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.

things he didn't even want for such a high price just so he could

his way of atoning for his

she still felt

had changed him

sapphire necklace I just bought is for

always been

sapphire necklace for nearly ten million, he gave it to her and wore it around her neck on the

that time, Molly also wanted to have

had

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

it terrible for a man to change his mind so

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

whom many women dreamed

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

"Molly, are you worried?"

looked at her

owed this woman

Ayla had disappeared, and there was no information from Brian after he scoured through

eventually give up the search and forget her, wouldn't

trust you,"

loved him her whole life, so she

her,

sitting on the balcony

staying in was located in

that it was surrounded by several luxurious

Lucas was busy today.

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

casually took it and flipped

she saw that the

of him and Anna, looking affectionately at

around her neck was

in the picture, Brian and Anna would

didn't understand why he had agreed to

for them

he

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

at the

saw her staring at the

the maids to put it there, so that when she saw the headline, she would finally give up

her heart would belong

Lucas walked

are you reading that? Just

to take the newspaper from

this is

heart was aching. She had believed that her love for Brian wasn't this strong, but she never expected that

"If you want to see him, I can drive you there.You can look

was a difficult

the more likely Lucas would

a few steps

that had been injected into her body

"No, that's not necessary."

shook her head.She didn't want to see him

she no

held her

Lala? From now on, I'll always stay by

her go because he wanted to be

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