"Who told him?" Be asked.

The man looked confused before he answered, "Bryan!"

Be couldn’t help but curse Bryan in her heart while walking quickly toward the car.

Before she reached the car, the window rolled down, and she saw Tristan looking at her with a smile gracing his lips.

"Wife, I think we should hurry..." he said calmly and gently, but Be could see the worry in his eyes.

She sat in the passenger seat, buckling her seatbelt before returning her attention to him.

"Hubby, would you mind exining why you came here?"

Tristan didn’t answer her question but focused on the street ahead. He nced at her after their car left the apartment area and hit the road.

"Where do you want to go, hon? Home or office?" He asked, evidently hoping he could avoid answering Be’s question.

"Office—" Be answered. She felt worried now because she could see Tristan’s mixed emotions shing through his eyes.

Knowing Tristan was mad but couldn’t express it, she let him calm down first; she knew he was angry because he worried about her safety.

Silence hung in the air for a few more minutes.

Before long, Be finally broke the silence, "Tristan, you can’t be angry with me. Please don’t assume that this is my fault. Rescuing Liam was a must."

Tristan nodded but said nothing.

"And I’m not hurt. Not a single scratch. So you don’t have to worry. Bryan perfectly did his job of protecting me," Be reassured him. "So... my darling Husband...

if you consider punishing him, I’m sorry, but I strongly disagree."

Tristan quickly nced at her as their car stopped at the traffic light.

"I’m not angry with you, but with your family. I have offered to handle them, but you always refuse. You have to remember that they are evil, my love. You can’t be soft with them; most importantly, you can’t waste time. Deal with them faster before theye up with new schemes to harm you, Dax, or your mother."

Be silently took a deep sigh. She could not refute his words because what he said was true; she understood his worries.

She knew she didn’t put much pressure on her uncle and father, causing them to act even more evil.

However, today, after learning about her uncle’s use of force to capture Liam, she regretted not having resolved her family problems sooner.

"Thank you, Tristan, for your reminder," she smiled at him. "I know I’m so wrong right now. Maybe becausetely my mind has focused on my mother’s health, I have slightly forgotten my scheming family."

Tristan chuckled at hearing how she addressed her family as a ’Scheming Family.’

"It’s fine as long as you know this is important and must be dealt with immediately. To stop them altogether or any one of them from trying to harm you."

"Hmm, that’s why I must fly there to do my next n..." Her eyes beamed as her n for tomorrow started dancing in her mind.

Be was thrilled; she couldn’t wait to meet her Uncle Jacob and father. She will kick them out of thepany.

"That sounds good, dear. When are you flying?" Tristan asked, hitting the gas pedal again.

"Tomorrow—"

"What? Tomorrow?" Tristan was surprised to hear that. "Why that fast?"

Be was speechless. Didn’t he earlier encourage her to deal more quickly with her family? Why does he look so shocked now?

"Yes, tomorrow. Why do you look shocked?" Be chuckled when she saw him frown while his hand gripped the steering wheel tightly.

"Hubby, you are the one who asked me to deal with them faster; why do you seem reluctant to let me go there?" Be yfully asked.

"I just didn’t prepare myself; you will fly there tomorrow."

Be slowly raised her hand and yed with his hair. She exined her n to hold a shareholder meeting and to rece her uncle and all his people from thepany.

Not long after, they finally arrived at Be’s office. Tristan didn’t return to their house but stopped by his office. He also needed to take care of something.

***

When Be arrived at the neenth floor, she saw Leo standing in the elevator waiting for her. He didn’t let her out of the elevator but joined her to go straight to the 20th floor.

"I thought we would meet in my office. Why did you lead me to your house?" Be nced at him suspiciously.

Leo didn’t bother to exin as the elevator door finally opened.

Be was surprised to see Harper and Stefan standing there, looking concerned and worried. She could only smile at them as she stepped out of the elevator.

"Oh girl, I’m sorry about your aunt and cousin. Everything alright now, right?" Harper took Be’s hand and led her to the living room.

"Yeah, everything is alright. My cousin is fine, and my aunty, too. Well, thanks to you, Stefan..." Be said while gently tapping his shoulder.

If not for Stefan’s quick act to lure her uncle out of her aunty’s house, maybe her uncle would still be there bothering her aunty or even harming her.

Stefanughed, scratching his head, "I do my best to help you, sis. Oh, right, how about the person your uncle sent to detain your cousin?"

"Tristan will handle them. We don’t have to be involved," Be said. She finally allowed Tristan to help her because she would only focus on taking over the Donovan Group.

"Good to know that. Hope your Hubby will teach them all."

Be sat on the single sofa, looking at each of them in turn. She felt guilty because her family affairs involved them all, even though this had nothing to do with theirpany.

"Guys, I thank you for your help with my personal matters. You have my utmost gratitude. I will repay you all in the future..." Be promised.

"Geez, Be...you’re not among strangers here. And your family is our family, too. No need to feel like you owe us or trouble us." Harper casually responded while smiling at her.

"Yeah, Be. I’m also d to help you. No string attached." Leo chimed in.

"I’m your little brother," Stefan said. "Of course, I should help you. I would be ashamed if I didn’t."

Theirforting words were enough to warm Be’s heart. She said nothing but smiled gratefully at them before they started to discuss their n for tomorrow.