The most luxurious hotel in the east of the city Crystal mentioned was Gordon Hotel, owned byIP&G Group.

"Christina, what did you say to Mark on the phone just now? A blind date?" Crystal glared at thewoman next to her and sighed.

"This is your husband's hotel. If he misunderstands and gets angry, he can kick us out. Your husbandis not an ordinary person. You must be careful to serve him..."

Christina didn't want to hear her ramble, so she changed the subject. "Crystal, you haven't told mewho was the father of that little boy you brought home last night.”

At the mention of this, Crystal's expression became a little strange.

She stuttered, "We're not really friends. We just happen to know each other.”

Christina narrowed her eyes and looked at Crystal. "You said last night that the man was animportant client of the company. What's his name? I might know him."

"Christina, you don't answer the questions I ask you, but you pry into my privacy..."

Crystal immediately became anxious and shouted at Christina with a straight face, "I see. You mustbe jealous of Barbara, right? You refuse to admit it.”

“I'm not!"

With a sullen look, Christina grabbed a cup of hot cocoa from the table and took a big gulp.Crystal glanced at her angrily. Christina never said uncle.

"If you don't care about Patrick, you won't be jealous.”

"In today's society, many people marry not for love, but because they are old enough to getmarried..." Crystal mocked herself and added, "For example, I'm one of them."

At this point, Christina frowned and looked at the time on her phone. "Why hasn't the man whoasked you out on a blind date arrived yet?"

"I come half an hour early.”

Crystal was a little nervous. Looking at her best friend, who was the campus belle, she felt evenmore inferior. "Christina, do you think any man would like a plain woman like me?"

"Bah."

The beautiful woman sitting opposite sipping hot cocoa cursed with a straight face.

"Men are cheap by nature. They prefer those sultry women... I think you're very good. Don't botherwith those bastards. I guess they have bad taste.”

Christina raised her eyebrows and said in a disdainful tone, "Do you know the Stephenson Family inC City? One of Patrick's cronies, Chandler, is a good-looking, gentle man. Unfortunately, he wasseduced by beauty and married a slut...”

"Charles told me that after Chandler's wife gave birth to a child, she liked to hang out and playcards with those rich ladies. They gambled a lot, had fun and went to the hot springs with a groupof men. When she was tired, she got a room for the night..."

Crystal's eyes widened in surprise at her gossiping.

"I can't tell that woman likes to gamble so much...” She murmured.

Christina didn't hear what she was saying and continued to grumble. "Charles said that her monthlyexpenditure is at least enough to buy an apartment in the city center... The elders of the StephensonFamily are gentle and don't ask for much from their daughter-in-law. They put up with her becauseshe bore their family a child. They can put up with her spending too much money, but if she sleepswith other men, it's too much...”

No one knew what Crystal was thinking, and she was a little absent-minded.

In fact, the Stephenson Family was only a scholarly family, not a rich family. "That woman spent somuch money... No wonder he worked so hard..."

"Who are you talking about?" Christina was curious.

Before Crystal could answer her, there was suddenly a shrill female voice came from their left. Shewarned them with gritted teeth, "Crystal, you better shut up. If you dare to talk nonsense, don'tblame me for being rude!"

Christina and Crystal heard the voice and turned to look at Sabrina, their old classmate.

"What does it matter to you that we're sitting here talking?" Crystal looked at Sabrina with a straightface.

"You took leave of absence to come here and smear my cousin. Shouldn't I stop you, Crystal? You'dbetter stay out of trouble. You are not allowed to mention a word about what you saw yesterday!"Sabrina was angry and yelled at he.

Christina was confused. "What happened yesterday?"

She was just taunting Chandler's wife...

"Ying, how can you be in the same department as this kind of person? She's ridiculous...”

A sexy woman with makeup and red lips in front of her strode towards them, twisting her waist, andgave Crystal a disdainful look.

"She's ugly and not qualified to entertain clients in the IP&G Group. No one wants to have sex withsuch an ugly woman.”

Bang.

Christina slapped the table angrily and stood up. "Who are you calling ugly?"

Sabrina looked a little apprehensive and immediately walked over to the woman and pulled herclothes. "Cousin, don't..." But the other party was not in the mood to listen to Sabrina.

She looked at Christina up and down arrogantly and mocked her contemptuously. “You work forIP&G Group too? You are pregnant and you work hard to make money..."

"Erica, don't take your frustrations with me out on my friend."

With a sullen look, Crystal rushed forward, unable to hold back her anger.

Erica looked arrogant and disdainful. She raised her eyebrows and shouted over her shoulder,"Barbara, come quickly and recognize these two people. Don't let those stupid people work in yourdepartment. They will be a drag on you.”

Christina's expression changed when she heard the name "Barbara"

Erica glared at Christina's beautiful face and was even meaner. "You look good, but you're cheap.You sleep with your clients to make money, but you accidentally got pregnant...”

"What did you say?!" The deep voice was cold and clear.

On the first floor of the hotel, two people strode towards the right hall of the lobby. BesidesBarbara, who Erica knew, there was a man who looked unkind.

They were all a little stunned and did not expect Patrick to appear here.

Christina compressed her lips. She ignored the flamboyant Erica in front of her, but her eyes werefixed on the man and the woman walking towards her.

She knew that Chandler's wife's name was Erica, and Erica was Barbara's best friend.

"Where are we going?"

Crystal was grabbed by Christina toward another exit to the hotel. She was in a daze. "Christina,where are you going?" Crystal could only see her profile tensed up. It seemed that Christina hadmixed feelings.

"Christina, do you have any misunderstandings? I apologize to you on behalf of Erica. Don't go..."Seeing them suddenly leave, Barbara shouted anxiously.

Christina walked faster and faster, biting her lips and feeling very angry.

Why was she angry? She didn't know. Anyway, every time she met Barbara, she became anunreasonable person. Barbara was really hypocritical.

Seeing Patrick with Barbara made Christina even more frustrated.

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