They went back to Winnie’s room and closed the door. After making sure the children could not hear
them, Winnie began to explain.
“Two children were hungry when we came back from the suburbs, and there were no ingredients at
home, so I took them to eat hotpot. The waiter of the hotpot shop accidentally spilled the hot soup and
scalded Megan.”
“But don’t worry, the hotpot shop owner was very active to Megan treatment. He even sent Megan to
the hospital and paid the medical bills.”
“It was Doctor Burns dealt with it, he said nothing is serious, do you don’t have to worry.”
Winnie was afraid that Brian would be angry at the hotpot shop, so she spoke for the hotpot shop.
“Really?”
Brian asked with concerns.
“Yes, Doctor Burns won’t let us come back if it is serious.”
“Don’t worry, it’s late and hurry up to bed.”
“Winnie went to the wardrobe to get pajamas, but when she turned around, Brian saw that her back
was dirty.
“Winwin, why are your clothes dirty in the back?”
With these words, Brian walked up behind her and touched the dirty part of her clothes.
But when he touched her, Winnie’s felt painful. She could not control herself and let out a cry.
“Ah...”
“What’s the matter?”
Brian quickly moved his hand away, not knowing how he hurt Winnie.
Winnie then remembered that she was also splashed by the soup, but at that time she only paid
attention to the children and she did not feel hurt.
“Maybe I got scalded too.”
“Take your clothes off and let me see.”
Brian got nervous again.
He helped Winnie carefully take off her clothes, only to find that the burn was more than a little. There
were blisters everywhere where it was splashed by the soup.
Brian looked angry and distressed.
“This hotpot shop is too irresponsible, doesn’t it know you got scalded? Go to the hospital right away.
You need to take care of it.”
Brian put Winnie’s clothes on again, but Winnie stopped him.
“I don’t need to go to the hospital. The ointment Doctor Burns prescribed for Megan is outside. Just
bring it and apply it on me.”
Brian opened the door quickly and went out to get the ointment. When he returned, Winnie sat on the
bed wearing a dressing gown.
“Why are you wearing that, if the blisters are broke, you will have ache.”
Brian said with dissatisfaction, and then help Winnie take off the dressing gown.
“Lie on the bed.”
Brian ordered.
Then Winnie lay on the bed. Brian covered Winnie’s lower body with a quilt so that she would not get
cold.
Brian sat beside Winnie and began to apply the ointment on her with great care. His move was very
light and gentle, afraid of touching Winnie.
“Be careful next time. It is not serious, if it is serious, you will regret it.”
Brian said while applying the ointment.
“At that time, I only paid attention to the children but myself. You would do that too if it were you.”
Winnie felt it did not matter she got hurt but had been blamed herself that Megan got hurt.
“Yes, but be careful. It’s my fault. If I had insisted on coming back with you, it wouldn’t have happened.”
Brian did blame himself that he was not persistent enough.
But in Winnie’s opinion, it would have been more serious if Brian had been there.
“What are you blaming yourself for? It’s not your fault. Forget it and talk about work tomorrow.”
Winnie changed the subject, afraid that she would tell the truth.
“Did you tell Wendy I am going to work in the Bennet Group?”
Winnie asked Brian.
“No, I don’t have to report to her about work.”
Brian said in a cold voice, because Wendy was mentioned.
“It is not only about the work. If she knows I work there, she will make a scene.”
Winnie could even imagine that.
“No, I will talk to her tomorrow and she will have no chance to make a scene after that.”
Brian had made up his mind, and he didn’t want any change to make it waver.
“What about Chairman? Did you tell him? Don’t embarrass me at work.”
Winnie was most worried about Felix, after all, he was the chairman of the board. If he did not like to
see her in his company, she would be driven out.
But from another point of view, it was not necessarily a bad thing to drive her out, so that everyone
would not have to look at her.
“I told my grandpa and he doesn’t care about work.”
“By the way, my sister would confirm his schedule and ask him to come back a day earlier, and then
take him to the suburbs, so that Uncle Thomas would not play tricks in the middle.”
Brian was upset when he mentioned tomorrow’s plans. He did not want to end his vacation and face
reality.
It was Uncle Thomas again. Winnie really wanted to ask what was going on, but she thought it would
be meddling if she was asked.
“You make the arrangements, as you like.”
“By the way, Klara...”
“Don’t worry so much about it. Now the whole company knows you’re going back to work and no one
will dare to be rude to you. And Klara has been doing well. I think she won’t be a fool again after what
she learned last time.”
Brian interrupted Winnie. He was not impatient but felt distressed that she had too many things in her
head. She must have a tired life.
“I am worried. I have no confidence to come back. I want to finish work as soon as possible. I’d rather
go back to my own company and it makes me steadfast.”
Winnie had already had a psychological shadow, fear of working in the Bennet Group. At the thought
what she had experience there, she could not accept it compare it with the comfortable working
environment now.
When Winnie was sad, Brian had finished applying the ointment and then asked Winnie to lie down on
her side.
“Winwin, don’t think so much, don’t put your head and heart so full. Relax and there will be different
results.”
Brian appeased Winnie. He knew that Winnie suffered a lot before, but he did not want Winnie to have
a tired life.
“I don’t want everything I’ve been through turn out to be different. But for you, I hope there will be
different result. But it is just my hope.”
Winnie said in a sad tone, she did not know why she said that, these words will only make her
confused and Brian embarrassed.
But she really wanted to be true for once, in front of love, in front of the man she loved deeply. She
wanted to say the words she most wanted to say.
Winnie’s words made Brian both moved and speechless.
He did not know what to say to make Winnie at ease.
She hoped for a different result, which meant that she wanted to be with him for a lifetime, but what she
wanted was perfect. She wanted to be his only woman.
If Brian were an ordinary person, unfettered, he would give Winnie the safest and most touching
answer and gave her a life-long promise.
But it didn’t work out as he wanted it to.
“Why are you serious? Look at you, are you afraid of me pestering you?”
The smile on Winnie’s face was warm, and she took Brian’s hand.
“Don’t worry, the best thing you’ve ever done in your life is to fall in love with a woman who won’t stick
to you. Unlike other women, I don’t make it difficult for you to get what I want, even if I really want it.”
“I just said that offhand. I’m not going to do that. When the children are older, I will give them to you,
and then I will look for what I want.”
Winnie said generously, but her heart was painful. If it hadn’t been for appeasing Brian, she wouldn’t
have broken her own heart.
“Yes...”
“Don’t say that, I said don’t say sorry to me. You hadn’t done anything wrong. Whatever happened
between us, whatever will happen in the future, it is not your business alone, after all, I’m in it too. So
don’t ever say you’re sorry.”
Winnie stopped Brian in time. She thought that saying sorry was the most irresponsible performance of
men.
“Take a shower and go to bed. Get fresh and we’ll start fighting.”
Winnie let go of Brian’s hand, just like letting go of him. She loved him but never felt humble. If there
were no children, she believed that she had already flown away. Even if she could not forget Brian, she
would never be around him.
The next day.
The holidays were over and people all over the country were back to work. Winnie and Brian returned
to reality.
The seven-day vacation was like a dream for Winnie, but it was a beautiful and sweet dream, because
in the dream there were Brian and the four family members laughing.
This dream was the best memory of her life, medicine to relieve sadness when she was lonely.
Brian needed to go back to the suburbs, so he took the two children back to the suburbs. Winnie left
later.
But when she went downstairs, she remembered that her car was still in the hotpot shop. Last night the
owner of the hotpot shop sent them to the hospital and home from the hospital, so she didn’t remember
her car at all.
And the parker still had the keys. On her first day at work, Winnie encountered obstacles and was
somewhat chagrined. But it was too late to get the car.
Finally, she decided to take the subway, which was fast and convenient.
But when she came out of the community, she was stopped by a man.
“Miss Chambers.”
Winnie stopped and looked at the man who stopped her.
“Are you calling me?”
Winnie inexplicably asked.
“Yes, I am calling you.”
The man said and walked to the front of Winnie.
“You seem to have forgotten who I am, so let me introduce myself. I’m the owner of a hotpot shop.
Yesterday your daughter got scalded at my place.”
Hearing that, Winnie suddenly saw the light and gave an embarrassing smile.
“Oh, I felt you familiar. I’m sorry I didn’t recognize you.”
And the parker still had the keys. On her first day at work, Winnie encountered obstacles and was
somewhat chagrined. But it was too late to get the car.
Finally, she decided to take the subway, which was fast and convenient.
But when she came out of the community, she was stopped by a man.
“Miss Chambers.”
Winnie stopped and looked at the man who stopped her.
“Are you Calling me?”
Winnie inexplicably asked.
“Yes, | am calling you.”
The man said and walked to the front of Winnie.
“You seem to have forgotten who | am, so let me introduce myself. I’m the owner of a hotpot shop.
Yesterday your daughter got scalded at my place.”
Hearing that, Winnie suddenly saw the light and gave an embarrassing smile.
“Oh, | felt you familiar. I’m sorry | didn’t recognize you.”
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