Moving from the luxuriously decorated three-storey villa to the old residential building where the walls were black and the furniture were obsolete, Ava's life had undergone a huge reversal overnight.

Yesterday she was a celebrity of the upper class, living in a costly room, and using top luxuries. But overnight, she could no longer smell the fragrance of flowers, but the smell of the funk.

Standing in the dilapidated living room, she felt confused and helpless for the first time.

"Why did you mess with Joanne?" The former president of Bennett Enterprise, who had countless grey hairs grew out overnight, sat on the broken sofa, "now who doesn't know that Brian loves his wife, we could only please Joanne, but you and your mom actually went to the police station to make her trouble..."

"I thought what Rosalyn said is true," Ava said like she had lost her wits. "She told me that there is actually nothing between Brian and Joanne, and they will be divorced in more than a year. I thought that they just pretended to love each other to show to the press, and I thought that he would not actually mind her business in private."

"You are so stupid. Even if he doesn't care about her, Joanne is still his nominal wife and belongs to him. Would you dare to mess with someone of Brian? It's all on me that I didn't raise you well when I was young and put too much pressure on your sister," Ava's father covered his face with hands and cried, "now you are able to do nothing but spend money, and your sister accidentally died... it's all my retribution..."

Ava suddenly knelt down in front of his father. "Dad, it's not on you, it's all on me, I... I'll go find someone for help, to get back our company."

She hurried out of the door, the city's light rails drove ahead of the corridor with heavy noise, and the cars on the wide road hustled and bustled. Everyone was in a hurry, and the sun was unscrupulously glaring...

She suddenly remembered that she had been abandoned by the so-called celebrity circle, and no one would pick up her phone now. Those who had joked or seriously said that they wanted to marry her were also avoiding her.

Once she was living in such a big world, and the circle was so wide. Now she was trapped, but no one was willing to help her.

In desperation, she dialed Rosalyn's phone and pinned all her hopes on her- since they were best friends. Moreover, Rosalyn and Brian had a very close relationship, and she should be able to persuade him to cut them some slack.

"Ava, I just transferred 50,000 dollars to your account," Rosalyn picked up the phone, but with a regretful and indifferent voice. "This is the only thing I can help you at the moment. As for talking to Brian for forgiveness, I am not sure about that."

"Have a try!" Ava acted like she was grabbing the last straw, "Anyway, please try it first, okay? Maybe... you have more influence on Brian than you thought?"

Rosalyn went silent for a moment, and the voice finally came from the other side of the ocean. "Then I try. But, Ava, this is the last time I help you."

Ava was shocked, "Rosalyn, what do you mean?"

"It means that we should contact each other less in the future." Rosalyn calmly stood on her own position and thought for her own interests, "You've already known your current reputation in the social circle, and no one wants to contact you. Despite of the agent, I will still see you less. You don't have to pay me back 50,000 dollars, just go live a good life."

Rosalyn then hung up the phone, and Ava finally cried out.

People were cruel, and she was just abandoned so coldly by the whole world.

However, she would not give up so easily. Joanne had left her nothing but one life, so if she could not find an ally, then... she could only take her down as well! Anyway, living in such a bad house was no different from being in hell!

...

...

At the President's Office of Lambert Group.

Brian had kept his files piled up on the desk as usual, and he was so busy that he had to specially make some time to have a little talk.

The inside call suddenly rang with Daisy's voice coming. "Mr. Brian, Miss Rosalyn is on the line, she said that there is something urgent to talk to you."

Brian frowned. "Picked it up."

"You must be at work, I hope that I didn't bother you." Rosalyn sounded a bit embarrassing.

Brian signed his name on the document. "Daisy said that you have something urgent?"

"You should've guessed it, shouldn't you?" Rosalyn said with a helpless smile, "It's for Ava. I don't quite understand the rules of survival in your business world, but would you... just cut some slack on Bennett Family, for my sake?"

"They can still start over," Brian said, "but it is impossible to start from Bennett Enterprise."

"Why did you suddenly become so relentless on Bennett Family?" Rosalyn kept asking, "Is it really like what people talked online that you did it for Joanne?" "I don't understand your rules of the game, but I'm sure you have made a lot of enemies in this acquisition. Brian, have you thought about that- was it worthy?"

"I didn't need to think about it, and I don't have to," Brian said with a cold voice, "Joanne is now my wife. Anyone who dares to mess with her will end this way."

It turned out that he could still be protective so straightforwardly, but for another woman.

Rosalyn felt cold deep down in her heart. "So, it's useless for me to beg you, right?"

Brian didn't say a word, but Rosalyn had known the answer. She wryly smiled. "I just don't understand why. Before you and she got the certificate, you told me so indifferently that you would divorce her, but now... you care about too much for her."

After a moment of silence, Brian slowly opened his mouth. "Even if we would finally divorce, before that, she is still my wife."

Rosalyn understood that he just wanted to protect Joanne well before they divorced, and gave her all that he could, including his gentleness, care and love that other people couldn't see.

She was the one who misunderstood everything. She thought that if he could talk about divorce so indifferently, then he must have had no feelings for Joanne.

In fact, his feelings for her were something that Rosalyn could never understand.

If she wanted to get Brian, she must spend much more effort that she thought.

She took a deep breath. "Since I can't help Ava, then I'll have to remind you that she could do anything if she was enraged, no matter how much price she has to pay. So, watch out."

Brian hung up the phone and looked down bit by bit...

Oh, she could do anything?

...

The work of today ended so quickly. A large group of young people got off work from the office building after five o'clock. The city's public transportation system was quickly filled by them, as well as the roads, which were filled with countless vehicles.

Joanne finally relieved when she got on the highway after driving through the most congested street. She held the steering wheel leisurely, and thought about that if Brian would come back home to have dinner. She also wondered what she should do if he came back?

When she got home, she surprisingly ran into Brian.

"Hey? You are so early today," she was amazed, "this is the first time you come home before ten o'clock since last week!"

Brian pulled her into his arms. "Miss me?"

Joanne smirked with a disdainful sneer. "Narcissist, rogue, let me go."

Brian hugged her tighter and held her cheek. "Let me see how the anti scar cream works."

Joanne generously turned her left cheek to him "It's already recovered."

It was indeed recovered. The scar that should have disappeared in at least a month, but it was completely invisible after less than ten days. Her cheeks were white and tender again like the eggs that had just been peeled off.

Brian raised eyebrows. "Would you like to thank me?"

"Emm," Joanne accepted. "I will cook you a big meal tonight!"

Brian frowned disdainfully. "This is what you should have done."

"Hey, you are so picky," Joanne thought about it seriously, then stood on her toes and kissed Brian on the cheek, "then I owe you once."

She fled and went back to her room. Brian didn't see the red blush on her cheeks, but saw her slim and flexible back, which looked like a vibrant deer, wearing the golden light of the setting sun. It was so beautiful that his heart felt soft.

Joanne didn't break her words and made a really fancy dinner. The amount of each dish was not much, but the taste was first-class, with the fragrance floating in the air and exquisite look.

She had no time to take off her apron but asked Brian to taste. She looked at him with expectation while holding up her chin. "How is the taste?"

Brian nodded. "Not bad."

Joanne finally smiled with relief. "I have worked so hard to thank you. It was not for the ointment you brought me, but thank you for doing everything for me during this time."

"I did so much, and I also tried my best to acquire Bennett Enterprise, you... just want to get out of it by cooking a dinner?" Brian was obviously very dissatisfied.

Joanne blinked her eyes. "Did you really acquire Bennett Enterprise... for me?"

Brian said calmly. "Or what? Do you have a better idea to warn Ava?"

Joanne was confused, he did so much just to... warn Ava?

Wow, she suddenly felt that Brian was so handsome!

She shook her head and praised Brian. "It is the most thorough way."

Thorough? The most thorough solution was to ask Ava to leave the city forever. However, to the best knowledge of Brian, she and her father now still lived in a residential building in central.

"Take my car to go to work from now on." Brian suddenly said.

"Ah?" Joanne did not catch him, so she asked after a while, "Why?"

"Ava was now forced to a desperate situation, I don't know if she would do anything to you," Brian explained, "it's safer if you go to work with me."

So, she could use Brian's car again?

Joanne tried to hide her inner joy and pretended to be calm. "What if you work overtime or I work overtime?"

"Winston will pick you up."

"Okay," Joanne smiled and picked a piece of braised pork for Brian, "I'll be definitely taken as mentally illed if I refuse the big boss of Lambert Group being my driver."

Brian just smiled.

After a few days, Joanne understood what Brian meant by the smile- the big boss of Lambert Group was not her full-time driver, because sometimes he needed to check the mail, and talk to the assistant secretary. So Winston was actually the driver.

He would go out with her ten minutes earlier only when the weather was fine and he was in a good mood, as well as the time was available. He would deliberately drive the car very slowly, so that she could notice the flowers in which the garden of the villa area blossomed.

However, mostly Brian personally drove the car when they got off work. He rarely worked overtime, and Joanne was not occupied with some troublesome cases recently. Every time the eye-catching Aston Martin ONE77 stopped at the police station, Joanne felt like that her colleagues were saluting to her with their eyes.

But gradually, going to work and coming home together with Brian, had become a new habit of Joanne's.

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