Amelia did not refute. After all, Patrick was in a state of needing someone to take care of him. She did want to stand him up.
Patrick managed to keep his restlessness under control and asked, "Tell me, where are you going?"
Amelia looked at him and said, "I'm going to visit Aunt Sierra..."
Patrick's face turned cold. "The Cook family?"
"Yes..." Amelia admitted.
Patrick did not even consider and said, "I won't allow that!"
Amelia frowned, and she said in a low voice, "I knew you wouldn't allow it, but I have already made an appointment with Aunt Sierra today. So I'm sorry, I have to go..."
Patrick threw his chopsticks in anger. "Why didn't you visit your Aunt Sierra earlier. Why did you decide to visit her when Milton returned for vacation? I think you're meeting up with someone else!"
Amelia's pretty face darkened. "Patrick, how could you say that? I'm visiting Aunt Sierra almost every month. At that time, you told me that this is what we should do. Now, because Milton was back, you're
thinking this in a bad way. Why are you doing this?"
Patrick looked at her bracelet and said recklessly, "If it weren't for you to be such a lascivious woman, how is it possible for me to think of bad things all the time?"
"Patrick!" Amelia suddenly stood up from the chair and looked at him sadly. After a long time, she said in a hoarse voice and pretended to be calm, "Have a good rest here. I'll go for two hours and come back to accompany you soon."
Just as Amelia was about to turn around and leave, she heard Patrick said unreasonably, "Don't come back if you go!"
Amelia turned to look at him and said in a faint tone, "Do you mean that you want me to stay in The Cook's house?"
Patrick's face tightened.
Amelia ignored the sadness in her heart. She raised her eyebrows and said, "Why don't you continue? As long as you nod, I really won't come back."
"How dare you!" Patrick shouted angrily.
Amelia said coldly, "Didn't you ask me not to come back after leaving?"
Bang!
Patrick slammed his fist on the nightstand as if he was venting his dissatisfaction with Amelia
abandoning him!
"You're crazy!" A dish on the nightstand fell to the ground because of Patrick's excessive strength. Amelia rushed over, but it was too late. The buckled lunch box was on the floor, and all the dishes fell to the ground.
Patrick, who did this, turned his back without saying a word and did not look at her anymore.
Looking at his icy back, Amelia felt a stuffy feeling in her chest. It was not her intention to argue with him, but his words offended her. "What does he mean by 'such a lascivious woman'? Did he ever think about it from my point of view?" Amelia thought sadly.
She sighed towards the ceiling silently. Amelia was just about to pick up her leather bag from the nightstand silently and was going to leave. But she caught a glimpse of the corner of the second newspaper which was revealed under the first newspaper. When she saw the title on the top page, her pupils suddenly dilated!
She drew out the second piece of the newspaper without a second thought. Her eyes were like an X-ray, scanning the title without missing a single word...
"Apex Construction Corporation has a mysterious investor, and with governmental support, became the number one developer of the Eastern District
project!"
Just like the newspaper, it appeared accidentally under the eyes of Patrick, but she happened to see the title. So she could take it away in time.
But what about it in the future?
No! She must change her passive situation into the active one.
After calming down, Amelia went to the attending doctor's office.
Knock, knock, knock...
"Please come in." As the doctor spoke, he looked up and saw Amelia pushing the door in.
"Ms. Ramsay?" The doctor stood up and asked eagerly, "Why are you here? Is there anything wrong with Mr. Hopper?"
Amelia shook her head and said, "No, it's just that I have something personal to talk to you about. Do you have time?"
"Of course, I'm free!" The doctor was very attentive.
He quickly walked around the desk and pulled out a chair for Amelia. Then he made a gentlemanly gesture and said to her, "Ms Ramsay, please have a seat."
"Thank you." Amelia looked at the time and realized that it was almost eight o'clock. She decided to make it a quick session.
She smoothed her dress and quickly sat down. She said, "Doctor, I just found a pile of newspapers on my husband's cabinet. According to my husband, they were sent by your student to relieve his boredom. Is that true?"
The doctor nodded and said, "Yes, the stack of newspapers was sent by my student. I found that
Mr. Hopper's appetite at noon was not good. I think it's because of boredom, so I asked my student to send some newspapers distributed by the hospital to Mr. Hopper. Err... Is the newspaper too old? So Mr. Hopper is not interested? But it's not right. These newspapers are from the recent days..."

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