"Enough of it!" Howard couldn't bear Eve gabbling on and on these days and said, "Amelia was right. The housework should be carried out by both husband and wife since the house accommodates both of them!"
Hearing this, Eve said in a strange tone, "Okay! Can you cook today's lunch?"
Knowing that Eve said this on purpose, Howard put down the newspaper and said, "Why not?"
"I won't be fooled," Eve said. She was a housewife indeed. If her husband really cooks and it's known by Amelia, she would be laughed at by the daughter-in-law with a sharp tongue.
At this moment, Florence came down from the second floor with the perfume sprayed in her left hand, and the lipstick applied in her right hand. It seemed that she wanted to go out.
Florence said vaguely, "Mom, I'm gonna see a friend."
The parents told her not to come back home late.
"Got it!" Florence answered and left. She quickly took out her mobile phone and dialed Milton's number, asking, "Hey, weird man, where are you?"
*
It was midday at the Land of Fragrance.
Amelia, Patrick and Cynthia sat in a triangle for lunch.
In the cold atmosphere, Cynthia pretended to be caring about them and asked, "Brother Patrick, Ms. Amelia, how is it?"
"..." Amelia didn't say anything.
Seeing that Amelia didn't say anything after coming out of the bedroom and didn't look at him at all, Patrick replied with a bad look, "It's okay."
Cynthia said happily, "If you like it, I can cook for you every day."
Amelia's eyelids twitched.
Patrick agreed absent- mindedly, without noticing what Cynthia said.
And this faint voice was heard by Amelia and she frowned.
Suddenly, her cell phone rang.
"Let me pick the call," she said.
Patrick pretended to be eating, but paid silent attention to the call.
Standing by the window and began to answer the call, Amelia heard the angry and sad voice from the other side, which made her keep the distance between the phone and her ear, "Amelia! Milton bastard! He played a trick on me!"
Amelia asked in confusion, "What happened?"
"He told me to meet him at a restaurant for his apology. Well, I was there, but he was absent. After a while, a man came over and wronged me by saying that I slept with him without paying. Then, a bunch of paparazzi suddenly appeared and shot me with their cameras. Then the bastard forced me to become his slave and servant, otherwise, he would reveal this to the headlines!"
Florence told all of this without taking a short break. It was obvious that she hated Milton so much and couldn't stand him anymore.
Sweat poured down from Amelia's heart since she was the one telling Florence Milton's number.
"My dear, don't worry. I'll persuade him..." Amelia said.
"No! Amelia, I called you not for your help. I don't believe that he really dares!" Florence shouted.
Before Amelia could say something, the call had been hung up.
On the table, Cynthia had been observing Patrick's face. When he heard the word "Milton", his face became extremely bad, so she was secretly happy. Sure enough, there was a gap between the couple.
At this time, Amelia returned to the table and said, "I gotta go out."
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