"How dare you say you didn't!" Lassie roared angrily.

"Just because Patrick loves you doesn't mean you can do whatever you want! I know my tone was abit harsh in the afternoon. But why are you so cruel to me? If anyone offends you again, will you killhim?"

"I said, I didn't do it!"

Christina's face darkened. "Ms. Hopkins, if you have evidence, show it. Don't try to make things up!""Do you mean I broke my own wrist to frame you?"

Ms. Hopkins looked ferocious as she bellowed, "You think no one will replace it out since there are nowitness or cameras at the fish pond, right? You are so scheming. I am impressed.”

One of the servants couldn't help but say, "In the afternoon, Mrs. Christina Hopkins and Ms. Hopkinshad a bitter quarrel..."

"Someone from the Eastern Garden said that Mrs. Christina Hopkins planned to buy a few ferociousdogs..."

Christina didn't defend herself.

In the end, Ms. Hopkins was carried to the stretcher by several people, put in the limo, and taken tothe hospital for an X-ray.

Christina stood there with a complicated expression on her face. Under Senior Mr. Hopkins'sthoughtful gaze, she lowered her head and didn't say a word.

The dishes on the table were removed. No one had an appetite.

"Do you want to call Mr. Patrick Hopkins?"

Nancy, a maid standing behind Christina, looked uneasy. "Ms. Hopkins is framing us. We didn't hurther. Why would she..."

Christina's expression was dark. She hadn't expected that Ms. Hopkins, valuing her life and healthvery much, would hurt herself just to frame her.

"She is so good at acting!" Christina gritted her teeth angrily.

Ms. Hopkins's tone and expression were so real. Even Christina couldn't help doubting whether Ms.Hopkins had really been beaten. It was a pity that she did not become an actress.

"Mrs. Hopkins!" a maid in charge of the Northern Garden rushed over. "Senior Mr. Hopkins said thatyour son had a cold tonight and wouldn't come here. He also asked you to take the medicine ontime and not to go out of the Eastern Garden if there was no emergency.”

After that, the maid ran away.

Those maids worked for different people in this family, and their interests were deeply touched withthem. Their interests were important to them. Although Senior Mr. Hopkins was just warningChristina, they had decided to say less about Christina in case they would be in trouble.

Nanny was anxious. "Senior Mr. Hopkins is forbidding your son to come here?"

Nanny Faang came from the stairs and scolded Nancy angrily, "Mind your words!"

"I was being anxious. Ms. Hopkins made such a scene. No one is willing to hear our explanationnow, but I promise you, Mrs. Hopkins didn't..." Nancy explained in a panic. Being in the EasternGarden, she had the guts to tell the truth.

With a straight face, Nanny Faang said, "There is no result yet. You have no right to say anything.Don't make trouble for Mrs. Hopkins!"

Nancy lowered her head and said obediently, "Okay."

Nanny Faang knew that Nancy who she had trained wasn't up to anything. She was too young andthus too impulsive. However, Christina looked calm.

"Mrs. Hopkins, we'd better not trouble Patrick with this. He has a lot of work to do and must beupset about it."

Nanny Faang looked at Christina and persuaded in a gentle, "There's no need to make a big dealout of such a trifle. Senior Mr. Hopkins also hopes you and Ms. Hopkins can just bury the hatchet...”Nanny Faang had rushed to the Eastern Garden because she was afraid that Christina, in a fit ofanger, would let Patrick know this. Patrick and his grandfather were both hot-tempered, so if theyconfronted each other, this would be harder to deal with.

"You think I broke her ankle too?" Christina asked in a cold tone.

Christina only treated Nanny Faang as one of her own, but Nanny Faang just asked not to make abig deal out of a small matter. Was she suspecting her too?

Seeing Christina's stubborn expression, Nanny Faang sighed and said, "That's not what we meant. Ijust feel that it's better to calm things down..."

There was always more trouble when many people were stuck in one house. Christina and Lassiewere both bad-tempered. In contrast, the servants who worked for Judy and Brianna had much lesstrouble.

"Senior Mr. Hopkins wants you to calm down. Ms. Hopkins's ankle might be fine... The few nannieswere watching over your sons. You can get him over a few days later. These are trivial matters.There's no need to bother Patrick..."

"I won't complain to Patrick. Don't worry."

Christina did not want to hear these hypocritical excuses anymore. She slammed the bedroom doorshut.

Grandpa obviously didn't believe her and was blaming her for Ms. Hopkins's injury. Now he didn'teven let her see her son!

Nanny Faang even asked her not to complain to Patrick, which they thought would cause trouble forthe whole family. After spending so much time together, they still didn't know her. When did sheeven complain to Patrick? Every time something happened to her, she bottled it up and got angrywithout letting him know... She was so disappointed.

"Even if you complain to Patrick, he may not believe you,” said the ancient coin on her bedsidetable. It was so inconsiderate. Its voice was deep.

"I'm upset enough now. Don't make trouble for me!" Christina bellowed.

"That old woman didn't seem to be lying," it said again.

"So you mean, I was the one who broke her ankle!"

"Someone in this family hates her more than you do.”

Christina was too shocked to realize its words. "Who?" She shouted into the air, "Hey, tell me..."However, it didn't seem to care about this drama. "Don't let Patrick know too much about whathappened to Derek... Men hate to be pitied by their opponents.”

Christina sat by the bed dejectedly and muttered Patrick's name subconsciously.

She looked up and let out a long sigh of relief. "He is always on a business trip and busy. It's noteasy to see him. He blamed me for not telling the truth... He has never had a good talk with me..."They didn't even go to the movies together.

"He asked me to quit my job! What can I do at home?" Christina was getting more upset. She wentto the wine cabinet, got a bottle of wine, and drank alone.

Burping, she vented her anger. "I am not allowed to see my own son. Lassie is so annoying. I amtrapped in this room, idling my days away, waiting for you to sleep with me from your businesstrips. Why has my life become like this?"

She suddenly wanted to go back to her own family in C City and complain to her aunt to vent heranger. However, it was a little far away. It was not so good to marry someone so far away. Hergrandfather might scold her for going back for no reason and say she was making trouble.

Crystal was married, so it was not suitable to come to her every time she was upset.

Christina's eyes suddenly turned red, and she felt more confused about why she had to live such amiserable life. "Marrying... Who wants to live in this place?”

When she woke up, her head hurt.

As she sobered up, she remembered that she had drunk a lot last night. Her hair was messy. In themirror, her face was pale, and there were dark circles under her eyes. She looked haggard.

She still felt a little nauseous and her stomach ached.

"Shit..."

No one had found that she was drunk, which she didn't know whether it was lucky or not.

"You are useless!" The ancient coin in the room mocked her.

In a daze, Christina glared at the silver and blackish ancient coin on the bedside table and growled,"I don't care what kind of monster you are, get away from me. Leave me alone!"

She was in a bad mood but it had been going against her every day! It had never said anythingpleasant!

"You think I want to be with a stupid woman like you all the time?!" It also seemed very dissatisfied.Christina could not stand it and scolded, "If you dare to anger me again, I will hire a witch to get ridof you, letting you rot in hell!"

"Nonsense! I'm not dead yet!" it shouted.

Its voice was filled with anger. "I want you to meet me in Italy, but you, such a stupid woman, hasbeen wasting my time... Get all this done. My patience is limited.”

Its angry voice lingered in the room. Christina was dumbfounded.

She composed herself and asked, "You... You are not dead?"

She was furious. "Why do you call me a stupid woman?"

The door was knocked a few times, and through the door, someone asked, "Mrs. Hopkins, do youneed us to go in?"

"No."

Christina quickly cleaned up the wine bottle, opened the windows, and let in some fresh air.

She splashed some cold water on her face in the bathroom, sobering up now, and touched up hermakeup. Then she opened the door and walked out.

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