Chapter 659


    Five secondster...


    Huxton, now properly dressed, opened the door and greeted Patrick, who was pacing back and


    forth at the door. "Sir, what can I do for you?"


    Anxiety and nervousness revealed in Patrick''s eyes as he hung up the call that he had been making


    but missed by the receiver.


    He immediately asked Huxton when he emerged from his room, "Tell me, where''s Amelia?"


    "Madam? Shouldn''t she be sleeping in her room?"


    "There''s no one in the room!"


    "Then I... have no idea."


    "Where''s the listening bug? Did it not ry any feedback to you?"


    Huxton nced at Patrick and said frankly, "I''ve... switched it off."


    At this, Patrick''s face dimmed even more sullenly. "Why did you turn it off for no reason?"


    Huxton answered, flustered, "Because... I don''t think it''s appropriate for me to hear into your private


    affair."


    Patrick was struck silent.


    "Since madam isn''t home, Sir, why don''t you give her a call?"


    "I did, but no one answered!"


    On the other side, on the highway.


    Amelia had her attention on the road. She did not manage to put on her wireless earphones when


    she was left in a hurry just now, and she had also tossed her phone into her bag. So, even though


    her phone was ringing, she could not get to it for the moment and could only put both hands on the


    steering wheel, navigating carefully in the traffic.


    She assumed subconsciously that the person calling her was Alice.


    As for Patrick, he probably did not even know that she had left home.


    Her phone rang again when she was still on the road.


    Noticing that there was a red light ahead, she drove the car over and stopped it steadily.


    She then reached her hand into her bag and fumbled for her phone. When her eyes swept over the


    caller ID, she was instantly stunned.


    "Hello? Mr. Hopper..." greeted Amelia nervously. She admitted her mistake without waiting for his


    scolding. "You can save your breath! I know I''m wrong! I should''ve informed you before I went out,


    and I should''ve picked up your call too... I give you my most sincere apology..."


    After acknowledging and apologizing for her fault, Amelia held her breath and waited for his reply.


    However, even when she waited until after the light had turned green, Patrick still did not say a


    word.


    "Patrick isn''t this petty, is he?" thought Amelia as she knitted her thin brows together.


    When she lowered her phone and took a look at it, she was shocked to find that her phone was out


    of battery and had shut off by itself!


    D*mn it!


    Why did it have to be out of battery at such a critical moment!


    So, how much of her genuine apology did Patrick manage to hear?


    In fact, Patrick did not really catch much of it.


    All he heard was Amelia calling out to him out of guilt, and then the call was cut off.


    He then dialled again, but the system redirected him to the voicemail...


    Huxton had been watching Patrick from the side when he saw Patrick''s clench around his phone


    tightened. He could not help but ask, "Sir, have you


    got in touch with madam?"


    Patrick replied with a poker face, "Notify all your men at once. Find Amelia no matter what!"


    At the hospital, in the Department of Gynaecology.


    Amelia had just shown up at the floor where the operating room Alice told her was when she caught


    sight of a haggard figure under thepany of a sketchy-looking man, sitting side-by-side on a


    bench not far away from her.


    And the aforementioned haggard figure was Alice!


    As for the man who was patting Alice''s back softly, taking advantage of her under the guise of


    comforting, was Kaleb!


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    Amelia''s eyes zed with ice. How did Alice and Kaleb end up together?


    Just as she began on her suspicion, the weeping but still gracious Alice suddenly sprang up from


    her seat and walked toward the operating room, rid of Kaleb''s perverse hand.


    Kaleb clenched his jaw silently and caught up to Alice again. This time, he directly grabbed onto


    Alice''s hand, looking as if he wanted to cheer her up, butpletely ignored Alice''s subtle but


    evident protest of him!


    Amelia was maddened at the sight. Alice and Amelia''s father were married, and yet, Kaleb was


    taking liberties with Alice as if her father did not exist!


    Amelia would keep one eye closed if it was Alice who was secretly throwing herself onto Kaleb. But


    at this moment, it was obvious that Kaleb was outright pestering Alice. How could Amelia just sit by


    and let this happen?


    Amelia emerged from the corner rather imposingly and said in a strange tone, "Uncle Kaleb, why


    are you here? Didn''t your wife say anything when you leave home sote at night?"


    At the sound of this, the nearby doctors and nurses all cast a curious look at Kaleb.


    Because of Kaleb''s intimacy with Alice, they had all mistaken them for a middle-aged married


    couple who had sent their daughter to the hospital for treatment.


    And as it turned out, they did not have the kind of rtionship that everyone thought they had!


    At the notice of Amelia''s voice, Kaleb and Alice whipped their heads towards her direction


    reflexively.


    Unlike Kaleb''s state of shock and panic, Alice''s expression revealed relief. This only further


    solidified Amelia''s suspicion!


    When her gaze fell on Kaleb, who was still holding


    Alice''s hand, Amelia smiled and asked, "Uncle Kaleb, does Aunt Alice''s hand feel smooth?"


    "Ah... Oh!" Kaleb retracted his hand in a sh, gued by guilt. With a hollowugh, he said,


    "You''re here, Amelia?"


    "Yes, it''s me." Amelia''s smile remained. With her eyes showing harmless intention, she continued,


    "If I had known that Uncle Kaleb would take care of it here, I wouldn''t have rushed over! There''s no


    use for me here at all. Isn''t that right, Aunt Alice?"


    Alice lowered her eyes in embarrassment and quickly approached Amelia, exining, "Amelia, I..."


    Amelia interrupted, "Aunt Alice, this is your fault. How dare you ask Uncle Kaleb to leave his family


    ande to the hospital in the middle of the night and still ask me to hurry over here? I have


    absolutely no intention of third-wheeling..."


    Watching as Alice''s face paled at the sound of her words and tears began to well up in her eyes,


    Amelia got even more disgusted by Kaleb! Look at how he made Alice feel! He must have harassed


    Alice at least several times!


    Amelia was projecting loudly with the hint of an usatory tone in her words, which attracted a lot


    of attention towards Kaleb right away.


    Kaleb''s lined face flushed crimson. He so wanted to stitch Amelia''s mouth together with glue!


    "Amelia, I... I really didn''t!" Alice''s voice was as fine as it could get as she whispered in Amelia''s ear.


    Of course she knew Alice did not ask for it. Amelia let out a sigh in her heart.


    But if she did not address it harshly in front of everyone else, Kaleb would not have stopped!


    Pursing her lips, Amelia fell back to the reason for her visit. "Aunt Alice, didn''t you say on the phone


    that Brittany tripped over? Is it serious?" But before Alice could respond, Amelia added, "But she


    merely just tripped, anyway. How serious can it be?"