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.

I wasn't sure what I could do to

to look for me. After I got off from my work, I would then accompany him to

this was an unspoken understanding between us. He would accompany me during my work while I would stay with him in the pub after work. At last, I would send him to the hotel where he stayed before I called it a day off. We maintained this routine for some

I didn't expect him to ask me to stay and accompany him. According to

a good ending for the story between

badly. At this moment, she doubted if she could bring

again and agreed into

yet Jessica chose not to go back home and stayed in the city where she barely knew anyone upon the guy's request. Amelia would not be fooled into believing that it was merely an act of

that since the first time I saw him, I kind

mean that my feelings for him vanished. On the contrary, my

their breakup and asked me to stay with him for Christmas. So, I couldn't help wondering if he somehow

upon noticing the optimism in Jessica's tone. With

crept onto

as she reminisced, "After that, he brought me to Japan We went to Mount Fuji 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 live a colourful life too. On our

belongs to s

truly believed

So, Amelia asked, "So,

on Jessica's face faded. She sighed, "No. He barely talked. Basically, it was me who did most of the talking. Sometimes, I doubted if he would ever let me come near him had he not felt guilty for

eye. When we returned from Japan, just as I

remain in contact after

him. I was dead worried about him.

him leaving, he told me that he had to return to his university as the semester had started. As for why he didn't

that I was maddened by his reasoning. Hence, I quibbled with him. However, all he returned was silense. Suddenly, I realized that I meant nothing to

up."

was so ungrateful,

There was a

glimpse of remorse in

as she muttered, "How could I bring myself to

him? We were entangled

first person whom

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

him

cherry blossoms and the