Spoil My Errant Wife (Patrick and Christina)
Chapter 167

"There's one thing that I haven't been able to figure out..."

As darkness fell outside, F City was lit up by colorful lights, and the commercial streets bustled with people and activities.

In the second floor of a high-end coffee shop, a woman sitting near the glass wall looked outside the window in a daze.

"Barbara, I'm talking to you. What are you thinking?"

Erica in the opposite seat raised her voice.

It was not until then did Barbara regain her senses and respond with a smile, "What is it?"

Raising her eyebrows, Erica looked at her. She lit a cigarette casually and took a puff.

"Barbara, are you used to wearing such a fake smile?" Erica blurted out.

"It's a professional habit," said Barbara with a nonchalant shrug.

Erica didn't say much about it either. It wasn't easy for Barbara to work in IP&G Group.

"By the way, Barbara, the party at the Fisher Family begins. Why don't you go?"

Barbara didn't seem to care much about it. She took a sip of the coffee on the table and said casually, "There's no need to go."

"You're part of the Fishers, Barbara. People say you're a tough woman, but I know you grow up without parents. You're eager to have a family. Knock it off" Erica married Chandler after she graduated from college.

Like Christina, she was outspoken and had few work experiences.

Sometimes she would compare herself to Christina, but she was frustrated to replace herself overshadowed by her.

"Well, get married as soon as possible. Enjoy a relationship so that you won't be immersed in work, and..."

Erica paused and looked at Barbara with suspicion.

"Barbara, there's one thing bothering me... How did you end up with that idiot from the Fishers?"

When Barbara heard what she said, the hand she was holding the coffee cup froze.

Erica gave her a long searching look.

Without waiting for her to speak, she went on, "I wasn't in the position to judge before. After all, Derek is the only male grandson of the Fishers, and it's not a loss for you to marry him, but things are really different now..."

"Barbara, listen to me. You'd better break up with him as soon as possible. From what I know, Mrs. Fisher hated Derek, this bastard. Today's party must involve the inheritance. I'm sure he won't get anything..." Without saying anything, Barbara picked up the coffee and took a few more sips. She finished the coffee before put the cup down slowly.

Erica frowned with puzzlement.

"Barbara, don't tell me you're in love with him. He's really useless except for his good looks. Besides, he's been a vegetable abroad for so many years, and he's been mentally ill. Even if he wakes up now, he might be physically ill... You might as well get rid of him-"

"I had nothing to do with him,' said Barbara's in a complicated tone.

"What do you mean?" Erica was stunned.

"Aren't you in a relationship with Derek? You said it yourself. You were also sad that he had been in a coma because of a car accident. You've been taking care of him in the United States all these years..." In the middle of her words, Erica seemed to figure out something and looked at Barbara in shock.

"No wonder you fall in love with Derek? So that's it!"

"Back when we studied together in the United States, I clearly remember that you had crush on Patrick. You talked a lot about him when we in the first year of college, and you were shy at the mention of him. You asked me how to get close to him"

"Get close to him?"

Barbara did not deny it, but she forced a smile. She said calmly, "Patrick rejects almost all women."

Young master Hopkins Family was not interested in women, which could be found out by a little inquiry. She couldn't get close to him at all...

Erica raised her eyebrows and looked at her.

She put out the cigarette between her fingers and said in contempt, "It seems that the fool is not completely useless."

The fool was Derek.

She didn't pay much attention to Derek, but he was Patrick's best friend...

She couldn't help but want to know everything related to him.

Sometimes people are so strange that they can't control their emotions.

They want to get closer and closer to the person they liked...

Barbara turned around and looked at the flashing street lights outside the window.

She remembered the day when she first met Patrick on campus.

That night, she left in a hurry and dropped her textbooks all over the floor.

She was not familiar with the environment and uncomfortable with the foreign students who were especially open-minded.

She quickly picked up the textbooks and wanted to rush back to the classroom, but suddenly there was a deep voice behind her.

"There's another one."

It was a little dark around, and she could vaguely see a handsome man leaning against the guardrail of the corridor, flipping through her law textbook in his hand.

She knew the man was extraordinary from what he was wearing.

Like those arrogant gentlemen, he shouted and stopped moving.

He was waiting for her to go and get it herself, not even bothering to hand it to her.

She knew that there were a lot of rich kids in this school who could not be offended.

She walked over and was about to thank him and take her textbooks and left.

However, to her surprise, the man's cold face flashed with hesitation, and then she looked at him in a daze as he lowered his eyes.

Hes slowly flattened out the wrinkled pages of her second-hand textbook.

At that moment, the only thing in her mind was that his fingers were beautiful and he was gentle.

"You're going to be late.' She didn't wake up until he handed the book back to her.Aware of her impoliteness, she raised her head to look at him so closely. For some reason, her cheeks were very hot. His handsome face had a cold look. Even when he handed the book back to her, his fingers were slightly cold when she accidentally touched it.

"Who is he?" A question lingered in her mind.

Later, she found out that he was Patrick, the eldest grandson of the Hopkinses.

Although he was cold, arrogant and evil in others' eyes, she found him thoughtful and gentle.

There was an inexplicable feeling in her heart that was stirring.

She wanted to know him....

"Barbara, when Derek was knocked out in a car accident, you were the first to stand up and say that you were his girlfriend and that you would take care of him. Now that Derek is awake, don't Patrick and the others know you're lying?" Erica's words woke her up from memory.

Barbara said with a bitter smile, "It's a lie, but if."

"If I weren't Derek's girlfriend, he wouldn't even look at me..."