Rufus did not worry. His father cared about the company, but Rufus cared about the happiness of the
kids.
His so-called happiness was not measured by money, but by the love of a family.
"It won't go down. Even if there is no Brian, Jack and Thomas can manage the Bennet Group as well."
Rufus' answer was unexpected.
Rufus had said he would manage the company before, but today he left it Thomas and Jack.
I saw his father's persistence and ruthlessness in his son’s eyes. If he was indulgent, his father would
rely on him and he would be forever stubborn and refused Winnie.
He had his own work to do, and he wanted to make up for it in the few years he had left. He did not
want to become a pawn of his father again, once he was controlled by his father, Isobel would he be his
lifelong regret.
"If Thomas and Jack can really manage the company, I don't have to worry now. Rufus, you talk to
Director Chambers, let her stay with Brian."
Felix was more anxious hearing Rufus’ answer, so he asked Rufus to persuade Winnie.
Before Rufus said that, he had one last card. If Brian really gave up the company, Rufus could run it.
But sine Rufus said that, it meant he had lost his card, Rufus would not care about the Bennet Group.
Therefore, Felix was worried.
"Dad, what do you want me to talk with Winwin?"
Rufus wanted to know the purpose of his father.
"Let her stay, as I said."
Felix had made it clear, but Rufus had to confirm it, otherwise he could not make up his mind.
"Do you mean that I should seek Winwin and advise her to stay with Brian as a mistress?"
"Yes, I can't give her an identity yet. But you tell Brian that I will not affect them all their lives, and that I
have no control over what they think when I die. But as I am alive, they cannot break my rules and let
the Bennet Group go downhill."
Felix obviously made a concession, gave a clear attitude. But he knew it was his last resort.
Rufus despondently sighed, then gave his answer.
"Dad, I can't. For so long, we know what Winwin has sacrificed for our family, for the kids and for Brian.
Our family is indebted to Winwin, and Brian hurt her so much that I cannot say that under such
circumstances."
"She was with Brian as a mistress, and during this period, you made Brian find another woman in
different ways, which still hurt Winwin. If I asked her to come back, it will do harm to her."
Rufus rejected his father's proposal. Although he said that after he died, Brian could do whatever he
wanted to. But who could guarantee that Winnie would not be hurt again? Who could guarantee that
his father would not give a hard time to Winnie?
He could not do that, he could not put Winnie into danger.
"You are wrong, I have promised Brian not to force him to date, so it will not hurt Director Chambers."
This was another promise from Felix. He could not think of anything now, only hoped Rufus could
persuade Winnie.
"Dad, I am not wrong, you should change your idea. If you really do not want Brian to have a blind
date, it means that you will not see his marriage in your lifetime. Since so, you will not benefit from this
advantage. Why do you persist if you are destined to benefit nothing?"
Rufus asked his father and exposed his father's selfishness.
Felix was silent and did not know how to defend himself seeing that he had been exposed.
Rufus looked at his father and took a sigh.
"Dad, though you are over ninety, you know better than anyone. You said you would not force Brian to
have a blind date, but you can make him marry by other means. I have been there, so I cannot believe
you."
"Dad, think about it, if you want Brian to be like me, if you want Luke and Megan to be like Brian and
Stella, then you insist."
"I will not persuade Winwin, and I will not plead with Brian. You can do it yourself. From now on, I must
live for myself, too.”
Rufus showed his attitude. All his life, he had been manipulated, living his whole life for others.
What was the point of living his life if he had to continue to serve others?
Again, Felix was disappointed, and he felt that he had lost Rufus as a pillar. Rufus did not help him,
even did not help the company, now he was supporting himself alone.
After Felix left, Rufus was depressed. Stella told him to go back to rest, but he was not in the mood.
So he went out for a walk.
Stella was left alone in the living room, thinking of her grandpa and her father's dialogue.
She could tell that her father was negative, he was like tell him to be ready.
But her father said that he had been there, what did he mean? Was it related to her mother?
Her father was about to speak but stopped, so she wondered if he had unspeakable reason and if had
hidden the truth from them.
Maybe his father Isobel before he got married and it was her grandfather who broke them up.
At this time, Paul came and sat next to Stella.
"What are you thinking?"
Paul pulled back Stella's thoughts, but Stella suddenly felt Paul might give her the answer.
"Paul, tell me a story."
"Story? What story?"
Paul smiled, did not understand what Stella meant.
"My dad's story, I think only you can tell."
Stella felt Paul knew the story of her father. He must know what her father had been through.
"Your father's story? Well, what you want to hear?"
Paul answered.
"When Grandpa was here, he said he has been there, I think it is about my mother..."
Paul was not present at that time, so Stella told Paul what happened.
"Paul, I just want to know what happened to my father."
Stella wanted to know more and what her father was hiding.
"Well, your grandfather did plan it, and it worked. Otherwise your parents wouldn't be together, and you
wouldn't even exist."
Paul answered after thinking. There were something in the past he could tell, but something he could
not, but he could reveal a little strategically.
"What does that mean? My father knew Isobel before he got married?"
Stella thought her father and Isobel had an affair before, so her father had been thinking about it for so
many years.
But she ignored a fact.
"Silly girl, Isobel was young when you parents got married. At that time your father did not know
Isobel."
Paul corrected Stella. With this reminder, Stella suddenly enlightened.
"Oh, I forgot that."
Stella ignored it, after all Isobel and father had the gap on age.
Paul smiled and then began to talk about the past.
"Before they got married, your father had no a girlfriend. But he didn't like your grandfather forcing him
to get married and he didn't have any feelings for your mother. However, your mother had a lover at the
time."
"They were forced by their parents to go on a blind date. Of course your mother wouldn't approve,
because she had a lover, and your father didn't like your mother. But both old people were optimistic
about each other's family pedigree and matched them. Finally, your grandfather figured out a way to
make your mother pregnant with you, and your grandmother forced your mother to get married by
committing suicide, so they got married."
Paul's story was short, but it contained a lot of information. He could not make it obvious, but let Stella
feel it.
"Paul, it is different from what I thought."
Stella was surprised. She always thought the problem was in her father, but she did not expect there
was problem in her mother too.
"How is it different?”
Paul asked and wanted Stella to speak out.
"I thought my father was in love with another woman so he refused to marry my mother. I didn't expect
my mother was also in love with someone and was forced to get married."
"In such a marriage, I think both parents were miserable. Paul, my father seemed to be deliberately
hiding something when he mentioned my mother several times. Do you know what it is?"
Stella did not know whether these two things were related, so she asked Paul.
"I don't know."
Paul did not give an answer, because he felt he should not say it.
"Paul, what is the man like my mother liked? Is he in B City? Did they keep in touch after my parents
got married?"
Stella was curious about the man her mother liked, thinking maybe the man could explain something.
"All I know is he's from B City. I don't know what he's like and if they got in touch after marriage."
Paul should not tell the truth, so he could only say so.
"Is this man still in B City? Do you know his name and where he lives?"
Stella took it seriously and asked more questions, trying to find out the truth.
"It doesn't matter."
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