My billionaire husband spoils me too much
Chapter 445

Christina and the others stayed for dinner at the Shepherd family. Ms. Hopkins rushed to call peoplein the Hopkins family to report. She glared at Christina with her phone in hand, as if warningChristina not to be a snitch.

On the other end of the phone, Senior Mr. Hopkins felt sorry when he heard that Brianna andCharles's blind date was ruined, but he couldn't do anything.

Mrs. Shepherd liked to cook by herself, but she was afraid that the home-cooked dishes may not beenough. In order to satisfy Ms. Hopkins and Judy, Mrs. Shepherd ordered the meal from a hotel. Ms.Hopkins and the others enjoy the sumptuous dishes delivered very much.

Mr. Shepherd was gentle and always had a faint smile. Charles obviously inherited his father'spersonality. His second and third brothers, on the other hand, were more like Mrs. Shepherd. One ofthem claimed that he didn't know whether he liked men or women, and the other often went toexcavate ancient tombs. And Shepherd, who was absent today... His seat was empty.

Christina noticed that the guests of the Shepherd family tried to look happy. There seemed to besomething that worried the whole family.

Finishing the meal quickly, Charles’ second brother stood up and nodded at the elders including Ms.Hopkins and Judy. "Enjoy your meal..." He was in a hurry and strode out of the door to make aphone call.

After a while, the second brother came back again and whispered to Mr. Shepherd. Then Mr.Shepherd's face darkened... The father and sons in the Shepherd family then left the table and wentto the study together.

"What happened?”

Ms. Hopkins also saw that the family members were a little strange. She looked dissatisfied andthought that the Shepherd family was indeed not as disciplined as the Hopkins family. They shouldtreat distinguished guests like this.

Mrs. Shepherd looked a little embarrassed. "There should be news of my eldest son. Sorry aboutthat."

In fact, Mrs. Shepherd had already regretted agreeing to a blind date with someone from theHopkins family. Recently, their family was worried about the loss of contact with their eldest son. Butsince the Hopkins family asked them for a blind date, they could not refuse, especially when theyhad to ask Patrick to help her eldest son.

"Has Peter been found?"

Christina cut in anxiously, ignoring the elders’ conversation.

Ms. Hopkins immediately glared at her again and shouted, "It's not your turn to speak. Don'tembarrass the Hopkins family!"

Christina took her for air and jumped up from her chair. She ran to Mrs. Shepherd and asked again,"Mrs. Shepherd, has Peter been found ..."

"I, I don't know." Mrs. Shepherd was also nervous because of Christina's anxiety. Mrs. Shepherdlooked in the direction of the study and sighed, "Your uncle told me not to worry too much. Theywill replace a solution..."

Ms. Hopkins couldn't bear for Christina's ignoring her. Ms. Hopkins was so angry that she bangedthe table with her hand. "You really don't know to be polite. My dad will hear about this when I goback..."

Christina was angry as well, "Ms. Hopkins, you're an old lady who is almost sixty years old. Get rid ofthe Princess sickness!"

"How dare you!"

Ms. Hopkins had never been called "Old lady". She was so angry that she almost couldn't breathe.Being too angry to remember the etiquette, Ms. Hopkins screamed, "You little bitch, let me teachyou a lesson today..."

Seeing Ms. Hopkins make trouble, Mrs. Shepherd didn't know what to do for a moment.Fortunately, Charles strode over from the study. "Christina." He called.

When Ms. Hopkins saw Charles coming over, she calmed down to realize that she was at theShepherd family. She had to be polite. Then she heard Charles shout, "Patrick wants to talk to you."As Charles spoke, he raised his phone.

Charles's behavior made Ms. Hopkins grit her teeth. Her arrogant nephew was a real handful.

"Why is it so noisy over there?"

Christina took the phone. Before she could speak, Patrick asked in a low voice.

"Nothing." She held her phone and walked to the french window.

Of course, Patrick recognized that it was Ms. Hopkins's voice, which was sharp and harsh.

Christina would never tell Patrick about these things. Even if he asked, Christina would muddlethrough coldly. Patrick hoped that she could complain to him, but she didn’t like to do so.

"Why are you looking for me?" Christina asked him as he remained silent.

Patrick couldn't answer for a moment. Christina had already fallen asleep when he went back lastnight. In the morning, he went out again before she woke up. When he got home in the afternoon,she was in the Shepherd family.

"The cook is preparing Buddha Jumps Over the Wall."

His words were confusing for people at the scene, but all the Hopkins family knew that Christinaliked this dish.

"I'm full.” She didn't understand why he said such a boring thing. Actually, she didn't have apreference for food.

Patrick didn't seem to have anything important to say to her but suddenly Christina rememberedthat she needed his help for an urgent matter.

"Patrick, could you please send someone to look for Shepherd and Derek... I'm afraid they're indanger.”

Patrick, who was on the other end of the phone, was silent for a while. He was probably surprised byher sudden request.

Christina sounded anxious. "Get someone to check if the two of them have entered and left Italy..."She then emphasized, "Derek has been out of contact for two months.”

"I know." Patrick's tone was complicated.

He had always sent people to locate Derek's whereabouts, but every time she said the name"Derek," it made his mood complicated. The two of them remained silent.

"Come home early.” Finally, Patrick said this to her on the phone.

Christina said yes and then hung up.

"Christina, how did you know that both of them have gone to Italy?" Charles walked up to her,overhearing their conversation.

Christina returned the phone to him and perfunctorily said, "I guessed ."

Charles didn't ask more. Ms. Hopkins at the table looked angry. She said coldly to Mrs. Shepherd asif she had been badly treated.

"It seems that your family members are so busy. Better let you go for your business. We're leavingnow."

Mrs. Shepherd wanted to invite them to go to the living room for tea and fruit before they left, butMrs. Shepherd was also angry with Ms. Hopkins's overbearing attitude. Therefore, she did not wantto talk to this distinguished guest anymore.

Mrs. Shepherd did her best to be polite and give them many expensive gifts, and the driver from theHopkins family soon came to pick the guests up.

"Let me send you back."

Charles took the car keys and said to them casually.

This meal was for discussing blind dates and marriage, but now there was no hope for the blinddate and they didn't enjoy their meal, either. The guests and hosts left unhappily. Ms. Hopkins'sdenied Charles’ offer with an arrogant attitude.

Christina said first, "Charles, I'll take your car.”

She walked out with Charles without any hesitation, and Ms. Hopkins, who was behind them, grittedher teeth with anger.

Judy didn't say much, but when she saw that Christina was so close to a man, she was annoyed.When Judy walked to the door, she couldn't help but say, "Charles, don't bother. It's convenient forus to go back by one car..."

The driver of the Hopkins family had already parked his black Bugatti that he drove in the morningthree meters outside the door, waiting. Charles had a smile on his face, but his words were a littlenot warm. "It's okay. I can drop by the Hopkins family and discuss with Patrick a business. SinceChristina wants to take my car, why not?"

They took two cars on the return trip, so Christina finally did not have to face the women. Althoughit was only half an hour, she felt comfortable both physically and mentally. In the other car, Ms.Hopkins and Judy let loose a stream of abuse against Christina.

"Why didn't you tell Brianna to come over just now?"

Charles knew that Christina must have been annoyed by Ms. Hopkins. Judy didn’t seem to likeChristina either. These women liked to pretend to be powerful. How could others tolerate Ms.Hopkins and Judy's presumptuousness, if they were not from the Hopkins family? They were likeshrews.

Charles was driving, and the car slowed down deliberately. Following the Bugatti, Christina stretchedherself in the passenger seat. She yawned and mumbled, "I don't like to get too close to Brianna.""Why?"

Charles turned to look at Christina curiously. At this moment, Christina looked ahead. Suddenly, herexpression changed and she roared, "Look ahead, be careful!”

"There's a man in front of us. Hurry up to turn!”

The car screeched to a halt.

"Damn it!" Charles scolded fiercely. "What the hell are you doing! You want to scam us by setting upan “accident'?!"

The car stopped. The man who had rushed out of the track looked unclear. He was dirty. It seemedthat he had not washed his clothes for many days. His disheveled hair was very messy. And He fell ameter in front of the car, not moving.

Christina looked out the window and pulled Charles's sleeve. "He did not seem to be scamming us.""This man just ran down the road like he was out of his mind. He looked very flustered as ifsomeone was chasing him... Let's get out of the car and take a look..." As Christina spoke, sheopened the door.

Charles didn't agree at first. They should call the police first and shouldn't got out of the car untilthe police came.

Charles couldn't stop Christina, who likes to take action immediately, so he followed her out of thecar. He was just about to remind her not to be cheated...

"This man looks a little familiar..."

Christina looked at the unconscious man on the road seriously. Just as she was recognizing his face,she suddenly turned to Charles and shouted in surprise, "Come here. Is this a little like your eldestbrother..."

Charles was shocked and immediately approached with nervousness.

Christina wanted to squat down and take a closer look at the unconscious man. As soon as she bentdown, she heard a sound in the green belt behind her.

"He's really my big brother!” Charles immediately recognized the man and shouted excitedly.Christina, on the other hand, looked suspiciously at the green belt. Out of curiosity, she walked overquickly and then saw Brianna by the green belt.

Brianna was crying.

She squatted on the dirty lawn, her shawl disheveled, her hair messy and her hands tightly huggingher. She was trembling and seemed to be very scared.

Christina was shocked by this familiar scene. She also saw Brianna crying like this in a Japanesehospital.

"Aren't you, aren't you in the car in front of us? Why are you here?"

Christina was not in the mood to comfort her at all. Instead, she stared at Brianna warily. "Why areyou here?"

Brianna was still crying.

Christina couldn't stand Brianna's crying and became angry. "Brianna, stop pretending. I don'tbelieve every time it is a coincidence. Why on earth are you here all of a sudden? Why are youcrying here?"

As she spoke, Christina turned to look at the unconscious man in the middle of the road and grittedher teeth. "Peter rushed out with injuries all over his body. You were here all of a sudden... Did youkidnap Peter?”

Thinking of this, Christina became even more anxious. Not caring how hard Brianna cried, Christinashook Brianna's shoulders excitedly with both hands. "Brianna, what do you know? Stop crying andtell me where Derek is!"

"Derek should be with Peter, right?"

Christina asked Brianna anxiously. She saw Charles had already called the Shepherd family and theambulance had rushed over to take Peter to the hospital. What about Derek? Peter had been found.But where was Derek?

Christina was already very anxious. She was even more irritated and angry by Brianna's crying"Brianna, I don't know if you're really stupid or just pretending to be so... I'm warning you. If youdare to hurt my family, I won't let you go!" In the end, Christina could only unclasp Brianna.

But Brianna kept crying.

Christina raised her head and let out a long sigh. The sky tonight was covered by dark clouds withthe moon hidden, and the sky dark. There weren't any stars.

[However, not far away]

Lucy hid behind a tree. She was surprised at what Christina just said...