Mr. Wilson's words took Neil by surprise, leaving him confused and lost in thinking for a way to convince him, just as Neil was growing more anxious and nervous, Mr. Wilson suggested with a smile, "Let's discuss this further when Bryan is here."For a moment, Neil felt his heart would stop working out of tension, though he was somewhat relieved it wasn't as bad as he was scared since Mr. Wilson has a smile on his face rather than a furious expression.Mrs. Wilson came forward speaking while holding her husband's hand, "We know you love Bryan a lot and trying to keep him out of the spotlight to protect him from danger, people often don't understand a parent's heart unless they're in our position, as a doting parents to our daughter, we understand your affection for your son, even if others misunderstand it, so please don't take their words to your heart.""Exactly," Neil said, finally took a breath in relief, since nothing happened as he was scared of and everything was well and fine a
Felix was startled for a moment, thinking Stacy had figured out his real reason for being at the party. Still, he didn't want to reveal anything until he was sure, so he decided to play innocent unless Stacy reveal regarding, what she truly desires to know, "What do you mean by 'purpose,' my lady?" He asked glancing at Stacy."It's exactly what I asked," Stacy replied, with a smile, "What brought you to attend this party?"Felix responded just as the plan he stick to before coming to the party, "Your parents are well-known to me, and I'm one of their well wishers, my lady, moreover as the principal who noticed your brother from closer, I wanted to meet them in person."Stacy crossed her arms questioning him further, "So, you came all the way here because of my brother?" Felix hummed as cunning as ever, "partly yes, he has been raised to be a gentleman, I wanted to praise your parents for raising him so well, not most of the children from reputed families were like this, sometimes it'
Mia's words momentarily stopped Stacy from moving forward, making her focus entirely on Mia and her words, "What do you mean by suspect? What should I suspect?" Stacy asked raising her eyebrow trying to know more about what Mia is talking about."Ever since that guy left, nothing has gone right," Mia said with a frown, "Dad raised his voice at Jake for the first time, Mom and Dad argued which we didn't notice before, the only time I've seen our parents is when they lost that guy years back, and the parties in our home, which were never ruined and always magnificent, was a disaster today, directly or indirectly, our family got humiliated infront of everyone. Does any of this seem natural to you?"Stacy sighed at Mia's words, "First of all, that guy has a name, it's Bryan, whether you accept it or not, he's our younger brother, now, if things seem unnatural, do you want to blame him for everything?""No, that's not what I mean," Mia tried to explain, but Stacy cut her off before she wou
It all started the day Josephine brought Jake home, Alicia, the Madam of Winterwood, already grieving the loss of Bryan in an unfortunate incident, was agitated when Josephine arrived with a young Jake clinging to her legs."Who is he?" Alicia demanded, her authority as the head of the house can't be ignored, Josephine, obliged to answer, so gave her response, "He is the son of someone to whom we owe a lot but forgot to repay."Neil, who overheard everything Josephine spoke stepped forward inquiring her with a hopeful look, "Son of Benjamin?" Josephine nodded with a faint smile, "Yes, he died saving you, and his wife became emotionally unstable and went overseas by hiding the truth of her pregnancy from everyone, then I found out through a common friend that he was abandoned by her relatives after she died, I couldn’t leave him just like everyone, so I brought him home."Neil looked at Jake sympathetically, holding him in his arms without further questions, knowing he was the son of h
Neil sighed at Stacy for bringing up something he is angry about already, "Don't start this again, Stacy, leave me alone, don't make me more furious than I'm already."Stacy knew her father's anger well, but she couldn't back down at this moment, when she came here all the way to know the truth, "Father, I don't mean to frustrate you more, but this is the question even Uncle Shervian has asked us, others are curious too while uncle Shervian asked the others are fabricating the answers to their convience by themselves, so I can't help but seek an answer from you rather than believing any of those assumptions, only if I get an answer then I can think of something to stop all this.""Do you think I did everything intentionally?" Neil shouted, his anger boiling over as his furiousness reached the threshold point, "it's because of your mother, she's the one who wanted Bryan's existence hidden."Stacy's eyes widened in shock at her father's revelation which she never expected to hear, "Mom?
The fresh morning with bustling classes and busy students running for their classes, Mirabel had been searching everywhere for Bryan, since she was late to college for waking up late, she couldn't find him in class as he doesn't like boring classes. Finally, she remembered the only two places Bryan loved to be in the entire college, either the classroom or the library, Mirabel rushed to the library hoping to find him there.As she entered the library, she greeted the librarian, "hello Mr. Klaus, how is your day?" He smiled at her, "I'm fine, just busy as always, by the way what brought you to the library today? Need any books?" "Books and I are sworn enemies!" Mirabel exclaimed with a funny facial expression, "I'm here to search for someone, have you seen Bryan, the freshman from the business department?""That odd guy who surrounds himself with piles of books and reads like he is preparing for war?" Mr. Klaus joked about Bryan's seriousness while reading the books, Mirabel giggled a
Bryan sighed at the urgency of Ronald, took another sip from his water bottle calmly, and glanced leisurely at Ronald, "No rush, dude, I know why he's calling me, we can go whenever we want, there's nothing to worry.""Still, why don't we go see him,?" Ronald suggested thinking it'll be disrespectful if they delay more, "He's been looking for you everywhere, let's just go and meet him, why delaying rather than getting over with it?" Bryan hummed in agreement, got up from his chair, and said to Mirabel, "We're going to meet the principal, we will be back in a bit, either stay here or go back to the dorm, don't wander here and there."Mirabel nodded while laughing at his words treating her as a child, as Bryan and Ronald were about to leave, Bryan looked back at Mirabel, remembering her words, 'I'll always choose you over everyone, and I'll never abandon you', he hadn't realized how much he craved to hear those words until she said it, unintentionally a smile brought on his face as soon
Bryan anticipated their confusion already, because he is aware of what will be their first thoughts that strikes in their mind when he spoke, "I know this sounds complicated for someone who hears about their duties for the first time, but it's not as hard as you think, Mr. Felix."Felix asked again trying to come out of the puzzled situation, "What do you mean by being the real principal, Mr. Bryan? Aren't I the principal already?"Bryan looked at him and replied, "Since you were assigned as principal, have you ever tried to understand the responsibilities of that particular role? At least for once in all these years did you play the role of yours correctly?"Felix smiled awkwardly, trying to hide his embarrassment because of Bryan's question. Just then, Nolan entered with refreshments, placed them on the table, glancing once at Bryan, he left the room, Bryan handed a drink to Felix, "It's tough being responsible for the first time, the more you try, the more expert you'll become, so