Sissi then responded harshly, "Yes! If Amelia weren't a fox, how could she have fascinated you?"
Patrick frowned, feeling that those words were not what she should say.
Sissi quickly realized her mistake.
She covered her mouth embarrassingly and said in a choked voice, "I'm sorry, Patrick. I didn't mean to say that about your wife. I just... I was confused by my jealousy. Oh, it's funny... I don't even have the right to be jealous. She's your wife. It's normal for you to love and protect her. I... I'm just an extra."
Sissi wept as she spoke.
Patrick had never seen her cry as brokenheartedly as this before, "Teacher, please don't cry."
Hearing this sudden appellation, Sissi shivered and asked impatiently, "What did you call me?"
"Teacher," Patrick said somewhat uneasily.
Sissi's cry turned into a whimper. She then asked faintly, "Do you know what it means to call me teacher?"
Patrick's expression became even more awkward. He cried out, "You clearly know it!"
No longer shedding tears, Sissi then let out a chuckle.
She lifted her tearful eyelashes and stared at Patrick's gorgeous face, saying, "Patrick, look at me."
Patrick turned his face and pretended to be calm. "What's the matter?"
As Sissi curled her lips, the tears that gathered on her chin fell down thrillingly.
All the happy memories were flooding through her eyes. "When you did something wrong in the past, you were too embarrassed to apologize directly to me, so you would call me 'teacher'. So, can I now understand that you are apologizing to me?"
Patrick's eyes darkened and he replied reluctantly, "Yes."
For a moment, neither of them spoke, letting the past memories annihilated them.
That night, Amelia returned to The Ramsay Family, which she had not seen for a long time.
Upon hearing the servant report that Amelia had almost reached the door, Alice, who was resting on the sofa in the living room, was so surprised that her drowsiness faded instantly.
She straightened up and said, "Quick, take a look at
my nightdress. Is it decent enough?"
After the servant said 'yes' three times, Alice's worries slowly faded into the background.
In the past, Amelia had sneered at her nightdress several times. It was either too short or too revealing. She also said that she was deliberately being coquettish and wanted to seduce George so that she could take control of The Ramsay Family's property as soon as possible!
Later on, Alice had been very cautious about her outfit, for the fear of irritating Amelia.
In the midst of Alice's thoughts, another servant had already welcomed Amelia through the door.
While Amelia was changing into slippers, she glanced at the maid beside her inadvertently.
She lowered her head and looked very respectful, but Amelia frowned and said, "You, look up."
There were only Amelia and the maid around. Amelia was obviously talking to the maid.
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