Brian understood what Winnie's aunt thought. Winnie had no parents by her side, and she was the
parent of Winnie and Vanessa. No parent could see that their children live with man in this capacity.
"No, my aunt didn't say anything that forced you to marry me. She..."
"Winnie, there is no need to explain. We all understand your aunt's thoughts and know that she has no
other meanings. You can live here with peace of mind. We won't cause trouble to your aunt and
Vanessa. When she wants to see us, we are very glad to visit her."
Rufus spoke, alleviating Winnie's embarrassment.
He knew what Isobel was thinking better than anyone else, and knew how scared she was to meet
them.
"Thank you for your understanding. When my aunt figures it out, she will come to see us."
Winnie sighed. The relationship did make her nervous.
"Rufus, there is one more thing I have to trouble you. My auntie has to go out to relax these days, and
I’ll be worried if Vanessa stays at home alone. I want Vanessa to come and stay here for a few days,
and wait for my aunt to come back..."
Winnie still treated herself as an outsider, and asked Rufus for advice very politely. However, to his
surprise, Rufus happily agreed before she finished speaking.
"Well, she is your family. She can live here as long as you want."
Rufus couldn't restrain his excitement, but his mind was full of Isobel.
He was worried about whether Isobel would leave again. After all, she had such an idea before, after
all, she asked him to take good care of the two children.
If she left, would she never come back? If she left for another 20 years, would it be in another world
when they met again?
No, he couldn't let Isobel go. He couldn't endure not seeing her for twenty years.
After the happy family had dinner, Stella drove home.
Rufus found an excuse to go out with Paul. Only Brian, Winnie and the two children were left at home.
In the living room, the two children were sitting on the floor and playing. Brian was lying on Winnie's
lap, watching the TV while feeling the woman next to him.
"Winnie, I feel so at ease now. When you come here, I feel it more like home. Thank you, thank you for
your sacrifice for me and the child."
With that, Brian took Winnie's hand and kissed it.
"I have nothing to sacrifice, as long as you and our children are happy."
At this moment, Winnie didn't know how she felt. She was happy but was also inexplicably wronged.
However, she thought that she should not feel aggrieved as she made so many people happy.
"My wife is becoming more and more humble. You don't have to be so polite with your husband."
Brian said happily. It was the first time he used words like wife and husband. Although he felt
unfamiliar, he said it smoothly.
"Don't talk nonsense. I am not your wife, and you are not my husband."
Winnie refused in a low voice.
She could not bear such a call. Even if she could, she was afraid that she would not be able to accept it
when she became Miss Chamber again.
"I didn't talk nonsense. People nowadays call their lover that way. Moreover, we have two children.
There is no problem with our calling like this."
Brian knew what Winnie was thinking about, but he just wanted to call her that way, a way that
announced their relationship.
When Brian's voice fell, he turned to look at Winnie, with sexual thoughts in his eyes.
"Let's rest, go to bed early and get up early for good health."
Brian smiled, but his smile was also unkind.
"You... the children haven't slept yet, be serious."
How could Winnie not know what Brian's intentions were. It was still early, the children were having fun,
she couldn't bear to ruin the atmosphere.
"Raya will take them to play, let's go to bed first."
While speaking, Brian got up and took Winnie's hand.
At this moment Megan came over suddenly.
"I want to sleep with you too. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."
"No, it's just me and Mommy tonight. We have something to study, you can't disturb us. Tomorrow,
Daddy will get you a super big bed and sleep with you."
Brian restricted anyone to disturb him at the moment. He hadn't been excited for a long time. Even his
own children couldn't spoil his "plan".
Brian didn't give Megan a chance to refute, and directly took Winnie's hand and walked upstairs.
"Daddy learned something bad."
After Megan gave her daddy a comment, she returned to play with Luke.
Now for them, it didn't matter who they slept with. The important thing was that they could live happily
with their parents under one roof like other children.
Rufus came out and went straight to Isobel's house without going anywhere.
Just like last time, Isobel was forced out.
This time Paul gave up the space in the car and waited outside.
Isobel and Rufus both looked embarrassed in the car.
"Winnie said you are going to travel, do you want to leave me again?"
Rufus asked very directly, now there was no more time for him to speak tactfully.
"I just want to go out and travel, and I don't mean to leave anyone."
Isobel denied it, regretting that she had told Winnie about leaving.
"I can't believe what you said. Twenty-one years ago, you left without even calling me. You had been
away for 21 years. This time you can't leave again. I don't have another 21 years to wait."
Rufus frankly expressed his feelings at this moment without concealment.
He admitted that he had been waiting for Isobel for so many years, and had been hoping for her to
return to his side. Finally, Isobel was back, but their relationship was so terrible that he couldn't express
his feeling after waiting for many years.
What he said caused Isobel's heart to jump up irregularly after years of silence.
This feeling was both familiar and unfamiliar. The familiarity was because she was tempted by this
man. The reason why she felt strange was that she hadn't been touched for anyone for 21 years.
"I didn't let you wait for me, you have your life, and I have mine. We are irrelevant to each other. You
don't have to care if I disappear or not."
Isobel forced herself to say relentless words, the pain he gave had been with her for a lifetime, and she
didn't want to have anything to do with him.
"It is impossible for us to be unrelated to each other, and I also know why you want to leave. Avoidance
is not the solution to the problem. We should face it together and solve it together. Do you think that
things will not be exposed if you leave? If the Brian knows it, what Winnie and Vanessa can do? Do you
think you are doing it for them?"
The reason for Rufus's words, in the final analysis, was that he did not want Isobel to leave.
Isobel said nothing, Rufus continued.
"Even if you can hide for another twenty years. Winnie's best years will have passed after twenty years,
and she will enter middle age. Do you want her to suffer another injury at that time."
"Stay here, we will settle the matter together, so that the children can live a stable life sooner."
Rufus had always thought so, not wanting the children's youth to be wasted in hatred.
"What you think is too simple. You are the biological father of Brian. He has resented you for more than
20 years. If he knew Winnie's identity, could he easily let it go?"
"You don’t need to know where I go and whether I’ll come back. If I can hide for 20 years, children will
have been grown up and Winnie will be able to leave. It won't cause any harm to anyone."
"It's impossible for your family to accept Winnie. Brian couldn't marry Winnie even without us. I can't
allow Winnie to live with Brian in the name of home wrecker. I don't want her to be like me, to be
criticized for her reputation as a wrecker all her life."
In any case, Isobel did not agree with Rufus's approach, and she had thought carefully about making
things clear. But she also anticipated that once the truth emerged, Brian and Winnie would become
enemies.
They could bear it anyway, but how could the children live without their parents. They were still so
young.
She wanted to hide, not afraid of reality. Even if she spent her life to bear all this, the Bennet family
would not accept Winnie, and the final result was still bad.
"Are you insisting on leaving? Well, I will go with you, so that they're less likely to know. Even if they
encounter problems, they have to solve it by themselves."
Rufus saw that Isobel was too persistent and he couldn't persuade her. He could only use such a rogue
trick.
"You can go, but don't go with me. We are not fellow travelers."
Isobel didn't care about Rufus's rogue behavior, she had already booked the flight ticket for tomorrow
morning, no one knew it, and no one would find her.
"Yes, we are. I have been waiting for you for so many years. I waited for you from forty to sixty. Finally
you came back, and I will definitely not let you leave alone."
"The children are all grown up, and I can have my own life. Let them take care of their own affairs. I
don't have to sacrifice for them. I also want to have my happiness and want to be with you again."
Rufus couldn't help expressing his heartfelt thoughts for many years. Isobel was his true love, a woman
he couldn't forget after twenty years, and a woman he had waited willingly for twenty years.
Now she was about to leave again, and leave him alone. He would never give her a chance to do so.
"Can you calm down? We are all old. Forget the things that should be forgotten, and don't think about
the unrealistic things. Our meeting is a mistake, so don't continue to make mistakes."
Isobel directly refuted Rufus's words without thinking. Although her heart felt warm after listening to
Rufus's words, they had already made a big mistake. They couldn't be together, let alone hurt innocent
people.
"Isobel, how can you think that way? Even if it's a mistake for us to be together, it's not your fault.
You've been cheated by me, and you've suffered without knowing it."
"Isobel, give me a chance. I must find a way to solve everything, and I will definitely make you happy
for the rest of your life. You can go out to relax, but you can't leave without returning."
Rufus humbled himself and pleaded. Isobel's current attitude was the same as Winnie's. Both of them
were so persistent, so independent, and didn't want to cause any inconvenience to anyone. Even if
they were wronged, they would endure everything silently, and would never cause harm to others.
However, the more Isobel was like this, the more Rufus couldn't let her go, and the more he wanted to
make up for the damage caused to her.
"There are no chances between us. Everything, including the relationship, had ended twenty years
ago. The rest of my life is destined to pay off debts. How can I dare to ask for happiness."
Isobel said helplessly.
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