Chapter 454 Carter And Oscar
It wasn’t until almost ten at night that Amelia finished the blueprint. She stood up and stretched her body while sweeping her sight across the office. She and Rory were the only two people left there.
“Have you finished the design, Amelia?” Rory smiled.
“I have.”
Rory approached her and stared at the blueprint displayed on the computer screen. Jealousy and shock flashed across her eyes. When she raised her head back up again, those two emotions had been replaced with a joyous smile. “You’re so awesome, Amelia. I can’t believe you managed to design so many blueprints in such a short amount of time. You really are a top student from a prestigious school. I’m so bad compared to you.”
After pulling out the USB drive with a copy of the blueprints in it and turning off the computer, Amelia advised, “You should head home now. It’s dangerous for a girl like you to continue to stay back.”
“Is Oscar going to pick you up?” Rory asked excitedly. Realizing her tone was all wrong, she quickly corrected herself, “I was just thinking how nice it is to have someone who really loves you pick you up at this hour.”
Something strange flashed past Amelia’s eyes, but she remained silent.
When the both of them headed to the ground floor, Oscar was nowhere to be seen. To Amelia’s surprise, she saw Carter’s car parked at the side of the road.
At the sight of Amelia, Carter straightened his back and walked toward her. Rory was dazzled by the handsome man making his way in their direction. She subconsciously glanced at Amelia and asked, “Do you know who he is, Amelia?”
Amelia didn’t answer the question.
It didn’t take long before Carter arrived in front of her and stared intensely at her.
“Amelia,” he said softly.
She glanced at Rory and said, “This is a friend of mine. He needs me for something. You should head back first. There’s no problem for you, right?”
Rory still had a lot of questions, but their friendship, or at least the appearance of it, still wasn’t at the point where she could insist on staying. Therefore, she nodded in agreement. However, she was getting incredibly jealous that handsome rich men kept appearing around Amelia. Even though they were both women, their ability to attract the opposite sex couldn’t be any more different.
“No worries, Amelia. I’ll be heading off, then.” Rory waved her hand and left.
Once Rory was out of sight, Amelia asked, “Why are you here, Carter?”
“I heard that you’re working here, so I decided to take a ride here and give it a look myself. I didn’t expect you to leave this late. Are you tired?” Carter asked tenderly.
“Not really. There were just a few blueprints I wanted to take care of as soon as possible, which is why I got off work late.” Amelia subconsciously avoided his gaze. “How’s Ms. Larson?”
“She’ll be out of the hospital tomorrow.”
“That’s good. I’m glad to hear that she’s fine.” Amelia let out a sigh of relief. “It’s getting late. I think you should visit her.”
Carter’s eyes never moved away from her as he asked in a deep voice, “Are you afraid of me, Amelia?”
Amelia shook her head.
Then she thought for a second and glanced at him. “I have someone I like and a son now, Carter. I think it’s best that we keep our distance from each other. Both of us are still undeniably friends, but I don’t want Oscar to misunderstand anything.”
Pain flashed across Carter’s eyes.
He placed his hands on her arms and lowered his head to force her to look at him. “It’s been two years, Amelia. I missed you dearly. Don’t you miss me at all after so long?”
“Stop it, Carter.” Amelia spoke with resignation as she tried to shake his hands off of her. Unfortunately, he was holding her so tightly that she was starting to feel pain.
A deranged look surfaced in his eyes as he hugged her. “I really missed you, Amelia. You were gone for two years, and I’ve missed you for two years. Please give me another chance. I lost you once. I don’t want to lose you again. Please, don’t be so cruel to me. It’s been many years since then, yet I can’t forget you.”
Amelia was desperate to break free from his hug, as she was afraid that Oscar would witness them and misunderstand the situation.
“Let go of me right now, Carter, or I’m going to be really angry!” Amelia exclaimed.
Carter ignored her warning and refused to let her go. “I really missed you a lot, Amelia. Nothing happened between me and Jennifer. Please, I beg you, give me another chance.”
“Are you drunk?” Amelia would rather believe it was because of alcohol that he was being so unreasonable.
“I’m not drunk. I’ve never been this lucid in my entire life. Everyone is forcing me to be with Jennifer, but I don’t love her. You’re the only one I ever think about, which is unfair to her.”
Amelia could feel the emotions passing through his body.
Suddenly, her struggle to leave his hug ceased as she said calmly, “Let me go first, Carter, and we’ll talk. What you’re doing right now is just going to make me leave as far away from you as I can.”
Carter grew silent before slowly letting her go.
She promptly moved two steps back to help her maintain her distance away from him. Then she saw a familiar figure in her periphery. She reluctantly turned in the direction of that figure and saw none other than Oscar standing in a distance.
Her throat became as dry as a desert. She didn’t want him to show up at all, yet the heavens ignored her prayers.
Her lips twitched. She didn’t know how to explain herself.
“Oscar, I—” she said in a quavering voice, her face pale when Oscar arrived in front of her.
Oscar draped an arm over her shoulders and looked at Carter in a very gentlemanly manner. “If you’ve finished chatting with my wife, Mr. Scott, I would like to take her back home.”
Carter glanced at him with a complicated look. He thought Oscar was going to go off the rails, but the man was able to keep his cool better than him.
He smiled and said, “I recall that you still haven’t reinstated your marriage with Amelia, Mr. Clinton. This means she’s still single, and I still have a chance.”
Oscar raised his eyebrow and smirked. “Thank you for your reminder, Mr. Scott. I’ll remember to take her to the City Hall tomorrow. It’s my bad for letting you get your hopes up. Amelia is my wife, and I’ve prepared to spend the rest of my life with her, and maybe even in the next life too. If you want to get together with her, you’ll have to wait for quite a long time.”
Carter’s face darkened.
Oscar pulled Amelia into his embrace and hugged her tightly. “If there’s nothing else, I’ll be leaving with Amelia now. She still hasn’t eaten anything yet, so I’ll be taking her to supper. Goodbye.”
Carter watched as the two of them left. His fist tightened and his lips pursed.
Oscar opened the car door for her, helped her get into the vehicle, and tenderly fastened her seatbelt. His movement didn’t imply he was angry at all, but he had yet to make eye contact with her.
Amelia was feeling rather anxious as she stared at him. “Oscar, I—”
She couldn’t bear the silence in the car any longer and tried to speak up, but he cut her off, “I’m very angry right now, Amelia.”
She lowered her head as her face became pale again. “I’m sorry.”
Oscar gave her a glance, sighed, and patted her head. “I’m not angry with you. I’m just jealous of those men who refuse to let you go even though they know you’re already taken. If it’s possible, I’d like to put you on my belt so that no man will dare to look at you.”
Amelia raised her head and stared at him.
A smile appeared on his face. “I will never be mad at you. I’m simply jealous that someone else hugged you.”
Amelia’s heart was warmed by that statement. “Thank you for trusting me, Oscar.”
“Do I get a reward for that?”
She rolled her eyes at him before closing them with a smile. “I’ll let you do whatever you want once we return home.”
Excitement flashed in his eyes as he stepped on the gas pedal.
