Come To Me (Amelia and Patrick)
Chapter 366

"Mom, I didn't!" Howard denied it.

"Eve, maybe Howard does have his difficulties." Although Amelia knew that Eve didn't like her, she couldn't help speaking up for Howard.

"Well, neither of you believe me. Look at this picture. You should believe me now!"

While she was talking, Eve found the photos she had taken on the phone. Two figures, almost overlapping, appeared in front of Patrick and Amelia.

Amelia's pupils narrowed at the sight of the woman. Wasn't that... the middle-aged woman Amelia had met when she went to the high street to buy a coat for Eve?

Could it be that... Amelia did not dare to think any further.

"Dad!" Patrick called out. Although he didn't say anything, the doubt and disappointment in his eyes were obvious enough.

"Patrick, I..."

Howard opened his mouth and was about to say something, but Eve interrupted him with tears in her eyes. "No wonder you're always not at home recently. I asked you where you have been. And you fooled me every time by saying that you're going to play chess. If I hadn't called every one of your friends playing chess, I would never know that you had an affair! Today I ran into you and that woman on the street. What about the other days I didn't? What have you been doing with her behind my back?"

The air was tense. Everyone was waiting for Howard's answer.

After a while, Howard said powerlessly, "Eve, I have never done anything unfair to you in my whole life, including what you have said today. I admit that I've been in contact with Jocelyn very frequently recently, and I did... go in and out of her apartment occasionally. But I did all of that because of you!"

"What? Because of me?" Eve blanked for a short while before she laughed with her face distorted. "This is the worst excuse I have ever heard in my life. Howard, you have always been a terrible liar since we first met. But this time, I hate you so much that you can't lie, otherwise, I might have a reason to forgive you."

Something complicated appeared in Amelia's eyes. Eve must love Howard so much. Otherwise, Eve's voice wouldn't have sounded so sad and depressed.

Patrick stared coldly into Howard's eyes. "Have you done it or not?"

In the face of his son's angry eyes, Howard sighed and said, "To tell you the truth, I met Jocelyn by chance. She is a senior psychiatrist. I was particularly tired of your mother's sudden change recently. I don't know since when she becomes so suspicious, jealous, and even unreasonable. So I found Jocelyn through online advertisements. At first, we only met at her office. Later, her office was being renovated and I went to her place. Most of my questions were related to how to improve your mother. And more or less, I told her my worries..."

"What else?" Patrick asked seriously.

Howard said frankly, "There's nothing else."

Patrick, Amelia, and Granny Hopper breathed a sigh of relief to various extents. Eve was the only one unable to let it go.

"Howard, since you are just doctor and patient, why didn't you tell Eve in advance?" Now Granny Hopper couldn't be partial to her son anymore, otherwise, she would be considered senile, wouldn't she? Howard shook his head and said, "Mom, you know Eve well enough. If I admitted that I was going to see a female psychiatrist alone, Eve would have made a fuss about it again, wouldn't she? I was planning to learn a move or two from Jocelyn before I come back to help Eve. Well, I didn't expect to make a fool of myself!"

Just as everyone else got to understand Howard, Eve let out some sounds somewhere between crying and laughing. "Jocelyn, what a lovely name. If you are just doctor and patient, why don't you call her doctor directly instead of by her name? How long have you known each other to be on a first-name basis now?"

Howard took a deep breath and said, "I... I can't make sense to you at all!"

Eve gritted her teeth and said, "It's not that you can't make sense to me, but the whole thing doesn't make sense at all! Why don't you call her and ask her to talk to me in front of your mother and the kids? I'd like to see if she's a real doctor!" "Howard! Call her! Now!" Granny Hopper ordered in a tough tone.

For a person as suspicious as Eve, it was better to let her see the truth with her own eyes than to say it thousands of times over.

Seeing Howard frozen on the spot, Amelia was afraid that it would aggravate Eve's suspicion, so she urged him, "Howard, just call her."

Howard opened his eyes and looked at everyone in the room. When he saw the ghosting suspicions on their faces, he couldn't help but feel disappointed. "Fine, I'll call her. But I can't make sure that she'll come."

With that, Howard went to the other side of the room to make a phone call.

Patrick comforted his sobbing mother softly, "Mom, I don't think Dad will cheat on you. He loves and dotes on you for his whole life."

Eve said sadly, "I hope so..."

A moment later, Howard came back and said to Eve with no expression on his face, "Dr. Bland says that she will be here soon. Well wait for her here."

After that, no matter how hard Eve cried, Howard didn't talk to her at all.

An hour later-

The bell rang.

Inside the room, Howard heard the sound and got up to open the door immediately.

To Eve, his actions seemed to be showing his eagerness. When she saw her husband leading another woman to her, Eve was heartbroken and possessed by hatred!

Since the woman entered the room, Amelia had been secretly looking at her, making sure that the woman in front of her was the same one she had seen on the high street. She was at a loss for a moment, acknowledging that Howard's behavior was indeed suspicious.

"Howard, is that her?" Granny Hopper stared at Jocelyn and asked.

"Yes, she is Dr. Bland." Howard nodded and then said to Jocelyn with an apologetic tone, "I'm sorry that you have to come all the way here."

Jocelyn said softly, "It doesn't matter. I've been misunderstood more than once since I've been in this job. Is this your wife?"

With her question, everyone turned their gazes on Eve. Compared with Eve's aggressive manner, the doctor was kind and gentle. Even Howard, when talked to her, could not help but lower his voice. "It's her."

With a nod, Jocelyn turned to Eve, who looked hostile, and said softly, "Ms. Hopper, Mr. Hopper has told me about you on the phone. Apart from the necessary counseling every weekend, Mr. Hopper and I rarely meet each other. The misunderstanding between you results from the lack of communication recently. To be honest, Ms. Hopper, Mr. Hopper cares about you very much. He reached me at first only because he wanted to help you with my expertise."