Some were of him holding Nellie’s hand with a helpless smile.
Brettley’s heart sank.
Did Neil have any serious illness?
“Put that down! “
Just when Brettley was staring at the photo album in a daze, he suddenly heard a woman’s voice from behind him.
The next second, Bethan immediately rushed forward and snatched the photo album from Brettley’s arms. “
Who gave you the permission to touch my things?! “
This photo album was a birthday gift from Nigel. He spent his days in the hospital ever since they found out he had leukemia.
Although Nigel was young, he was aware of life and death. He was afraid that he might die one day and that Bethan might miss him, so he secretly made this photo album for her.
“There are no photos where Neil and I are together in this album. If I were to die one day, treat me and Neil as the same person.”
Nigel’s words back then still rang in her ears.
Seeing how nervous she looked, Brettley furrowed his brows. “Neil has had a serious illness?”
“No.”
Bethan turned around and carefully kept the album away. “Only the small flu.”
“He stayed in the hospital for a few months because of the small flu?”
Brettley’s voice was getting colder. “
I checked the dates on the bed. It was at least three to four months.”
Brettley glared coldly at her. “Why does he have to stay in the hospital for so long if it’s just the flu? “
Bethan was stumped.
She turned back and glared at Brettley. “He had the flu almost every month for three to four months. Is that a good enough explanation for you?”
“Sure.”
Brettley changed into a more comfortable position on the bed. He looked at the ceiling and sneered, “Someone scolded me for not taking good care of the kids. She also said that she’d not let her kids suffer. Now you say that Neil had to go to the hospital every month because of the flu?”
Bethan ignored him. “Theo said that he’s coming to pick me up and fetch me to work later. Go quickly while he’s not here yet.”
Brettley was still lying on the bed looking at the ceiling. “Why do you make it sound like we’re having an affair?”
Bethan’s body stiffened. She turned around and glared at Brettley coldly. “Aren’t we?”
Back then, he got together with Cynthal behind her back. At that moment, she and Brettley got together behind Alice’s back.
It seemed to have come full circle. She finally became the person she hated the most.
Brettley said nothing.
After a while, Brettley passed his phone to her. “Have a look.”
Bethan curiously took the phone from him.
On the phone was the surveillance footage of Alice purposely pushing her in the art gallery, wrecking Theo’s painting.
It was the same footage as the one Theo gave to her the other day.
Bethan furrowed her brows. “Uh…”
She lifted her head. “You think I’m the one who posted this?”
“It wasn’t you.”
Brettley changed into another comfortable position. He put both hands behind his head.
“Someone posted this anonymously around ten last night. You were still with me then.”
When she heard how he could casually mention the incident the night before, Bethan blushed a little.
She gently coughed and returned the phone to Brettley.
“Since you know it wasn’t me, what are you trying to say?”
“Other than you and Theo, who else knows about this footage, or has the means to be able to get them?”
Bethan furrowed her brows. “I don’t think there’s anyone else.”
Theo presented the counterfeit art piece secretly. Even the art gallery manager did not know about this.
Theo gave the video to no one else but her.
The only other person Bethan showed the video to was Nigel.
Nigel was a mature kid, and he would not have simply posted the video. Other than him, there was no one else.
“I’ll give you a day to properly think of it. Best if you could give me a list of those who’d be able to obtain the footage. I want to investigate them one by one.”
Bethan felt that it was strange. “If you think that the news is bad, why don’t you just block it?”
Brettley looked at her coldly. “This footage will affect Alice. I have to check the source of it and prevent that person from posting it again, so Alice doesn’t have to suffer.”
Bethan found it comical at his pretense of caring for Alice.
He slept with her the night before, yet he could worry about Alice on her bed at that moment, thinking of how to settle problems on Alice’s behalf.
What a great man.
Suddenly, the doorbell rang once more.
Theo’s clear and gentle voice came through. “Bethan, are you ready? We should go.”
“Coming, “
Bethan simply responded before she eyed Brettley once more.
Then, she resignedly pulled out a spare key and threw it at him. “Wait for five minutes before you leave. When you leave, lock the door.”
After instructing Brettley, she took a deep breath, took her coat and bag, and left.
At the corridor outside, Theo leaned against the wall with his arms crossed around his chest.
“Done giving out instructions?”
Bethan was stunned. “What?”
“Nothing.”
Theo gently held her by the shoulders and led her into the elevator. “I’ll send you to work.”
It was not too far from Swan Lake Residences to her office, but neither was it near, either. It was at least half an hour.
Bethan was distracted. She only chatted with Theo for less than ten minutes when they ran out of things to talk about.
During the twelfth minute, Theo turned on the radio.
“Last night at ten, an anonymous account posted the video footage of the incident at the art gallery in the city. In the video, Brettley Morrison’s wife, Ms. Alice Peterson, crazily rushed over behind Ms. Bethan and pushed her toward The Kite and The Girl painting.
“Last night, friends on the internet still felt pity for Ms. Alice because her favorite painting was wrecked, but today, they realized that it was she who ruined the painting!
“No wonder Mr. Morrison was so aggressively trying to pay. He said that he saw nothing. Turns out he was just trying to muddle the situation, all to protect his Upon hearing the news on the radio, Theo could not help but scoff, “This is the only way to treat a manipulative person like Alice! Post the video and clear the situation! “
Then, he gave Bethan a huge thumbs up. “Nice job! “
Bethan helplessly turned and looked at the scenery out of the window. “I didn’t post the video. I only found out about it this morning.”
She lifted her head and looked at Theo. “Besides me, who else did you give the video to?”
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