"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
"Ofcourse we are a couple now," Bryan chuckled, with a small peck on her lips, "you're my girlfriend now, and I'm so possesive, it won't be like before, I might not like if you get close to others, because you're mine, only mine." Mirabel laughed happily jumping into Bryan's arms, "I'm always yours, not even my dreams will have another person, it's always you, only you, I belongs to you only, infact, I would love to see you being possesive of me, as I'm tired of being possessive for you always." Bryan couldn't help but to fall for her charm again and again, he gently caressed her soft cheeks, "Mira, I'm so lucky to have you as mine, it still feels like a dream to me." The rain started slowed down from heavy to like a drizzle, Mirabel and Bryan were entirely drenched from head to toe, and their breath was cold with a cool breeze passing around them.Mirabel leaned into him, her soft fingers clutching to his soaked shirt, her eyes are bright than before, Bryan lost himself in those e
"Ron, I don’t know what’s making you talk like this, buddy," he said in a flat tone. "But you’re seriously misunderstanding me, I’ve never hidden anything from you. You’re my best friend, I share everything with you, why on earth would I hide something from you?"Bryan leaned back on the couch, looking at Ronald with a confused expression, Ronald and his expression both seemed to be indifferent to Bryan, it's making Bryan to be nervous, because usually Ronald never argues this much, no matter what Bryan says, he believes in Bryan's words and let go of the discussion easily.But today, Ronald is determined to argue with Bryan, which is entirely different from usual days, Bryan is totally having a weird feeling about all these."Is that so?" Ronald sneered, crossing his arms, Ronald's words brought Bryan back to reality to face Ronald, Bryan nodded still not understanding how his words are getting misled."Then why don't you tell me about that horse race, even the most experienced peopl
"Sister Stacy?" Ronald stammered calling out her name, Bryan still couldn't understand for how long she was standing there, so words didn't get out of his mouth being surprised by her presence.Stacy stumbled back gripping the wall with her hands, and her face was pale as if she had seen a ghost. She had arrived with a cake in hand, ready to surprise Bryan for completing his exams successfully. But instead, she was the one surprised by him and his words about the second life. The cake nearly slipped from her hands, the moment she heard those things from Bryan.Earlier it was just a mere doubt of her, so she was researching and surfing the internet to know more about it, but hearing that here mere doubt is true and real, she couldn't handle that truth anymore."What... what do you mean by a second life?" Her voice shivered, as she tried to get a clarity on what she had overheard.Bryan’s eyes filled up with tears, as he isn't prepared to talk about this with her, he took a shaky breat
"At least I got to know my sisters loved me, even a little, so of course I'll be happy right?" Bryan managed to smile with deep pain engraved on his face.Stacy broke down into tears again, she can't say she is guilty, in fact at that moment she felt as if she was a sinner who never understood her brother's heart, Bryan has always been caring and affectionate, it's she who misunderstood and hurted him previously.No matter how many tears she shed or how many times, she hurt herself, none of them would be equal to the amount of sadness and pain, Bryan has gone through because of her and others in the family.Bryan gently wiped her tears, "I don't like it when you cry, I love it when you're playful and when you tease me, but not this, so stop crying," he said with a gentle tone. "I don’t completely blame you or others. I used to believe you hated me, so I distanced myself from you all hoping you wouldn't be uncomfortable around me, but maybe I didn’t try to understand your lives either.
"I'm not a fool," Bryan laughed, making Stacy to hit on his chest.Bryan’s gaze remained steady, as he spoke, "I don't accept it," he replied softly, with a firm voice, "I may not be able to change my fate according to her, but that doesn't mean I'll let it happen as it is supposed to happen, I'll fight, I'll try my best to change my fate to get a happy ending for myself." Stacy got closer to him, as she hugged him tightly, "yeah, let’s fight till the end, I can’t lose you, at any cost, I want to shower all the love on you which you weren't able to get back then, I know this life time won't be enough for me to show all the love, but I'll try my best to love you more and more," she whispered, with a voice full of emotions.Bryan smiled, gently hugging her back, "Rest assured, I’m not the kind of person who lets others walk all over me, I know very well how to get the things in my own way, I still have ten years of time to change my fate, in these ten years, many things in might happ
"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