Come To Me (Amelia and Patrick)

Chapter 981

At this point, Amelia could only grit her teeth and admit to Patrick, "Yes!"

"You fought for it yourself?" Patrick's rising tone signalled a deep sense of doubt.

Amelia explained, "Uncle Tucker accompanied me."

He looked at her and suddenly burst into a smile. "You're not that capable! Even if you drag that old man with

you, he won't be able to help you much."

"No, to be exact, it's not that you and Jonathan don't have the ability, but the general strength of Apex

Construction Corporation is not good enough. So, it's impossible for you to succeed in receiving the Eastern

District project so smoothly."

Amelia looked at him in horror. Did this person really not know anything about this issue in advance?

That was impossible!

Amelia retorted angrily, "You already know everything, don't you? You're just deliberately trying to extract more

information from me!"

Patrick calmly countered, "And why would | do that?"

She frowned and thought for a while. "You're doing this because you want to see if I'll tell you the truth!"

Patrick chuckled, "I'm just thinking about the information you gavewith normal intelligence. Looking at how

big your reaction was, it seems that my analysis was indeed correct?"

Upon hearing this, Amelia blushed instantly. Why did she always lose her cool in front of Patrick?

But it was no wonder. When Patrick becthe chief executive officer of his company, she was just a small

director in someone else's company. How could she compete with him in shrewdness? Amelia thought to herself

jealously.

Patrick narrowed his eyes. "Your eyes seem to be rolling around, what excuse are you trying to conjure to fool me

again?"

"I didn't!" Amelia argued guiltily.

Patrick adjusted himself into a comfortable sitting position and continued, "So, about your Eastern District project

with Jonathan, did it all cto an end so smoothly?"

If Patrick could see through the sunglasses and into Amelia's eyes at this time, he would definitely see them

brimming with ridicule.

Amelia answered, "To be honest, my trip to the Eastern District event with Uncle Tucker didn't go well at first. Do

you know why?"

Patrick was indeed a businessman and his answer was almost accurate, "Because Apex Construction Corporation

does not have a chief investor."

Amelia nodded, but then shook her head and added, "In fact, in our initial plan, there's an investor that can

dominate the world for us."

"I don't believe it! Any wealthy and smart investor in Northville would not be so foolish as to intervene in the

construction of Apex Construction Corporation at such a critical juncture..."

In the next second, Patrick heard a small giggle from Amelia. "That person is you!"

Patrick was about to say something else, but he suddenly paused.

If everything Amelia said was true, then he could understand why the government was willing to hand over the

Eastern District project to Apex Construction Corporation even though they were on the edge of falling apart.

But if that was the case, why did Amelia mention that "their first progress was not smooth"?

Was she not contradicting herself?

Patrick decided to clear his mind. "So what you're saying is that you usedas your back-up?"

Amelia sighed and said, "It's a pity that it didn't work out." "Why did it fail?" The two of them are husband and

wife, which provided Amelia with the best convenience. If she said that Roxxon Corporation was the major

shareholder of Apex Construction Corporation, this was completely reasonable!

Moreover, he and his men were not at the scene at that time. Even if they were there, it was impossible to

expose her!

Amelia looked at him with a little bit of embarrassment, "Do you really wantto tell you the reason behind the

failed attempt? You may be ashamed."

Patrick suddenly wanted to know more. "Just tell me!"

"Alright then!"

Since Patrick was not afraid of being humiliated, she had nothing to hide. "Just when | mentioned that Roxxon

Corporation was going to invest in Apex Construction Corporation, someone took out the photos o you and Sissi

hugging each other on the street as a direct insult to me."

Noticing the shock and anger in Patrick's eyes, Amelia gave a wry smile and continued, "The picture that was

shown was exactly the sas the magazine father showed you when he called us back to The Hopper Mansion.

However, the copy that | saw at the government office was an earlier version. It was because of this picture of

you and Sissi that the leaders and directors had great distrust inand the company. They are worried that

once our marriage broke down, the cooperation of the two companies will cease!

And once Roxxon Corporation, a large consortium, leaves, Apex Construction Corporation would not be able to

withstand the high financial pressure brought by the Eastern District project and ultimately result in a delay in

the construction.

I'm guessing that I've made it clear enough for you, haven't 1?"

Patrick's heart tightened considerably. He suddenly wanted to pull off the sunglasses on Amelia's face and gauge

all her emotions behind her eyes.

He calmed down and asked in a self-deprecating way, "You would've hatedto death for encountering such a

thing, wouldn't you?"

Amelia recalled, "Well at first, | was indeed shocked by your photo with Sissi, and | felt sad for a period of time.

After all, you humiliatedin front of the government officials. But later | understood that this was probably the

so-called retribution..."

"Retribution?" "Well, | didn't get your permission and took advantage of The Hopper Family's fto show off. In

the end, | was slapped in the face. Isn't this retribution?" Looking at the faint smile on her face, Patrick could not

bring himself to laugh.

Amelia was a member of The Hopper Family, but at this time, the way she said it was as if she stole something

from them. This entitlement...originally belonged to her! No wonder Charles's smile on the phone was so

ambiguous. It turned out that he thought that Patrick had been having an affair!

Clenching his teeth, Patrick quickly threw out a policy, still better late than never. "It's not too late. I'll call the

relevant leaders of the Eastern District project right away..."

Amelia shook her head and said, "You don't have to worry about it. | already said that | received the deal of the

Eastern District Project."

Once the government sent their officials down to investigate, she only needed to hand over the information

regarding the contract with Sawyer and then she can start advancing on the project. Patrick furrowed his brows

and asked, "How did you then manage to close the deal regarding the Eastern District project after you faced a

crisis of trust?"

Amelia really did not want to tell Patrick what happened next because she did not want to get into a quarrel with

him.

She lifted her sunglasses and pretended to be depressed. "I'm feeling a little tired now..."

Patrick's gaze sharpened and he raised his voice. "Amelia, don't avoid my question!"

Upon hearing his words, Amelia becslightly unhappy and refuted, "Are you trying to mend it? Even if | tell

you everything, can you travel back in tand change everything that happened?" Patrick replied stiffly, "I

didn't mean anything else.

I'm just concerned about you."

"You're concerned about me?" Amelia's tone was riddled with faint sarcasm. "I think you are suspecting that |

used sillegal means to win the Eastern District project, aren't you?"