Chapter 727


    After she counted with her fingers, it seemed that herst period was a month and a half ago...


    At first, she thought it was because of the enormous pressure she was undertely. And with too


    much work paired with the irregr intake of meals, that pushed her period off-schedule. And


    because of that, Amelia did not pay much attention to it.


    She kept believing in that theory right until when she vomited just a moment ago...


    Only then did Amelia realise the severity of the problem!


    Could she be... pregnant?


    Amelia''s heart thumped as she gawked at herself in the mirror.


    Staring into her reflection''s eyes, the both of them cried out simultaneously, "Gosh, am I a joke to


    you?"


    At the same time, at Roxxon Corporation.


    "Patrick, why didn''t youe yesterday?"


    Hearing the woman''s sadint on the other side of the phone, Patrick raised his hand to rub at


    this forehead and replied slowly, "I had something urgent to deal with."


    Hearing him, the whining voice became even more sorrowful, "Do you know that because of your


    refusal, I had no choice but to meet that scum? And he... he did that kind of sh*t to me again!"


    Patrick''s eyes darkened. After a while, he continued tofort her with a soft voice, "Don''t worry. I''ll


    handle this."


    Her voice was filled with hope instantly. "How are you going to do that?"


    "By making him crawl back to where he came from," replied Patrick.


    She spiralled into a state of anxiety right away at the sound of that. "No way! What should I do if he


    tells my parents that I was the one who wanted the divorce and that I came back to Northville


    behind their backs?"


    Patrick pondered for a moment before responding calmly, "Divorce isn''t a thing to feel ashame of. I''ll


    bring you back to your parents'' house this weekend, and you''ll exin everything that happened to


    them on your own initiative."


    Before he could finish his sentence, the voice rejected t out, "No! If my dad finds out I''m back in


    Northville, he''ll for sure beat me to death!"


    The volume of Patrick''s voice rose slightly at this. "Sissi, calm down! You''re their daughter! No


    matter what, they still love you! To top it off, your dad is a


    very affable person."


    Sissi sobbed. "Is there no other way to do this?"


    Patrick encouraged her, saying, "You can''t hide the truth from them forever. You should face the


    reality as early as you can!"


    After a long while, Sissi''s tense voice sounded through the speaker again. This time, there was


    confidence in her tone. "Well, as long as you''re by my side... There''s nothing I''m afraid of!"


    After the call with Sissi, Patrick then dialled to awyer who he was familiar with.


    The call was quickly connected.


    After greeting each other politely, Patrick changed the topic and said, "Sir, there''s something I wish


    to ask you for help."


    Thewyer then replied, "Mr. Hopper, please go ahead!"


    "I have a... friend whose ex-husband is harassing her and using their private photos to ckmail


    her. How do you think this matter should be resolved byw?"


    Thewyer responded right away, "Mr. Hopper, your female friend can totally entrust me to send her


    awyer''s letter to her ex-husband. I think, if her ex-husband acknowledges thew, he should


    realize the asperity of the matter."


    Patrick then thought for a moment before adding,


    "But there''s one problem..."


    Thewyer followed up by asking, "What''s the problem?"


    Patrick continued, "My friend asked for a divorce with her ex-husband, but her ex-husband didn''t


    agree to it and pestered her in every possible way. What do you think..."


    Thewyer said, "Mr. Hopper, do you mean to say that her ex-husband is, in fact, still her current


    husband?"


    "Yes," Patrick hummed in affirmation.


    Thewyer then replied, "This is actually not difficult to settle. Thew states that if a couple lives in


    separation for two years during their marriage, or if one of them develops some physical problems


    that disallow the couple to be in the same room, the other party can apply for a unteral divorce.


    Usually, the court will approve it."


    "Alright, I got it." Patrick''s expression rxed.


    After that, Patrick instructed him to send awyer''s note to the husband in Sissi''s name. He also


    told thewyer that the title of the letter was up to him. In fact, the more serious he made it sound,


    the better. Patrick wanted to scare that b*stard out of his wits first, then only he would make his


    move and send him back to his country.


    After he hung up the phone, Amelia''s face popped into his mind. Fumbling with his phone in his


    hands, he called her in the end.


    ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org .


    Unfortunately, Amelia was still stuck in her daze in the bathroom, so she did not hear her phone


    ringing on the desk.


    Hearing the call went unanswered, Patrick frowned.


    Just as he was about to call again, thendline rang all of a sudden.


    As soon as he pressed on the hands-free button, Patrick was displeased when he said, "Hello!"


    The secretary''s sweet voice then sounded through the call. "Sorry to disturb you, Mr. Hopper. You


    have a meeting with the president from Puna Inc. at ten o''clock. Do you need me to book you a cab


    now?"


    Restraining his anger, Patrick answered into the receiver, "Okay, get it ready."


    At Apex Construction Corporation.


    In the office, two people, one of which was old and the other was young, were chatting casually.


    "Uncle Tucker, you didn''t see Kaleb''s face turned sickly green when I praised Ryker for making


    great coffee! And after that, he even used the coffee as an excuse to take advantage of the


    situation, scolding Ryker for making sh*tty coffee!"


    Ten minutes ago, Amelia sat on the toilet and had a good thought about it. Soon after that, she was


    relieved from the psychological burden.


    Sheforted herself and told herself that what if it was indeed because her period was irregr


    and because of her poor diet?


    And also, whether she was pregnant or not, she could not conclude until she took a test.


    Right then, Jonathan could not help butugh and said, "President Ramsay, you''ve finally had your


    go today! Congrattions!"


    To which Amelia waved her hand modestly in return and replied, "And this is all thanks to Uncle


    Tucker''s selfless assistance! If you hadn''t kept Kaleb in check from time to time, he would have


    spent all of his efforts to go against me."


    "That''s just what I should do!" replied Jonathan humbly. Then, he said in a soothing tone, "This time


    around, Kaleb was the one who sent his own informant away. He doesn''t even have a ce to


    comin about this for being so dumb!"


    Amelia then smiled and said, "After he sent Ryker away, Kaleb even suggested to find me a new


    assistant. Oh yeah, Uncle Tucker, I''ve pushed this task to you. If Kaleb holds a grudge against you


    for this, don''t me me."


    Jonathan replied matter-of-factly, "We''ve agreed on this a long time ago, President Ramsay. You''ll


    be the one who causes the trouble and I''ll take the me. Besides, Kaleb and I are already at


    loggerheads, so your request won''t affect much."


    Amelia secretly rejoiced as she said, "I knew you are indeed a righteous man, so I also med it on


    you to the top management for not knowing about my trip to the east district!"


    After going speechless for a moment, he then pointed at Amelia, amused. "You! Good one!"


    Amelia stuck her tongue out and asked Jonathan like a yful daughter, "Uncle Tucker, you don''t


    me me, do you?"


    Jonathan said with a straight face, "In fact... I do!"


    Amelia cried out exaggeratedly and pretended while asking, "How about this? I''ll let you hit me


    twice, will you feel better then?"