said to myself many times that if I could be a teacher again, I will cultivate more good


    civilians for the society."


    "Your idea... is admirable," Patrickmented sincerely.


    At that, Mamie was so happy that she started to exaggerate her feelings even more.


    Noticing the two in front of her had never stopped talking from the very beginning, Amelia emptied


    the wine Doris poured for her gloomily. Patrick didn''t live up to her praise. She had just


    complimented him for being able to hold himself back in front of beautiful women, and then he


    showed his true color too soon.


    Ms. Reed was rather satisfied with her subordinates. Mamie was always resourceful and better than


    Leslie, who only depended on her pretty face.


    The meal was over at the second when Patrick put down his cutlery.


    He looked at Amelia from a distance and said in an aloof tone, "Manager Ramsay, where should we


    go now?"


    Manager Ramsay!


    Hearing the address, Amelia had a strong impulse to jump into the chair and announce in front of


    everyone that she was Mrs. Hopper after work, instead of Manager Ramsay!


    Doris found that Amelia seemed to be possessed. Amelia kept ring at Patrick, having no idea


    what disaster it would bring to her and the


    sales department.


    One second, three seconds, five seconds...


    Knowing that Amelia was still ring at Patrick with "hatred", Doris was so worried that she almost


    cried. "Amelia, what are you thinking? Mr. Hopper is asking you where to go next... Answer him


    immediately!"


    Doris''s voice pulled Amelia back to reality. Under everyone''s confused gaze, she pretended nothing


    had happened and said, "We''ve agreed to go to Triumph Karaoke. I don''t know if you''ll like it, Mr.


    Hopper?"


    There was interest in Patrick''s dark eyes. "Okay. I''ve never been to that ce."


    That ce?


    There was nothing particr about his tone, but no one could ignore the condescending feeling he


    gave.


    The feeling was stronger to Amelia and reminded her of what Ms. Reed had said to her. It was as if


    Patrick was looking down on the idea from their department.


    Now Ms. Reed was watching her with a smile that seemed to be saying "I told you so".


    Amelia couldn''t bear it anymore, but she could vent her anger in public. As a result, she rearranged


    her features and curled up the corner of her mouth.


    "Since you said it''s okay, let''s get there now."


    Since they had a group of people, they borrowed a bus from Roxxon. When Amelia walked into the


    vehicle, she found that the secretary, who should have sat next to Patrick, was driven to the back


    seats. And the one Patrick was talking with was still that Mamie!


    Amelia couldn''t help giving a few more looks at Mamie, wondering what it was about her that


    attracted Patrick that much.


    Suddenly, Mamie tilted her head to organize her hair. When a long hair drifted from her finger to


    Patrick''s suit, she hurried to reach out and brushed it away. "Mr. Hopper, I''m sorry. Our department


    has a heavy workload at the end of the year. I''m kind of losing my hair."


    Patrick pondered over what she had just said. "Your department has a heavy workload?"


    Just as Mamie was about toment that thepany had been squeezing their department and


    ask Patrick to take more care of them, Leslie, who couldn''t stand to be ignored, interrupted, "Mr.


    Hopper, what are you talking with Mamie? You look so happy. Can I join you?"


    If she had not been in Patrick''s presence, Mamie would quarrel with Leslie. Since she needed to


    leave a good impression on Patrick now, Mamie had to


    hold back her anger and said, "Of course, but there are only two seats each row. Are you going to


    stand there talking to us? The bus is about to start"


    The moment Mamie finished her words, the driver stepped on the elerator, and the whole car


    leaned forward...


    Because of their position, Leslie, who hadn''t gotten her seat yet, fell backward and stepped on


    Amelia, who had just sat down and had no time to arrange her feet.


    When Amelia was about to find out which jerk had stepped on her without any apology, Leslie


    dropped beside her and identally pushed her shoulder against the window!


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    Excellent. Now Amelia''s feet hurt. And her arm hurt. And the other parts of her body hurt more from


    annoyance!


    But with her only focus on chatting with Patrick, Leslie didn''t even say sorry to Amelia.


    Patrick saw all of that.


    And it brought coldness to the look he gave Leslie.


    After they got off the bus, Patrick stopped next to Amelia''s seat and asked, "Are you alright?"


    Amelia gave him a quick look. "Of course not! How about I step on you and give you a good push!"


    It was fair to say that Amelia was venting her anger on him. But if it weren''t for Patrick attracting


    those women''s attention, how on earth could all this have happened to her!