With that, she wiped at her tears, raised her eyes and looked at Gwen who was standing beside her. “
Gwennie, don’t blame Ms. Bethan, I’m the one who naively thought I was still Brettley’s wife… Don’t chase her away, I’m the one who should leave! “
With that, she raised her foot and headed outside. Seeing her red and puffy eyes, Gwen felt sorry for Alice.
She grabbed onto her hand, turned around and glared furiously at Bethan. “Is there even still law and order in society! Are all mistresses so arrogant and conceited now! “
The murmurs of the crowd rose in waves.
“She’s so smug, nowadays, even mistresses are so full of themselves.”
“I feel so bad for Mrs. Morrison, she lost all her pride, how could a wife apologize to her husband’s mistress”
The one who should leave is the mistress! “
Accompanying the murmurs of discussion was all sorts of intended grabs and pushes.
Bethan stood in her spot, her hands clenched into fists.
She turned and looked at Hailey quietly. “Ms. Walter, how could this happen?”
Bethan took the invitation out of her bag. “You gave this to me in the afternoon, you even asked for my name, you said you wanted to include it in the guestlist. How come I’m an unwanted intruder now?”
Hailey stiffened slightly.
A moment later, she smiled wryly, “Uhm… maybe something went wrong in the communication between me and the printer…”
She sighed, “The list has been finalized, Ms. Bethan, don’t take this to heart, just stay.”
“No.”
Bethan lifted her lips in a cold smile.
She was certain, all of this was a trick planned by Alice and Hailey together.
To embarrass her.
Gwen was just their tool.
The woman sucked in a deep breath and took out the invitation, ripping it to shreds right in front of Hailey.
“Since the Walters asked for my name and yet disrespected me. There’s no point in me staying here at this banquet.”
She threw the ripped-up invitation into the air. “
Now I know this is how the biggest family in Sea City treats their guests! “
The surrounding group sucked in a cold breath.
Ripping the invitation given by the Walter family in a banquet organized by the Walter family, even publicly humiliating them for mistreating their guests!
This woman had the courage of a lion! Bethan scoffed and turned to leave.
She barely took a few steps before two bodyguards stopped her from leaving. Behind her, a cold and deep voice rang out, “Do you know the consequences of speaking to one of the Walters like this?”
Bethan frowned and turned around instinctively.
Behind her, a middle -aged man stood, supporting himself with a cane, glaring at her with eyes full of barely veiled contempt.
Beside him, Brettley stood, expressionless.
The middle-aged man was the one who spoke.
He held the authority in the Walter family, Hailey’s father, Dennis Walter.
Seeing Bethan turn her back, Dennis snorted coldly, “In these so plus years of my life, this is the first time someone has dared to dishonor the Walter family like this at a banquet organized by us! “
Bethan raised her lips in a smile.
She lifted her eyes, meeting him fearlessly. “Mr. Walter, you merely witnessed how I disrespected your family, then did you see how your family disrespected me?”
With that, she raised her hand and pointed at the guestlist Gwen used to humiliate her. “This afternoon Ms. Walter personally asked me for my name, and gave me an invitation card. I came here as a designer for the Morrison Group. And now? Not only i s my name not on the guestlist, but instead Mrs. Morrison’s name appeared on the guestlist. I was accused of trying to take Mrs. Morrison’s place, but Ms. Walter told me the guestlist can’t be edited any longer, and asked me to say. Requesting on purpose,
And then intentionally ignoring me, finally when I was attacked and questioned, brushing it off as a simple mistake that can’t be changed. Is this the respect you mentioned?”
Her words shot at him like cannon-fire, every sentence strong and just.
The old Mr. Walter frowned and scoffed, “It’s just a wrong name, there’s no reason to cause such a fuss! Don’t tell me you want us to apologize to you?”
“Uncle, don’t you think I deserve an apology?”
The moment her words left her mouth, Brettley, who was standing beside him, started laughing coldly.
He lifted his feet and walked toward Bethan, cold eyes sweeping across the surrounding crowd. “The more solemn the occasion, the more important it is to pay attention to detail. If today Ms. Walter came to my house and was treated in this manner, can you remain as cool and calm as you are now, uncle?”
Dennis’ expression shifted subtly. “That’s because our Hailey is a woman of class and importance! This Bethan is no one!”
Bethan frowned and was about to open her mouth when Brettley took the lead and stood in front of her.
“this business trip, as the director, I should demand justice for my employee, don’t you think so?”
He glanced at Dennis coldly. “Since Uncle Walter can openly say such words knowing full well that she’s an employee of mine. I think there’s no need for us to continue working together.”
The man tugged Bethan’s hand and turned. “Forget I came.”
With that, he raised his feet and left.
Her hand held in his, somehow, a flicker of warmth ignited in her chest.
Even though he had a million and one faults, at this moment, he was willing to defend her, willing to stand on her side when everyone was against her.
Even if it was just an act, she felt grateful to him. Seeing as Brettley was really about to leave, Dennis panicked.
The public only knew of Brettley as the richest man in Banyan City, but very few knew he was the hidden boss of the biggest multinational corporation overseas!
The purpose of the banquet tonight was to build relations between the Walter Group and the Morrison Group, to lay the groundwork for the Walter Group’s foray into the international business scene.
And now…
Brettley was about to leave because of a minor disagreement like this?!
He hurriedly hobbled on his cane and rushed to stand in Brettley’s path, stopping him from leaving.
“My dear boy, I think you misunderstood me… It’s not that I don’t respect your employee, I just thought, even if an apology was in order, it could wait until the banquet was over, and we successfully locate the person in charge of the oversight, and then he can apologize to Ms. Bethan.”
As he spoke, he even smiled and took a glance at Bethan. “Ms. Bethan, this is a banquet that I organized intentionally for Mr. Morrison, you wouldn’t want to spoil the atmosphere for a minor disagreement like this?”
Bethan narrowed her eyes.
She let go of Brettley’s hand and looked at Dennis expressionlessly. “Was I the one who spoiled the atmosphere, or did your family’s disrespect spoil the atmosphere?”
The woman’s unforgiving attitude caused a baleful glint to appear in the old man’s views.
Sucking in a deep breath, he faked a smile and said, “
Since both Ms. Bethan and Mr. Morrison care so deeply about this issue, I’ll get to the bottom of it right now! “
With that, Dennis gave Hailey who was standing beside him the side-eye. “Hailey, when you finalized the guest list, did you include Ms. Bethan’s name?”
Hailey smiled and nodded. “I passed it to Mr. Walter as soon as it was finalized.”
The butler known as Mr. Walter was immediately located and brought to the hall.
After getting to know the situation at hand, he burst out laughing, “So Bethan and Bethan Peterson are two different people.”
Dennis frowned. “What do you mean?”
“This is what happened.”
The old butler’s tone was calm. “The list Ms. Hailey gave me contained Mr. Brettley Morrison’s name, followed by Bethan. Everyone knows Mr. Morrison’s wife is Alice Peterson, or Bethan Peterson, as she used to be known. I thought Bethan was a nickname, and her full name was Bethan Peterson. And since Bethan Peterson was Mr. Morrison’s wife, I took it upon myself and changed the name on the list to Mr. and Mrs. Morrison.”
The butler’s words caused another uproar amongst the crowd.
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