Winnie lost her job, and it would take at least half a year for her to get a dividend of the new job. So she
almost ran out of money, and it would worry her.
"......"
Winnie was silent again, with her smile fading.
Leo was right. She did not have plenty of money. It cost a lot to buy a house, change kindergarten for
the children and pay for Vanessa’s university. And she could not always use Leo's car.
Winnie thought it over and gave her own opinion.
"Leo, how about this? Lend me a million and I'll pay you back at the bank's rate."
This was Winnie's bottom line. One million yuan was enough to run a small drugstore for her aunt,
which was enough to sustain their life for six months.
"A million won't fix anything..."
"That's a deal. I'll borrow more from you if it isn't enough."
Winnie interrupted Leo's words and made it a deal.
Leo was helpless. It seemed more difficult to help her than do business, but he could accept Winnie's
decision, after all, she began to accept his help, which was a good start.
Winnie had dinner at Leo's home. After chatting for a while, Winnie got up and went home.
She came to the parking lot and found the car. As she was about to open the door, Brian unexpectedly
appeared in front of her. He looked at her angrily.
"......"
Winnie did not speak, as if she had not seen Brian. She continued to reach out to open the door.
Thinking that Brian ignored her just now, she was angry. She learned a lesson and did not say hello to
Brian.
"What took you so long to go downstairs?"
Brian questioned her coldly, at the same time, he held Winnie’s hand on the car door.
"Let go, I don't know you."
Winnie shook off Brian’s hand, but she knew she would fail.
Winnie was angry, but from Brian's words, he had been probably waiting downstairs for her.
Why was he waiting for her? To sneer or make disparaging remarks on her?
"You don't know me but Leo?"
Brian raised his voice and held her hand more tightly out of anger.
"You didn’t take anything from me, but you use Leo’s car. What on earth do you mean?"
Brian was angry and did not give a second thought to his words. All he knew was that if he saw Winnie
being with Leo, he would lose his mind.
"Does it matter to you whose car I use or whose home I go to?"
Winnie said to Brian fearlessly.
"Don't you remember we have nothing to do with each other? Don't you think it funny to come and
question me but you looked at me disdainfully?”
"You have no right to mind which man I am with and I have no right to mind which woman you ar with.
That's the attitude of being strangers."
Winnie suddenly shook off Brian's hand. When she stretched out her hand to open the door, Brian
stopped her again.
He didn't grab her wrist. Instead, he leaned against the car door, making it impossible for Winnie to
open it.
He was speechless and woke up from anger.
He knew that he had no right to mind Winnie's business and that he should let her go at the moment.
But he loathed doing so. Even if he said nothing, he wanted to stand with her.
After a while, Winnie calmed down.
"Get out of my way. You can't stand in front of me all your life."
Winnie looked at Brian indifferently. Looking at his clear eyes, she knew that they were over.
"Did Klara give you another hard time?"
Brian changed the topic, wanting to say more words with Winnie.
"She has never stopped doing that. The day I handed over the work, she gave me a warning look."
Winnie did not want to talk about that. But she had left the Bennet Group and Brian, Klara still regarded
her as a thorn in the flesh.
Why, why should she be treated like this? She had not done anything sorry to Klara, nor done anything
to hurt her interests, why should she be stared at angrily?
No matter how Brian thought of her, she didn't want to endure it. Constant patience would only make
her live more humble.
“But never mind, I don't have to face her now. So thank you for keeping me away from the Bennet
Group and her hostile gaze."
With that, Winnie pushed Brian away and got into the car.
She was angry when she thought of these things. Klara was mean to her and Brian ignored it.
However it was over, and she would not be gratuitously discriminated and have to accept the selfish
partiality of Brian.
She was free, and her world was bright without Brian.
The next day, Winnie asked for a day off with the company to handle the purchase procedures and
loan matters.
With Leo's one million, she became confident.
It took a whole day to get everything done, and she just needed to wait for the bank to approve the
loan, and then she could get the key to move in.
Winnie began to develop and design games to make more money. Every day after work, she got home
to work on it and she did not have a little extra time.
The police did not make progress. They had found Daniel's computer, but there was no useful
information. Penny became more arrogant when she got the news. She thought the police could do
nothing to her.
Penny was pleased and felt she had the courage to face Brian again, so she went to Brian's office.
In president office, Brian glared at Penny sharply.
Penny was scared and regretted she had come, but since she was there, she could not shrink.
“Brian, I will go to my father's home tomorrow. Will you go with me?”
Penny said in a soft voice. She had hope Brian and had never thought to give up. She believed that
she had the ability to defeat Winnie and had Brian, and she had been telling herself to insist.
"Why should I go back with you? Who are you to demand from me? You have come at the right time,
Penny, let’s settle our relationship."
Brian was intolerant. If it were not for the Burns Group, if it were not for the police, he would have left
the relationship with Penny.
“What do you mean, Brian?”
Penny instantly became panic.
Today she came here to ease the relationship between them and did not expect to hear such words
from Brian.
"Don't you understand? I said rescind the contract, immediately."
Brian shouted angrily. This five years contract marriage finally ended. And he finally felt relaxed.
“Brian, how could you? How could you rescind the contract like this? I've been careful around you for
so many years..."
"Shut up. I don't want to hear another word from you. You know what you have done all these years."
Brian coolly stopped Penny's defense, then continued.
"According to the stipulation in the contract, you will have the villa and the agreed money."
Brian pulled a contract out of his desk.
"It's the contract we signed, and it's useless right now."
As his cold voice fell, Brian tore up this contract, also tore up the five years marriage.
“Brian, you can’t do that. You can't cancel the contract unilaterally. I haven't agreed..."
Penny looked at the contract which had been torn up and felt heartbreaking. She protested and
resisted, unwilling to put an end to their relationship.
However at the moment, Brian did not want to see Penny or to listen to her words.
Brian angrily interrupted Penny.
"Get the hell out of here, now."
The he press the inner line.
"Call Albert come in to drive Penny out, notice the whole company, Penny is no longer my wife."
As Brian's voice fell, Albert broke in with security guard and dragged Penny out.
“Brian, let's talk. We can't end it like this. Brian..."
Penny still struggled, but her voice dissipated into the air.
As Penny left, Albert and Klara were in the president's office.
Albert was happy, so was Klara.
But they were happy for different reason, and Brian could see it through at a glance.
Albert was happy because Penny finally got such a end, while Klara was happy because an opponent
had been got rid of.
Klara’s smile made Brian think of Winnie’s grievance, think of her contempt for Winnie.
No matter what kind of person Winnie was, he could treat her casually, but others could not, especially
Klara who had extreme mind and wanted to be his wife.
"Albert, find a suitable person to take over Klara's work. She can choose any department except mine."
Brian finally issued a command, and transferred Klara away from him.
For so many years, she had been working flawlessly, hard enough and earnest enough. If she had no
selfishness and desire for him, she would certainly continue to stay in the president's secretary office.
It was her own greed that clouded her prospects.
"Mr. Bennet..."
Klara was shocked to hear that.
"Mr. Bennet, if I do something wrong, you can punish me, and I'll correct it. Please don't make me go to
another department."
Klara begged, but she did not understand why Brian made such a decision and she did not know what
she had done wrong.
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