Come To Me (Amelia and Patrick)

Chapter 727

After she counted with her fingers, it seemed that her last period was a month and a half ago...

At first, she thought it was because of the enormous pressure she was under lately. And with too much work paired with the irregular intake of meals, that pushed her period off-schedule. And because of that, Amelia did not pay much attention to it.

She kept believing in that theory right until when she vomited just a moment ago...

Only then did Amelia realise the severity of the problem!

Could she be... pregnant?

Amelia's heart thumped as she gawked at herself in the mirror.

Staring into her reflection's eyes, the both of them cried out simultaneously, "Gosh, am I a joke to you?"

At the same time, at Roxxon Corporation.

"Patrick, why didn't you come yesterday?"

Hearing the woman's sad complaint on the other side of the phone, Patrick raised his hand to rub at this forehead and replied slowly, "I had something urgent to deal with."

Hearing him, the whining voice became even more sorrowful, "Do you know that because of your refusal, I had no choice but to meet that scum? And he... he did that kind of sh*t to me again!"

Patrick's eyes darkened. After a while, he continued to comfort her with a soft voice, "Don't worry. I'll handle this."

Her voice was filled with hope instantly. "How are you going to do that?"

"By making him crawl back to where he came from," replied Patrick.

She spiralled into a state of anxiety right away at the sound of that. "No way! What should I do if he tells my parents that I was the one who wanted the divorce and that I came back to Northville behind their backs?"

Patrick pondered for a moment before responding calmly, "Divorce isn't a thing to feel ashame of. I'll bring you back to your parents' house this weekend, and you'll explain everything that happened to them on your own initiative."

Before he could finish his sentence, the voice rejected flat out, "No! If my dad finds out I'm back in Northville, he'll for sure beat me to death!"

The volume of Patrick's voice rose slightly at this. "Sissi, calm down! You're their daughter! No matter what, they still love you! To top it off, your dad is a

very affable person."

Sissi sobbed. "Is there no other way to do this?"

Patrick encouraged her, saying, "You can't hide the truth from them forever. You should face the reality as early as you can!"

After a long while, Sissi's tense voice sounded through the speaker again. This time, there was confidence in her tone. "Well, as long as you're by my side... There's nothing I'm afraid of!"

After the call with Sissi, Patrick then dialled to a lawyer who he was familiar with.

The call was quickly connected.

After greeting each other politely, Patrick changed the topic and said, "Sir, there's something I wish to ask you for help."

The lawyer then replied, "Mr. Hopper, please go ahead!"

"I have a... friend whose ex-husband is harassing her and using their private photos to blackmail her. How do you think this matter should be resolved by law?"

The lawyer responded right away, "Mr. Hopper, your female friend can totally entrust me to send her a lawyer's letter to her ex-husband. I think, if her ex-husband acknowledges the law, he should realize the asperity of the matter."

Patrick then thought for a moment before adding,

"But there's one problem..."

The lawyer followed up by asking, "What's the problem?"

Patrick continued, "My friend asked for a divorce with her ex-husband, but her ex-husband didn't agree to it and pestered her in every possible way. What do you think..."

The lawyer said, "Mr. Hopper, do you mean to say that her ex-husband is, in fact, still her current husband?"

"Yes," Patrick hummed in affirmation.

The lawyer then replied, "This is actually not difficult to settle. The law states that if a couple lives in separation for two years during their marriage, or if one of them develops some physical problems that disallow the couple to be in the same room, the other party can apply for a unilateral divorce. Usually, the court will approve it."

"Alright, I got it." Patrick's expression relaxed. This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.

After that, Patrick instructed him to send a lawyer's note to the husband in Sissi's name. He also told the lawyer that the title of the letter was up to him. In fact, the more serious he made it sound, the better. Patrick wanted to scare that b*stard out of his wits first, then only he would make his move and send him back to his country.

After he hung up the phone, Amelia's face popped into his mind. Fumbling with his phone in his hands, he called her in the end.

Unfortunately, Amelia was still stuck in her daze in the bathroom, so she did not hear her phone ringing on the desk.

Hearing the call went unanswered, Patrick frowned.

Just as he was about to call again, the landline rang all of a sudden.

As soon as he pressed on the hands-free button, Patrick was displeased when he said, "Hello!"

The secretary's sweet voice then sounded through the call. "Sorry to disturb you, Mr. Hopper. You have a meeting with the president from Puna Inc. at ten o'clock. Do you need me to book you a cab now?"

Restraining his anger, Patrick answered into the receiver, "Okay, get it ready."

At Apex Construction Corporation.

In the office, two people, one of which was old and the other was young, were chatting casually.

"Uncle Tucker, you didn't see Kaleb's face turned sickly green when I praised Ryker for making great coffee! And after that, he even used the coffee as an excuse to take advantage of the

situation, scolding Ryker for making sh*tty coffee!"

Ten minutes ago, Amelia sat on the toilet and had a good thought about it. Soon after that, she was relieved from the psychological burden.

She comforted herself and told herself that what if it was indeed because her period was irregular and because of her poor diet?

And also, whether she was pregnant or not, she could not conclude until she took a test.

Right then, Jonathan could not help but laugh and said, "President Ramsay, you've finally had your go today! Congratulations!"

To which Amelia waved her hand modestly in return and replied, "And this is all thanks to Uncle Tucker's selfless assistance! If you hadn't kept Kaleb in check from time to time, he would have spent all of his efforts to go against me."

"That's just what I should do!" replied Jonathan humbly. Then, he said in a soothing tone, "This time around, Kaleb was the one who sent his own informant away. He doesn't even have a place to complain about this for being so dumb!"

Amelia then smiled and said, "After he sent Ryker away, Kaleb even suggested to find me a new assistant. Oh yeah, Uncle Tucker, I've pushed this task to you. If Kaleb holds a grudge against you for this, don't blame me."

Jonathan replied matter-of-factly, "We've agreed on this a long time ago, President Ramsay. You'll be the one who causes the trouble and I'll take the blame. Besides, Kaleb and I are already at loggerheads, so your request won't affect much."

Amelia secretly rejoiced as she said, "I knew you are indeed a righteous man, so I also blamed it on you to the top management for not knowing about my trip to the east district!"

After going speechless for a moment, he then pointed at Amelia, amused. "You! Good one!"

Amelia stuck her tongue out and asked Jonathan like a playful daughter, "Uncle Tucker, you don't blame me, do you?"

Jonathan said with a straight face, "In fact... I do!"

Amelia cried out exaggeratedly and pretended while asking, "How about this? I'll let you hit me twice, will you feel better then?"