"Her child?"
Jack looked at Megan and Winnie inconceivably. They were alike, but he did not expect that she had a
child at her young age. Suddenly, he felt disappointed.
Winnie was surprised to see Brian, but she felt upset to hear what Brian said. However, she forced a
smile.
"Sorry, I have to get to work. Paul, can you send me? I am getting late."
Winnie said with embarrassment. She sent Brian's car back, so she had no car to go back and she had
to ask Paul for help.
"......"
However, before Paul answered, Brian spoke.
"I'll give you a ride."
Then Brian turned around and walked to the car. Winnie could only allow Brian to send her.
Winnie walked to Brian's car and reached out to open the back door. At that moment, Brian stopped
her.
"Sit in the front, I'm not your driver."
Brian said with anger and got in the car directly.
Winnie hesitated for a moment and followed him. She hesitated because she did not understand why
Brian was angry with her.
On the way back to the city.
It was quite in the car and embarrassing that Winnie’s belly growled.
Winnie got more embarrassed. But now she could only endure. She did not have food since last night.
"Hungry?”
Brian heard it clearly and asked in a cold voice.
"......"
Winnie did not know how to answer, only to blame her stomach growled at the wrong time.
“Didn’t you have breakfast?”
Brian continued to ask and guessed she did not have breakfast, or she would not be so hungry.
"Yes..."
Winnie was hesitant, which annoyed Brian.
"You have not have food since last night?"
Brian guessed that this was the reason why Winnie answered with hesitation.
"Yes."
Winnie answered affirmatively this time.
"Winnie..."
When he heard that, he got so angry that he braked on the car and pulled over.
"Winnie..."
Brian wanted to scold loudly at Winnie, but hearing that her stomach grumbled, he stopped.
After glancing at Winnie, he pushed open the door and got off.
He went to the back of the car, opened the trunk and found some cakes and milk there.
Brian returned to the car and handed her the food.
"Eat these first."
He said coldly, and started the car again.
Winnie looked at the lunch in her hands. Simple as it was, it meant a lot to her and even touched her.
"Thank you!”
"I'd rather not hear your thanks than see you like this. Winnie, if you let me see you like this again, I will
lock you up to prevent you from working."
Even if Winnie objected, even if she wanted to live with dignity, he would never give her the chance.
She might as well have lived under his wing as abused herself.
"It won't happen again. The work is almost over."
Winnie promised.
But it would often happen, she just would not let him find it out because she worked hard and did not
wanted to be seen by Brian.
There was another silence in the car, and a moment later.
"You know the man in the suburb?"
Thinking of Jack, Brian said in a cold voice.
Jack was famous for his lasciviousness. He would chat up beautiful girls when he saw them. This made
Brian the most disgusted.
Today, he knew that Winnie would come to the suburbs to deliver the car. He had contacted with
Megan and knew that Winnie would come at this time, so he wanted to make a chance to see her.
But as soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw Jack chatting with Winnie. He only saw the back of
Jack, but he could hear his flirtatious tone from his voice.
This was why Brian got angry at Winnie.
"I don't know his name. He rear-ended my car, so I had to take the subway."
Winnie truthfully said and felt curious why that man was in the suburbs.
"It is him. The car hasn't finished processing. I will ask Albert to deal with it."
To avoid Jack and Winnie to have more contact, Brian had to stop the connection between them.
"No, Leo's assistant has been following it up."
Winnie refused, and Brian was silent again.
It was Leo again. Did he really begin to pursue Winnie again?
A moment later.
“There's something I want to tell you. The man in the suburbs is the son of Uncle Thomas. His name is
Jack Bennet. He and his family have just returned from abroad."
"They don’t know you gave birth to Luke and I don’t want then to know it, so be careful and tell the two
children."
Brian had to inform Winnie in advance of these, so Uncle Thomas had nothing to threaten him. And it
was not good to Winnie.
"That's why you send me back?"
Winnie then understood the reason why Brian sent her. He just wanted to tell her that she could not talk
nonsense.
"I..."
Feeling misunderstood, Brian tried to explain, but Winnie interrupted him.
"Don't worry, I will do as you said."
Winnie was eating. After hearing Brian's words, she lost her appetite, but she still forced the food into
her mouth.
"There's an office supply store in the front. I need to get some much-needed stuff back to the company.
You can drop me off there."
Winnie pointed to the front. She said it in a relaxed tone, as if Brian's words had no effect on her.
Winnie felt sad when she was alone with Brian, so she wanted to get away from him as soon as
possible to make her feel better.
Brian followed Winnie's instructions and dropped her off at an office-supply store, then drove to the
intersection ahead to turn around and head back to the suburbs.
Winnie watched Brian's car drive away and breathed a sigh of relief.
She didn't have anything to buy, but she knew this office supply store was close to the subway
entrance.
She went directly toward the subway entrance, but she met Leo driving over.
"Winwin."
Leo lowered the window and shouted to Winnie.
"What are you doing here?”
Winnie was surprised.
"Where are you going? I can give you a ride, get in the car."
"I am on my way to the company. It is not convenient to you."
"It is convenient, get in, I can’t stop the car here for too long."
Leo urged her, not for fear of violation the rules, but for fear that Winnie did not get in the car.
Leo's words worked. Hearing that it was not allowed to stop the car here, she opened the door and got
in.
However, this scene was seen by Brian.
Brian's felt upset, jealous and angry.
It seemed that Winnie and Leo made an appointment. She was not to buy office supplies. Leo was
important in her heart.
Brian was disappointed and angry, stepped on the accelerator and left.
Leo's car.
"What are you doing here?”
"What are you doing here?”
Two people said in unison, then smiled together.
"I'll say first."
Leo said.
"I was at a funeral of a friend’s father today. I was just coming back from the cemetery and I met you
when I passed by."
"No wonder we met, we headed for the same direction. I sent my children to the suburbs, and I took
Brian's car when I came back. I got off here and was about to take the subway to the company and
then I met you."
Winnie's mood at the moment got much better, at least not as depressed as just now.
"Are you still in touch with Brian?"
Leo asked gently, but he felt sour in heart.
"Yes, it's impossible to have no connection, because we have children, but it was only for the children."
Winnie inadvertently answered, but she understood one thing. With children between them, it was
really impossible to break the connection.
Only when she stopped loving Brian, they could contact like friends.
But could she do it? Could she forget Brian?
"By the way, didn't you say it is convenient? Where are you going? Or did you just say that to give me a
ride?"
Winnie changed the topic. The more often she mentioned Brian, the more difficult she was to forget.
"I am going to your company. I got a call from the graveyard and received good news. I know you are
working overtime, so I wanted to come to your company and tell you in person."
Leo was obviously excited and Winnie showed a smile.
"What is it?"
Winnie asked.
"The government has begun to pay attention to the frequent accidents of online ride-hailing. I have
communicated with the government and we can cooperate in a three-way way. The government
wanted to see if your software works well. It can try in B City, and if it works well, it will be promoted to
the whole country."
Leo was happy and excited. This cooperation for him was not the biggest benefit, but for Winnie it was
a new starting point.
"Really, it is good, thank you, Leo!"
Winnie could not contain her excitement. It was a new milestone for her to work with the government to
promote it nationwide.
However, this opportunity was from Leo. She thanked Leo from the bottom of her heart. This kind of
help was meaningful, nobler than Brian's money doctrine, more noble than being his woman.
"You are welcome. Now I have paved the way for you, it is up to you to walk beautifully."
Leo believed that Winnie had strength and that she could make everyone satisfied.
"Don't worry, I will work hard."
Winnie was confident that she could do better. It was the confidence that had sustained her for so
many years, and it was the confidence that had led to her achievements today.
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