When Flora took Kate back to the parking lot, the cigarette on the man's finger was half-lit.

After seeing them, he quickly put out the smoke and smiled, "Did you give her the bouquet?"

Flora smiled and nodded. Brian didn't say more. He stretched out his hand to help them to open the door and put it on the roof of the car to avoid her being hurt.

Flora whispered her thanks and went to the back seat with Kate with a red face.

When Brian was backing up, Flora said, "Did I waste your time today? I can bring Kate here myself. You are so busy after all..."

"It doesn't matter, and the concert was not bad."

In the rear-view mirror, he always kept a smile on his handsome face.

Flora couldn't help blushing. She couldn't help secretly turning back to see him after turning her eyes away.

Kate said mischievously, "Aunt Flora, why are you keep peeking at uncle Brian?"

Her words made Flora's face red immediately, "What are you talking about?"

"I'm not talking nonsense, aunt Flora. You're peeking at him!"

The child's honesty embarrassed adults. After biting her lips, Flora couldn't help looking at the driver in front of her.

His face was still with an unperturbed smile, as if he had not been affected by Kate's words at all.

Flora was a little more embarrassed. When she was about to teach Kate a lesson, Kate said, "Aunt Flora, you don't have to be shy. Uncle Brian is so handsome so it's normal that you like to look at him."

"I said I didn't look at him..."

"I also like to look at handsome boys and beautiful girls. Such as Miss Ivy, I like looking at her so much. Well, and Kevin too. But he's acts like you, always likes to look at the person he likes secretly."

The smile on Brian's face suddenly faded, and he suddenly asked, "who's Kevin?"

"It's Ivy's boyfriend! It's the guy who played the piano tonight. I saw him pick up Ivy several times before. Students in the training class said they were..."

Before Kate could finished her words, the front man suddenly turned the steering wheel and the car stopped!

It made Flora and Kate shake forward, and Kate even screamed!

"What's the matter?"

After holding Kate in her arms, Flora looked at the man in front of her with some shock.

The smile had completely disappeared from his face, and his expressionless face was still handsome and gentle, but Flora didn't know why, her heart couldn't help pounding when she was looking at his eyes!

But soon, a smile spread out on his face again, as if his ferocious face at that moment was just her illusion.

"Sorry, it suddenly occurred to me that I have something else to do so I can't send you two back."

After an indifferent explanation, Brian called someone directly.

"Come to the Flower Road and send Miss Brown back."

"Brian......"

Flora wanted to say something, but at that time, Brian had directly opened the gate and got off. After stopping a taxi, he left directly.

he didn't even turn around to look at her during the whole process.

　　……

As the chief cellist, she couldn't be absent from the celebration banquet.

So Ivy could only send Brian a sincere message, "Our head asked everyone in the band to participate, so I must get there. I promise I will leave there as soon as possible."

After sending this, Ivy thought for a while and added, "I'm sorry, don't be angry, OK?"

The man there didn't reply.

When Ivy was staring at her mobile phone with biting her fingernails, a voice came from the side, "Ivy, who's call are you waiting for? Your boyfriend?"

Ivy raised her head, and Kevin was smiling at her.

Maybe it because of the gossip she heard in the bathroom just now, Ivy just calmly retreated to the side and replied, "No, it's my family."

"I see. Aren't you feeling hot? Why are you still wearing a scarf when you're indoors?"

"I'm afraid of the cold."

Ivy smiled awkwardly, tucking the scarf back around her neck.

She covered Brian's love bite mark on her neck with her hand, when she went backstage just now. It was too obvious. However, Flora saw this when she met her, and she looked at her as a strange sight immediately.

Despite knowing Flora wouldn't find out about her relationship with Brian, Ivy still felt her face burn, as well as her dignity and shame.

"I have something to tell you. Let's go out?"

As Ivy's thoughts were drifting, Kevin spoke suddenly.

"What do you wanna say?" Ivy said blankly.

Kevin just smiled and then went out directly.

Ivy saw around and made sure that no one noticed them. Then she went out with Kevin.

The corridor was quiet. Kevin stood and rested his arms on the railing and wait for her.

Ivy measured the distance and stopped two meters away from him. "Do you have something to say?"

Kevin grinned. "I'm not a terrifying beast, why are you so defensive about me?"

"Sorry, I... I'm just afraid of misunderstanding."

Ivy's words were enough to show her attitude.

Kevin understood and sighed, "Don't worry, I just want to talk to you about studying in the USA. I heard you got an offer letter?"

"Yeah, but now I can't get started."

“Why? Tuition isn't affordable for you, is it?"

After a pause, she nodded.

Indeed, she's got a lot of trouble paying tuition.

"I can help you if you need."

"No, but thanks for your kindness."

After saying that, Ivy turned and was about to leave, but the next moment, Kevin suddenly stepped forward and clasped her wrist!

She was startled by his action and immediately wanted to take out her hand!

Kevin seemed to have made up his mind and just held her hand. "Do you know why I joined the band? I received an offer from a college at USA when we graduated two years ago, but I just wanted to wait for you, I like..."

Suddenly, a sound of a lighter turning on interrupted Kevin's talk.

Others might have no feelings about this, but Ivy did. She shuddered, and when she turned her head, she met the expressionless face of the man.

Her face turned pale instantly, and her hand pulled out from Kevin's hand with force!

Because his love confession was interrupted, Kevin frowned with some displeasure. As he was about to take Ivy to another place, he saw the man slowly spit out a smoke ring and yelled, "Cherry, come here."

Ivy was very shy when she was young, and her face was always red like a cherry, so her mom gave her a nickname, Cherry.

Only Brian and her mom knew this childhood nickname of her.

When there were only Ivy and Brian, he would call her this childhood nickname.

And it was the first time he had called her nickname in front of others.

　　……

Ivy was extremely nervous to the limit when the car gate locked.

Brian was not in a hurry to drive, his slender fingers gently put on the steering wheel, and his eyes calmly looked ahead.

It took a long time, and then he asked, "So, you want to go abroad with Kevin, don't you?"

Ivy quickly denied, "No, I didn't know he was going abroad. It's just a coincidence!"

"Coincidence?" Brian smiled and turned to look at her, said sarcastically. "The same country and the same college, what a coincidence."

"That college is everyone's dream school, so... It's normal."

Ivy explained, but her voice was getting smaller and smaller, and her eyes didn't dare to look at him anymore. When she dropped her head slowly, he suddenly reached out and clasped her chin!

With a ferocious smile, he clenched his teeth. "Normal?" he asked. "Tell me, is it normal for him to come to the training class to look at you all the time? And you two always flirt with each other on the stage, is it normal?"

When Brian thought of the scene where they were looking at each other just now, he wanted to dig out Kevin's eyes!

He was just a fool!

Who gave him the right to touch his girl? How dare him?

Just a clown he didn't even want to look twice!

Thinking of this, Brian's eyes fell on Ivy's wrist.

-- that was where Kevin touched just now.

With a sneer, Brian loosened his hand.

Ivy immediately noticed his eyes, so she took out the disinfection paper towel from the car and wiped her wrist.

She did it hard, and the skin was soon rubbed red by her, but she seemed to feel nothing. She used several paper towels and almost wiped off that part of the skin before she looked at Brian.

"Quit this band tomorrow. I can help you if you want to do something big in playing the cello."

At first, Ivy looked at him with a flattering face, but when she heard his words, the expression on her face vanished.

"No."

Her voice was very light but very firm.

"What are you talking about?" He said with an unplesant voice.

"I won't quit the band." Ivy clenched her teeth and said, "there's nothing between Kevin and me, and... I don't need your help."

After her words, the hands of the man around her immediately clenched the steering wheel!

The protruding veins on the back of his hand made Ivy's heart jump, and her body leaned quietly towards the door. After biting the lips, she continued, "Master, you said before you wouldn't interfere with my work."

"I think I gave you too much freedom." Brian suddenly released the steering wheel and smiled at her, "You think you're strong enough to talk back, right?"

"Without me and the Smith clan, where else do you think you and your mom can go? Have you forgotten how your brother died?"

His words made the expression on Ivy's face disappear in an instant!

After Brian smiled with satisfaction, he leisurely pulled out his cigarette and bit, "It's been a while since I went to his cemetery. I wonder if he feels lonely?"

Ivy's tears suddenly fell, and her body trembled more and more.

She wanted to say something but found her throat choked and couldn't say a word.

He quickly cleaned her face with his palm, wiped away her tears heavily, and said, "Cherry, I said I'd protect you, and only I can protect you in this world. Do you truly want to put yourself and your mom in danger just for him?"

"No..." Ivy shook her head constantly, "I really have nothing with him..."

"Well, I believe you." Brian bowed his head and kissed the tears on her face, "But I don't like Kevin. Don't contact him again in the future, ok?"

Ivy could only agree.

Brian kissed her lips in a rewarding way, then directly put her seat flat and put his body on hers, "Time is too late. We'll go back when we're done."

The temperature in the car got higher and higher, then the phone vibrated suddenly.

Seeing the name displayed on the phone, Ivy's expression suddenly changed. When she was about to push him away, Brian pinched her waist. Then, under Ivy's shocked eyes, he directly picked up the phone.

"Hello."