Winnie didn't want to continue this topic because she didn't want Brian to come here. If Brian lost his
temper with her because she said something wrong, Vanessa definitely couldn't bear it.
"Vanessa, don't worry. I'll return the tuition fee to Mr. Bennet."
"Speaking of money, I have something to negotiate with you. I want to sell the house under your name.
Then, I want to pay back one million dollar to Uncle Romeo and put a down payment on a new house
with the rest money. Anyway, I'll buy you a bigger house and pay back the loan."
Winnie had to negotiate with Vanessa. After all, Vanessa was the owner of the house.
"No problem, you have the last word. Sister, I'm saying..."
Vanessa agreed without hesitation. Even if Winnie didn't mention it, she wanted to sell the house to pay
off the debt herself. In that case, it could be said that she had helped Winnie in paying back the debt.
After all, she also had the responsibility to pay back the debt.
However, she didn't want to talk about the debt now. She wanted to ask Brian to have a meal at their
home. However, when she mentioned it again, Winnie interrupted her.
"The current tenant wants to buy our house. Tomorrow I'll go to negotiate over it in detail with the
tenant. You don't have to go before going through the formalities."
"No problem. I'm not going to interfere with it. You have the last word. Can we stop talking about this
topic now?"
Vanessa became impatient and found that Winnie was trying to evade this issue. The more Winnie
tried to evade it, the more Vanessa wanted to explore it to satisfy her curiosity.
"Yes. Let's cook."
Winnie turned around and washed the vegetables that Vanessa had trimmed. She wanted to ignore
Vanessa's proposal. However, Vanessa was stubborn and insisted on inviting Brian to have a meal with
them.
"Sister, I propose that we should invite Mr. Bennet to have a meal with us. What's your opinion? Even if
we'll pay back the money, we should thank him."
Finding that Vanessa wasn't going to give up, Winnie could only make a perfunctory answer.
"Mr. Bennet is a boss who is very busy. He has no time to have a meal with us."
"You haven't even asked him! How do you know that he has no time? I'll make a phone call to him. I'll
forget it if he is really busy."
Before Winnie could say anything, Vanessa directly ran from the kitchen to the living room and found
Winnie's mobile phone. Winnie failed to stop her in time.
Before long, Vanessa ran back happily.
"Sister, let's cook some delicious dishes. Brian says that he's free and will come right away."
Having defeated Winnie with her petty trick, Vanessa was very happy and proud.
"Aren't you unaccustomed to get along with strangers? Why're you so enthusiastic today?"
Winnie asked helplessly.
"I don't want to get along with strangers who're difficult to get along with. However, it's easy to get along
with Mr. Bennet, so I have to be enthusiastic."
Vanessa didn't know the reason, but she really quite liked Brian. Although she just called him Brother
out of courtesy, she really felt the care from an elder brother.
Winnie felt more surprised. It wasn't easy to get along with Brian at all! Besides, he was not
enthusiastic at all! He treated people in such a cold manner! Why would Vanessa say that it was easy
to get along with him? She couldn't understand Vanessa's thoughts.
"Sister, why is he so kind to you? Doesn't he go too far when he treats his employee so well?"
Vanessa finally exposed her hidden purpose. When she asked this question, she noticed the
embarrassed expression on Winnie's face.
"Does he treat me well? I don't think so. He is just like the other bosses, being harsh and arrogant. He
found a tutoring class for you just because I have a strong working ability and perform well. He does
this to keep me in his company."
Winnie could only explained like this. She really didn't want Vanessa to know the relationship between
her and Brian.
The more people knew it, the sadder she would became. Besides, she would have to explain to one
more person when she left. These were all burdens for Winnie.
"I just think that he treat you well. He had dinner with us and naturally sat down beside you. Do you
believe it was a coincidence for you to meet there? Most importantly, he allows you to live with Luke.
He wouldn't do so unless he trusts you very much and has a high expectation for you."
Vanessa didn't believe what Winnie just said. She knew that Winnie had a strong working ability.
However, the boss of the previous company didn't treat her in this way.
Vanessa paused for a while and continued to speak.
"Sister, don't try to fool me. I'm not a kid anymore. If Mr. Bennet really likes you, I agree with your being
his girlfriend. I..."
Speaking of this, Vanessa suddenly stopped. She realized something very important.
Luke was Brian's son. It meant that he was married. He had a wife. It seemed impossible that he
should treat Winnie so well when he had a wife.
"Sister, does Brian have a wife?"
Vanessa asked tentatively. She wanted Winnie to tell her that Brian didn't have a wife or was divorced.
"Yes, his wife is from a powerful family. We ordinary people will be dwarfed by her."
Winnie's answer disappointed Vanessa a lot.
"Alas, it's too annoying. I..."
"Well, don't let your imagination run wild now. Help me with the cooking hurriedly, otherwise everyone
will be hungry later."
Winnie pretended to say in a relaxed way. As a matter of fact, she felt even more disappointed than
Vanessa.
About ten minutes after Vanessa made a phone call to Brian, he arrived. This time, he also forgot to
knock on the door and came in directly.
"Brother, you're here!"
Hearing the sound of opening the door, Vanessa ran close to Brian from the kitchen and greeted him
with a smile.
Although Brian had a wife and couldn't marry Winnie, she still really worshipped Brian.
"Hmm. Where's Winnie?"
Brian changed into slippers and went in.
"She's cooking in the kitchen."
Vanessa pointed to the kitchen lively with her finger with joy and expectations she shouldn't have for
Brian in her eyes.
"Oh, I'll have a look."
After saying that in a deep voice, he went to the kitchen directly. Vanessa didn't follow him, but went
upstairs to tutor the kids with their homework.
After Brian came to the kitchen, he turned around and watched Vanessa go upstairs. After he was sure
that there was no one else on the first floor, he held Winnie into his arms from behind.
It was a very common move that he had done many times, but Winnie was frightened by him this time.
"Let go of me. Vanessa will see it."
Winnie spoke in a low voice. It was obvious that she was in a panic.
"She went upstairs just now, so she wouldn't see it."
Brian said coldly and just wouldn't let go of Winnie. He was afraid that Winnie and Leo would be
together again if he let go of her now.
Hearing his cold voice, Winnie didn't know what to say. She had heard the conversation between him
and Vanessa when he had just entered the door. At that time, he didn't talk in a cold voice at all.
However, when he talked to her, his voice was as cold as ice.
"She might go downstairs at any moment. Let go of me."
At this moment, Winnie had calmed down, not because Vanessa was upstairs, but because she no
longer expected Brian to treat her warmly after hearing his cold voice.
Brian kept silent, rubbed his face against Winnie's neck for a while, kissed her neck and then finally let
go of her.
Winnie was relieved. She didn't turn around and look at Brian, but continued to cook.
"Prevent Vanessa from doubting our relationship. There will be a lot of trouble if she knows about it.
Besides, you should knock on the door before coming in. She's smart, so she will definitely ask me
about this."
Winnie pointed out the mistake Brian had made, but she felt that it was too late. Vanessa was good at
observing. She guessed that Vanessa would ask her many questions after Brian left.
"I'm used to it. Sometimes it's difficult to change a habit."
For example, he had been accustomed to sleep in the same bed with Winnie. Without her, he couldn't
fall asleep.
"Go to wait in the living room. Dinner will be ready soon."
Winnie asked Brian to leave the kitchen. She neither wanted Brian to disturb her cooking nor wanted to
see him treat her differently.
However, unexpectedly.
"I'll help you with the cooking."
As he said, he was about to work.
"Vanessa had prepared everything for me, so I don't need any help now. Just go to the living room and
have a rest."
It was only then that Winnie turned around and looked at Brian, after which she felt distressed
unconsciously.
Brian was hollow-eyed with red blood in his eyes. She could easily tell from his handsome face that he
was tired.
"What happened? Were you very busy today? Or are you sick?"
Winnie couldn't help asking.
"No, I just can't fall asleep. Hurry up. I'm hungry."
Brian suddenly frowned and refused her caring about him. Although he felt well when Winnie cared
about him. He was afraid that he wouldn't be able to be divorced from this kind of care after he was
familiar with it.
Thinking that it was just her wishful thinking, Winnie no longer spoke. Silence fell in the kitchen then.
After the dinner was ready, Brian said that he wanted to have a drink. Winnie wanted to oppose it, but
she bit back the words.
He said that he couldn't fall asleep. Maybe he could fall asleep after drinking a little wine. Judging from
his appearance, he really should have a good rest.
Vanessa got the wine and poured a glass for Brian. Before she put down the bottle, Brian had drunk
off.
Vanessa immediately poured a glass of wine for him again.
"Brother, drink it later. I want to propose a toast to you."
Vanessa poured a glass of drinks for herself.
"Brother, although I just drink drinks, I sincerely thank you very much for finding a tutoring class for me
and for taking care of Winnie for such a long time."
Vanessa said politely and then drank off, totally not knowing that her elder sister suffered many
grievances after she met him.
"Good, cheers."
After say that, Brian drank off the wine again.
Drinking on glass of wine after another, Brian finally got drunk.
Winnie supported Brian to the sofa and made him lie down on the sofa. Then, she was ready to get
changed.
"Vanessa, put away the dining table. I have to send Mr. Bennet home."
"Sister, how could you send him home when he was so drunk. There are spare rooms. What about
letting him stay here tonight?"
Vanessa didn't have a hidden purpose this time. She was purely worried about Brian.
"Yes, Auntie. Just let daddy sleep in his room. Having drunk so much, daddy must feel very
uncomfortable."
"I agree. Don't send Uncle away, mommy."
Luke and Megan also pleaded as if only they treated Brian well and Winnie was cruel.
After taking a deep breath, Winnie finally decided to let Brian stay. After sending Brian back to his
room, Winnie began to put away the dining table. Not surprisingly, Vanessa came to ask her questions.
"Sister, you told me that he had a wife. But doesn't he go too far when he gets along with you? He
knows the password, opens the door and comes in himself. He even has a room here. It seems that
there is something going on between you and him. If his wife knows it, will you become the other
woman?"
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