"Little devil, I've been struck with many works, if not why wouldn't I contact you?" Bryan stepped away from there, phone pressed to his ear as he answered Mirabel’s call.A soft smile appeared on his face, as soon as he heard her voice, sometimes he feels her voice as a therapy which could heal him from everything."Prince" Mirabel spoke holding back her crying in her throat, for not being able to see him for so long, "I miss you Prince, I miss you a lot."Bryan leaned against a pillar, glancing around to make sure no one was listening to their conversation. "I miss you too little devil," he said quietly making sure his tone is warm. "It’s been too long without even any of us realising." "When are you coming back? I want to see you, I can't be without seeing you anymore, it's too boring to be without you," she said, with a painful tone while missing his presence in her life.Bryan chuckled softly understanding her loneliness as she is close to him and Ronald all the time, now that h
Bryan, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. Carnivan made their way back to the main party area, where a small crowd had already started to gather around Bryan trying to introduce themselves to Bryan. "I'm your uncle Bryan." "I've been one of the shareholders in your company Bryan." "I'm your father's best friend Bryan." "Bryan, I'm your aunt, we met when you were too young, don't you remember me?" "You used to play with my daughter when you were young, don't you remember her Bryan?" Everyone looked very excited to know about Bryan, as he is the next heir of winterwood family, but Bryan isn't a fool to fall for them as he is already aware of them and their motives, since he met each and every one of them in his previous life and all of them are nothing but bloodsucking monsters in human form filled with greed and selfishness, their words from his previous life, he still remembers everything."Don't you dare to call me your uncle, it's disgusting!" "I'm a respectful shareholder in the company, y
Tracy had been watching from behind though she didn't hear everything but she made sure to hear perfectly at least from where she started hearing, her phone carefully angled to capture every word of Stacy’s betrayal against Bryan. She couldn’t believe her luck. "Bryan you didn't believe in me but got so close to your sister in my absence, right? Now look at your dearest sister's double game with you, I think at least now your eyes will open." Holding the mobile in her hands, Tracy started searching for Bryan everywhere, as she doesn't want to waste any time to disclose the truth to Bryan before it is too late.Finally she found him at a corner with a frown rubbing her temples being exhausted by everyone's drama, she hurriedly approached Bryan, with a sly smile on her face. "Bryan, I brought something important for you, you've to see it immediately." "Tracy, I'm already tired, please don't annoy me more," Bryan sighed wanting her to leave him alone, "I need some peace, I hope you'll
"What do you mean by that, Bryan?" Stacy asked, while yawning as she is totally feeling sleepy being tired of an overwhelming day, but looked at him for an answer.Bryan doesn't even know how to start a conversation at that moment, because currently he is in a situation where he can't question or argue with her, still he wanted to talk to her, "Are you sure about wanting to ask me such a question?" He couldn't help but to look at her with a sad expression.Stacy stared at him with a blank face while nodding her head.With a sigh, Bryan reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone. He tapped a few times on the screen before handing it to her so that she could look into the video he got from Tracy, "Watch this till the end."As Stacy took the phone from his hands and watched the video, her eyes widened in shock while her hands shivered in fear. The recording clearly showed her conversation with Josephine, discussing how she is trying to pretend as if she is supporting Bryan to bene
"Pretty simple, I want you to make sure that she gets the information I tell you, then everything will go as we planned," Bryan said in a casual tone making it sound very easy."I can't do it, I can't do anything that could harm you Bryan," Stacy said, with her shaking voice full of emotions, "there's no way I could do just as you wanted." Bryan couldn't help but to sigh at her, "If you don't, you'll be the one getting hurt in her hands, she believed in you, so let you go easily, but if she ever gets to know that you're faking everything, she'll go to any extent, this won't stop just with mirror room," he shouted at her foolishness, as she couldn't understand the consequences she is going to face because of her stubbornness. Though he sounded furious with a sharp voice as he shouted at her, there was still a concern and a worried feeling that was filled in that voice of him.Stacy’s eyes widened at his loud voice, but she shook her head being just as stubborn as always. "I’m prepared
"Should I open the door or not?" Bryan hesitated for a minute, though he is within the house, still he couldn't help but to feel nervous, however pulling up his courage, he walked straight to the door.After thinking twice, Bryan opened the door only to find Mia standing out of the door with an awkward smile fidgeting, with a nervous look on her face."Mia?" Bryan mumbled, not speaking out loud as it's the time where the entire house is asleep, while she is standing in front of his room's door, "What are you doing here at this hour? Did you at least take a look at the time before coming here?"She smiled softly looking at him, through the way she is looking at him, he is sure, she isn't here with a smile reason, however she herself spoke. "I’m here for you, Bryan.""We can talk in the morning," he said with a lazy tone being exhausted by everything that happened throughout the day as if he is in a roller coaster ride for so long.Mia sighed, as her expression became droopy, "I’m not h
"You heard it right, it's afternoon, it'll be better atleast for now if three of you come out of the bed, and rush to freshup," Bryan spoke showing them the time, without further word, they jumped out of the bed and rushed out of the room making him chuckle.John called four of them to join for lunch as Alicia wanted them to have lunch together.As the family gathered around the dining table for lunch, all of them looked tensed thinking Alicia would scold them for sleeping till late.The clinking of silverware and soft whispers filled the space as everyone settled into their seats. Bryan sat quietly in between his grandmother and Stacy as Always, his mind still occupied with the fear as he glanced at Alicia back to back hoping her not to scold them.Just as Bryan was about to get a glass of water to calm himself down, Jake entered the room with a furious look on his face. He walked straight over Bryan confidently and without hesitation, he stood in front of Bryan."You’re in my seat,
"Nothing," Bryan replied calmly, making Stacy to sigh at his casual response. "Is 'nothing' really a part of your plan, Bryan?" She can't help but to ask sarcastically.Bryan shook his head letting a soft chuckle out of him. "No, for now, it's just nothing, that's it, I didn't mean totally doing nothing."Stacy looked confused at his clueless and complicated words, "you know Bryan, sometimes I need to keep a dictionary by my side all time, to search meaning for the words you use to communicate," Bryan took a calm breath, trying to explain, "I'll be going back to campus in a few days as I can't live here forever. Before I leave, I'll give you some information, all you need to do is feed her the information I give to you.""And then?" Stacy inquired trying to figure out more about his plan."Everything will go according to what she dreamt for. As expected she'll start seeing the profits," Bryan said wrapping up all the documents."How does that even benefit us?" Stacy wasn't sure about
"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