Winnie didn't want to continue this topic because she didn't want Brian to come here. If Brian lost his temper with her because she said something wrong, Vanessa definitely couldn't bear it.
"Vanessa, don't worry. I'll return the tuition fee to Mr. Bennet."
"Speaking of money, I have something to negotiate with you. I want to sell the house under your name. Then, I want to pay back one million dollar to Uncle Romeo and put a down payment on a new house with the rest money. Anyway, I'll buy you a bigger house and pay back the loan."
Winnie had to negotiate with Vanessa. After all, Vanessa was the owner of the house.
"No problem, you have the last word. Sister, I'm saying..."
Vanessa agreed without hesitation. Even if Winnie didn't mention it, she wanted to sell the house to pay off the debt herself. In that case, it could be said that she had helped Winnie in paying back the debt. After all, she also had the responsibility to pay back the debt.
However, she didn't want to talk about the debt now. She wanted to ask Brian to have a meal at their home. However, when she mentioned it again, Winnie interrupted her.
"The current tenant wants to buy our house. Tomorrow I'll go to negotiate over it in detail with the tenant. You don't have to go before going through the formalities."
"No problem. I'm not going to interfere with it. You have the last word. Can we stop talking about this topic now?"
Vanessa became impatient and found that Winnie was trying to evade this issue. The more Winnie tried to evade it, the more Vanessa wanted to explore it to satisfy her curiosity.
"Yes. Let's cook."
Winnie turned around and washed the vegetables that Vanessa had trimmed. She wanted to ignore Vanessa's proposal. However, Vanessa was stubborn and insisted on inviting Brian to have a meal with them.
"Sister, I propose that we should invite Mr. Bennet to have a meal with us. What's your opinion? Even if we'll pay back the money, we should thank him."
Finding that Vanessa wasn't going to give up, Winnie could only make a perfunctory answer.
"Mr. Bennet is a boss who is very busy. He has no time to have a meal with us."
"You haven't even asked him! How do you know that he has no time? I'll make a phone call to him. I'll forget it if he is really busy."
Before Winnie could say anything, Vanessa directly ran from the kitchen to the living room and found Winnie's mobile phone. Winnie failed to stop her in time.
Before long, Vanessa ran back happily.
"Sister, let's cook some delicious dishes. Brian says that he's free and will come right away."
Having defeated Winnie with her petty trick, Vanessa was very happy and proud.
"Aren't you unaccustomed to get along with strangers? Why're you so enthusiastic today?"
Winnie asked helplessly.
"I don't want to get along with strangers who're difficult to get along with. However, it's easy to get along with Mr. Bennet, so I have to be enthusiastic."
Vanessa didn't know the reason, but she really quite liked Brian. Although she just called him Brother out of courtesy, she really felt the care from an elder brother.
Winnie felt more surprised. It wasn't easy to get along with Brian at all! Besides, he was not enthusiastic at all! He treated people in such a cold manner! Why would Vanessa say that it was easy to get along with him? She couldn't understand Vanessa's thoughts.
"Sister, why is he so kind to you? Doesn't he go too far when he treats his employee so well?"
Vanessa finally exposed her hidden purpose. When she asked this question, she noticed the embarrassed expression on Winnie's face.
"Does he treat me well? I don't think so. He is just like the other bosses, being harsh and arrogant. He found a tutoring class for you just because I have a strong working ability and perform well. He does this to keep me in his company."
Winnie could only explained like this. She really didn't want Vanessa to know the relationship between her and Brian.
The more people knew it, the sadder she would became. Besides, she would have to explain to one more person when she left. These were all burdens for Winnie.
"I just think that he treat you well. He had dinner with us and naturally sat down beside you. Do you believe it was a coincidence for you to meet there? Most importantly, he allows you to live with Luke. He wouldn't do so unless he trusts you very much and has a high expectation for you."
Vanessa didn't believe what Winnie just said. She knew that Winnie had a strong working ability. However, the boss of the previous company didn't treat her in this way.
Vanessa paused for a while and continued to speak.
"Sister, don't try to fool me. I'm not a kid anymore. If Mr. Bennet really likes you, I agree with your being his girlfriend. I..."
Speaking of this, Vanessa suddenly stopped. She realized something very important.
Luke was Brian's son. It meant that he was married. He had a wife. It seemed impossible that he should treat Winnie so well when he had a wife.
"Sister, does Brian have a wife?"
Vanessa asked tentatively. She wanted Winnie to tell her that Brian didn't have a wife or was divorced.
"Yes, his wife is from a powerful family. We ordinary people will be dwarfed by her."
Winnie's answer disappointed Vanessa a lot.
"Alas, it's too annoying. I..."
"Well, don't let your imagination run wild now. Help me with the cooking hurriedly, otherwise everyone will be hungry later."
Winnie pretended to say in a relaxed way. As a matter of fact, she felt even more disappointed than Vanessa.
About ten minutes after Vanessa made a phone call to Brian, he arrived. This time, he also forgot to knock on the door and came in directly.
"Brother, you're here!"
Hearing the sound of opening the door, Vanessa ran close to Brian from the kitchen and greeted him with a smile.
Although Brian had a wife and couldn't marry Winnie, she still really worshipped Brian.
"Hmm. Where's Winnie?"
Brian changed into slippers and went in.
"She's cooking in the kitchen."
"What happened? Were you very busy today? Or are you sick?"
Winnie couldn't help asking.
"No, I just can't fall asleep. Hurry up. I'm hungry."
Brian suddenly frowned and refused her caring about him. Although he felt well when Winnie cared about him. He was afraid that he wouldn't be able to be divorced from this kind of care after he was familiar with it.
Thinking that it was just her wishful thinking, Winnie no longer spoke. Silence fell in the kitchen then.
After the dinner was ready, Brian said that he wanted to have a drink. Winnie wanted to oppose it, but she bit back the words.
He said that he couldn't fall asleep. Maybe he could fall asleep after drinking a little wine. Judging from his appearance, he really should have a good rest.
Vanessa got the wine and poured a glass for Brian. Before she put down the bottle, Brian had drunk off.
Vanessa immediately poured a glass of wine for him again.
"Brother, drink it later. I want to propose a toast to you."
Vanessa poured a glass of drinks for herself.
"Brother, although I just drink drinks, I sincerely thank you very much for finding a tutoring class for me and for taking care of Winnie for such a long time."
Vanessa said politely and then drank off, totally not knowing that her elder sister suffered many grievances after she met him.
"Good, cheers."
After say that, Brian drank off the wine again.
Drinking on glass of wine after another, Brian finally got drunk.
Winnie supported Brian to the sofa and made him lie down on the sofa. Then, she was ready to get changed.
"Vanessa, put away the dining table. I have to send Mr. Bennet home."
"Sister, how could you send him home when he was so drunk. There are spare rooms. What about letting him stay here tonight?"
Vanessa didn't have a hidden purpose this time. She was purely worried about Brian.
"Yes, Auntie. Just let daddy sleep in his room. Having drunk so much, daddy must feel very uncomfortable."
Luke and Megan also pleaded as if only they treated Brian well and Winnie was cruel.
After taking a deep breath, Winnie finally decided to let Brian stay. After sending Brian back to his room, Winnie began to put away the dining table. Not surprisingly, Vanessa came to ask her questions.
"Sister, you told me that he had a wife. But doesn't he go too far when he gets along with you? He knows the password, opens the door and comes in himself. He even has a room here. It seems that there is something going on between you and him. If his wife knows it, will you become the other woman?"
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