After tutoring, it was already dark.

After Beatrice repeatedly refused, Will insisted on sending her back, saying it was dangerous for a girl to go home alone after dark.

The villa was brightly lit and Beatrice saw two intertwining figures through the window.

The night wind was a little chilly and she couldn’t help sneezing. She was hesitating whether to go up.

Seeing her embarrassment, Will put his suit jacket on her and suggested taking a walk with her.

But before they had taken two steps, a wolfhound jumped out from the garden and started barking at them.

Beatrice screamed and fell to the ground, her legs trembling and her knees bruised.

She still vividly remembered the time when debt collectors released wolfhounds to bite her.

She swore that her biggest fear since childhood was dogs.

After she took a deep breath and finally calmed down, she couldn’t help falling into deep thought.

Harold had known and understood the situation for so many years, so he had always prohibited keeping dogs. But now, how could this pet that was strictly prohibited appear in the garden out of nowhere?

Beatrice couldn’t figure it out.

But the next second, she suddenly had the answer.

Viola rushed out of the villa and hugged the wolfhound.

“Sorry, sorry, Luna is usually very well behaved, but today she lost control because she met a stranger.”

Beatrice was still in shock and remained kneeling. Just as Will was about to help her, she was pushed aside by Harold.

“You are so reckless. It doesn’t matter what the matter is, it can scare you like this.”

Hearing this, Beatrice was a little dazed.

This real fear would sometimes wake her up from her dreams, but now it had become a no-brainer in Harold’s words.

Harold grabbed Beatrice and lifted her up, completely ignoring the bloodstains on her legs.

It was a normal cringe, but both men frowned at the same time.

Will was worried, but Harold thought she was being pretentious and there was a hint of displeasure in his expression.

He felt that Beatrice was extremely abnormal tonight. He glanced at the nervous man beside her and blurted out.

“Who is this man? I’ve never seen you like this before.”

It was just a simple sentence, but Beatrice was stunned on the spot after hearing it.

Of course, she understood what he meant, her face turned red and she retorted softly.

“Brother, I’m just here to be a tutor. Mr. Matthews and I are good friends, right?”

Will didn’t care about the conversation between the two people at all.

Looking at the blood stains on Beatrice’s legs, his brows frowned even more tightly. He took out a handkerchief from his pocket, bent down and blew on it while helping her treat the wound.

“Do you need my help? I can help you leave if necessary.”

Beatrice sniffed and a warm feeling flowed through her heart.

But she knew Harold’s personality. If she left now, not only would she have a hard time in the future, but it would also be very likely that Will would suffer.

So even though she knew that Harold’s words were meant to humiliate her, she naturally could not implicate Will at this time.

Beatrice gave him an apologetic smile. “I’m fine, thank you for the coat.”

Just as she put her hand on the suit jacket and was about to hand it back, she was held down by Will.

“Give it back to me next time.”

Beatrice did not insist any further, but just nodded and replied softly, “Okay.”

Harold might not have planned to let her go so easily tonight and after Will left, he sent Viola away.

He easily pulled off Beatrice’s suit jacket at the entrance of his house and punched the wall.

“The Dolton Family can’t afford to support you and can’t afford to buy you a coat, right? You’re going to wear someone else’s!”

“Beatrice, what is the third rule of the house? Recite it to me!”

Beatrice lowered her head and said in a good manner, “No dating during college.”

Harold’s face was filled with anger, but his low voice was still unhappy.

“What did you promise me at the beginning? What does it mean now? You made a mistake knowingly?”

He had never been so angry before and Beatrice was frightened and took a breath.

She carefully tugged at his collar, her face full of innocence.

“But, brother, I graduated a week ago.”

Harold was stunned at first, then his heart sank suddenly and he pressed Beatrice’s shoulders tightly.

“Okay, you always have an excuse. Then tell me, the Dolton Family has never lacked you for food and clothing, so why do you want to be a tutor to make money?”

He approached step by step and pressed.

“Are you hiding something from me? Are you short of money? Or are you in love with him?”

A strong sense of oppression came and Beatrice’s heart trembled and she lowered her head even more.

Harold was smart enough and she knew that nothing could be hidden from him.

But she didn’t expect that besides being smart, he could also see the essence of things.

Beatrice stood there and her whole body began to stiffen unnaturally.

She racked her brains to come up with a reason that she thought was reasonable and stammered back.

“I’m short of money. I don’t want to owe my sister-in-law a favor... I want to save money to buy her a return gift.”

As soon as the voice fell, her shoulder was pushed away and Harold suddenly relaxed, clapped his hands and laughed.

“Sister-in-law? You adapt quickly.”

Beatrice felt a little confused. Was Harold angry?

He covered his head with a snap and sneered.

“No need, I’ll arrange the gifts and you don’t need to work hard as a tutor anymore, lest others say that our Dolton Family treats you harshly.”

This made it clear that she was deliberately complaining about the Dolton Family, a bit like an ungrateful person.

Beatrice suddenly felt a little wronged and she was about to explain.

“Brother, I don’t mean that. Actually, I want to make money to…”

Before she finished speaking, she gasped in shock at the thunder outside.

A flash of lightning flashed, followed by a deafening roar.

“Ah, no, no!”

Beatrice screamed, her heart pounding like a drum and tears struggling to overflow from her eyes.

Harold frowned, picked her up, put her on the sofa and patted her back.

“I’m here.”

This was Beatrice’s biggest fear. Her father was captured on this stormy night and her mother became crazy at that time and even drugged her to take her to die with her.

Before, she cried and lost her voice countless times in the night of thunder and lightning because of fear.

Now, with Harold’s words, Beatrice’s heart suddenly calmed down.

But less than two minutes later, the harsh ringtone made her heart, which had just relaxed, rose again.

Sure enough, Viola’s anxious voice came from the other side, with bursts of crying.

“Harold, it’s dark at home and I always feel like there’s someone outside. I’m so scared. Can you come and accompany me?”

Feeling the man wavering, Beatrice suddenly exerted force, hugged him tightly and cried so hard that she almost screamed.

“Brother, can you please not leave?”

But Harold hesitated for a moment, pried her fingers apart and responded to her with only indifference.

“After so many years, you should grow up and learn to face it. There are nannies at home. If you are afraid, stay in the living room. They will accompany you.”

Beatrice wanted to say something else, but Harold’s face suddenly turned cold and didn’t give her any chance.

“I have something else to do. Don’t push it.”

The hand that was about to touch his sleeve was suspended in midair.

Looking at his hurriedly leaving figure, Beatrice raised the corner of her mouth in self-mockery.

“Wake up, what are you still expecting?”

Beatrice didn’t sleep all night and she received Harold’s gifts early the next morning, limited edition bags and coats from major brands.

She actually understood what he meant.

Harold was always like this, whenever he felt that Beatrice was unhappy, he would give her one or two gifts to comfort her.

Beatrice’s entire cloakroom was full of such expensive bags.

Beatrice opened the gift card, which read: [A belated birthday gift. Be sensible and don’t wear other boys’ coats casually.]

If it were in the past, she would definitely be delighted by his care and she would also love to carry the bag on her back and take a video to send it to him, thanking him for giving her a surprise.

“The best Harold in the world!”

But now, Beatrice just took it silently, without even unpacking it and threw it into the corner of the room.

She would return these things to him intact in the future.

For a whole morning, Beatrice was busy with work, surprisingly devoted and didn’t suddenly think of him, let alone look at him straight in the eye.

At lunch, Harold suddenly came out and held her in the office.

“Let’s eat together.”

To be honest, looking at Viola’s unfriendly eyes, Beatrice also realized that this was a big opportunity and hesitated a little, but finally refused.

“Mr. Dolton, it’s not convenient.”

As soon as the words came out, Beatrice noticed that the atmosphere was a little subtle.

Viola hurried to smooth things over. “Beatrice must have an appointment at noon, otherwise let her go.”

She wanted to leave. Beatrice had no objection and Viola had no objection. But Harold was like a lion with hair blown up. He grabbed Beatrice’s hand regardless.

“Mr. Dolton, you are being estranged.”

“Who did you make an appointment with?”

Beatrice frowned.

Harold was relentless.

“I said, leave after lunch. You will eat here every day at noon in the future, understand?”

Now he was too controlling and she didn’t even have the freedom to eat at noon.

Unable to get rid of him, Beatrice was a little annoyed, sat down on the chair and opened the lunch box.

Green vegetables, carrots, bean sprouts, none of them were her favorites.

She picked and chose while drinking the porridge handed over by Harold, ready to throw them all into the trash can.

But the next second, she was stunned.

A gold-rimmed amulet lay quietly in the trash can.

It was very similar to the one that Beatrice gave to Harold.

The porridge in her hand slipped and the glass fell to the ground with a crisp sound, which was very much like her heartbreak.

But she still asked out loud, wanting to confirm.

“Harold, where did you put the amulet I gave you?”

Harold didn’t react at all to what Beatrice said and saw tears overflowing from her eyes.

Following her gaze, he saw the amulet in the trash can.

It was clearly hanging on her body in the morning, how could it be thrown into the trash can for no reason?

He tilted his head to look at the well-behaved Viola beside him and suddenly understood.

Back then, Beatrice had a fever that caused myocarditis and she was almost beyond rescue.

This was obtained by Emily after kneeling on the 1,001st step for Beatrice.

After returning, Emily began to be ill for a long time. Beatrice cherished this amulet very much. If he had been in danger in the Dolton Family and almost died many times, she would not have given up the amulet to him.