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 umbrella.

“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 remind Leo that he was alive. After all, he almost died.

Savanna stood on tiptoe and raised her umbrella for Leo. But Leo was too tall. The upper half of the
umbrella was tilted. The rain falling from the umbrella drenched Leo‘s back.

Leo didn‘t mind it. He stared at Savanna for a moment before taking the umbrella 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
Savanna. 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 she completely 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 lady her name, the lady smiled at Savanna and said, “Ms. Thompson, Mr. Cassel is upstairs.
Please follow 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 glanced at
the president‘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 manager.”

Brandon was busy with work and turned a deaf ear to her. After a long time, he slowly cast a glance 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 manipulate 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 villain 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 would come back one
day, and I could return it to you.”

This was the reason why Brandon bought the Thompson Group.

At that time, he felt that this was the last 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 and come 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 too late.”

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



“Savanna.” Brandon got up, walked over, and hugged her. “It‘s never too late. You said you loved me
for twelve years, so you can‘t change your mind so easily.”

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 dollars. Now it‘s worth 150 million dollars. Pay me as you wish.“


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