It suddenly became awkward.
Christina treated Patrick as a stranger.She turned around and left with a sullen face.
Mrs.Stephenson motioned for Crystal to change her clothes and follow Christina out to see what was
going on.
Geoffrey wanted to follow her out, too, but Chandler grabbed his back collar.He turned around in
confusion.
"Dad, why is Mrs.Hopkins angry?" Chandler smiled helplessly.
It was more than angry.
After a long day, the night came, and the Fireworks Bar in the wee hours was bustling with loud music.
Beaux and belles twisted their bodies and reveled on the dance floor, where they could discharge the
mental pressure of the day.
"I thought you were on the top floor" Chandler changed into casual clothes.
The manager led him to the lively bar, where Patrick was sitting alone drinking.
Generally, Patrick did not like to play in the lobby of the bar.
As the sole owner of Fireworks Bar, the spacious and quiet layout on the top floor was his preference.
"It's too quiet upstairs."
Patrick picked up half a glass of brandy and drank it in one gulp.
Seeing that he was restless, Chandler raised his eyes and hinted the manager to drive away some of
the people nearby, lest anyone suddenly came to disturb Patrick.
Among all the friends they knew, Charles was the most noisy one, and was the best at warming up, but
today Charles did not want to come over.
Charles had a problem with Patrick recently.
Chandler was the most rational of them, and he could only sigh helplessly, "Patrick, I also think you've
gone too far to deceive her by the child"
"If you're worried, just send someone to protect secretly.There's no need to be like this..."
"No need?"
Patrick looked up at him and said in a low voice, "Donald and Betty have always been very resistant to
us.Christina is very dependent on Betty, and she has been accompanied by Derek since she was a
child..."
The bartender added half a glass of brandy.
Patrick stared coldly at the liquor in his hand.
"If she wants the children, she must go back to the Hopkins family."
The children became his trump card.
Chandler knew how Patrick handled things, but this time he somewhat felt that Patrick was a little too
forceful and paranoid.
If Patrick threatened Christina with the children, she would definitely hate him.
And it might never be repaired.
What Patrick did this time was quite irrational.
In fact, Patrick would not tell anyone that he did this out of fear of losing.
Patrick finished the brandy.
After a long time, he whispered to himself, "I won't change my mind."
Chandler looked at him for a while and felt that Patrick was actually in a conflicted mood.
The bartender served Chandler a glass of kiwi juice.He had no choice but to drink juice.
Recently, Crystal had been keeping a tight rein on him because she was always afraid that he would
die of stomach disease.
Sometimes, however, he was quite happy to have someone to worry about him.
Chandler took a sip of the sour-sweet juice and watched Patrick beside him drinking one glass after
another, looking very upset.
As his good buddy, maybe Chandler should say something to comfort him.
Comforting Patrick.
Chandler thought about it and found it very funny.
He never thought that Patrick would need someone to comfort him.
Patrick turned around and saw Chandler laughing without reason, and asked in a bad mood,
"Chandler, you came to the bar for juice?"
Chandler replied with a smile, "My wife said I had a stomach problem and only allowed me to drink
juice."
Public display of affection.
Patrick's face darkened, "I see," he said meaningfully.
Chandler didn't want to provoke Patrick so that he wouldn't be punished for drinking.
He smiled and comforted him, "You don't have to be so annoying.We are all well aware of
Christina.She doesn't like to hold grudges, and she will calm down after a while.She's a good-tempered
girl."
Christina? A good-tempered girl? He suddenly laughed.
Although no one was beside them, the women around them all looked at Patrick.
Chandler also felt that Patrick was too difficult to get close to, for he usually treated people with the
same strict and cold attitude.
But when he chuckled, he was really charming.
There were a lot of debutantes who admired him, but in fact, the grandson of the Hopkins family did not
have much contact with women.
Patrick had a quirk since he was a child.He hated women.
Most of the women who worked for him were usually treated by him as servants.
When Patrick was angry, there was no distinction between men and women, both had to be scolded.
Drinking the kiwi juice, he had an illusion that Patrick was not confident when he face Christina.
"Patrick, you should have more confidence in Christina"
Chandler rarely had the opportunity to educate him, "When the husband and the wife get along, trust is
very important."
Patrick immediately frowned, as if he was seriously thinking about it.
Seeing him like this, Chandler immediately became excited and asked curiously, "Did Christina ever tell
you that she loved you?"
When Patrick heard this, his expression became even more serious.
Chandler couldn't help but laugh out loudly.
"Hahaha.."" He bet that Christina had never said that.
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