"You really love your wife."
"Yes, so Brianna, you must be careful not to offend her.otherwise, I will be angry"
After lunch, they felt lazy on the weekend afternoon.They went to the garden of the Hopkinses for a
walk.
Christina took the bait to play with the fish in the pond excitedly and happily.She saw that the two
women in the pavilion were talking very intimately.She didn't know what Barbara and Brianna were
talking about.She only felt that Brianna's eyes were a little strange when she looked at her.
Christina had no impression of Brianna, only thought she was very introverted.
At first, she wanted to build a good relationship with her, but others all said that she was peremptory
and could scare Brianna.
Christina was very depressed.
How could she scare her? In the past, Derek was also very introverted.
How did they become this kind of person? Throwing the bait into the pool, a few fish leaped out of the
water with full energy to grab food.
The pool splashed and rippled.
Christina felt it interesting.Her eyes lit up, and then she threw the bait in another corner wickedly.She
thought insidiously that it was really good to see others working hard.
Christina was very childish.She narrowed her eyes, stretched out her fair neck, and looked at the
pool.She amused the fish with a smile, like a traitor.
"She can play all day by herself"
She heard the familiar but deep voice behind her.
Christina was stunned for a moment and turned around.She saw Patrick walking towards her.
Perhaps because of the afternoon sun or the faint smile on Patrick's face, she blushed.
This glance made her heart beat faster.
Christina approached him unconsciously.
But the pool didn't have barriers, and there were smooth pebbles all around her feet.
She slipped and felt a little unstable.
The figure in front of her was startled and immediately ran to her.
Christina was not a delicate girl.
She stood up straight, waved her hand, and said, "It's okay, it's okay:"
"Be careful."
Patrick stood in front of her with his face darkened.
Patrick taught her lessons in a strange way, such as asking her to walk carefully and eat carefully.
It seemed that he needed to keep an eye on her all the time.
"Patrick, I am not messing around all day.I think I'm useful to some extent."
How could she say she was useful? Patrick thought.
Patrick was angry.He held her and looked down at her red face, trying to teach her a lesson.But he
couldn't help laughing.
"Don't get too close to the pool."
Christina was a little guiltily, modded honestly, and said, "Okay.
Charles walked slowly behind them.
His eyes were full of gossip with an ambiguous meaning.
He thought that the unscrupulous couple was also lovely.
Old Master Mr.Hopkins was walking past the corridor at the same time.
He turned to look at them.
Who's staring at her? Christina thought.
Not sure if she was being paranoid, Christina instinctively became vigilant.She was serious and
narrowed her eyes to look around.
"What are you looking at?"
"No, nothing..."
Facing Patrick's question, she couldn't say the reason.
She just felt like there was a pair of eyes staring at her recently.
Patrick saw her pondering something and wanted to ask more questions, but at this moment, his phone
suddenly rang.
It was the vice president of the group calling.
It must be something urgent.
He let her go, turned around, and took two steps before answering the phone.
He said, "What's the matter?"
Patrick had subconsciously kept her out of the group's affairs and all the complicated matters.
He had said that she was not his subordinate and did not need to know.
The older people were, the more they knew, so they had so many troubles.
He said he didn't want her to know these things.
He was strong and dictatorial.
This was Patrick's special way to protect her.
Christina looked at his handsome appearance and was a little worried.
She stood quietly by the side and did not disturb him.
She could not understand what Patrick was talking to the other side but could know he seemed a little
annoyed due to his cold tone.
Who pissed him off? Charles was standing not far away to watch the gossip and Barbara was in the
pavilion before.
But they seemed to have received some news and hurried towards Patrick.
"What's wrong?" Charles frowned and asked.
"Larry rejected the investment of the IP&G Group."
Barbara was surprised and sarcastic.
lt was unbelievable to refuse the investment of the IP&G Group.Didn't they want money? Or did they
have ulterior motives?
"Larry must be mad."
Charles could not help but said sneeringly.
Several of Larry's new projects in the past six months had achieved amazing results.
Last week, he officially announced a new project about new energy.
As they all knew, projects of new energy were not easy to make profits as the investment was slow to
return.
But Larry is in the limelight, and everyone secretly asked about Larry's plan.
The answer was he had put all his money into this project, so people from all walks of life were curious
and wanted to invest in the project.
But he turned down the investment of the biggest IP&G Group.
No one knew why he did this.
Executive Barbara was a competent officer.
She quickly felt that something was wrong.
She said, "Last time, Patrick asked us to look into all projects that Larry invested in, especially the
partners who had worked with Larry..."
Then she paused and looked straight at Charles.She said, "Charles, to be honest, is there any
personal conflict between Patrick and Larry?"
"I could find nothing"
Charles darkened his face and was irritable.
Last time, Patrick was furious in the office and asked his men to find everything about Larry.
However, nothing was found.
Everything about Larry was normal.
Even though Charles didn't say anything, Barbara could feel something was wrong.
She said, "Larry obviously didn't want Patrick to join in his new project.There must be a dirty trick."
While they were talking, Patrick had already hung up.
Charles and Barbara looked at each other and hesitated to say something.
In fact, Patrick knew more about these affairs.
"You looked around just now.Did you find anything wrong?"
Patrick put away his cell phone as if the business had been dealt with.
He turned to look at Christina and asked about other things plainly.
Christina was a little confused by his question.
Then, she answered, "Nothing."
"Ask the housekeepers for help if you need anything,"Patrick said, not paying much attention to her
words.
His eyes softened when he looked at her in a loose and comfortable maternity dress.
The baby in her belly was theirs.
"I won't be home for dinner today.Go to bed early:"
He naturally put his arm around her shoulder and kissed her on the forehead, whispering in a low
voice.
"Okay”
When Christina came back to her senses and heard his words, her face was blushed and hot.
Patrick was not an affectionate man and would not always sweet talk to her.
After he said that, he simply strode towards the door of the Hopkinses.
The bodyguards quickly went to the garage to pick up the car.
Charles and Barbara followed them in a hurry.
Christina frowned when she saw they were hurried.
She asked, "What had happened?"
What had happened? Everything seemed to be a coincidence.
Just as Patrick left the Hopkinses, Christina stood by the pool and thought about something.
Suddenly, there was a hand to push her.
She had no idea what was going on.She just leaned forward and fell into the pool.
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