Amelia was stunned for a moment. They had to celebrate Owen's birthday this Saturday?
She involuntarily walked to the door, stood still, and asked, "Are you sure it's Saturday?"
Standing outside the door, Patrick said in a strange tone, "You don't even know when Owen's birthday was?"
Amelia said unhappily, "What do you mean? Why should I remember Owen's birthday? Should I remember everyone's birthday in The Hopper Family?"
She did not mean to go against Owen, but just Patrick's questioning.
Unlike her, Patrick sounded very innocent. "Why are you so mad? I didn't blame you right?"
Amelia squinted her beautiful eyes. She could not see Patrick's expression, but she could feel the subtle change in his attitude from his voice. He had clearly spoken in a disdainful tone, that he was accusing her of not remembering Owen's birthday.
"Listen, it's Owen's birthday, and I'm happy to attend. But I have something to do this Saturday, so I'm not able to attend the party. Please help me pass the gift... Oh no, I should go to visit him another day and give him the birthday present myself."
The reason Amelia changed her mind was that she did not want to bother Patrick, her 'roommate'!
Also, her orders for the Transformer had already been delivered to Northville. She could give it to Andrew while they were at it.
"Why do you have things to do every day? Don't you have to go to work on Saturday?" Patrick knocked on the door unpleasantly and continued, "Open the door. Let's talk face to face."
"We don't have to talk face to face! I don't need to lie to you." Amelia refused.
"Open the door." Patrick urged.
The best way to expose a person's lies was to stare into the eyes. Amelia could never hide her secret deep enough. As long as he kept his mind on her, he could see whether she really had something to do or just pretended to have something to do.
Amelia retorted, "No!" She was like a bunny darting away from a wolf.
Although in a sense, that was indeed the case!
Patrick was still persevering. "Just open the door. Don't force me."
Amelia raised her voice and said, "We are just roommates! I have enough reason to refuse you. If you use violence, it will violate my personal safety and I'll call the police!"
Call the police?
The man outside the door laughed unscrupulously and said, "It's useless to call the police. All the police officers in Northville are under my brother's command."
Amelia deeply regretted it. "Okay, you have power and authority. Just do what you want. I'll just move out then!"
This move was very effective on Patrick. He did not bring up the idea of breaking into the room again.
To be honest, using Howard to hold Amelia hostage was the last thing he could do.
Because Patrick knew that Amelia was soft-hearted, and would care about the person who treated her kindly. But if she really ignored Howard, then he was really at his wit's end.
"Continue to threaten her?" Patrick asked himself.
Patrick knew that he could not be so cruel. What he wanted to do now was make up for the mistakes he made, but she did not accept him and refused to let him in.
If Amelia opened the door, she would see Patrick leaning against the door like an abandoned dog. His lonely eyes and drooping lips could arouse the
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