Winnie was so angry that she wanted to leave the company. As she was packing up things, Stella
called her. Looking at Stella's call, Winnie knew it could not be hidden any more. She had not been
back for so many days, the Bennet family must suspect it.
Winnie took a deep breath to adjust her mood before she picked up the phone.
"Stella."
"Warm, these days how have not been home? I asked Brian, but he did not tell me."
Winnie could hear that Stella was worried. She was glad that there was someone worrying about her.
After a moment of silence on the phone, Winnie decided to tell the truth.
"Stella, I will not go to the suburbs anymore. I have broken up with Brian.”
"Broke up? Why?"
Stella asked in shock.
"Stella, I'm going to the suburbs to pack up my things. I'll tell you in detail when I am there."
Winnie hung up the phone. She would explain to Stella and Rufus.
Brian didn't say anything, so she would say it. It would be her responsibility anyway.
After putting down the phone, she left with her bag and car keys.
In the suburbs, before Winnie got into the house, she saw Rufus and Stella fidgeting in the living room.
She felt sorry for them, but she knew it would happen sooner or later.
In the living room, Stella asked anxiously before Winnie could even have a seat.
"What is going on? Why did you break up?"
"Stella, Rufus, sit down."
Winnie said. Stella and Rufus sat down.
“We broke up because I fell in love with someone else, and Brian saw me in a hotel room with the man
I liked. So we broke up."
"Rufus, Stella, it is my fault, I let you down. I'm sorry I failed to live up to your kindness to me."
Winnie once again took all the responsibility on herself, and now she even felt it was the truth.
"No way, Winwin, you must be joking, I don’t believe it. Even if you got a room with another man, I fell
you have your reason. You're not a fickle woman. Winwin, did you have a fight with Brian? I will scold
him and ask him to apologize to you."
Stella got up, but stopped by Winnie.
Winnie was moved and wanted to burst into tears. She did not expect that Stella would trust her. She
had different attitude with Brian.
Thinking of Brian's attitude, Winnie grew red in eyes and burst into tears.
"Don’t, Stella. It is really my fault. I let you and Rufus down."
"If there is a misunderstanding, I don't think it's necessary to clarify it. It is only a matter of time before
Brian and I parted. It's good for me to break up a day earlier. Let it be. Don't ask him and don't worry
about us."
Winnie got up and pulled Stella to sit down again.
"It's been a few days since we parted, which means it's all over. So I don't want to bring it up again or
go back to him for anyone or anything."
"Rufus, Stella, we are still a family, I will bring up the kids and I will take good care of them. But for the
time being, I want to leave them here and Rufus to take care of them. I am afraid that if I take the kids
away, Brian will leave here."
"Sorry to trouble you."
Winnie then bowed deeply to Rufus and Stella to show her apology.
Then she went upstairs to pack up her things.
Rufus had been silent. He did not believe that Winnie fell in love with another man, instead, he believed
it was a misunderstanding.
As he was to spoke, Winnie's last words let him shut his mouth. It was indeed a good thing for Winnie
to leave Brian a day earlier, otherwise, she might spent her lifetime in suffering.
Winnie soon carried a suitcase downstairs.
"Rufus, Stella, the kids don’t know it yet, I will tell them some day. Please keep it a secret to them."
Winnie had to say that, because she did not want his kids unprepared.
"Winwin, can't you just..."
Stella could not accept the fact that they had broken up. She felt it absurd and unprecedented. She
wanted to ask why, but was interrupted by Winnie.
"Stella, don't worry about us. Don't waste your energy on us. It's not necessarily bad that we're apart."
"Stella, take good care of Rufus... Take good care of Brian. I gotta go."
Winnie left before Stella could say a word.
Stella did not believe that Winnie was at fault. Winnie had no guilt and she did not look like a person
who had made a mistake.
Stella was worried and wanted to ask Brian what was going on, but Rufus stopped her.
"Don’t call him, you can ask him when he is back at night."
Rufus was also full of doubt, but now Brian was working, it was impossible to explain in detail, so he
chose to wait for him to come back.
Rufus and Stella were uneasy all afternoon, thinking about what was going on. The ordeal was not
relieved until Brian returned at night.
"Brian, Dad wants you in the study."
Two kids were there, so Stella asked Brian to Rufus' study.
As they reached the study, Stella asked before the door was closed.
"Brian, have you broken up with Winwin?"
Brian raised his eyes and frowned.
"Did she tell you?"
"Yes, she came in the afternoon and took her things away."
Hearing that, Brian was panic. He knew Winnie was not in the company in the afternoon, but he did not
realized that she had been to the suburbs and took her things away.
"What did she say?"
Brian tried to control his emotions. He did not want to believe that Winnie had moved away.
"She said you broke up because she liked someone else, because you found out she got a room with a
guy she liked."
Stella put Winnie's words verbatim. She wanted to know if it was the truth.
"She's right. She's with another man."
Brian unthinkingly said the reason for the break up. But they did not believe it.
"I don't believe Winwin likes another man."
"I don't believe Winwin is that kind of person."
The two voices were so firm and so trusting. But Brian was angry to hear that.
"There is a video, why don't you believe it? And she acted weirdly these days. Haven't you noticed?"
He asked his sister and father. Winnie was his woman, since he believed that, why didn’t his father and
sister believe it?
"Brian, what did you see in the video? Did they sleep together in a bed?"
Stella believed that anything she didn’t see with her own eyes or hear with her own ears was not true.
"They've been in the same room all night. Do I need to see it? She admitted it herself. Why don't you
believe it?"
Brian was now angry Winnie's admission, if she quibbled, if she said nothing happened, he could let it
go.
"She admitted that because you did not trust her. Why didn't you look into the truth before you broke
up? Don't you think you're being impulsive?"
No matter what Brian said, Stella did not believe that Winnie would cheat on him. If she did, she would
not defend Brian and would not leave the kids there, afraid that Brian would leave the suburbs.
"Sis, I don't think I'm impulsive. I can only be decisive. It's in everyone's best interest. We'll take care of
our own affairs. Leave us alone."
Brian turned and walked away after saying that. He did not want to talk about it. Now that Winnie had
moved out, it was over. Let bygone be bygone, only a fool would waste energy on the past.
But when Brian was about to close the study door, Rufus's voice came from behind.
“If you lose the one you love most because of misunderstanding, Brian, you will regret it for the rest of
your life. If you make a person who loves you sad, you will feel guilty for a lifetime. Calm down and
think about it. Even if you are angry, you should know the truth before reaching a conclusion. It is better
not to regret it."
Brian heard it but he still walked away. He was touched and had an unspeakable feeling.
Back to the bedroom, he found that Winnie's skin care products disappeared on the dressing table, her
clothes also disappeared in the cloakroom and her toiletries supplies were thrown in the trash can.
Only missing a woman's things made Brian feel that the entire room and even his entire world was
empty. And his heart was more empty and desolate.
Brian did not expect it. However, Albert and Calvin believed in Winnie, his father and sister also
unconditionally believed Winnie. He wanted to believe her, but where was the video and she admitted
it, he could not believe her.
He admitted that he was impulsive, but no man could be calm when he saw his woman in a room with
another man.
Winnie left the kids in the suburbs and in order not to worry Vanessa, she had not told Vanessa and let
Vanessa live in the school.
So, she was alone on Monday and Friday. Despite being alone, she was relaxed.
Every day she got up an hour early for a morning run, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays, she went to
the gym for professional strength training after work.
It was lonely to be home, but she had a job. After dinner, she threw herself into the work of the public
security system.
She was so busy that Brian would not appear in her mind to disturb her.
At the weekend, Winnie took her kids and Vanessa to see cars.
"Sister, what kind of car do you want? I don’t know cars at all."
Vanessa, as the two kids, knew nothing about it. They were just there for fun.
"I want a bigger car, so that I can work comfortably in it."
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