Come To Me (Amelia and Patrick)

Chapter 966

"You're the only one that don't know!"

"You're the only one that don't know!"

"You're the only one that don't know!"

The echo of this sentence made her heart pound fast. Despite feeling enraged and wronged, she was overwhelmed by the disappointment towards herself!

She thought that she had bought something special for Owen as a gift since after all, all she wanted to flatter him.

This was what she was having in mind before she came to Owen's house.

However, as soon as she learnt from Nora that Owen had been committing himself with the matter of 0 river to the extent that he had spent most of the time a day out working on it, she had changed her mind. Since then, she genuinely hoped that she could express her gratitude towards him through the gift that she had bought him.

The reality turned out to be that Owen had quitted smoking. The lighter that she got for him was completely useless and unnecessary.

Nonetheless, she knew that she was not the only one to blame. After all, it was just a matter of sentence that Patrick had chosen not to tell her.

She wondered if this was what Patrick had intended to. He wanted to bring shame on her and humiliate her in front of everybody.

Glaring at Patrick, she growled, "Yes! I admit that I don't know Owen well! But you're the one who accompanied me when I was shopping for Owen's gift. Can't you at least remind me of this?"

Patrick muttered, "Are you now blaming me for failing to remind you? How can you regard yourself as part of the family if you need to be reminded of the details of other family members? Instead of pointing a finger at others, don't you think you should ask yourself this? Why had you not paid enough attention to Owen?"

The truth was it was just a figure of speech for Patrick. Had Amelia been paying close attention to Owen, Patrick would be the first one to feel heartbroken.

Despite overwhelmed with anger, Amelia was unable to retort. After all, he made his point. Sulking, Amelia could only purse her lips.

As the atmosphere between the two of them was getting tense, the remaining of them stopped laughing.

Owen who was involuntarily involved in their conflict felt like he was obliged to say something, "Patrick, I don't think you're right this time. It's true that Amelia doesn't know me as well as you do. But as a husband to Amelia and a brother to me, aren't you supposed to act as a mediator between the two of us?"

Patrick sneered. Had he been given a chance to turn back time, still he would not tell Amelia the fact that Owen had quitted smoking.

It was not without a reason.

Had he told her of this, surely she was not going to be a fool and go ahead with buying this lighter for Owen.

This scene would not have happened altogether if she had chosen another gift.

In fact, he deliberately withheld this key information so that Amelia would not be able to get an appropriate gift for Owen.

At the sight of a wicked smile flashing across Patrick's face, Owen was aware that it was his evil plan to cause such a scene.

Owen soon thought of the incident when Amelia happened to come to his house. It was the time when he discovered that Patrick had installed a hearing device on her. In order to pull a prank on his brother, Owen created a scene where Amelia had to stay with him alone. This was so that to make

Patrick feel anxious and jealous.

However, Owen wondered if Patrick had been in fact holding grudge against him over that incident until this time. After all, he was his brother.

Owen had no other choice but to put on a smile still. He turned around and said to Amelia, "I've accepted your gift. Other than lighting up cigarettes, I feel like it's not a bad idea to use it as deterrence against those culprits."

Amelia could not help feeling embarrassed upon hearing this. Everyone knew that these were just comforting words. The imitation gun was of no use especially when Owen had a real gun to himself.

Having in mind that Owen was trying to be kind to her, Amelia suppressed her dejected feeling and replied, "I'm glad that you like it."

Everyone could tell that Amelia was muddling in a mixed emotion of frustration and disappointment. She was like a kid who happily brought a report card to her parents for compliments just to realize that she had mistaken other's report card as hers.

Florence could not help feeling sorry for her.

In fact, it was very rare for Florence to feel such way for anyone.

Hence, she said to Amelia, "Amelia, actually I think that you'd get brother a right gift. It'd always be safe than sorry, don't you agree? It's hard to tell that Owen will never pick up smoking again. There are tons of people who failed their attempt to quit smoking these days."

Although Florence made her point, everyone could tell that she sounded so wrong in her sentence.

By saying so, Florence had inevitably offended others in attempt to comfort Amelia. Having in mind that Florence's intention was a good one, none of them actually stood to correct her.

Nora interrupted gently, "Amelia, why don't you follow me to the kitchen? Dessert is not served yet."

Amelia immediately came to understand the message that Nora was trying to deliver. She hurriedly said, "Yeah sure." Pausing, she then said to the rest of them, "Please excuse me for a second."

As soon as Amelia disappeared herself in the kitchen with Nora, Florence gave Patrick a push at his chest before she grumbled, "It's all your fault, Patrick! Amelia has been ignoring me."

Patrick asked faintly, "Since when had she been ignoring you?"

Florence replied gloomily, "She didn't reply to me after I tried to comfort her."

Patrick found it amusing as he said, "What do you expect her to say? Do you honestly think that she should agree with you that Owen is going to pick up smoking one day?"

Apparently Florence had not realized the mistake that she had just made, not until Patrick had pinpointed it to her.

Patrick continued, "Think before you want to say something to comfort others. Don't you know that not only had you not comforted her, but you had also indirectly offended Owen? Is he someone with such poor willpower that he will pick up smoking after he quits?"

Remaining in silence still, Florence could feel her heart sinking.

All of a sudden, Owen spoke casually, "Leave Florence alone. Let's talk about you, Patrick. You did it on purpose to embarrass Amelia in front of me, didn't you?"

It was almost at the same time that Florence and Patrick had turned around and glanced in direction of Owen who was smiling at them.

Patrick was evasive in his reply, "I don't get what you mean."

Florence's gaze drifted between her two brothers. Her past experience taught her that it would be best to stay quiet in this situation. Taking the side of either one party would do her no good.

Toying with the imitation gun, Owen elaborated, "I'm not sure if you're aware of this. Whenever it comes to the thing that you like, you're going to throw it away or damage it as soon as it is touched by someone else. There is no doubt that you begin to learn about sharing once you grow up. However, I can tell that you had never changed this habit still."

Patrick interrupted coldly, "Owen! What are you trying to say?"

Owen was not planning to beat around the bush either. He then cut straight to the point, "What I'm trying to say is that it's time for you to change your habit."

Patrick stunned for awhile.

Florence could not help feeling edgy as she listened attentively to what Owen had to say. There was no doubt that Owen was lecturing Patrick.

After the incident when Sissi brainwashed Patrick into running away from home, Owen had never spoke to Patrick in such a way ever since!

Fortunately, in the next second, Amelia and Nora had returned to the hall with the cake.

The sound of their chitchatting and footsteps approaching immediately eased the suspended atmosphere between Owen and Patrick.

Nora deliberately walked in front of Amelia while returning to join the crowd. Just as both of them were approaching the couch, Nora crossed her hands before she spoke to the kids, "Andrew and Ashley, your Aunt Amelia has gotten a surprise for you!"