The lighting on the fire stairway relied on sound to control them, and the actions of Brian were not gentle, so the lights on the upper and lower floors lit up.

Joanne struggled to break free from Brian's hand, but her level of strength was basically like a tickle to Brian.

Realizing that she was at a disadvantage, Joanne felt terrible.

After she became pregnant, it became very easy for her to get angry. At this moment, she only wanted to jump up. "Brian, what are you doing!"

Brian dangerously squinted his eyes. "That's what I should ask you, what are you doing here?"

"Did you not see?" Joanne said with anger, "We also met elders before we got married."

Brian smiled coldly. "You and Shawn are going to get married?"

Joanne raised her chin. "So what? Can you stop me?"

"Stop you?" Brian's smile turned into ridicule. "There's no need."

Joanne,"..."

Brian said word by word, "If you dare to marry Shawn, I will break his legs."

In this way, they would not get married, why did he have to stop Joanne?

"..." Joanne's back was stiff, and she was stunned. She didn't doubt Brian's words at all.

Brian looked at Joanne quietly. She didn't seem to have changed at all.

Under her long lashes, her beautiful eyes were still exceptionally flawless. Even if she made a big mistake, as long as these eyes blinked, no one would blame her.

Her skin was still smooth and flawless, with cherry pink lips with charming luster.

He couldn't deny that having left him, Joanne still lived very well.

He didn't know if he was jealous or hateful. Brian only clearly felt his heart beating then he bowed his head...

Joanne just felt that a familiar atmosphere gradually approached, and when she looked up, Brian was so close to her.

She took a breath and subconsciously stepped back, but did not realize that behind her was just the staircase.

In Brian's mind, he imagined the picture of Joanne and Shawn having a good time, and when Shawn reached out to her, she would follow him.

She listened to Shawn that much and resisted him like this?

There was a coldness that swept under Brian's eyes. Then he kept looking down and those eyes turned into bottomless pits. Underneath was a deadly danger. Joanne had a bad premonition.

"Joanne, I will give you last chance.," Brian's voice was so cold that she trembled. "Tell me the truth, or come home with me."

Joanne shook her head. "I told you the truth before, including that I will not go home with you, sincerely, you are deceiving yourself and not willing to believe it!"

"... Very well." Brian ground his teeth. Last time, he let Joanne run, this time, he would not give her a chance anyway.

Brian reached out to grab Joanne, and Joanne took a big step back in order to avoid it.

She didn't know that the staircase was right behind her. With this big step, she stepped on air.

She lost her weight and her whole body fell backward-

Stairs!

A huge panic instantly drowned the heart of Joanne, and she screamed, "Ah-" She almost did not think and subconsciously asked Brian for help, "Brian, help me!"

If she fell, the most serious situation would be a concussion and fracture, but the children in her belly would be gone.

Brian did not think that Joanne's reaction would be so obvious. When he looked at her falling backward, his heart was like being shackled in other's hands. He couldn't think about anything. He only knew one thing: no matter what, he couldn't let Joanne fell.

Just when Joanne called out Brian's name, he grabbed her hand and pulled back hard. He took her back from the dangerous edge and stepped back and returned to the safety of the platform.

Joanne was still in shock. Her dark eyes were full of horror, her face was also pale, and her cheeks were white as paper.

She clung to the waist of Brian. She didn't dare to move for a while, nor dare to make any sounds. She even breathed cautiously.

"Just a little bit, just a little bit..."

"Joanne," Brian gently patted Joanne's back and softly appeased her, "it's okay, don't be afraid."

Joanne's eyes with long eyelashes blinked, and finally, she returned to her senses, but she was still trapped in fear. When she pushed Brian away, her tears fell and she squatted on the floor and cried.

Never in her life, even when she was trapped on a barren hill by typhoons and torrential rain, was she so scared.

If Brian's reaction was slower and it was too late to pull her back, maybe she would have... she couldn't imagine it.

Brian did not expect to scare Joanne this way. He apologized to her with guilt. "I'm sorry. It was you first..." He wanted to help Joanne get up.

Joanne suddenly broke out.

She stood up suddenly and broke free from Brian's hand. "You stay away from me! The farther the better!"

Brian's hand was still hanging in midair. For a moment, he couldn't believe what he had heard. He repeated to confirm, "What did you say?"

"Since I got married to you, I have never had a quiet day." Joanne's eyes were full of tears, everything in front of her eyes was vague, and because she couldn't see the pain under his eyes, she could just say these things cruelly. "Being kidnapped by your business competitors, stalked by the creepy murders, slandered by Rosalyn's fans, and almost dead on a barren hill...

"These encounters, they are all because of you! For what happened last time, your attitude has inexplicably changed greatly. I don't want to quarrel with you so I went to Z City. I almost died... Oh..."

Before Joanne finished, Brian suddenly rushed over to kiss her.

His strength could not be refused. He pressed Joanne against the wall tightly, kissed her passionately and directly, and blocked all of her words.

"..." Joanne not only couldn't push him away, she even couldn't make a voice of protest.

It was not until Joanne had difficulty breathing that Brian left her lips with his forehead pressed against hers.

"That time, it was because Rowdy was back." His low voice was apologetic. "Joanne, I have never told you the truth about this matter."

"..."

"I haven't seen and found you for so many years because I know that there will be such a day that Rowdy would come back and I will confront him. I am not sure that I will be able to bring him down in a few days. On the contrary, I don't know how long I have to fight with him. I understand his means, and he will definitely affect the people around me, and you will become his main goal.

"So before the marriage, I proposed to divorce you two years later. It was not because of Rosalyn, but because I am afraid that I can't protect you. Later, Rowdy came back early, I found that I have no way to divorce you, not to mention after two years. Joanne, I am sorry."

At the end, Brian just kept apologizing.

"So, you were cold to me and talked to me like that, even suspecting me and Shawn?" Joanne smiled. "But you are not wrong, now I am really with Shawn, shouldn't you be generous and give us your blessing?"

Brian smiled coldly. "You wish!" Then he pulled Joanne into his arms. "Remember, unless I am dead, there is no possibility between you and other men!"

Joanne did not doubt Brian's words, but she also knew how to answer to defeat him at a time like this.

She looked at Brian coldly and didn't seem to be moved by what he had just said. She only said faintly, "What if I tell you that I don't love you anymore?"

Brian's pupils contracted slightly, as if they were shocked by something, and he slowly released Joanne.

Joanne continued to say in a cruel manner, "Think about it, how pathetic have you been in the past, how many people are waiting to see you in debt and laugh at you, including me!"

"Just because of this, you insist on divorce?" Brian sneered. "If you say yes, Joanne, I am afraid I will kill you."

Because he wouldn't believe it.

"Of course not, but because I see through something after this incident." Joanne said, "Shawn's uncle has checked for me so that I know that Rowdy is a dangerous person. If you have to deal with him, it was not that easy like the acquisition of a small company. When Rowdy was arrested and imprisoned, Lambert Group will probably be badly hurt. During this period, as you said, I am always at risk."

"..."

"Brian, let me go, I don't want to stay with you anymore. Since you didn't want me to be in danger before and didn't want to look for me and see me because of that, why do you force me to take risks with you now?"

Every time Joanne said a sentence, Brian looked even more depressed.

In the end, there was only loneliness left in his deep pupils, and there was no such thing as strength and enthusiasm like before.

He smiled. "For you now, staying with me is taking a risk?"

Joanne paused and replied firmly, "Yes!"

"What about staying with Shawn?" Brian looked at Joanne and he did not want to miss any of her subtle expressions.

"It is very safe to be with him," Joanne said it without thinking. "The Jameson Group is not as strong as Lambert Group, but you know clearly what kind of people his uncle and grandfather are. Even if Rowdy is so bold, he doesn't dare to mess with them."

The last sentence was the last straw to defeat Brian.

He smiled and nodded and seemed to agree with Joanne.

But he did not say anything, he just turned and opened the fire door. His figure disappeared behind the door, just like the day he left from the hospital silently holding Joanne's bill for induced labor...

Joanne stood in the stairwell. Because there was no sound, after a while, the lights automatically turned off.

Her whole world also went dark.

In the end, Joanne did not know how she got home. Chris asked her what happened after seeing that her complexion was not so good.

Joanne's mind emerged from the scene where Brian left. She opened her mouth, and numbly told him everything that happened.

After that, she suddenly felt that there was something wrong with her belly.

Chris did not notice the discomfort of Joanne, frowning. "Why were you so careless when you were in the stairwell? Pay attention next time, if something goes wrong, it will be irreparable."

"Brother..." Joanne covered her belly and painfully bent down. "I don't feel very comfortable. Contact Wendy to make some arrangement, I want to go to the hospital to check it out."