Penny also knew that after having sleeping pills, he could only sleep, but under that situation she had
no other choice. Brian was too vigilant, too smart, and too strong in restraint.
In that case if he took an aphrodisiac, he would walk away, never touching her, and then things would
get worse. She could only cheat him when he wasn't sober.
"Excuse, what you said is an excuse, you should admit your intelligence quotient is limited
fundamentally and you can't control Brian. You are incompetent."
Richard had nothing to say but abuse.
"Dad, don't belittle me like that. It's not that I'm incompetent, it is that Brian doesn't like me at all. You
know, our marriage is just a transaction without love."
"We've slept in separate rooms since we were married, and he won't let me in his room at all. To
outsiders we are husband and wife, but at home we are strangers."
Penny suppressed grievances for four years. It should be the best time of her life, but she lived without
a bit of taste. She was wronged more than anyone else.
"What? Transaction? What is going on?"
Richard could not hear the grievance of Penny at all. He was confused by the words of Penny, and he
could not distinguish which was true and which was false.
Penny pondered for a moment. Since she had said it out, she would tell him more. For so many years,
she paid not only for herself, but also her family
“Brian did not agree on that marriage. He asked me out. If I agreed to a contract marriage, he would
agree to marry me, otherwise he would find someone else."
"You insisted on that marriage, so I had to say yes to him and we signed the marriage contract. If it
weren't for the family, I wouldn't have pushed myself into it. Do you know how difficult I have been
these years?"
Penny was scheming to her father and said had paid a lot for the family. There would no such woman
more scheming than her in this world.
"You...... even if I forced you, you should at least discuss it with me. Why did you make your own
decisions on such a big matter?"
Richard admitted that he was eager to finish the marriage, but did not expect that Penny was brainless
and ignorant, making herself into a bad ending.
The mistake was caused because he was selfish. And Penny's intelligence quotient was limited, which
destroyed her great prospects.
Richard felt as if he had been hit by a bludgeon. His head and eyes were in a daze and he didn't know
what to do.
He had been optimistic about Penny and put hope on her, but who made him most disappointed was
Penny.
"How can I discuss with you? My brothers and sisters treat me like an eyesore. They don't treat me as
a sister at all. If this gets to their ears, they'll make a mockery of me. I have dignity and I don't want to
be looked down upon by them."
Penny finally spoke out her helplessness, but everything she said had nothing to do with her
selfishness. She was forced by her family.
"You..."
At this moment, Richard was speechless. What Penny said was a fact, other brothers and sisters could
not accept the existence of Penny.
"These are just objective reasons. If things go wrong, you're not doing a good job."
Richard still thought Penny’s ability was limited and denied Penny on everything out of anger.
"Dad, how can you say that? I didn't do it for myself. Do you think I want it now?"
Penny finally could not help crying. At this time she felt that she was an independent individual in the
vast universe without parents.
In this case, she did not need to ask for anyone's help, she just needed to walk on her way.
"I know you treat me like a tool, not your daughter at all. In this case, my affairs are not your business. I
will take care of myself."
Penny angrily hung up the phone. She did not believe that Richard would watch her mess things up.
As Penny thought, Richard called before long.
"I will deal with this matter. You protect the child for the time being. Brian is not sure if it is his child, so
this child will keep you safe. After Daniel is got rid of, you hurry to get abortion, in this way we still have
a chance."
Richard finally put things to his own hands. He was afraid that Penny would get things more and more
difficult to be dealt with.
Now he decided that Daniel must disappear immediately. The longer the delay, the greater danger
Penny faced.
Penny hung up her father's phone, leaking a sly smile. She pushed the difficult problem to Richard,
finally she could relieved.
On Sunday, Megan and Luke spent a day with Winnie and didn't leave until the evening.
Winnie had been able to walk. The doctor said it would help her recovery.
After the children left, she was alone in the ward. She couldn't sleep, so she got down and kept
walking, trying to get better and get out of the hospital as soon as possible.
She had too much waiting for her and she could not stay in the hospital for a long time.
She walked slowly to the bed and looked out at the clear sky, the bright stars. Everything was vividly,
only her heart was dull.
Brian had not shown up since the day he left and had not made a phone call to her, which made her
extremely disappointed.
But what could be done with disappointment? Nobody could give her hope, could they?
Winnie was meditating, suddenly the voice of Brian came from behind.
"Why are you out of bed again?"
When he opened the door and saw Winnie standing by the window, his heart suddenly clenched, afraid
that the last thing happened again.
When Winnie heard Brian's voice, she curled up her lips and when she turned, she put the smile away.
"Doctor Burns asked me to get out of bed and move to help the wound heal."
Brian had not been there for two days. Of course, he didn’t know how sick she was. She would have
gone home if he didn't come in another two days.
"You can't get out of bed so late. It's ten o'clock. It's time to sleep."
Brian said. At the moment he only worried about Winnie and forgot that he had decided to alienate
Winnie.
"Ten o'clock?”
Winnie deliberately asked.
"Then I'll go to bed."
Winnie walked towards the bed, Brian quickly came to help, while Winnie avoided him.
"No, let me do it myself. Think of it as exercise."
Winnie politely refused Brian's touch, just like when she knew that Brian and Penny slept together.
Winnie went straight to bed, and then sat down.
"Do you have something to tell me?"
At that moment Winnie stood in front of the window and turned around, she found Brian seemed to
have something to tell her. She had guessed what he had decided to announce.
"Why don't you ask me about Penny's pregnancy?"
Brian walked to the bed, with his hands in his pants pockets, standing erect.
Every time Brian did this, Winnie felt that he was the most handsome man, but at the moment Winnie
had invisible sense of oppression.
"That's your business. I might leave it alone."
From that day on Winnie didn't care about anything. He had broken all his promises to her. What more
could she expect of him?
Tell her it was not his child? Tell her it was all a misunderstanding?
Even if it were, she didn't want to hear it. She didn't want to believe it.
"If I explain, will you believe me?"
Asked Brian in a cold voice. The eyes were full of expectation to Winnie. What was he expecting?
Winnie lowered her head, not wanting Brian to see the hurt look in her eyes.
How would she answer him? She no longer trusted him, just as he had not trusted her. But would it hurt
too much to say it like that?
"No need to explain. I said it was your business. You can do it on your own."
Maybe Brian didn't care about Penny, but he cared about the child.
"But I want to know one thing. Can't you punish Penny?"
Winnie at the moment hoped that Brian would not punish Penny and that they could be together, so
Luke would stay with her for a lifetime.
"I will continue. I can't just forgive her for what she had done to Luke."
Brian decisively answered. Even if the child was his, he felt he would not forgive Penny and would not
give the child to Penny, because she was such a woman could not raise a good child.
"Well, no matter what you do, as long as you are good to Luke."
"I have another question, how do you tell Wendy about this child?"
Winnie knew she was being nosy by asking such a question, but she couldn't help asking. Luke's
existence affected the relationship between Wendy and Brian, and so would this child.
Winnie's words pulled Brian back to the reality, he also thought of his reason to come here.
As for Winnie's question, he didn't have to answer, because the child was not his and would not have
any impact on his life.
"Winwin, I came here today to talk to you about Wendy. Wendy says she can accept Luke and will
come back in two months. We will have a wedding then."
Brian's words like the Arctic ice shot into Winnie's weak heart. When resisting the attack, she failed to
stab herself in the heart, but now was stabbed by the Brian's words.
She felt sore in nose. Bewildered, she did not know where to look. She just looked around.
The day finally came, but it came suddenly, and she did not know what to do.
"I hope we can put our relationship behind us in two months and do not affect..."
"No, I won't affect your relationship. I'll draw a line under you until she gets back."
Winnie interrupted Brian's merciless words.
She wanted to end the relationship now, but if so, she could not see Luke again. In these two months,
no matter how much her heart hurt, she would stick to it, because it might be the last time they spent
together.
"Will I still be able to see Luke when Wendy comes back?"
Winnie controlled her trembling heart and tried to calm down not to expose her mood at the moment.
"You can see him whenever you want."
Fortunately, after hearing Brian's answer, Winnie felt much more relieved. She even wanted to shed
tears.
"Good, good to hear that. I would not have impact on your relationship."
"Go home. It's getting late and I'm going to sleep."
Winnie must put Brian away, because she was on the verge of breakdown. If Brian did not leave in
time, she was afraid she would cry.
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