Substitute Her to Love You (Charlotte and Patrick)

Chapter 113

I was a little surprised.

I believed that the Archer Family indeed had encountered some problems. But I didn't expect that the situation would have come to this point.

Seeing me look around, Rosy took my hand and said, "It's okay. It's not a big deal."

Rosy's house was very big. At this time, a lot of things had been moved away. And there were fewer servants. At once, her house looked desolate and quiet.

However, Diane was still here.

"Grandma, in fact, I don't have much use for the house you gave me. How about I sell it and give the money..."

"No need. Each enterprise surely will be in some trouble. It's just that the medias tend to make an exaggeration out of it."

Before I could finish my words, I was interrupted by Rosy.

"But..."

I was a little hesitant.

"Exaggeration?"

If I hadn't entered Rosy's house, I probably would have thought so.

But now, I saw that there were fewer servants and fewer antiques in the house. Moreover, the big house looked quiet and dull. I had long guessed that the whole thing wasn't as what Rosy said.

"It's okay. It's okay."

Besides repeating that it was fine, Rosy didn't say anything else.

I guessed that she, who knew the situation of Archer's Group very well, didn't know what else to say except for assuring me that everything was fine.

At the thought of what happened between Caroline and Patrick, I asked, "If Caro... Sister marries Patrick, will it make the situation better?"

Originally, I wanted to address Caroline directly as Caroline Archer.

But at this time, if I were on bad terms with Caroline, Rosy might be more distressed.

So I changed how I addressed Caroline.

Rosy heard my words and let out a long sigh, "Alas. It is not easy for Caroline to be connected to Patrick Cowell. However, she turned to the most stupid way, intending to make others think more highly of her. But in the end, she reaped what she had sown."

I knew what Rosy was talking about.

"But, didn't Patrick's grandfather approve their marriage?"

"Now that Ned has reneged on his words. With the things that Caroline has done, I feel ashamed to reason with Ned and convince him."

The look on Rosy's face indicated that she was in a dilemna.

I knew what she was talking about.

Seeing her like this, I actually felt a little regretful...

If I hadn't exposed Caroline's plagiarism, the situation probably would not have turned out like this.

I was silent. Rosy patted my hands and said, "You don't have to overthink it. This matter isn't anyone's fault. Archer's Group is just like me. As we age, some long-standing diseases will inevitably have to overwhelm us again."

When I was at Rosy's house that day, it wasn't me who tried to comfort Rosy. Instead, Rosy had been comforting me.

She repeatedly instructed me in a tough tone that never should I sell the house in Unit No.1, City Y.

I had no choice but to promise her for the time being.

However, if Archer's Group was indeed in trouble, I thought that I would sell this house in the end.

After that, my life went on as usual.

Because of my good performance, I finally was assigned with a project related to a small-sized western restaurant.

The western restaurant was located in a bustling area downtown. On the first day, I went there to measure its size, planning to draw the effect sketches.

After a busy day, I came out of the store at night.

As I was hesitating about where to have dinner, I looked up and saw a familiar figure.

It was Patrick.

We hadn't seen each other for many days. But he looked glorious as usual as he was wearing a gem blue hand- made shirt and casual pants. And there stood a woman side by side with him.

The two of them were walking towards a jewelry shop.

That store was specialized in selling diamonds, mainly diamond rings for weddings.

Although I only saw the woman's back view, I was very sure that she was not Caroline.

Because the woman's hair was as black and shiny as the seaweed. And Caroline's hair was permed all year around.

Moreover, I thought of the date when Caroline had said that she was pregnant last time,

If there was no accident, Caroline surely had been pregnant for three months, that was, she surely couldn't wear high heels.

And Caroline's figure wouldn't be so slender.

I had already made up my mind to draw a clear line with Patrick. Even so, I followed him subconsciously.

I approached the door of the jewelry store and sneaked a peek at it.

And I saw that all the staff in the shop were surrounding Patrick and the woman next to him.

I saw a clerk take out a large-sized diamond ring and show it to them. The woman shook her head. And the clerk showed her another one. However, the woman shook her head again. Then the clerk went to fetch a new one.

I stood there, observing them for about five minutes.

The clerks continuously took out diamond rings one box after another from a room from behind. And the women checked on them one by one, only to negate them all.

Patrick stood next to her without any impatience in his expression.

He just accompanied her there like that.

I felt a little sour in my heart.

I kept staring at the woman. The more I looked at her, the more I felt that she was a little bit...

Familiar?

The woman had a red mole between her eyebrows.

Rather than saying that I was familiar with this woman, it was more like I was familiar with her mole.

They kept checking on the diamond rings for a while. And it seemed that they weren't satisfied with none of them. As they discussed with each other as to whether they were going to leave, I was scared that I ran away quickly.

I went into an inconspicuous snack shop and ordered a bowl of wonton.

While eating the wonton, I felt that a scene flashed across my mind...

"It's her!"

I suddenly remembered who the woman by Patrick's side was!

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It happened about two or three years after I saved Patrick's life.

Back then, the orphanage organized older children to visit all the schools in City Y.

I was one of them.

It was on September 1st back then, which happened to be the beginning of the semester.

It probably was a coincidence. When we arrived at the entrance of the best school for females in City Y, I saw Patrick at a glance...

We met again after a few years of separation, which made me very excited.

I, who had been looking at him attentively, forgot to follow the team.

The teacher noticed me and came back to call me. When he saw that I was staring at something attentively, he asked me, "What are you looking at? Why are you so serious?"

I was a little nervous, feeling embarrassed to say that I was looking at Patrick.

Then I suddenly noticed the girl by Patrick's side.

The girl seemed to be the same age as me. Her black hair was draped over her shoulders. And there was a red mole between her eyebrows.

I quickly pointed to the girl and said, "She's so young. How come she could go to college?"

The teacher saw in the direction where my fingers were pointing and smiled, "She is a student in the class for talents in our school. Moreover, she is the only girl among them."

I asked with my head tilted to one side, "A class for talents?"

The teacher pulled me to leave. Although I was reluctant, I had to go with him.

On the way, the teacher told me what a class for talents meant.

In short, it was a class specifically for geniuses.

That was to say, the girl was a genius.

At that time, I naively thought that she might be Patrick's girlfriend.

Patrick was so outstanding that it was natural that his girlfriend was a genius.

However, I hadn't seen this girl for so long. And Patrick didn't mention her at all. But now, why did she appear again?

And Patrick seemed to be purchasing a diamond ring with her.

Was she going to marry someone? Or...

Was she going to marry Patrick?

After I finished eating the wonton, I put away my lost mood and planned to go back to the company to continue my work.

As soon as I went out and planned to take a taxi, I saw Patrick's car slowly coming over.

My first reaction was that Patrick was in the car. And I wanted to hide first!

However, as soon as I turned around, I bumped into a firm embrace.