Brian took a deep look at Joanne, and smiled slightly by raising his lips.

That expression... was so profound.

Joanne felt that the words she was going to hear next would not be what she would like to hear, and sure enough-

"I wouldn't mind if you were biting me like how you did last night."

The low voice slammed into Joanne's eardrum, and her cheeks turned red instantly. She said to Brian, "Rogue!"

The rogue was happily smiling, but finally returned to the business at hand. "Tomorrow I will find time to talk to Rosalyn."

Joanne looked at him suspiciously and asked, "What do you want to talk to Rosalyn about?"

"Don't you always hate that people find you trouble?" Brian touched Joanne's head, "there will be no such people in the future."

"...This is the best!" Joanne said, "I don't want to fight people all the time, it hurts people..."

If he didn't know about Joanne, Brian would be deceived by her innocent look.

There was a melodious dance music coming from the villa, and Joanne couldn't stand the cold wind outside. She pulled Brian back into the house, only to see that Wendy was being harrassed by a middle-aged man.

The little girl could cope with the young gentlemen, but was obviously not the opponent for the old guys. Her face turned red because of worry, and when she saw Joanne, it felt like that she saw the savior; she kept asking her for help by looking at her.

Brian had already indicated Gavin to be there. The man was the president of a bank and he was sophisticated. Gavin sent him away by saying something simple. Wendy sighed with relief and left, even forgetting to say thank you. "I am going to find my cousin! It is safe to be with him!"

Gavin was stunned on the spot, and then looked at Joanne after a long time. 'What does she mean? I look very unsafe?'

'Damn, I am such a handsome gentleman, okay?'

Joanne smiled with her lips pressed. At the time Patrick, the organizer of the wine party, came over and enthusiastically invited Brian and Joanne to dance with everyone. He said, "Relax, we will not stop until the sun comes up tomorrow!"

Brian suddenly said, "Patrick, we should go."

Patrick was stunned, and subconsciously wanted to retain Brian, but he seemed to understand something after he looked at Joanne. He then smiled and nodded. "I will send you off."

Joanne always felt that Patrick's smile was meaningful, but she couldn't ask since Patrick was right there. After getting on the car and talking about other things with Brian, she totally left that irrelevant doubt behind.

When they got home, someone called Brian. He answered in the room and Joanne went to remove her makeup.

Finally she wiped clean the lipstick on her lips and saw Brian coming in from the mirror's reflection. On the next second, a hot body pressed on hers. Brian looked at her in the mirror and bowed his head, then kissed her on her neck.

He kissed it while his eyes closed and it was not like he would simply stop.

Joanne suddenly remembered Patrick's deep smile, and finally understood. There were two shallow blushes appearing on her cheeks.

She pushed Brian like she was playing hard to get. Brian couldn't help but hold her waist, and untied the thin shoulder straps of the dress with his teeth and kissed deeper...

From the time he went to the wine party till then, he had been forbearing for a long time.

"Joanne..."

He didn't know whether it was whispering or whether he was really calling her. The voice was as low as ever, and there was an unspeakable hoarseness, which made it more sexy. It was like a curse, sweeping away Joanne's will and sanity...

...

The next day, in the president's office of Lambert Group.

Brian told the secretary that day that Rosalyn would visit, so when seeing the woman with the prada sunglasses coming out of the elevator, Daisy immediately opened the door of the president's office. "Miss Rosalyn, the president is still in a meeting, please wait for a few minutes. Would you like to drink something?"

"Mineral water. You know which brand of mineral water I only drink, right?"

Rosalyn did not even look at Daisy and went straight into Brian's office.

Daisy still maintained a professional smile, smiling to the arrogant back of Rosalyn. "Yes, please wait."

When the door of the president's office was closed, Daisy turned around and went to gossip with other colleagues. "What is her problem? Our president's wife is not so cocky!"

Another secretary comforted Daisy, "Oh, you should pity her. She can now show nothing her arrogance."

Daisy laughed. "Yes! She will never have the president's surname in this life!"

Ten minutes later, Brian came back after the meeting. The secretary told him that Miss Rosalyn had come. He nodded slightly. He did see Rosalyn sitting on the sofa when he stepped into the office.

Rosalyn took off the sunglasses and stood up. She rarely smiled at people. "You called me specifically, is there anything important?"

"Joanne told me what happened yesterday." Brian sat on the sofa opposite Rosalyn and said, "Rosalyn, let's talk."

Rosalyn's smile disappeared when he heard the words "Joanne". After hearing the latter part of the sentence, the indifference turned to mockery. "Did she complain to you?"

Han Ruoyi sneered before Brian answered. "Did she complain about my viciousness, or went to cry to you as if she was being bullied by me? You really should have seen the way she talked to me yesterday, she is not that innocent as you think! She is just pretending..."

"Enough!" Brian interrupted Rosalyn, with a heavy tone which sounded like a warning. "She is my wife. I know her and her personality better than you, and I don't need you to tell me."

"..." Rosalyn looked at Brian with her eyes wide open, and she was speechless for a long time.

That was the first time Brian spoke to her in such a heavy tone because of that woman.

She smiled awkwardly. "I should have known that men would be fascinated by women like her, even if it's you."

Brian raised his eyebrows, and there was danger deep in his eyes. He said word by word,"Rosalyn, I said 'enough'."

Rosalyn still understood Brian, knowing that she was about to step on his bottom line, so she restrained herself. "You didn't ask me to be here only to tell me 'enough', right? Or do you have to talk to me personally about the renewal thing?"

Her contract with Lambert Group Media Co. would expire in a week. She had tried to threaten Brian with the contract renewal, but he didn't mind if she was looking for a new company. She had to use the delay tactics until then, and didn't sign the letter of renewal for the contract, but told the company's top management that it could be renewed directly after expiration.

"Gavin will talk to you about the renewal," Brian looked at Rosalyn faintly, "I called you here to tell you that you and Joanne will have to meet in public in the future. I hope that you can call her Mrs. Lambert just like the others."

The implication was that Rosalyn should treat Joanne as the wife of the president and respect her.

But she was Rosalyn. Even if she conceded, her pride would not!

"You know that I like you!" Rosalyn was mad and threw herself at Brian. "For you, I am willing to do anything. If you want me, I don't need a title, I can be your...

Brian's eyes were cold and he promptly interrupted what Rosalyn was going to say, "Don't forget your public image."

"I am just an artist for you? Am I so unattractive?" Rosalyn smiled and laughed at herself. "Brian, for you, I have already said it so clearly, putting myself this low. Why do you still reject me?

Brian just said, "Rosalyn, I love her."

Rosalyn had never seen such a gaze, which was so stable and unwavering.

There was more despair in her heart. "Since when?"

Brian thought for a moment. "Too many years, I can't remember."

"When will it end?!" Rosalyn asked in an almost stubborn way.

Brian also felt helpless. "Probably, it never will."

He was so helpless, but couldn't deny that sweet fate.

Rosalyn felt that she was really crazy to force Brian to say that to hurt her.

She had been painstakingly managing and maintaining the image of a high-ranking queen, with strong independence and courage. She thought that a man like Brian would appreciate such an independent and beautiful woman.

But since she couldn't get him by working so hard, it was better to tell him the truth!

"I just want to stay with you. Money, name, I don't want them!" Rosalyn grabbed Brian's hand. "Otherwise, I will sign with other companies! I have been in Lambert Group for many years and I know a lot of your operating secrets, including your future development plans. You must not want me to change jobs, do you? Also, I am the most profitable artist in the company. If I leave, there are no other female artists who can represent the whole Lambert Group!"

Brian still looked very calm. "In the current circle, there is no shortage of new talents who are willing to work hard. If Lambert Group wants to make another person popular, it's actually much easier than you think.

If Rosalyn was gone, he could easily make another better than Rosalyn.

Rosalyn paled and looked at Brian incredulously. Then she heard him saying, "As for the operation secrets that you have, you can tell them to your new company. It's not a secret in the brokerage company; the key is the people."

She could take the technology away but she couldn't take the operators.

Rosalyn was frustrated with her shoulders lowered down. She looked desperately at Brian and said, I finally know why Joanne can talk to me so confidently.

Because she was not only Mrs. Lambert, who is justified, Brian also loved her dearly.

No matter how high level she was in the entertainment industry, and what kind of image she had in the eyes of fans, in Joanne's eyes, she was probably just a poor woman who couldn't get what she loved.

"If I change my company, you will not make me stay, right?" Rosalyn's eyes were dull, because she knew that there was no hope.

Sure enough, Brian said, "No need."

Rosalyn stood up, with the last of her pride and arrogance returning to her beautiful big eyes. "Well, I will change jobs. Brian, don't regret it."

Brian said, "You may first declare that you will no longer cooperate with Lambert Group, and the company will make a statement later."

He didn't try to make her stay at all, letting her make a statement first, creating the illusion that she took the initiative to terminate the contract; it was probably his last gentlemanly gesture.

Rosalyn's eyes turned red. "Brian, you are so cruel! Don't regret the decision you have made today!"

She knew why Brian said "no need".

Because she said that she was willing to be his mistress, and he worried that she would be entangled in the future to bring trouble to Joanne.

From the beginning to the end, Brian only considered things for Joanne!

After rushing out of Lambert Group, Rosalyn took out a note from the bag and dialed Rowdy's phone number.

"What?" A chilly voice came from the receiver.

Rosalyn wiped the tears in her eyes. "I fell out with Brian."

Oh? Rowdy said as if it was as he expected. So?

"I know a lot of things about him," Rosalyn said. "As long as you can break him and Joanne, I will tell you whatever you want to know!"

"You can just betray the man you love like this?"

There was a cruelness flashing across Rosalyn's beautiful eyes. "This is what he owes me! He made me popular, but I also made Lambert Group Media Co. popular. Today, just to prevent Joanne from worrying too much about me, he agreed to to the termination of my contract."

"Since he is ruthless, don't blame me for being unjust!"

The voice of indifference floated in the wind, but hatred was pinned like the nail in the darkest corner of Rosalyn's heart...