At night, it was raining cats and dogs.
A tall figure in the rain was approaching step by step.
She sat in the car, pursed her lips, and stared at the figure from the window.
She was so nervous that she shrank back subconsciously...
Bang.
Christina was startled when the door was violently opened.
She opened her eyes a bit wide and stared in shock at Patrick, who suddenly appeared.
He was in an expensive dark purple shirt.
His black trousers and shirt were drenched by the heavy rain, clinging to his skin.
The water in his short hair dripped down along his cold face.
He had white and stunning features.
But from his brows, she could tell that he was anxious.
"Who did you meet?"
He looked straight at her with mixed feelings in his deep eyes.
She could tell that he was eager from his hoarse voice but she didn't respond to him.
There were thick dark clouds rolling in the sky.
The thunder was rumbling and it was pouring with rain.
He stood outside the car and stared fiercely at the woman, who was panicked in the car.
Patrick didn't have too many expressions on his grim face but he quietly tightened the phone in his right
hand.
He curled up his thin lip in a self-deprecating manner.
It was ridiculous.
He turned and left without waiting for her answer.
"Wait..."
Christina didn't know what to say, but she stretched out her arm to grab his shirt subconsciously.
He stopped.
"Mr.Hopkins."
A bodyguard rushed out of the black Bugatti in front of Christina's car.
He held an umbrella and walked to Patrick.
He didn't keep up with the young master just now.
It rained suddenly.
He was drenched by the cold rain in early spring but he felt a bit warm.
Patrick stood with his back to her.
He looked down and saw her white fingers grabbing his shirt.
"Leave me alone.’’ He said in a deep voice.
He seemed to be colder and more distant under the heavy rain, but his tone was light.
It seemed that he had mixed emotions and was expecting something.
She didn't grab so hard, and he could just leave.
Hearing his cold and clear words "Leave me alone", Christina lowered her head and tightened her
fingers.
She was very upset and confused...
Suddenly, there was a rumble, and it thundered constantly.
"Leave me alone!"
Patrick was a little agitated.
The cold rain slid past his lips.
He scolded her coldly.
And then, he turned sideways and was about to shake off her hand.
Patrick, you haven't been home for a long time!
Christina did not know how she was so courageous and she tightened her grip on his shirt and wrinkled
it.
And then, she said the words, which she didn't know why to say.
You haven't been home for a long time.
He was slightly stunned and gazed at her passionately.
She flushed because of his gaze.
And she added awkwardly, "Grandpa misses you very much."
‘‘I miss you too…”
The rain was blown into the car.
Christina was refreshed due to the cold rain.
She opened her lips slightly and said nothing.
Her right hand slowly loosened because she did not dare to pester him.
What was she thinking about? She didn't know what she was thinking...
The bodyguard shared the umbrella with Patrick by his side.
Patrick did not speak again.
He stared at his wrinkled shirt and went back to his car.
In a moment, the bodyguard slammed the door.
Christina raised her head and looked at Patrick's blurry face from the window.
She opened her mouth but didn't know what to say...
His car was started quickly.
He must have a lot of undone things to deal with.
"Patrick."
Just as the Bugatti was about to run, Christina suddenly shouted, "Patrick, it's April 1st, April Fool's
Day:' She said anxiously.
Her words were weird and illogical.
But it seemed that she wanted to explain something to avoid misunderstanding.
He didn't pull up for her words and the car was slowly driven away.
Patrick, who sat in the back of the car, heard every word.
He glanced down at a text message again and was stunned for a second.
Leaning against the back of the car, Christina closed her eyes and felt a little tired.
So...It was just a prank.
"Why did he suddenly look for me?"
Christina didn't understand him.
She turned her head to look out the window.
She was still thinking of Patrick, who was drenched.
An hour later, her car was pulled up at the house of the Hopkins Family.
Before she got out of the car, the butler, who was anxious, came quickly with an umbrella.
"Ma'am, what's wrong with you?" Christina’ was confused.
"I'm fine.What happened?"
The butler found that she was fine and took a long breath.
"It's fine."
"Patrick suddenly rushed back to Hopkins Family to look for you."
The butler held an umbrella for her and walked towards the house with her.
"We don't know what's going on, so we're all worried about you."
"I told grandpa today that I was going to the sanatorium..."
She was puzzled.
"Patrick sent someone to the sanatorium.But he didn't find you and Patrick failed to call you...So he
rushed out in a car.Didn't you meet him?"
Christina was stunned and murmured, "I met him."
"Didn't that nerd come back with you?"
As soon as she entered the living room, Mr.Hopkins glanced at her and frowned slightly.
He was puzzled that Patrick didn't come back.
Christina didn't know how to reply to him and she said, "He's busy with something important."
Seeing that she was embarrassed, Mr.Hopkins's face darkened.
He was exasperated at her and scolded her, "If you ask him to come back, he will do it."
Christina was frozen and startled.
"l asked him to come back, but I failed."
She went back to her bedroom.
She felt wronged after she was scolded by the old man.
'How dare I pester Patrick?’ Her clothes were wet from the rain, so she changed into pajamas.
She sat cross-legged on the bed, muttering in a daze, "Did he change his clothes..."
His clothes were soaked.
"Why did he look for me so anxiously..."
And he didn't tell me just now.
Christina was very upset.
All of a sudden, she thought of Charles, "April Fool's Day.”
She didn't know what was going on just now.She was so worried that she thought of Charles's call.
"Patrick is so serious.He will not pay attention to the dull holidays." He called Charles furiously.
"Charles!"
"Charles, what did you say to Patrick?"
As soon as they got through, Christina growled at him as if he was in debt.
After Mr.Shepherd heard her roar, he was not uneasy anymore.
He replied very irresponsibly, "You're fine, aren't you? Don't worry.Patrick loves you so much and he
won't beat you.Even if he wants to teach you a lesson, he will just warn you.It's okay..."
"Charles, what exactly did you say to him?"
Christina was so furious.
Her face darkened.
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became.
"Charles, I'll tell Patrick later that it is you who cause my stomach ache in my pregnancy!"
"Christina, don't be so shameless!"
Charles immediately became nervous.
Mr.Shepherd was gloomy.
He gritted his teeth and yelled at the phone unwillingly.
"I just sent Patrick a message.It's April Fool's Day.I was just joking with him.I told him that you were
dating the mysterious man who saved you in the abandoned factory."
‘‘The mysterious man who saved me in the abandoned factory...’
‘It had been a month, but I didn't expect Patrick to care about it’’
He was the man who called her by her nickname ‘Tina’ Maybe Patrick and other people didn't believe
her.
She really didn't know who the man was...
The phone vibrated.
It was a new message...
"Sleeping beauty?"
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