Chapter 966
"You''re the only one that don''t know!"
"You''re the only one that don''t know!"
"You''re the only one that don''t know!"
The echo of this sentence made her heart pound fast. Despite feeling enraged and wronged, she
was overwhelmed by the disappointment towards herself!
She thought that she had bought something special for Owen as a gift since after all, all she wanted
to tter him.
This was what she was having in mind before she came to Owen''s house.
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However, as soon as she learnt from Nora that Owen had beenmitting himself with the matter
of 0 river to the extent that he had spent most of the time a day out working on it, she had changed
her mind. Since then, she genuinely hoped that she could express her gratitude towards him
through the gift that she had bought him.
The reality turned out to be that Owen had quitted smoking. The lighter that she got for him was
completely useless and unnecessary.
Nheless, she knew that she was not the only one to me. After all, it was just a matter of
sentence that Patrick had chosen not to tell her.
She wondered if this was what Patrick had intended to. He wanted to bring shame on her and
humiliate her in front of everybody.
ring at Patrick, she growled, "Yes! I admit that I don''t know Owen well! But you''re the one who
apanied me when I was shopping for Owen''s gift. Can''t you at least remind me of this?"
Patrick muttered, "Are you now ming me for failing to remind you? How can you regard yourself
as part of the family if you need to be reminded of the details of other family members? Instead of
pointing a finger at others, don''t you think you should ask yourself this? Why had you not paid
enough attention to Owen?"
The truth was it was just a figure of speech for Patrick. Had Amelia been paying close attention to
Owen, Patrick would be the first one to feel heartbroken.
Despite overwhelmed with anger, Amelia was unable to retort. After all, he made his point. Sulking,
Amelia could only purse her lips.
As the atmosphere between the two of them was getting tense, the remaining of them stopped
laughing.
Owen who was involuntarily involved in their conflict felt like he was obliged to say something,
"Patrick, I don''t think you''re right this time. It''s true that Amelia doesn''t know me as well as you do.
But as a husband to Amelia and a brother to me, aren''t you supposed to act as a mediator between
the two of us?"
Patrick sneered. Had he been given a chance to turn back time, still he would not tell Amelia the
fact that Owen had quitted smoking.
It was not without a reason.
Had he told her of this, surely she was not going to be a fool and go ahead with buying this lighter
for Owen.
This scene would not have happened altogether if she had chosen another gift.
In fact, he deliberately withheld this key information so that Amelia would not be able to get an
appropriate gift for Owen.
At the sight of a wicked smile shing across Patrick''s face, Owen was aware that it was his evil
n to cause such a scene.
Owen soon thought of the incident when Amelia happened toe to his house. It was the time
when he discovered that Patrick had installed a hearing device on her. In order to pull a prank on
his brother, Owen created a scene where Amelia had to stay with him alone. This was so that to
make
Patrick feel anxious and jealous.
However, Owen wondered if Patrick had been in fact holding grudge against him over that incident
until this time. After all, he was his brother.
Owen had no other choice but to put on a smile still. He turned around and said to Amelia, "I''ve
epted your gift. Other than lighting up cigarettes, I feel like it''s not a bad idea to use it as
deterrence against those culprits."
Amelia could not help feeling embarrassed upon hearing this. Everyone knew that these were just
comforting words. The imitation gun was of no use especially when Owen had a real gun to himself.
Having in mind that Owen was trying to be kind to her, Amelia suppressed her dejected feeling and
replied, "I''m d that you like it."
Everyone could tell that Amelia was muddling in a mixed emotion of frustration and disappointment.
She was like a kid who happily brought a report card to her parents forpliments just to realize
that she had mistaken other''s report card as hers.
Florence could not help feeling sorry for her.
In fact, it was very rare for Florence to feel such way for anyone.
Hence, she said to Amelia, "Amelia, actually I think that you''d get brother a right gift. It''d always be
safe than sorry, don''t you agree? It''s hard to tell that Owen will never pick up smoking again. There
are tons of people who failed their attempt to quit smoking these days."
Although Florence made her point, everyone could tell that she sounded so wrong in her sentence.
By saying so, Florence had inevitably offended others in attempt tofort Amelia. Having in mind
that Florence''s intention was a good one, none of them actually stood to correct her.
Nora interrupted gently, "Amelia, why don''t you follow me to the kitchen? Dessert is not served yet."
Amelia immediately came to understand the message that Nora was trying to deliver. She hurriedly
said, "Yeah sure." Pausing, she then said to the rest of them, "Please excuse me for a second."
As soon as Amelia disappeared herself in the kitchen with Nora, Florence gave Patrick a push at his
chest before she grumbled, "It''s all your fault, Patrick! Amelia has been ignoring me."
Patrick asked faintly, "Since when had she been ignoring you?"
Florence replied gloomily, "She didn''t reply to me after I tried tofort her."
Patrick found it amusing as he said, "What do you expect her to say? Do you honestly think that she
should agree with you that Owen is going to pick up smoking one day?"
Apparently Florence had not realized the mistake that she had just made, not until Patrick had
pinpointed it to her.
Patrick continued, "Think before you want to say something tofort others. Don''t you know that
not only had you notforted her, but you had also indirectly offended Owen? Is he someone with
such poor willpower that he will pick up smoking after he quits?"
Remaining in silence still, Florence could feel her heart sinking.
All of a sudden, Owen spoke casually, "Leave Florence alone. Let''s talk about you, Patrick. You did
it on purpose to embarrass Amelia in front of me, didn''t you?"
It was almost at the same time that Florence and Patrick had turned around and nced in direction
of Owen who was smiling at them.
Patrick was evasive in his reply, "I don''t get what you mean."
Florence''s gaze drifted between her two brothers. Her past experience taught her that it would be
best to stay quiet in this situation. Taking the side of either one party would do her no good.
Toying with the imitation gun, Owen borated, "I''m not sure if you''re aware of this. Whenever it
comes to the thing that you like, you''re going to throw it away or damage it as soon as it is touched
by someone else. There is no doubt that you begin to learn about sharing once you grow up.
However, I can tell that you had never changed this habit still."
Patrick interrupted coldly, "Owen! What are you trying to say?"
Owen was not nning to beat around the bush either. He then cut straight to the point, "What I''m
trying to say is that it''s time for you to change your habit."
Patrick stunned for awhile.
Florence could not help feeling edgy as she listened attentively to what Owen had to say. There was
no doubt that Owen was lecturing Patrick.
After the incident when Sissi brainwashed Patrick into running away from home, Owen had never
spoke to Patrick in such a way ever since!
Fortunately, in the next second, Amelia and Nora had returned to the hall with the cake.
The sound of their chitchatting and footsteps approaching immediately eased the suspended
atmosphere between Owen and Patrick.
Nora deliberately walked in front of Amelia while returning to join the crowd. Just as both of them
were approaching the couch, Nora crossed her hands before she spoke to the kids, "Andrew and
Ashley, your Aunt Amelia has gotten a surprise for you!"