My Billionaire Mom
Chapter 679

"Okay. If you need anything, feel free to let me know," Chuck smiled.

"Okay," Patricia lowered her head.

In fact, she needed something.

She needed to talk to a friend.

Usually, after Patricia finished her work, she would just go home alone to her room. She felt a little lonely.

In the past, Patricia didn't feel this way at all. Her family members were still with her, so she could talk to them if she encountered any problems. Now that they weren't here by her side, who else could she turn to?

The other day, on her way home, she even met a pervert who almost sexually assaulted her. After she got home, she had been so traumatized that she cried for the entire night.

However, because of the work due the next day, she had forced herself to forget all about it.

If someone had been there to comfort her, she would not have cried alone in the bed in such a lonely and helpless way.

Fortunately, Patricia was still strong and managed to overcome it herself.

In fact, she had wanted to call Chuck that night. However, he was only her boss. What right did she have to call him for emotional support?

Patricia felt disappointed at the thought of this. "Patricia, what's wrong?" Chuck asked in confusion. It seemed that she had wanted to say something. "Nothing. I'm good," Patricia lowered her head and took a sip of water.

"Just let me know if anything happens to you," Chuck said with a serious expression.

"Alright," Patricia nodded, feeling a bit of warmth in her heart. To be able to hear something like this right here, right now, made her feel touched.

She didn't expect to be moved by him.

"I'm serious!" Chuck sighed and held Patricia's hand, hoping that she would feel a little better.

There was no other meaning behind his actions. It was just comfort coming from a friend.

He hoped that she could cheer up soon.

Patricia blushed. She carefully withdrew her hand and said, "I got it. Thank you."

Chuck felt slightly relieved after hearing that. Someone as strong and smart as Patricia should be able to solve any problems that she would encounter. At this time, a voice suddenly gasped, "Patricia? It's really you! It's great to meet you here!"

It was Jasper, one of the locals who was currently pursuing her.

Ever since Jasper had met her, he had fallen for her beautiful looks.

Jasper had deliberately come to this restaurant for lunch in hopes of meeting her. Fortunately, his efforts paid off and he was finally able to meet her.

Chuck was astonished, but after thinking about it, this was pretty normal. After all, Patricia was a beauty.

She had actually wanted to reject Jasper, but Chuck's sincere concern towards her aroused a strange feeling in her heart.

She didn't really understand why, but she was filled with warmth when Chuck was holding her hand. She didn't hate it at all.

It felt like the first rays of sunlight on a cold winter day, warming her up during her weakest times. She didn't dislike it.

She didn't know what she was thinking, but she just had this urge to show off her charm in front of Chuck.

"Hi," Patricia looked at Jasper and said.

"Wow, you're finally talking to me. Nice to meet you too," Jasper was ecstatic.

He had noticed that Patricia was having lunch with another man and had initially assumed that it was her boyfriend. He was surprised to replace that he was mistaken.

Oh well, Patricia was so beautiful, so how could her boyfriend be such an ordinary man?

Patricia noticed that Chuck hadn't reacted at all. He even smiled at her, as if he was giving her his blessings.

When she saw that, she had mixed feelings. She felt slightly disappointed.

"Let me treat you to lunch," Jasper suggested.

"No, thanks," Patricia's attitude towards him suddenly became cold. She didn't really know what she was doing either.

"Why? Didn't you look happy just now?" Jasper was stunned.

"No," Patricia shook her head.

"Is it because of him?" Jasper suddenly glared at Chuck.

Chuck was speechless when he felt Jasper's murderous gaze on him. He hadn't even done anything!

It was none of his business!

"No, I was just greeting you," Patricia shook her head again.

"What? Oh... I understand. You were deliberately trying to elicit a reaction out of him, right? You wanted to know how he would react if you talked to me! Who do you think I am?" Jasper was instantly enraged. Upon hearing this, Patricia panicked. Her expression was stiff as she realized that it was indeed what she was trying to do.

Was she trying to test Chuck?

"What are you talking about?" Patricia hissed angrily.

Bang!

Jasper slapped her right on the face and insulted her, "B*tch!"

Patricia immediately felt a stinging pain on her cheek. Her face was burning red, and she was tearing up.

As she thought of what happened a few days ago, Patricia tried her best to hold in her tears. However, she felt wronged with everything that had happened, her tears overflowing and running down her cheeks. Chuck was startled. What was wrong with this guy?

He was fine just a few moments ago. All of a sudden, he had slapped Patricia in the face. Chuck was shocked. This was such a drastic turn of events!

As Chuck watched the tears streaming down Patricia's face, he felt sorry for her. He stood up and shouted at Jasper coldly, "What the hell are you doing? Stop right there!"

Seeing that Chuck had stood up for her, Patricia couldn't help but shed even more tears. She couldn't control herself at all.

"F*ck, what do you want? You shorty, are you going to fight me? Are you trying to be a hero here? I'll beat the sh*t out of you!" Jasper cursed in annoyance, about to slap Chuck in a fit of rage.

Chuck's expression was grim, and Patricia was frightened as well. She tried to pull him away to avoid a direct confrontation.

However, Chuck managed to grab hold of Jasper's wrist easily. He tightened his grip.

He was extremely strong!

"Ouch!" Jasper screamed in shock.

He didn't expect Chuck to be able to stop him.

Bang!

Chuck was expressionless as he slapped Jasper heavily in the face.

In an instant, Jasper's face became red and swollen.

Thud!

That was followed by a kick in the stomach, and Jasper immediately flew backward from the impact.

He then fell to the ground in a sorry state.

Jasper was both frightened and terrified. He couldn't even get up, but he still struggled and escaped quickly.

The other guests who were eating here stared at Chuck, bewildered.

"Wow, this guy is amazing! His strength is really commendable!"

"Yes, he's so cool!"

Other people in the restaurant gossiped amongst themselves in astonishment.

After all, Chuck had a smaller build than Jasper. It was a rare instance where someone like Chuck would be able to finish off someone as tall and buff as Jasper in an instant. "Patricia, are you alright?"

Chuck felt guilty. He had invited Patricia to have lunch with him, but in the end, she was slapped by some weird stranger. At the same time, he was stunned since he didn't expect Jasper to suddenly lash out. "I'm fine," Patricia had already wiped away her tears.

Chuck had stood up for her. She felt warm inside and wanted to cry. She must've looked really ugly right now.

After all, she had been slapped and was even crying.

"How can you be fine? You should just go home today and take two days off," Chuck suggested sincerely.

"No, I want to go to work. That's my job. I absolutely cannot let you down!" Patricia insisted.

Chuck couldn't do anything about it. Indeed, she was a strong and stubborn woman.

Just then, the food was served and Willa finally came back. Looking at Patricia, whose face was swollen and eyes were red, Willa was shocked. She asked in astonishment, "What happened?"

It had only been a few minutes since she left, so how did Patricia become like this? Was she beaten up by someone?

Chuck explained the whole incident guiltily. Willa immediately got angry as well and grumbled, "How could he do this?" "I've beaten him already," Chuck added.

"Come on, let's eat first," Chuck looked at Patricia who was still crying. He could only attempt to diffuse the situation.

Patricia and Willa both sat down.

The three of them finished their lunch in silence. Patricia's eyes were still red-rimmed after

eating. She was unhappy.

In fact, Patricia had wanted to be alone halfway through the meal. She wanted to return home and cry in her bed alone, but it was so rare for Chuck to visit her. She had to accompany him for a while longer. "Why don't we drop by your place for a while?" Chuck sighed.

Willa certainly had no objection to that. She was a smart woman. She knew that Patricia was having some tough times being in a foreign country, so she needed some comfort. "Okay," Patricia couldn't refuse him, so she agreed to it.

Chuck ordered takeaway, but when he went to pay for the bill, he found that someone had already paid for it.

"Lad, someone has already paid for you. You're amazing to have defeated that guy! You did a good job there standing up for that girl!" The owner of the restaurant stated proudly.

Chuck didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He could only smile and say graciously, "Thank you so much."

"It's fine, it's what we all should do. We're all humans, so we should unite against those who commit unscrupulous deeds! You did a good job. I hope you can keep up the good work!" The boss continued praising him.

"Alright, I will!"

Chuck answered and chatted a while with the boss of the restaurant. Then, he took the packed food and went to deliver it to Black Rose.

Meanwhile, Black Rose was eating a hamburger. She found that it didn't taste as good as always. Just as she was struggling to swallow the mouthful of food, she noticed Chuck heading in her direction with a bag of food. She immediately chucked the hamburger away and felt a slight sense of happiness. He didn't forget her!

However, Black Rose maintained a cold expression on her face and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Here you are, it's lunch," Chuck placed the food into her car.

"I already said that I don't want it," Black Rose shook her head.

However, she couldn't help but salivate at the smell of the food.

It was really tempting!

"I'll give it to you even if you don't want it. It's not spicy. Try some," With that, Chuck turned around and left.

He still had to comfort Patricia!

"I like spicy food," Black Rose replied subconsciously.

"Oh. Then make do this time, I'll bring you something spicy next time," Chuck answered as he continued walking off into the distance.

"Hmph. Are you trying to kill me from the spiciness?" Black Rose muttered and opened the packed food. After taking a few bites, she couldn't help but dig in happily.

"This is where I've been staying," Patricia sighed, feeling slightly down.

The house that Betty had prepared for Patricia was very large, but the downside was that she had to live alone. She didn't have anyone to talk to.

Chuck understood her concerns and asked, "Do you have any wine? Let's have some."

"Yes!" Usually, when Patricia couldn't fall asleep at night, she would have a glass of wine.

She left to get the wine.

Then, the three of them drank.

Willa mainly wanted to comfort and cheer up Patricia. After all, she was helping Chuck.

However, Patricia, who was in a bad mood, was the first to get drunk.

She fell asleep on the sofa. Chuck had a little too much to drink as well since he hadn't had any alcohol in a while.

After Patricia got drunk, Chuck was also tipsy.

"Chucky, don't drink anymore. You're already drunk."

Willa took care of Chuck patiently. She wasn't good with alcohol, but she was still fine. She was only slightly dizzy.

"I'm not," Chuck replied in a daze.

"Wait a minute, I will bring you home," Willa took Patricia into her room and covered her with a blanket. She whispered to her, "Patricia, you have to try your best to overcome it. Women have it hard. It takes

effort to make a change, do you understand? You can do it."

Willa knew how hard it was for her since she had gone through it too.

However, Patricia was so sleepy. There was no way she heard Willa's advice.

Willa only smiled gently. After taking care of Patricia, she was going to take Chuck home.

When she came to the living room, Chuck was already a drunken mess. Willa went over to help him up, only to hear him mutter under his breath, "Honey... honey..."

Chuck's mind was filled with Yvette's figure, since she was the one who held him to sleep every night.

Willa sighed, and there was a sense of loss in her beautiful eyes. Sure enough, there was only Yvette in Chuck's heart. He wasn't into Willa at all.

She felt hurt, but she didn't blame him at all.

She knew that she was the one who did not seize the opportunity back then.

"Yes, come on, let's go home," Willa gently supported Chuck and stood up.

"Where are we going? This is our home," Chuck held Willa in his arms and refused to let go.

Willa paused. She tucked her emotions away and said, "Chucky, this isn't our home. I'll bring you back."

"We are," Chuck replied in confusion, shaking his head.

Willa smiled gently and coaxed, "It's not. Be a good boy. I'll take you home." However, as Chuck struggled, Willa accidentally fell onto the ground, and so did Chuck...