Chapter 965
Upon hearing what Florence had said, Nora cried out in shyness, "Florence, you''re not weed
for dinner if you continue to make fun of us."
This sentence seemed to work on Florence as she hurriedly said, "Ah, I won''t say it anymore then."
Witnessing the affection shared between Owen and Nora, Amelia could not help feeling envious.
She began to wonder if her rtionship with Patrick could like this too.
However, Amelia killed the thought of this as soon as it arose.
She had came this far, and this was not supposed to concern her anymore.
Amelia took a deep breath before she called out, "Owen."
Withdrawing his gaze from Nora, Owen turned around and looked in the direction of Amelia.
As of courtesy, he gave her a tiny nod before he said, "I heard that you were trapped by something
urgent, that was why you couldn''t make it yesterday. Is it handled now? Can I do anything to help?"
Upon hearing this, Amelia was moved by his concern as she replied, "It had been taken care of.
Thanks for your concern."
This was the biggest difference between the two brothers in the Hopper Family!
No matter how busy or tired she got, these would never matter to Patrick. After all, all he had in
mind was whether she had an affair with other men or that she had cheated on him.
At the end of the day, it made sense that as the eldest sibling in the family, Owen was no doubt the
best person to take care of this family.
It was true that Patrick was born as an elite.
However, it was also undeniable that the pride that he lived with had made him an arrogant person.
In fact, he was not as mature as his brother after all.
"There''s nothing. We are one family." Waving his hands in disapproval of Amelia''s gratitude, Owen
then said, "Since both of you are already here, you should stay for dinner tonight."
It was a statement instead of question asking for their opinion. Hence, it was obvious that he had
weed them for dinner with open arms.
Amelia took a nce at Patrick.
"Hm." A sense of unwillingness was easy to tell from Patrick''s voice.
Unwillingness?
Amelia was more inclined to believe that it was her
illusion!
Shrugging, Amelia did not bother to ravel herself with the change of emotions of Patrick.
Everybody had came to the hall after dinner.
Amelia felt that it was the right time to present the gift to Owen.
"Owen." As soon as Owen nced in her direction, Amelia handed over the gift and said, "I have
something for you."
"That''s very kind of you!" With that said, Owen took over the gift and asked, "Can I open it now?"
"Of course!" Amelia agreed despite feeling nervous.
"Daddy, I want to see it, too!"
Ashley would be particrly enthusiastic whenever it came to something fun. As soon as she saw
Owen was about to open the gift, she immediately jumped down from Patrick''s thigh and ran
towards Owen. Standing on the couch with her hands holding his shoulder in support, her gaze was
glued at the gift that he was holding.
Not only Ashley, even Nora and Andrew began to look forward to the gift opening session.
Amelia could not help breaking out in a cold sweat.
She was worried that she was going to let everyone down once the gift was revealed. After all, it
was not something impressive.
It did not take long for Owen to remove the wrapping paper from the box.
Seeing that the box was square in shape, Nora could not help wondering what was inside of it. It
would not surprise her if it turned out that it was a necktie, belt, wallet or something simr of that
kind that was lying underneath the box.
However, one must not overlook the fact that Owen was Patrick''s brother. What was more, he was
married too. As a sister-inw to him, Amelia undoubtedly knew that it would be inappropriate for
her to give any of such kind as a gift for him.
She had once been told that a wallet or clothes would be the best present for a man if she wished
that she could be remembered always.
Therefore, there was no way possible that Amelia was going to buy any of these items as gifts that
would only create misunderstanding.
As soon as Owen opened the box, everyone was enlightened to see the actual gift that Amelia had
prepared.
"It''s a gun!" Ashley broke the silence first.
"I see." Nora was the next one speaking with an understanding look.
That would seem wholly justifiable for Amelia to give a gun as a present for Owen.
Staring at the content of the box, Owen gave an affirmative answer, "This is not a gun."
"Daddy, are you sure that you don''t have any eyesight problem? Don''t try to bluff me. It''s certain of
the fact that this is a gun!"
Although Ashley had never seen a gun in her real life, she could still tell from the shape and pattern
that it was a gun.
Before Owen could answer her doubt, Amelia spoke at this time, "He is right. This is not a gun."
Ashley stunned for awhile before she asked, "What is this then?"
Amelia stammered, "Um... This is actually a lighter that looks like a gun."
"Puff!"
Among the seven person altogether, only Owen and Patrick had not joined theirughter.
Even Andrew who had always been shy and wary wasughing heartily on the coach.
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"What''s so funny now?" Amelia''s face was flushing red as she cried out in panting.
If she were to me someone, then Florence was the one that was unforgivable. After all, she had
already known about this gift that Amelia had bought for Owen earlier, yet she was also the one
who could not contain herughter!
Upon seeing that Amelia was pouting in anger, Nora hurriedly pinched her thigh in hope that the
pain was going to distract her fromughter.
Coming back from his senses, Owen said, "Guys, don''tugh at Amelia. I find her idea for gift is
creative."
Amelia nodded aggressively as if she had finally found someone who understood her. She
exined, "Exactly! Although the lighter is not a real gun after all, it is highly practical in use. Not
only can it be used to frighten people, it would be useful to light up cigarettes. It''s cool, right?"
"Puff!"
In fact, after Owen''s words, everyone''sughter had begun fading under the cold stare of Patrick.
However, as soon as Amelia finished her exnation, everybody broke intoughter again.
Even Owen could be seen struggling to contain hisughter.
Amelia could not help feeling puzzled. She did not regard herself to have said anything funny which
made herself a joke right in front of everyone. Hence, she struggled to understand the reason why
everyone found her speech amusing.
It did not matter anyway. Amelia would demand an answer regardless. Sounding desperate, she
asked, "Why are you guysughing at me?"
"Aunt Amelia!" Ashley struggled to straighten herself as she had already been lying on Owen''s
sturdy shoulder whileughing. She then said, "Daddy is quitting smoking these days. You get what
I mean?"
"Huh?
Why had Florence and Patrick not told me this?"
Feeling as if she just had a heart attack as she thought, Amelia immediately nced in direction of
Florence and Patrick.
Meanwhile, the persistingughter from the crowd kept reminding her that she had made a joke
right in front of everyone. Feeling embarrassed, she directed her frustration at the two culprits, "Why
didn''t you tell me that Owen quitted smoking?!"
With an innocent look, Florence pointed a finger at Patrick before she gestured a sign of shushing.
Amelia immediately understood that Patrick was the main culprit to be med on. She could not
help ncing at him before she asked, "Why didn''t you tell me this?"
Squinting at her, Patrick replied casually, "He is your brother, too. Why did everyone except you
know that he quits smoking? You''re the only one that doesn''t
know!"