After realizing his reaction, Brian's handsome face became dark in an instant. There was an
incomprehensible emotion in his deep eyes.
Winnie was still smiling with her eyes fixed on Brian's perfect picture. Therefore, she didn't find his
change.
"Well, it seems that I really shouldn't pay you for this phone. I'll be scared by your picture every day,
and I should ask you to compensate me for mental damage."
After finishing these words with her head down, her smile broadened. She unconsciously raised her
head and looked at Brian. However, what she saw were malicious and insidious cold eyes.
Her smile nearly disappeared immediately.
"Why? I'm just joking. My smiling in your presence makes you sick?"
Winnie was somewhat puzzled and couldn't figure out how she had angered Brian.
The expression in Brian's eyes became colder and colder, but he couldn't tell her the reason.
Therefore, he left after staring at Winnie, leaving her there with a puzzled expression.
"What happened? Why did you give me the cold shoulder again? Can't I smile in your presence?"
Winnie talked to herself and was no longer in a good mood.
She always couldn't understand why Brian was always changing his attitude towards her.
Winnie sighed helplessly and put down the mobile phone casually. Then, she began to work again.
Finally, it was noon. When she was just about to go to the staff canteen for lunch, there came a person
she hated.
It was Penny who came in. Winnie sat in her office chair, looking at her with hatred. After Luke was
abused, this was the first time that she saw Penny. If she hadn't promised Felix to conceal it for the
time being, she would have publicized it and made her notorious.
"Why do you look at me in this way, Winnie? Did I do anything that annoys you?"
Penny said proudly.
When she came close to Winnie's desk and saw the brand new mobile phone, there was a triumphant
expression in her eyes.
"Oh, you got a new mobile phone. Did you throw away the former one or..."
Penny stopped before she finished her words. That's because she saw Brian's photo after she
accidentally pressed the power key.
Instantly, she put on a fierce expression and couldn't help questioning Winnie.
"Winnie, why're you so shameless? What's the relationship between you and Brian? How dare you use
his photo as your background image? You're shameless! You're a bitch!"
Penny was no longer triumphant. She lifted the phone angrily and was about to smash it.
At this point...
"Wait."
Winnie stopped her in time and then continued to speak.
"Mr. Bennet just gave it to me. It was him that used his picture as the background image in this phone.
If you smash it, how should I explain to him?"
Winnie said calmly and didn't care about the dirty words Penny said.
Winnie seldom said dirty words. In her opinion, compared with swearing someone, it'll better to slap
that guy.
"You..."
In Penny's view, Winnie was threatening that she would tell Brian if she smashed her mobile phone.
Her hand was still raised in mid-air. She was very embarrassed because she was torn between
smashing it and not smashing.
Finally, she put down her hand and threw the phone on the desk.
"Winnie, you shameless bastard. You deserve to lose your mobile phone."
When Penny was angry but couldn't do anything with the other party, she would always try to get the
better of an argument. Only in this way could she feel that she had turned it around. Usually, she would
leak some information inadvertently at such moments.
"How did you know that I had lost my phone?"
Winnie asked coldly.
Possibly having known how to communicate with Penny, Winnie had been very vigilant since the
moment she entered her office and finally found something strange.
"I... I'm just cursing you. I hope that you'll lose your phone under my curse."
Penny paused for a moment with a slight panic in her eyes.
Now, she regretted very much and questioned herself: why did I always lose control of my emotions
and speak without thinking? Why were I always angered by what Winnie said easily? Why couldn't I be
as calm as Winnie?
"You're cursing me? Why do you curse me?"
Winnie asked thoughtfully.
She had seen the panicky expression in Penny's eyes clearly. Although Penny had tried to cover it up,
she didn't miss it.
Winnie couldn't simply make a conclusion that Penny had something to do with her losing her cell
phone, but it was necessary for her to take this opportunity to warn her.
"I curse you because you are shameless, because you are a bitch and because you have an affair with
my husband."
Penny shouted loudly. However, the harder she tried to hide the real reason, the more she exposed.
"No, these aren't the real reasons. You want me to lose my phone in hopes that I'll lose all the evidence
in it. This is the real reason why you curse me."
Winnie directly pointed out her true purpose, but she couldn't go too far because she had no evidence.
"You..."
Penny's expression changed suddenly and was having mood swings, not knowing how to deal with
Winnie next.
"Penny, let me tell you. I did lose my phone, but ..."
Winnie deliberately elongated the word. Then, she said in a cold voice with cold eyes.
"There are backups of all the files in my phone on my computer. Although I lost my phone, I kept all the
evidence. Don't hope that I'll lose the evidences, too.
Winnie said calmly. At this moment, Penny's expression changed again. She looked shocked and
disappointed.
"Does it have anything to do with me? I didn't do anything wrong, so you can't always make trouble for
me. Don't threaten me with those things."
Penny was annoyed and anxious and thought: how could she not notice that there would be backups?
How could she come to find Winnie to show off before she resolved the matter completely?
"You didn't do anything wrong? Are you sure that you didn't do anything wrong?"
Hearing her lying against her conscience, there was anger in Winnie's eyes,
She had just beaten Luke up not long ago. Now, she dared to say that she had done nothing wrong.
She was the most shameless and vicious person.
Looking at the expression in Winnie's eyes, Penny felt that she knew everything. Therefore, she was
afraid, looking away in a hurry and letting her gaze wander.
"Sure."
Penny lied. However, she was slapped her in the face the next second. After that, she had a ringing in
her ear and couldn't hear anything else.
"Winnie, you son..."
Penny's first reaction was to swear. She had forgotten how many times Winnie had beaten her. She
had also lost patience.
When she was about to swear, Winnie stopped her by speaking in a loud voice and with stern
expression
"Shut up. You deserve this. Both I and you know if you've done something wrong."
Winnie became furious with sudden sharp eyes. It became even difficult for her to suppress her anger
when she thought of Luke's getting depressed after that.
"Penny, listen. From now on, you don't have to try to make trouble for me, because I will make trouble
for you. You had done so many vicious things. I'll make you regret. Besides, I'll make you pay for what
had happened four years ago. Before, you stole my boyfriend. Now, I'm going to steal your husband.
Wait and see who would suffer a greater loss."
Winnie was not joking and she didn't say it out of anger. Last time, she was unable to save Luke. Since
then, she had made up her mind to make Penny pay the price. Otherwise, she would be apologetic to
Luke and not worthy of being his mother.
"You..."
Penny became panic. Her anger also ended abruptly after she saw Winnie's reaction.
Was she going to fight back? Would she publicize what happened four years ago? Would she steal
everything from her?
No, it wouldn't happen. She wouldn't allow herself to lose everything.
After Penny left in a hurry, Winnie calmed down.
She felt a little more relaxed after venting some of her anger. However, she still had to give a second
thought to how to start fighting back.
Penny had employed a killer to commit the crime, but it was difficult to find out the evidence. Brian was
her only hope.
She had to make Brian divorce Penny. Only in this way could Luke live a happy life in the future. She
didn't know what would happen in the future.
She only knew that the best way to ensure a happily life for Luke was to get him a kind-hearted
stepmother.
After she got off work, Winnie went to pick up the kids. When Brian came back, the kids had had dinner
and were doing their homework.
Hearing the sound of opening the door, Winnie went downstairs and saw that Brian still wore a cold
expression and there was still cold expression in his eyes.
"Did you drink?"
Winnie had smelled a strong smell of alcohol before she came close to Brian.
"Yes."
Brian said in a cold voice, but he was unwilling to look at Winnie.
"I have a headache. I'm going to rest in my room."
After saying that, Brian went straight back to his room.
Seeing his behavior, Winnie was both puzzled and worried.
In the past few days, Brian would not wear a cold expression after he returned home and Winnie had
been accustomed to it. Now, when Brian became indifferent again, Winnie was somewhat lost.
Then, she went upstairs to be with her kids doing their homework, but she had been absent-minded.
When she put her kids to sleep, she was also thinking about Brian. After the kids fell asleep, Winnie
went back to her room and she was not sleepy at all.
She wondered: Brian just said that he had a headache. Is he all right now? Is he suffering from an
unbearable headache like before? Or has he fallen asleep because of the alcohol?
The more Winnie thought, the more worried she became. Finally, she couldn't restrain herself and went
to Brian's room.
She pushed open the door of Brian's bedroom with great care. It was somewhat dark inside, but she
could clearly see that Brian was lying on the bed. Winnie crept to the bed, bent over and looked at
Brian.
His face was still red. Everything was fine except that he frowned. She touched his forehead and was
relieved after finding that he didn't have a fever.
When she withdrew her hand and was about to leave, Brian took her hand and pulled her into his arms.
"I'm fine. I'm not suffering from a headache."
Brian whispered.
Feeling unsettled, he couldn't fall asleep at all, even though he had had a drink. He had heard the
sound of opening the door. Judging from the light footsteps, he was sure that it was Winnie that was
coming in.
Although he didn't take a look, he knew that Winnie was checking him for fear that he had a headache
again.
Brian was moved and didn't want her to leave.
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