Chapter 202 Why Was Frederick, Who Used to Be So Spirited, So Absent-Minded?
"No," Frederick responded immediately, but for a moment, he couldn't find any strong evidence to refute Amelia. His eyes were reddening, and he felt extremely frustrated.
Amelia withdrew her gaze from him and walked away.
Frederick's eyes turned slightly sullen.
As Amelia walked past him, the indifference in her eyes made his heart race.
His eyes were deep. He caught up and held her back. "You can't get a cab here. I'll drive you."
Amelia's face was stern as she glanced at him, her eyes tinged with sarcasm. "Mr. Hastings, don't you mind that I'm dirty?"
Frederick's expression faltered, and then he said, "I’ve never thought you were dirty!"
Amelia just looked at him coldly.
Frederick sighed, his tone tinged with frustration and a hint of helplessness. "I didn't mean to offend you. It's normal for people to have sexual needs."
Amelia was slightly taken aback. She found it hard to believe that Frederick could say that.
After all, in her memory, Frederick was a man with a strong sense of masculinity.
She remembered him saying that there were things men could do that women couldn't.
Frederick softly said, "I spoke out of turn. Get in my car, I'll drive you back."
It was the first time Frederick had shown such humility in front of Amelia.
Amelia was momentarily speechless.
In the end, she got into Frederick's car.
They remained silent on the way back to the Davis Manor.
Frederick parked the car in front of the Davis Manor.
As Amelia unbuckled her seatbelt and opened the door to get out, Frederick held her hand.
His eyes were deep, his gaze serious. He seemed to have difficulty in speaking.
Amelia looked at him, puzzled, and said, "Just say what you want to say."
Frederick looked at her calm gaze and took a deep breath, but in the end, he didn't say what he wanted to say. He just faintly said, "Take care and rest well."
Amelia nodded and got out of the car without inviting Frederick to the Davis Manor.
After she entered the Davis Manor, Frederick sighed, picked up his phone, hesitated for a long time, and sent a message to Amelia: [When you have sexual needs in the future, can I be the first man you think of?]
As soon as he sent the message, Frederick immediately deleted it.
Feeling disheartened, he threw his phone onto the passenger seat, embarrassed.
He shouldn't have stooped so low.
He gritted his teeth fiercely, almost wanting to chop off his hand.
How could he have sent such a humiliating message to a woman?
After calming himself down, Frederick picked up his phone again.
Amelia didn't reply to him.
Frederick looked at his phone for a long time, then threw it onto the passenger seat again.
He hoped that Amelia would see the message, but he also hoped that she wouldn't.
Frederick started the car and left the Davis Manor with a mix of regret, anticipation, and conflict.
The Davis Manor.
As Amelia entered, Anna was playing with toys in the living room.
Vincent was sitting cross-legged on the floor, helping Anna build blocks. When he saw Amelia enter, he didn't ask where she had been the night before.
Anna hadn't seen Amelia all night. When she saw Amelia, she quickly got up from the floor and ran toward her.
Anna hugged Amelia's thigh tightly and asked, "Mommy, did you go to Uncle Frederick's place last night? You went to play with Uncle Frederick but didn't take me with you."
Anna pouted, expressing her dissatisfaction.
Amelia felt a touch of embarrassment.
No wonder Vincent wasn't asking her where she had been.
Anna tilted her head, staring at Amelia. "Mommy, did you not take me with you because you were afraid I would disturb you?"
Last night, Frederick had been worried that Vincent would be anxious because Amelia had not returned to the Davis Manor, so he had called Vincent and told him she was at the Pearl Building.
After Anna heard that, she insisted that she wanted to go there.
Vincent comforted her for a long time, telling her that Amelia was there to see Frederick for a check-up before she calmed down.
Amelia could barely hide her embarrassment.
She smiled awkwardly and said, "Next time, I will take you to see Uncle Frederick."
Anna nodded obediently, indicating that Amelia must not forget next time.
Vincent saw that Amelia looked tired and was not in good spirits, so he walked over and picked Anna up. "Your mommy was working for a long time and she’s very tired. Anna, play with me and don't disturb her."
Anna obediently stayed in Vincent's arms.
Vincent saw that Amelia looked very tired, so he softly asked, "Have you had breakfast? I'll have Susan heat something for you. Eat some breakfast before you rest."
Amelia pursed her lips and said, "No need. I just drank a bottle of milk."
She had no appetite now, probably because she had drunk too much last night,.
On the way back, Frederick had bought her a bottle of milk, so she wasn’t hungry at all. She was just extremely tired. She felt as if she had been performing surgery all night.
She had done that for the first time in three years last night. Moreover, Frederick had been unrestrained, so she felt sore all over, and her legs were almost unable to support her body.
Amelia said, "I'm a bit sleepy. I'll go upstairs to rest."
Vincent nodded. "Okay."
Anna looked at Amelia, who looked very tired as she blinked her big round eyes. "Mommy, you work too hard. You didn't even sleep."
Anna's voice revealed concern and pity, causing Amelia to stumble slightly as she went upstairs, feeling a strong sense of shame.
Amelia returned to her bedroom, lay down on the bed, took out her phone, and saw an unread message from Frederick.
She opened the message, only to find that Frederick had already deleted it.
Amelia looked at the unread message on her phone for a long time, feeling an itch in her heart.
She was curious about the message that had been sent and deleted. The thought of it lingered in Amelia's mind.
She took a deep breath, put down her phone, and prepared to sleep.
But as she closed her eyes, all she could think was, "Frederick deleted a message."
She sighed and picked up her phone to open the chat with Frederick, sending a question mark.
After sending it, she immediately deleted the message and then contentedly put down her phone to sleep.
Frederick had just arrived downstairs at the Hastings Group.
He felt his phone vibrate, took it out, opened the chat with Amelia, and saw the words "Amelia has deleted a message."
He frowned. He held his phone and looked at it for a long time.
The elevator reached his office floor. His secretary stood at the door, looking respectful.
Frederick was standing in the elevator staring at his phone, so the secretary softly reminded him, "Mr. Hastings, the elevator has arrived."
Frederick heard, nodded slightly, and stepped out of the elevator, but his mind was clearly elsewhere.
The secretary couldn't help wonder who had sent Frederick a message.
Who had made the usually spirited Mr. Hastings so absent-minded?