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
Bryan sighed at the urgency of Ronald, took another sip from his water bottle calmly, and glanced leisurely at Ronald, "No rush, dude, I know why he's calling me, we can go whenever we want, there's nothing to worry.""Still, why don't we go see him,?" Ronald suggested thinking it'll be disrespectful if they delay more, "He's been looking for you everywhere, let's just go and meet him, why delaying rather than getting over with it?" Bryan hummed in agreement, got up from his chair, and said to Mirabel, "We're going to meet the principal, we will be back in a bit, either stay here or go back to the dorm, don't wander here and there."Mirabel nodded while laughing at his words treating her as a child, as Bryan and Ronald were about to leave, Bryan looked back at Mirabel, remembering her words, 'I'll always choose you over everyone, and I'll never abandon you', he hadn't realized how much he craved to hear those words until she said it, unintentionally a smile brought on his face as soon
Bryan anticipated their confusion already, because he is aware of what will be their first thoughts that strikes in their mind when he spoke, "I know this sounds complicated for someone who hears about their duties for the first time, but it's not as hard as you think, Mr. Felix."Felix asked again trying to come out of the puzzled situation, "What do you mean by being the real principal, Mr. Bryan? Aren't I the principal already?"Bryan looked at him and replied, "Since you were assigned as principal, have you ever tried to understand the responsibilities of that particular role? At least for once in all these years did you play the role of yours correctly?"Felix smiled awkwardly, trying to hide his embarrassment because of Bryan's question. Just then, Nolan entered with refreshments, placed them on the table, glancing once at Bryan, he left the room, Bryan handed a drink to Felix, "It's tough being responsible for the first time, the more you try, the more expert you'll become, so
Bryan's sly smile gave Ronald goosebumps, "I never thought my only best friend would turn into a psycho sigh revenge. They really ruined you and your innocence man," Ronald said, shaking his head in disbelief that it's Bryan who is right in front of him and speaking like that.As they approached the library, they saw Mirabel coming out, looking sweaty and nervous, and panting heavily as if she is scared of something, Bryan and Ronald exchanged puzzled glances looking at her condition.Mirabel walked straight to them as soon as she saw them standing there, Bryan looked concerned by her troubled expression, "What happened?""Nothing," Mirabel replied still not calm and the worried look on her face still exists.Bryan decided to change the subject looking at her being uneasy, "Since you're here, how about we all go for lunch together? I heard today's menu is totally delicious.""Let's go," Ronald looked eager to enjoy the delicious food, "I'm starving and tired from all this walking from
Mirabel paused hearing those words, and stunned for a moment, she noticed Bryan and Ronald remained calm, and as she turned to walk away, feeling an unexpected pang of disappointment, even she isn't sure why she is upset after hearing to a girl's proposal to Bryan, just then, she heard Bryan's voice, "Mira."He approached scolding her, "How many times have I told you to check your shoelaces while walking? Look at those, untied, what if you get tripped down because of that? You're careless as always," bending down, he tied her shoelaces, making Mirabel blush at his sweet gestures.Standing up, he sighed at her careless behaviour, "You and your clumsiness, when you fall and break your nose, you'll understand how dangerous it is!"Mirabel just smiled at his words, not angry or sad anymore, she is just happy to hear his scoldings, the girl who had been talking to Bryan came over fuming with anger, "Are you crazy? I was talking to you, and you just came over here to tie her shoelace, are y
Bryan and Ronald were checking through books while Mirabel watched them picking the books, after selecting the books he needed, Bryan approached Mirabel who was standing idle, "Don't you need anything? Is there any book you want?" Mirabel smiled being shameless as always, "When you make notes, I can just steal them from you, so I don't need anything, I can't waste my precious time going through a huge book."Bryan chuckled at her dramatic words, "Shameless!" Mirabel giggled with a smirk, "Thank you." Ronald joined them with the books in his hands and a tired expression on his face, "I got mine too.""Great, let's go get them billed," Bryan said, as they stood in line to get the books billed in counter, he looked around for Mirabel but couldn’t see her anywhere. Starting to panic, he asked Ronald to stay in the queue while he went to find her, finally he spotted her staring at the children's books section, approaching her with a breath in relief, he asked, "What happened?"Mirabel po
The trio, Mirabel, Bryan, and Ronald looked stunned after hearing to the words of the woman, finally Mirabel was the first to break the silence, "What do you mean by us seeing her? Didn't she follow you earlier?""She did," the woman sobbed holding her head, "I was buying her ice cream, but when I came back with the ice cream, she was gone.""Did you check for her nearby? I'm sure she must be nearby," Bryan asked her out of concern, the lady shook her head bursting into tears, "I searched everywhere nearby but couldn't find her, I wandered almost all the streets there but there's no traces of her."Mirabel gently tried to calm her by holding her hand, "It's okay, don't worry, we will find her, there's no way she'll be missing, we just need to check for her that's it," she said giving an assurance to the woman, and looked at Bryan. He nodded agreeing with Mirabel, "Mira is right, she's just a little girl, she couldn't have gone far, looks like she lost the way and must be searching fo
Ronald and Mirabel were still trying to get out of the shocking thing they heard, while Bryan asked the officer seeking the truth, "So is that the truth? I thought the news channels were just hyping it up for ratings.""No, it's true, there's no lie in it" the officer confirmed clearing up all the doubts of Bryan, "This killer has been following the same pattern for the last few weeks. We don't know his motive or why he is choosing certain girls," the officer continued looking helpless at that moment, "That's why we're advising young women not to wander alone in areas without surveillance, at least until we catch him."Bryan's mind was racing with distorted thoughts as he tried to express his opinion, "Have you noticed his pattern of choosing the girls he's targeting? If you could identify something specific about his victims, maybe you could figure out his motive and can stop it before it leads to more dangerous."The officer shook his head, and placed his hand on Bryan's shoulder ap
"Why is this mystery never ending?" Bryan sat in his study, surrounded by stacks of old documents and family records. Unaware of what Josephine is plotting behind his back, he is so busy in getting the truth that was buried in the past. The faint glow of the desk lamp made him feel uneasy to stare at the papers, however he is so busy and involved in flipping the pages. He had been checking through the Winterwood archives for hours, determined to find any trace of evidence to support his suspicions regarding the mysteries. As he reached the bottom of an old wooden chest, a red envelope caught his attention. The paper looked too old, the edges were torn, and the handwriting on the front unmistakably belonged to his late grandfather, Edward Winterwood, "grandfather? This handwriting is similiar to grandfather's, I still remember the handwriting of grandfather from my previous life while helping my father, if so why is grandfather's handwritten paper is here?" With a curiosity, he
"Sure, I can," Stacy said and took the file, as she checked the details, apart from very minimalistic nothing else found, "Bryan, if you don't mind, can I ask who is this man? If you don't want to say it's okay." Bryan took a deep breath and said the conversation he had before with officer Hobbes."What the!" Stacy was beyond surprised, "how can this be?" Bryan replied, "I don't know either, but the maid is already dead too, I don't believe our mom is doing all the things alone, I'm sure someone must be helping her," Stacy looked curious, "so, did you figure out anything more about these things?" Bryan sighed, leaning back to the bedframe, "Not yet, but I have a feeling this man from mom's past holds the key to everything. If I can figure out who he is, I might be able to predict her next move, until then I'm not sure of anything because things are different from my previous life at this moment, so I can't take a blind step believing in intuition." Stacy frowned in deep thought. "
"These are the files you're supposed to look at and take care of," Josephine sat at her desk in the office, glaring daggers as everyone who was looking down on her, whereas Nancy, had been firm but fair in her leadership. To Josephine, it felt like a constant reminder of her fall from grace. Once the madam of the Winterwood household, but she was now reduced to a subordinate, a reality she bitterly hatred.Just then, her phone buzzed on the desk. It was a text from Bryan, "I think you love your new life, Mrs. Winterwood." Josephine slammed her phone down, with an angry look, "The audacity of that bastard to treat me this way! I don't know what got into him out of a sudden, all these years, I've tamed him perfectly, but he became a fox out of a sudden pulling strings to annoy me." When Nancy walked into the room, holding another set of reports, Josephine couldn’t contain her anger."Just because your father made you a CEO, do you think you're superior to me?" she hissed, with a ton
"Mother," Josephine spoke in a low tone, "you know whatever I do, it is for this family, I've been in this house for so long serving as his wife and your daughter-in-law, I built the reputation of this family along with my husband, how can you say this to me when I was also a part of the glory now winterwood family enjoying?"Alicia snapped at her, "glory? You brought nothing but shame, don't forget how you became the daughter-in-law of this family, from that day till now, there's nothing but humiliation and insults surrounding this family." Josephine opened her mouth to respond, but before she could, Bryan finally stepped forward, "Grandma, right now, I don't think it's important for us to discuss the past." Everyone turned to him, with a curious and surprised expression trying to know what he is trying to do, as they're not sure why Bryan is helping Josephine who treats him nothing but as an enemy."Bryan, this is none of your concern," Neil said sharply. "I advise you to stay out
"So, are you pitying me?" Bryan asked making Ronald to smile, "not once but thrice, because you'll be one's husband and forever brother to two sisters, I think sister Stacy is also one of them, so not even thrice but four times I pity on you." Bryan rolled his eyes, Mia who glanced at Ronald and Bryan speaking to eachother just frowned, when Ronald looked at her, she immediately turned her face away."Why is she angry with you?" Bryan who observed the fierce reaction of Mia, asked Ronald, but he just lied, "I don't know." At the sametime, Stacy came with a smile, "everything is done, we can go home now." Bryan held Mirabel's hand, "I want to take you home, but this isn't the right time Mira, so...." "Come on prince, did I ever blame you for anything?" Mirabel gently hugged him, "I'll go back to dorm, don't forget to give a call when you reach home." Bryan nodded, she gave a kiss on his forehead, "take medicine well, you need good rest too, don't stress and don't overwork, it's no
"No, this can't be real!" Josephine is stunned to see all the shares she has invested are running in a huge loss, forget about profit, she can't even get the amount she used to invest.Josephine is overconfident about the results and invested more and more not even thinking about the risks she'll be taking.Now finally the time for her to suffer came, as she was left with nothing, even the current mansion is also under mortgage, she is going to loose it completely.Josephine became crazy by the stress and called Stacy multiple times, since Stacy is the one who gave that list to Josephine, but Josephine who was busy with taking care of Bryan didn't even bother to answer Josephine's calls and messages."This bitch!" Josephine clutched her mobile, "why isn't she answering her call? Don't tell me she and Bryan planned this together? No way....that can't happen, I'm sure this must be a mistake, but how am I supposed to solve it? Should I make her get money from Bryan? After all he loves hi
'If you ever tarnish this family’s name again," Mr. Wilson continued, with a cold voice, "I will cut you off entirely from this family, no more money, no more support, no more anything. You’ll be on your own, do you understand me?"Tracy nodded slowly, her lower lip trembling. "I understand," she whispered .Her mother folded her arms, her expression still harsh but slightly softened, as after all Tracy is their only daughter whom they loved and cherished a lot."Good, and as for the Winterwoods, we’ll be distancing ourselves from them for a while. After what you’ve done, I don’t want to see or hear their name in this house," those words from her mother left Tracy to be heartbroken.Tracy’s head shot up, panic flashing in her eyes. "No, please! Don’t do that! I—I’ll fix this! I’ll apologize to Bryan, to everyone, and I'm sure Bryan will believe in me, he'll forgive me, I'm the only friend he had, so give me a chance to apologize to Bryan." "It’s too late for that," Mr. Wilson said fi
The tension in the Wilson household was quite evident, the air thick with anger and disappointment. Tracy sat on the velvet couch in the grand living room, her head bowed, tears streaming down her face. Her parents stood nearby, their expressions a mix of fury and humiliation. The scenes of the disgraceful behaviour of Tracy at the Winterwood party were still fresh in their minds."Do you have any idea what you’ve done, Tracy?" Mr. Wilson, roared, his voice resounding through the room. "You’ve humiliated not only yourself but this entire family! Thanks to you, I can't raise my head and go out in public anymore." Tracy flinched, her hands gripping the edges of her dress tightly. "I didn’t mean to," she began, with a shaking voice, as she isn't sure how things changed from what she originally planned, she wanted to drug Bryan and force him into a relationship with her, but things changed in a different way leaving her as a laughing stock in front of everyone."Didn’t mean to?" Her m
"This is so exhausting, I don't prefer any kind of parties, from now onwards," Nancy said stretching her arms, looking at the guests leaving.Bryan smiled at her, "I thought you're the one who enjoyed it mostly," Nancy glanced at Bryan, ruffling his hair, "I did just as you said, nothing as enjoyment is here, what about you, did you enjoy the party?""I'm totally blown out, my head is heating up," Bryan said, making her chuckle, as all the guests left, Bryan said to John, "Mr. John, I'm tired, can you manage all these, I'll go to my room to get some rest." John nodded his head, "sure young master." With that, all of them returned to their rooms, Bryan closed the door and collapsed on the bed with a sigh.The night was eerily quiet within the Winterwood estate. Bryan laying on the bed, with his thoughts consumed by his earlier conversation with Mr. Hobbes. The revelation about Josephine and her past truly thrilled him, yet his determination to uncover the truth burned brighter than