Come To Me (Amelia and Patrick)

Chapter 429

Colleague C aked, "Well, can't they be childhood sweethearts?"

Childhood sweetheart? Given Patrick's grumpy personality, his childhood sweetheart must have been so unlucky. Frustrated, Amelia corrected them. "I met Patrick on a blind date."

"What?" Everyone roared!

"A good-looking man like Mr. Hopper needs a blind date? You must be kidding me!"

Amelia covered her almost-deaf ear and nodded. "Well, and we got married less than a month after the blind date."

"You got married that soon?" The crowd burst into another uproar!

How desperate Mr. Hopper must have been? He couldn't even wait to marry Amelia before they had dated for a month.

Amelia smiled dryly. What she was telling them the simplified story in which too many were remained untold since they were too embarrassing to be mentioned.

At the president's office.

When Patrick walked out of the elevator, he heard the secretary talking to someone. He looked over and found Mamie holding the secretary's arm tightly and badgering. "Miss, please just tell me when Mr. Hopper will come back."

"How could I know! I'm not his mind reader!" The secretary was so annoyed that she wished she could kick her.

"Miss..." The moment Mamie caught a glimpse at Patrick, she let go of her secretary and approached him anxiously, "Mr. Hopper, can we have a word?"

Patrick nodded casually. "Go ahead."

"Can we

many

secretary. But the latter didn't take orders from regular employees easily, not

her seat. Regardless

get alone with Patrick, Mamie had no choice but

how I have offended you so that you

tactless women the most. He had made himself clear enough, yet she was still here asking for the reason, "Didn't Ms.

but I couldn't accept it! From last night's conversation, I can tell that you do enjoy talking to

find it interesting

hurried to say, "Then you should let me stay, Mr. Hopper. If you want, I could tell

tell me stories, but I do

it be that she was going to be his secretary? Some

Village recently and are in urgent need of excellent teachers. Didn't you teach middle school and cherish ideals more than money? How about t you go to the village to stay with the

of digesting what Patrick meant, Mamie was very

had asked her so many questions about teaching last night only because he had

not interested in that job at all. I told you that much last night just to leave you a good impression. If ideals are more important than anything else, I

secretary. "Is the job I offer too great? I can't believe it scares

secretary couldn't find any other words to respond to her boss,

to woo him, only to find herself ending up getting the answer that Patrick had talked to her because he was testing

The phone rang.

the secretary didn't pick up the phone

that, Patrick walked straight

again, the secretary