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Amelia looked at Jodie Butler with her gray hair, which gave off an aura of a domineering matriarch of the house.




 Thus, she didn’t dare to misbehave in front of the old madam. Soon, she walked up to Harriet and politely greeted her. 




“Greetings, Old Madam Butler. My name is Amelia. I’m your grandson’s girlfriend.”




Jodie frowned and asked in surprise, “You’re Drake's girlfriend?”




“Well, Drake and I haven’t dated long enough for me to drop by and say hi, so I’m sorry about that, Old Madam Butler.” 




Amelia acted like she was beating herself up.

Jodie Butler had always known that Drake didn’t like her arrangements, which made her wonder whether Amelia was behind the reason why her grandson didn’t want to marry Nicole. 




“Amelia, can you tell me how you came to know Drake?”




 The old madam sized Amelia up, noticing her ordinary appearance as she was also able to tell that Amelia wasn’t from a wealthy family.




However, the biggest question that bothered her was whether Drake was dating Amelia.




When Amelia kept her head down and pursed her lips in silence, a curious Jodie then asked, “What’s wrong? Why are you being so quiet?”




Amelia bit her lips and looked at the old madam. “It’s embarrassing.”




“Why? What could be embarrassing? Just tell me the story.” Jodie's curiosity grew even stronger.




Amelia then pretended to muster her courage and shared about the incident that happened five years ago with Jodie.




 Since she was able to guess how Nicole and Drake's intimacy had happened, she managed to tell the story, as if she was the one who experienced it herself.




 Upon hearing Amelia's story, Jodie was left with her eyes wide open as she couldn’t believe her grandson was responsible for taking away a lady’s virginity




"The watch was the clue that helped Drake look for me before he told me he'll make it up to me for the rest of his life.".




Jodie's eyes were filled with sympathy after she heard Amelia's story. 




After all,she reckoned Amelia deserved her sympathy for having sacrificed her virginity in exchange for her grandson's life. "Amelia, I'd like to apologize to you

on Drake's behalf. Besides, I'll see that he makes it up

to you.".




The old madam placed herself in Amelia's shoes and was able to empathize with the young lady as a woman herself. 




Well, Amelia was probably 19 when that happened to her. That was when a lady was in her golden years, yet something like this befell her. I bet she must have suffered from it a lot.




"Have you had breakfast, girl?" she asked in a concerned manner.




"No, I haven't... Amelia shook her head.




"Somebody! Please prepare breakfast."




Jodie ordered her maids while Amelia kept her head down with a complacent look that flashed across her face.




 Deep down, she believed the positive change in Jodie's attitude was a sign that her place was getting more important in the Butler Family.




******




Meanwhile, Nicole was going through some files in her office at Bourgeois when her phone rang. She then picked it up and asked, "Hello, who is speaking?"




“I’m waiting for you at the door. Get down here now,” Drake spoke with a voice so deep and charismatic that no other man could speak like him.




She held her breath for a split second when memories of the man forcefully kissing her vividly haunted her and flooded her mind.




 At the thought of that, she felt reluctant to see Drake. Thus, sheturned the man’s invitation down. “I’m busy today, so I’m not going to your grandmother’s house.”




“Are you going to come down, or do I have to go up there to get you myself? Take your pick,” the man replied unhappily.




Nicole bit her lips, realizing it wasn’t right for her to renege on her words. Therefore, she packed her stuff and grabbed her purse before leaving the office. When she arrived downstairs, she was greeted by the sight of a black sedan. 




Then, she opened the car door and sat inside as the man wearing a black suit gave off an intimidating aura.




Not long after Nicole entered the car,she looked the other way and set her eyes outside the window while feeling a rush of adrenaline all over her body as soon as she recalled Drake's unexpected reaction the night before.




On the other hand, Drake fixed his gaze on the lady’s flank while starting the car engine and driving away from the company. 




For the next few moments, the car’s interior was shrouded in silence until he suddenly accelerated on the highway. 




Frightened by that, she anxiously held onto her seatbelt and screamed in horror,




"Drake, the speed limit here is 50 miles per hour!".