Winnie went out of the hospital and drove to Stefan’s hotpot restaurant in a daze, Penny was leaving
her soon.
"Be careful when you walk."
Suddenly a warm voice with ridicule spread into Winnie's ears, which put her thoughts back.
"You almost hit me."
Stefan joked. It had been days he did not see Winnie and he was happy to see her.
He went abroad after they parted in the hotel. As he got off the plane, he heard that Winnie booked a
table in his restaurant, so he came to see her before he went home.
“I did not notice you are here. Have you been recently busy?”
Winnie forced a smile, so that she would not affect Stefan’s mood.
“Yes, how are you? You must be busy too, you have not been here to have dinner and you did not call
me recently.”
Winnie did not know that he had just come from abroad, and it was a fact that she had not contacted
him recently.
“Yes, I even have no time for dinner. I haven’t thanked your friend yet. I will invite her to dinner some
day.”
It occurred to Winnie. She had forgotten it because of Stefan.
“No need. It was me to ask her to help, it has nothing to do with you, so I will pay her back the favor.”
Stefan did not want Winnie to have burden, so he refused.
At this hour, Winnie heard a soft female voice from behind.
“Winwin, right?”
Winnie looked back, only to see that Gloria came with Brian holding his arm.
“Yes, it is me.”
Winnie forced a smile and greeted Gloria.
She did not expect that Brian would be Stefan’s restaurant, and he thought she had an affair with
Stefan.
“Mr. Bennet, you are here, please come in.”
Stefan greeted Brian with enthusiasm.
But he was stunned for a moment before he greeted, because a woman was holding Brian’s arm and
Brian did not show any hint of guilt.
Brian gave a black face, horrible as a coming storm. He said nothing, but Gloria opened her mouth.
“We booked a seat, will you join, Winwin?”
“No, I have appointment with my friends, they…”
Before she could finish, she frowned.
At this moment Daenerys, Oscar, Leo and Emily stood behind Brian.
Their sudden appearance made Winnie uneasy, afraid that they would have quarrel with Brian.
"I..."
Winnie wanted to ask them to leave, but it was too late.
“What do you mean, Brian?”
"Do you have to show your girlfriend to Winwin?"
Daenerys and Emily came to Brian and angrily accused him.
At this time Winnie hurriedly stood between Brian and Daenerys.
"Stop that, you two."
Winnie stopped that. It was a public place, and it would be troublesome for Brian if it became a big
fuss.
"Winwin, he is so intimate with another woman, can you endure it?"
Daenerys could not endure it, and she did not want Winnie to endure it.
"I can't endure it. Brian......"
"Emily, stop. Don't embarrass me."
Winnie stopped Emily in time. She didn't want to make things serious and embarrass Brian.
"You..."
"Oscar, Leo, take them away."
Winnie sought the help of Leo and Oscar.
Men were always more sensible than women at this time.
Then Leo and Oscar came to take Emily and Daenerys away.
"Gloria, Mr. Bennet, I am sorry, but my friend's impulsiveness is affecting you. I apologize for them."
Winnie bowed her head to apologize, feeling that she had no dignity at all.
"Your friends have gone too far, throwing tantrums for no apparent reason. Do they think they're
powerful?"
Gloria loudly accused Winnie.
And Winnie looked sorry.
Now she had nothing to do with Brian and he was now Gloria's boyfriend. It was indeed her
responsibility to embarrass Brian and Gloria in public.
"I'm sorry, my friends are overreacted. I apologize for them."
Winnie did not expect Gloria would be so entangled. But it was her fault after all, all she could do now
was to apologize.
"This is not about being overreact..."
"This......"
Stefan could not stand it. He did not know what happened, but he loathe seeing Brian did nothing but
see Winnie kept apologizing.
However, Oscar stepped forward and said what he wanted to say.
"Miss, Winnie has apologized to you, you should stop holding on to it."
Oscar protected Winnie behind, for fear that Winnie would get hurt.
"Who are you? With that…"
"It doesn't matter who I am. What matters is that you don't embarrass Mr. Bennet."
Oscar said sharply, not only because Winnie was hurt, but also because of Brian's indifference.
"Mr. Bennet, you and Winwin shouldn't have this bad relationship, anyway..."
Oscar looked at Brian's cold face and felt his words were redundant in the middle of her sentence.
There was no need to go on.
"Miss, let it go. I apologize for my friend. We'll leave the place for you."
Oscar left with Winnie, expressionless.
He took Daenerys and Emily to the car and then returned. He knew Winnie would apologize, but did
not expect Gloria would be so unruly.
Luckily, he came back, or Gloria might not let it go.
After Winnie and Oscar left together, Gloria took Brian to the pre-booked room. When leaving the hall,
Brian glared at Stefan angrily, which made Stefan more confused.
Stefan found there was something wrong between Winnie and Brian, but he didn't know he was the
reason.
In the room.
"What kind of friends does Winnie have? They have no quality and in public..."
"You knew we broke up?"
Brian interrupted Gloria coldly.
Gloria could accept his cold voice, but his question surprised her.
"No, did you break up?"
Gloria pretended not to know it.
"Then why you disrespected her? Why you accused her? Her friends are angry with me, but they did
not provoke you, why did you scold her? What qualifications do you have to accept her apology?"
Brian asked Gloria in an angry voice. When he saw Winnie apologized to Gloria, he felt distressed. If it
were being angry, he would have protected Winnie.
"I..."
Gloria frightened by Brian’s angry roar and did not know what to say.
It seemed it was wrong to lie, because Brian was not so easy to be deceived. Now the lie got her into
trouble.
"I am sorry for making you unhappy. Just now, I was too deeply involved in the play. I really regarded
us as a couple. And I was afraid they will see through our relationship. As your girlfriend in that
situation, I can't see my boyfriend being smeared."
Gloria made an explanation, trying to cover up the last lie, but she did not understand Brian well.
"Gloria, I hate women who play tricks with me. I hope you won't let me down."
Brian did not believe what Gloria said but strode away after warning her.
And in the hall he met Stefan again.
"Mr. Bennet..."
Stefan tried to stop Brian, but Brian walked away after taking a glance at him.
Brian’s attitude worried Stefan. Although he knew that Gloria affected the relationship between Winnie
and Brian, but he did not expect it would be like this.
From Winnie’s attitude, he knew Winnie regarded Brian as an outsider. There was a problem with it, but
Stefan did not know why.
Winnie and Daenerys left together and come to the barbecue restaurant where they often went to.
They set the table by the roadside and drank in the roadside light.
Winnie restrained herself not to drink and told herself to be sober. One reason was that she should
always be on call, and the other was that she was afraid that if she drank too much, she would explain
to Brian.
But now she wanted to drink to release herself, because she had been restrained for too long.
"You two are too impulsive today. You know that Brian broke up with Winwin. Why did you go to accuse
Brian? They don't have anything to do with each other now. He can be with whoever he wants. Why
are you two so irritable?"
Oscar was not a talker, but today he must say something.
"I know you are good to Winwin, but have you ever thought that it would make Winwin embarrassed?"
Oscar pointed out the key to the problem, if not for Daenerys and Emily’s impulse, Winnie would not
have to apologize to Gloria humbly.
"We..."
Daenerys realized that she was too impulsive, but as she was to apologize, Winnie stopped her.
"Well, don't say anything about it. It will be a lesson, be calm in the future."
Winnie knew that if not for Daenerys and Emily’s impulse, she would not have to apologize to Gloria.
But Daenerys and Emily's starting point was good, she could not deny her friends' kindness.
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