Since the last time she almost fell from the fire exit, Joanne was extra cautious.

But she never thought that such an accident would repeat itself.

She subconsciously looked at Brian and was going to scream for help.

If there was a mirror in front of her eyes, she believed that she would see her eyes full of panic and seeking help.

Brian thought that he could turn a blind eye to Joanne, but he had already crossed in front of Rosalyn. He quickly circled Joanne's waist and held her steady before she fell to the ground.

Freya's heart was hung up as she walked over with fear. "Joanne, are you okay?"

Joanne was also undecided, and she only returned to herself after a long while, shaking her head toward Freya, indicating that she was at ease.

Freya secretly let out a sigh of relief and looked at Rosalyn's eyes. If something happened to Joanne today, she could not guarantee that she would not push Rosalyn down to the second floor.

Noticing Rosalyn's eyes full of hatred, Joanne realized that Brian was still holding her, then she struggled for a moment. "Thank you."

Brian did not intend to let go of Joanne. His eyes deeply stared at her, as if he wanted to see through her.

When he saw her at the hotel last time, she was as usual, and once he thought that even if he left, she would be as good as before.

Why was she so pale and weak after he hadn't seen her for half a month? And why did her face look like she was ill?

Joanne was terrified by being looked at by Brian, and she got free from his arms. "Freya, let's go."

"Wait," Rosalyn called Joanne and stared at her hand, "Miss Scott, you have divorced Brian, and the story with Young Master Shawn is also raging, but you are still wearing the wedding ring. Is that appropriate?"

The normal reaction should have been Joanne taking the wedding ring off and giving it to Brian.

But she took her hand backward. "That is my business."

She hid so fast, but Brian still saw it.

Almost at the same time as her voice fell, Brian pulled her hand and suddenly looked down. "What happened?" Her hand was not only swollen but also covered with needle holes.

Joanne tried to take her hand back, but Brian held it too tightly. She had to make an excuse. "I caught a cold a few days ago and took injections for a few days."

Brian blinked and pulled up her other hand. It was not swollen and he could not find any holes, but it was not normal.

His eyes were like a torch. "If you took injections for a few days in a row, why didn't you ask the doctor to change it to the other hand?"

"It's not convenient to have it in the right hand to eat and drink." Joanne took the ring off and handed it to Brian. "Here you are."

Brian did not pick it up, but sneered. "We have been divorced for more than a month and you only give the ring to me when someone reminds you to return it?"

"I have been wearing it for so long, I have not felt it or noticed it. I thank Miss Rosalyn for reminding me."

Joanne's tone was faint, as if she were saying something that was irrelevant, which was tantamount to pouring oil on Brian's anger.

Brian took the ring. "You really don't want it?"

Joanne turned her head. "It has no meaning."

"Oh-" Brian sneered, suddenly raising his hand and throwing it. The diamond ring reflected light in the air, falling like a meteor to the first floor.

Joanne's heart felt like it was cut, but she couldn't look at the ring, nor go down to find it. She could only take Freya to leave, pretending nothing had happened.

"Joanne."

Before they walked a few steps, Brian's voice came from behind.

Stopping and looking back, Joanne saw Brian picking up Rosalyn's hand as he smiled and asked, "Is there anything you want to say?"

Joanne said calmly, "I wish you happiness."

After that, she left without looking back.

Brian's deep eyes reflected a sharp coldness, and the other hand hanging at his side clenched into a fist.

Rosalyn looked at his fluctuating chest and whispered his name, "Brian?"

Brian acted like he suddenly woke up. He released Rosalyn's hand to chase them down, but he could not find Joanne.

He looked in the direction of the mall's entrance, and his face slowly added a touch of self-deprecation.

Joanne certainly did not care at all. Even Martha, who was helping at home, was tempted to ask him and Rosalyn, but Joanne did not care.

Perhaps for Joanne, who he was with and who he had a relationship with had nothing to do with her.

Rosalyn walked down. "Brian, let's go, have a cup of coffee with me."

Brian did not seem to hear Rosalyn's words, and he started to look for something on the floor.

Rosalyn was stunned, and then she realized that he was looking for the ring and she asked, "Is Joanne's unwanted thing still important to you?"

"The ring is what I put on her hand." Brian did not let any corner of the mall slip by. "I have not allowed her to take it off!"

Rosalyn looked around at the big shopping mall. "Maybe you can't find it."

"Impossible!"

After that, Brian saw the ring stuck in the trash can in front of the elevator. He walked over and rubbed it and went straight outside.

Rosalyn did not expect him to leave without a word, so she caught up to him. "Where are you going?"

"The mall has been patrolled and I have other work to do."

Then, Brian suddenly stopped and looked back at Rosalyn.

Rosalyn thought that he changed his mind and promised to accompany her, so she started to feel happy. However, before this joy had spread, Brian said coldly, "I want you to clarify the thing you need to as soon as possible. If I do it, you might lose face."

After that, Brian did not return and left.

Rosalyn looked at his back, and her heart was dying little by little.

Perhaps it was as others had commented, that Brian's little bit of gentleness had all been given to Joanne. Other women couldn't even be seriously looked at when they were with him. There was no exception, even if she was the woman.

Joanne... She clearly had divorced Brian, why should she still be able to control Brian's emotions?!

Going to the minivan, Rosalyn immediately dialed the number of Rowdy and asked him to make the next move for Joanne.

"Now we can't move Joanne, or Brian will find that the previous things are what we have done together, and our efforts will be wasted."

"But Brian still remembers Joanne, which is different from what we expected!" Rosalyn was almost hysterical. "I want Joanne to disappear from his eyes forever!"

"But I still want to continue to see Brian be in pain for not having what he wants." Rowdy smiled and said the first half of the sentence, then the voice suddenly went cold. "Rosalyn, remember this clearly, you are not qualified to order me to do anything! The thing that you think is more important than life is held in my hand, so listen to me!"

"You..." Rosalyn felt angry and burning, but Rowdy had already hung up the phone. She slammed the phone off and yelled at the driver, "Drive!"

When the minivan slowly left, Brian's car stopped in front of Lambert Group.

Brian did not get out of the car, but just sat in the driver's seat and lit a cigarette.

After Joanne left, he ignited this sort of thing that was said to be able to solve the problem of sorrow, but he did not smoke it.

Just because he remembered that Joanne hated when people smoked, he was afraid that she would be angry when she came back.

But he had waited for so long and gave her so many opportunities, and she still never intended to go home.

Brian pulled down the window and stuck out his hand with the cigarette in it. The cold wind blew, the cigarette burned very quickly, and the ashes fell with the wind, but he didn't know where they floated to.

He extinguished the cigarette and recalled that when he was in the mall, there was nothing unusual about any of Joanne's move. Instead, Freya... When Joanne was about to fall, she seemed to scream a little bit loud.

Without warning, a lucky and crazy thought jumped into Brian's mind. He quickly took the phone and dialed the number of Gavin. "Check which department is Joanne's cousin working in the hospital!"

If Wendy worked work in OB-GYN, then his conjecture was likely to be right-Wendy used her position to help Joanne forge the illusion of her induced labor.

This was not difficult to check on, so Gavin quickly called back. "Wendy is working in heart surgery. She is just an intern, usually follows the doctor to check the room and work with the physicist and the chief physician. But she is said to be highly valued by the director of the department. Once the internship period is over, she will sign a contract with the hospital."

"Not OB-GYN?" Brian frowned slightly.

Gavin was confused by the question. After a while, he responded to what Brian was thinking and sighed. "Over such a big thing, Joanne would not joke about it with you."

Brian hung up the phone and his heart couldn't stop sinking.

It was still him thinking about too much.

Not long after returning to the office, Gavin arrived.

The annual leave was not over yet. The company of nearly 100 floors was empty. The appearance of Gavin was very abrupt. Brian glanced at him and took out two bottles of wine in a juggling manner and said, "Been busy for a whole year, I suddenly became unaccustomed to idleness. Come and have a drink with me."

Brian took the glass of wine and drank it all then he found out that it was a low-quality wine. In the words of Gavin, drinking this wine was like playing childhood games.

Gavin explained spontaneously, "I don't want to send you to the hospital after drinking. Right, were you going to inspect the shopping mall on Liuyang Road? What is the result?"

"I met Rosalyn."

"Oh- really unfortunate." Gavin toasted to express his sympathy to Brian.

"Joanne and Freya were also there."

"That's such a big coincidence." Gavin tried not to let himself gloat in an obvious manner. "Joanne might think that you were going shopping with Rosalyn. Did you explain it to her?"

Brian took the bottle and poured himself a glass of wine. "She didn't care," then, taking the ring out of his pocket, "she just gave it back to me."

Gavin was surprised. "What about the affair of you and Rosalyn? Didn't she ask? It shouldn't be like this, her previous feelings for you were not fake. If you date Rosalyn so quickly, she should at least ask you about it excitedly."

But the truth was that Joanne seemed to have been calm as long as she knew that he would be with Rosalyn.

Brian did not want to continue this topic. "How is the material for the appeal prepared?"

"Ready." Gavin was full of confidence. "Although there is no evidence to directly prove that Rowdy has provoked the person who reviewed the company's taxes, at least it can prove that some people in the tax review process have done a lot of work on the company's data. There is no problem to overturn the case."

"Submit the information to the court as soon as possible."

Brian looked out of the window-today's sky was exceptionally blue.

Lambert Group' financial crisis had been safely passed, and Rowdy, who caused the crisis, should also be surprised by him.