Come To Me (Amelia and Patrick)

Chapter 1521

Amelia asked again, "Jessica, since you resigned from your summer job and returned the remaining sum to him, how did you pay for the tuition fees for your second year?"

Jessica sighed, "I was anxious too, at first. I thought of applying for a bursary from the counsellor. But when I submitted my application, I was told that someone had already paid for my fees.

The first person that came to my mind was my mother. But the counsellor told me that it was a tall, handsome guy who claimed himself as my relative that paid for me. I immediately thought of that guy. Without hesitation, I called him right away to verify my thought. It was him who paid for me!"

Amelia raised her eyebrow as she asked disdainfully, "All of a sudden, he was keen on doing charity. He wanted to be a low-profile hero, didn't he?"

"I had no idea what was on his mind either." Jessica shrugged dismissively before she continued, "To be frank, compared to the previous time when he offered me a card, I found this way of offering easier for me to accept. To some extent, I had to admit that I was moved. It was undeniable that I was in a financial crisis. Hence, I didn't turn him down. All I could promise him was that I would work harder and pay him back as soon as possible.

After a moment of silence, he acquiesced." "I guess he had been looking at you in a different light after you returned the money to him, which was why he stopped humiliating you with money." In that case, Amelia could not help but wonder if the guy had finally accepted Jessica as one of his friends.

Well, no one knows." Jessica leaned forward and took another sip of her drink which was not as cold anymore. She then said, "We stopped contacting for the next two months. Just as I thought this was our end, he came to find me again."

"What was he up to this time?"

"He looked awfully miserable. It was as if he was at his lowest point in life. I was working in a coffee shop when he contacted me. I didn't want my boss to think that I was loafing at my job, so I invited him inside and turned around to finish my job on hand. It was only when I got off work that I realised that he was still sitting in the coffee shop. I doubted if he took even a sip of the cup of coffee in front of him. I offered to take him to dinner but he dragged me to a pub instead.

I didn't drink at all that night whereas he got wasted. It was funny because I didn't even know what his name was, let alone his address. I couldn't find his identity card with him either. So, I had no other choice but to bring him to a motel where identity registration was not strictly required.

The living condition there was poor. I was worried about him, so I stayed for the night and took care of him. When he regained his sobered up, I updated him with what happened after he passed out. He fell into a moment of silence after he heard that. At last, he told me that his girlfriend ran away with another man with no expression on his face."

Amelia could not help but sneer, "I see! He was dumped."

Amelia was disgusted by men like him. They sought comfort from other women as soon as when they were rejected or dumped by their lovers. However, they never came to think how their selfishness was going to impact those women.

Jessica sighed, "I knew for a fact that it was another woman who got him into drinking heavily. But when I saw him in a mess like that, I couldn't help pitying him."

Amelia grunted, "This kind of person doesn't deserve any pounds of your pity!"

Jessica tried to explain by drawing an analogy, "How about this. Since you're so used to Patrick's bossiness and arrogance, all of a sudden, he gives you a pitiful with puppy-eyes. Won't you get softhearted for him?"

"Um..." Amelia lingered on Jessica's analogy only to find that she could not bring herself to agree with her. She shook her head, "That depends. If his misery is because of another woman, not only will I not getting soft-hearted, but I'll tell him to f*ck off!"

Jessica smiled wryly and muttered, "Fine. But you know me well to know that I can't resist kids and small animals. From the moment he showed up in front of me with that pitiful look, I couldn't bring myself to ignore him.

wanted to help him out but I wasn't sure what I could

every time when he came to the coffee shop to look for me. After I got off from my work, I

him to the hotel where he stayed before I called it a day off. We maintained this routine for some time before Christmas rolled around the corner again. Since the holidays were about to begin, I told him that it was time for me to go

him, he had always been a reticent person. However, upon hearing me, I didn't expect him to ask me to stay and accompany him. According to him,

conflicting voices in Amelia's head. On one hand, she sincerely hoped that there was a good ending for the story

story was going to end badly. At this moment, she doubted if she could bring herself to

hummed, "I got soft- hearted again and agreed

Jessica chose not to go back home and stayed in the city where she barely knew anyone upon the

sighed, " Amelia, I told you that since the first time I saw him, I kind of fantasized him. Otherwise, I wouldn't have acquiesced to him taking away my

mean that my feelings for him vanished. On the contrary, my feelings for him reignited and grew stronger day by day, especially

their breakup and asked me

her heart sinking upon noticing the optimism in Jessica's

crept onto the corner

for hanami and Beppu for hot spring. I tasted authentic sushi at one of the Michelin-starred restaurants. All of a sudden, I realized that could

belongs to s

him. At that moment, I truly believed that I was the luckiest woman in

So, Amelia asked, "So, were both of

most of the talking. Sometimes, I doubted if

went on, "Christmas was over in the blink of an eye. When we returned from Japan, just as I thought our trip to Japan signified a big step

you remain in

initiative to contact him. I was dead worried about him. So, the next day his

my worry was unnecessary because he sounded calm on the other end of the call. When I questioned him about him leaving, he told me that he had to return to his university as the semester had started. As for

However, all he returned was silense. Suddenly, I realized that I meant nothing

up."

in anger, "Since he was so ungrateful, you should just leave him to

There was a

glimpse of remorse in

"How could I bring myself to

We were

He was the first person whom I massaged and the

He brought me to Japan, which was my first time travelling abroad.

him

cherry blossoms and