“Brettley, let me explain…”
She wiped her tears as she continued to sob, “I’ll admit that I wasn’t a good mother, but I have my reasons…”
Alice reached out and grabbed Brettley’s sleeve. “I thought that everything would be the same as I imagined it when I came back this time: You and I, in love, and we’111ive happily ever after with the kids. But, ever since I came back, everything has changed
Alice looked at Brettley with teary eyes. “You’ve never slept with me before. You’ve never even kissed me. You always said that you’re busy, that you’re working late, but I’d look for you in your office every night because I can’t sleep, and you’re not there.
“Previously, when you spent the whole night guarding Bethan’s friend’s house, I was watching you from afar. Also, last night…”
Alice sniffled her nose aggrievedly. “Do you truly think I didn’t know where you were?”
Brettley looked at her, and his gaze slowly softened. Alice was right; he was indeed avoiding some issues.
“My mind is getting more and more in a daze. I don’t know how things turned into this. You once treated me so well back then. Because of my mental health, I don’t dare to visit the kids and take care of them. I’m afraid I might affect them.”
Then, Alice lowered her eyes. “It seems like it already did.”
She turned around and sat next to Nellie with tears in her eyes. “Nellie, I was wrong. Will you forgive your Mommy? I only treated you this way because I care too much for your Daddy…”
Brettley stood on the spot, looking at her tear-streaked face. His heart broke.
At that point, he did a little too much. Her actions toward the kids were understandable due to her mental health.
It was all his fault. Brettley took a deep breath and wiped her tears away. “I apologize to you. Try to get better. I’ll get other people to take care of the children so you don’t have to bother with them.”
Alice wiped her tears. “Okay.”
Although she looked sad, she was elated inside. Did they truly think she was willing to be together with the two kids? Best if she had nothing to do with them.
She was apprehensive of the children all this while because she feared Brettley would suspect her if anything were to happen to the children.
At that moment, if they were handed over to someone else and died due to an accident, no one would blame her!
“Nellie.”
Brettley turned around and gently patted on Nellie’s head. “Talk with your brother what type of Nanny do you two want.”
Lily would not be able to handle two kids on her own.
Upon his words, Nellie looked up and smiled brightly. “There’s no need for discussion. There is someone whom Neil would definitely agree to! “
Alice immediately pretended to ask concernedly, “
Who is it? As long as you like it, I’ll make sure your Daddy– ” “Of course, it’s our Mommy, Bethan! “
Upon Nellie’s words, Alice’s face, which finally regained a little color, rapidly lost all shades as she turned paler than the wall.
The corridors were in pin-drop silence.
At that moment, the testing room door opened. Neil came walking out as he wore his clothes.
The first person he saw was the teary-eyed Alice, and he unconsciously broke out into a smirk. The crazy lady did not have much range in her acting: they merely consisted of tears falling, crying, and yelling.
At that moment, she had just returned to Brettley, and he still liked her, so her tears were still useful. Once Brettley was sick of her, not only would her tears have no effect on him, but Brettley would be also annoyed at it.
Tsk.
They were adults, yet they still did not understand that simple fact. Using tears on any matter would render it useless sooner or later!
Neil mused to himself as he walked to Nellie’s side. He sat on the bench and held her sister’s hand. “Why did Ms. Alice cry?”
Brettley furrowed his brows. Before he could say anything, Nellie opened her mouth.
“She said that she’s in a bad mood because Daddy always looks for Mommy. That’s why she’s taking it out on us. “
Nellie immediately continued, “Daddy said just now that she doesn’t have to look after us for the time being. He let us choose our own Nanny, so I picked our Mommy, Bethan. What do you think? “
Upon Nellie’s words, Neil understood why the two adults had ugly expressions on their faces.
“I think this suggestion is just so-so.”
Nellie’s eyes widened. “Don’t you want to live with Mommy?”
“Of course, I do.”
Neil lowered his head. He continued to tidy himself up. “Although we’re not willing to admit, this Bethan Peterson is our biological Mommy. To let the mistress, in our own Mommy’s eyes, take care of us while she’s suspecting Daddy and arguing with him, isn’t right.”
Neil deliberately played word games. He inferred that his biological mother was Bethan Peterson, not Alice Peterson.
Alice’s face turned pale. She could hear it. Neil was rebuking her indirectly. On the surface, he said that she was his biological Mommy, but he used Bethan Peterson’s name.
The mistress he meant was actually herself!
Even if Alice understood what Neil was saying, she did not dare expose him immediately. She could only forcefully suppress her anger and smiled at Neil. “
You’re right. Getting Bethan to take care of you two isn’t that appropriate.”
Neil yawned and looked at Brettley. “Mr. Morrison. I don’t think it’s right of you to let someone else take care of us. After all, we’re the love product of you and Bethan Peterson. When she’s in a bad mood and has no confidence in you, look at us. Then, you have something to look forward to.”
Then, Neil looked at Alice. “Am I right?”
Alice’s face turned from a miserable pale color to blue. She looked at Neil coldly before she nodded reluctantly. “Yes.”
“Since both of you think that way…”
Brettley paused for a while before he spoke, “Lily and Alice will still take care of you both.”
Then, Brettley lowered his gaze to look at the time. “
Lucas, send them back. I still need to have a talk with Alice.”
Lucas nodded. “Young Master, Little Princess, let’s go.”
Nellie looked at Neil unhappily. She flung his hand away, jumped down from the bench, and stormed off.
Neil cheekily made a face at Alice. “Ms. Alice, have a good time with Mr. Morrison! “
At that, Neil immediately ran and chased after Nellie. “Wait for me…”
Seeing the two of them running, Lucas could only chase after them. “Neil, wait! “
Alice remained in the same spot in the corridor as she glanced at the leaving Neil. A hint of hatred flashed in her eyes.
That kid was no fool. He knew she would do something to them if she was no longer their main caretaker, so he forcefully turned Brettley’s decision around. The reasons he gave made it irrefutable!
At the thought that she still has to pretend to look after the two of them in the future, Alice was inexplicably angry.
As she eyed Neil in a dazed state, Brettley furrowed his brows and flatly called her, “Alice.”
Alice jolted a little and immediately came to her senses. “Let’s go.”
Brettley took Alice to a cafe near the hospital.
It was the only time he had ever taken her there after their marriage.
Before marriage, he did not understand her enough. He only knew that she was a lady madly in love with him. Because of how his family urged him to marry and coupled with pressure from work, there was a time where he was depressed for most of the day.
She was like a little sun that came next to him, brightening up his life.
She drew for him, gave him little gifts, and sang unfamiliar tunes to him.
Later down the road, he treated her as a friend and started confiding in her.
When they talked about their views on marriage, she thought for a very long time. Then, she grabbed his arm and looked at him with her huge watery eyes.
“You think that marriage is a burden to you, but I think that marriage is blissful. If I could marry you, I’d be elated.”
Her naivety amused him. “If I say that I wouldn’t fall in love with you, will you still be willing to marry me?”
“Of course.”
Brettley could still clearly remember the way she blinked at him.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
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