Brian held Anna close to his body as he looked at Hayden and his wife, then tuned to Toby and his wife.

There was no more need for him to hide anything.

Besides, he wanted to see how they would react.

"Something bad happened to Lala."

He didn't have to explicitly say what happened to her.

Those words were enough to verify the rumors that had been spreading recently.

After all, Hayden was an experienced and well- informed man.

It didn't even faze him when he heard what Brian said.

On the other hand, Toby was shocked.

Something had actually happened to Lala.

The last time he saw her, she was with Lucas.

But when he heard Brian confirm the news so calmly, it confused him.

Looking at Toby, Molly asked, "Are you worried about her?"

It had been a long time since they had last seen each other.

However, when Brian mentioned Ayla out of the blue, it felt like a stone was weighing down her chest.

Toby shook his head.

"No, I'm not."

He wanted to forget what must forget, but he was having a hard time doing that.

After the brief conversation, Anna and Brian went to their seats to sit down.

"Brian, it seems that Mr.Smith cares about Miss Woodsen a lot."

It never occurred to her that so many people cared about Ayla.

"Don't mention her anymore."

It wasn't because Brian had moved on from her; it was because he didn't want to hear her name anymore.

Ayla was the thorn in his heart that he could never remove.

Anna nodded in response.

Although she understood that it didn't mean Brian had moved on from Ayla, she would rather have his attention all to herself.

If that woman was no longer there, she would be able to stay by his side forever.

Soon, the charity auction started.

Brian sat there, bidding for every item at a high price.

Looking at him, Hayden noticed the strange changes in his behavior.

Holding his hand, Anna said, "Brian, stop bidding."

To her, it was obvious what he was thinking.

for such a high price just so he could donate more

way of atoning for

she still felt bad

had changed him

necklace I just bought is for

had always been generous

for nearly ten million, he gave it to her and wore it around

that time, Molly also

Brian had taken

he put the necklace on Anna, all the media reporters aimed their cameras

a man to change his mind so

because she wanted to know whether Toby had changed his mind.She wanted to confirm whether he still loved Ayla, or her, his

was still a man whom many women dreamed of

that Ayla was gone, he still managed to show his affection to Anna, and

"Molly, are you worried?"

looked at

this

changed or not? Ayla had disappeared, and there was no information from Brian after he scoured through the island for several

in Brian's position would eventually give up the search and forget

trust

her whole life, so she tried

her,

sitting on the balcony of the

she was staying in

that it was surrounded by several luxurious villas,

Lucas was busy today.

by herself, she saw that the servant had placed a newspaper on the tea

it and

saw that the headline

photo of him and

around her neck

the picture, Brian and

didn't understand why he had agreed to meet Tatum back

was no need for

he never got her

was the last time they would ever see each other for the rest of

had been staring at the photo for a really long

came in and saw her staring at

maids to put it there, so that when she saw the headline, she

her heart would

walked

are you reading that? Just stop

allowed him to take the newspaper from

already known that this

heart was aching. She had believed that her love for Brian wasn't this strong, but she

want to see him, I can

a difficult thing

she remembered him, the more likely Lucas would fail

few steps back in order to move

had been injected

"No, that's not necessary."

didn't want to

she

her

From now on, I'll always stay by your

her go because he wanted to be with her

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