Upon hearing what Florence had said, Nora cried out in shyness, "Florence, you're not welcomed for dinner if you continue to make fun of us."
This sentence seemed to work on Florence as she hurriedly said, "Ah, I won't say it anymore then."
Witnessing the affection shared between Owen and Nora, Amelia could not help feeling envious. She began to wonder if her relationship with Patrick could like this too.
However, Amelia killed the thought of this as soon as it arose.
She had came this far, and this was not supposed to concern her anymore.
Amelia took a deep breath before she called out, "Owen."
Withdrawing his gaze from Nora, Owen turned around and looked in the direction of Amelia.
As of courtesy, he gave her a tiny nod before he said, "I heard that you were trapped by something urgent, that was why you couldn't make it yesterday. Is it handled now? Can I do anything to help?"
Upon hearing this, Amelia was moved by his concern as she replied, "It had been taken care of.
Thanks for your concern."
This was the biggest difference between the two brothers in the Hopper Family!
No matter how busy or tired she got, these would never matter to Patrick. After all, all he had in mind was whether she had an affair with other men or that she had cheated on him.
At the end of the day, it made sense that as the eldest sibling in the family, Owen was no doubt the best person to take care of this family.
It was true that Patrick was born as an elite.
However, it was also undeniable that the pride that he lived with had made him an arrogant person. In fact, he was not as mature as his brother after all.
"There's nothing. We are one family." Waving his hands in disapproval of Amelia's gratitude, Owen then said, "Since both of you are already here, you should stay for dinner tonight."
It was a statement instead of question asking for their opinion. Hence, it was obvious that he had welcomed them for dinner with open arms.
Amelia took a glance at Patrick.
"Hm." A sense of unwillingness was easy to tell from Patrick's voice.
Unwillingness?
Amelia was more inclined to believe that it was her
illusion!
Shrugging, Amelia did not bother to ravel herself with the change of emotions of Patrick.
Everybody had came to the hall after dinner.
Amelia felt that it was the right time to present the gift to Owen.
"Owen." As soon as Owen glanced in her direction, Amelia handed over the gift and said, "I have something for you."
"That's very kind of you!" With that said, Owen took over the gift and asked, "Can I open it now?"
"Of course!" Amelia agreed despite feeling nervous.
"Daddy, I want to see it, too!"
Ashley would be particularly enthusiastic whenever it came to something fun. As soon as she saw Owen was about to open the gift, she immediately jumped down from Patrick's thigh and ran towards Owen. Standing on the couch with her hands holding his shoulder in support, her gaze was glued at the gift that he was holding.
Not only Ashley, even Nora and Andrew began to look forward to the gift opening session.
Amelia could not help breaking out in a cold sweat.
She was worried that she was going to let everyone down once the gift was revealed. After all, it was not something impressive.
It did not take long for Owen to remove the wrapping paper from the box.
Seeing that the box was square in shape, Nora could not help wondering what was inside of it. It would not surprise her if it turned out that it was a necktie, belt, wallet or something similar of that kind that was lying underneath the box.
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