Come To Me (Amelia and Patrick)

Chapter 654

Narrowing his eyes, Patrick murmured, "Are you sure you want me to tell you where I was last night?"

Amelia had a bad feeling about where this was heading. Sure enough, Patrick said in the next second, "I went to..."

After a moment of subtle pause, he added on jeeringly, "Tell me, what's the most probable reason for an ordinary man to stay out all night and not return?"

Amelia's hands clenched into fists, wanting to throw a few punches to his face incredibly badly. So, he even had a reason for not coming home?

Watching her as her blood rushed to her head, his suppressed anger relieved a little.

He leaned forward to close the distance between them. But this time, he did not come forward for a hug. Instead, he further wounded her. "You haven't got a clue, have you? Alright then, I'll tell you. I spent the night at Royal Joy Club."

"You!" Amelia's breath stuck in her chest, and the whites of her eyes turned red.

Regardless of whether he was telling the truth, it could not be mistaken that scent emanating from

his body was from a woman's perfume!

Flashing a devilish smirk, Patrick bored straight into her eyes as he asked, "Are you angry?"

After a pause, the indication of a smirk in his eyes faded. His thin lips then spat with bone-chilling coldness, "Do you have the right to get mad? Shouldn't a wife who can't satisfy her husband feel ashamed?"

Amelia glared daggers at him, feeling so enraged that her heart throbbed in her ribcage. "You..."

"B*stard? Garbage? Thug?" Patrick finished the rest of her sentence for her.

Amelia chuckled out of extreme ire. "Good that you're so self-aware!"

Overlooking all trace of sadness and disappointment on her face, Patrick hissed wickedly, "And so what? So long as I'm happy."

He was right. He had both influence and power, and was also a handsome, young man. Women of all background from all places were more than eager to please him!

There was no need for her to spend unnecessary energy worrying about this man at all.

She forced out a smile, and her eyes glazed with ice as Amelia glowered at him. "Okay, do whatever you want. It's none of my business."

With that, she turned around to leave to her room.

"Drop the act." Patrick's voice boomed in the next moment, cutting through the air with a piercing chill. Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

"What did you say?" Amelia was taken aback. She turned back around instinctively and looked at the man who just mocked her.

"You must have cried yourself to sleep last night. Look at your eyes, they're still swollen," sneered Patrick.

Amelia swayed slightly in her spot. He had even made use of her sorrow and made fun of her for it!

"I'm sorry to say this, but you're mistaken. I'm not as bored as you think I am. My eyes are only swollen because I worked on a project proposal through the entire night."

A cloud of gloom immediately cast a shadow over Patrick's face at the sound of that.

Amelia almost burst out laughing at his attempt to restrain the fury he felt.

She hated the look he had on his face as if he knew everything like the back of his hand, so she could not help but want to deal him with a blow.

A moment of pause later, Patrick came back to his senses sullenly. He put his hands in his pockets and said airily, "I see. I almost forgot... You are now in charge of a company that's at the risk of collapsing at any time, so it's only reasonable for you to be serious about work."

Flames were dancing in Amelia's eyes as she stared at him. "Don't jinx it! Apex Construction Corporation won't fall!"

Patrick replied, "For a notorious company to make a comeback under the leadership of an inexperienced acting president, I'm afraid that winning the first prize at the lottery has greater chances than that."

Amelia scowled. "Why do you keep hurling insults at me like this?"

Patrick merely flashed her a smile and said, "I'm just worried that you had stayed up all night just to craft up some rubbish proposal that won't work."

Some rubbish proposal...

Amelia gritted her teeth. Even though 'planning a proposal' was an excuse that she made up in the spur of a moment, it was still irritating for him to outright reject the result of her labour!

"Even if the proposal I came up with is rubbish, it's still something that I've worked hard on..."

"Still just a pile of rubbish!"

A murderous glint shone in Amelia's eyes at his rude interjection. "I dare you to say it again!"

Patrick looked right at her as he showed her just how 'daring' he was. "Trash is still trash no matter

how you package it."

It was as if someone had pierced a stick at Amelia's self-esteem, making her feel unease from her head to toe.

She simply could not believe that with just a few words, he had singlehandedly and utterly destroyed the optimistic outlook she had gathered from Jonathan.

No way! Patrick, this b*stard, was just having a go at her. He just loved to drive her into a corner then to make fun of her for having no way out. She could not let him have the last laugh!

Puffing out her chest, Amelia announced loudly, "I'll prove to you that I'm more capable than you think!"

Patrick scoffed. "Do you know what you're reminding me of?"

Although Amelia knew what was coming could not be good, she still challenged him on, "What?"

Patrick pursed his lips and said, "It's like... When Ashley and the rest first entered their school and stood in the field, saluting the flag and declaring that they would study hard."

Amelia choked on air. Patrick was simply deriding her for being an airhead, only having the looks but no brains!

If it was Andrew who said he would study hard, his words could still be believable. However, if it was the little princess Ashley, it must be a joke because the sum of her grades from three subjects could not even reached one hundred.

And that was precisely how Patrick felt about her leading Apex Construction Corporation to a bright future. She must be kidding him!

Amelia flared her temper in full swing and said, "Don't look down on me! I'll prove myself!"

Patrick replied sluggishly, "What's the point of stubborn hard work? How about this, since I'm a casual worker of Apex Construction Corporation, do you need me to give you some advice?"

Amelia said with a determined but impassive face, "No need!"

She already suffered a lot of blows from him today. If she continued talking to him, she might just be throwing herself into the face of death!

Patrick raised his eyebrow and said, "Well, since you asked..."

Hold on, did she ask? She clearly said there was no need!

Giving Patrick a look, Amelia decided to go back to her room and not bother with this narcissistic man any longer.

But this time, Patrick took a long stride forward and

blocked her way, "I haven't finished yet!"

"And if I say I don't want to hear it?" Amelia brushed around and past his tall, slender body and tried to shut the door.

Patrick's eyes glazed over as he reached out a hand to push it against the door. With his strength, Amelia could not close the door.

Amelia looked up at him and seethed, "How else do you want to shame me for you to be satisfied?"

That was right, he was shaming her!

She had no trust in Patrick to give her a good suggestion. In fact, he must bethinking about how he could lure her into his trap, just to kick her back down at the moment when she was the most expectant!