Hearing Sissi's feigned pleading, Amelia glanced at her and said, "Sissi, if you don't want to be slapped again, you'd better shut up!"
Sissi's beautiful face froze, and then she looked at Patrick nervously, with a little grievance that she was being bullied.
Patrick was worried that Amelia's agitation would spoil their plans, so he warned her in a low voice, "Stop it!"
Amelia stared at him with hatred in her eyes. After a while, all her sadness turned into self-mockery. "It turns out that I was the one who made trouble?"
After saying that, she suddenly raised another hand and waved Patrick's arm away.
Patrick tightened his fingers but could not catch her. He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something to her, but Amelia did not look at him anymore and hid behind Howard.
She did this not because she was afraid of Sissi, but because Sissi played the trick first! Sissi just wanted to take advantage of Patrick, but Sissi had forgotten that Howard was backing her up!
"You are such a failure!" Howard was so angry seeing Patrick muddled up over Sissi and almost wanted to beat him up himself!
Patrick turned a deaf ear to his father's scolding. He stared at Amelia with his deep eyes but her face had been facing somewhere else. Finally, he took back his gaze regretfully.
When Howard reprimanded Patrick, Sissi bit her lower lip and interrupted, "Uncle Howard, I..."
"Shut up!" Howard interrupted. He turned to look at Sissi's flat stomach and asked rudely, "Don't think I'll believe that story you made up! Aren't you pregnant? Where's the certificate from the hospital? Show me!"
Sissi nodded softly. "Okay, Uncle Howard, please wait for a moment. I'll get it right away."
Hearing this, Howard's heart sank. His visit this time did not give Sissi any time to respond. In order to prevent them from taking any countermeasures, he had arrived at Sissi's house when he called Patrick.
But at this moment, Sissi was unfazed and agreed to take out the certificate of pregnancy. It meant that she was really pregnant!
While Sissi was heading back to her bedroom, she passed by Patrick and looked at him faintly. Her eyes were full of prayer that only he could see and understand.
"Don't worry." Patrick winked the message at her slightly and gave her reassurance.
Whatever he promised Sissi, he would definitely do it!
Only then did Sissi walk away, she was in a state of worry and fear.
She was afraid that Patrick would be unable to bear Howard's questioning, or that he might suddenly be softhearted for Amelia and spill the beans.
Therefore, as quickly as her legs would carry her, she went to the bedroom and took out the certificate from the hospital. After that, she quickly returned to Howard and handed the certificate to him.
Howard took the paper over and took a glance.
Anyone who could read could understand that Sissi was not lying as it was written in black and white. She was really pregnant!
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