"The honor of the family is to force me to call a woman who has nothing to do with us stepmother? Owen, Nora, Florence, do you want to do that?"
Florence pursed her lips and shook her head. "No!"
Owen and Nora were also resistant to the suggestion, "Grandma, do you have any other idea?" Granny Hopper pressed her lips together and looked at Amelia. "Amelia, what do you think?"
"Me?" Amelia said sincerely, "I have no objection as long as Howard is happy..."
What she meant was that whatever Howard decided to do-he could come back to Eve after everything was settled, or divorce Eve because he had feelings for Jocelyn—as long as he was happy, Amelia had no objection.
Amelia was not a saint. She was unable to sympathize with Eve because she was her mother-in-law. If Eve had been reasonable, Amelia would definitely stand on her side now.
It was a pity that Eve had never treated Amelia as her family from the beginning, or had never treated her as a human being!
Granny Hopper's first smile today finally appeared on her worried face. She believed that Amelia was at the same level as her, unlike Patrick and others.
Their focus was so limited without caring about the honor of the whole family!
"Okay. So Amelia'll call Howard and explain to him what I mean. Well, I'm tired. I'm going back to my room to have a rest. If you are busy with your work, you can leave now."
After that, Granny Hopper waved her hand and went upstairs, regardless of others, even though they seemed to have something else to say but had no idea where to start.
"Patrick, Amelia, I'll go back to my office and ask my previous colleagues to locate Dad." After a pause, Owen turned to his wife and said, "It's time for you to leave, too. It's almost the end of class
for Andrew and Ashley."
"Okay, don't worry. Just go back to your office. I'll pick up the children." Nora said warmly.
After Owen and Nora left, Patrick cast a gloomy glance at Amelia, who was looking down. "Silly girl. What's she thinking? She doesn't even notice my gaze from such a short distance," thought Patrick.
Holding a pillow, Florence reminded Amelia. "Amelia, Patrick seems to have something to say to you."
"Hmm?" Amelia replied without a second thought, "I have nothing to say to him..." They were in different positions, and neither of them would compromise with each other. They could never reach any agreement even if they talked about it all night.
Her answer was so bold!
With his face darkening, Patrick rose and strode to Amelia before he ordered condescendingly, "We'll talk!"
Amelia's suspicion came from the bottom of her heart. "You're not closing the door and hitting me, are you?"
She didn't want to lie on the same bed with Patrick tonight. If possible, she wanted to hide in Florence's room.
"Do I look like I had hit a woman?" Although he did want to teach her a lesson now.
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