Diana felt sorry and looked at Brian. "I'm sorry. I didn't know he would just show up like this."

"It's okay." It was impossible for Brian to hate anything related to Diana.

He rubbed Diana's head and said gently, "I am leaving for the company. Bye, baby."

"Bye." Diana smiled, then walked upstairs to help her brother.

After helping Daniel settle in, Diana lay down on the bed. Daniel, on the other hand, still had energy; he walked around and looked at Brian's giant picture on the wall.

"Well, he is handsome," Daniel commented.

Hearing him praise Brian, Diana was happy and smiled. "Of course."

However, the thought of a man hanging around Diana drove Daniel crazy, and he thought out a plan. "Well, does he have a boyfriend?" Daniel said with a creepy smile.

"Boyfriend?" Diana exclaimed.

"Yes. If he is single, maybe I can be his boyfriend." Daniel winked at Diana.

"Brother, are you gay?" Diana asked carefully.

Daniel pretended to be shy.

Diana was shocked and screamed, "You have changed. You are not the man I knew before!" Saying that Diana ran out without looking back at her brother.

After Diana left the room, Daniel stopped his performance and returned to his serious demeanor. Silly Diana, he thought, he had to test what kind of man Brian was.

Diana ran to her room, and soon after, she received a call from Carol.

"Hello, Diana. Where are you now? I heard that you were kidnapped. Is it true?"

Carol continued with a barrage of questions, leaving Diana rather taken aback. For ease, she decided it would be better to meet face to face and invited Carol to come and visit her.

Before long, Carol was pulling up at Brian's house. Diana rushed to open the door for her.

"Where did you get hurt? Show me." Carol walked around Diana, checking her for any injuries.

At that moment, Daniel came shuffling out of the kitchen, a mug of hot tea in his hand.

Carol couldn't believe it. She shouted, "Daniel!" And then bounded over to him. "Daniel, it had been ages."

Daniel was utterly confused, so Diana quickly informed him, "Daniel, this is Carol. Do you remember her?"

Carol was timid and lowered her head. She had always liked Daniel and followed him everywhere when she was a little girl.

Diana prepared a cup of coffee for Carol and performed her duties as the hostess of the house.

Carol couldn't help laughing at this, "Well, it looks like you'll be a good wife for Brian one day."

This made Diana very shy. Seeing Diana's flushing face, Daniel sneered at her and said, "Who knows what might happen?"

Diana stared at him. "Who else would he marry? You?" she scoffed.

"Well, I would accept it." Daniel smiled as he continued to torture his sister.

Carol was shocked and asked, "Daniel, are you…?"

"Very funny, Daniel, but I'm telling you, Brian is not gay. He isn't!" Diana stressed this last sentence.

Daniel shrugged his shoulders and said, "Well, what if he is attracted to me?"

Diana was furious. She ignored Daniel's nonsense and left the room with Carol.

The two girls still got on well together and were having a great time. It was getting close to midday, so Diana invited Carol to have lunch with her.

"Thank you, Diana. But I have an appointment. I just came here to make sure that you were recovering well," Carol said apologetically.

"It's okay, see you next time." Diana smiled.

"You should have told me what had happened to you. I am your friend. And I didn't know anything," Carol complained.

Diana rubbed her head. She had forgotten to tell Carol.

"I might still have no idea about it if Kyle hadn't told me." Carol looked shy when she mentioned Kyle.

"Kyle shouldn't have told you that. I don't want you to worry about me." Seeing the way Carol spoke about Kyle, Diana had a good idea of what was going on between them.

"Carol is Kyle, your boyfriend?"

Carol jokingly nudged Diana and grabbed her purse. "I'm leaving now," she said with a smirk.

Looking at Carol walk quickly away, Diana felt everything was good. It was nice that Carol had her own happiness too.

Carol was, in fact, on her way to a restaurant where Kyle was waiting for her.

"There you are." Kyle smiled gently.

"I hope I didn't keep you waiting too long. The traffic was terrible," Carol explained.

Kyle shook his head, "It doesn't matter. I ordered wine and steak for you. Is that okay?"

"Perfect, thank you," Carol replied gratefully.

As they settled into their conversation, two violinists began walking towards them, playing music as they went. Carol was confused and asked, "What is this?"

Kyle put his finger to his mouth. Then, a waiter appeared by their side and put a plate on the table.

"Open it," said Kyle.

Carol lifted the large silver lid covering the plate. Underneath, there were fresh, pink roses arranged around the edge of the plate. And in the center sat a beautiful diamond ring.

Carol covered her mouth, totally stunned.

"Well? Do you like it?" Kyle asked gently.

"If you are asking me to marry you, then honestly, it's not big enough."

"No, no, I know we're not ready for that. But I am asking you to be my girlfriend." It was clear from his expression that Kyle was being serious.

Carol was touched by his thoughtfulness and embraced him warmly. Unfortunately, she didn't notice the sinister smile on Kyle's face as he saw how happy she was.

Back at Brian's house, Daniel was still doing everything he could to get in the way. The atmosphere was exceptionally awkward, with no one sure what to say.

"Diana, I have an idea of a destination for our trip," Brian started, trying to break the silence.

"Where?" Diana said with happy curiosity.

"Bali." Brian had been there before. It had beautiful beaches, luxurious hotels, and amazing food, he was sure Diana would love it.

"I want to join you," Daniel said.

"No!" Diana and Brian said at the same time. How could they go there with Daniel?

Daniel was speechless. They were so cold. He sat down beside Brian.

"Brian, you are so mean." He leaned on Brian's right hand and pretended to sob.