"That... that's because I didn't know about Sierra's subsequent treatment!" Amelia could not help but became anxious as she said. "But, why
didn't you tell me anything when you've obviously known about Jessica's condition completely?"
Patrick said casually and slowly, "Didn't you always emphasize that we have nothing to do with each other, and we'd better not have any contact?
Besides, I didn't know that you, who claimed to be Jessica's best friend, would only know so little about their condition."
Patrick had precisely taken his revenge on Amelia.
The fact that she was speechless made Patrick smiled and said calmly, "That's settled then. When we return, we'll visit them personally with flowers..."
Amelia suddenly grabbed his arm as if to vent her dissatisfaction with him playing dumb. "No! We should bring money! And in cash!!!"
Patrick could still smile after being yelled at by her. "Mrs. Hopper, you're being inconsistent with your words. Which one should I follow?"
Amelia said loudly, "Follow what I say now! We'll bring cash! And we'll have to make Jessica accept it no matter what, understand?!"
"Wow, are you ordering me?" Patrick stared at her with a faint smile.
Amelia was stunned for a moment. He immediately said, "If so, I will be very happy, Mrs. Hopper."
What?
Amelia found that she could hardly keep up with his thoughts. "Shouldn’t you be angry that I've ordered you? Why are you happy instead?"
How could that be?
"You willing to order me means that you don't see me as an outsider." After explaining, Patrick gave her a passionate kiss on the lips.
After the kiss...
Patrick held her blank face, touched her slightly swollen lips and smiled charmingly, "Now that you didn't push me away, it means that you truly don't see me as an outsider."
Then, he let go of her to let her recover her senses.
Amelia's eyes finally moved after a moment and she whispered, "So you've... agreed, right?"
"Yes, considering that you don't treat me as an outsider, I will stick to my original plan and give Jessica a large sum of return, but let's hope that she is not as dignified as you said." At the end of Patrick's words, he still took the chance to tease her.
After the embarrassment, Amelia suddenly reached out to him and said urgently, "Oh my, lend me your phone!"
When she got up in the morning, she was so hungry that she almost lost her mind. Then, she got to meet Patrick again after a long time so she had further forgotten to inform Alice and the others that she was safe.
Patrick asked, "Do you want to contact your family members?"
"Exactly." Amelia had her eyes fixed on his trouser pocket. "Hurry up, I don't know where
they've thrown my phone at so I can only borrow yours."
As she sounded pitiful, Patrick did not continue to tease her.
"Is that a difficult thing to explain?" Patrick thought it was no big deal. "Just say that I've also come along for a business trip which Aunt Alice may also rest assured after she knew."
Amelia felt so bad after hearing that. "That's ridiculous! Not to mention that there's no such coincidence, we just had a car accident a few days ago and you've severely injured your waist. How could you recover so quickly and immediately be discharged to work? Besides, didn't you say that the place of my business trip had a bad signal? Did it turn good right after using your phone? I think you should make up an excuse that sounds more reasonable."
Patrick frowned as he had indeed been ignorant. "You're right, let's change it. You may say that you've just come back from a business trip tonight. But because you are concerned about my injury, you went to the Land of Fragrance to look after me. Till when I could get out of be, it will take up a few days before you would go back home. How's that?"
Amelia nodded as the revised excuse obviously sounded more reasonable, but she quickly questioned, "Shouldn't you be in
hospital now' instead of the Land of Fragrance?"
Patrick explained, "Previously, Aunt Alice had insisted on visiting me at the hospital, but I had to go outside to look for you at that time. To prevent her from finding it out, I said I was back in Land of Fragrance where my mother took care of me in person. When she heard of my mother's name, she no longer wanted to visit me but showed her concern to me through the phone every day."
"I see." Amelia was in a bad mood after listening to him.
Even though she did not witness it personally, she could tell from Patrick's words that he had put in a lot of effort to help her without mentioning it.
Since she was forcing him at the moment, he had no choice but to reveal a little to her.
"Thank you, Patrick."
Amelia looked at him deeply, but she kept those words in her heart.
Seeing her eyes become teary unknowingly, Patrick thought she was homesick and said quickly, "What are you waiting for? The phone is in your hand. Just call and say as much as you want, there's enough credit."

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