Chapter 453

Christina asked for a month's leave from the company. On Monday, she returned to the company

and was given the cold shoulder.

"Does she think it's her own company so she can ask for leave whenever she wants?"

"If she is rich, then she could choose not to come to work. Asking for such a long leave casually

made a lot of troubles for the company... She will only cause trouble.”

Crystal immediately rushed over and dragged her to the pantry when seeing Christina. "You didn't

reply to my message. Chandler said that you were busy these days..."

"I found Derek,” Christina told her truthfully. "He's also the boss of this company.”

"Ah?"

Crystal was in a daze for a moment. "Derek?"

Crystal wondered why Christina mentioned Derek and he was also the boss of this company?

Crystal came to her senses thinking no wonder the company gave priority to the two of them. It

turned out that they got their jobs because of Derek.

"I haven't been sleeping well lately. People in the Hopkins family thought I was mentally weak and

asked me to take medicine and see a psychiatrist every day..." Christina complained to her friend

Crystal.

"Why didn't you tell me? Why did you see a psychiatrist? What's wrong?"

Crystal was really surprised who thought Christina was just idle at home, not expecting so many

things to happen.

"I'm fine.” Christina muttered angrily.

Anyway, after Christina threw the ancient coin out of the bedroom, she never touched it again. That

coin talked nonsense, making people think that Christina was mentally ill.

As for why only she could hear the voice, Christina no longer wanted to figure it out.

The manager of the company did not blame Christina for not working at all. He even told her with a

fawning smile that it was not busy at all, besides, it was understandable that she had to deal with

something in the family because the company leaders had always been very concerned about

employees.

Others looked at Christina with hatred, which made her very awkward.

Penny was also a little angry at her for asking for a month's leave for no reason and the manager

should let her be. So Penny put a large stack of documents on Christina's desk and said with anger,

"These are the proposal files you need to finish. Our team will have a meeting tomorrow..."

"All of them?"

"The team leader said that you must finish all. The company doesn't welcome useless people like

you. Don't drag us down." Penny told her that expressionlessly and after that, she turned around

and left.

Christina frowned, "Did they deliberately make things difficult for me?"

"You can just read the latest two files... The team leader arranged some projects for you before,

because you didn't come to work for a month, so they were delayed..." Crystal leaned closer to her

ear and said, "If your team leader complains to you, just ignore it. Don't refute. Or, you will be

hated.”

If one wanted to work in a company to make money, one had to obey the rules, otherwise, one

would get fired.

"Then again, does Patrick really agree that you continue to work in this company?" Crystal couldn't

help but gossip.

Christina sat on her chair, ready to flip through the pile of documents. She raised her head to look

at Crystal and asked, "Why would he not agree with me to work?"

"Well, just now you said that Derek is the boss of this company..." Crystal felt that it was not good to

make it too clear as the relationship between men and women was complicated.

Christina didn't care, continued to work, and said, "Peter is also the boss of this company.”

Crystal was depressed wondering that Christina did not understand what she meant at all.

"I mean... Chandler mentioned that Patrick doesn't seem to be in a good mood.” Crystak had made

it very clear. Wasn't Patrick jealous?

"Patrick, he's fine."

Christina put it bluntly and told Crystal instead, "Chandler and I did not get along well with each

other recently... Because I suspected that he and others had hit Derek before, but Chandler and

Charles said they did not and blamed me for doubting them. Anyway, I won't go to the Stephenson

family to look for you for the time being before they find out who hurt Derek so badly lest we meet

awkwardly..."

Crystal gave her a confused expression.

"Did they really hit Derek?"

Christina was about to say, "Maybe not" when a tall figure came out of the reception room. Charles

was in front of them with a serious look and gritted his teeth, "I told you, we didn't beat him!"

Christina deliberately ignored him, snorted, and then continued to work to read the project

documents.

"Christina, no wonder you are so unpopular.” Charles saw the pile of documents on her desk and

knew that she was ostracized by her colleagues... "People are more willing to be with Brianna.

Reflect on yourself, you are bad-tempered.”

Brianna worked in the company for a month and was assigned some clerical work to check if there

were any omissions in the contract. It was a very easy job. Her colleagues often talked or smiled at

her when handing over the documents. Although Brianna did not speak anything, she would nod at

them as a response.

Christina looked at Brianna who quietly lowered her head and typed on the keyboard. Brianna

looked like a little girl, innocent and obedient...

Christina didn't expect Brianna to really get along well with others in the company.

"... Christina, you really work in my company.”

A voice interrupted her. Peter changed into a black suit and leather shoes, looking elite and

handsome, and he also said in a naturally gentle tone.

Peter teased her with a smile. "The company actually hired you, Maneki Neko."

"Peter."

Christina and Peter were not familiar with each other, but he greeted her warmly, so she accordingly

replied in her way.

Christina was a straightforward woman and asked, "Peter, do you remember what happened

before?"

"Not yet." Peter told her sincerely.

He patted her on the shoulder. "However, I have a feeling that Derek helped me a while ago, as if I

could survive because he tried his best to save me.”

She didn't expect Peter to say that. "Really?"

"Peter, don't coax her. It was Derek who asked for your help. Why did he help you in turn?" Charles

couldn't stand it any longer and retorted immediately.

Peter turned around and glared at Charles coldly. "You, shut up.”

As the oldest one, Peter had a more intimidating than his younger brothers, besides, Charles was

often punished.

Charles didn't say much and only complained in a low voice. "I really don't understand why you've

always been partial to Derek. He's not a good person.”

Peter instructed the company manager to invite the whole staff to dinner tonight as a celebration of

his return. After all, he had been off work for so long.

As a result, everyone was so happy when hearing the boss would invite them to dinner.

They also seemed to have less prejudice against Christina that everyone in the office was busy

talking and laughing.

"Derek takes good care of the company." Peter walked around the company and found that the

tables and chairs had been changed, and even so did the coffee machine in the pantry.

The company generated profits again, and it earned much recently. In fact, Peter knew it was these

newly arrived women who helped his company show a turn from loss to profit. He owed it to the

presence of Chandler's wife, the granddaughter-in-law of the Hopkins family, and the daughter of

the Hopkins family. It was really amazing.

At noon, all the staff went downstairs to eat, talking about which restaurant they were going to eat

at night, and which bar to choose after dinner. They were in a good mood.

In the spacious office, only Christina remained in her chair. She grabbed a biscuit with her left hand

and stuffed it into her mouth. She continued to flip through the documents with her right hand.

"Christina." Brianna came over to call her.

Christina raised her head instinctively. "What's the matter?” With a push of her foot, the chair

immediately slid back and kept a distance from Brianna.

She was so obviously on guard that even Brianna who was introverted could tell. Brianna lowered

her head timidly and took a long time to take out a packed lunch box and put it on Christina's table.

Christina recognized that this was a lunchbox specially prepared for them by the Hopkins family. It

was probably delivered to Brianna by the Hopkins family.

Was Brianna giving Christina her own lunch?

"I don't need it. Take it away.” Christina refused directly.

Brianna didn't seem to know what she had done wrong. She looked up, her clear eyes flashing with

nervousness. “Christina, Christina..." She stammered.

"I don't want it." Christina refused outright. "I just like biscuits.” She grabbed a piece of digestive

biscuit and stuffed it into her mouth, indicating that she was not interested in the food Brianna sent.

After a while, Brianna took back her lunch box and went back to her desk. She just lowered her head

and ate quietly.

"... Why are you bullying her?" Crystal saw what happened when coming back after rushing down to

the canteen to bring food for herself and Christina.

Brianna was so shy and quiet that people could not bear to bully her. So the colleagues spoke to

her in a soft voice subconsciously.

"... I'm afraid I'll die in the office after eating it." Christina lowered her voice and complained. She

grabbed the fast food that Crystal had brought and immediately ate it. She was hungry, but she

really didn't have the courage to eat the lunch that Brianna sent her.

Crystal only took it as a joke.

But Crystal found it strange, "I don't remember when you were so vigilant towards her. You used to

get along well with her.”

Christina shook her head and didn't want to say anything more.

Although there was no real evidence, Brianna was too weird that Christina didn't want to get in

touch with her anyway.

When it was time for the dinner party at the company, Christina called in case her families were

worried.

"I am not going home for dinner tonight, and Brianna, I didn't know her..." While talking to nanny

Faang on the phone, Christina turned to look at Brianna. Two female colleagues were standing there

as if they were talking about dinner tonight.

"How is Miss Brianna doing at the company?" Nanny Faang was worried.

"She's doing better than me.”

Christina replied stiffly. "Maybe she will go to dinner with us, too. Grandpa said he wanted her to

get in touch with more people. If she wants to go home halfway, I'll call you again.”

"Then please take care of Miss Brianna, thank you." Nanny Faang warned politely, and she could

vaguely feel that Christina didn't like Brianna very much.

There were 24 delicious dishes on the table. Everyone sat around and tasted them, feeling very

happy.

Penny sat on Christina's right and was violently holding the long legs of the king crab, chewing on

the meat of the fresh and tender crab legs. She looked so happy, "Christina, this is really delicious.

Try it."

"I ate too much for lunch. I'm not hungry now."

Penny was not particularly angry with Christina before. After a good meal, she immediately treated

Christina kindly. "Hey, why are you so stupid? Everyone knows that there is a dinner party tonight.

So you should eat a little at noon. What a pity if you don't try it!"

The team leader, Veronica, was also a little more amiable towards Christina. She craned her neck

and asked Christina in a low voice, "Do you know our boss very well?"

"Peter is single now." Christina knew what she was thinking.

It was all women eating at the table and when they heard that, they immediately became excited.

"Then can you tell us where he lives? What kind of woman does he like? What's his favorite food?"

Peter was handsome, calm, and had a much better reputation than Charles. There were almost no

scandals about Peter. If any woman could be with this rich man...

After all, it was such a good chance for women present to ask that so that they could strive for their

own happiness. Anyway, they were working in his company and can often see him.

"I don't know him very well. I can't tell you his address.” Christina was straightforward and there was

no need to lie.

She really didn't know Peter well. As for the address of the Shepherd family, it was privacy.

Veronica and the others suddenly looked unhappy.

One of them said sourly, "Christina, you're married. Don't forget that you're a married woman... Do

you still want to compete with us for a man?"

Christina didn't want to talk to them anymore. She got up and was about to go to the bathroom

with her rose-red handbag. But Veronica wanted to ask more questions and pulled her. "Don't go.

Sit down and continue talking..."

"Hey, don't pull me...” Christina's small handbag was open and unzipped. When she was suddenly

pulled, everything in her handbag fell out...

At a glance, a few women saw that the cosmetics dropped out of her bag were all expensive. They

were still trying to know something out of her mouth, so they all picked up things for her eagerly.

Christina squatted down with a darkened face to pick up, but when she picked up a familiar silver

and black ancient coin on the ground, her expression instantly changed...

"Why are you following me all the time?" The coin really haunted her.

The coin said, "I know how Derek got hurt..."

Christina gritted her teeth. "I'm not interested...”

"He hurt himself." The voice of the coin wafted through the air, and it said very firmly.