Come To Me (Amelia and Patrick) novel Chapter 586

Only then did Amelia's depressed mood improve a little. She said, "Let's make it clear. At most, I can accept that you had secretly put a listening bug on me. As for the other types of bugs, you're not allowed to install them on me. Understand?"

Huxton gave her an odd look as if he had not expected her to compromise with what he had done.

Amelia rolled her eyes and explained, "Even if I don't let you put this type of devices on me, you won't listen to me anyway, right?"

"That's right." Huxton nodded without any hint of shame. Hethen reminded Amelia, "Madam, didn't you say you're going to call sir tonight?"

Amelia seemed hesitant. "Do you think I should contact him?"

Huxton answered without thinking, "You should. Sir is the only one who can help with the three billion debt for you."

Amelia felt drained at the thought of that. She did not want to borrow money from Patrick!

Huxton added, "You're sir's wife. It's not embarrassing for you to ask him for help when in

difficulty."

In the secondary bedroom.

Recalling what Huxton had said, Amelia's hands started to tremble.

She plucked up her courage, grabbed the phone on the bedside table, and dialled Patrick's phone number while holding her breath.

But his phone was turned off!

As if she had been thrown a wet blanket on her head, Amelia put down the phone stiffly.

Amelia looked up at the clock. It was not even eight o'clock yet. Even if Patrick was tired and had fallen asleep, he did not have the habit of shutting off his phone before going to bed.

Just in case, Amelia decided and contacted Patrick's secretary.

An elegant melody sounded from the other end of the phone, but it did not do anything to relieve her anxiety.

After a while, Amelia heard someone responded, "Hello..." There was quite a hint of panic in her voice.

Though it was strange, Amelia still greeted her back. "Ms. Secretary, I'm Amelia."

"Oh, Madam Ramsay. What... what's the matter?"

Amelia's eyes froze. She did not mishear, after all.

The secretary was indeed a little nervous.

"Nothing. I just called Patrick and found that his phone was turned off. So I wanted to ask you if something has gone wrong over there?"

The secretary's tongue seemed to have been tied. "Ah... nothing happened! Everything's fine!"

Amelia scowled and asked, "Ms. Secretary, what's wrong with you? Is your throat okay?"

The secretary faked cough. "Ahem, yea..."

Amelia shot her a question purely out of instinct, "Are you hiding something from me?"

The secretary stuttered twice before finally saying, "I'm really not! Mada Ramsay, please don't think too much!"

Amelia then added half-jokingly, "Then let the truth be told, did Patrick elope with Sissi?"

Silent fell from the other side of the phone.

Amelia's heart skidded a beat. Did she guess it right?

After a long pause, the secretary replied with a bitter laugh, "Madam Ramsay, it's not what you think it is. I'll just tell you the truth. Yesterday morning, a few kids from the village went to the mountains to play without telling their parents. Sissi got so worried that she ran out to search for them amidst the wind and snow."