Chapter 830
Chapter 830
She turned around and smiled at him. "Uncle Kaleb, do you have any instructions for me?"
Kaleb's filthy eyes were widened when he approached Amelia, "From what I've heard, is it true that my eldest niece had returned to The Ramsay Mansion the night before yesterday?"
Amelia was taken aback for a brief second. "Oh? Who did you hear that from?"
Was it Alice? No, that was impossible. She did not seem long-tongued.
"Who else could it be?" Kaleb acted to be affable. "Naturally, of course, it's from Brittany."
"Oh, that made sense," Amelia thought.
Brittany was completely empty-headed and could not pinpoint who genuinely cared about her. Amelia was sure Brittany treated Kaleb as a close relative the moment Kaleb presented her with some benefits. RêAd lat𝙚St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only
So, what was the purpose behind Brittany disclosing this matter to Kaleb? Was she wanting to use Kaleb to mock Amelia for being helpless and alone?
After a pause, Amelia answered, unperturbed, "Yes, and not just the night before yesterday, maybe tonight as well, and tomorrow night, even the day after tomorrow... I'll stay at The Ramsay Mansion."
Kaleb questioned, "That's to say you're in a row with Mr. Patrick?"
Amelia replied with a faint smile, "Uncle, you seem to care a lot about my personal life."
Without shame, Kaleb continued, "Of course! Your father is now in the hospital, and Daniel is in jail! You, Brittany, and Alice are all my family! It's my responsible for me to take care of my cousin's
daughters and wife for him. I believe that when he wakes up, he'll also be grateful for my actions."
Amelia glanced at him and asked airily, "Uncle, are you sure you're not trying to overtake me?"
"What... What are you talking about?" Stunned, Kaleb was startled as if Amelia had hit the nail on the head. He then glared at Amelia and burst into a fit of rage, "Why do you always misunderstand others' good intentions? If I were truly like what you said, that I had a questionable intent towards The Ramsay Family, why didn't I pull up the directors to fight for the position of the president when Daniel stepped down? If that was the case, why would I support a junior who doesn't know about anything?"
The lifted corners of Amelia's lips gradually deepened. Was Kaleb seriously fooling her around like she was an idiot?
Back then, Apex Construction Corporation was in a crisis between life and death. Kaleb and his gang had only used Amelia as a scapegoat for the media and the victims' families. In short, they pushed her for the position to take the hit for the hatred and anger directed at the company.
Except to Jonathan and a small number of directors, she was just a medium to bear both the pressure from inside and outside the company!
As for Kaleb and the rest, they just felt at ease and justified being their own boss behind the scenes, waiting for the storm to subside before they could get rid of her from the post of the company president.
Without Jonathan's help and the project she secured at the Eastern District, she would have long been both physically and mentally drained and gave up her seat without Kaleb even asking her to.
But what was the point of doing everything according to the assumed and expected trajectory of events?
Amelia was glad that she was able to catch everyone off guard!
Since Kaleb was an ambitious man, he must be upset even in his dreams at night when facing the series of changes that Amelia had brought to the company.
But she did not spare a thought into sympathising with them.
She had not only secured her seat as the temporary president at the table, but she also had plans to become the official president in the future!
And this turning point would go into effect on the day of the Eastern project completion!
After collecting her thoughts, Amelia consoled Kaleb in a soft voice, "Uncle, everyone in the company have all seen your kindness and loyalty for ourselves. Take it as I misspoke just now. I've been in a bad mood these two days so I might be a bit rough with my words. But I didn't mean to offend you. So please excuse me, uncle."
Kaleb was still going on, "Amelia, I understand that you're not in the best mood, but please refrain from saying things that will disrupt the peace again! If you really don't like me, I, Kaleb Ramsay, won't take this lying down too. I'll just resign!"
Amelia hurriedly buttered up to him and told him no. She could not have others saying she was sacking off dedicated employees just when the company's situation was getting better. If that happened, the stabilized situation would get broken up again.
Amelia tried so hard to please Kaleb that all there was left for her to do was to slap herself in her own face. "Uncle, I was wrong! I made a mistake! By the way, what were we talking about?"
Noticing her not-so-subtle effort in changing the topic, Kaleb could not help but cuss at her deep down for being so brash!
But in a twinkling of an eye, Amelia was batting her luscious eyelashes at him obediently, causing the perverted urges in Kaleb's chest to stir. Needless to say, Amelia was indeed more charming than Brittany!
If they were not related by blood, Kaleb would have already laid his hands on the two attractive Ramsay sisters.
Licking his lower lips, Kaleb was completely unaware of how chilling his gaze looked at this moment.
However, Amelia was still able to sense Kaleb's malicious motives basing on her intuition.
A chill ran down her spine as she could not believe that Kaleb would be so lecherous to set his eyes on her!
After all, he was her uncle!
Trying her best to suppress the nauseous feeling rising in her throat, Amelia asked, "Uncle, is there anything else you want to say?"
Kaleb, however, subconsciously drew closer to
Amelia's fragrant and soft body. Then, in a kind of lewd way, he asked, "Tell me. Did you quarrel with your husband because he did something he shouldn't?"
Amelia stared at him. "Are you meaning to tell me that you want to teach Patrick a lesson for me?"
Kaleb took a step back.
"Isn't that what's happening?" Amelia took a step closer to him and pressed on.
"Uh..." How would Kaleb have the guts to lecture Patrick?
After pondering for a while, he muttered, "I'm just concerned about you. But, of course, if my niece needs my help to mediate it, it's my duty to help!"
"Then I'll thank you in advance." Amelia smiled adoringly.
Under her expectant gaze, his taunt lingered at the edge of his lips, not knowing how to continue the conversation. He was scared that she would ask him to find Patrick the next second and seeked justice for her.
He admitted that the reason why he asked Amelia to stay was to add insult to injury. And this time, it was truly embarrassing that Patrick and Amelia were in such a heated argument that Amelia had to go back to stay at her family home.
But as a result, Amelia had dragged Kaleb into the ditch with just a few words. What a dangerous lure beauty was!
Kaleb sullenly broke out into a cold sweat, pretended to ask more about Amelia for a second, then found an excuse to leave the conference room.