Chapter 981


    At this point, Amelia could only grit her teeth and admit to Patrick, "Yes!"


    "You fought for it yourself?" Patrick''s rising tone signalled a deep sense of doubt.


    Amelia exined, "Uncle Tucker apanied me."


    He looked at her and suddenly burst into a smile. "You''re not that capable! Even if you drag that old


    man with you, he won''t be able to help you much."


    "No, to be exact, it''s not that you and Jonathan don''t have the ability, but the general strength of


    Apex Construction Corporation is not good enough. So, it''s impossible for you to seed in


    receiving the Eastern District project so smoothly."


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    Amelia looked at him in horror. Did this person really not know anything about this issue in


    advance?


    That was impossible!


    Amelia retorted angrily, "You already know everything, don''t you? You''re just deliberately trying to


    extract more information from me!"


    Patrick calmly countered, "And why would I do that?"


    She frowned and thought for a while. "You''re doing this because you want to see if I''ll tell you the


    truth!"


    Patrick chuckled, "I''m just thinking about the information you gave me with normal intelligence.


    Looking at how big your reaction was, it seems that my analysis was indeed correct?"


    Upon hearing this, Amelia blushed instantly. Why did she always lose her cool in front of Patrick?


    But it was no wonder. When Patrick became the chief executive officer of hispany, she was just


    a small director in someone else''spany. How could shepete with him in shrewdness?


    Amelia thought to herself jealously.


    Patrick narrowed his eyes. "Your eyes seem to be rolling around, what excuse are you trying to


    conjure to fool me again?"


    "I didn''t!" Amelia argued guiltily.


    Patrick adjusted himself into afortable sitting position and continued, "So, about your Eastern


    District project with Jonathan, did it alle to an end so smoothly?"


    If Patrick could see through the sunsses and into Amelia''s eyes at this time, he would definitely


    see them brimming with ridicule.


    Amelia answered, "To be honest, my trip to the Eastern District event with Uncle Tucker didn''t go


    well at first. Do you know why?"


    Patrick was indeed a businessman and his answer was almost urate, "Because Apex


    Construction Corporation does not have a chief investor."


    Amelia nodded, but then shook her head and added, "In fact, in our initial n, there''s an investor


    that can dominate the world for us."


    "I don''t believe it! Any wealthy and smart investor in Northville would not be so foolish as to


    intervene in the construction of Apex Construction Corporation at such a critical juncture..."


    In the next second, Patrick heard a small giggle from Amelia. "That person is you!"


    Patrick was about to say something else, but he suddenly paused.


    If everything Amelia said was true, then he could understand why the government was willing to


    hand over the Eastern District project to Apex Construction Corporation even though they were on


    the edge of falling apart.


    But if that was the case, why did Amelia mention that "their first progress was not smooth"?


    Was she not contradicting herself?


    Patrick decided to clear his mind. "So what you''re saying is that you used me as your back-up?"


    Amelia sighed and said, "It''s a pity that it didn''t work out." "Why did it fail?" The two of them are


    husband and wife, which provided Amelia with the best convenience. If she said that Roxxon


    Corporation was the major shareholder of Apex Construction Corporation, this waspletely


    reasonable!


    Moreover, he and his men were not at the scene at that time. Even if they were there, it was


    impossible to expose her!


    Amelia looked at him with a little bit of embarrassment, "Do you really want me to tell you the


    reason behind the failed attempt? You may be ashamed."


    Patrick suddenly wanted to know more. "Just tell me!"


    "Alright then!"


    Since Patrick was not afraid of being humiliated, she had nothing to hide. "Just when I mentioned


    that Roxxon Corporation was going to invest in Apex Construction Corporation, someone took out


    the photos of you and Sissi hugging each other on the street as a direct insult to me."


    Noticing the shock and anger in Patrick''s eyes, Amelia gave a wry smile and continued, "The


    picture that was shown was exactly the same as the magazine father showed you when he called


    us back to The Hopper Mansion.


    However, the copy that I saw at the government office was an earlier version. It was because of this


    picture of you and Sissi that the leaders and directors had great distrust in me and thepany.


    They are worried that once our marriage broke down, the cooperation of the twopanies will


    cease!


    And once Roxxon Corporation, arge consortium, leaves, Apex Construction Corporation would


    not be able to withstand the high financial pressure brought by the Eastern District project and


    ultimately result in a dy in the construction.


    I''m guessing that I''ve made it clear enough for you, haven''t I? "


    Patrick''s heart tightened considerably. He suddenly wanted to pull off the sunsses on Amelia''s


    face and gauge all her emotions behind her eyes.


    He calmed down and asked in a self-deprecating way, "You would''ve hated me to death for


    encountering such a thing, wouldn''t you?"


    Amelia recalled, "Well at first, I was indeed shocked by your photo with Sissi, and I felt sad for a


    period of time. After all, you humiliated me in front of the government officials. Butter I understood


    that this was probably the so-called retribution..."


    "Retribution?" "Well, I didn''t get your permission and took advantage of The Hopper Family''s fame


    to show off. In the end, I was pped in the face. Isn''t this retribution?"


    Looking at the faint smile on her face, Patrick could not bring himself tough.


    Amelia was a member of The Hopper Family, but at this time, the way she said it was as if she stole


    something from them. This entitlement...originally belonged to her!


    No wonder Charles''s smile on the phone was so ambiguous. It turned out that he thought that


    Patrick had been having an affair!


    Clenching his teeth, Patrick quickly threw out a policy, still betterte than never. "It''s not toote. I''ll


    call the relevant leaders of the Eastern District project right away..."


    Amelia shook her head and said, "You don''t have to worry about it. I already said that I received the


    deal of the Eastern District Project."


    Once the government sent their officials down to investigate, she only needed to hand over the


    information regarding the contract with Sawyer and then she can start advancing on the project.


    Patrick furrowed his brows and asked, "How did you then manage to close the deal regarding the


    Eastern District project after you faced a crisis of trust?"


    Amelia really did not want to tell Patrick what happened next because she did not want to get into a


    quarrel with him.


    She lifted her sunsses and pretended to be depressed. "I''m feeling a little tired now..."


    Patrick''s gaze sharpened and he raised his voice. "Amelia, don''t avoid my question!"


    Upon hearing his words, Amelia became slightly unhappy and refuted, "Are you trying to mend it?


    Even if I tell you everything, can you travel back in time and change everything that happened?"


    Patrick replied stiffly, "I didn''t mean anything else.


    I''m just concerned about you."


    "You''re concerned about me?" Amelia''s tone was riddled with faint sarcasm. "I think you are


    suspecting that I used some illegal means to win the Eastern District project, aren''t you?"