Brian's sudden words made Winnie’s movements pause. Still, Winnie did not speak.
Help? She seemed to be helping all the time. She had been doing all kinds of things for others, so she
did not mind doing it again.
"Won't you talk to me? You are not busy today, but you just don't want to see me, right?"
Brian's mood was changing all the time. The last moment, he was not so cold, but not he was cold and
angry.
"Winnie, I don't understand, you did something wrong and we broke up. Why you made it my mistake
and hate me?"
Brian looked at Winnie, confused. It was him should hate her and be angry with her. He was the victim
of feelings, but he came to her. He did not understand why Winnie ignored him.
Looking at Brian's attitude, Winnie thought he would pester her for a night if she did not speak.
"I dare not speak to you because I was wrong. I have no grudge against you, I just avoid suspicion."
"Mr. Bennet, you said that we should not have any contact and I even only could talk with Stella about
the kids. I'm just doing what you want me to do. If I meet you and discuss private matters with you, you
might accuse me of having ulterior motives."
Winnie finally opened her mouth. Although these words were the meaning of Brian, although she
looked indifferent, she really hated Brian.
She blamed him for not understanding the situation, not checking the facts. She chose to accept
breakup, but it did not mean that she had no grievance.
Winnie hated most that others put the unwarranted charges on her, but she did not remember how
much blame on her back and how many times she had been ignored by Brian
He had said he loved her more than once, but what did he do for his so-called love? What he did for
the woman he loved?
"Winnie, you... why do you want to see me now? Aren't you afraid I'll say you have ulterior motives?"
Brian could not refute, but asked Winnie like a rogue.
"You said you had a headache. You insisted on coming in. Why don't you be reasonable, Brian?"
Winnie was angry, feeling that Brian was being unreasonable after drinking, but his sharp eyes didn't
look like he was in a drunken state.
He couldn't control his alcohol even if he yelled at her.
Looking at Winnie being angry, Brian was not angry anymore. He wanted her to be like that, rather than
who being wronged and was silent.
"Yes, I have a headache. Give me a massage."
Brian lay down on Winnie's leg.
"I don't think you have a headache. You came here to trouble me. Go home, and don't bother me."
Winnie said while pushing Brian, but Brian was like a stone which could not be moved.
"I have a headache. Massage me. I'll leave you no trouble."
Brian said, not because of a headache, but because he did not want to provoke Winnie.
Winnie took helpless deep breath. She hated herself that she could not be ruthless in the face of
Brian’s headache.
Winnie continued to help Brian massage, and the living room quieted down.
Feeling the strength of Winnie, Brian felt that this was one of the happiest things. Now he could leave
everything behind and just enjoy the comfort she gave him.
"My sister told me about the kids’ school. They can go to which school you want. You have the final say
on education. I am only responsible for their safety and they will escorted by bodyguards every day
until Richard gets caught."
Brian broke the silence. He felt it should be communicated and let Winnie know he had been very
respectful to her.
"I will teach my kids well. I do not object the protection on the kids, but don’t be blatant, or the kids’
classmates will treat them differently. I just hope that they can live a low-key and easy-going life and
make the most intimate friends."
Winnie expressed her own views. She only wants it to be low key, like a normal person.
"Ok."
"You always say I don't trust you, but I've never questioned you about the kids. I've always trusted you
to teach them well."
Brian refuted what Winnie said before. Not only in the kids, he believed what she did and said. But this
time he could not believe her because he could not accept such a thing happened to Winnie.
"Thank you for that, and that's all I can convince you of."
Because Winnie was the kids’ mother, Brian was sure she would be good to the kids. As for the rest, if
he could have believed it, it wouldn't have come to this.
"Winwin, actually I..."
Brian wanted to correct it and wanted to tell Winnie there were many things he believed her. But Winnie
did not give him a chance.
"By the way, how is the Liberation Village going? Have you decided to invest it?"
Winnie timely changed the topic, if they continued the last topic, she was afraid they would end up
quarrelling.
"Yes, but there is no reply from the secretary. They may have to work on it for a while."
Brian did not continue to last topic. There was no difference between saying and not saying, after all,
they had broken up.
"The place is so beautiful that it would be a pity to develop it. Tourists go more and more money can be
earned, but they disturb the peace."
Winnie felt it pity. It was a paradise on earth. As long as she lived there, she would forget all her
troubles and calm down.
Unfortunately, it was about to be developed, and there was no place to cultivate people’s morality and
heal wounds.
"You like it?"
Brian asked Winnie.
"Yes, I like it. I like the simple folk customs there, like the clean stone path there, like the clear river
there, and like sitting on the hill behind the village to watch the sunset in the evening. It's relaxing just
to think about it."
Winnie liked everything there. She put her love in words and revealed it in her bright eyes.
Brian could see that she really liked it before it was quiet there.
"If the secretary agrees to the development, I will ask them to come up with a plan that does not
damage the local characteristics."
This was the commitment of Brian to the secretary, but also a commitment to Winnie. He would try his
best to reduce the damage to the natural environment of Liberation Village.
"Must you have to develop it?"
Winnie was not satisfied about the commitment of Brian, in her opinion, as long as tourists went in,
there was no peace.
She knew she was being selfish, but she really wanted the original nature to be preserved.
Brian was stunned and did not expect Winnie had unique emotion about it and did not want to destroy
it.
"No."
Although he knew Winnie had a special feeling about it, Brian gave a cruel answer.
Business is business, private feelings could not be involved. Winnie was not his woman, he had no
reason to change anything for her.
"You are cold-blooded. I should learn from you and not open the door for you the next time you have a
headache."
Winnie said casually, Brian would not give up the opportunity to make money because of her. What
was more, she was nothing in the eyes of Brian and not worth of any effort.
"These are two different things."
Brian prayed that Winnie would not be cold-blooded, otherwise, he had no other excuse to come over.
"Brian, I am curious about something. If I leave the city, if I die, what will happen to your headache?"
Winnie asked Brian, thinking about the answer to this question.
In fact, she did not blame Brian, she was just not cruel enough. If she had refused every time, Brian
would not have come.
"What do you mean?"
Brian was panic and thought it was Winnie hint that she was leaving.
"Nothing. Just answer."
Winnie showed a bitter smile. Even if she broke up with Brian, she still could not leave this city. Her
kids needed her, Vanessa had not finished school, so she could not leave.
"How I lived before you came, how I will live after you leave, pretending you have never come..."
"Consider me dead and don't come to me again, no matter how badly your head hurts. You and I are
not single. Don't let your partner misunderstand."
Winnie was afraid that Brian would say pretend she was dead. It could only prove that she was nothing
in his life.
It would be ironic. She liked her by heart, loved him with life. Even if they could not be together, she did
not want to be nothing in his eyes.
"If I can pretend you are dead, do you think I..."
"Do you think I will come to find you?" Brian did not say it out completely, because it was cruel and
would expose that he could not get over Winnie.
"Does your aunt know about our breakup?"
Brian changed the topic, and did not want to ruin the moment.
"Yes, Megan and Luke told her."
Winnie answered the every question Brian asked and did not stink to one question. If she talked too
much, they might quarrel.
"Your aunt has always disapproved of us being together. She must be happy to know we broke up."
Brian did not know what Winnie's aunt looked like, but he knew she must give a bright smile when she
heard the news.
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