Obviously, the plan had failed, and Liam Williams had to arrange another meeting with Nelson Berry to apologize to him.

Even though Brianna hated it, she knew she had to go with Liam.

During the meeting, Herman Taylor, one of the big bosses, got a phone call, and after which, he exclaimed happily, "Nelson, I've got good news! We have been trying every way to get the chance to meet Scott Anderson and haven't had much luck. But his assistant Levi Baker just called me and said Scott Morgan had invited us to meet at his club!"

Liam, as well as other big bosses, was very excited. Though Nelson was a bit dubious about it, he wouldn't take the risk of missing such a great opportunity.

Everyone had heard about the Andersons in Las Vegas, especially about the two brothers, Scott Anderson and Jameson Anderson.

Jameson Anderson was the younger son, a total troublemaker and a heavy gambler who was notorious for the disastrously extravagant lifestyle.

The older son, Scott Anderson, however, had earned himself an impressive reputation and people looked up to him in the business field.

The group hurried to meet Scott while Brianna followed unwillingly. Liam held her hand and said gently, "Come on, Brianna. It's a great opportunity. We have to make good use of it. If we can please Scott Anderson, we won't need to worry about the orders and the capital. We can have our wedding soon and have enough money for your Mom's surgery. It's been delayed for too long."

Touched, tears filled Brianna's eyes. She nodded and said gratefully, "Thank you, Liam."

"I feel bad, you know, as her son-in-law to be, that I haven't got the money for her surgery. I wish..." Liam continued, sounding rather remorseful.

"You've been doing your best, Liam," Brianna said tearfully.

For the past two years since she graduated from university, Brianna had been to numerous meetings as such. She had never liked it. In fact, she loathed it, the filthy and perverted looks she received, the dirty talks she had to listen to, and even some improper physical contact she had to accept silently. However, she needed the money for her mother's surgery. Liam is right. This is a great chance.

Liam had told her that they only needed to work hard for a few years and the company would be successful, and they would have the money for a grand wedding, and she would retire if she wanted to, and she could live a peaceful life while looking after her mother without worrying about money and work. He had depicted a wonderful picture of their future life to her, and she believed in it.

Fortune Construction Company had grown a lot in the past two years and was rather well known in Las Vegas, but compared to the Anderson Corporation, it was just a speck in the business field.

Everyone, including Nelson, greeted Scott courteously.

Brianna looked up to meet Scott's gaze, and she was shocked. "It's you?! You are Scott Anderson?!" Isn't he the man that slept with me last night?!

Scott lifted his brows and sneered slightly, "You are desperate for men, aren't you?"

Brianna blushed terribly. This is an insult! What does he think I am?! However, she knew she shouldn't ever displease Scott Anderson. "Nice to meet you, Mr. Anderson." She ignored his insult and said.

"Haven't we met already? I think it was a very delicious meeting last night." Scott murmured, teasing cruelly.

Hearing Scott’s words, Brianna turned pale. What did he mean? Last night was a mistake!

Everyone sat down while the seat next to Scott was unoccupied.

"Why is no one sitting here?" Scott asked, pointing to the empty seat.

Remembering how Scott carried Brianna away in his arms last night, Nelson suggested instantly, "Brianna, why don't you sit over there? You are the only lady here. Ladies first."

Startled, Brianna looked up at Liam immediately, but he just smiled and nodded at her, "Right. Brianna, why don't you sit next to Mr. Scott Anderson?"

Brianna sat stiffly next to Scott and looked worried.

"Why are you scared?" Scott leaned close to her intentionally and whispered to her.

Brianna kept her head low and fixed her eyes on the floor silently. Just stay quiet and ignore him. She told herself.

"I like it when you moan with pleasure." He said as if he had read her mind and moved his hand off the table onto Brianna's leg under the table. He remained indifferent while stroking her leg playfully.

Brianna's heart was beating nervously fast.

"Mr. Anderson... Please, don’t." She pleaded quietly.

Scott ignored her pleading and placed his hand back on her leg. He wasn't interested in any of Liam's cooperation proposals. The more eager Liam had shown, the more daring Scott's hand grew under the table. He moved it up to Brianna's leg from her knee towards her inner thigh and advanced upwards.

About a half later, everyone was rather drunk except Brianna and Scott, who only had a few sips.

Liam winked at Nelson, and Nelson suggested, "Mr. Anderson, we have booked a room in a hotel nearby, and I wonder if you..."

Scott glanced at Brianna and replied shortly, "I never stay at any hotels except The Anderson Hotel."

That's where we slept last night! Brianna was startled.

"Ah, of course. How inconsiderate I am." Nelson apologized. "It's such a pleasure and honor meeting you tonight, and I hope we will have more cooperation to come. I wish you good night, Mr. Anderson." He stood up to shake Scott's hand and said goodbye.

Other big bosses understood and bade Scott goodbye. So, now there was only Liam, Brianna, and Scott left.

"Would you two like to stay at the Anderson Hotel tonight?" Scott asked casually.

Brianna shook her head instantly, but Liam replied with a smile, "It will be our honor, Mr. Anderson. Thank you."

"Sure. Will you have your driver take us to the hotel, Liam?"

"No problem."

When the car arrived, Liam got in and sat at the front. Brianna hesitated and wanted to ask Liam to sit at the back. Scott noticed it, so he sneered and said, "Why? Are you scared to sit at the back with me, Brianna Warren?"

"Don't be silly, Brianna." Liam reminded her.

Helplessly, Brianna sat at the back but leaned towards the window to keep a distance from Scott.

His seductive voice whispered next to her ear, "Are you being shy now? You were moaning and crying out loud with pleasure last night, asking for more."

Brianna clenched her skirt tight. She wanted to escape but dared not.

As soon as the car pulled over outside the Anderson Hotel, Brianna jumped out of the car and held Liam's arm to seek protection. However, Liam said apologetically, "Brianna, I left the contract at the club. I shall go back to get it. Why don't you go to the hotel with Mr. Scott Anderson first? I will be back soon."

"Liam, I will go with you," Brianna said hurriedly. She sounded frightened. Can't Liam see what Scott is plotting? She held onto Liam tight. Scott watched with a smile.

"You must be tired. Go and get some rest. I will be back soon." Liam spoke gently and planted a kiss on Brianna's forehead.

Unwillingly, Brianna let him go.

As soon as he got back in the car, the driver drove off immediately. Even the driver knew what was going on.

Brianna stood there helplessly, watching the car leave. Her heart was racing nervously.

"Are you stupid, or are you faking you don’t know?" Scott sneered. "Why were you drugged last night? Your fiancé must have known about it. Didn't you know what was going to happen when he took you to see Nelson Berry? If I hadn't suggested you come to my club, do you think you would be able to escape again?"

"Don't be ridiculous. I trust Liam." Brianna retorted.

"Ha-ha. You trust him?" Scott said in disdain. "If he really loves you, he won't use you as bait and for numerous times. He even drugs you to make you sleep with other men for the sake of his so-called business cooperation proposals. What's more, he's fucking Nelson Berry's daughter anyway. Do you really not know?"

Nelson's daughter?! "Enough. This is nonsense. I don't believe you. I thought someone like you with fame and power would know how to respect others."

"Didn't he just leave you here so that you can sleep with me in exchange for a chance of cooperation?" Scott sneered.

"Enough, Mr. Anderson. Stop this nonsense." Brianna couldn't take it anymore and wanted to leave.

Just then, Brianna's phone rang. The screen showed the name of Brianna's neighbor, Mary. It gave her a worrying feeling, and her heart beat faster. "Hello, Mary." She answered the phone.

"Brianna, your mother just had a heart attack and has been taken to St. Rose Hospital!" Mary said worriedly.

Scott heard the voice coming from the phone clearly, and just at that moment, a car slowly drove over. It was Jacob who came for Scott. Scott opened the door for Brianna, suggesting that Brianna get in the car.

She hesitated a bit, but she was too worried about her mother to reject help now. "Thanks, Mr. Anderson and Mr. Morgan."

"No problem. You are mine anyway. I shall at least help a bit." Scott replied indifferently.

"I'm not yours," Brianna said clearly.

"You have agreed, and that's why I helped you last night. Keep your word, Brianna Warren." Scott spoke a bit sternly.

As he was actually doing her a favor now, Brianna bit her lips and restrained her anger and frustration. She remained silent.

On the way to the hospital, Scott was abnormally quiet and left Brianna alone. Brianna kept her eyes fixed on the traffic, praying to get to her mother as soon as possible. She was tearful and terribly worried.

The doctor had just come out of the emergency room when they arrived. "Dr. Smith, how's my mother?" Brianna ran towards the doctor and asked worriedly.

"She's safe now, but it's getting worse, Brianna. It's been too long. She needs coronary bypass surgery soon. If she has another heart attack, I don't think she will be as lucky as this time." Dr. Smith sighed.

Tears ran down Brianna's cheeks. She wiped them away and tried to speak calmly. "Thanks to Dr. Smith. I will sort out the money as soon as I can."

Dr. Smith nodded and left. The chief nurse reminded her, "Brianna, please remember to pay for today's bills."

"I will, thanks." Brianna nodded.

Brianna went to the cashier to pay but was told that there wasn't enough money on her bank card.

"I will need time to borrow some. Can I pay tomorrow, please?" Brianna pleaded.

"We are not a charity organization." The cashier replied coldly.

She tried to call Liam, but it just wouldn't go through. Helplessly, she rang her friend Angela Davis.

"Hey, Brianna," Angela spoke, sounding a bit upset.

Brianna knew that Angela wasn't well off either, and her family was all greedy and stingy, especially her mother-in-law, so she tried not to ask Angela for help. However, she didn't have a choice this time.

Brianna hesitated before she said, "Angela, I know it's not easy for you, but my Mom's in the hospital again, and I really need money. I don't have anyone else to ask for help..."

"How much do you need?" Angela asked without hesitation.

"About one thousand dollars."

"Ok. Give me a minute."

What Brianna heard next from the other end of the line was Mrs. Jones shouting angrily, "What?! My son has married a useless dumbass. You can't even look after your own parents and younger brother, and now you are helping a friend?! A friend?! Do you think I own a charitable foundation or something, huh?!"

Brianna couldn't take it anymore. "It's alright. I will think of another way, Mrs. Jones, please don't treat Angela like that. Take care, Angela." She hung up.

"Brianna? Hello?"

Not long after Brianna hung up the phone, she received a notification message from the bank saying that Angela had transferred five hundred dollars to her account. It's probably all her personal savings.

A sudden flash of lightning lit up the sky, and angry thunder followed. Brianna looked up to see the thick heavy clouds above. A storm was brewing.

She checked on her mother and hurried outside the hospital afterward to hail a taxi and headed to Liam's. She wondered why he was not answering his phone.

The rain was pouring down when she arrived. As Brianna got out of the taxi, another car pulled over behind her. She turned around to see Liam holding an umbrella, about to open the door for someone in the car. But he paused as he spotted Brianna.

"Hey Brianna, what are you doing here?" He asked, sounding a bit displeased.

"I've been calling you, but you didn't answer..." Brianna replied and looked at his car. She noticed a woman sitting in the front seat. "Who is she?"

Liam looked away and answered, "No one. She's..."

The woman opened the door and stepped out of the car. Liam hurried to her with the umbrella immediately. "I'm Zara Berry, Liam's girlfriend, Nelson Berry's daughter." The woman in a tight red dress spoke proudly.

"Girlfriend?" Brianna stared at Liam in disbelief, "Liam! What about me? What am I to you?!"

Liam looked at Brianna coldly, "Well, I guess that's it for us. Zara is my girlfriend now, and my parents and grandma all love her. You know your Mom is a huge burden and who knows how much more money it will cost. My grandma doesn't really want me to marry you anyway, and I don't want to upset her."

Recalling what Scott said to her while listening to Liam's ridiculous explanation, Brianna couldn't help finding it bitterly amusing. She mocked herself. So everything that Scott Anderson said is true. He's been dating Nelson's daughter, and I've been a fool! And he is probably the one that drugged me, using me to please Nelson!

Angrily, Brianna lifted her hand and was about to slap Liam on his face, but Liam gripped her wrist instantly. "Be sensible, Brianna! We are grown-ups. Also, I've spent a lot of money on your mother in the past years. Now, please leave in peace."

"You've spent a lot of money?! Liam, you bastard! Before my dad passed away, how much help have we given you?! I even gave you the 500 thousand dollars that my dad left for me for the company, which would never have grown so successful without that money!" Brianna retorted.

"I have looked after you and your mother for a few years. Come on, Brianna, let's not start this meaningless argument and end up embarrassing yourself." Liam said impatiently.

Brianna tried her best and lifted up her chest, took a deep breath, and despite the immense pain and shame she was feeling, she said, "Liam, can you lend me fifty thousand dollars? My Mom has just had another heart attack, and I can't even pay for tonight's surgery. Dr. Smith says she needs cardiac bypass surgery soon, or..."

As Liam had been paying for Brianna's mother's treatment in the past years, so Brianna had never asked for a salary while working for the Williams' Fortune Construction Company.

Also, Brianna thought that they were engaged anyway and what she was earning was for both of them.

Zara sneered and mocked, "Aren't you ashamed, Brianna Warren? Liam has dumped you, and you are still asking him for money."

"Zara Berry, I'm not asking you!" Brianna retorted without taking a look at her but kept her eyes fixed on Liam. "Liam, I really need the money now. I will pay you back as soon as I make any."

Liam looked rather awkward, "Brianna, you know how the company is doing now. If it's a few thousand dollars, I can help you, but fifty thousand! How do I get you that much money?"

Fortune Construction Company was expanding and did need money for new investments. Though fifty thousand dollars wasn't a casual amount, it wasn't a large sum for Liam either. If he really wanted to help, it wasn't a problem at all.

Brianna tried to reach Liam's arm, but Liam slapped her hand away and shouted at her, "Enough! Don't make me despise you."

Brianna stumbled and fell over, the pain was so sharp that she finally broke down, crying, "Liam..."

However, Liam ignored her completely and turned around to leave. Brianna quickly got herself up and stumbled towards him, finally managing to hold onto his leg. "Liam, please... Please help my Mom. I will pay you back. I swear..."

"Pay me back? How? Without me, you and your mother can't even survive, let alone making money for the surgery." Liam looked at Brianna up and down and added, "Brianna, you know what, if you do what I say, you won't need to worry about money. Take it as a compliment. If you help me get the contrast signed with Scott Anderson, I will give you one million, and I will make sure your mother gets the best treatment."

This is the man I've been with for so many years? How can he say this to me?!

Brianna stared at Liam and suddenly found herself looking at a strange face. The gentleness and affection she used to see had completely vanished. She let go of his leg and collapsed onto the ground.

Liam and Zara walked into the house without taking another look at Brianna.

Scott had been in the car parked in the distance, watching Brianna. He glanced at his assistant Levi, and Levi got out of the car at once. He walked towards Brianna, holding an umbrella. "Brianna Warren, if you agree to be his woman and do whatever he wants, then he will find your mother the best doctor and get her the best treatment and cover all the cost."

"I'm not a toy. I'm not his possession! I will pay him back!" Brianna cried.

"Brianna Warren, to be honest with you, it's rare that Mr. Scott Anderson finds a woman that he's interested in, but when he does, he's sure to have her. Also, if you don't do what he wants, I can assure you that you won't be able to find any job." Levi persuaded.

Although Brianna wanted to retort, she knew deep in her heart that she could do nothing about Levi’s threat. Slowly, she got up and followed Levi to the car.

When they arrived at Scott's villa, "Get a hot bath and get changed," Scott ordered.

Brianna shivered and stood still. Is he asking me to sleep with him tonight?

Scott seemed to have guessed her thoughts, "I don't force a woman to have sex with me, especially someone who's injured. It won't be fun anyway."

Relieved, Brianna went for a bath and got changed. After that, Brianna decided to go to see her mother. Just as she went downstairs, Scott called after her, "Brianna Warren, from head toe, every part of you belongs to me now. Without my permission, you are not allowed to go anywhere."

From head to toe?! Isn't he a tyrant? Brianna thought, but she dared not to object, for he somehow carried such irresistible air of authority. "I'm just thinking of going to see my Mom." She replied meekly.

"Your job is to please me. You don't need to worry about your mother."

"But she's my Mom. I'm her only family..." Tears started to fill Brianna's eyes again.

Impatiently, Scott answers, "Alright, alright. You can visit her once a week, and you completely belong to me except this once a week."

"Can I live with my Mom?" Brianna pleaded, and Scott replied with a sneer. "You have sold yourself to me, Brianna Warren. Are you trying to bargain with me? Also, you are not allowed to see that dumbass Liam Williams again."

"Why? Scott Anderson, you..."

"You know he's an asshole anyway. Why would you want to see him again?" Scott retorted sharply.

"He is...He..." Brianna hesitated, and tears filled her eyes.

"He's an asshole," Scott added.

"When I was ten years old, he saved me and ended up in the hospital for a few months. He and his family have been very kind to me, and in the past years, he has been paying for my Mom's treatment... It's been so many years, and I..."

"What I know is that because he saved you, your father treated him and his family very well, too well perhaps. Your father made his father the boss of a construction company out of a labor worker. When your father died, and your mother was seriously injured, your family's company went bankrupt, and you gave all the money that your father saved for you to that asshole's father for expanding their company. Now that their company has grown, they have all sorts of excuses not to give you the money for your mother's surgery."

"Did you investigate me?!" Brianna was shocked, hearing Scott speaking the cruel truth.

"Shouldn't I know what I'm buying before I make the purchase?" Scott replied matter-of-factly.

Brianna looked down onto the floor and said helplessly, "Sure."

Scott glanced at Levi, and Levi said to Brianna, "Brianna Warren, I have something to show you, and you will know what a real man Liam Williams is."

It was a video recording of Liam having sex with a girl.

"This happened on the same night when he drugged you and used you as bait to seduce Nelson Berry. If Mr. Scott Anderson didn't take you to the hotel room, surely you know what Nelson Berry would have done to you..." Levi explained.

Brianna found it impossible to believe that the man in the video was the same man she was in love with all these years.

"Brianna Warren, you probably have no idea at all, but this stingy asshole is actually very generous to his women. He's only stingy to you and your mother." Levi added.

Brianna closed her eyes, and tears streamed down her face, which annoyed Scott. He held her chin tighter again and said, "How pathetic are you?! Why are you even crying for that asshole?!"

Brianna sobbed, "Right! I'm pathetic! What about you?! You bought me with money! What does that say about you?” She retorted without thinking, yet she regretted it right afterward. She was scared.

As expected, Scott Anderson's face turned stern immediately. He was furious. He lifted his arm up, about to slap Brianna, but Brianna raised her arm up instinctively, and Scott caught sight of her injured right hand. He heaved a sigh, and the angry feeling seemed to disappear. He said patiently, "I don't like to see women cry."

"Don't look at me then." Brianna retorted.

Scott sneered and gripped her chin even tighter. "Brianna Warren, you think too much of yourself, don't you? You are shouting at me for an asshole?! You wanna die?"

"No, I don't!" Brianna said subconsciously, then she thought of her mother in the hospital and regretted what she had just said. Meekly, she added, "I'm sorry. I should not have spoken to you like this. It won't happen again."

Scott took a thoughtful look at her and went upstairs to his bedroom. Brianna hesitated for a bit, then followed Scott upstairs, but she stayed in the room next door.

It was still early morning, and Brianna was asleep when the hospital rang. She was told that her mother had another mild attack and was now in a coma. They had to decide what to do next as soon as possible.

In a panic, Brianna rushed to ask Scott for help and found him eating breakfast quietly in the dining room.

After listening to Brianna's panicking explanation, Scott said casually, "Sit down and have breakfast."

"My Mom is..." Brianna retorted instantly but was cut short by Scott impatiently, "Sit down and have breakfast. And don't let me see you cry again."