Spoil My Errant Wife

Chapter 31: Jealous 

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

"Patrick must have had a crazy night with her last night..."

As Christina browsed Twitter, she complained with a complicated 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.

Auser nicknamed "Brother Charlie" had just sent a request to add her to his friends.

‘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 pervert's."

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

Brother Charlie: "My nickname is better than yours.Invincible Tina? Lol, your nickname is an old head, girl.’ 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 flattering herself 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." Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

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 busy lately.He may not have time to accompany you.Well, you know that Cecilia is his true wife, so..."

Invincible Tina: "I told you, I know, Why are you so annoying? I 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 lives with Patrick all day long.How could she not have any feelings towards him...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 accompany 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 accompany 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 mansion.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 had come.

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 Family last 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 back.

Not only did Patrick come 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 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 Cecilia last 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 complicated and she was silent.

"Since the two of them have already got their certificates, we are in-laws.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 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 accidental pregnancy.They don't have to get married..."

"You are worried that Christina will be wronged after marrying into Hopkins Family? You are afraid that we 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 flattered as she explained.

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 was walking in next to her.

Donald looked up and happened to see Cory.

Both of them had mixed expressions of surprise and complexity.

Cory had gone to the Dickens Family as Carrie's boyfriend, and now...Donald turned his head and looked at Mr.Hopkins with complicated 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 Patrick's cousin.That's ridiculous.She will bring shame to the Hopkins Family.’ Donald was unusually insistent as if he was very resistant to being the in-law 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 to come here 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 glanced at Patrick as he pulled a straight 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, Mr.Hopkins thought it was a happy thing to meet with the Dickens Family, but he did not expect that the Dickens Family would not agree to the marriage.

Everyone sat straight and ate, the atmosphere was a little serious.

Occasionally, Laurie smiled and said a few words about the company, 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 on 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 remain relaxed 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 glanced at her stepmother opposite her, her eyes filled with anger.

‘‘This woman is indeed an actor.She really knew how to act!”

"Not feeling well?"

Patrick immediately thought of the morning sickness reaction and stared at her thoughtfully.

"No"

Patrick's cold face made her even more upset.

Christina picked up a large 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 complained coquettishly.

There was warmth coming 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.

On the other hand, Patrick nodded calmly.

It was as if he was accustomed to the small ambiguous interactions between the two of them.

‘Why is this man so shameless?’ 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 extremely complicated and said softly to the Old Master, "I'm full.I'll go first."

She quickly left the dining table and walked towards the back garden.

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 porcelain stone pillar 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 Cecilia last night...

She suddenly cared about that much.

Donald and Cory were in the hall.

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 whereabouts last 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's latest mark scandal.

He asked out of no reason, "Jealous?"

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 Jones last 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...

"l really don't care."

Christina wanted to say.

But could she really didn't care about it at all even if he intentionally left a mark on Cecilia's body?