Penny stayed awake all night. Why? Because Winnie told her that there were backups of the evidence.
If there were really backups in her computer, she would be still under her restraint, and she would be threatened by Winnie all the time in the future.
What worried her most was the reaction of Brian. He had failed to restrain himself and began to fall in love with Winnie. When he realized that he had fallen in love with Winnie, he would probably terminated the contract.
Thinking of this, Penny became resentful and gritted her teeth. She wouldn't allow either such a thing to happen or her efforts over the past four years go down the drain.
Believing that she couldn't await her doom, Penny made a phone call.
"Get Winnie's computer for me."
Penny got down to the business, not caring that the other person was still sleepy.
"What computer?"
Klara was still sleepy and still didn't understand why Penny called her suddenly.
"Last time, you failed to get her mobile phone. Now, get her computer for me. I'm sure that I can find evidence in the computer. I'll drive Winnie away as long as I find evidence."
Penny didn't tell the truth to Klara because there would be a greater threat to her if one more person knew it.
The reason why they could cooperate was that they had the same goal to drive Winnie away.
At the beginning, they agreed that Klara was responsible for stealing Winnie's mobile phone and Penny would handle the rest of the matter. However, Klara failed to steal Winnie's mobile phone, and Penny had to ask someone to rob Winnie of it herself.
Now, the backups were in the computer, so she had to ask Klara to get it for her.
"I'm sorry, Mrs. Bennet, but I can't help you anymore."
Klara was finally awake and understood what Penny wanted her to do. Then, she rejected decisively.
"Why?"
Penny asked.
"Last time, Winnie saw me when I was searching her bag. Now she's very wary of me, so I don't have any chance at all. Besides, I would lose my job if it was discovered."
Klara didn't want to continue to take risks anymore. Although she hated Winnie, she really dared not do something that was against the law.
"Klara, you've done something similar before. It's too late for you to stop. If I tell Brian what you had done, do you think you can keep what you have now?"
Penny threatened her. She would have no way to get Winnie's computer if Klara refused to help her. Anyway, she couldn't send someone to the company to rob her of it.
"Your position is more important than mine. If you're not afraid of losing your position, I guess I don't have to."
Klara knew that Penny would threaten. This was also a reason why she refused to help her again. It was not too late to quit. Even if what she had done was discovered, Brian would forgive her.
At that time, Winnie mentioned her secret while Brian warned her because of Winnie. Then, she agreed to cooperate with Penny out of anger.
After she calmed down and thought about it, she found it unwise for her to do so. Therefore, however Penny tempted her, she wouldn't continue to do that.
"Well, Klara, you dare to threaten me. Well, wait and see. We'll know if Brian will be able to protect you or me."
Penny hung up the phone angrily and had to give up the trick she had just thought of.
However, she had to do something now, otherwise it would be too late.
Penny thought for a long time and found that she could only ask her father for help.
She wasn't in the mood to eat breakfast, so she went to the headquarters of the Burns Group after she dressed up.
In the chairman's office of the Burns Group.
"Why do you come here today?"
Richard put down the document and sat down on the sofa.
"Sit down."
Penny sat down after she put her bag on the tea table.
"There is something that I can't handle, so I come to ask for your help."
"What happened?"
Richard frowned. As he had known, Penny wouldn't come to find him if she didn't encounter anything problem.
"There is a new female software engineer in Brian's company. It seems that Brian has fallen in love with her. Now, she is a threat to me. I don't t know what to do."
Penny didn't tell him what happened four years ago, but described Winnie as the other woman.
"I've told you that your marriage could be in trouble. The tie between you and Brian is too weak. To give birth to a child is the only way to consolidate your position."
Richard had known that something like this would happen long ago. He had mentioned it to Penny many times, but she just didn't listen.
"I wanted to have a baby, but Brian disagreed. What can I do?"
Penny said helplessly and angrily.
They had been married for four years, but Brian had never even touched her. How could she have a baby?
"If he disagrees, manage to get pregnant. Don't tell him when you're just pregnant. Several months later, he can't let you have an abortion. If you can't not even manage to do that, how can you consolidate your position? Could it be that you're going to just be a stepmother for the rest of your life? Are you willing to let that brat get the Bennet Group?"
Leo got down to the business directly. He understood what Brian meant.
If he wanted to talk business first, then he must want to talk about private matters later.
Brian was satisfied with the conditions of cooperation Leo put forward and the strength in sale that Leo's company was proud of. In order to achieve a win-win situation, Brian agreed to cooperate with Leo's company.
"We'll sign the contract after the lawyers draw it up. Now, we can talk about private matters."
Brian still said in a cold voice while looking at Leo with his deep dark eyes.
Leo was still relaxed and smiled calmly.
Since they had achieved cooperation, Leo didn't mind talking about private affairs. After all, Brian was someone who was scrupulous in separating public from the private affairs and didn't let private affairs affect work.
Most importantly, it could be said that there was a close connection in private matters between them.
"Ok, please, Mr. Bennet."
Leo said in a plain voice with a smile.
"What on earth happened between you, Penny and Winnie?"
Brian got down to the business directly.
Leo knew that he would ask it. He answered after thinking for a while.
"The three of us...No, to be exact, there should be four people involved. Daenerys was involved, too. We met in a C Country's people's party in M Country occasionally. They three were studying there. Then, I became Winnie's boyfriend."
"Not long after that, something happened at Winnie's family and she had to suspend her studies and go home first. After that, Penny told me that Winnie was a liar, so I broke up with Winnie. Because of anger, I became the boyfriend of Penny. You should know what happened afterwards. She broke up with me after her family found her. Later..."
Leo stopped. Later, Penny married Brian. Brian knew that and it was unnecessary for Leo to tell him that.
Seeing that Brian didn't have too much reaction, Leo kept silent. Then he went on.
"I got together with Winnie for about three months. During that time, we were very happy. When I got together with Penny, I weren't happy at all. They were totally different from each other. Penny wasn't my ideal girlfriend, so I didn't try hard to keep her when she left me."
Leo felt annoyed after he couldn't help recalling what happened many years ago.
"You still love Winnie even if she lies to you?"
Brian was talking about the present. He could tell that the memory of the past was very important to Leo. Seeing the happiness he showed, Brian became angry.
Leo was stunned for a while, stopped smiling and looked at Brian with serious eyes.
"Yes, I've been loving her these years. At that time, I was so impetuous that she left me. I should have trusted her. Even if she was a liar, she must have her reasons."
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