At this moment, Brian had completely forgotten the phone on his ear. His attention was on Gloria, and
he wondered why Gloria was there.
Gloria gave an enchanting smile and joked with him.
"It's not a surprise that I came to see my boyfriend. The whole country knows about our relationship,
don’t you know that?"
"Today's headline?"
Brian now knew the purpose of Gloria’s coming.
"Clever."
"But Mr. Bennet, who are you talking to on the phone?"
Brian did not realize that he was answering the phone till Gloria reminded him.
"I forgot it. Come on in."
Brian invited Gloria in, and then continued to talk to person on the phone.
“Who's that?”
Hearing that, Winnie felt irony.
He asked her who she was? Didn’t he see the caller ID or was he afraid that her phone would affect
Gloria's mood? Winnie guessed it was the second possibility.
Since Brian was afraid that Gloria minded her phone, she knew what to do.
"It is me, since you have things to deal with, I will call you later."
After that, she hung up the phone, but Brian was extremely upset.
He did not see the caller, so he did not know it was Winnie calling. It was bad that she had heard that
Gloria was there. He had not explained about what happened before, not it was another
misunderstanding.
He took a sigh and hung up the phone.
Brian came to Gloria, who had sat on the sofa.
"Do you know what happened today?"
Gloria asked first, and did not care who Brian was calling.
"I don't know."
Brian gave his answer.
Albert had told him the result at the time of dinner. It was not Gloria, nor grandpa. It was the journalist
made it up in order to get clicks.
Brian had told Albert to find that journalist, who said he would not do it again, so Brian did not care
much about it.
"Is that bothering you?"
Brian asked.
"Yes, I am not afraid of anything except what my boyfriend thinks. I told him we were acting, but if
things went wrong again and again, he'd be suspicious of me."
"I can't really explain it if it happens again. You should be responsible for me if we break up."
Gloria joked with Brian.
"I understand, but it was not the Bennet family did it. I'm a victim, too. We should not appear together in
public as much as possible."
Brian understood Gloria and her boyfriend's suspicion. There was a woman behind him had the same
feeling as Gloria’s boyfriend.
"We didn't mean to show up together today. I didn't know you were going to this show. I was quite
surprised when I saw you and I almost fell over."
"How can we avoid this kind of accident? I can't tell you all my itinerary, and you can't tell me all yours."
Gloria said innocently, meaning it was "coincidence" which she could do nothing about it.
"It is not possible to share our itinerary. If I attend such events in the future, I will tell you in advance. If
you go, I will decline. I'd be there when you are not there."
He only had such an idea. He saw fashion shows not so often and would not have been there if his
partners hadn't invited him.
"Well, then, do as you said."
Gloria readily agreed, no matter what Brian said, she would not refute.
"But I have a require, please take care of it. I don't want to be on the front page in this way."
Gloria was still smiling, feeling like old friends sitting together chatting.
"I'll try."
Gloria said with a smile. But Brian did not smile, he was worried about Winnie and wanted to call her
for explanation.
At the moment he only hoped that the conversation between him and Gloria would end as soon as
possible. As Gloria left, he would call Winnie.
"Well, then, it is a deal. It’s getting late, I gotta go."
Gloria said while getting up to leave. As she picked up her bag, Albert knocked on the door and came
in.
"Mr. Bennet, there is news again."
Albert showed the headlines to Brian.
It had just come out, it was over 100 million hits and it was going up fast. It said that Gloria went to
Brian’s hotel for a date at midnight.
It was Gloria walking into the hotel and his room.
Brian was instantly angry.
"Delete it and find out who is behind and hold him legally responsible."
Brian did not expect such ridiculous thing to happen twice in one day. How could he explain it now?
Winnie wouldn't even answer his phone.
Albert ran out without saying hello to Gloria.
At this time, Gloria also took out her phone to have a check.
"Alas......"
She then took an uneasy sigh.
“I came to you this late because I was afraid something like this would happen. I was careful all the
way. I came to your room after I made sure there were no reporters following me. How could such a
thing have happened?"
"I'm sorry for my negligence. If it bothers you, I can explain publicly."
Gloria made an apology with guilty.
"It seems that the two of us have become the focus. It is not a reporter following you, but a reporter has
been waiting downstairs the hotel."
Brian gave his analysis, and did not respond to Gloria's apology. Because now the matter was not
clear, and Gloria’s suspicions had not been ruled out.
"He may be stalking me. I'd better get out of here. If I stay too long, they'll think more."
"Mr. Bennet, please have it under your control and don’t make it big."
Gloria then strode out of Brian's room.
After hanging up the phone, Winnie felt as if her heart had been sprayed with salt and had to endure
the pain with all her strength.
Winnie was in self-mockery and gave an ironic smile.
Was Brian too anxious to open the door? Why did he not even know who made the call? Or was he
trying to get her to hear what they were saying so she could take his cue?
What was he implying? Did he want her to give up as soon as possible?
Winnie felt that Brian did not need to do this. She was ready to leave him from the day she and Brian
were together. As long as Brian said, “break up”, she would leave directly.
Brian hinted euphemistically. Was he was afraid that she would ask for money or afraid that she would
not give his money back?
Why? She would not take anything from him and would give anything back to him.
Winnie looked down at the phone, thinking of her ridiculous phone, feeling depressed. Suddenly there
was a piece of news showing up and she accidentally clicked it open.
It was the news about Brian.
Winnie had no any doubts, because she heard that Gloria went to Brian's room.
Winnie then made a call to Vanessa.
"Vanessa, take the kids's mobile phone and stop them from playing with it tonight."
Winnie tried to calm down, but she was still impatient.
"What happened?"
Vanessa's first reaction was that Brian had news again.
"Yeah, don't let the kids play with the phone, or they will see it."
Winnie said again. She did not conceal it with Vanessa, because she knew that Vanessa would see it
later.
"I know, coming back early. It's cloudy outside and looks like it's going to rain. Come back early and
don't worry us."
Vanessa was worried about her sister. The kids were around her, so she could not say it directly.
"I'm fine. Don't worry about me. Just take care of the kids."
Winnie said repeatedly, afraid that the kids would know about it.
"Ok."
Winnie agreed and hung up, and then took the kids’ phone away.
In the bathroom, she turned on her phone.
Brian's influence was great and his news must be hot.
Looking at those harsh words, looking at the pictures of Gloria at the door of the hotel, Vanessa's heart
was full of resentment. Whether it was true or not, it was clear that Brian and Gloria had become
bound.
Vanessa was angry and then sent a message to Brian.
"I told you your promises didn't mean anything. You had just made your promise not long ago, and do
you not want to make a promise again?"
"Don't reply my messages, and don't ask me to intercede for you. I will feel sorry for my sister if I
intercede for you.”
She then turned off her phone after sending the message.
After the call with Vanessa, Winnie received a call from Brian. Winnie picked it up without hesitation.
"I've seen what happened. If you don't want the children to know about it, try to solve it first. We'll talk
about it when you get back."
Winnie did not give Brian the chance to speak, but her tone was calm. She then hung up the phone,
and then put Brian to the blacklist.
Looking at the gloomy and frightening sky, Winnie had an impulse to cry. She really wanted to cry, to
relieve her tense nerves.
She wanted to a nun and paid no attention to the tedious things and wanted to die, so that she could
forget all the pain in this life. There were too many ways to escape reality in her mind, but she was
suddenly woken by the rain.
Where could she go? What should her kids and Vanessa do if she died? What should her aunt do?
Winnie ran a few steps to the bus stop for shelter. She was caught in the rain, but she was not
completely drenched.
Her clothes were wet, so she shivered and had to hold her own for warmth.
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