In the face of this sudden turn of event, not only Amelia, even Mr. Roland and the five young men under the sun umbrella were stunned too.
Then, Kaiden was heard laughing out loud, "So what if they broke up and he got married? He still hasn't gotten past the trauma of being cheated on!"
The rest of the men's faces turned sickly green at the sound of his laughter. They all whipped their heads towards him and shouted at once, "Stop laughing! Mr. Patrick is watching!"
Kaiden raised his chin higher, full of pride and vigour. "So? Just let him watch, what can he do to me?"
On the other side, Amelia, who just recovered from his abrupt mood change, stared at Mr. Roland in bewilderment.
He and Patrick had known each other for a long time, and Patrick often came here to golf too. Mr. Ronald might know the reason why Patrick lost his temper.
But unfortunately, Mr. Roland had to let Amelia down. He himself had no clue why too.
After spending some thought on it, Mr. Roland concluded that Patrick threw the golf set on the
ground because he did not take good care of it. He could not help pleading sorry to Patrick, "Mr. Patrick, I apologize for not taking care of your equipment well enough! I'll ask someone to send you a new set right now!"
With that, Mr. Roland hurriedly urged his subordinates to pick up the scattered clubs on the ground and then waved his hand to dismiss them.
Patrick's unforeseen flare-up disrupted the peaceful atmosphere they had before, putting Mr. Ronald and Amelia in an awkward spot.
Although it was clearly not his fault, all Mr. Roland could do was apologize to appease Patrick's anger.
Amelia was greatly embarrassed, so she whispered to Mr. Roland, "Mr. Roland, I'm a little thirsty. Can you please get me a bottle of water?"
Mr. Roland gave Amelia a look of gratitude, nodded and said, "Yes, I'll go right away!"
As soon as he finished, he seized the opportunity Amelia created for him, turned around, and left.
Amelia sneaked a careful glance at Patrick. Seeing that he was not enraged to the point of wanting to get violent, she reached out and tugged at the hem of his clothes. She then said, not mentioning anything about what just happened, "Mr. Roland went to get us a new set. Let's not just stand here and wait. Why don't we find a place to rest first?"
Patrick looked at her. His face was still a little sour.
What he did just now was done almost out of his subconsciousness.
Amelia, just like Sissi back then, did not know how to play golf and was going to learn from Patrick. Would they have a similar ending as Patrick had with Sissi if he taught Amelia the same way he did?
He could not believe that he would be so superstitious, treating that set of old golf set as an ill omen.
In his uneasiness, he had tossed it away, as if in doing so he could walk out from the trauma he suffered!
Noticing his absent-mindedness, Amelia frowned and called out to him twice, "Mr. Hopper? Mr. Hopper?"
Snapping back to his senses, Patrick massaged the crinkle between his brows and replied, "I'm fine."
"That's good. Then let's sit there!" Amelia pointed to a row of empty chairs not far away from them.
"Okay." Patrick tightened his grip around her delicate hand in his palm and latched firmer onto Amelia's hand, which was doing wonders in easing him.
Amelia let him hold her hand while she stole glances at him from time to time along the way, her eyes were full of both concern and curiosity.
Patrick had never done such a crass thing in public, but just a moment before, in front of his group of friends whom he had not seen for a long time, he lost his temper. Nobody knew who his anger was directed to either.
Patrick slightly raised a brow and gave him a sidelong glance.
Just when Kaiden thought he had succeeded with his taunts, Patrick said faintly, "Even your cousin was crushed under my thumb. Do you think I'll be scared of you?"
A stern look flashed across his gaze, and Kaiden was so irate that he could not help swinging the club back, wanting to blow out Patrick's face!
Fortunately, Leo and the others behind him pulled him back in time and tried to smooth things over. "Mr. Patrick, Kaiden is just too excited because he hadn't seen you for a long time. When you weren't in Northville, he often complained to us that there was no opponent for him on the course!"
Patrick smiled at Leo and said, "Oh, really? He misses me so much?"
Kaiden quickly adjusted his state of mind after the interjection from his friends. He said to Patrick with a forced smile, "Yes, it's because I've been missing you so much. What do you say? Come on, I'll be with Leo, and you and your wife will be a team. Let's see who wins?"
At the sound of this, Amelia scowled, but the crease between her brows quickly dissipated.
Following that, she flashed Kaiden a smile and said, "Mr. Wright, no matter how brilliant Mr. Hopper is at golf, I'll inevitably drag him down because I'm just a newbie. What's more, gathering from everybody's tone here, it sounds as if you and Mr. Leo have been winning on the usual. So, even if you win, I'm afraid it's not going to be a real victory. Why don't you find someone as talented as you to team up with Patrick?"
There was a hidden meaning in Kaiden's words. "Mrs. Hopper, don't underestimate Mr. Patrick. Back then, he could win several rounds in a row even with a lady in his arms."
Amelia chuckled at this and said, "It seems that my husband has always been popular with girls. I must have great tastes to have chosen the top pick at first glance."
The smirk on Kaiden's lips froze. He thought Amelia would be upset even if she did not show her discontent on the spot, but she was unexpectedly calm.
At the same time, Mr. Roland's staff came to Patrick with three brand new sets of equipment. "Mr.
Patrick, these are the best sets we have. We don't know which one you'll like better."
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