Chapter 913
Chapter 913
"No! This child must be born!" Patrick refuted immediately.
"Patrick!" Howard's voice sank. "You have to be clear that I am dealing with your problem now. You're only losing your child. If it was grandpa who came to deal with this matter, it would be the death of a pregnant woman!"
Sissi's eyes wide opened in shock when she heard that. She turned around and grabbed Patrick's sleeve and said hurriedly, "Patrick, you can't let your grandfather find me! No, you can't even let him hear about me! Otherwise, I'll be dead!"
Sissi only emphasized herself. She did not care about the life and death of the baby at all. If it were not for Christian's threatening letter, she would have aborted this b*stard!
However, she was very glad to have this child at this moment, and this would be the bargaining chip for her to escape!
Sissi begged Patrick in tears which made him feel that it was a heavy burden.
Another thing was if Patrick’s grandpa knew that Sissi had returned to Northville, not only her, but he
would suffer too!
It would be fine if that was the past. As long as he could be with Sissi, he would be willing to accept any punishment.
But-
Patrick's eyes drifted unconsciously towards Amelia.
She lowered her eyes and stared at the air. Her eyes were somewhat blank as if she had a sense of alienation from her surroundings.
Under her clear raven eyes was a thin sharp nose, and her red slender lips bring out the best in each other on her long oval face.
He found that he was not tired of looking at it. Instead, he felt addicted.
Patrick selfishly wanted to maintain everything he had because of fondness. He was no longer the boy who was willing to lose everything for Sissi!
Thinking of this, Patrick could not help but say to Howard, "Dad, as long as you don't call grandpa and ensure the safety of Sissi and her child, I'll promise you anything!"
Howard could not help but scold angrily, "B*stard! Do you deserve to negotiate with me? I have only two requirements. First, abort Sissi's b*stard son, and second, send Sissi abroad. If you really want to promise me anything, you can do it immediately! Other than these, I have no other requirements for you!"
"Uncle Howard, please don't be so cruel, okay?" Sissi begged.
She returned to Northville to seek Patrick's protection. If she was sent abroad, that was like putting the goldfish near the cat bowl. Christian was sure to bother her again!
But Howard had made up his mind. "Sissi, let's make it clear today. With your flirtatious character, you're unworthy to be the Hopper Family’s daughter-in-law. Our daughter-in-law must be as well educated and decent as Amelia, dignified, and respect elders. The most important thing is that she must be loyal to her husband!"
A cold light flashed in Sissi's charming eyes, but she answered timidly, "Yes, I know Amelia must be good and that’s why she could get your recognition. I never fantasized that she would sacrifice
anything for me and Patrick. I'm only hoping that I can give birth to the baby safely and smoothly. After that, I’ll live incognito with my child."
These words were just Sissi's way of making concessions in order to gain an advantage. As long as she could stay in Northville, sooner or later she would be able to keep Patrick by her side!
Howard squinted his eyes slightly. If the woman who had an affair with Patrick was not Sissi, perhaps he was willing to give her and her child a chance to live because of his gentle nature. After all, she was carrying the blood of the Hopper Family.
However, everything would be different if it was Sissi, for she was a sly trickster.
Everyone knew how badly Sissi had hurt Patrick in those days. This woman was a disaster. She was an unstable factor. To put it in an exaggerated way, she was a nuclear weapon that could detonate at any time!
Therefore, Howard had to eliminate her.
"Alright! No more discussion. My request will not change. If you don't do as I say, I will carry out my second plan!"
Sissi hated Howard when she saw how stubborn he was.
She even used her child to ensure that she would win. Regardless of how Howard was unwilling to admit her child, keeping the Hopper Family's bloodline should not be overstated right?
Moreover, although Patrick and Amelia had been married for a long time, there had never been any news about their pregnancy, which further proved the importance of a newborn child to the Hopper Family. Howard asking her to do an abortion was
too unreasonable!
Honestly speaking, it was not that Howard was heartless, but Sissi's foxy tricks still left a lingering fear in his heart, forcing him to make a cruel decision!
Howard thought of snatching the child back to the Hopper Family after Sissi gave birth to it. However, in doing so, on one hand, he felt very sorry for Amelia, and on the other hand, he felt that Sissi might make use of her child in the future and create trouble for The Hopper Family.
Since he could already foresee the future, he might as well just end it and solve it as soon as possible!
Sissi looked back at Patrick and said impatiently, "Patrick, say something!"
Patrick thought for a while, and then said to Howard in a cold tone, "Dad, do you want me to divorce Amelia for Sissi and her child?"
This meant that Patrick was betting against Howard!
He was betting that Howard would not agree for him to divorce Amelia!
Sure enough, a tossed stone raised a thousand ripples.
Howard burst into anger and shouted, "How dare you!"
Patrick relaxed. It seemed that he was right. "Dad, if you don't want me to divorce Amelia, you'd better promise my request to let Sissi stay in Northville and give birth to my baby! If you insist on getting grandpa to handle this matter and thus causing me to break up my marriage with Amelia, you'll be the one to blame!" NôvelDrama.Org copyrighted © content.
Howard was so angry that his entire body started trembling. Amelia could not calm down upon seeing this. "Was hurting me not enough for him, now he wanted to make his father pissed off!" Amelia thought fretfully.
Sissi wiped off a cold sweat. She felt that the situation had been flipped over. It was under Patrick's control.
Although she was jealous, she had to admit that with Howard's fatherly love for Amelia, he would never agree to Patrick divorcing Amelia.
Therefore, whether this matter had any chance of turning back fell on Amelia alone!
If Amelia loved Patrick, she would persuade Howard to keep the child in order to persuade her husband to stay!
But she was wrong!
Amelia stretched out her hand to hold Howard's arm and said softly but firmly, "Dad, I agree to a divorce."