"How can you be so chilling always Bryan?" Ronald couldn't help but to question Bryan who is getting ready, Bryan checking his ID and admit card for the exam, "I'm prepared for exam already, so why should I be tensed?" Ronald pulled Bryan to face him, "don't tell me you're in a mood to joke, they're conspiring against you, if they do something dangerous you'll be caught and your future will be ruined Bryan." "That'll never happen, I'll never given an opportunity to someone to ruin my future, so rest assured, everything will be fine," Bryan said packing his bag, "let's go, we will be running late." As soon as they stepped in the college, the environment is already heated, Mirabel and Laurel came towards them."Is everything happening just as we planned?" Bryan asked, Mirabel nodded with a hum, "at first principal Felix started the drama about question papers going missing, called for all the students to the assembly hall." Ronald sighed with confusion, "if question papers are gone
"Question papers, right?" Nick couldn't stop himself from expressing his excitement as he fixed his mind that Bryan will be caught already, looking at his excitement tone, everyone is curious to know what's in the Bryan's locker.But when they opened Bryan's locker, it was only filled with trash. "What kind of trash is this in your locker?" The officer asked in a confused tone, as the trash started falling down from the locker.The officer looked surprised to find something like this in a student's locker, and Mirabel quickly stepped forward to give an explanation about it instead of Bryan. "There are a few people on this campus who always bully Bryan," she said with a sad tone, "This is just another way they've chosen to target him, all the time they choose a new way to bully him, just because he hides his identity and humble with everyone." "Exactly, Bryan is from Winterwood family, Bryan Winterwood, but he never showed off his status, instead, he is so hardworking and lives on hi
"Oh my goodness!" Bryan exclaimed with a loud gasp dramatically, as if he is shocked for real by witnessing the question papers in the hands on officer, "Nick, so, you stole the question papers for real? I never expected this from you.""I didn't either," Ronald sneered at Nick, "just because your grades are lower than our Bryan, how can you be so shameless enough to do this?" Mirabel nodded with adding more mockery, "jealousy towards my prince is too much in him, no wonder he went to this extent shamelessly, one shouldn't be this shameless just because of foolish jealousy." The trio, Bryan, Ronald and Mirabel's tone added fire to the whispers among the crowd, as till then it's just whispers but the voices rose from whispers to loud enough for everyone to hear.All eyes are concentrating on Nick, who looked like he'd been struck by lightning. "How shameless! A young master from a reputable family dared to do this!" "His family can no longer be like before in high society, thanks t
"Yes," Derek stammered with a helpless tone understanding currently he has no allies to stand by his side or to protect him, all he can do is protect himself by being away from Bryan.But the hatred in Derek increased more, since it's because of Bryan he lost his two best friends, and they're not longer living like kings in the college is all because of Bryan, "Bryan, today it isn't over, the head you're raising with proudness, I'll make sure you bend it infront of us soon, I know very well you can't be this proud forever, sooner or later you'll suffer, and we are going to witness it." Felix looking at the students announced, "the culprit is found, it's an unfortunate incident that happened in our university, I'm so sad about such an incident to be taken place, I advise you all never to repeat this kind of mistake again, and all of you can return to your examination rooms and write your exam well." "Thank you for your hardwork sir, we truly regret this incident taking place here," B
"Actually, I have another plan," Bryan said, as his eyes are bright with determination, "I want to buy an entertainment company named Lorean, he handed Arthur a small sheet of paper with the company’s name and details written in it." Ronald frowned, with a sigh hearing to the name said by Bryan, "Wait, yesterday only I heard about this company, isn't it the same company which is in a huge loss for a while now. They’re practically giving it away to get away from the drowning debts, why invest in a dying business? Are you sure about choosing this?" Bryan knew what Ronald is worrying about, because anyone who doesn't know about the future would think the same, because just like the previous hotel he brought, this entertainment company is also running in loss because of few rumors, and debts due to which it is getting sold to less price, but as far as Bryan remembered his previous life's memories, this is the entertainment company which is going to rule the entertainment industry in upc
"Yes," Bryan assured her with a gentle kiss on her forehead, "I'll be forever with you," Mirabel hugged him happily to sleep, while Bryan couldn't help but to think about his own words while ruffling Mirabel's hair, "I knew my death is no where near if I were to believe in this stupid destiny, but can I really stay with you forever?" However he closed his eyes to sleep, in the morning, Bryan was the first to woke up and come out of the room, and seen Arthur too, Bryan greeted him, "good morning." "Good morning," Arthur smiled at him, "I'll take my leave now." Bryan tried to insist, "how about breakfast? Why don't you leave after breakfast?" Arthur chuckled, "no...no, I'm fine, I already have dinner and enjoyed a lot last night, I'll take my leave now, so that I can go and meet that entertainment company owner.""That's great!" Bryan said, Arthur left the house, stretching his arms, Bryan went to take shower, after his shower done, Bryan came to wake up Mirabel gently, "Mira, it's a
"Mira, are you okay?" Ronald asked with a worried tone, but Mirabel isn't in a situation to speak, as tears are rushing out of her eyes, because it's a pain she couldn't handle it anymore.For a minute, Ronald felt bad for hurting Mirabel like this, though it isn't true, at the same time it isn't a complete lie, and this is the only way, which can make distance in between the hearts of Mirabel and Bryan to be cleared.Mirabel felt the pain as if someone was digging her heart out of her body, she wasn't ready to stay there any longer and decided to leave, because she felt it's better to leave rather than watching him close to another woman.Without another word, she turned around and ran away from there with tears flowing out of her eyes, her chest tightened in pain, because of the betrayal of Bryan.Despite Ronald calling her, Mirabel didn't even turn around, just left from there leaving Ronald clueless, "aishhh, this kiddo, I thought she'll confront him and he'll bring out the truth
"How dare you!" Mirabel shouted with a harsh slap on his cheek, "how can you do this to me?" Bryan, couldn't control himself or his emotions anymore, despite getting slapped by Mirabel once, still he didn't back off.Once again stepped forward and, without warning, grabbed her wrist. Before she could say another word, he kissed her, silencing her anger for a while. It was a desperate, raw kiss with full of emotions, Mirabel tried to resist, but he gripped hard enough to not to let her go away from him, using all her energy, she pulled herself away from him and, in a flash, her hand slapped him again.Mirabel’s voice breaking with frustration as she cried. "Why are you like this, Bryan? How can you behave like this with me? Don't you have any respect for me? I never expected this from you, and I won't let you keep toying with me like, as if I'm someone to be used by you for your convenience." Her eyes reddened, with tears and anger, Bryan isn't angry with her for slapping him, inste
"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