I calculated the date. Sure enough, Lisa's birthday would be on November 24, which was some day next week. The days passed so fast. And in the blink of an eye, another year had passed. I answered with a smile, "No problem. I have money now. Of course, I have to send you a gift." "OK, deal done" Lisa and I chatted for a while before we hung up the phone. After hanging up the phone, I couldn't help but feel a little upset in my heart. "What should I gift Lisa with?" I went home, sat in front of the computer, search on Google. Then I heard someone reading behind me, "What kind of gift does a tough woman focusing on her career like?" I was shocked! As soon as I turned my head, I saw Patrick, who was dressed in a suit, standing behind me with his back bent as he stared at the screen closely. "Who's going to have a birthday celebration?" Patrick straightened up, undid his necktie, and asked me. "Lisa." I didn't intend t
There were two boxes with one being purple and the other one being aquamarine. "What's this?" I could tell at a glance that there should be accessories in the two boxes. Patrick took off his suit and said, "The purple one was from Roger for Lisa." "How about the blue one?" "It is a gift from me for you." "Me?" I picked up the blue box with a white ribbon wrapped outside. When I was hesitating whether or not to open the box, Patrick had changed his clothes and came over. With his hands on my waist, he pressed his chin against my neck, "Other women have gifts. And my baby surely needs to get one as well." "Thank you..." I felt warm in my heart. "You don't have to thank me. As I said before, it's my turn to love you this time." As Patrick said, he held the box for me with both hands, "Open it and see if you like it or not." "Okay." I opened the box and saw that there was a necklace with a curved pendant looking like a smili
By the time I got up the next day, no one had been around me. I touched the bed and found that it had been cold early, which meant that Patrick had long left. As I was about to head to the bathroom, I heard water splashing coming from inside. "Who is it?" I was shocked. A servant came out of the bathroom, looked at me with some apology, and said, "Miss Archer." "Why did you come? Usually, you come in the afternoon, don't you?" I looked suspiciously at the servant who cleans the room on usual days. However, after the incident yesterday, when it came to people and things, I had been paying more attention to them for no reason. The servant said respectfully, "Mr. Patrick sent someone to pick me up this morning. He asked me to clean up the room early in the morning." ...... I found this matter a little strange. So I walked close to the bathroom. The bathroom had almost been cleaned up inside. And the sapphire blue bath
"Isn't that Patrick Cowell?" Before I moved, Lisa, who was next to me, became agitated, intending to rush over directly! "Don't go!" I suddenly grabbed Lisa and explained, "That woman's name is Kelsi Clark. She's Patrick's childhood sweetheart." "Childhood sweetheart?" Lisa looked at me and said angrily, "Aren't childhood sweethearts the synonym of adulterous couples?" I know that Lisa was saying for my own good. I looked in the direction of Patrick. The two of them stood at the door. There was a white car parked not far away. I seemed to have never seen Patrick drive this car. The two of them walked to the front of the car. Patrick opened the car door for Kelsi. Only after pulling Kelsi's hands did he allow her to get into the car. I felt a pinch of pain in my heart. I couldn't even breathe smoothly. Even so, I grabbed Lisa tightly with my hands, fearing that she would rush over and embarrass Patrick. It wasn't until the two
"Forget it." I didn't want to put Roger in a difficult position either. I will solve this problem by myself." "F**k off! If you can solve it by yourself, you should have solved it early." Lisa looked at me as if she were so disappointed in me. Roger spoke up for Patrick, "My brother surely has his own reasons for doing things. Although he treated Caroline well before, he treats you differently, which I can see. There surely is a reason for him to do so." "Haha." Lisa looked at him and rolled her eyes at him exaggeratingly, "It surely is his childhood sweetheart who took off her clothes on her own and that your big brother did something good to help her solve her physiological need, right?" "Well..." As soon as Roger heard Lisa's words, unexpectedly, he didn't say anything. Then he added, "Alas! The way I see it, as long as a man has a woman on his mind, it will be fine. As for his body..." "What the hell are you talking about?" Without saying a
I hesitated for a moment and picked up the call. I spoke first, "Hello." It was quiet on the over the phone. And no one spoke. There wasn't even any sound in the slightest. I said again, "Hello?" No one spoke there. Thinking that it should be a wrong call, I hung up the phone immediately. That night, I sat on the sofa as usual, waiting for Patrick. By the time I woke up on the sofa, I saw that the sun had completely risen outside the window and that the long-case clock was striking at 9 a.m. Then I felt a burst of loss. Patrick's slippers were placed at the door, which was the same as they had been yesterday. It showed that Patrick had never come back. There wasn't even a single missed call on my cell phone. "Where has he been? If he hadn't come back before, he would at least have texted me. He has never been like this." I called Patrick. No one answered my call. I was in a mess in my heart. I w
Hearing Patrick's words, Lisa and I were both stunned for a moment. Obviously, Patrick had found out that Lisa was lying. He texted someone when he went out just now, which I didn't pay much attention to at that time. Now I thought he should be texting Roger. After we arrived where I was going to pick Lisa up, he only said a few words in front of the car. "How did he find the truth out?" Lisa's face didn't look good. However, it seemed that she didn't want to admit it. She crossed her arms in front of her chest and looked directly into Patrick's eyes, "What are you talking about? Am I acting? It's true that I've been harassed. Also, I called Charlotte and asked her to come here. What are you trying to say?" "Oh, that's good." Patrick's expression was indifferent. He added, "I booked this room for a month. You can live there. After you've confirmed that no one is disturbing you, you can go back to your house." It seemed that what Lisa would say
The happy time between Patrick and me was always like a shooting meteor, which was fleeting. So were the paintings I had painted for him. On each painting, Patrick looked so handsome. "Could it be that I wouldn't have any more chances to paint him in the future?" I felt extremely complicated in my heart. When I was packing up her things, Lisa came back from her work. When she saw that there were a lot more things at her home, she frowned and asked, "Is Patrick indeed going to break off his connections with you?" "It should be so." Thinking of the fact that he refused my proposal of getting married, I thought that he probably had been thinking about how to end his relationship with me for a long time. Seeing that I wasn't in a good mood, Lisa didn't go on talking. She directly put her arms around my neck and said, "Oh, forget it. See? You helped me to clean up my house so well. Even though he doesn't love you, I love you. Tell me what you