Chapter 959


    Upon hearing Nora''s question, Patrick''s eyes flickered before he replied steadily, "We dropped by a


    supermarket during our way here. Since we are going to stay for dinner, we had gotten you some


    fresh meat. It would be inappropriate if wee empty-handed."


    Liar!


    Knowing that the meat was his leftover, Amelia secretly sneered.


    Amelia could not help ncing at Patrick. If he coulde out with such a convincing lie now, she


    wondered how often had he lied to her before without casting her doubts.


    Apparently, Nora suspected nothing as she replied, "There''s no need to buy so many things, you


    should juste and enjoy!"


    Smiling, Patrick said gentlemanly, "That''s what I''m supposed to do."


    Amelia pursed her lips. The longer she stayed next to Patrick, the more she doubted her IQ level.


    She could not help wondering the number of times that she hadpletely believed everything he


    said like what Nora did at the moment.


    Having this in mind, she was convinced that everything he said to her for the day was nothing but a


    lie too.


    All he wanted was to make sure that she would not call his grandfather and expose the affair


    between him and Sissi.


    Other than that, she could not think of any other other reasons that would lead to Patrick''s sudden


    change of attitude to her.


    Patrick had never expected that a white lie would lead to Amelia overthinking everything he had


    ever said. However, he had no one to me but himself. After all, he was no longer a trustworthy


    person in her eyes.


    He was in a hurry to send Nora away so that he could spend time with Amelia alone. He then said,


    "Nora, don''t mind us. Keep yourself busy in the kitchen."


    Patrick sounded as if Nora belonged to kitchen.


    Amelia volunteered herself immediately, "Nora, I''lle with you!"


    Somehow, she would rather be anywhere than staying next to Patrick.


    There was no way that Nora was going to agree with hering. She said, "Amelia, actually I


    would like a favor from you."


    Seemingly concerned, Amelia replied, "What is that? I''ll try to help."


    Nora replied, "Ever since mom had terminated the employment contract of the home tutor of two


    kids, I can tell that they are struggling with their homework. Do you mind going to their room and


    guide them?"


    Amelia was more than willing to help the kids. She promised, "That wouldn''t be a problem at all! By


    the way, it''s already half past seven. Is Owen not home yet?"


    Amelia had reached to this conclusion based on her observation. First of all, she had visited Owen''s


    house before. Hence, she recognized the slippers that Owen used to wear at home.


    But she had noticed that particr pair of slippers were kept in order on the shoe rack. This


    suggested that he had not returned home yet unless he no longer wore the slippers.


    Nodding, Nora said, "Yes. These days he is busy dealing with the issue regarding C River. It''s


    already normal for him to spend most of the time out working.


    Whenever I ask him, he will assure me that everything is fine. But if I ask him to stay at home, he


    will insist on leading the team himself. Citing his words, he only trusts himself to ensure that


    everything is on track.


    But this doesn''t surprise me. When ites to things that he is interested in, he will put in his best


    effort no matter how trivial the matter is. He won''t listen to anyone whoes in his way to stop


    him."


    Upon hearing this, Amelia was deeply moved by Owen''s effort.


    She nearly blurted out that it was because of her that Owen had to spend long hour working. But


    she had not forgotten that Patrick was here too. He was the reason that she had to keep quiet as


    she did not want him to know about this.


    Her slight pause was unnoticeable for Nora. However, Patrick had known her so well that he


    instantly caught her hesitation.


    Sinking in his thoughts, he began to wonder if Amelia was involved in C River matter.


    Amelia continued to ask, "Nora, how about Florence? I had not seen her around too."


    Nora replied, "Ah! Florence is now bathing. Sheined to me that she had been shopping for


    hours. Not only was she tired, she imed that she stank too. That''s why I decide to borrow her my


    clothes so that she can take a shower here."


    Amelia immediately broke into aughter. She asked, "Does that mean her condition now is even


    worse than minest time?"


    Although it was an unpleasant episode to have Patrick abandoned her at the parking lot of The


    Hopper Family, she was fortunate enough to have Oven and his wife taking her in for the night.


    Nora too could not help recalling the eventful night.


    She sneaked a nce at Patrick before she told Amelia, "Yeah. Florence told me that she''s not


    returning to her apartment today. It''s good to have her around I guess, that''s why I let her stay for


    the night."


    Smiling, Amelia replied, "Florence is an outgoing person. I''m sure that she''s going to enliven the


    atmosphere tonight!"


    The truth was that the three women were more like family or even more, besties.


    They were connected by a much stronger and intimate bond which made them more than just


    sister-inws to each other.


    That was also why Amelia cherished the bond they shared among each other.


    Patrick was engaging at the thought of C River that Nora had mentioned earlier. Hence, he had not


    paid attention to the conversation that Amelia and Nora were having. Otherwise, he would not be so


    calm.


    Tracing back to that eventful night, Patrick was known to be enraging at that moment when he was


    being notified that Owen and Amelia had stayed in the same room together without presence of


    anyone else.


    After knowing Florence''s whereabouts, Amelia spoke to Nora, "If there''s nothing else, I think I


    should go upstairs now."


    Nodding, Nora asked thoughtfully, "Amelia, you still remember the direction to their room, don''t


    you?"


    Amelia was about to assure Nora that she knew the way when Patrick hummed, "Yes, I remember."


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    Amelia had to halt her reply. She then red at Patrick in annoyance. After all, she was the one


    who Nora directed her question to. Patrick was no one to answer for her.


    Nora was delighted to see their eyes interlocked.


    She then said, "Amelia, I''ll leave Patrick to show you the way. I''ll go to kitchen and get dinner


    served. Your brother is going toe back in no time."


    With that said, Nora carried the cake from the top while one of her hands held the base of it


    carefully as she turned around and headed to the kitchen.


    After making sure that Nora was too far to overhear their conversation, Patrick immediately looked


    at Amelia and asked, "Are you keeping anything behind of me these days?"


    Amelia was secretly taken aback by shock upon hearing his question. At some point in time, she


    wondered if Patrick had discovered the fact that she lent her car to Kaiden.


    Meanwhile, she had not lowered her guard down either. It was not entirely impossible that Patrick in


    fact knew nothing of it. All that he intended was to lure her into speaking of the truth herself.


    After all, this was his favorite trick to use on others.


    Having such a thought in mind, Amelia fired the question back, "There are a handful of secrets that


    I''m holding back from you. I wonder which one in specific that you are referring to."


    Normally, had Patrick found out anything in real, he would have said it out loud by now. In contrast,


    if he could not pinpoint it, that would only suggest that her inference earlier was urate!


    A meaningful smile spread wide across his lips. She would be aplete idiot if she thought that he


    was going to be fooled by her.