Hearing Patrick's aggressive questioning, Amelia's expression darkened.
Amelia took a look at George and Alice, seeing that Alice was looking at her too, she uneasily turned and headed to the balcony.
In order to avoid disturbing the two elders, Amelia lowered her voice, "What does it have to do with you whether I'm home or not? You're staying at the Land of Fragrance, and I'm staying at the Ramsay Mansion. Why would you be bothered by when I'm back?"
Patrick immediately realized that something was wrong with her. "Why are you speaking so softly? Is it not convenient for you to talk to me? Where are you now and who are you with?"
Amelia opened her mouth and said, "I'm at home!"
Patrick exposed her lie. "I just called to your house. Your butler told me that you aren't home! You're lying!"
Amelia felt as if she was being scolded while being pointed at her head as her temples kept pounding.
"No matter where you are now, get out of there and come back to the Land of Fragrance at once.
Otherwise, I will..." "Sorry!" Amelia raised his voice and covered Patrick's threat. "I'm not a dog and I don't know how to listen to orders of others. Maybe you can show me in person when there's an opportunity?"
"How dare you!"
"Do you have anything else to say? If you don't, I'll hang up then!"
When he heard that Amelia was so anxious to hang up the phone, Patrick dissuaded her incoherently, "Wait a minute! I mean... I'm sick... when will you be back?"
Amelia said flatly, "It's late. So I won't be back today."
Patrick changed the topic and said, "At least tell me where you are? Don't make me worry about you."
The change in his attitude was so big that it made her heart pound.
When she came back to her senses, an answer popped out of her mouth. "I'm in the hospital."
"You're visiting you dad." Patrick responded quickly.
"Yeap," Amelia replied as she pressed her lips together and stopped talking because of the irritating feeling Patrick had given her.
Patrick's voice softened. "How's your father?"
"Still the same as before."
Patrick asked patiently, "So he can't speak nor move and he would need to rely on the wheelchair?"
"Yes, that's right."
Patrick's voice turned even gentler. "I told you before that we can hire a doctor to take care of dad but you refused because you were worried that he couldn't take it anymore. What about now? Did you change your mind?"
The atmosphere between the two was unexpectedly peaceful because of George. In the face of Patrick's proposal, Amelia did not refuse him immediately. "If it's okay, please contact him for me. As for the costs, I'll pay forthem."
The other side quieted down. Apparently, with Patrick's personality, he would not allow his woman to pay for anything. "You have to know that your father is my father-in-law. It's reasonable for me to hire a doctor for him."
"Yes, I know."
To be honest, Amelia was also very mad about this.
She was now against Patrick for Huxton's sake. How could she accept his kindness at this moment? If she did, what would the things she insisted on become? A joke?
Patrick was also very clear about this issue. He then said, "How about this? I'll make an appointment with the expert first. As for the cost, we'll talk about it later."
Hearing this, Amelia felt it was also a good idea so she agreed on it. "Then I'll thank you in advance."
"Alright, that's a deal then," Patrick said.
Amelia said, "Okay." She did not complain that he had not visited George for such a long time while they were on the phone.
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