Come To Me (Amelia and Patrick) novel Chapter 1518

All of a sudden, Amelia had to recede the good impression she had for the boss. It was his nondisclosure that led to the tragedy befalling Jessica. Even so, the boss still refused to come clean!

Amelia questioned while fuming, "Jessica, did you resist when he assaulted you?"

Jessica contended sheepishly, "I was only a teenage girl. I couldn't possibly fight him off."

Amelia thought for a moment before she muttered, "Fine. You should've screamed for help. Certainly someone out there was going to check out what was going on."

"To be frank with you, I lost my mind at that moment thinking that it wasn't so bad to lose my first time to a guy as perfect as him. After all, we're born in an era where a one-night stand is quite the norm..."

"Are you out of your mind? You were eighteen! How could you acquiesce to this?"

Amelia fell back to a momentary silence as soon as she finished. She could not help but recall the one-night stand she had with Patrick when they barely knew each other. It was only then she realized that she was a hypocrite forjudging Jessica.

"I know! This sounds ridiculous! But can you imagine the feeling when your prince charming is standing in front of you?"

Amelia barked, "So, that was the reason you opened your legs to him?"

The bitter smile plastered on Jessica's face at this moment was unbearable to look. A hint of sarcasm lingered in her tone when she muttered, "It's true that I acquiesced in his action. But at that moment, I honestly thought that he was interested in me! It was only when he began to subject me that I realized that I must have misconceived the whole thing."

Amelia was still mad as she grumbled, "If I were you, I would've lodged a police report against him when he came back and bit me back!"

"Lodge a police report?" Jessica averted her gaze and muttered, "He threatened to wreck me if I were to leak this information. Alongside, the boss also advised me not to bring up any action against that guy. He reminded me that it would serve me no good to stand up against someone like him, who probably came from a well-off background."

"Amelia, the truth is that I'm powerless in front of people like you, who are born into wealthy families. He probably had tons of ways to shut me up before I could even spread a word. I was young, and I had a bright future ahead of me. I couldn't get affected by that incident alone!"

Amelia struggled to hold back her repentance. At last, she reached out to hold Jessica's hand and said, "Jessica, I had no idea what you were going through in the past. I wouldn't have let you to face it all alone had I known anything about it."

Amelia could not help feeling remorseful. She knew that her comfort could not make any difference at this point, and perhaps Jessica was right after all. None of them could turn back time and make things right.

Jessica replied, "It wasn't your fault. After all, it was me who chose to keep everything to myself. We barely knew each other back then, not to mention that we came from two different backgrounds. I dared not to open myself up to you. Most importantly, it was because I was afraid that you were going to look down at me. Or worse, you were going to think that I was playing a victim just so that I could use your help. I didn't want to risk losing you as a friend."

Amelia had yet to digest what Jessica had been put through. She continued, "What happened after that? Did you move past it and carry on as if nothing happened?"

Amelia's instinct strongly suggested to her that things were not as simple as she thought.

With no surprise, Jessica shook her head. "A couple of days later, that guy showed up at the club again. I was taken aback by his presence. It just didn't make sense that he would revisit a place that would remind him of the incident that he was not proud of. I did not have time to react to his presence, let alone to hide. I had no other choice but to hide behind my boss and beg for his forgiveness."

Amelia could hear her inner voice screaming, "Beg for his forgiveness? How about Jessica? Who's going to apologize and beg for her forgiveness for what she was put through?"

Amelia could feel her adrenaline rushing as waves of rage overtook her. Despite so, she had to accept the cruel fact that the reality was not always kind enough to show mercy to the unfortunate. She hushed, "What did he say?"

Jessica replied faintly, "He stared at me expressionlessly for a moment before he appointed me to massage him. He described it as a chance for me to make good of the mistake that I committed the last time we met, and that he would forgive me if he was satisfied with my performance."

Jessica sighed, "On the contrary, he visited the club daily during the Christmas period and appointed me to be his masseur whenever he came. I could not help but think that he was doing this on purpose. I guess he was desperate to figure out why he would lose control during his first visit."

Amelia gritted her teeth in an attempt to prevent an outburst of her anger. She blurted out audaciously, "Is this guy masochistic?"

Jessica mocked humorously, "But I feel like I was the one who was the masochistic one. I clearly knew that he hated me, but I couldn't help but look forward to resolving our misunderstanding when I was called to massage him."

Amelia asked with a frown, "Don't tell me that you... have a crush on him?"

A faint smile tugged at the corner of Jessica's lips when she said, "We're told that men tend to be obsessed with virginity. The truth is, I kind of disagree with the thought that such obsession only happens to men. Speaking of my case, I think I was obsessed with the man to whom I lost my virginity. I gave myself to him unreservedly. Deep down, I wished I could be together with the man who had my first time."

"I hadn't lost my mind. I knew that I was probably fantasizing about something impossible. Anyone could tell that the guy was too perfect to be true at his age. I hadn't forgotten what the boss had warned me earlier too. So, I wasn't hoping for a romance with him. All I wanted was to befriend him."

"Another victim who had her pride jeopardized by

love..."

Amelia seemingly saw the reflection of her past self as she looked at Jessica.

She understood Jessica's feelings because they were in the same spot once. That was why she could not help feeling sorry after she learned that Jessica too had to go through everything. "What happened next?"