"Partner?" Mirabel mumbled with widened eyes out of surprise, Bryan nodded with a small smile, "Yeah, for the auction event. I need a partner, and I want you to be my partner, is it okay with you to be my partner?"Without hesitation, Mirabel rushed forward to hug Bryan happily, "I was waiting for you to ask me, of course, I'll be your partner. I was worried whether you'll be asking me or not, or if you've anyone else in mind to have as a partner."Bryan chuckled at her foolish worries, "If not you, who else could it be? I don't need any other partner apart from you, so rest assured you're the only partner I want to have."Mirabel beamed with happiness hearing his words, her smile brighter than ever, Bryan isn't sure what his words meant by, but to Mirabel his words mean everything. Bryan gently placed a hand on her shoulder trying to send her inside, "Let's talk more about the details tomorrow. For now, you should get some rest, you must be exhausted, so now get inside."Mirabel nodd
"What if he is hiding something? No one thinks of accepting loss like he is doing, I'm sure there must be something he is trying to hide or escape from?" Ronald was the first to voice his suspicions about the owner giving such a huge hotel for such a little price. Bryan, feeling uneasy, nodded agreeing with Ronald, "Did you double-check everything, Arthur? Are there any issues with the hotel? Is that why he's selling it for such a low price? Just like Ron said none wants loss especially when he is giving such a huge asset to half of the price we have discussed, what if he is trying to fool us by hiding something important related to that hotel?"Bryan was new to this kind of situation, so he was quite worried. He had been relying on his past life’s memories to guide his decisions, but since so much had changed from what he remembered, he knew he couldn't afford to take risks no matter how confident he is about the decisions he takes."No, I checked everything thoroughly, not once but
Bryan chuckled to himself, knowing he had no time for fun and he isn't even ready to divert his mind to other things since he was too caught up in his plans for revenge against his family. "I guess it’s time to pay that old pig a visit tomorrow," he mumbled thinking about meeting Felix.Ronald looked curious, "Again?" Bryan hummed, "there's something I need to talk with him," Ronald sighed at Bryan and his moves, "well, what about that charity program and auction event? What exactly are you planning to do at that auction event? I doubt they'll let you off easily after you’ve messed with their egos not once but twice. They’re just waiting for the right moment for revenge, and I suspect that old man is also involved in this."Bryan nodded paying attention to Ronald's words, as he walked over to the fridge, "Yeah, I know," he answered, grabbing a drink, "They’re trying to set me up in this event to cause a scene, they want to ruin my reputation and humiliate me in front of everyone.""Th
Hearing to the familiar voice, both of them turned around to see Mirabel standing there with a frown on her face."Mira," Bryan greeted her with a smile, but she walked straight up to Ronald, with a question, "So, to whom he became a prince and hero?" Her staring at him made Ronald to fear for a minute, but decided to take this chance to play with Bryan.Ronald kept an innocent expression revealing about Bryan's popularity among young girls, "To everyone. Almost all the girls are calling him prince charming after his brave act protecting you, he is praised as a hero by everyone mostly the girls from all the age group are going crazy after him."Mirabel shot a glare at Bryan, "So, I became a victim for you to play the role of a hero?""It’s not like that, little devil," Bryan tried to convince her, "You know Ron talks nonsense sometimes. Let's just go to class, we are running late." Mirabel rolled her eyes being clearly angry, "No thanks. Go with those girls who call you prince charmin
Luke chuckled, holding up the signed papers, "That idiot didn’t even read what he signed. Look at these." Derek and Nick glanced at the documents, their eyes widening in surprise after reading what was written in the papers Michael has signed, Derek couldn’t help but be impressed by Luke's plan, "You're a genius, Luke. With this, neither Bryan nor that guy can touch us, this plan is completely a perfect trap for that Bryan" "Bryan’s going to regret ever standing up to me. I’ll make sure he doesn’t get a second chance," Luke said with a determined tone, "after this, he'll never appear in the surroundings of this place." Meanwhile, on the other side, Bryan suddenly sneezed, Mirabel looked at him with a teasing smile, "looks like someone’s talking about you." "Talking about me?" Bryan stared at her blankly, she pulled his cheeks, "they say that we sneeze suddenly when someone talks about us," Bryan laughed at her foolish beliefs, "Who would be talking about me? Other than you and Ron
Bryan and Ronald nearly choked on their drinks when the woman made her comment about Bryan and Mirabel's relationship. Mirabel checked on him, being worried and passed her handkerchief to him, "Are you okay?" Bryan nodded, getting back his composure, he tried to correct the statement of the woman, "It's for our college event." "Oh, I’m sorry. You two look like such a cute couple, so I got the wrong idea," the woman quickly apologized being embarrassed by her judgement about Bryan and Mirabel. While Bryan himself, being a bit embarrassed, glanced at Mirabel, "Are you done picking out your outfit?" he asked, not evening glancing at the outfit she picked as he was in a rush to leave. Mirabel nodded, and about to show the outfit, but instantly Bryan got up from the couch. "I'll go pay the bill," he said as he headed to the counter, with Ronald following him. The woman apologized again to Mirabel with a guilt filled fome, "I'm sorry, Miss. I hope I didn’t offend you, I truly thought
Bryan stayed calm, knowing exactly what was going on, while Ronald and Mirabel were anxious, puzzled by his behavior as they don't want any other drama later on.Even though Bryan had memories of his previous life, he couldn’t just blurt out what he knew, so he kept quiet, avoiding any unnecessary explanations at that moment, since he can't disclose the privileges he is having because of his previous life's memories.As preparations began, Bryan quietly kept Michael informed about every move they were making. Meanwhile, Mirabel and Ronald were frustrated, complaining to each other about how confusing Bryan’s actions seemed, when they tried so hard to keep Bryan's moves hidden from Michael, whereas Bryan, he himself explained every plan of him to Michael.Just as they suspected, Michael passed along everything Bryan told him to Luke and the others.On the day of the event, they arrived to check the auditorium Bryan had chosen for the charity event completely trashed and water leakage e
Luke, who had been waiting for a chance to embarrass Bryan, was seething with anger when his plans suddenly unraveled because of Bryan’s interference and change in his initial plans, "Mr. Felix," Luke began, with a voice full of frustration, "the auditorium is the pride of our college. How can you allow Bryan to use it? We don't agree with that."Bryan, sensing Luke’s intentions, thought to himself, "You want to control the venue to manipulate everything, but there’s no way I’m going to let that happen once again." Derek intervened in, backing Luke up, to make Felix take their side, "Hosting something as trivial as this in such a prestigious venue is completely unacceptable and foolish.""Oh, really?" Bryan responded, with a smirk on his face, "Since you both seem to know exactly how things should be done, why don’t one of you take over as the representative? I’ll just sit back and watch, even, I'm not ready to take any stress."Nick pointed at Bryan staring accusingly at him. "See, M
"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