Chapter 536
Glancing at Huxton, Patrick asked, "How's the investigation going, for the thing | asked you?"
Huxton recovered and said, "Maryanne was kidnapped by us as soon as she cout of the house of The Cook
family. After a round of interrogation, as expected, it was she who pushed madam down the stairs!"
A hint of malice showed on Patrick's face. "She admitted it herself?"
Huxton nodded. "Maryanne refused to admit to it at first. She forced us with no choice but to use stricks on
her, and then she spilled later on."
Patrick's lips pursed into a thin line. No one could tell what he was thinking.
Huxton continued to ask, "Mr. Hopper, Maryanne is currently in a remote place. How do you want to deal with
her?"
Patrick could not help looking up at a room up the stairs. "I haven't decided yet."
Although it was only a short glance, Huxton noticed it.
Surprise flashed on his face. When did Mr. Hopper start thinking about others' feelings before he made
a decision?
"Lock her up first. I'll inform you when I've thought of a plan," Patrick said in the end.
"Yes, Mr. Hopper!"
On the second floor.
Knock, knock, knock...
Hearing the knocks on the door, Amelia put down the gconsole, raised her head and asked, "Who is it?"
"It's me."
"Dr. Scarlett?" Amelia tossed the gconsole aside, slipped off the bed, and opened the door.
Dr. Scarlett stood behind the door, looking at her with a smile, and said, "Food's ready."
"Oh, okay!" Amelia followed her downstairs.
While passing through the living room, Amelia caught a glimpse of Patrick and Huxton, who waited behind him,
out of the corner of her eyes.
This pair of master and servant loved to make fun of her as their hobby. Beholding grudge, she deliberately
ignored them as she walked past them.
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"Mr. Hopper, Mrs. Hopper is coming downstairs," Huxton reminded Patrick attentively.
Patrick rose from his seat with a neutral face and headed for the dining table.
Huxton followed closely behind him.
On the other side, after seeing the delicious-looking spread of dishes on the table, Amelia gulped and said
apologetically to Scarlett, "Dr. Scarlett, thank you for your hard work. It's unfortunate that today is not the
weekend, or auntie could have helped you."
Scarlett waved her hand and said, "It's alright. This is what | should do!"
The rewards Patrick had given her were undoubtedly ample. Each day's pay was equivalent to three months of
her salary. She would not feel at ease if she did not do much work.
It did not take long for Patrick's tall figure to loom above Amelia.
However, Amelia did not even spare him a glance. She chose the seat closest to the edge and sat down.
Patrick raised his eyebrows. He had not even gotten to chance to get even with her, and she had the guts to lose
her temper with him?
"Mr. Hopper, please take a seat," said Huxton, pulling out a chair for him.
"Hmm." Patrick sat down quietly on the chair opposite Amelia.
The meal was prepared for Patrick and Amelia. So after Dr. Scarlett and Huxton had finished their
tasks, they both stepped aside tactfully.
It was a silent lunch until Patrick asked suddenly, "Amelia, are you hiding something from me?" Amelia
swallowed the food in her mouth and said without thinking, "Nope."
Patrick put down his chopsticks and said as if he was negotiating, "I'll give you one last chance." Amelia glanced
at him and gave him an irrelevant answer, "Did | do something wrong again?" Patrick stared at her and said
clearly, "It wasn't an accident that you fell down the stairs!" Amelia's pupils constricted.
When she cback to her senses, she replied with a mindless smile, "So you're referring to that."
Patrick could not believe that how calm her tone was. He gripped the corner of the table tightly with one hand
and asked, barely suppressing his anger, "Why did you cover for Maryanne?"
She did not ask how he knew the truth because that was certainly a stupid question to ask. The only thing
Amelia wanted to confirm was if Maryanne was still alive.
"Where's Maryanne? You didn't do anything to her, did you?" Patrick stayed silent but made it clear that he
wanted her to answer his question first.
"Alright then." Amelia followed him. She put down her chopsticks and looked him in the eye. "I didn't tell you
because I'm still alive. But if you found out that it was Maryanne who pusheddown the stairs, she'll definitely
lose something even if she didn't lose her life."
Patrick gritted his teeth and asked, "Are you sympathizing with someone who wants to kill you?"
Amelia shook her head. "It's not sympathy. It's because your methods scare me. Even if it's a relatively harsh
punishment for a small mistake, that's fine, but I'm afraid you'll kill her."
Patrick said arrogantly, "I can bear the consequences of killing her!"
Amelia quickly replied, "But I'll be scared for you! I'll be afraid that you'll get into trouble one day if the matter is
revealed!"
Patrick's eyes warmed, and he could not help asking for the sake of Amelia, "What if... | spare her life?"
Amelia frowned. "Like Meggie?"
Patrick's heart skipped a beat. He had been hiding Meggie's fate from Amelia all this while to not frighten her.
However, the truth would find its way
out one way or another. The report of
Meggie, naked, curled @, andhidden
beside NeQ@arbige dump, had long
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However, as long as he did not mention it, she would keep pretending that she did not know.
After all, the tragedy had already happened, and asking him again would only add to each other's troubles.
Although she was dissatisfied with the way he handled Meggie, he had merely wanted to avenge her. He just
went overboard with his methods.
But this time, Amelia could not just stand by and watch as the 'Meggie's incident’ reenacted itself on Maryanne!
On one hand, she was lucky enough
to survive. On the other hand 4 was
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Moreover, it was still likely for Milton to have feelings for Maryanne. In this case, she could not let Patrick lay a
finger on Maryanne.
After giving it sthought, she realized that it was not entirely Maryanne's fault. Sierra's unintentional words
had hurt her too much.
If it was Amelia, hearing that she was anybody's substitute, she would not be able to accept it either.
Amelia pursed her lips and said genuinely, "Would you please spare Maryanne once, for the sake that I'm fine
now?"
Patrick was displeased. "What she did was unforgivable! If | hadn't appeared at the right time, you might have
died!"
Amelia sighed and said, "I know you care a lot about me..."
Patrick restrained the urge to flip the table over.
"Who cares about you? You haven't even given birth to my child yet. Even if you want to die, you'll have to give
birth forand The Hopper Family first!"
"I know. You care about me," Amelia repeated what she said.
Patrick was rendered speechless.
Amelia smiled and said, "If I'm dead,
you can find another surrogate op my
behalf. But yQyige soehraged for my
shfety. Dos clearly care about me.
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