Perfect Stranger

Chapter 267 A Deal

"Is this what you want to talk to me? Don't you shown any affection for our past? " Bruce said with a cold face. He was emanating a powerful aura.

It was the first time he had compromised to a woman, and she was the only one. But she didn't appreciate it at all.

Sometimes he would laugh at himself. Where did the arrogant Bruce go? Now he was controlled by a woman. She had become his only weakness.

Speaking of their past, Louisa smiled bitterly. She felt that maybe there was nobody more reluctant than her, but what Bruce did touched her bottom line. In any case, she could not accept it.

"That's what I want to say. Although we are not divorced now, our love is gone. So I think it's not appropriate for us to sleep on the same bed, so from now on, I will sleep on the floor." She knew that Bruce would never accept to sleep on the ground, so Louisa gave the bed to him.

His face became gloomier than before. His eyes were full of anger now. Only he felt the pain in his heart, which could only be felt by himself.

He took a deep breath and calmed down. Then he looked at Louisa with a complicated look on his face.

"Are we really going to be like this all the time? Why can't you act like you used to be?" Louisa's change made Bruce feel bad."

In the past, she was so gentle and considerate to him. But now, all he could feel was indifference. He didn't know what would happen if they continued to be like this.

Bruce's attitude suddenly softened, which made Louisa a little uncomfortable. For a moment, her heart softened, but soon she quickly made up her mind.

"I just informed you of my decision, not asking for your permission. If you don't agree, I have to move out." The look in her eyes became cold again. Louisa said in a cold tone.

It was the first time that she talked to Bruce in such a domineering manner. In the past, she had to be careful no matter what she did, but now she just wanted to be herself, no longer aggrieved.

Bruce could clearly feel her determination. He knew that she was a man of her word. Right now, he had no right to refuse her. Whether he wanted to or not, he could only agree to her request.

"Well, I promise you that I will sleep on the ground from now on. You are not in good health. You'd better sleep on the bed in case you catch a cold." Bruce took out a quilt from the wardrobe and lay on the sofa in the bedroom.

As a man of over 1.88 meters, Bruce had to curl up on the sofa. One could imagine how hard it would be for him to sleep on the sofa for a long time.

What Bruce did astonished Louisa. She was touched deeply in her heart. His concern melted the iceberg in her heart. She was still unable to resist him.

Trying hard to suppress the urge to compromise, Louisa took a complicated look at Bruce and then lay down on the bed. Her eyes were full of sadness when she looked at him just now.

In the morning, Bruce woke up early. Because he had slept on the sofa for the whole night, he felt very uncomfortable. He put the quilt back to the wardrobe and went to the bed. He looked down at Louisa with gentleness in his eyes.

He really wanted to look at her quietly all the time. He quietly tucked her hair into the quilt and lifted the corners of his mouth.

Feeling the itchy on her face, Louisa frowned and opened her eyes confusedly. When she saw herself lying in Bruce's arms, she suddenly sat up and looked at him vigilantly.

"What are you doing?" Her voice was full of questioning and her eyes were full of vigilance.

Bruce slept on the couch initiatively last night moved Louisa. But now she was completely angry by his behaviors just now.

Looking at Louisa who was vigilant, Bruce felt a little unhappy. He didn't do anything to her, but she was so wary of him. They were still legally married.

"Don't worry. I didn't do anything to you. I was just afraid that Bran would come, so I went to bed. If he came in and saw me sleeping on the sofa, he must have known that we were still in conflict, and he would be very sad." Making up an excuse against his heart, Bruce looked at Louisa seriously.

In fact, what he really wanted was only to hug her. They had been in a cold war for so long. He really missed the feeling of her in his arms before.

Louisa looked at Bruce from head to toe and wanted to know if he was telling the truth. There was no guilty look in his eyes, but a hint of disappointment flashed through her heart.

Just as she was about to say something, the door of the room was pushed open. Bran firstly poked his little head in and looked at the two people on the bed with his liquid eyes.

Bran got up very early in the morning, so that he could check if they had really made up.

"Daddy, Mommy, are they quarrelling?" Seeing that they both looked at him, Bran said in a low voice.

Bran had meant to peep into the room to see what was going on, but he heard her mother's angry voice before he reached the door.

They were both shocked by Bran's sudden appearance, and then Bruce reacted first. He smiled and looked at Bran gently.

"Why would we quarrel? We are well now. I was just discussing something with your mother. Why did you come to our room?"

Putting his arms around Louisa's shoulders and pretending to be harmonious with her, Bruce spoke to Bran, who was standing at the door, but Bruce could feel clearly that Louisa's slight resistance.

Looking at the two people who seemed to be intimate, Bran was somewhat dubious. He didn't know if Bruce's words were true or not, but he finally dispelled his doubts when he saw the happy smile on Louisa's face.

"I just got up to pee. I heard you two arguing, so I came over." There was a guilty conscience flashing in Bran's clear eyes. Bran looked at Bruce and said quickly.

Bran would not tell them that he came here on purpose at this time, in order to see if they had made up.

"I see. It's still early now. Bran, you'd better go back to your room and have a rest!" Even though Bruce knew Bran was telling a lie, Bruce didn't expose it. He knew Bran was worried about Louisa and him, so Bran came to see them in secret.

Bran nodded and left the room, closed the door.

As soon as the door was closed, Louisa broke free from Bruce's arms and became as calm as before.

Looking at the empty hug, a bitter smile appeared on Bruce's face. But it disappeared in an instant. He turned his head and looked at Louisa again.

"Now you can believe what I have just said. I really don't want to do anything to you."

Just now Bruce was worried about how to make Louisa believe him, and he didn't expect that Bran really appeared. This really solved a big problem for him.

Hearing what Bruce said, Louisa turned to look at him and asked, "how do you know Bran will come?"

As for the reason why Bran appeared in their room, it was beyond Louisa's expectation. Bruce could guess it right, which surprised her.

Asked Louisa, whose face turned solemn and his heart ached.

"Don't you think that Bran is more sensitive because of our affairs? Although he is only a child, he can sense that there is something wrong with our relationship." Bruce sympathized with Bran's change.

Children of his age would never have such complicated thoughts. What Bran had done this morning was childish but more prove that he was afraid of something wrong between the two of them.

After hearing what Bruce said, Louisa understood what he meant. She fell into silence with guilt in her beautiful eyes.

It was not until now that she knew how much impact that she had brought to Bran. It hurt his already sensitive heart again. Exclusive © content by N(ô)ve/l/Drama.Org.

"Louisa, you now know why Bran is so sensitive now. You also know that if we go on like this, it will hurt him. So we can't be so selfish, even for the sake of Bran." Bruce couldn't wait anymore when he saw that Louisa didn't speak for a long time. He looked at her and asked anxiously.

Although Bruce also wanted Louisa to fall in love with him again, he said that on the sake of as a father. As he saw that Bran became more and more sensitive, he couldn't tell how worried he was.

Louisa fell into silence again. Looking at the wedding ring on her fourth finger, she felt in a dilemma. After a long time, she looked up at Bruce and said firmly.

"From today on, you have to pretend that we love each other in front of Bran. But can you promise that we won't interfere with each other in private?" She made this decision for the sake of Bran. As a mother, she didn't do her duty well. The only thing she could do now was to protect Bran from being hurt.

Bruce's heart ached when he heard that. He didn't know why they tried so hard to pretend to love each other. If they are together only because of Bran. He would rather leave her alone than force her to stay.

"Don't you think it's funny? We pretend to be in love every day. Bran is smart and he can easily tell that we love each other or not. Only if we make a little mistake, Bran is smart enough to see through us." Bruce sighed helplessly and looked at her with a scowling face.

She knew that what Bruce said made sense, but now was the only way she could think of, and she did not know what better way to prevent Bran from being hurt.

"What do you think we should do now?" Louisa looked at Bruce in confusion and asked anxiously.

As long as Bran wouldn't get hurt, she would do anything to protect him.

Looking at Louisa with a complex look, Bruce was so upset that he kept silent for a long time and then turned to put on his clothes.

When Louisa thought that Bruce would not answer her qusetion, Bruce opened his mouth, "the best way is that we go back to the past."