"What if you're right?"
Winnie went on asking, but she knew that it was a dangerous question.
"I can't accept it. I would rather he keeps single for the rest of his life."
Brian said in an obviously more serious tone. It could be told that he hated that woman.
Winnie kept silent for a moment in the hope that Brian could calm down a bit.
Then she spoke.
"When Luke comes back from abroad, you'll have a blind date. After that, you'll get married. After you
get married..."
"I've told you that I won't marry them. Don't you believe me?"
Brian interrupted and asked.
"It's not that I don't believe you. It's that I can't completely believe you. That's because the chance of
your marrying me is the same as that of your marrying someone else."
Winnie suddenly changed into a relaxed tone. It was a serious topic, and she didn't want themselves to
be sad.
Winnie continued to speak.
"If you're married to the woman you have a blind date with, I'll become the other woman. I'm in exactly
the same position as the woman you hate in. At that time, what will you think of me?"
It turned out Winnie spoke so much to pave the way for speaking the last few words. Brian understood
her meaning, but he didn't know how to answer.
He looked at Winnie with bewilderment. What she said was meaningful and realistic.
If he really made Winnie be in the same position as that woman was in, would he still hate that woman?
"Don't think about it. Rufus had said that he was not going to remarry. It's meaningless for us to think
about it. It's late. Hurriedly wash up and go to bed."
Winnie said with a smile. She tiptoed and kissed Brian, after which she left.
Brian had understood what she meant. It meant that she had finished her task. Whether Brian could get
over it or not depended on Brian himself.
Brian was on a business trip and Winnie began to make preparations for Luke to take part in the
competition abroad. When Brian was away, she finished the work she should do in advance. At nights,
she had to help Luke prepare for the match at home.
That was to say, soon after Brian left, she became very busy.
"Megan, Brother Luke will go abroad to take part in the competition. Do you want to go with him?"
When they were having dinner, Winnie asked Megan.
"Yes, of course. Even Daddy will go. I'll certainly go with you all. Daddy has said that he would show us
around for a few days when we're in the foreign country."
When Megan spoke of this, she was excited.
"Well, let's go together. You can cheer for Aunt Isobel."
After saying that, Winnie looked at Rufus and looked sorry.
"Rufus, when Brian and I go abroad, please take care of Vanessa."
"No problem. Vanessa is a considerate girl, and I like her. I'm very willing to do that."
It was obvious that Rufus liked Vanessa.
"Winnie, just go abroad. You don't have to worry about me. Rufus is here, and I feel at ease."
Rarely, Vanessa didn't have classes in the evening and could have dinner with her family members.
"Well, Rufus's here and I don't worry about you. By the way, remember to contact Aunt Isobel often.
Just make sure she's safe, and you don't have to ask more questions."
Winnie would just go abroad for a few days, but she was worried about a lot things.
"Well, I got it."
After saying that, Vanessa continued to eat. At this moment, Rufus suddenly asked them about Isobel.
"Where is your Aunt Isobel now? Is she enjoying herself alone?"
"Yesterday, I made a call to her. She told me that she was in the North. She said that she still had the
energy to travel now and therefore she wanted to travel from the North to the South. It seems that she
won't be back so soon."
"She has joined a tour group. The people in the tour group are about her age. She's quite happy."
Winnie roughly described the situation of her Aunt Isobel. Then Vanessa spoke.
"Winnie, if Aunt Isobel won't be back soon, I want to go home. I shouldn't always give Rufus bother. I
have been in my twenties and I can take care of myself."
Vanessa didn't like causing trouble to others, just like Winnie.
It was Rufus that answered her.
"You can't go back home. You won't give me any trouble at all. Although you're in your twenties, you're
still a girl. I can't let you live alone. If your Aunt Isobel knew that, she would immediately come back by
plane,"
Rufus hurriedly stopped Vanessa. To be more convincing, he continued to speak.
"It's rare for your Aunt Isobel to go to travel. Just let her have a good time. She will only be able to rest
assured when you live here. Just live here."
"Rufus is right. I don't want you to live alone, too. It's not safe for a girl to live alone."
Winnie also raised an objection. Compared with the safety of her sister, giving bother to other people
was not so important.
"Well, then I'll listen to Rufus and just live here."
Vanessa didn't refuse and agreed to continue to live here. Rufus was finally relieved.
On the third day of his business trip. Brian met Wendy by chance at a celebratory dinner.
"Why are you here?"
Wendy asked first with a look of surprise.
"I didn't expect to meet you, either."
"I'm on a business trip. The host of this dinner invited me to attend it. What about you? When did you
come here?"
Brian asked.
"I come to visit my friend and I've been here for many days. My friend is invited and she strongly asked
me to come here with her. Oh, yes, let me introduce my friend to you."
As Wendy spoke, she turned around to talk to her friend, finding that her friend was not around.
"I don't know where she has been. If there is another chance, I'll introduce her to you."
Wendy was a little embarrassed.
"You don't have to. How are you doing recently? Are you doing well?"
Brian talked to her in a very polite way, as if he were talking to an old friend who he hadn't met for a
long time. However, seeing that, Wendy was very disappointed. She felt that Brian no longer loved her.
"I'm pretty good. Staying here with my friend, I feel more relieved."
"What about you? Do you come here alone? Where is Winwin and the kids?"
Wendy pretended to care about them and asked.
"The kids and Winwin are at home. I'm on a business trip, so I didn't let them come with me."
Brian answered politely as if friends all talked about these things when they met.
"Oh, when will you go back?"
Hearing the formulaic answer, Wendy failed to find the topic to talk about. Therefore, she could only
continue to ask boring questions.
"If everything go right, I'll just stay here for two more days. And you? Are you going to stay here for
some time?"
When Brian spoke, a cooperative partner approached him. Brian hurriedly put an end to the
conversation between Wendy and himself.
"Wendy, I've got something to do. Let's talk next time."
After saying that, Brian walked towards the cooperative partner.
Seeing Brian went away quickly, Wendy had mixed feelings. Brian really gave up on her so easily. In
her opinion, the only difference between Winnie and her was that Winnie had two kids. And Winnie was
no better than her.
At this moment, Wendy felt resentment against Winnie. She secretly determined that she would let
Winnie marry Brian easily, even if Brian didn't like her.
Winnie took her man away and she wouldn't let Winnie get away with it.
There was some time to dance at the dinner party. When the light became dark, Wendy took the
initiative to invite Brian to dance with her.
"Brian, what about dancing with me?"
The moment Wendy finished speaking, she saw that Brian put on an embarrassed expression.
"I'm sorry, but I'm not going to dance today. You..."
"Well, it's just my wishful thinking. In my opinion, it's no big deal for you to dance with me. It seems that
you're afraid that Winwin would mind it."
Feeling embarrassed, Wendy explained. She had thought of this possibility before, so she explained.'
"It's that I'm not being thoughtful enough. We should distance each other."
"I'll go to other people."
As Wendy spoke, she turned around. However, at somewhere a few meters away from Brian, a man
approached her.
"Miss, dance with me."
There was a weird look on the man's face. It seemed that he had ill intentions. Before Wendy
answered, he stretched out his arm to take Wendy's hand.
Wendy took a step back and looked at him with disgust.
"I'm sorry, but I've got something to do."
Wendy refused politely. Then she wanted to pass by the man and leave. However, the man seemed to
have made up his mind. He took a step to one side, blocking Wendy's way.
"You were just refused. What things do you have to do? I'm helping you to regain your dignity by
inviting you to dance with me."
The man was unreasonable. It seemed that he wouldn't let Wendy go.
"I'm sorry."
Wendy firmly refused again and was about to leave. This time, the man directly pulled Wendy.
"Miss, I've showed you so much respect. You can't be rude."
"There are so many people. You..."
"Let go of me. I don't know you. Why should I do as you wish?"
Wendy tried hard to get rid of his hand, but that man took her hand with greater force.
"No one dares to refuse me. You won't be an exception."
The man said rudely. Seeing that, Wendy was so scared that her heart trembled.
At this time, Brian suddenly spoke in an authoritative voice. Wendy was moved.
"Let go of her."
The coming of Brian stirred a disturbance among the people around. He frowned and put on an angry
expression.
"Who are you?"
Unwilling to followed Brian's words, the man asked.
"He's the president of the Bennet Group. Follow his words, or you'll regret it."
Before Brian answered, someone answered for him.
Hearing that, the man immediately let go of Wendy's hand.
"Since you, President Bennet, ask me to let her go, I would let her go."
After finding an excuse, the man turned around and left.
"Are you okay?"
Brian came close to Wendy and asked in a deep voice.
Seeing what had just happened, he was really angry.
If it were Winnie that was treated in that way, he wouldn't let the man die tonight. However, what he
could do for Wendy was just to get her out of trouble.
He had promised Winnie to distance Wendy, so he had to take some action. That was the reason why
he refused Wendy just now.
Even if Winnie was not here and that she wouldn't know it, Brian must be faithful to her.
"I'm fine. Thank you."
When Wendy spoke, she was still trembling.
Then, she taunted herself.
"Today, I just wanted to dance. Unexpectedly, I ran into a thug. It seems that today..."
"Go home. You shouldn't stay here."
Brian interrupted her and advised her to go home.
"I want to go home, but I can't find my friend."
Wendy was disappointed. However, the light was dim. Therefore, Brian didn't find it.
"I'll ask Albert to send you home."
A Brian spoke, he took out his phone and made a call to Albert.
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