Kaiden was silent for a moment. With his chin on hand, he murmured, "Did he run away again?"
"I'm not sure," Patrick said irresponsibly.
"Forget it, let's not talk about it!”
Amelia was completely silent at the moment Kaiden mentioned Sawyer. He thought that he had hit her sore spot and said, "Amelia, I apologize to you on behalf of my cousin. He's a j*rk!"
If he wanted to take revenge on Patrick, he should just do it to him instead of Amelia.
Amelia pursed her lips and said, "You don't have to apologize for him. This is a feud between him, Mr. Hopper, and me. It has nothing to do with you."
Kaiden nodded and asked, "By the way, Uncle Quartley and Abner are worried about you. Have you talked to them?"
Amelia shook her head and said, "Not yet, I don't know where my mobile phone is. I wanted to contact you all yesterday, but it's delayed because I don't know your phone numbers."
Kaiden was relieved after he heard this. Amelia was not purposely hiding the news of her return from them.
Amelia said, "Kaiden, when you go back later, please tell Uncle Quartley and the rest that I am safe. Also, send my gratitude to them. You should know why I’m thanking them."
"All right!" Kaiden continued, "What if they want to see you? Should I bring them over?"
"This..." Amelia hesitated.
There were two reasons for her hesitation.
Firstly, Ryan, Ruth, and Abner were the parents and children of Sawyer. Their feelings for Sawyer were definitely deeper than Kaiden's. Therefore, if they came to visit her, they would talk about Sawyer for sure.
As for whether they would criticize Sawyer or plead for Sawyer, Amelia was more inclined towards the former. Nonetheless, she still felt awkward whenever they looked at her with hesitant eyes.
Secondly, she was likely to be Ryan's illegitimate daughter. She did not know how to face him for the time being.
That was why she hesitated.
Kaiden saw her expression and said, "Don't you want to see uncle and the rest?"
Amelia thought for a while and replied, "It's not that I don't want to see them. I haven't thought about what to say after we meet. You know, although Uncle Quartley is very strict with Sawyer, Aunt Ruth is very gentle with Sawyer. I'm afraid that when they come, they will give different opinions about Sawyer's kidnapping me. What if Aunt Ruth wants me to forgive Sawyer? I really don't know what to do."
After hearing this, Kaiden said, "Mm, what you said is also reasonable. I won't tell them that you're here for the time being."
"Well, thank you," Amelia was relieved.
Kaiden sat on the sofa for a while and left. After all, Patrick was watching him from the side. If it was in the past, he would have let it be. But Patrick was Amelia's husband. With hatred, Kaiden bade Amelia goodbye and left.
As soon as Kaiden left, Florence left too.
"Amy." Patrick turned Amelia around. He lowered his head and said, "That guy came to you as soon as you back. It seems like he hasn't given up on you."
Amelia did not ask anymore.
On the other side...
"Hey, stop right there!"
Florence got Kaiden and blocked him at a corner of the corridor.
"Move out of my way!" Kaiden revealed his fierce side when Amelia was not around.
"Hey!" Florence rolled up her sleeves and raised her chin high as she heard this. She said with provocation in his eyes, "How could you be so arrogant? Don't forget, you are the cousin of the suspect!"
Kaiden's eyebrows furrowed when he heard her words and said, "Mind your words. It was my cousin who kidnapped Amelia, but I didn't know that in advance!"
"I just said 'the cousin of the suspect' and you already blew up? Earlier when you came to my house and yelled at us, have you considered how would we feel?"
Kaiden was stunned and said in a rough voice, "So, you came after me to get my apologies to you?"
"It's not to me, but to us!" Florence emphasized, "Just now my sister-in-law was there, I don't want to spoil her mood when meeting friends. Now that she is not around, let me make things clear to you. You should apologize to my brothers and sisters-in-law, or else I'll make you suffer!"
It was reasonable, but Florence's words were quite sharp. Kaiden who was arrogant couldn't take it. If she talked to him calmly, he might apologize to them one by one, but at this moment...
I'd like to know how can you make me suffer!"

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