Chapter 462


    Charles deliberately told Senior Mr. Hopkins that those richdies were inclined to choose Christiana


    as the charity chairman.


    "This is a good thing to learn, it''s good for you to learn how to organize charity with them..." Senior Mr.


    Hopkins concluded, which made Christina have to make contact with those rich women.


    "Charles knew I didn''t like to deal with those women, but now grandpa asked me to do charity. I don''t


    know what to do now and I don''t want to go."


    Christina was a little angry andined to Patrick at night.


    "Didn''t you say it was too boring staying at home? You could just make friends outside and learn


    something as if you were hanging out?" Patrick seemed to agree with this matter.


    Christina could not refute, and she did not dare to disobey grandpa.


    But she was not good at organizing the charity. The next day, some socialites invited her out for coffee


    and chatted about the progress of the charity project. Christina acted like a stone statue all day,


    wasting her time listening to their chatter.


    She didn''t get down to business. Instead, she heard a lot of secrets about rich families, for example, a


    man and his sister-inw secretly hooked up and someone married a rich businessman by pretending


    to be pregnant.


    "Mrs. Halper made an appointment with us tomorrow. Mr. Halper is in the shipping business. Let''s talk


    to them about charity. Mr. He will donate a lot of money when he sees Christina working so hard to


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    raise money for charity."


    To put it bluntly, they wanted to use the fame of the Hopkins family to make these rich people donate


    money more generously.


    Christina was annoyed. No wonder as soon as they met her, they put forth an effort to choose her as


    the chairman. She was a simpleton who had been used.


    "Patrick, I don''t like these charities. They''re so hypocritical."


    She had been on the run all day before returning home. She was so busy today that she didn''t even


    have time to call Derek. She rushed to the study toin to Patrick without having dinner.


    "It''s enough to get what we want." Patrick only replied to her like this.


    It was obvious that he had long known the essence of the so-called charity.


    Christina doubted, "Patrick, are you deliberately fooling me?" He knew that she was ipatible with


    those women, but asked her to deal with them.


    Patrick put down the pen in his hand, looked up at her, and suddenly fell silent.


    "What are you looking at?"


    Christina felt a little awkward for him to keep silent and gaze at her quietly.


    Patrick pondered over for a while, and then said slowly, "I was thinking whether you would like the job


    of just being my wife?"


    Being his wife was a job?


    Christina gave a puzzled nce at him. What kind of question was this?


    Patrick gazed at the woman before him and reached out to pull her to sit on hisp.


    Although he looked cold, his eyes were soft. He said slowly in a low voice, "If you are just my wife, you


    won''t have to run out. I was wondering if you would feel bored in that case."


    In fact, Patrick did not want her to go out for those so-called charities, nor did he want her to deal with


    those socialites, which made her unhappy.


    Christina didn''t overthink and asked, "Do you want me to work in the IP&G Group like Barbara?"


    He told her calmly, "For me, a colleague is always a colleague. Don''t you know I separate my family,


    my sister, from my wife very well?"


    Christina gazed at him in a daze.


    To be honest, she didn''t really know the man in front of her, though he was her husband.


    In the corner of her eye, she nced at arge stack of documents on his desk. These were the


    secrets of many projects within thepany, and there were many emails on hisptop that needed to


    be replied to.


    "Patrick, aren''t you tired from work?" It was the first time she had cared about his work.


    It seemed that nothing in his daily work and life could make him feel hard.


    Patrick pinched her nose andined to her on purposed, "If I''m tired, I''ll go home. Then I''ll see


    that you look angry and are ready to lose your temper with me."


    Hearing what he said, Christina felt a littleplicated and moved, but she said stubbornly, "How could


    I lose my temper with you?"


    She put her arms around him and pressed her head on his shoulder. Suddenly, Christina felt that she


    had too many thoughts and was very ungrateful. Maybe this was the life she needed to endure after


    marrying him.


    Christina sighed, "It''s so boring to be your wife."


    When Patrick heard her words, he put his arm around her waist andughed.


    Christina had been very busy with charity recently.


    There were too many projects that needed to be funded, such as projects to fund the poor children, the


    orphans, and the left-behind elderly in the viges. Every day, there were a lot of proposals ced in


    front of her, the so-called chairman.


    Recently, Patrick also went out on a business trip, so both of them were very busy.


    Christina had no time to think about the meaning of life as before, and Senior Mr. Hopkins praised her


    for the charity activities.


    In fact, Christina still didn''t like this kind of work, but she had to keep telling herself that there was


    nothing unsatisfactory. She was already living a very happy lifepared to others.


    Besides, she disliked attending the so-called meetings.


    The meetings were gatherings of a group of richdies who had no ce to spend money. They would


    go to the beauty salon for a spa or stay together to enjoy tea, try new desserts, gossip, and then think


    about which rich person could donate money.


    "I don''t understand. Is there something wrong with her head? She married such a good man, but she''s


    still not satisfied."


    Today was the day of the meeting again. Christina listened expressionlessly to their heated discussion


    about the rumors in their social circle.


    "Although Mr. Lannan is busy, he goes out to work without having a love affair stealthily. His wife


    carried on a ndestine love affair with the male servant who was cutting thewn at home. I heard


    that Mr. Lannan came back early from his business trip, and caught Mrs. Liu having an affair with that


    servant. It''s humiliating."


    "I heard about this too. Mrs. Lannan was a model before getting married, and she is gorgeous. Her


    husband was very generous to her, and he bought her a luxury car worth more than 800 million dors


    as a birthday present. However, she had sex with that servant in the car. My goodness, she''s finished."


    "I think there must be some inside stories. Mrs. Lannan must have some unspeakable secrets.


    Otherwise, why did she do this? She isn''t a simpleton."


    Christian heard them gossiping that a richdy had cheated on her husband.


    She didn''t say anything and just listened quietly, trying to blend into this upper-ss circle.


    These women eximed in unison, "It''s not easy for us even if we look gorgeous."


    Suddenly, one of the richdies turned to Christina with envious eyes, "Christina, you must live a happy


    life."


    Christina didn''t know why they began to talk about her. Did she look happy after she was forced to


    attend such a boring meeting?


    Anotherdy immediately interjected, "I''ve always wanted to go to the Hopkins Residence in person. Is


    your residence massive? I heard that there seem to be many vis with small golf courses inside. Are


    there hundreds of servants in your house?"


    Thedy looked very curious, and Christina smiled awkwardly, "I don''t know how many people there


    are." She didn''t need to remember these things.


    Suddenly, their enthusiasm surged.


    "Christina, can I ask what are Patrick''s preferences?"


    "What does he usually like to eat, what kind of movies he likes, or does he have any special


    preferences on collections?"


    Mrs. Capener was very excited. In order to be polite, she immediately added, "I don''t mean anything


    else. Really, I''m just curious."


    As she spoke, her cheeks blushed slightly from excitement and she recalled some teenage memory.


    "Because my father and some elders around me often mention him. I saw Patrick a few times when I


    was young. He didn''t like to be disturbed, so I didn''t dare to chat with him."


    Since Mrs. Capener began the topic, anotherdy continued.


    "When I was a child, I followed my father to parties and saw Senior Mr. Hopkins attend with Patrick


    from afar. Although he was a child, he had a specific temperament in the suit and was always very


    easy to be the center of attention. Besides, Patrick seemed to y the piano very well. My useless


    brother had always wanted to be friends with Patrick, but he didn''t dare talk to Patrick. And I could only


    hide behind my brother."


    As she spoke, she was filled with memories and regrets.


    Christina was a little surprised.


    She knew that there must be a lot of women secretly admiring Patrick, but she didn''t expect there were


    this many, and they had a crush on Patrick since he was young.


    Patrick was very popr.


    "He doesn''t have any hobbies and doesn''t collect anything. Besides, he is not fussy about food. I don''t


    know anything else." Christina replied generously.


    But they felt a little disappointed.


    Perhaps Christina''s answers were brief, thesedies didn''t make further detailed inquiries because


    they were worried that she felt ufortable about their questions.


    Mrs. Mellish, sitting in the corner in a long purple dress, was drinking a cocktail in a bad mood. Maybe


    stimted by the alcohol, she suddenly shouted at Christina.


    "There are some things in this world that we can''t envy. Christina, you are lucky to meet Patrick. There


    is no regret even if you break up one day."


    "What about me? I fucking married an ugly and fat geezer in his 50''s. He has to take medicine to have


    sex with me at night. Besides, he has a few mistresses outside. Anyway, I don''t take him seriously, and


    we have been separate lives now. If he touch me at night, I would feel disgusted. If it weren''t for the


    money, I would have run away!"


    Drunkenness revealed what soberness concealed. Many of them married for money and luxury lives.


    They admitted that they were vain, but they were willing to give up love for living a better life.


    Christina listened to themining as if no matter how beautiful the world looked, there would


    always be something distressed.


    In Patrick''s words, she could learn some social skills by participating in these charity activities.


    Christina did learn some kind of worldly wisdom now.


    On Saturday, Crystal asked her out to go shopping.


    In a cafe, Crystal heard what Christina said about the chat among those richdies and couldn''t help


    punching the table with augh.


    "Haha, I can''t stand it. It''s so funny."


    "If Patrick knew that you have learned such things from those women, he must have a funny


    expression."


    Seeing Crystalughing with delight, Christina was depressed, "He asked me to participate in those


    meetings."