Brian did not know whether he should thank Winnie for her help or blame his hesitation.
He really wanted to tell Winnie that he didn't come here because of the children, but because he
missed her. But why didn’t he do that, why made her misunderstand?
Brian said nothing, seeing that the two children had dinner happily.
“Daddy, do you have time to see me participate the competition?”
Luke asked.
“How many days will it take?”
Brian only knew that the competition was postponed, but not how many days it was postponed.
“Two days' delay plus three days of competition.”
Luke calculated the time.
“Ok, I have time.”
Brian gave him the answer with certainty.
Before he came here, he had handed over all the work to Albert. If there was something he couldn't
handle, video conference would be fine. So he had three days.
“Great, Daddy, since you have three days, let's go out to play for two days.”
“Good, good, I agree with brother's idea. Let’s go out and play, go to Disneyland, maybe go to the
beach.”
Megan said with excitement. In order not to let two children disappointed, Brian readily agreed.
“We can go wherever you want to go.”
Brian was in good mood and gave a smile seeing that the children were happy.
At this time, Winnie found that Brian's smile could be so bright.
When they returned to the hotel after dinner, she realized a problem: How would they sleep in one
room or did Brian have another room?
It was late. Why didn’t Brian go back to his room?
This problem had troubled Winnie for a while, and finally she could not help it and asked.
“Both the children sleep with me, and you...”
Winnie did not put the words so straight forward, she believed that Brian could understand.
“I...”
As Brian was about to say that he was going to another room, Megan spoke to him.
“Daddy, sleep with us. We haven't slept together in ages.”
“Yes, the bed is large enough for four. We sleep together.”
Luke said so.
At this time, Megan was afraid of her father would leave, got up and sat in his arms.
“Daddy, you can't go. You said my brother and I had the final say for two days. You must sleep with us.”
Megan insisted. Luke came to Winnie and hugged Winnie sitting on the bed.
“Why don't you let Daddy sleep with us, Mommy? We haven't been together for a long time. I miss
having Mommy and Daddy sleeping next to us.”
The two children insisted and Winnie had to agree.
“We'll sleep together, the four of us.”
Winnie said reluctantly.
As this was told, would Brian think she was scheming and had her plan.
Alas, Winnie was crazy. She was afraid that Brian looked at her as such a woman, but also she could
not escape the suspicion.
Winnie allowed leaving Brian, but she was distressed. It seemed that after being apart for a long time,
she was not used to being together.
After washing the two children, Winnie asked Brian to take a bath so he could sleep first and she would
feel better.
Brian did as Winnie said, but after Winnie took a bath, she found the three people did not fall asleep
lying on bed.
Winnie became nervous again.
She deliberately slowed everything down, dried her hair slowly and applied lotion slowly.
However, the three people played more and more happily and they were not sleepy at all.
“Go to sleep, raise enough spirit, and we go out to play tomorrow.”
Winnie urged.
“Mommy, go to bed and we sleep together.”
Luke said patting the empty position on bed.
“Mommy, hurry up. You are slow today. If we don't go to bed, we can’t get up tomorrow. If we get up
late, we won't be able to go out to play.”
Megan also urged.
Winnie knew they were all waiting for her. If she didn't go to bed, they wouldn't go to bed that night.
So she went to bed and lay next to Luke. Then the lights were turned off and the room was dark except
for the faint light from the moon.
“Daddy, Mommy, good night.”
Luke was sleepy and said good night.
“Mommy, give me your hand.”
Megan reached out and tried to take Mommy's hand.
Winnie gave her hand to Megan without much thought.
But Megan unexpectedly put her hand in the hands of Brian.
When Winnie realized that it was wrong, she wanted to take it back, but was held by Brian.
Feeling the steadfast warm hands, Winnie had an impulse to cry.
She did not understand this man's heart. She hated him so wary of her. He should have pushed her
hand away. Why did he hold her hand and give a false impression of love?
It was an addictive feeling, that would get her lost, would make her have hope again, would make her
heart in pain.
“Daddy, Mommy, good night.”
Megan held the hands of her parents, feeling the kind of real happiness.
Winnie did not move, but she could not fall asleep. Closing her eyes, she could feel the temperature
from Brian.
How long had it been since they had not seen each other, since they had not spoken with no
distractions, since they had not made physical contact? It had been long.
Brian's heart heaved because of the weak and delicate hand.
He did not expect that Megan will put his hand and Winnie's hand together, did not expect Winnie's had
big reaction at the moment they touched.
When Winnie wanted to take back her hand, he instinctively grasped her hand and never wanted to let
it go.
It was the same feeling, that he could not forget, that it only belonged to him.
Two people held hands like that. Winnie dared to move after the two children issued a balanced
breathing sound.
Without warning, she pulled her hand away, got out of bed, and walked toward the bathroom.
Winnie thought she needed an independent space and to calmed down
But when Winnie reached out to open the bathroom door, Brian suddenly pulled her arm from behind,
and Winnie turned around and fell directly into Brian's arms.
“Winwin.”
Brian held Winnie hard, afraid that she would slip away.
“What are you doing? Let go. You'll wake the children.”
Winnie said in a low voice, but did not dare to look up at Brian, because as she was in Brian’s
embrace, her tears fell down.
This man's embrace did not belong to her, but she had been greedy thinking it. Yet the moment she
was put in his arms, she felt humble and pathetic, as if she had been given a charity hug.
“No.”
Never want to let go. If he now let go of Winnie, his heart would be painful for a lifetime.
“Let go, we can't do this. You have a fiancée. It's unethical for us to do this.”
Winnie could not help sobbing, and Brian realized that she was crying.
Brian lifted Winnie's face with one hand and watched her tears pouring down. His heart was like being
struck by a hard object. He couldn't breathe in pain.
“I'm sorry. I'm sorry for everything. Don't cry, it hurts me.”
Brian unprecedentedly appeased Winnie in a soft voice. He knew her grievances, knew that her life
was not easy and that all this was because of him.
No matter she accepted it or not, he must say sorry, just to let her heart get a little comfort.
Winnie could not believe what she heard. He actually said her cry hurt him. Was she wrong or was she
dreaming?
How could that possible? How could not he speak so softly to her?
He was Brian, domineering as the emperor. In his eyes, Winnie should be dust, fluttering around him.
She must have misheard. Brian hated her, no man in the world loved her.
Winnie forced herself to be strong and wiped away her tears.
“Mr. Bennet...”
“You don't have to apologize to me. You don't owe me anything. We don't have any relationship now
and it's not appropriate for us to get so close.”
“Let me go...”
Winnie just wanted to persuade Brian to let go of her, just wanted to let him see the facts that they
could not hug together.
However in this moment Brian kissed her. She had no place to dodge and directly controlled by his lips.
The feeling was familiar, washing away all her reason like flood.
Brian looked like a hungry lion. His kisses were so fierce and he was greedy to swallow up Winnie.
Brian's kiss let Winnie's tears keep falling down. She was extremely conflicted. Her inner voice told her
to push him away. It was a sign of belittling her.
But her body did not listen to the instructions of the brain. And she could not push him away.
Winnie knew that after the kiss, Brian was still the man who hated her, and she was still the woman
who was disgusted by him.
Yes, she knew that, but she could not stop to love him.
Brian let her go, till she was out of breath.
“What are you doing? Why do you always do this to me? What am I to you? You wouldn't even give me
a look when you disgusted me, and now this.”
“What have I done to make you think I am frivolous, I have no dignity and I can casually be kissed by
men?”
“You have a woman, don't come to mess with me. Let me go, treat me as a human being, stop
tormenting me, ok?”
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