After ending the call with the delivery man, Amelia quickly opened the door and went downstairs. After receiving her package from outside the garden, she turned back inside with excitement.
Just as she stepped into the room, she heard footsteps from the corridor on the second floor.
Amelia looked up subconsciously and saw Patrick, dressed in a dark gray tracksuit, walking towards the stairs with a poker face.
Seeing him, Amelia started to feel pain in her ankle that was twisted last night.
Just as she was trying to avoid him, she found that Patrick had come to her without her noticing. He even had blocked her way.
Just when she thought he was going to say something, Patrick did not even look at her and passed by her!
The passing by was not gentle at all because Amelia's shoulder was hit directly by Patrick's, which made her feel as if her shoulder blade was going to break!
She clutched her shoulder and looked back. She called out angrily to Patrick who was walking
forward. "Hey! Did you not notice that you've knocked into someone?!"
Patrick snorted without even turning his head.
"What does that mean?" Amelia was completely mad. Was it reasonable for him to knock her down?
Patrick walked with a bigger step, proving that he would not care about it through his actions.
"Stop right there!" Amelia chased after him unwillingly and stopped in front of him.
She was full of anger, but when she met Patrick's poker face, she could not help but stopped for a moment.
It was not that she was a coward, but when he was silent without a smile on his face, his aura was really strong.
Patrick glanced at her from top to bottom. The coldness in his eyes was even more unfriendly than the time they first met.
At this moment, what vividly reflected in his eyes was just one word, annoying!
Amelia held back the urge to retreat and kept telling herself that her relationship with Patrick was different from the past. It was him who should be controlled by her! She had no reason to be afraid of him!
With this thought in mind, Amelia pointed at her
shoulder that was hurt by the bump and said, "Let me repeat. You ran into me so please apologize to me!" She thought she was very fierce but she actually sounded soft.
She thought that she was not afraid of Patrick, but in fact, she was afraid.
Otherwise, Amelia needed not to "please" Patrick to apologize to her.
Patrick stared at her, but his foot took a step forward. Looking at his prepared posture, if Amelia did not avoid it, there would be another shoulder-to-shoulder bump!
"Hey!" The instinct of human beings to seek good and avoid harm made Amelia step aside in reflex.
It was this step that resulted in Amelia's defeat.
Patrick walked straight past her without even taking a detour.
After a while, there came a 'bang' from outside the house. Patrick had already changed his shoes and left.
This made Amelia so angry that she scratched her head. If she had not dodged in time, would Patrick have bumped her again?
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