The CEO's Mischievous Little Bride
Chapter 18 Making Things Clear

She didn't know that after they returned to the Olteran Manor, Patrick's eyes were fixed on her.

"Patrick, you helped me today, and I helped you too. We're even now," she said, making things clear between them before continuing happily up the stairs. Patrick continued to watch her until she disappeared.

Emma's gaze remained fixated on Patrick as she saw him staring at another woman.

Jealousy consumed Emma as she clenched her teeth.

She pretended to be fragile as she tugged at Patrick's sleeve and pitifully said, "Patrick, you're finally back."

"Have you been drinking today?" Patrick was aloof towards Emma, but she mistakenly thought he disliked it when she drank.

Emma immediately shook her head. "No, if you don't like me drinking, I swear I won't touch a drop of alcohol again."

Patrick glanced at the empty stairs and turned around. "Let's go out and talk."

Emma happily followed him.

They sat on chairs in the courtyard, and Patrick made a cup of coffee for Emma.

Politely, he placed the cup in front of Emma.

Patrick suddenly became very polite, which made Emma uneasy. She asked, "Patrick, what do you want to tell me?"

Coldly, Patrick replied, "Don't waste your time on me. I am only grateful to you. If we could be together, we would have been together a long time ago." He spoke without considering her feelings because he didn't like Emma. "You're of marriageable age, so if you meet a decent man, try dating him."

His words were clear, and Emma definitely understood his meaning.

Patrick didn't look at Emma's tears, and he made himself a cup of coffee. "You know my situation. I'm already married. It's not good for you, for me, or for her if you come to my house again. If you have an urgent matter, you can call the landline at my house."

Upon hearing Patrick mention "her," Emma clenched her hands until her knuckles turned white. "Is it Vera?"

Patrick only glanced at her without responding.

Tears streamed down Emma's eyes. She wanted to grab Patrick's hand, but he lifted the cup in front of him at the right moment.

Crying, she shook her head. "No, Patrick, things aren't like that. You said you liked me, how can you only feel grateful towards me?"

"You saved my father's company for me, and you acquired Sena Group for me. And, you came to see me at Cherry Villa on your wedding night."

"I never said I liked you. You're deceiving yourself." Patrick looked at Emma's smudged makeup and said, "I saved your father's company to thank him, and the acquisition of Sena Group was planned a year ago. I didn't even know what happened between you and Sena Group. Leaving on my wedding night had nothing to do with you."

"No, Patrick, that night you said you liked me, you loved me."

Emma cried out loudly in the Olteran Manor.

Patrick said, "I never talk much with drunk people."

That day she got drunk, so Patrick didn't indulge her or silently admit his affection for her. He was tired of talking to drunken people.

Emma's mascara was smudged from her tears, and Patrick finished his coffee and stood up. He politely asked Emma to leave. "It's too hot outside. You better go back early."

Patrick returned to the living room and glanced through the window upstairs at Emma, who was still crying in the courtyard.