Chapter 679
Amelia hurriedly lowered down her head and dashed forward without looking back despite him
calling her from the back.
She could never let anyone who know her to witness such a scene where she had been
abandoned!
However, she clumsily bumped into another person who wasing in her direction as a result of
her running too fast.
The person that she had bumped into was in fact a fat man. Consequently, she was bounced back a
little due to the momentum. Then, she fell into the embrace of the man who had came after her.
The man startled a little as he had not expect this.
He resisted the urge to push her away and managed to convince himself to hold her arms in
support instead.
After assisting Amelia to stand on her feet herself, the man asked in a gentleman-manner, "Mrs.
Hopper, are you alright?"
"I''m fine." Amelia awkwardly struggled to get away from his arms. She tried tob her messy hair.
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Afterwards, she forced herself to smile at the young man who had just offered help, "Thank you,
Kaiden."
Before Kaiden could pretentiously replied ''you''re wee'', the fat man who was knocked by her
had rushed over to them.
"Hey!" Pointing at his leather shoes that had been stepped on by Amelia, the fat man questioned
her furiously, "Don''t you look when you''re walking?! Do you know how much my shoes cost? They
are very expensive!"
"I..." Amelia opened her mouth but could not bring herself to finish her sentence. Her expression
looked so pitiful at the moment.
In normal days, she could handle such trivial matters at ease. However, right this moment she was
feeling too exhausted to deal with anything.
Standing beside Amelia, Kaiden raised his chin graciously and spoke to the fat man, "Since you
know that they are expensive, why did you wear them out still? Once you wear the shoes, it''s
inevitable to get dust on them."
Holding grudge, the fat man red at the extraordinarily handsome man in front of him and yelled,
"Hey toy boy, who the hell are you?"
Kaiden crossed his arms in front of his chest and said insidiously, "Fatty, mind your words or else I
can''t guarantee that you''ll be able to go home safely today!"
The fat man was so angry that he rolled up his sleeves and challenged him, "Hey, you''re pretty
tough, aren''t you toy boy? You wanted to challenge me?"
Kaiden raised his eyebrows. It would be such a disgrace to fight with such a trivial person on his
own.
Amelia tried her best to gather herself from the disappointment that Patrick had caused her. She
turned her head and said to Kaiden, "That''s enough, Kaiden. Leave it to me."
Knowing that Amelia was after all a soft woman to deal with, clearly the fat man wanted to take
advantage of this as he spoke, "Well, her words are reasonable. One should be responsible for
what she does. No point hiding behind an irrelevant person for the wrong she caused?"
"I..."
Kaiden still wanted to say something but Amelia had already pulled him to her back. She tried to
block him with her skinny body. She would not want to be responsible for additional medical
expenses for him in case Kaiden and this fat man got into a fight.
Kaiden was stunned. He stared at her back nking, wondering if she was crazy.
The man right in front of her was as fat as a pig. Judging from his behavior, he was one that was
likely to raise his hand at women. Instead of letting Kaiden stood for her, she had chosen to drag
him behind.
He began to wonder if she acted to protect him, yet he highly doubted this.
Upon seeing this woman standing up for herself, the fat man assumed proudly that he had taken
over the advantageous side. He lowered down his gaze at his shoes and said, "These shoes were
prepared solely for my blind date today. They had cost be around two thousand dor. Since they
are now useless after being stepped by you, let''s not waste our time here and be clear cut. Pay for
my loss, two thousand dor then we are all good!"
Amelia frowned and said, "They are not in fact very dirty. Moreover, I was in a hurry just now, I can''t
even be sure if I had stepped on you or not..."
Not sure if the fat man was feeling guilty or anxious upon being questioned by Amelia, he
stammered, "You... Look at my dirty shoes. I just got down from the car. How can it be possible for
me to step on myself if you imed that you did not step on them?"
"Fine." Amelia did not bother to argue with him. She reached out her pocket and took out a fifty
dor note. She then said uninterestingly, "All I have now is a fifty dor note. Take it or leave it."
"Fifty dor?! Do you really think I''m a beggar?!"
Although he said so, his hand otherwise without hesitation.
When he was about to get the fifty dor in Amelia''s hand, she abruptly withdrew her hand and
muttered, "No... I have to take a taxi hometer, which means I need to pay for my fare. I can''t give
you exactly fifty dor."
Hearing that, the fat man who was full of excitement a moment ago scolded her furiously, "D*mn it!
Are you making fun of me now?"
Amelia shook her head and replied, "No, I''m just telling the truth."
In the middle of stalemate, a group of men came out together from the bar.
Their shouting had driven Amelia to turn her head around subconsciously. She soon came to
realization that they were all Kaiden''s friends which she had previously met in the bar.
Kaiden too spotted them. He thought that they had came over at the right timing, so he raised his
hand and waved at them, "Guys, over here!"
Stumbling, Leo and the rest of them immediately came over. Their drunken gazes darted in
between Amelia and Kaiden before asking, "Hey Kaiden, why are you with Mrs. Hopper? Where''s
Mr. Patrick?"
Amelia looked away ufortably in pretense as if she had not heard their question.
Pursing his lips, Kaiden repliedly calmly, "Oh, Mr. Patrick went to pick up his car. He was worried
about leaving his wife alone at the entrance of the bar, so he let me stay here to apany her for
a while."
Amelia quickly nced at Kaiden. A trace of shock as well as unspeakable gratitude shed across
her eyes.
"Oh, I see..." None of them doubted. Their gaze then fell on the fat man next to them. One of them
threw out the question, "Then who is he?"
Kaiden replied in casualty, "Oh, this one? I heard him saying that Mrs. Hopper had identally
stepped on his shoes and he is now demanding two thousand dor from her."
One of Kaiden''s friends opened his mouth as soon as he heard this, "What the f*ck! Isn''t him
scamming?"
The fat man blurted out, "Who''s scamming now? I''m not scamming! My shoes are branded! It''s
reasonable for them to be more expensive!"
Kaiden looked at the handsome man who had used of the fat man scamming and said, "Mr.
Stone, aren''t you from the anti-scam department? Now it''s your turn to settle this. Don''t you get
softhearted!"
"Of course! After all this concerns Mrs. Hopper!"
With that said, Mr. Stone lowered his body to examine the fat man''s leather shoes. He then
straightened himself and eximed, "Are you now assuming that none of us are retailers of shoes
hence we cannot tell that these shoes are counterfeit? Only bumpkins will be fooled into believing
them that they are not made by stic."
Mr. Stone immediately heard someone clearing the throat from behind as soon as he finished his
words.
Upon realizing something, he turned around and said to Amelia, "Forgive me for what I''ve said, Mrs.
Hopper. You''re a woman, it''s reasonable that you can''t tell the difference between men''s premium
brand of shoes. I can totally understand."
Amelia did not seem to have her pride triggered by his previousment. She replied in a normal
tone, "It''s fine. I had never researched into these."