Every time Winnie saw Brian like this, she felt her heart had been stabbed again.
"Not much. After I sell the software to the Bennet Group, my sister still has a house that can be sold. It
is enough."
Winnie didn’t say exactly how much she needed. If she did, Brian would think she was asking him for
money.
Brian suddenly sat up and loosened the hand that had been holding Winnie. His face was gloomy in
this instant. And his voice was even colder and harder.
"A piece of software could at least be sold at more than 600,000 dollars. A house that is at most 80
square feet will be sold at more than 3 million dollars in B City. How many external debts do you have
now? Is this the reason why you cheat others’ money everywhere?"
Winnie, who was stunned, looked at Brian who had an angry look on his face, slowly revealing a bitter
look. She knew Brian would think like that. Even though she answered carefully, she still provoked him
and displeased him.
"Well, you could say that."
It was undeniable that she had a lot of external debts. But she had never lied to anyone. When would
Brian stop treating her as a liar?
"You..."
Brian wanted to get angry. But when he saw Winnie's bitter expression, he couldn’t bear to speak
anything further.
He took out a bank card from his pocket and threw it directly in front of Winnie.
"Here is 10 million dollars. Use it to pay off the debt."
Winnie looked at the bank card with a huge amount of money in front of her and couldn’t say what kind
of feeling she was feeling at this moment. She didn’t feel any joy but humiliation after the success of
getting money from Brian.
This bank card mercilessly trampled on her self-esteem, making her feel ashamed in front of Brian.
Winnie picked up the bank card and felt it burning her hands. Then she placed it in front of Brian,
"Thank you, I don't need your money. I can take care of my external debts by myself. After the house is
sold and the software is sold, there will be some money left. I will have a new loan to buy a house for
my sister. The remaining money can suffice to be my down payment."
"I don't want to be in debt to anyone. Even if I will be a little bitter and tired, at least, I can be more at
ease in my heart."
Winnie refused Brian's help. For her, she’d rather owe Sidney and Daenerys's rather than make Brian
look down upon her as a liar.
"Why do you have to cheat others if you have such guts? Why not appear in front of me openly and
honestly right from the beginning?"
Brian couldn’t help but be angry. His cold voice was like a sharp dagger stuck in Winnie's heart. She
wanted to pull out the dagger, only to fail.
Winnie held back her aggression, using her greatest inhibitions in controlling herself not to be anxious
or annoyed. Because she hadn't said more important things yet.
"Stop talking. it doesn't matter if you have guts or not. This matter will pass. I still can solve it."
"You..."
"There is a second thing I want to tell you. If I don't say it, after my sister is here, there is no chance."
Winnie decisively interrupted Brian's words, indicating that she didn’t want to continue this topic.
Brian still yelled loudly and angrily, "Say it."
At this moment, his anger was even greater because Winnie had arrogantly refused his help.
"Can you put your anger away for a moment? Can we talk calmly like others do?"
Winnie simply couldn't stand Brian's irritable emotions. She had endured internal injuries so much that
she couldn't bear them.
Brian stared at Winnie. Looking at her expression indicating that she was about to be stubborn, he felt
somewhat reluctant to go on talking. He, who tightened his eyebrows, Slowly stopped furrowing his
eyebrows. And the gloom on his face dispersed. He eased down his tone as well, "Say it."
Winnie sighed, thinking that this should be the limit of Brian.
"I want to talk to you about Luke. Your attitude towards him is too cold, which directly affects the child's
physical and mental health."
"This is the way I get along with Luke. This Is the kind of attitude I have. He is used to it."
Brian wasn’t in a rage. But he retorted upon hearing what Winnie had said.
"You're used to it. He'll never get used to it. None of the children likes to see his father's cold face. He
relies on you. And he is proud of you. He sees you as a role model. But all you give him is negative
things."
Winnie knew that Brian wasn’t good at changing. But she still had to try her best to convince him.
Otherwise, Luke would never be happy for the rest of his life.
Brian warned her without anger, "Stop getting involved in our business. Just do your own."
He wanted to end this topic here. so he got out of bed, intending to wash up.
Winnie called out to Brian, "Wait, this is something that I have to manage."
Then she got out of bed and stood in front of Brian, blocking his way.
"I don't care what your reason is for being distant and indifferent to Luke. It's not what a father should
do. You are extremely irresponsible to Luke by doing this. If you have this attitude, you shouldn't have
had Luke in the first place."
Winnie looked slightly stubborn at him. And her tone was serious. No matter what, she wanted Brian to
give her a satisfactory answer tonight.
"Put yourself in your place. You are not qualified to get involved in my private life."
Brian's face was grim. And his eyes were sulky. Then Winnie said, "I know I am not qualified. I am a
woman who sleeps with you. But when it comes to Luke, I have to manage his matter. I don’t ask you
for too much. Even acting in front of the child is fine. You, as a father, should let him grow up physically
and mentally healthy, which is your responsibility."
Winnie's stubbornness reached a certain level. And she was unbeatable when she was stubborn.
"Brian, if you don’t like Luke, give him to me. I will take him away. Without you, the child won’t suffer so
much mental pressure."
Brian refused decisively, "Impossible. Stop being delusional."
He wouldn’t let go of Luke. Temporarily, he couldn’t leave Winnie and Megan. So he wouldn’t let go of
any one of them.
Winnie said tenaciously, "Then be nice to him. Don't let your emotions affect his mood. Praise him, feel
distressed for him, and spoil him in time so that his childhood won’t be in the dark."
No matter how angry Brian was, she wouldn't back down.
"Impossible. Winnie, I'm warning you for the last time. You are nobody, you can't sway me. If you are
presuming to change me, don't blame me for taking Luke away."
Brian got completely angry as if he were an eruptive volcano that was surging and unrestrained.
"Fine. Take him away now. Just take Luke away. Everything between us will be over. I'll choose my life
again."
Winnie had no choice but to be tit for tat for Brian to control her anger.
She had no other way and could only gamble once. If it didn’t work, she would try to find a way to
soften Brian. In short, no matter what happened, she wouldn’t give up easily.
"Winnie, this is what you said. I can immediately take Luke out of here and never let you see him.”
Brian was surprised. In his opinion, Luke was where Winnie's weakness lay. As long as he said he
would take Luke away, Winnie would surrender unconditionally. But what was wrong today was that he
was acting as he cared so much about it.
"I say, take Luke away just to make me whole. At dinner time just now, Leo confessed to me. He said
he didn’t mind me having a child and that he could start all over his life with me. I was still hesitating for
Luke. If you take Luke away, I will immediately promise to get together with him. And we will get a
marriage license tomorrow."
At this time, Winnie used Leo to threaten Brian. But she wasn’t quite sure. Because Brian just said she
was a nobody.
"Winnie..."
This was what Brian hadn’t expected. Leo confessed his love to Winnie, which he didn’t know. Was it
true or Winnie was talking about the pie-in-the-sky nonsense?
"Good, go to Leo. Go marry him. For your wedding, I will surely give you a red envelope with a large
amount of money in it."
"Do you think you can threaten me? Who do you think you are? I'm telling you, Winnie, don't act like
this. I don't care who you will marry. Even if you marry a fool on the roadside, I won’t care."
Brian was overwhelmed by anger. And his words sounded rough and thoughtless. He didn't even think
about what the consequences would be.
"Good, thank you for making me recognize myself. Thank you for allowing me to marry someone else.
You also remember it, Brian, after I walk out of this door, everything between us will be over. Don't
regret what you said. And don't appear in front of me from now on."
Winnie was angry and irritated. She wanted to beat up Brian. At the same time, she also heard the
sound indicating that her heart was breaking.
Her heart was crushed by Brian's words. A gust of wind happened to carry away the broken pieces.
Winnie turned around and started looking for something after her angry roar. She was insignificant in
Brian's heart. No matter how hard or soft she was, it wouldn’t solve the problem.
Now she couldn't compromise. The only way was to leave.
Winnie continued to speak as she rummaged for her identity documents.
"This house is yours. It is me who should leave. The child is asleep. For the sake of us spending so
much time together, don't disturb the child. I will pick her up tomorrow morning."
After Winnie finished her words, she had found her identity card and account book. Then she held them
in her hands and held them up in front of her.
"Thank you for making me have my way."
Winnie finished her words and gave Brian an indignant look, turning around to open the door.
Seeing Winnie rummaging through her things, Brian was somewhat in a panic. Hearing her words that
she thanked him for letting her have her way and staring at the determined look in her eyes, he was
instantly in a mess in his heart.
As Winnie turned around to leave, Brian forgot everything had happened just now and blocked
Winnie’s way quickly.
"Where are you going?"
"Go to Leo's house. Sleep with him, and register with him so that we can get married."
Winnie's gaze was clear and cold. Her voice sounded hard. She looked like she wasn’t attached to
anything more.
"Get out of the way."
"You can't marry him."
Brian blurted out without deliberation. Although he still had an angry look on his face and that the look
in his eyes was still bitter, his heart was trembling violently, which was out of his control.
She wanted to leave him. She wanted to marry someone else. Never would he allow her to do these
things.
"I have no right to meddle about your affairs. And you shouldn’t interfere in my affairs either. We aren’t
connected at all. Even if I am marrying a fool on the roadside, you won’t have any say."
Winnie retorted to what Brian had said just now. And she didn't want to be swayed by Brian.
Winnie angrily pushed away Brian and opened the door to leave. Unexpectedly, Brian's eager voice
rang, "I promise you."
Brian finally was defeated by Winnie's stubbornness. So he compromised.
Winnie stopped. The tense expression on her face finally eased. She stopped feeling anxious and
tense. It seemed that her stubbornness had once again prevailed. And it seemed that Leo could
threaten Brian with ease.
Winnie didn’t turn around. Instead, she was waiting for more reassurance from Brian.
"I will try to get along well with Luke. Don't go. Luke can't leave you."
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