Come To Me (Amelia and Patrick)

Chapter 967

"What is that?" Her words immediately attracted attention from the kids. Both of them straightened themselves in order to see what was the surprise hiding behind Nora.

It totally made sense why would they look forward to the surprise for them. After all, they were impressed by the gift that Amelia had gotten for Owen.

They had never seen anyone who got Owen such a creative gift before.

Most of the guests would either bring along expensive delicacies or jewelry upon paying a visit to them.

Andrew and Ashley were long ago getting used to gifts of such a kind. All they wanted to see was something extraordinary.

It turned out that the imitation gun that Amelia had presented as a gift was interesting to them.

Hence, there was no doubt that they were going to look forward for the second gift from Amelia.

Owen spoke at this time, "Oh? Is that true that Amelia had gotten Andrew and Ashley a gift as well? Surely it must be an interesting one!"

Agreeing, Ashley began to echo in unison, "That's right! Hurry up, Aunt Amelia! Show us what have you been holding behind mommy!"

Under the pressure of intense gaze she received by everyone, Amelia could not help feeling stressed out. She worried that she was going to make another joke of herself after Owen's gift.

"Arg! I don't care anymore! In the worst scenario, I'll make everybody laugh at me again which certainly meant nothing to me anymore after the first incident."

At the thought of this, Amelia finally brought herself to show up with the cake that she was holding all this while.

The packaging box of the cake had already been removed. Since the cake was not meant for birthday celebration for Andrew and Ashley, there were no candles on top of it.

Although the surprise was no doubt different from their expectation, at the end of the day no kids could ever resist desserts. Both of the kids exclaimed, "Hooray!" Whooshing, Ashley came right in front of Amelia before she could realize.

"Hey, slow down! This is all yours!" Amelia was glad to see that they were over the moon. At least she did not screw it up this time.

Just as Amelia was dividing the cake for everyone, Ashley could not help asking, "Aunt Amelia, are the two lamb on the cake representing me and Andrew?"

Pausing, Amelia took a side glance at Ashley and replied, "Yeah."

Ashley asked again, "Can you tell that which lamb represents me?"

Smiling, Amelia said, "Look carefully. You'll see that one lamb is a male one while another one is a female."

Ashley immediately lowered her gaze to differentiate the two lambs. Immediately she exclaimed in excitement, "Indeed! Hurry up, Andrew. You should see this yourself!" Content is © 2024 NôvelDrama.Org.

Andrew who was all this while standing next to the cake had already noticed this. Upon hearing this, he could not help nodding aggressively, "Yeah! I saw it!

It is so thoughtful of you, aunty!"

At this point in time, Amelia suddenly realized the vital role played by kids in a family!

If she were Andrew and Ashley's parent, she was going to look forward to return home and accompany them irrespective of how tiring and busy she got tangled up with work.

After all, these two kids were too adorable and

sweet!

Just as Amelia was cutting the cake attentively, with one look at Owen, Patrick had invited him to have a talk at the balcony.

Both equally gorgeous and well-built men came to the balcony.

Patrick first took out a box of cigarette from his pocket. He then took a glance at the thing that Owen was holding in his hand before he spoke in a very matter-of-fact way, "Give me the gun."

Owen said gloomily, "Are you serious? How can you smoke in front of me when you're aware that I'm on the move of quitting?"

"I have faith in your willpower." With that said, Patrick took away the gun from his hand and put it into use.

Seeing that Patrick was yet to return him the gun after he lighted up his cigarette, Owen had to remind him, "The gun is mine."

"This is mine now!" Patrick kept the gun inside of his pocket as he said.

Fortunately, the imitation gun was exquisitely made and miniature in size. Otherwise, it would not fit into the pocket.

Owen was stunned by Patrick who acted like a bandit. He then threatened, "Do you believe that I'm going to tell Amelia if you don't return the gun to me?"

Patrick replied, "Do you believe that I'm going to flirt with Nora if you tell Amelia that I took your gun?"

"You!" Owen could not help feeling triggered even if he knew that Patrick was just messing with him.

Before Owen could land his fist on him, Patrick cut straight to the point, "All I want is the gun!"

"Alright! Alright! I'll give it to you!" Owen had no other choice but to say this.

Patrick replied softly, "Thank you!"

Sulking still, Owen said, "That's all you have to say? I don't think that a gift from Amelia worth this little."

Handing over the cigarette box to Owen, Patrick offered, "How about a box of cigarette on top of that?"

"Get lost!" Owen cursed in infuriation.

Patrick retracted his hand and said indifferently, "It's you who reject my offer."

"You're such a shameless b*stard! I swear I'm going to teach you a lesson today so that you'll learn how to respect your brother!"

Both of the siblings were about the same height. Throwing his arm over Patrick's shoulder, with a forceful push Owen had secured Patrick's head

under his arm.

Followingly, Owen raised another hand and began ruffling Patrick's hair. Owen finally released Patrick after venting his anger.

Miraculously, Patrick was not enraged of Owen's behavior.

Firstly, Owen was one of the very limited number of people that he respected.

Secondly, it was undeniable that he had snatched away Owen's birthday present.

Thirdly, he still had questions for Owen regarding Amelia.

Patrick ran through his hair with fingers before he asked calmly, "What's the matter regarding C River?"

"Huh?" Owen was initially preparing for a counterattack from Patrick. Not expecting such a question at this time, Owen could not help feeling stunned.

After ensuring that his hair was no longer at a mess, he took his cigarette down from his mouth so that he could make his question clear, "I'm asking you, what's the matter with C River?"

Owen could not help throwing the question back at him, "Why does it concern you now?"

Patrick said calmly, "If Amelia is involved, shouldn't I know what is going on?"

Owen apparently had not realized that he was being tricked by his brother into telling him the truth. Owen stated, "Amelia contacted me a few days back. She needed my help in investigating the issue regarding water pollution that happened in C River. Um, hold on, she had not told you about this, had she?"

After making sure that the truth matched his guess, Patrick continued to play dumb, "She mentioned it to me before without further elaborating it."

Patrick's words did not raise any suspicion from Owen as he continued, "Oh, I guess she didn't want to burden you with the problem ongoing with Apex Construction Corporation."

Water pollution in C River.

Apex Construction Corporation.

Patrick could not help asking, "Is Apex Construction Corporation involved in causing water pollution of C River?"

It was the time when Owen conveyed the information that Amelia had updated him through the phone call to Patrick. Eventually he said, "But there is a new update on this matter. After several days of observation in secret, I came to notice that there was a truck that passed by the bridge across C River two times at midnight. It was just that the driver had not come down from the truck so far. So I guess he was trying to test the water before any actual action. Most probably the next time when he is there, I'll be able to catch him red-handed!"

Patrick's gaze turned cold. Apparently, there were people who had targeted Amelia and Apex Construction Corporation still even if they were aware that Amelia was his wife. This was wholly a contempt of his status in Northville!