when she left he went crazy (Hope and Christopher) novel Chapter 5

Evelyn knew Christopher was waiting for me.

She hitched a ride but ended up sitting in the passenger seat.

I wanted to turn around and leave, but reason urged me to stay. I reached out my hand to Christopher. “The car keys.”

Christopher didn’t say anything; they just placed the car keys in my hand.

I walked around the front of the car and sat straight in the driver’s seat. Facing Evelyn’s stiff and surprised expression, I smiled, “It’s okay. You’re like Christopher’s sister. It’s normal for you to hitch a ride.”

Then, I leaned out to Christopher outside the car. “Hurry up and get in. Grandpa must be waiting for us.”

We didn’t speak a word on the way.

The car was as quiet as a coffin.

Evelyn wanted to chat with Christopher, but she kept turning her head, which seemed unnatural.

Perhaps sensing my unhappiness, Christopher suddenly opened a bottle of drink and handed it to me. “Mango juice, your favorite.”

I took a sip, frowned slightly, and handed it back. “A bit too sweet. You have it.”

I’ve been liking sour things lately. In the past, I could force myself to eat something I wouldn’t say I wanted to avoid wasting it. But now, I couldn’t force myself to take even a single sip.

“Okay.”

Christopher didn’t say anything and took it back naturally.

“You shouldn’t give back something you’ve already drunk from. There are a lot of bacteria in your mouth. H. pylori is transmitted this way,” Evelyn said with a complex tone.

I couldn’t help but smile, “By your logic, we shouldn’t sleep together at night. Isn’t that even more dangerous?”

We’re both adults, and Evelyn naturally understood what I meant. “I didn’t expect that even after so many years of marriage, you two are still so intimate.”

“Are you jealous?” Christopher retorted coldly.

Sometimes, like now, Christopher’s attitude towards Evelyn made me feel like he actually disliked her.

It seemed to be a familiar pattern of interaction between them. Evelyn sneered, “Yes, I’m jealous! What’s it to you?”

“Of course, it’s none of my business.”

“Sure, sure.”

Evelyn smirked, feeling somewhat pleased. “But on our wedding night, when you heard I was in trouble, you didn’t even care about your wife and stayed with me all night…”

Christopher got angry and said sharply, “Evelyn!”

I suddenly came to my senses and hit the brakes. The car stopped just short of the zebra crossing. Through the rearview mirror, I stared blankly at Christopher’s deep-featured face, feeling very upset.

In an instant, I felt so wrong that I was about to cry.

Christopher, rarely showing nervousness in front of me, said, “Hope…”

“That night, did you go to see her?” I asked. I realized my voice was tinged with bitterness.

Sorrow made me feel a bit lost, and I could hardly control myself.

On our wedding night, he left me because of a call from someone I didn’t know, and then he didn’t come back all night. Even though my relationship with Christopher is harmonious now, this incident still feels like a thorn in my heart.

It was Christopher’s grandfather, Bentley Valence, who arranged our marriage. When we had just gotten married, there was a period of distance between us, and I never had the chance to ask him where he had gone that night.

This matter had been left unresolved all this time.

But now, Evelyn unexpectedly yanked out that thorn in my heart and plunged it even deeper.

My gaze shifted back and forth between the two of them, feeling like a complete joke.

Evelyn covered her mouth in panic and looked at Christopher. “You didn’t tell Hope about this? It’s all my fault. I’m too straightforward.”

It was as if she was saying, your relationship isn’t that great. You’re hiding something like this from her.

“Evelyn, did you get your head stuck in the door?” Christopher’s face darkened chillingly.

His features were deep-set and sharply defined. When he had a cold expression, he exuded a strong sense of menace, which was one of the reasons why, at a young age, he could take charge of the Valence Group.

“Alright, I’m sorry, I didn’t know you didn’t tell her about this.” Evelyn quickly apologized, but she seemed innocent and intimate with Christopher.

She seemed to have figured out that Christopher wouldn’t do anything to her.

Suddenly, a familiar ringtone sounded.

“Give it back to me.”

I reached out to take back the phone and glanced at the caller ID. I answered the call and calmed down. “Grandpa.”

“Hope, are you almost here?”

I really wanted to get out of the car and leave.

Hearing Bentley’s kind voice, I softened. “We’re almost there. Grandpa, it’s windy today. Please don’t wait for us in the yard.”

Everyone said Bentley was serious, old-fashioned, and dictatorial. But I often thought that if my own grandfather were still alive, he would probably only be this good to me.

As autumn approached, the days grew shorter and the nights longer.

As the car entered the Valence Manor, it was already dark.

The lights around the mansion were lit up, creating a lively atmosphere.