Spoil My Errant Wife (Patrick and Christina) novel Chapter 227

"Derek is the illegitimate son of the Fisher family.He is not favored by the family and is often ridiculed as a fool by the outside.When I first met him, I didn't pay much attention to him.I just thought that the illegitimate child of the Fisher family was beautiful.He didn't initiate a conversation with others or please others, and of course, we ignored him."

Charles recalled and suddenly laughed at himself, "It turned out that we were all wrong.Being the best friend of the young master of the Hopkins family, how could he be an ordinary guy?"

Christina did not interrupt him.It was the first time she had heard of the relationship between Patrick and Derek.

It turned out that they were good friends with totally different personalities, which was really surprising.

However, judging by Charles's tone, he did not seem to reject Derek but was a little alienated.

"Christina, what's that look in your eyes? Do you think I look down on him because he is an illegitimate child? I alienated him because he is not a simple person"

Charles looked at her with slight anger.

"Christina, in your heart, Derek was your childhood sweetheart.After his mother passed away, he was taken back to the Fisher family to be abused by his stepmother.He used to be a silent illegitimate child, so you always thought he is weak, Tell you what, you really underestimated him-"

"Derek is a...weirdo."

In the end, Charles even didn't know how to describe Derek and snorted at Christina angrily.

"It should have been impossible for Chandler and I to know that Patrick was kidnapped by his mother, but we finally knew it because Derek came across as he passed by that day..."

"The first time we met was at a grand dinner party in Hopkins family.

On that day, Senior Mr.Hopkins, who was then in power of the Hopkins family, officially announced to the public that he would hand over the IP&G Group to his only grandson, the God-favored Patrick, who was only 13 years old that year.

There were a lot of distinguished guests that day, and the party was lively.

Chandler and I were forced to attend with our parents, and Derek was no exception even if he was just an illegitimate child.That was our job.How could our they let go of such a good opportunity to expand our social networking?"

Charles shrugged and continued more teasingly.

"But that night, Patrick didn't care about his grandpa's feelings, for he didn't show up at all.He was standing alone by the guardrail of the lotus pond.The feast was held for him, though, he didn't look happy"

"Chandler was one year older than him, and him and me were the same age.We have to be more mature than our peers, but you can't expect a calm mind from a 13-year-old child.Anyway, I was tired of such social events at that time.The party was held at night, and since I had a good relationship with Chandler at that time, I dragged him to explore the back garden of the Hopkins.That was when we found the young master of Hopkins standing in the cold wind.His face was flushed and abnormal as if he had a high fever..."

Charles paused and his eyes became thoughtful.

What he talked about was happened a long time ago.

Patrick still didn't want others to know him since he was a child.

"Patrick was different from ordinary people when he was sick.It felt like he deliberately didn't ask for help and abused himself"

Hearing this, Christina's heart tightened and she almost blurted out to refute, "Patrick has no mental disease.He doesn't have a tendency to abuse himself"

"He does, but he has suffered too much on his own.Since he can't unleash his emotions, he can only punish himself in extreme ways.He thinks he's doing not well enough."

Charles's voice gradually lowered, and he only dared to mutter to himself in the heart, "Just as he deals with Derek.He can't let go of his guilt, so he punishes himself..."

Patrick was not a god.

Everyone can be vulnerable at times, especially when they are bearing so much like him.