Amelia opened the grille, took a few steps forward, and tossed the package into the waste container in the corner.
Having been with Patrick for so long, Amelia was as arbitrary as him when dealing with things she disliked.
Clapping her hands, she returned to the house with no guilt at all and did what she should until Patrick came home.
"Mr. Hopper."
"Mrs. Hopper, where is grandma?"
"She's sleeping upstairs."
After greeting each other, Amelia found that Patrick was still staring at her. She couldn't help but find it funny. "Is there anything strange on my face? Why are you watching me like that?"
Patrick subconsciously loosened his tie and smoothened his breathing before he asked, "You signed a package for me this afternoon, didn't you?"
"Yeah. Did the delivery guy call or send you a message?" "He called me." Amelia held her cheek with her palm and narrowed her eyes lazily. "Oh, he does have professional ethics."
Patrick was a little irritated by her beating around the bush. "Where's the package? Where did you put it?"
He sounded too eager. The delivery guy must have told him who the sender was. Good. So she didn't have to speak that unpleasant name!
Amelia, who had the gut to take the blame for what she had done, said bluntly, "I have already thrown it into the waste container at the corner of the door, just like what you have done to mine."
No sooner had Amelia finished her words did she see Patrick rushing out like a bullet.
His eagerness hurt her feelings. She sneered, got up, and followed him to the door.
Patrick opened the lid of the recycler violently and looked down, only to find that all the garbage inside had been cleaned up.
Amelia's red lips curled as she praised inwardly the cleaners' efficiency.
But she also knew that she was going to face Patrick's fury.
Patrick slowly put the lid back and said vaguely under the gaze of Amelia, "That's not so bad..."
"That's not so bad? What's not so bad?" wondered Amelia.
Amelia looked at him, bewildered.
After saying that, Patrick walked past Amelia without even any reprimand.
Shocked, Amelia almost suspected that this was not the Patrick she knew.
But the truth was different.
Patrick was sobered by the cold air as he ran out. He told himself that if he found the package in the container, Sissi would be destined to be in his life. But if he was too late and couldn't find anything there, he and Sissi would never have a chance again.
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