Kate burst out laughing, “You can talk your way out of anything, can’t you? Well, since you don’t like Miss Jefferson, is there a girl that you do like?”
Brian hesitated, “Why do you ask Mum?”
“Hey, I’m your mother. Am I not allowed to ask you that?”
A shy smile spread across Brian’s face. “I will introduce her to you someday, Mum, but leave it for now, ok?”
It wasn’t even easy to get a kiss from Diana, let alone make her his girlfriend. Brian didn’t want to tell his mum too early.
“OK, darling, I’ll drop it. Now listen, I have to attend a function early this afternoon. A friend of mine is opening a fashion company. There will be a lot of young, beautiful stylists there… do you want to go with me?”
“Mum…” Brian’s voice trailed off, “You are doing the same thing that father did. Yet, you just blamed him for his interference in my engagement.”
Brian’s answer was enough to let Kate know she should change the topic. “Brian, could we have dinner together after the current rush is over?”
“You bet,” Brian agreed happily.
“What do you want to eat?”
“I would love some of your homemade Spaghetti Bolognese.”
“Your favorite, no problem…”
For Brian, it was a pleasant talk with his mother, and he wanted to continue as long as possible.
He didn’t notice that Diana was looking at him curiously during their talk.
She had never heard that kind of gentle tone from Brian, she couldn’t help feeling inquisitive. What kind of woman must his mother be that she could tame Brian? How did she do it?
She must be lovely, Diana thought. After all, she had never seen Brian laugh like that.
All of a sudden, a voice interrupted her thoughts.
“Were you eavesdropping?” Brian said teasingly.
Diana was panicking but pretended to be confident, “What? Eavesdropping? Why would I do that?”
Brian laughed at Diana’s reply whilst slowly stepping towards her, then pushed her lightly up against the wall.
“Take your hands off me!” Diana protested loudly.
“What did you hear?” Brian asked, staring at Diana.
After understanding what Brian was worried about, Diana was no longer worried and chuckled to herself.
“What?” Brian frowned.
“Are you afraid I will tell Miss Jefferson what you said?”
“I’m definitely not worried about that…” Brian replied.
Brian’s indifference towards Carol confused Diana. Although Carol could be quite stuck up, she was very pretty and came from an eminent family, she was surely good enough to be Brian’s wife.
“So, she doesn’t matter to you?” she asked in a disbelieving tone.
Brian was both intrigued and annoyed by Diana’s questioning.
“I didn’t expect you would care so much about Carol…”
Diana huffed, “Miss Jefferson is your fiancée, and you said something bad about her behind her back. Aren’t you afraid she will hate you one day?”
There was an amused look on Brian’s face. “I couldn’t care less if she hates me.”
Diana was shocked that Brian could be so cold about his fiancée and turned to leave.
“Stop!”
At that moment, Brian suddenly recalled a matter of great importance.
“I have something important to do tonight. Come with me.”
“Sorry, I am not available tonight,” Diana replied.
There was a dangerous look coming over Brian like he was about to do something bad.
“If you don’t go with me, I will let Daniel Anderson come back to cure me. What if my condition worsened just because you didn’t agree with me on something so trivial?”
Brian was totally illogical, which made Diana wild with anger.
“You are so unreasonable!” Diana stomped her feet in frustration.
Brian took her non-refusal as confirmation that she would go with him.
“I will meet you in front of my villa at 7 p. m. You’d better show, or I’ll be calling your brother for some help.”
Leaving his words to linger, Brian strode away.
Diana clenched her fists and pretended to punch him in the heart.
How could someone like him exist in the world? He was absolutely detestable!
Brian turned back again to face Diana, “Oh, I forgot to tell you, it is a formal occasion. So don’t dress like a beggar, or you know what will happen.”
“When did I dress like a beggar?!” Diana was further annoyed by his question.
Brian just laughed as he walked away. He was content with his teasing of her for now.
Although Diana was mad, there was nothing she could do to refuse Brian. For Daniel’s sake, she had to satisfy all Brian’s demands.
After he left, Diana sent Daniel a hopeful message.
“Daniel, when will you finish your academic research?”
Daniel soon replied to her.
“Are you missing me?” he asked jokingly. “My project will be done in a few days, but I plan to stay here a little longer. And I have some good news to tell you… you are going to have a sister-in-law!”
Diana was delighted for her brother and even more determined to keep Brian away from him.
After all, it had been really difficult for Daniel to find a girlfriend.
But Diana was curious, what kind of girl would fall in love with Daniel?
She immediately sent a message to her brother, asking to see a picture of her future sister-in-law.
“I’m telling you, she is like an angel, absolutely gorgeous…” he replied glowingly.
Despite Daniel’s description, Diana was pretty skeptical about the girl’s look; he’d never had much luck with women.
Before long, Daniel sent Diana a picture. The girl had long, black hair and was sitting beside a river, wearing a white dress. To Diana’s surprise, the girl was actually very pretty!
Diana was very excited and happy for her brother. “Daniel! Congratulations! She is truly a beautiful girl!”
Daniel was extremely proud to receive Diana’s praise.
“You know me, sis, she must have fallen for my charm!” he joked.
“Really, Daniel, I can’t wait to meet her!”
After saying goodbye to her brother, Diana just couldn’t calm down. She was so happy that he had found someone. What’s more, the girl was a beauty.
But wait… Diana zoomed in on the photo. The girl seemed somewhat familiar.
Diana gazed for a long while at the photo but couldn’t remember where they had met.
At last, she simply assumed she’d been mistaken, or perhaps the girl looked like a famous movie star; she was that beautiful!