Come To Me (Amelia and Patrick)

Chapter 1536

Lowering her head, her gaze fell onto the scars all over her hands. All in a sudden, Maryanne felt her eyes tearing up. Fighting back the tears, she told herself that it was the price that she had to pay for what she had done. After all, she could not turn back time and undo what had been done.

At this moment, her hair fell down and covered most of her face. As a result, her delicate face looked smaller than ever. At the sight of this, Milton could feel somewhere deep down in his heart was struck by her vulnerability.

He shut his eyes for a moment before he finally brought himself to ask, "Maryanne, are you free today?"

Maryanne hurriedly gathered herself from her thought. She looked at him as if nothing had happened. "Yes, I am."

The truth was she was free all the time whereas he was always caught up with his work.

Smiling, Milton invited her for an outing. "Do you want to go for shopping? I have nothing scheduled today."

Maryanne startled for a second before she exclaimed triumphantly, "Sure! I want to buy nice dresses for myself. Will you pay for the bill?" "Yes, I will."

"Then I want to buy cosmetics too. Will you..."

"Yes, I will."

"How about jewelry? Will..."

Milton cut her short boldly, "Yes, I will. I will buy you anything you want."

"Oh yes!" Maryanne snapped her finger before she declared flatteringly, "So I decide to speak in favor of you during the phone call with Aunt Sierra tonight!" Milton instantly fawned on her. "I shall thank you beforehand, Ms. Smith!"

"Give me a second. I'll go and get changed!" Maryanne jumped up from the couch as she said. With the hem of her shirt flipped up consequently, a substantial amount of skin of her thighs was exposed in the air.

At the sight of this, Milton immediately turned his back against her. He took a deep breath unnoticeably in an attempt to clear his mind. Strangely, he could not help feeling aroused still.

He shook his head agitatedly in frustration. He subsequently gulped down the last of his coffee in hope that the caffeine would help him to get rid of the scene of her earlier from his memory.

It was drizzling on the street in London. Everyone out there was either wearing a raincoat or using an umbrella. Such weather rendered the city helplessly gloomy.

However, none of the locals seemed to be bothered by the depressive weather.

Meanwhile, two young Americans could be seen wandering leisurely on the street. For the sake of convenience, they opted for disposable raincoats instead of sharing an umbrella in the rain.

That kind of raincoat was almost weightless. At the same time, its users could free out both hands for other purposes rather than having one hand tied to the umbrella. That would explain why raincoats were generally a preferable choice during rainy days.

Despite looking calm and collected, the truth was Milton was tensed as he followed Maryanne at the back. On a couple of occasions he overheard those Englishmen discussing Maryanne among themselves. "Is she alone?" "Is she lost?" "Shall we offer her help?"

Milton wondered how they could come to the conclusion that Maryanne was lost in her way. After all, she seemed perfectly fine doing her shopping alone!

Therefore, every time when he overheard those comments, he had to fight back the urge of reaching out to Maryanne. Not long after, a young man who dressed up like a hipster despite carrying a school bag, ran into Maryanne from nowhere all in a sudden and greeted, "Hey yo!" That was when Milton could no longer contain himself. He reached out to grab Maryanne's arm before dragging her to his side. He then took a step forward while staring at the hipster deadly.

At the sight of an unknown man coming into his way, the hipster was stunned. Nonetheless, in the next second, he decided to ignore Milton's dead stare. He slicked his hair before asking Maryanne out for a date.

I bet he also meant

could no longer bottle his anger no matter how well- mannered he was on normal days. At this juncture,

was fearless and aggressive. That was why it was not uncommon for her to offend others when she spoke whatever that came to her mind without thinking. In

preference could not be applied to every men out there. The truth was there were men who found a proud woman like Maryanne captivating. As for them, that type

out to hold Milton's arm and rest her head on his shoulder. She then spoke to the young man, "Oh, sorry. I'm

tension was more or less eased as he heard

looked up at

"Of course."

the truth. After all, she was indeed Milton's

thousand times to other men." Knowing that Milton despised

as he asked, "Have

to think that Milton was being jealous. It was just that she did not want him to think that she had been flirting with other men. Therefore, she

is it?" Milton pressed on

before saying, "Um... Sometimes, when I go out for grocery shopping, those men in the shops will ask if I'm available... But I

not help but wonder irritably, "Does she ever know

a second thought, he convinced himself that

only person she could turn to. If he were to leave her alone out there to fend for herself, there was no doubt that she would have been taken advantage by those perverted men. That

would be the first one to take all the

why I questioned

out to

valid reason to justify his strange behavior once again. However, the truth was there was a layer of latex between their holding hands due to the fact that Maryanne was wearing a pair of gloves. He wished that he could feel

she was having an illustration. She could hardly bring herself to believe that Milton

that there was no other men who came forward to harass her anymore

they passed by a electronics store, Milton said, "Maryanne, let's go inside and get a dryer. In that case, you no longer

something and added, "We shall buy a

you speaking it for real?" Milton replied faintly,

"I thought of discussing with

looked at her bewilderedly. "Then why didn't you bring it

stuck out her tongue before retorting, "I'm afraid that you're going to ask me to

wondered if he was indeed a stingy man in her

all those trivial matters, there is no reason for me not to. I don't want you

moment of silence before he said, "It's my fault that I have not been thoughtful enough. You don't have to suffer all

you

I'm still able to afford whatever

was carried away by his promise. She could not help beaming. "I know. But I have to warn you first. I'm good at spending money. You have to

remained collected as he said, "Go ahead

as what Sierra had reminded him earlier, Maryanne did come from a wealthy background. Nonetheless, he too was born in a well-established family. It was just that he preferred to keep

those things were not luxuries but necessities for their common usage. Honestly speaking, he had to

order of a dryer and dehumidifier at the

address on a note and paid for the deposit. The store owner promised that he would get those electronic appliances delivered by

Milton asked, "What do you feel

deeply before he asked, "How