Rufus had never regretted, on the contrary, he thanked Isobel appeared in his life. Although all the
people were disturbed, but at least he felt what happiness was.
"I have regret, if your wife did not pass away, I probably will not regret, after all, because we were
together, a person lost her most precious life. Love became heavy."
Isobel was very guilty up to now. If time could be reversed to 20 years ago, she would rather choose
not to know him. In that way, Rufus's wife would not die, Brian and Stella would grow up happily under
their mother's care. There would be no hidden hatred between Brian and Winwin. They would be very
happy.
"Isobel, how many times do I have to tell you before you believe me? Her death has nothing to do with
you, or even me. Why do you always take all the responsibility on yourself?"
Rufus said helplessly again. He hoped Isobel could be relieved, could believe his words and do not
have psychological burden.
"Isobel, you don't have to feel guilty to her, it really has nothing to do with you. Even if you and I were
not together, she would choose to leave."
Rufus stressed again and again that it had nothing to do with Isobel and showed it was difficult to do
with it. There were some words he could not say, he retained the dignity of his dead wife, but it had hurt
a lot of people.
"How can it have nothing to do with me? Your two children and everyone in your family think I'm the
reason she committed suicide. Rufus, I know you're saying this to make me feel at ease, but I should
take the responsibility."
At this, Isobel paused and sighed again regrettably.
"I want to make amends, I want to apologize. But she could never give me a chance."
Because of this, Isobel wanted to live in the torment of pain for a lifetime and live with guilt for a
lifetime.
"Isobel, what can I say to make you believe me? I have said that she left for her reasons, but I can’t tell
you. I......"
Rufus did not bear to see Isobel tortured herself, but he still must hold fast to those secrets. As to
whether it was worth it, he did not know now.
"Then don't say it. I've been used to it for so many years. But I can never be with you, or I'll hate myself
even more.”
"Book a flight and go back tomorrow. I can't go back, but I promise I won't go missing. I promise I'll
answer your calls. When you need me to take the responsibility, I will not shrink back."
In the end, Isobel asked Rufus to go back.
With an unspeakable reason, a dead in their midst, and guilt that they would never let go of, they would
never be able to be together.
"You...... Even if it's your fault, you should get over it after all these years. Why can't we be together?"
Although Rufus understood it, he still wanted to be together with Isobel. He was old and he only wished
to have a perfect ending with Isobel. Even if they were together as husband and wife for one day, he
could rest in peace.
"Don't say any more. I've made myself clear. For my sake, and to make myself feel less guilty, never
say such things again."
"Book a plane ticket and go back tomorrow, and take my follower back with you. I'm not going to
disappear."
With that, Isobel lied down directly, and then turned to cover the quilt.
Even if things were solved, Brian could forgive her, she still could not be together with Rufus.
At noon, the most anxious one was Megan. She didn't go to the competition in the morning and said
she had to be there when the results were announced.
So a family of four and Oscar came to the scene of the competition.
The most exciting moment had come, the most tense moment had come.
When the host announced the results one by one, all the people on the scene were so nervous.
"No. 5..."
"No. 4..."
"No. 3...
The host announced one by one, the contestants one by one stepped on the stage in accordance with
the ranking.
"Mom, it came to No. 3, why it hasn’t come to brother?"
Megan asked her mother with worry.
"Don't worry, wait."
Winnie was also worried, but she remained calm.
The host continued.
"No. 2..."
As the voice of the host fell, the contestant ranked the second came on stage, but this contestant was
crying.
There were two possibilities for his cry. One was that he got an unexpected good ranking, the other
was that he was so close to the champion, he felt it pity.
"The next is No. 1, which is a surprise. He has not performed so well in the first and second rounds of
the competition and was not favored by the judges. In the third round he moved forward a bit with a
low-key presence. Until the last round he showed his edge and went straight to the champion."
"He is..."
At this point, the host deliberately paused in order to create more tension. After a moment he raised his
voice and spoke again, full of passion.
"He is Luke Bennet, a six-year-old boy. Please let our champion Luke take the stage."
As the host voice fell, before Luke showed up, Megan had been unable to restrain the loud cry.
"Brother is awesome, brother is a champion, I love brother!"
She spoke in fluent foreign language, for fear that others would not understand her if she said in her
language.
"It's amazing, my son is the champion. Honey, thank you!"
Compared with Megan, Brian was calm and steady. His expression of gratitude was to hold Winnie in
his arms and keep thanking her and kissing her forehead.
"Yes, we're proud of our son."
Winnie accepted his gratitude. She was the mother of the children, she should put efforts for them, but
Brian, as the father, recognized her by saying thank you.
It was warm to hear that, why not accept it?
Oscar was the calmest among these several people. He had been holding breath and now finally spat it
out steadily.
"Not surprisingly, I seem to have been right."
Luke walked onto the stage with a smile, confident and safe, not arrogant and tsundere. He thought he
deserved to be the champion, and he knew there would be a chance to ask his father for the prize.
Luke delivered his acceptance speech.
Without preparation, it was all improvisation.
"I don't have anything special to say, I just want to thank my teacher, my parents and my naughty sister.
Thank them for being my family, thank them for being with me all my life. Thanks to their support and
encouragement, I can make this achievement. Thank you very much!"
That was the end of the speech, but Luke held the microphone and looked at the audience.
"Dad, I won the championship. Keep your promise."
Hearing the boy's words, Brian felt happy. Because of this reward, Luke tried his best to learn and was
persistent in this champion.
How could he fail to live up to his earnest hope?
Brian did not speak, but gave a thumb up to his son.
One was to praise the excellence of his son, and the other was to promise the child a reward.
After the award ceremony, the whole competition was over.
A family of four and Oscar together walked out jubilantly, but just as they reached the door, they were
surrounded by a lot of reporters.
"Sorry, we don't do interviews."
Brian held Megan, with one arm around Winnie. Winnie holding Luke's hand protected him in her side.
"Give a way. We don't do interviews."
Oscar was also helping to clear a path, but there were too many reporters. They could not leave. Even
Morgan and the hotel manager also failed to let reporters leave.
"We don't interview the family members. Can we interview Luke and his teacher?"
The reporters were reasonable and could only put forward such a request.
Brian had no choice. If he did not agree, they might not be able to go back to the hotel.
"Oscar, you and Luke accept the interview. There are reports from our country, we can’t refuse them."
Brian discussed with Oscar in the chaos.
"All right, Luke and I accept it."
Oscar could only accept the interview for he could not leave.
So the interview about Luke began. Brian, Winnie and Megan were waiting for him.
When they were back to the hotel, they were to celebrate it. Megan proposed to send the good news
back to the country.
"It's the wee hours of the morning in our country and people are still sleeping. Call home later."
Winnie was afraid that they were be too excited to sleep after receiving the good news, so she decided
to let them know when they got up.
"Luke, come over, come to Dad."
Brian called Luke to his side and said serious and solemnly.
"I will give you the award that I promised you. We will never be separated."
Brian knew that Luke was waiting for him to say this. Though he had said it before, it did not carry as
much weight or credibility as it did today.
"Thanks, Dad!
Luke smiled happily and heartedly. He believed his father would do what he had promised. With his
father's promise, he could finally rest assured and had no need to worry about their separation.
As the small celebrations continued, Winnie and Brian were more excited than ever before. No. 1 in the
world! Their son was no. 1 in the world.
What they dare not imaged really happened, and their son won the champion!.
Luke was not only the pride of his parents but also the pride of the country. He won glory for his parents
and the country. They were so proud that they had an excellent son.
Brian and two children hadn’t returned to their room until it was late in night. Before they could call
home, Felix called.
"Luke ranked the first in the world?"
He asked in a tone of restrained excitement, yet uncertain.
"Yes, Grandpa. How do you know that?"
Brian answered his grandpa proudly and certainly.
"I saw it on the morning news, saying the No. 1 is Luke Bennet. Is it our Luke?"
Felix asked Brian in disbelief.
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