The next morning, Brian got up early to take Diana and Abby to his house.
Looking at the place where she had lived two years ago, Diana had mixed feelings.
“Mummy, what are you looking at?” Abby asked curiously.
Diana smiled and stroked Abby’s hair.
“I’m just looking at where I used to live.”
“Mummy, you lived here before?”
With several bags in his hands, Brian walked to them and smiled.
“Why are you standing there? Go inside!”
Diana nodded and led Abby into the house.
The moment Brian put down the bags, he received a call from Ken.
“Boss, our designs have been stolen again.” Ken got straight to the point; he was too anxious for small talk.
“What?” Brian asked in shock.
“What happened?” Diana asked.
“Something with the designs.”
“Go then. Hurry!” Diana said.
“But you and Abby…” Brian was afraid that something like the car accident might happen again.
“It’s okay. Go now. Abby and I will stay here. We won’t go anywhere.” Diana did her best to comfort Brian.
“Dad, I will protect Mummy!” Abby added.
Brian kissed Abby’s face and then walked back to the car.
Abby bounced into the house to have a look around her new home.
“Well, do you like it?” Diana asked.
Abby nodded her head. It was wonderful! It was much bigger and brighter than their apartment.
Abby walked around and finally stopped at the room in which Diana had lived before.
“Mummy, I want this room.”
When she entered the room, Diana was stunned to find that it was still kept in the same way she had left it. She was touched. Brian hadn’t brought any woman back here in the past two years? While Diana was in France, she had wondered on more than one occasion whether Brian might have had a girlfriend, or even been married. After all, he had lost his memory, and two years was a long time.
“Mummy, what are you thinking?”
Diana smiled and shook her head.
“I will arrange the things in your new bedroom, okay?”
“Yeah!”
Just then, a woman appeared at the door. When she saw Diana standing there, she was visibly stunned.
“Miss Anderson?”
Diana turned around and saw Mrs. Logan, the housekeeper.
“Miss Anderson! I am so glad to see you again!” Mrs. Logan exclaimed. She glanced at Abby, who was exploring the room, and asked excitedly, “She is Brian’s daughter, right? She looks so much like him.”
“Abby, this is Mrs. Logan.”
“Nice to meet you,” Abby smiled.
Mrs. Logan laughed.
“It’s so nice to have you back.” She helped Diana sort out the room and told her what had happened in the past two years and what Brian had been through.
Diana was surprised to hear all that Brian had suffered. Then again, neither of them had had an easy life in their two years apart; Diana almost died when she was delivering Abby.
When Brian arrived at the company, Ken was waiting for him in his office.
“How’s it going?” Brian asked.
“We had already arranged everything to be done again after what happened last time. But the drafts of the new design were stolen again.” Ken was rather anxious. This could destroy the company.
“What could this do to the company?” Brian asked.
“It could be pretty bad. We have publicly announced that we are going to release new products. But now the designs are gone and might already have been sold to our competitors. Besides, we don’t even know who is doing this. It is rather difficult for us to figure out who is planning all this.” Ken frowned.
Brian nodded and thought for a while.
“How about a redesign? Is there enough time?”
“It will be quite hard. We only have one week.”
“Then postpone the press conference,” Brian said firmly and walked to the second floor.
The employees at the human resources department stood to attention when they saw Brian.
“Boss!” The director came to Brian’s side.
“Any progress?” Brian addressed the director directly.
But the director looked down, shook his head, and murmured, “No…”
“Quicker! I need results!” Brian shouted and then turned on his heel and left.
The employees were even more anxious now. The boss had come himself so it must be very important!
Brian stormed out of the HR department, barely breaking stride all the way back to his office. He immediately called Ken in.
“Boss, what is it?” Ken was panting heavily as he walked in.
“I am thinking about asking Sybil to be in charge of the designing team.”
Ken was stunned. “But Sybil hasn’t done this for a long time.” After having Aaron, Sybil had mainly focused on the family.
“I know. If I had another option, I wouldn’t ask. I need her help.” Brian had a feeling that the man who had stolen the designs was still in the company.
Ken nodded. “I will ask Sybil’s opinion when I get home.”
“Do not tell anyone else until we have made the new products,” Brian added.
Ken agreed and walked out. He was about to call Sybil when coincidentally, he received a call from her.
“Honey, Diana invited us to have dinner together tonight,” Sybil uttered in a cheerful voice.
Ken smiled. “Okay. I will pick you up after work.” The dinner would be a good chance to tell her about Brian’s idea.
After finishing work, Ken knocked at the door of Brian’s office.
“Come in,” Brian replied.
Ken walked in and said with great respect, “Boss, Diana invited Sybil and me to have dinner at your house tonight.”
Brian nodded. Diana had called him and told him already. When he was about to leave with Ken, Brian heard his phone ring. “Hello?”
“Boss, we caught him!” It was the director of the HR department.
“Great, I will come down now.” After saying that, he ended the call.
“What happened?” Ken asked.
“You go back first. I will be there soon,” Brian said in a hurry. He then grabbed his coat and rushed out.
Ken didn’t know what Brian was going to do, but he followed the order, drove to pick up Sybil and Aaron, and then on to Brian’s house.