Substitute Her to Love You (Charlotte and Patrick)

Chapter 299

Looking at Shelton, I was struggling in my heart. However, since he was here, I couldn't drive him away.

Seeing that I didn't make my position clear, Shelton said, "What? You think I will disturb Glenn and you from enjoying each other's company, right?"

"Of course not." I said quickly, "It's just that it will be pretty exhausting to keep him company."

"I don't find staying by your side exhausting at all." Shelton reached out his hand to me, "Let's go."

I hesitated for a moment before reaching out to him.

We three went downstairs together.

And we looked harmonious.

The ones who didn't know the ins and outs surely would think that we were a happy family of three.

It was already late winter. The sky was foggy today. And it snowed lightly. When we came out, there were only a few cars on the road. Looking out of the window, I could only see snowflakes falling on the car window.

With six angles which were in different shapes, the snowflakes looked quite beautiful.

It was slippery on the road. So we spent more than an hour on the way before getting to the Dinosaur Museum.

Because of the weather, there were extremely few people there.

We hired a commentator. With Glenn following the commentator and having fun, Shelton and I followed behind.

Although we were walking side by side, we had nothing to say to each other.

I didn't even know what to say to him.

For no reason, Shelton and I ended up like this directly.

But we were going to get married soon...

"You..."

It seemed that Shelton wanted to initiate a topic. As soon as he wanted to say something, Glenn waved to me from somewhere not far away, "Mom, Mom, take pictures for me!"

Glancing at Shelton, I said with a smile, "I'll help Glenn take photos first."

"Okay, I'll go with you."

Shelton curled up the corner of his mouth and smiled as gently as ever.

He followed behind me.

I took a lot of photos for Glenn.

The commentator on the side enthusiastically told Glenn about which age these Dinosaurs had lived, what kind of characteristics they had, and so on.

Initially, I wasn't interested in these things. However, the commentator talked livelily. As I listened to him, I couldn't help but be fascinated by it.

Staying by Glenn's side, I took pictures of him and accompanied him to listen to the commentator.

It was already a bit late when we left home. By the time we were done with visiting the vast Dinosaur Museum, it had been at dusk.

I took a look around and found that Shelton was on the phone not far away. Original content from NôvelDrama.Org.

With Glenn pestering the commentator with questions, I went to call Shelton, saying that we were going to leave.

When I got close to him, I noticed that he looked gloomy and cold. Looking at him, I couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

As he heard the one on the phone talking, he didn't say anything, looking at the distance while- heartedly. It seemed that he didn't notice that I was coming.

It wasn't until I got close to him that he noticed me.

He looked up and saw me, saying to the one over the phone, "Let's talk about this later. I'll hang up first."

After that, putting the cell phone into his pocket, he looked gentle, became the one I was used to, and asked me, "Did you finish your visit? Shouldn't we consider where we should go for a meal?"

I, who wasn't used to his change, said slowly, "Well, let's ask Glenn's opinion later. Invite Master to join us. The dinner will be on me."

After all, there were three of us on my side. And Shelton was alone.

Shelton said briefly, looking at me with some loneliness in his eyes, "No need."

It seemed that he wanted to say something further.

I asked him, "What's wrong?"

Looking a little sad, Shelton asked, "Why do I feel that you and I are much more alienated than before? Did I do something wrong to let you down?"

I was stunned, saying subconsciously, "No. How can it be?" "Don't lie to me." He reached out and pulled me into his arms.

Hesitating for a moment, I didn't resist.

In an instant, Shelton's somewhat sentimental voice came over my head, "I know that Shirley's incident gives you an impression that I am calculative. Even so, I hope you can understand that I did so to protect myself and that's all. If you want to know what happened to me and her or my past, I will tell you all."

"I... "

"I will tell you all without any reservation. And I only hope that you will never be alienated from me again."

When Shelton spoke, he held me quite tightly as if he wanted to make me part of his body.

I was in a state of confusion in my heart.

If Shelton did indeed tell me everything without reservation willingly, I probably would like to give him another chance.

However, before we had time to have a long talk that night, I received a phone call.

It was a call from Ned.

After I received Ned's call, the old man asked me in a hoarse voice, "Girl, did Patrick contact you?"

"Patrick? No."

I was stunned.

"Why did Ned call me and ask about Patrick?"

Judging from the sound over the phone, I knew that Ned was breathing heavily. After a moment of silence, he continued, "Really? Don't lie to me. I am not physically well. And I can't stand it anymore. If he is with you, tell him that nothing matters and the only thing that matters to me is that he should be fine."

Ned's words confused me.

"Grandpa Cowell, what's wrong? Indeed, Patrick isn't with me. I haven't contacted him for a long time."

"Could it be that Patrick had gone missing again?"

Hearing that I denied it, Ned said in a shaking voice, "Really? Isn't he with you? Don't lie to me."

"It's true... What's wrong with him?"

At this time, I was quite nervous. And I began to be worried about Patrick all of a sudden.

"What happened to Patrick?"

Ned sighed, "He... He has been missing for almost a week. We didn't notice it before. And it is not until these days that we found out."

"What?"

"Alas! If he contacts you, you have to tell me!"

Ned seemed to confirm that Patrick wasn't with me. He, who wasn't in the mood to talk to me further, hung up the phone directly.

I stared at the disconnected call.

Without any hesitation, I directly dialed Patrick's number.

Over the phone, I was reminded that the subscriber I dialed had been powered off.

It made sense. If Patrick hadn't turned off his phone, they wouldn't have tried to locate him through me.

"Knock. Knock, Knock." When I wanted to continue calling Patrick, someone knocked on the door.

I knew that it was Shelton.

Originally, I should have had a good talk with him tonight.

After all, we were about to get married. In terms of a lot of things, we couldn't deal with them like this.

But now that I knew that something had happened to Patrick, I wasn't in the slightest mood for it.

Looking at the door, I hesitated for a moment and went to open the door.

At the door, Shelton was wearing a white shirt and a pair of casual sports pants. His hair was a little wet, attaching on his scalp softly.

He looked defenseless.

If I hadn't known Patrick's matter, I probably would have been willing to open my heart and have a good chat with such a Shelton.

Shelton looked at me and seemed to realize that I was absent-minded, asking, "What happened?"

I looked up at him.

Thinking of his expression in the Dinosaur Museum this afternoon, I hesitated for a moment and said, "Do you know that Patrick is missing?"