"Real culprit?" The officer asked, looking at Mia, "what do you mean by that dear? All the evidence is against Bryan, so who is the real culprit you're talking about?" She glanced at Bryan gently and pointed at the maid who had first accused Bryan, though she didn't concentrate much in the beginning, right now, the more she concentrated, it's more clear about suspicions around her.The maid immediately fell to her knees, creating a dramatic scene trying to act as a victim, "My lady, I have always been loyal to Madam, you also know that. Please don’t accuse me just to protect Young Master Bryan! I'm innocent, young lady, please don't do this to me, my family and I are serving your family for so long." Jake stood up and shouted at Mia, as she is ruining their perfectly crafted plan, by interfering in the middle "How can you blame an innocent person just to save him? It's not fair sister, you shouldn't intervene in such things even after knowing the truth." Mia remained calm as she de
"Partner in crime?" Hobbes looked at Bryan curiously wanting to see the other person.Bryan stood in the middle of the living room, with a cold gaze, as he stared at the maids glancing at him with heads down and shivering in their bodies.The room filled with extreme tension, as the air thickened with anticipation. Jake stood on the other side, fidgeting nervously, convinced that his Bryan was going to use this opportunity to get rid of him for sure, as Jake brought nothing but troubles to Bryan, even Josephine isn't in a condition to help him out, so Jake understood that he is the target of Bryan.He could feel the sweat dripping from his forehead out of fear."Brother you can't speak out of grudges against me, mom will not let it slide if you were to blame me," Jake stammered and still tried to threaten Bryan using Josephine hoping he would give up, but Bryan silenced him with a sharp glare."Don't you know how to shut your mouth properly? I'm not talking about you, so stand aside b
"Grandma, it's not what you're thinking," Bryan tried to speak but immediately stopped by Alicia, "I didn't allow you to speak Bryan, because I knew that I won't be getting any truth from you, so stay out of this." Nancy pulled Bryan back asking him to be silent, "grandma is angry, better stay calm if not you'll be locked in cold storage since that guy is already locked in the storeroom." "The storeroom is far better than cold storage," Bryan commented with a frown, "what if I froze out of coldness?" Mia looked at them, "froze? Are you feeling cold? Should I bring a blanket?" Bryan wants to facepalm himself, "why don't you bring a hot pan instead?" "Ahhh, I'll get it from the kitchen right now," she truly is on her way to the kitchen, Bryan pulled her back, "are you crazy? Can't you understand the difference between a joke and the truth?" She shook her head, Bryan sighed, "leave it, just leave it, if I keep on handling you three, I must be sitting in the microwave." "Will you fit
"Promise?" Bryan asked her in a surprised tone, Alicia nodded with a gentle tone, "promise me that no matter what happens, four of you must be together, you should never break this bond of yours, can you do it?" Four of them nodded their heads and said, "we promise, we will never let go of this bond of ours, we will respect and cherish our bond, we will always be together." Alicia smiled happily hearing to their promise, "that's good, go back to your rooms for now." Four of them went back to their rooms, and got themselves busy with their work.The next morning, Bryan went to the police control room to meet Hobbes, the weight of his next move is still hard on his shoulders, but he is supposed to do it.Hobbes sat behind a desk in his cabin, and he lifted his head as Bryan came to him, the two exchanged a small smile as their eyes met, and without wasting any time, Bryan got straight to the point that brought him to Hobbes."Yesterday I wasn't able to speak to you comfortably becaus
"Did they say anything?" Hobbes asked Bryan who stepped out of the room, Bryan shook his head with disappointment, "I knew they wouldn't say anything but still it's disappointing." Hobbes smiled at Bryan, "don't worry, sooner or later, you'll find out everything," Bryan hummed, "thanks for your help, I'll take my leave now." "Well Josephine Winterwood, your mother, do you know she isn't originally the real daughter of her family?" Hobbes asked, to which Bryan looked confused, "huh?" Hobbes came to Bryan and whispered in his ear, "she was originally an adopted daughter, after she got pregnant with your sister Nancy, she became wife of your father, that's how she became important to the family once she belonged to, but back then there are rumors everywhere, she was mistreated in her family." "All these," before Bryan could speak about it, Hobbes said avoiding the topic, "let's meet later, you must be going to home right, say to your father that I asked about his health, inform him,
"Shut up! You bastard, my precious Jake is suffering only because of you, it's you who holds grudges against him, it's you who hurt that innocent boy," Josephine accused Bryan for everything, but Bryan just smiled in return, "I did everything? Since you're unconscious you're not aware of the truth maybe, it's your precious maids who attempted to poison you, thankfully my sisters brought the truth in time and those maids were struck in the prison, officer Hobbes is especially looking into this issue." "Hobbes?" Josephine stammered, the fear in her eyes is quite evident, Bryan understood there's something in between Hobbes and Josephine, last time when he came to the party, Josephine tried her best to avoid him, even now she is scared, moreover he knew the past of her which most aren't aware of it, he felt there's more to know in this matter.However Bryan said, "your precious Jake, rather than being our side took the side of those both maids Margot and Clara, even insulted sister Mia,
"What happened?" Stacy was waiting right outside the room of Josephine, as soon as Bryan stepped out of the room, she questioned him, "why is she shouting?" Just then they heard vases and glasses are falling on the floor furiously making both of them understand Josephine isn't in her senses at this moment because of extreme anger.Bryan, placing a hand on her back, gently guided her to their room, as that place is full of disturbances, not suitable for having a conversation, "Nothing much, she’s just throwing a tantrum after knowing she can't just as she wishes."Stacy couldn't help but to sigh while rubbing her temples in frustration with the explanation given by her brother, "Bryan, if my suspicions are true, it must be you who made her more angrier, right?" Bryan shook his head with a lie trying to escape from his sister's wrath, "No... no, you mistaken me I didn’t do anything, I just had a conversation friendly, that's it, I'm so innocent." Stacy twisted Bryan's ear playfully kn
"Am I crazy or what to do that?" Bryan sighed at his sister's question, scratching her head, Stacy said, "I know you're not crazy but the thing is I want to know why you're talking about our house getting into sale." Bryan calmly explained his plan to her, "see, the one who gives her money to mortgage is me only, and I'll make her sign the contract, at the sametime I'll make sure that she can't pay the amount, then I'll bring up the house for sale, which brings her true intentions out infront of everyone." "Then, you'll show the documents and harddisks we stole from her room to evryone, right?" Stacy questioned, Bryan nodded with a sigh of relief, "thank God, you finally understood the plan, now let me give you the list of the names in which she has to invest." Stacy hummed calmly, Bryan took pen and paper, he wrote few names, and the amount that to be invested and gave it to Stacy, "make sure that she invests in these." "Leave it to me," Stacy confidentally said, Bryan gently car
"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 leane
"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