This news cheered Diana up a little.

And Brian followed that up with another bombshell.

"Also, Sybil is pregnant."

"What?" Diana was even more shocked this time. How had all this passed her by?

Brian noticed Diana's astonishment and tried to reassure her, "I only heard the news recently myself."

Diana suddenly stood up. "I have to talk with Sybil."

Did Sybil see her as a friend? Why did she know nothing about all this?

Brian pulled her back. "Do you know where she is now? Where are you going to meet her?"

Diana stared at him. "I don't know, but you can tell me."

"I will tell you, but only if you finish the lunch," Brian said with a cheeky grin.

The news about Sybil distracted Diana somewhat. She felt the sadness fade just a little, and she felt able to eat. She finished most of Brian's lunch, then handed the box back to him.

Brian was satisfied with Diana's obedience. He picked up the chopsticks that Diana had used and started to eat the food that she had left.

Diana was stunned. "What are you doing?" she asked accusingly.

Brian kept eating without looking up. "What's wrong?"

"Those are my leftovers," Diana said, her brows knitted.

Brian stopped eating. "It's not a big deal. You're happy enough to kiss me. So surely we can share food?"

This instantly made Diana blush with shyness. She gave Brian a dark look.

"As you like."

Brian loved seeing Diana's rosy cheeks. Her beauty made the food all the more delicious.

After lunch, Brian arranged some things for his assistant to complete in his absence and then took Diana to Ken's home.

The assistant watched Brian's car pull away from the office window. Inside she was indignant. He even did her work overtime in order to please his woman.

***

When Brian and Diana arrived, Ken was at work, and only Sybil was home.

Just before Sybil opened the door, Diana suddenly moved to the side, out of sight of the doorway.

"Brian, what's going on with my wedding?" Sybil was clearly angry. Brian was keeping all the details of her wedding from her. The wedding was in a matter of days, but she still knew nothing about it.

Sybil had complained several times to her mother, Brian, and Ken about this. However, Brian's reasoning was difficult to refute. As Sybil was an expectant mother, he didn't want her to go through the effort of organizing such an event.

It was one of the rare things that Kate and Brian were able to agree on.

Sybil was just beginning with her complaining, but with a knowing smile, Brian

stepped to one side, revealing Diana waiting behind him.

"Diana, you're here!" Sybil really didn't expect Diana to be standing there.

Diana sniffed, "If I hadn't come, when would you have told me your secret?"

"Diana, I've just been too busy recently. I didn't mean to hide this from you."

Diana turned away and didn't want to talk with Sybil.

Sybil tried anxiously to pull Diana's hand, but she reached forward so much that she almost stumbled.

"Watch out!" Brian and Diana cried out in alarm together. They both jumped forward to hold her up.

"You need to be more careful. You're not a kid anymore. You're going to be a mother," said Diana.

Seeing Diana was so concerned about her, Sybil took the chance to hug her tightly. "Diana, are you still mad at me?"

Diana rolled her eyes, "I guess not…"

As Brian watched them making up, his phone started to ring.

It was a call from his assistant.

"Boss, something has happened." Her voice sounded panic-stricken.

Brian frowned slightly since he knew his assistant was not a person who liked to make a fuss. If she called him now, there must be something bad.

"I have to go back to the company to deal with something. I'll pick you up later." Brian said to Diana after hanging up the phone.

"Okay, no problem," Diana replied.

Brian left Diana and Sybil to it, and they went inside together, arm in arm.

Sybil looked at Diana, sly as a fox, and asked, "Diana, have you made peace with Brian?"

Diana didn't answer the question, instead of changing the subject back to Sybil. "Let's talk about your stuff first."

Sybil stuck out her tongue.

"Couldn't you be a little kinder to an expectant mother? I just want to hear something interesting…"

Soon, Brian arrived at the company. His assistant was waiting for him in his office.

"Boss," she greeted Brian in a rather grave fashion.

"What's going on?"

The assistant closed the door. This was not a conversation to be overheard. She took out one of the financial statements from the desk.

"Boss, there is something wrong with these statements."

Brian took the doc.u.ment over and looked through. "Where is the problem?" Brian felt puzzled since he had personally approved all those doc.u.ments.

The assistant shook her head.

"Boss, on the surface, there was nothing obviously wrong. I didn't find the problem either at first. But…"

She paused for a second, "This morning, I went to the finance department to check the expenditure and found the account balance was far less than the amount on the statement."

Brian's face darkened. Was someone stealing from the company?

"Are you sure?" Brian asked.

"I'm sure. I've checked it several times." The assistant nodded her head vigorously.

"Okay, understood. You can get back to work." Brian waved his hand toward the door.

After his assistant had left, Brian scowled. His opponent was cautious and smart. They had been getting away with their crimes for such a long time; they clearly had a deliberate plan.

But who would do this? Brian thought anxiously.

Brian lit a cigarette, thinking over everything in his mind.

Then, a name suddenly jumped into his mind: Kyle Norton.

He had requested to be the CEO of William Group. But it was strange that he hadn't done anything for so long. Could it be him?

That evening, Brian drove back to Ken's home to pick up Diana.

After an afternoon spent chatting with Sybil, Diana felt better. Her mood was much improved.

"Diana, I'm leaving this matter to you. I hope you can bring me some good news," Sybil said, waving goodbye.