Winnie directly refused the task, because she had no time or courage to continue.
“Why?”
Obviously, Felix's voice cooled down.
"I've done a lot of work over a long period of time, but Mr. Bennet never believed me. I had no other way."
Winnie did not want to have too much contact with Brian, and did not want to love him more.
"It seems that I chose the wrong person. You give up after such a little frustration."
Felix's cold tone revealed his disappointment to Winnie. He wanted to urge Winnie to speed up the progress but Winnie gave up.
"I'm sorry, Chairman, but I'm not the best candidate. Find someone else. There must be someone who can help him."
Winnie tried and got hurt, but the result was not satisfactory.
It showed that she was nothing in Brian's heart. He was impossible to change for her or love her.
"Are you not afraid I bring back Luke?"
Felix did not think there would be another person had the ability as Winnie, even Wendy would not able to change Brian a bit. He did not want to give up Winnie, did not want to miss such a good opportunity.
"Chairman, we can’t joke on the child. If you are sure that the child will grow up healthily with you and not be abused by the stepmother, you can take the child back."
"The child is very dependent on me now, and the depression has not been cured completely. Do you think it's okay for him to leave me? I just want you to put yourself in the child's shoes."
"So that? We don’t need you to raise him for the rest of your life?"
Winnie just didn't want to let Felix continue to use Luke as a bargaining chip, but hoped the Bennet family treated Luke simply as a child.
But her words clearly angered Felix, and Felix loudly rebuked.
"He can't be with me forever, but I do everything for his good. Chairman, you are his great grandpa, you should love him more than that I do."
Winnie was not afraid of Felix's anger. Now she did not care about anyone's threat, because the truth was about to be exposed and she would try her best to fight for the custody of the two children.
"......"
There was a silence and then he hung up the phone.
Winnie took a deep breath and her expression relaxed.
After dinner, she accompanied her two children to do homework. Winnie asked at the end of the homework.
"Luke, come and chat with me."
Winnie called Luke to her.
"Ok, what do you want to talk about?"
Luke came to Winnie, looking at Winnie with a happy face.
"Luke, since you know Penny is not your Mommy, do you want to Mommy?"
Winnie said in a gentle voice, fearing that the child would resist.
Sure enough, when it came to his mother, Luke's smile disappeared.
"Yes, but don’t dare to tell Daddy. They think I don't know, so I pretend I don't know it. I want to figure it out when I grow up."
Luke said in a low mood, which made Winnie distressed.
"Luke, do you miss Mommy, so you are depressed?"
Winnie seemed to have found out the reason of Luke's depression. She had never asked him if he missed his birth mother and had been missing this reason.
Winnie wanted to make her two children had preparation, or she would not have asked about his mother.
If Luke's depression was because of his mother, his depression would be completely recovered.
"Well, I haven't got anything to think about. I just want to find Mommy. But I was too young to find her. I have to wait until I am older."
Luke told Winnie frankly.
"Auntie, in fact, since I met you, I don't often think of Mommy. I only think of her when you are not around."
From Luke's words, Winnie learnt that he was very dependent on her and finally knew that she was already a Mommy to him.
"Luke, if I am your Mommy, can you accept it?"
Winnie looked at Luke with expectation. She wanted to know his reaction and if he would get hurt.
"Really? Are you really my Mommy?"
Luke looked at her incredibly. He had wanted to let Winnie be his Mommy. Even if she was not, he wanted Winnie to be his mother all his life.
"Answer me first, do you want me to be your Mommy?"
Winnie was pleased to see that Luke was excited, but she wanted to know if her presence hurt the child.
"Yes, yes, I want you to be my Mommy. I hope you are my Mommy."
Luke hurriedly answered.
It was what he had wanted all along. How could he not like Auntie?
At this time Megan heard it and ran over.
"Mommy, if Luke is your child, then I am a child of Uncle. Can he be my Daddy?”
Looking at the children’s expectant eyes, Winnie did not know how to answer.
She was guilty and felt depressed.
She did not know how things would develop in the future. Brian was not the one she could control. Would Megan and Luke leave her?
But to his surprise, Winnie could directly ask Brian, why had she called him?
"And, will I have nothing to do with the Bennet Group after handover?"
Winnie needed to confirm to avoid any troubles.
"All right, I'll ask."
Albert hung up the phone. Then he looked at Brian who had a cold face.
"Mr. Bennet, it is Winnie. She asked when the job would be handed over and whether she would have nothing to do with the Bennet Group after the handover."
Albert passed on Winnie's words, but he did not want her to leave.
The company needed such all-round talents as Winnie, and Brian was more in need of Winnie than the company.
Brian became soft since he was with Winnie. But since knowing Wendy would come back, he recovered the original indifference, even beyond the past.
It showed that he could not leave Winnie, but he only vented his anger on them.
"Have you found a replacement for Winnie?"
Asked Brian coldly.
He was angry that Winnie called Albert.
"Yes."
"Mr. Bennet, Winnie is a rare talent. We will lose a lot if we let her go like this. Once she is hired by another company, it will be a threat to us..."
"Bring her over tomorrow. Tell her she will have nothing to do with the Bennet Group after the handover."
Brian decisively interrupted Albert's words.
He knew that Albert wanted to retain Winnie, but he could not hear him to say that, for fear he would do so.
"......"
Albert was silent seeing that Brian was resolute.
"Mr. Bennet, you always say that there is a clear distinction between public and private affairs. Can you make a clear distinction between public and private affairs for Winnie? Winnie's departure is a great loss to the company."
Calvin chimed in to persuade Brian. He really didn't want Winnie to leave.
"Yes, Mr. Bennet, none of the new people we've found can match Winnie's ability. If Winnie leaves us..."
Morgan also persuaded at the risk of being scolded.
Winnie was important to Brian, which he might have not realized that. But they felt Brian would regret for the rest of his life for losing Winnie,.
However, Brian was still persistent and interrupted Morgan angrily.
"Do as I tell you, and no one is allowed to mention it again."
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