Chapter 181


    It started to rain halfway,


    Savanna turned on the windshield wipers, but she still couldn‘t see the road clearly.


    Savanna vaguely saw a man standing in the rain. His affectionate gaze pierced


    through the rain curtain and fixed on her.


    Savanna felt uneasy. She stopped the car at the side


    of the road. The man was Leo, and she got out of the car with an umbre.


    “Leo,” Savanna shouted.


    Leo stared at Savanna and smiled. The rain silently flowed


    over the scar at the corner of his eyes. Savanna didn‘t find it ugly. Instead, her heart was beating fast for


    him.


    “Savanna.” Leo reached


    out and hugged Savanna tightly. He breathed in the fragrance of her hair. Only this fragrance could remin


    d Leo that he was alive. After all, he almost died.


    Savanna stood on tiptoe


    and raised her umbre for Leo. But Leo was too tall. The upper half of the umbre was tilted. The rain f


    alling from the umbre drenched Leo‘s back.


    Leo didn‘t mind it. He stared at Savanna for a moment before taking the umbre from her.


    Savanna looked up at the foggy sky. She turned to Leo and said, “Get in the car quickly.”


    After they got into the car, Savanna asked, “Why didn‘t you tell me as soon as you came back?”


    Leo turned to look at the pouring rain outside the car. “I won‘t leave again, so I didn‘t tell you.”


    Five years ago, Leo escaped New York and settled down in Detroit. He thought of a way to contact Sava


    nna. When Leo heard that Savanna was in prison, he asked Lucas to help


    her out.


    Lucas did as he was told. Leo was grateful.


    But…


    Savanna thought of Brandon. She hesitated for a moment and asked, “Alright, what about Jessica?”


    Jessica was Leo‘s only sister. Jessica had been in poor health since she was young, and


    Leo cherished her very much.


    Thinking of Jessica, Leo‘s face darkened. “She is in her hometown.”


    “When you are done with your work, take me to visit her,” Savanna suggested.


    “Alright,” Leo replied reluctantly in a low voice.


    Savanna was immersed in the surprise of Leo‘s return, and shepletely ignored Leo‘s strange reply.


    Savanna drove the car to the Cassel Group and asked Leo to wait in


    the car. Then she got out of the car and entered the building.


    Savanna thought that the front desk wouldn‘t let her in. Unexpectedly, just as Savanna told the front desk


    dy her name, thedy smiled at Savanna and said, “Ms. Thompson, Mr. Cassel is upstairs. Please foll


    ow me.”


    Savanna took the elevator to the top floor.


    As


    soon as she stepped out of the elevator, she ran into Jim. Jim was a little surprised. He nced at the pr


    esident‘s office next door and said to her, “Ms. Thompson, Mr. Cassel is waiting for you.”


    Savanna nodded slightly. “Thank you.”


    She knocked on the door and heard Brandon’s reply. “Come in.”


    Two higher–ups of the Cassel Group were discussing something with Brandon. When they saw


    Savanna, they stopped their conversation. Brandon gestured for them to leave, and the two quickly left.


    The office was so silent that Brandon and Savanna could hear each other‘s heartbeats.


    “What‘s the matter?”


    Brandon still remembered what Savanna had told him yesterday morning.


    His face was cold, and he didn‘t even look up as he stared at the notebook before him.


    Savanna walked over


    and got straight to the point. “Ben said that you bought the Thompson Group and hired Dave as the man


    ager.”


    Brandon was busy with work and


    turned a deaf ear to her. After a long time, he slowly cast a nce at Savanna.


    His silence revealed the answer.


    “Brandon, tell me, is what Ben said true?”


    Brandon remained silent.


    “My father signed the valuation adjustment mechanism many years ago. The Thompson Group belonged


    to Betty. Betty died, and Dave inherited her legacy. But did you buy the Thompson Group from Dave, or


    did you manipte all of us from the beginning?”


    Savanna‘s words pierced through his heart like an arrow. Brandon was hurt.


    Brandon looked up and met Savanna‘s cold gaze.


    He looked at her and said with pain, “In your heart, I am a viin who is good at scheming, am I right?”


    Savanna looked straight into his eyes and said slowly, “Please answer my question.”


    Brandon was irritated. He took a deep breath and said, “Perhaps you won‘t believe me, but I can tell you,


    I have never interfered in the matters of the Thompson Group. Five years ago, you faked your death and


    left. I wanted to keep the Thompson


    Group. I was hoping that you woulde back one day, and I could return it to you.”


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    This was the reason why Brandon bought the Thompson Group.


    At that time, he felt that this was thest thing he could do for Savanna.


    Savanna covered her chest and tried to control her


    emotions. “Since you have injured me so badly, why do you have to do this for me?”


    Brandon bit his lips. “Savanna. In the past, I didn‘t realize I loved you. I married you because my


    mother made me do so. Who would like an arranged wife? I have said these things countless times. Now


    , I have realized that you‘re my only love. I can‘t live without you, and neither did


    Mandel. Can you forgive me ande back to me?”


    If Brandon had said these words five years ago, Savanna might have forgotten him.


    But now…


    Savanna closed her eyes and said, “It‘s toote.”


    She didn’t care about Brandon‘s feelings anymore.


    “Savanna.” Brandon got up, walked over, and hugged her. “It‘s never toote. You said you loved me for tw


    Brandon regretted that he used to treat Savanna indifferently. He shouldn’t love Winnie in the beginning.


    Brandon was telling the truth.


    However, Savanna was no longer interested.


    She shook his hand off her waist.


    Savanna looked back at him and said word by word, “It‘s over.”


    It was a disaster, but it had long passed.


    Perhaps Brandon was a test in Savanna‘s life. Once she passed the test, she would be able to live


    a new life.


    “I came to you today to return the money.”


    “Return the money?” Brandon repeated.


    Savanna said, “Yes, how much did you spend on buying the Thompson Group? Today, I will return it to


    you.”


    Savanna said it lightly, but it tortured Brandon‘s heart.


    “Savanna,” Brandon‘s voice trembled.


    “Do you have to say this?”


    “Yes, I don‘t want to owe you.”


    The hope in Brandon‘s eyes gradually faded away, and he clenched his fist.


    “Alright, back then I spent 50 million dors. Now it‘s worth 150 million dors. Pay me as you wish.“