Come To Me (Amelia and Patrick) novel Chapter 1222

Amelia could feel it with her gentle touch. She could not help asking, "How did you get this scar?"

"After joining the army, I got shot in one of my training sessions. My throat was injured during that incident. Since then, I have to take longer time to munch before I swallow. Otherwise, I will tend to get choked easily. Please forgive me, I should have explained this to you at the first instance. After all, this is not something that I'm proud to share about."

The light in Shawn's eyes dimmed as he said. If possible, he would never want to expose his own shortcomings. All he wanted was to impress Amelia with his virtues.

Amelia began to come up with a ridiculous thought after she heard Shawn's words. Mentally preparing for the worst, she asked, "What are you trying to ?ll

Shawn let go of her hand before he continued, "Even if Mr. Patrick had done it on purpose for the first time, I can assure you that it's my own fault that I got choked on second time. I probably gobbled up my food in a hurry."

Amelia was startled as soon as her ridiculous thought had been verified. This would mean that she had misunderstood Patrick.

However, she struggled to admit it. After all, he was the culprit who was untrustworthy at all.

Amelia asked again warily in hope of Shawn was just messing around with her, "Are you sure that you're not lying to me?"

Shawn's gaze fell onto Kaiden before he said earnestly, "I'm not lying to you now. In fact, Mr. Kaiden can prove that I'm telling you the truth. He clearly witnessed what had happened at the scene. I'm not sure why he chose not to tell you at first instance."

In fear that Amelia was not convinced with his explanation, Shawn further added, "I was coughing very hard at that time but I remember that I pointed a finger at Mr. Patrick and shook my head at you in gesture that he had done nothing to me. However, it turned out that you had misunderstood since you brought me another glass of water the next second. I was freaking anxious when things began to go out of my control. Only if Mr. Kaiden told you the truth on the spot, I'm sure that you and Mr. Patrick would not end up in a heated argument."

"Hey, dude! Are you done talking!" Kaiden could feel his heart sinking as he sneaked a glance at

Amelia. Her expression went cold as she clenched her fists tightly.

"Mr. Kaiden, all this while I respected you as an honest man. It turns out that I was wrong..." The disdainful look on Shawn's face was obvious enough to tell what he was trying to say.

Kaiden was overwhelmed with frustration at Shawn's accusation. He did not mind to pull some dirty tricks in order to have Amelia fallen for him. Especially when it came to Amelia's ex-husband whom she used to love unconditionally, he thought that it was necessary for him to do what he had done so that he would be the final winner in this competition!

Amelia frowned. She turned around and looked at Kaiden before she asked, "Kaiden, is Mr. Shawn telling me the truth?"

Kaiden fought back the urge to flee from the scene. He strove his best to defend himself, "How am I supposed to know that Shawn had injured his throat before? All I had seen was him getting choked right after Patrick fed him. That was why I thought that Patrick had done it on purpose, hence, I said nothing. You can't blame me for my ignorance."

Shawn exposed him mercilessly, "Mr. Kaiden, anyone who was present at the scene could tell from their own eyes that you were lying. You're a smart man after all. You intentionally withheld the truth so that Ms. Amelia would end up misunderstanding Mr. Patrick. This was what you have been hoping for between the two of them."

Kaiden's expression darkened overtime. He struggled to understand why would Shawn help to resolve the misunderstanding Amelia had against Patrick. After all, Shawn benefited from the dirty trick that he had pulled on Patrick too.

Shawn glanced at Amelia as he asked, "Ms. Amelia, would you like to make a call to Mr. Patrick and explain to him?"

Amelia fell into a momentary silence before she murmured, "I need to get some fresh air outside."

Shawn could tell that she was dejected at the discovery of truth. He was driven by an impulse to get down from the bed and go after him. However, before he could sit up, Kaiden had already placed his hands on his shoulder to prevent him from going anywhere.

As soon as their eyes met, Shawn said irritably, "Mr. Kaiden, I'm not interested in a sissy! Please behave yourself!"

Shawn was certain of a fact that his wound was going to be torn apart by Kaiden's force if the pillow behind his back wasn't soft enough.

Perhaps the gunshot story was something that you made up to fool us. You might be lying just to claim that you have throat injuries."

Shawn could not help asking, "Tell me then what do you think is the truth?"

Kaiden thought for a moment before he said, "You pretended to get choked while eating so that you could earn Amelia's sympathy. Right after, you led her to misunderstand Patrick as the one who caused you choking.

After she successfully triggered Patrick into leaving in anger, you turned around to impress Amelia as an honorable man through telling her what you claimed to be truth, am I right?"

Shawn was a nineteen-year-old teen after all. He could not help feeling amused by Kaiden's speech. He commented, "I'm impressed by your wild imagination. How could you interpret other's kindness into a premeditated malice? That makes me wonder what kind of background you've grown up to make you look at this world in such a seamy way."

Kaiden fired back without hesitation, "I can say the same goes to you! Who knows the ignorance and innocence you claimed to be are nothing but your disguise!"

In the midst of the heated argument between the two men, Amelia had already came to somewhere quiet so that she could clear her head.

Amelia came back to her senses when a gust of breeze brushed off her face. She realized that there was nothing worth hesitated for. After all, an apology for her mistake was necessary irrespective whether the person who deserved her apology was Patrick or not.

Amelia took her phone out from her pocket. After taking a deep breath, she plucked up her courage and began dialing Patrick's number.

It was not long after that she heard a familiar ringtone ringing from somewhere near. However, the ringtone vanished in the air at the very next second.

At that moment, she was being notified by the call station that the number that she had dialed was unavailable at this moment.