Chapter 31


    After breakfast, Christina went back to her bedroom and held her cell phone to browse the gossips


    about the hickey of Cecilia.


    “Patrick must have had a crazy night with herst night.” As Christina browsed Twitter, sheined


    with aplicated expression on her face.


    Even she didn’t know why she cared so


    much…


    It was as if she was jealous.


    Jealous? Christina was shocked at the


    thought


    “How can I be jealous? Patrick had made it clear to me that it was just a


    deal…”


    Just as she was thinking, suddenly, her phone vibrated and she received a message to add friends on


    her WhatsApp


    “Who is this?”


    Christina frowned and looked at the


    screen of her cell phone. A user nicknamed “Brother Charlie” had just sent a request to add her to his


    friends.


    What Brother Charlie or Brother Sweet? He was such a narcissist.


    Christina was speechless and ignored


    the request.


    The other party might have thought that Christina would not pass his


    request and immediately sent a temporary conversation, “I’m Charles.”


    “Charles, your nickname sounds like a bitch’s.”


    Christina agreed to add him to her friends and she immediately teased


    him.


    Brother Charlie: “My nickname is better than yours. Tina? Christina, your nickname is dull


    Invincible Tina: “Charles, this is why


    you want to add me to your friends? Quarreling?”


    Christina felt that there was nothing


    wrong with his WhatsApp nickname. It


    was simple and easy to remember. What was more important was that it


    made one feel that she was daunting.


    Looking at the nickname of Charles on WhatsApp, she suddenly remembered that Charles had


    reminded her to stop being so self-sentimental as Patrick couldn’t possibly like her. She was just a


    substitute for Cecilia……


    The more Christina thought about it, the more depressed she became.


    Invincible Tina: “Charles, I’m busy. Don’t look for me if you have nothing to do. Never look for me if you


    have anything to do.” She replied quickly and wanted to log out of WhatsApp.


    Brother Charlie: “Wait, Christina, I’m looking for you for something serious!”


    Christina hesitated to see what this


    unreliable Mr. Shepherd would say.


    Brother Charlie: “Patrick has been rather busytely. He may not have time to apany you. Well,


    you know that Cecilia is his true wife, so……”


    Invincible Tina: “I told you, I know. Why are you so annoying? | don’t like Patrick. I know I don’t have


    the right to think about that. I won’t forcibly take this position.”


    Christina roared angrily as if she had


    been provoked. She sent him a voice


    message.


    Charles raised his eyebrows and could feel the fury of that woman through the phone screen.


    This woman lived with Patrick all day


    long, so how could she not have any mood swings… Jesus!


    Brother Charlie: “Hey, Christina, don’t be angry. I won’t talk about that. Actually. Patrick has been busy


    recently, so he doesn’t have time to


    apany you. He asked me to take some time to send you to visit your


    aunt.”


    Christina looked at the message


    Charles had just sent and thought for a while. Patrick was busy staying with his Miss Jones and


    probably wouldn’t


    apany her anymore. She was editing the message and was about to reply and agree to go out


    together.


    At this moment, the maid knocked on the door.


    “Ma’am, the Old Master wants you to go to the main hall of the mansa People from the Dickens Family


    are here.”


    Christina looked up at the door. Her movements stopped abruptly when she heard the people from the


    Dickens Family hade


    People from the Dickens Family…


    The phone vibrated again and Charles sent her a message. “By the way. Christina, did Patrick go back


    to the Hopkins Familyst night?”


    Christina ignored him, tidied up her


    clothes, and went downstairs with a


    serious expression.


    To Christina’s surprise, when she went


    to the Main Residence of the Hopkins Family, she saw that Patrick came ba


    Not only did Patricke back, but also those people behind him. Those people were from the


    Dickens Family:


    “What are you doing here?”


    Patrick walked past her. He naturally wrapped his right arm around her waist and led her into the


    Hopkins Family hall.


    Christina was a little stunned. She


    looked at Patrick beside her and


    turned to look at Donald behind her. How could they happen to be together…


    “It’s an honor for us that Patrick personally picks us up at the airport.”


    The beautiful woman standing next to Donald was her stepmother, Connie.


    Patrick went to the airport early in the morning to pick up the people from the Dickens Family?


    Didn’t he hang out with Ceciliast night? He must have been ordered by Mr. Hopkins as he came back


    so early.


    The hall of the Hopkins Family was spacious and luxurious with the eight meter luxury crystal


    chandelier sparkling above.


    Christina sat next to Patrick, and


    opposite her were Donald and Connie.


    Mr. Hopkins sat on the seat of honor. Everyone did greetings politely, while Christina’s expression was


    “Since the two of them have already got their certificates, we are inws. There’s no need to be too


    polite” Mr. Hopkins spoke with authority.


    “As for the wedding, we’ll wait until Christina gives birth to the baby.”


    Donald’s face did not show any joy. He said with a calm face, “Mr. Hopkins, I


    have always respected you Hopkins Family very much, but in this matter, I


    don’t think my daughter is worthy of Mr. Hopkins. I don’t agree.


    Christina


    listened


    to


    her


    father


    scolding her. She lowered her head and


    endured.


    Donald continued to speak slowly. “And I heard that she and Mr. Hopkins


    have no feelings for each other. It’s just an aocidental pregnancy. They do…. have to get married.”


    “You are worried that Christina will be wronged after marrying into Hopkins Family. You are afraid that 1


    and Hopkins Family will abuse her!” Mr. Hopkins seemed unhappy and asked in a cold voice.


    “Mr. Hopkins, we don’t mean that. Please don’t misunderstand.” Connie quickly smiled and ttered as


    she


    exined.


    Just as Connie’s words fell, two men Strode in the hall.


    “Dad, it’s so busy today. Who pays you


    a New Year call?”


    Laurie smiled demurely and walked in with bags of tonics, and Cory S walking in next to her.


    Donald looked up and happened to see Cory. Both of them had mixed expressions of surprise and


    Donald turned his head and looked at Mr. Hopkins withplicated expressions in his eyes.


    “My daughter has married someone before, and I’m afraid she doesn’t deserve Mr. Hopkins. And her


    ex husband happens to be the Young Master of Hopkins Family. That’s ridiculous. She will bring shame


    to Hopkins Family


    Donald was unusually insistent as if he was very resistant to being the in-! of the Hopkins Family


    Mr. Hopkins’s expression became sullen. He shouted coldly, “Who dares ridicule Hopkins Family -”


    The whole hall went quiet and the people present did not dare to speak Even Donald looked a little


    embarrassed. He knew he could not offend the old man.


    The atmosphere was suddenly solemn


    and strange.


    Laurie’s eyes were filled with ambiguous emotions. She found out


    that the Dickens Family would be here today, so she specifically asked her son toe to Hopkins


    Family with her


    because she also strongly disagreed with Patrick and Christina’s marriage


    “Serve the dishes” Patrick suddenly ordered the butler beside him.


    His words ended the serious silence.


    The rest of them didn’t dare to talk nonsense. Mr. Hopkins nced at Patrick as he pulled a long face.


    Mr. Hopkins took the lead in walking towards the restaurant with the help of his walking stick.


    The servants in Hopkins Family served the dishes in an orderly manner. It was


    obvious that Mr. Hopkins had already


    asked people to prepare a variety of dishes for the Dickens Family today. Originally, the Mr. Hopkins


    thought it was a happy thing to meet with the


    Dickens Family, but he did not expect that the Dickens Family woul. not agree to the marriage.


    Everyone sat straight and ate, the atmosphere was a little serious. asionally. Laurie smiled and said


    a few words about thepany, and Connie also smiled and talked about the trivial matters of the


    Dickens Family


    Cory, as a junior, did not dare to say anything. He ate in a well-mannered way, but his eyes always fell


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    Christina from time to time.


    Christina was not hungry, but she felt


    awkward as she was being stared at by


    Cory.


    She lowered her head. It looked like


    that she lost her head. She could not


    emain rxed when people from the Dickens Family were present.


    “Christina, are you feeling sick as you’re pregnant?” Connie pretended to care about Christina as


    always.


    Christina nced at her stepmother opposite her, her eyes filled with anger. Pretending! This woman


    was indeed an actress. She really knew how to act!


    “Not feeling well?”


    Patrick immediately thought of the morning sickness reaction and stared


    at her thoughtfully.


    “No. I didn’t.”


    Patrick’s cold face made her even more


    upset.


    Christina picked up arge shrimp on the table, peeled its shell in boredom, and naturally raised her


    head to send it to the lips of Patrick. “Do you want to


    eat it?”


    Patrick’s eyes widened as he looked at the shrimp in front of him…


    “Hey, you…”


    The next second, however, Christina’s ears turned red.


    Patrick lowered his head and ate


    Christina’s shrimp as if it was a matter of course, but..


    “Don’t keep my finger in your mouth Christina lowered her voice and


    There was warmthing around her fingers. So many people were looking at her, and she was so


    shy that she wanted to dig a hole and jump into it.


    “Mmm.” On the other hand, Patrick said calmly. It was as if he was ustomed to the small ambiguous


    interactions between the two of them.


    Why was this man so thick-skinned?


    Christina was so angry that her face turned red and she quickly withdrew her hand,


    When she looked up, she saw that Laurie. Donald and the others looked at her thoughtfully. She felt


    extremelyplicated and said softly to the Old


    Master, I’m full. Help yourself.”


    She quickly left the dining table and walked towards the back garden of the Hopkins Family


    When she left, she vaguely heard Mr. Hopkins’s aged voice, “Don’t worry so much about young


    people.”


    Christina dipped her hand in the white porcin stone pir basin and rubbed her fingers. Patrick’s


    behavior was really strange just now.


    She walked alone to the pavilion in the


    back garden of the Hopkins Family and looked around at the precious flowers. Her thoughts were a


    little messy.


    Did he and Ceciliast night… She suddenly cared about that much.


    Donald and Cory were in the IL. Christina didn’t want to see them at all. Instead, she sat on a stone


    chair in the pavilion and took out her phone to browse some entertainment news to see if she could find


    Patrick’s whereaboutsst night…


    “What are you looking at?”


    Suddenly, a familiar low voice came from above. Christina raised her head in shock and saw Patrick’s


    deep eyes.


    While Patrick clearly saw that she was searching for Cecilia’stest hickey scandal.


    He asked out of no reason, “Jealous?”


    Patrick’s voice was faint. It was as if he


    asked casually, but his right hand was slightly clenched.


    “No!”


    Christina did not know why, but she just immediately raised her voice to


    refute.


    “I, I was just thinking that you were with Miss Jonesst night, and then you came back early in the


    morning


    and had to go to the airport to pick up


    my father and the others. It’s really


    troublesome.”


    Patrick looked at her condescendingly. He gazed at her with sharp eyes.


    “I really don’t care.” Christina wanted


    to say.


    But could she really didn’t care about it


    all even if he intentionally left hickey on Cecilia’s body?