Substitute Her to Love You (Charlotte and Patrick)

Chapter 341

The engagement banquet was held in a restaurant of the Cowell Family.

After we arrived there, I saw that a lot of luxury cars parked at the entrance.

Shelton was an unexpected rising force to the people in the Cowell Family and City Y.

Moreover, the pharmaceutical industry was an indispensable industry. As human beings' life span was getting longer and longer, naturally, we relied more and more on medicine.

Admittedly, the ones mastering high- end pharmaceutical technology had mastered the way to make money.

From a long-term perspective, the pharmaceutical industry surely wouldn't be less promising than the industries like the Internet industry and the smartphone industry.

Nobody was stupid. So a lot of people should have attended Shelton's engagement party here.

Sure enough, after I followed Shelton in, I found that there were a lot of guests in the vast engagement hall.

As we walked inside, every guest said in our ears,

"congratulations! Congratulations!"

But I could notice that almost everyone stared at Glenn without exception.

Even though we walked past them, they kept looking in Glenn's direction.

I could even hear someone whispering among the attendees.

"Who is this child?"

"Could it be that this designer got divorced?"

"Could it be that Mr. Shelton was a stepfather?"

Although they spoke in a low voice, I heard what they said clearly.

I pulled Glenn's hand and clenched it a little tighter.

Shelton surely had heard their words as well. He suddenly paused, half-knelt, and hugged Glenn in his arms. In a low voice that could be only audible among us, he said, "Glenn, in the following a few hours, can you call me dad?"

Glenn surely had heard these words as well.

Children were inherently sensitive.

After hearing Shelton's words, he turned to look at me with a questioning look in his eyes.

On such an occasion today, if Glenn still called Shelton Mr. Ned, setting aside the fact that Shelton would be embarrassed, explaining it to others alone would take a long time. In that case, how about...

I nodded at him and said, "Call him dad."

Glenn, who had been with me since his childhood, trusted me the most. Hearing this, he hugged Shelton's neck with his arms and said in a childish voice, "Dad!"

Hearing his words, Shelton revealed a bright smile.

On usual days, he smiled gently.

However, as he smiled at Glenn today, he looked amiable and somewhat protective of him.

Looking at Shelton at this moment, I suddenly felt that it seemed that Shelton sincerely wanted to be Glenn's good father.

Glenn was like Shelton. As he called Shelton's dad, he seemed to be extremely excited in his heart.

He hugged Shelton's neck and rested his little head on Shelton's shoulder with a satisfied smile at the corner of his mouth.

It seemed to be the first time that Glenn had called Shelton dad.

As we were about to head inside, we heard another burst of commotion from behind us.

Turning my head, I saw that Ned stood at the door and that all the guests clustered around him.

A tall and straight man stood behind Ned. No matter how many guests were by Ned's side, the man's aura wasn't overshadowed in the slightest.

It was Patrick.

As soon as I saw him, I felt sharp pain in my heart.

Unexpectedly, my eyes were a little bit sore.

I wasn't the kind of person who liked crying. However, when I saw Patrick, I felt sad from the bottom of my heart.

When I looked at Patrick, he looked at me as well. And he kept staring at me unscrupulously as if he didn't intend to look away from me for even a second.

Being stared at by him, I suddenly became flustered in my heart. Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

Then, I quickly looked away from him.

Then I looked at him out of the corner of my eyes, only to find that he was still looking at me.

I dared not look at him again and could only lower my head.

I looked at the tips of my shoes.

After greeting the guests, Ned passed through the crowd and walked towards us.

Patrick was right behind him.

I lowered my eyes slightly. Wherever I looked, I could only see that Patrick was walking toward us step by step while lifting his long legs in black trousers.

"Father, you're here."

After Ned walked up to us, Shelton spoke first.

In the face of Ned, I could no longer lower my head. And I could only raise my head and look at him.

As Ned saw Glenn in Shelton's arms, his eyes lit up. Raising his hand, he asked, "This child..."

"He is the son of Janetta and me. I'm sorry I didn't tell you this." After that, Shelton said to Glenn, "Glenn! Call him grandpa."

Glenn shouted in a childish voice, "Grandpa!"

As he spoke, he hugged Shelton's neck with his little hands tightly.

Shelton probably had made special arrangements today. Instead of wearing a tie today, he wore a bow tie instead.

Judging from their outfits, Glenn and him looked like father and son.

Ned looked incredulous, "This..."

How could he believe that he had a grandson all of a sudden?

Shelton smiled and hugged Glenn's waist, saying to Ned, "I didn't tell you this before. Janetta and I had known each other five years ago. I was drunk back then. So..."

"Have you made up enough?"

Before Shelton could finish his words, Patrick, who had been silent, suddenly spoke!

His words suddenly messed up the original elaborate plan that Shelton had made today!

The guests around us were curious about Glenn's identity.

Now that hearing Patrick's words, everyone perked up their ears, waiting for Patrick to say something.

Once Patrick said something inappropriate, the entire Cowell Family would be humiliated, not to mention Shelton and Patrick!

"Patrick, didn't you say that you would leave after sending me here today?" Ned immediately intended to chase Patrick away.

Patrick stood there without saying a word.

I could see that he put his hands into his pockets and clenched them into fists tightly as if he was trying to hold himself back.

As I saw him like this, my heart suddenly thumped violently!

I had a bad feeling about this.

"He is..."

"You can go now!"

As soon as Patrick opened his mouth, Ned directly ordered him to leave!

Although Ned's voice was hoarse and feeble, at this moment, he stood there majestically.

Nobody dared to refuse him.

Patrick stood where he was as if he wanted to say something.

Based on my guessing, he knew that regarding what he was going to say next, once he said it, the Cowell Family would be greatly humiliated!

Patrick stood where he was without any expression on his face. And there was an indifferent and creepy look in his eyes.

I dared not say a word for fear that Patrick would reveal Glenn's identity once I said anything!

At that moment, it was peculiarly quiet in the entire hall.

The guests were all waiting to see what was going on. As for the people of the Cowell Family, they all hoped that Patrick would leave.

However, judging from Patrick's expression and the look in his eyes, I felt that he was determined today!

As we were at a stalemate...

Glenn in Shelton's arms suddenly spread his arms and shouted to Patrick, "Uncle, hug me."

Glenn's words were simple and brief.

As soon as Glenn spoke in a childish voice, the indifference and hostility in Patrick's eyes were all gone.

Instead, there was dense gentleness in his eyes.

Patrick didn't hesitate for a second. He pulled his hands out of his pockets and held Glenn in his arms.