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."
bit her lip. "Can we
many requests." Patrick was
easily, not to mention that Mamie had been
to her seat. Regardless of Mamie's feelings, she kept
her to get alone with Patrick, Mamie had no choice but
how I have offended you so that
the most. He had made himself clear enough, yet she was still here asking for the reason, "Didn't Ms. Reed tell you why when
last night's conversation, I can tell that you do enjoy talking
me. I did find it interesting
say, "Then you should let
me stories, but I do have an ideal
be that she was going to be his secretary? Some keen longing
teach middle school and cherish ideals more than money? How about t you go to the village to
digesting what Patrick meant, Mamie was
about teaching last night only because he had been testing her
leave you a good
turned to his secretary. "Is the job I offer too great?
repeating yes, the secretary couldn't find any other words to respond
come to Patrick 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.
secretary didn't pick up the phone immediately. "Mr. Hopper, sorry, but I have to take this
Patrick walked straight into
it was quiet again, the secretary
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