Stacy stepped back, being shocked by her mother’s words, Stacy never expected something like this from her mother, she was speechless at the revelation of Josephine's twisted thoughts. Seeing Stacy’s silence, Josephine said, "Do it quickly, don’t let him come here, just tell him the celebration is canceled or ask him to come another day." With that, Josephine left, Stacy watched her mother leave, feeling a surge of anger at the behaviour of her mother, ahe couldn’t understand why her mother was acting this way towards Bryan, just as Bryan asked now she also can't help but to question about her mother favouring Jake more than Bryan, "I can’t blame Bryan for his hatred anymore," she thought with a painful expression, "It’s better for him to stay away from this toxic family, I don't think he'll be happy here, atleast if he is away from this family, he can live happily." Stacy didn’t call Bryan, knowing he wouldn’t come, and feeling relieved that he wouldn’t witness such hostility with

Mr. Louis, a competitor of Neil in business, remarked on their behavior towards Bryan, Neil responded trying not to make people believe in Mr.Loui's words, "Don't jump to conclusions, Mr. Louis, we care deeply about our son.""Really?" Mr. Louis sneered, "No one here can see that in your wife's uninterested behavior towards him, I don't think anyone would disagree with me, am I wrong?"Neil sighed, realizing the conversation was taking a bad turn and making people to get into their own conclusions, "My wife is just upset with our son for not attending the party, you should understand a mother's pain at missing her son.""Is that so?" Mr. Shervian asked while raising his eyebrows, "Why doesn't it seem that way, brother? It looks like my sister-in-law loves Jake more than Bryan, Are you sure she's just concerned? Or are you misunderstanding things too?"Neil shook his head as their assumptions creating a huge headache for him, "I don't understand why you're also talking like this, Sherv

Felix was startled for a moment, thinking Stacy had figured out his real reason for being at the party. Still, he didn't want to reveal anything until he was sure, so he decided to play innocent unless Stacy reveal regarding, what she truly desires to know, "What do you mean by 'purpose,' my lady?" He asked glancing at Stacy."It's exactly what I asked," Stacy replied, with a smile, "What brought you to attend this party?"Felix responded just as the plan he stick to before coming to the party, "Your parents are well-known to me, and I'm one of their well wishers, my lady, moreover as the principal who noticed your brother from closer, I wanted to meet them in person."Stacy crossed her arms questioning him further, "So, you came all the way here because of my brother?" Felix hummed as cunning as ever, "partly yes, he has been raised to be a gentleman, I wanted to praise your parents for raising him so well, not most of the children from reputed families were like this, sometimes it'

It all started the day Josephine brought Jake home, Alicia, the Madam of Winterwood, already grieving the loss of Bryan in an unfortunate incident, was agitated when Josephine arrived with a young Jake clinging to her legs."Who is he?" Alicia demanded, her authority as the head of the house can't be ignored, Josephine, obliged to answer, so gave her response, "He is the son of someone to whom we owe a lot but forgot to repay."Neil, who overheard everything Josephine spoke stepped forward inquiring her with a hopeful look, "Son of Benjamin?" Josephine nodded with a faint smile, "Yes, he died saving you, and his wife became emotionally unstable and went overseas by hiding the truth of her pregnancy from everyone, then I found out through a common friend that he was abandoned by her relatives after she died, I couldn’t leave him just like everyone, so I brought him home."Neil looked at Jake sympathetically, holding him in his arms without further questions, knowing he was the son of h

The fresh morning with bustling classes and busy students running for their classes, Mirabel had been searching everywhere for Bryan, since she was late to college for waking up late, she couldn't find him in class as he doesn't like boring classes. Finally, she remembered the only two places Bryan loved to be in the entire college, either the classroom or the library, Mirabel rushed to the library hoping to find him there.As she entered the library, she greeted the librarian, "hello Mr. Klaus, how is your day?" He smiled at her, "I'm fine, just busy as always, by the way what brought you to the library today? Need any books?" "Books and I are sworn enemies!" Mirabel exclaimed with a funny facial expression, "I'm here to search for someone, have you seen Bryan, the freshman from the business department?""That odd guy who surrounds himself with piles of books and reads like he is preparing for war?" Mr. Klaus joked about Bryan's seriousness while reading the books, Mirabel giggled a