What?
Amelia looked at him, petrified. Could she tear up the contract now and ask Patrick to draft a new one?
While she was still in a daze, Patrick took the opportunity and went forward to steal two more kisses from her.
Before his desire got the better of him, Patrick dutifully stayed away from her. He patted her cheeks and instructed in a hoarse voice, "Stop daydreaming already. Go wash your face and come back. I'll help you apply your eye medicine."
Amelia blinked her eyes in disbelief and then quickly pushed him away when she realized what had happened.
Patrick had already planned to let her go, so she managed to push him away easily. He leisurely leaned against the headboard, glancing at her with a smile.
As her eyes met his deep ones, Amelia felt as if the seat under her was burned by a hot iron. Without even wearing her slippers, she rushed into the bathroom.
Patrick chuckled and switched into a lazy position whilst he continued to lean against the headboard.
As long as he slept with her, even if only for an hour, he would be full of energy once he woke up.
On the contrary, if the space next to him was empty without her existence, even if he were to take one year's worth of leave from work, he would still be in low spirits.
After washing her face, brushing her teeth in the bathroom, and finished up at the toilet bowl, she then slowly opened the bathroom door and walked out.
At first glance, she saw that Patrick was still in her room. He looked so relaxed, as if he was in a resort!
"Come here and lie down. I'll help you with your eye drops," Patrick said while shaking the bottle in his hand.
Amelia took a closer look. Patrick was probably afraid that she would run away from him again, so he clutched the medicine as tightly as he could.
Seeing her stand still, Patrick added slowly, "If you don't come over soon, your eyes will start to itch again."
Amelia's eyes were fine when Patrick did not say it, but once he said it, she did not know whether it was a psychological effect but she immediately felt an itch in her left eye.
She walked over, resigned to fate, but did not lie down on the bed next to him. Instead she sat close to the edge of the bed. Then she raised her face and commanded Patrick, "Just help me apply like this!"
Patrick really helped her with the drops just like that.
Just after dripping the medicine, Patrick immediately noticed that Amelia wanted to put her little chin down. Patrick instantaneously reached out his hand and pinched it up in place while he ordered in a deep voice, "What are you hurrying for? Let the medicine nourish your eyes for a bit before doing anything else!"
"All right..." The reason why Amelia was so anxious was because she did not want to give Patrick a chance to take advantage of.
However, when she heard that Patrick did not seem to have any intention in doing anything remotely sexual to her, she was no longer so eager to leave.
After about ten seconds or so, Patrick took his hand away from her chin and said softly, "You can open your eyes now."
"Okay," Amelia answered and slowly opened her eyes.
Since the eye drops had not been fully absorbed yet, Patrick noticed that there was a gleam at the rim of her eye. As she gently blinked, the light gathered into tears and rolled down her cheeks.
For some reason, Patrick's heart skipped a beat.
He felt that he was really sick. Otherwise, why would he be so hungry for Amelia? Why did he feel like crushing her so much to make her cry?
After the blurriness in her eyes faded, Amelia immediately ordered Patrick, "I'm going to change clothes now. Please go out!"
Originally, Patrick planned to go out. Later, after hearing Amelia inform him what she wanted to do, he immediately refused to leave.
Amelia cursed him as a shameless man, but he accepted it as a compliment.
Since time was running out, Amelia had no choice but to get up and head to her wardrobe to pick out a suit for work. Then she went into the bathroom to change!
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