"Everything is okay, my love," Bryan smiled at Mirabel, trying to hide his uneasiness and worried in front of her, as he doesn't want her to worry about anything.Mirabel glanced at the bouquet with a mischievous look, "who sent this bouquet? The flowers looks so beautiful, is it from a girl?" "No girl, nothing," Bryan responded sternly and threw the flower bouquet in the trashcan out of the flat, "we don't need to bother about something like this, it's some random bouquet." Mirabel pouted, staring at the disposed bouquet, "but it looks so pretty." "Pretty?" Bryan smiled, gently ruffling her hair, "if you want, I can get more like these for you, so don't think about something that's thrown away." Mirabel nodded, getting inside Bryan went into the room and took out a card from his pocket.As he brought a shining black card to Mirabel, she looked confused, placing it in her hand, Bryan smiled, "this is yours from today onwards." "What’s this?" Mirabel asked, tilting her head."It’s
"I overheard Arthur on the phone earlier, he mentioned your name... in a way that felt odd. I don’t want to accuse him of anything, but it seemed suspicious," Stacy finally said everything she felt.Bryan frowned, and furrowed his brows as he leaned forward. "Arthur? Are you sure?" Bryan couldn't help but to remember Arthur's strange behaviour from the past few days, as soon as Stacy spoke that, even at that moment, Bryan isn't ready to believe that, Arthur would do something to betray him.To everyone, Arthur might be someone they met now, but Bryan knew Arthur even in his previous life, and very well aware about Arthur's unwavering loyalty and kind-hearted character, "Arthur is like a brother to me, I don't think he would something wrong to us, he is a very good person, Stacy." "I know," she said gently, "And I trust him too, but something about his hushed tone, it didn’t sit right with me, I thought you should know about it." He sighed, rubbing his temples, "Arthur has been with
"Do you think the person who sent these kind of things will give their entire details for you to contact them?" Bryan sneered at Ronald's question.Bryan leaned back on the couch, staring at the photos of Mirabel and the unknown man again. His heart ached, not with doubt against Mirabel but frustration that someone is trying to frame Mirabel. He rubbed his temples, lost in thought, Ronald calmly glanced at Bryan's troubled look and was worried."What are you going to do about this?" Ronald asked, finally breaking the silence, because Ronald doesn't want Bryan to take any decision on a whim but Bryan who already has memories of his previous life, and it's not so easy for him to trust people again because of the betrayal he has gone through.Once Tracy cheated on him, he hated all the women until Mirabel came to his life, now Ronald was worried that Bryan might misunderstand Mirabel also to be the same as everyone.Bryan sighed heavily, dropping the photos aside, "I don’t know who’s be
"Bryan, please, let me explain," Arthur’s face turned pale, and he took a hesitant step forward trying to convince Bryan.Bryan crossed his arms, staring at Nancy and Arthur together. "Explain? What exactly are you going to explain, Arthur? That you’ve been sneaking around with my sister behind everyone’s back, including me?" His voice sounded calm but carried a tense feeling through the silence filled place.Nancy tried to speak, as she realised, Bryan is completely angry, "Bryan, it's not how you're thinking, we weren’t trying to keep it from you to hurt you." Bryan’s glare shifted to her, as his frustration bubbling up on face, "not to hurt me, but both of you hurt me already, Arthur, you’re someone I trusted blindly, even so, you hid everything from me, I wouldn’t have cared about who you were dating, but this? Sneaking around like criminals? Do you have any idea how this looks?" Arthur lowered his head in guilt, because none of Bryan's words were wrong, Bryan truly trusted him
"I'll be back in a few minutes," Mirabel rushed out of the room, looking at her running like a kid, Bryan couldn't help but to chuckle, as he found her little gestures funny.Bryan who is changing over his dress, remembered something out of a sudden, so rushed to his study.Being seated at his desk, he stared at the cryptic letter he had received a few days back, he checked it top to bottom only to find a strange symbol being in a corner, barely visible.Keeping the letter closer to the desk lamp, Bryan managed to draw the symbol in another paper, all he could find in the letter is that symbol.He leaned closer, squinting under the desk lamp. The symbol stirred a flicker of recognition deep in his memory. Just then, Mirabel walked into the room carrying a tray in her hands. "I went away for a few minutes to bring dinner for you, here you go, coming here, and once and locking yourself with work, first you need to eat something, Prince," she said, setting the tray down on the desk. B
"This is so refreshing," Bryan Silently walking in the Winterwood estate gardens, but Bryan's mood was far from serene. He leaned against a marble bench, staring at the sprawling flowers without really seeing them.In his previous life, all he has heard is his father talking with Jake about this garden, and beautiful flowers in the garden, every single flower in this garden was planted by his grandfather by himself as a gift of engagement to love of his life.Something so romantic and full of love, Bryan always thought of visiting this place, but due to the hatred he recieved by his family, he thought his grandmother might also hate, so never dared to visit this place in his previous life."Now I understand what kind of a big mistake I've done by not visiting this place, back in my previous life," Bryan felt silently, "I never thought grandma to be loving me so much, maybe if I visited her back in my previous life itself, things must be different back then only, however I don't regret
"Since all of us are here, why don't we go camping tomorrow?" Stacy suggested with a cheerful tone, everyone immediately agreed, looking at them, Bryan also agreed, as he wanted some peaceful mind free from all the tensions.The next morning, the Winterwood estate buzzed with excitement as the siblings, joined by Mirabel and Ronald, prepared for their camping trip. "I always had a dream of going for camping, but my dad never allowed me, thank God, I finally got the opportunity today," Mirabel looked excited, checking her outfit again and again in the mirror.Looking at Mirabel's outfit checking session, Stacy teased her, "no matter how you looks, your prince loves you Mira, stop checking too much, you're already beautiful," Mirabel blushed and came to Stacy while running."Everything done?" Nancy came out while applying her sunscreen, Mirabel and Stacy decided to tease Nancy."I heard people in love become so beautiful, is that why, sister Nancy is too beautiful?" Mirabel winked at S
"I thought, I settled everything, from where the hell an issue came from?" Bryan frowned thinking about it within himself.Bryan leaned back on his chair in the office, and his thoughts swirled like a storm. Arthur’s mention of Nancy facing an issue in the company, had sparked something within him a nagging suspicion that there was more going on than Arthur managed to find.Since Bryan is someone who knew very well about that company and people in that company, because, after finishing his graduation in his previous life, most of the time, Bryan spent within that company to help his father, at that time, he seen many things, despite his nagging, Neil never cared about it.The people within the company did many things, most of money embezzled by Jake, company running in loss, almost in a verge of debts, leaving it hopeless, despite struggles of Bryan, it never shined like before, eventually, after Jake became the CEO, Winterwood enterprises lost its charm and recognition.That's why i
"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