She had read a bunch of novels and comics about soul swapping, where one person's soul enters another person's body and inherits the host's memories.
But the new host didn’t necessarily inherit the old host's memories right away. These memories came back gradually. She fired questions at him so fast, barely giving him time to think. Only her brother could answer this question. That's how she could tell if he was really her brother.
"You were pushed down the stone steps by our nanny when you were five." Marcus had almost forgotten about this. It reminded him of the nanny who used to take care of her. She was secretly abusing a child of just a few years old.
If it weren't for Briana getting hurt and sent to the hospital, where the doctors found numerous scars on her body, their family might have taken much longer to discover the abuse.
"How do you know?" Briana was almost convinced. But then she thought of a possible coincidence and asked a second question, "What did you say to me on my tenth birthday?"
Marcus rarely said sweet nothings directly to Briana, but he knew her well, "I said I would take care of you, protect you, and make you happy for the rest of your life."
On Briana's tenth birthday, she was hoping her parents could come back to celebrate with her. She waited all day for them, only to receive the news of their divorce.
The two no longer showed the deep affection of a married couple. They were openly with their own lovers. They had practically thrown the reputation of the Hartley Group to the wind.
If he hadn't taken over the Hartley Group in time and taken decisive actions to change the company's image, the Hartley Group might have already been discarded by the world.
After correctly answering both questions, Briana patted her chest in relief, "Bro, you know what? I was really scared that someone else was occupying your body."
"Hand me your phone." Marcus had to check her phone to see what she was up to all day.
"Bro, don't blame me for being suspicious. You've been acting really different lately. You're eating chili peppers now, which you never used to eat. Doesn't that make one wonder if there's another soul in your body?" Even if he wanted to hit her, Briana wouldn't hand over her phone, "You know a phone has all a person's secrets. I'm in my twenties now, you can't just go through my phone anymore."
She turned to leave, but seeing her brother's gloomy face, her legs went weak. Her brother was really scary when he was angry.
"No matter how old you are, whether you're married or not, you're still my sister, Briana. Taking care of you is my responsibility, as is guiding you away from making wrong choices." His voice was very gentle.
Briana started to doubt him again.
"Bro, you've really changed a lot!" In Briana's memory, her brother had only spoken to her this gently when she was small. Ever since he took over the Hartley Group, he had never spoken to her like this.
Marcus immediately became serious, "delete all the mess in your phone. If I find you looking at worthless stuff again, I'll clean it up for you."
Can she take back what she just said?
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