Ashley hesitantly fed them the forage while murmuring, "Don't eat too much. I'm not here to feed you today."
Upon hearing her, Amelia said, "Don't worry. There's more here."
But, Amelia could not escape the onslaught of goats. To grab the forage in her basket, a mountain goat unexpectedly stood up with its two front limbs and stepped on Amelia's body, looming to Amelia's height.
In the next second, a rock suddenly shot through the air and accurately hit the side of the goat's face. Frightened, the goat immediately turned and ran away.
Amelia looked back and saw that Patrick was holding a slingshot in his left hand, and his right hand was still pulling the pouch.
"Mr. Hopper?"
"Uncle Patrick!"
Patrick strode over and chased away the goats surrounding Amelia. He fixed his eyes on her face and asked nervously, "Are you okay?" "I'm fine." Amelia smiled and said, "Mr. Hopper, why are you here?"
"I was worried about you." To be exact, he was worried about Ashley.
Ashley was naughty, so what if she accidentally hurt Amy?
As for the slingshot, he had brought it with him before he came out of the house, but did not expect it to come in handy so soon.
"It's too dangerous here. Hurry and come with me," Patrick said firmly.
"But..."
"Don't argue. Have you forgotten that the goat had just stepped on your belly? Don't you feel scared?" Patrick felt his heart almost stopped beating when he witnessed the scene.
Amelia explained right away, "But, that goat didn't use that much strength."
"That's still not okay!" Patrick held her hand and pressed it on his chest. "Have a feel at how fast it's beating!"
Patrick's heartbeat had always been stable and consistent, but, at this moment, it was pounding incredibly fast. Amelia could not help but say, "Okay, I know now. Can you help me to feed 'Ash No.T then?" "Ashley is out of her mind, and you're joining her too?" 'Ash No. 1'? It was just a goat!
"You can't say that. The name 'Ash No T is just like the name 'Rick'. We entrust our feelings on them, isn't that right?"
Amelia turned to look at Ashley, who had gone up to the mother goat, feeding it with the forage.
Influenced by Amelia's genial attitude, Patrick answered her with a hum and agreed.
In the end, Patrick changed his mind. He did not ask Amelia to go out of the sheep pen but stayed by her side, escorting her to 'Ash No.T and watched her fed the lucky mother goat.
When the mother goat was eating the forage from Amelia's hand, Ashley, who was squatting aside and observing the lamb, suddenly shouted, "Uncle Patrick, Aunt Amelia! Look! Ash No.Ts baby has stood up on its legs!"
As if it could sense the same, the mother goat suddenly stopped eating and turned her head to sniff the little goat. She then gently rubbed her head on her baby, which was trembling and about to fall at any time. But with the mother goat's assistance, it stood up firmly.
"Awesome! You and your child are the best!" Ashley exclaimed happily.
Although Amelia was not as thrilled as Ashley, she was still touched nonetheless. When she watched the mother goat stroking and licking the little goat, a complex sentiment fired up in her heart.
Instinctively, Amelia put her hand on her belly. But unexpectedly, another hand met hers!
She turned her head and saw that Patrick was looking at her affectionately with his huge palm on her belly.
"I know what you're thinking," he said.
"I know what you're thinking too," she replied.
The couple looked at each other and laughed. At this moment, even the oncoming wind was sweet.
Northville, Apex Construction Corporation.
"Mr. Martin, what did you say? You're under too much pressure recently as well? You need some supplements? Okay! Give me some time and I'll send it to you! All right, all right. I won't bother you any longer. Talk to you later."
"D*mn it, you're all trying to take my money! Despicable!" Kaleb thought furiously.
After the call, Kaleb smashed the phone onto the ground. This was the third threat he had received so far.
In addition to Yasir, there was an old man called Wei, then it came Martin a moment ago. They had all hinted at him to show them more 'sincerity'!
"D*mn it! There are a total of fifteen people from the neutral party. Without you three, I can still cooperate with the rest!" Kaleb thought, livid.
However, the other members of the neutral party acted as if they had discussed against Kaleb beforehand. No matter how Kaleb incited and lured them, none of them was convinced. They even made excuses about how they had to set themselves as good examples for their staff, so they refused to take bribes.
The office quietened. Kaleb raised his head and sighed at the thought that there was nobody he could rely on!
"I'm exhausted. But as my supporters, they only care about enjoying themselves. Just wait and see. When I get the throne, they'll all get on their knees for me!" thought Kaleb.
Three days later.
Kaleb successfully sold the second house, so he had more than 6 million USD on hand and he was eager to call Yancie. After making an appointment for their deal, he left the company without even asking for leave.
In the teahouse.
Kaleb was panting hard when he rushed over, finding Yancie sitting by the window and sipping on tea. Her comfortable and relaxed mood made him want to crush her to death!
He walked over and sat down, suppressing the urge to scold her when he asked with a fake smile, "Did you bring it?"
Yancie patted the bag next to her and replied while smiling, "It's all here."
"Give it to me!" Then, Kaleb snatched the bag and opened it. However, he found nothing in it. It was empty! He had been fooled!
Yancie covered her mouth and snickered, "Idiot. Do you think I will give it to you so easily? I haven't even gotten the money yet."
Kaleb's pupils widened with fury as he glared at her. "You!"
The kindness in Yancie's eyes cooled down gradually. "Kaleb Ramsay, others don't understand you, but I do. If I wasn't careful, you would've succeeded just now. You always want to gain without putting in any effort. So, today, I'll teach you a lesson. You won't always succeed in taking advantage of someone."
Kaleb violently flung the empty bag back to her. Then, he grabbed his wallet, unzipped it, and took out a bank card. "Fine! Let's go to the bank now. After you make sure that the funds are loaded in this card, you have to give it to me immediately!"
"No problem."
When Yancie saw that there was indeed 4 million USD in the card through the ATM, Yancie grinned from ear to ear.
Kaleb urged, "I've already given you the card. Can you give me what I want now?"
After putting away the card, Yancie nodded at him and replied, "Okay. Follow me."
Kaleb followed, and the two returned to the teahouse. Just as Kaleb was about to ask her what she was up to, she said, "I know the owner, so I asked him to keep the item for me."

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