"Stop right there!" Granny Hopper shouted in a domineering manner. "Where's Amelia? The same as you, she didn't come back last night. Do you know where she is?"
The frown on Patrick's face was deeper. "You can call her and ask yourself."
Granny Hopper pressed her lips. They didn't make a phone call for fear of interrupting the couple, only to find that Patrick came back alone this morning. So they hadn't stayed together at all.
Seeing the worries in Granny Hopper's eyes, Florence patted the crumbs off her hands and said, "Grandma, I'll call Amelia right away..."
Just as she finished speaking, there was a creaking sound from the gate. The door was opened and a slender figure walked in.
"I'm back," Amelia said, standing still.
Granny Hopper was cheered up from her previous concerns. "Amelia, come here quickly. The porridge is still warm. I'm preparing you one bowl."
Florence asked, pretending to be jealous, "Grandma, who is your real granddaughter?"
Granny Hopper ignored that and went busy for
Amelia. Amelia went into the kitchen and said in a flattered tone, "Grandma, I can do it by myself."
Granny Hopper grabbed Amelia's hands, which were holding the bowl, and asked one question after another, "Weren't you with Patrick last night? Why did he come back first today? Has he treated you poorly again?"
"It's a bit complicated. To put it simply, I was with Mr. Hopper yesterday. It was just that I received a call from my family this morning saying that my father's condition has improved. So I went to the hospital to see my father first."
"Is that so? Did your father wake up?"
Amelia repeated what the doctor had said to her to Granny Hopper.
Granny Hopper sighed with regret and said, "Medical technology is so advanced nowadays. If the doctors in Northville are not good enough, we could hire doctors from abroad. We'll cure your father!"
"Thank you, grandma!" Amelia said gratefully.
After hastily finishing a bowl of porridge, Amelia put down her chopsticks and went upstairs to knock on the door of Patrick's study.
"Who is it?" "It's me.
"Come in."
After receiving his permission, Amelia pushed the door open and entered the room. She found Patrick was sitting in a large office chair with his fingers lightly tapping on the table, looking as if he was deep in thought.
"There's something I want to ask you," she said.
"Good. I also have something to tell you, too." He replied.
Willing to wait for her turn, Amelia said, "Oh, you go first."
Patrick closed his eyes and spoke out the words that he had been preparing for a long time. "I had... sex with Cynthia last night."
Amelia thought mechanically, "Is this a formal reply?"
Cynthia could lie to Amelia, but it didn't mean that Patrick would do the same. Now that he had admitted it himself, it was not an exaggeration to say that her heart was broken to pieces!
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