Bethan, Bethan Peterson.
Her name, the only difference was the removal of her family name!
Combined with Gwen Larson’s previous words, that Bethan intentionally seduced Brettley…
“She’s so scary, this woman shares the same name that Mrs. Morrison used to go by! “
“I think she used that name on purpose, to seduce Mr. Morrison…”
The murmurs of the crowd drifted into her ears in countless waves.
Bethan’s eyebrows screwed together tightly, instinctively lifting her eyes and looking toward Alice who was standing in the distance.
Coincidentally, Alice was looking at her too.
The moment their eyes met, Alice laughed lightly, making a cheeky gesture in her direction. Bethan sucked in a cold breath.
This was all part of Alice’s plan.
She used the weakness in Bethan’s name and engineered this whole fiasco.
Because of the similarity between their names, she did not even have the chance to refute the Walter family’s claim that it was all an accident.
“Mr. Morrison, Ms. Bethan.”
The butler smiled faintly, lowering his head in a bow. “I acted of my own volition, this has nothing to do with Master Walter or Ms. Hailey. I apologize for the inconvenience caused to you, Ms. Bethan.”
When he finished, Dennis laughed lightly, “Ms. Bethan, is this enough to relieve your anger? Now that Mr. Walter has apologized, is there anything else you’re unhappy about?”
That insincere apology only made Bethan laugh.
After a deep inhale, she lifted her gaze and glanced at the butler, Mr. Walter. “So, you’re saying that you only know Mrs. Morrison used to be known as Bethan Peterson and had no idea another woman who went by the name Bethan existed in this world, am I right?”
The butler frowned slightly and remained silent.
“Of course he doesn’t know! “
Dennis laughed coldly. “If he knew Ms. Bethan and Bethan Peterson were two different people and did this on purpose, that means he’s intentionally trying to cause trouble for you.
“Mr. Walter has worked as our butler for more than 20 years. He, at least, knows not to do something like this.”
“I see.”
Bethan sucked in a deep breath and quietly pressed the button on her necklace.
After a soft beep, she laughed lightly and continued, “So, according to the old Mr. Walter, if the butler knew from the start that I and Bethan Peterson are two separate individuals, that means he did all this on purpose, no?”
The woman’s words made the butler, who stood at the side, turn pale in an instant. He glanced at Alice in fear.
Alice narrowed her eyes slightly, walked toward Bethan, and held her arm gently. “Ms. Bethan, you’re taking this too seriously. The butler looks to be at least fifty or sixty. An old man like him might have a poor memory.
“Even if he heard your name before, he may have forgotten it already.”
The butler stiffened and hurriedly nodded. “Yes, that’s right. I’m old, and my memory is failing me! “
Bethan narrowed her eyes slightly. She pulled her arm out of Alice’s grip, her gaze faint and indifferent. “
The butler has a poor memory, you say?”
As she spoke, her gaze drifted toward Dennis. “As the richest man in Sea City, why would the old Mr. Walter entrusted the family’s affairs to an old man with a failing memory?”
Bethan’s words were like a rock thrown into the surface of a calm lake, and it caused a ripple in the crowd.
Everyone present had business dealings with the Walter family, and almost all of them had to be in touch with the butler. If the old butler’s memory was failing him, what if one day he made the mistake with them as he did to Bethan?
That would prove to be an apocalyptic disaster! The crowd exploded in a flurry.
Everyone started discussing amongst themselves. Their voices increased as time went by until it was exponentially noisy.
Brettley stood behind Bethan with his arms crossed over his chest, a cold smile on his lips.
Fools.
The consequences of saying a butler was in charge of all the affairs of such a prominent family like the Walters were more serious than intentionally leaving out Bethan’s name!
The man glanced at Bethan admiringly with that thought in mind,
As the sound of discussion in the hall grew louder and louder, Dennis frowned and coldly snapped, “
Our butler’s health and memory are in perfect condition! “
Then, he turned and glared at Alice coldly. “How well do you know our family, Mrs. Morrison? And you’re starting a rumor that our butler has a poor memory?”
Dennis’s admonishment threw Alice into a daze. When did her father ever treat her like that?
On the other hand…
She suppressed the dissatisfaction in her chest and lowered her head. “I was wrong. I thought the butler, Mr. Walter, was the same as my parents– suffering from a failing memory at his age. As it turns out Mr. Walter is different from mediocre people like my parents.”
Bethan frowned slightly.
Even though she did not have much affection left for her parents, hearing Alice dishonor them in public like that discomforted her.
Looking equally unhappy was Dennis Walter.
On the surface, Alice’s words seemed to be praising the old butler, but in reality, she was taunting him, her own father!
He waved his sleeves coldly. “Enough. The old butler took matters into his own hands and made a mistake with Ms. Bethan’s name. He apologized, so there’s nothing left to see. Everyone, attend to your own business! “
If the crowd continued to gather, he did not know what else would happen.
“Wait.”
Bethan sucked in a deep breath and looked at the email Nigel sent to her on her phone.
After she pressed the button on her necklace, Nigel had heard the entire conversation from her side.
The little boy had sent her the evidence.
Bethan walked forward elegantly and stood in the middle of the crowd. “Mr. Walter, can I borrow a projector from you?”
Five minutes later, Bethan connected her phone to the projector and clicked the document open.
“This is a set of statistics on a group of netizens that have been discrediting me in Banyan City. According to the IP address and source of the signal, the netizens are from an internet company registered abroad, and the legal owner of this company is the butler.”
Instantly, the crowd exploded in a frenzy.
Dennis turned to look at the butler in surprise. The butler, on the other hand, pointed in Alice’s direction discreetly and remained silent.
Dennis buried his face in his hands helplessly.
Alice and the butler did all that behind his back and without his approval. If he knew, he would not have sounded so convinced!
“But…”
Hailey, who had remained silent all this while, frowned. “The company is just under the butler’s name. All it does is accept business and ghostwrite about the intended target. It isn’t necessary for the company to first get to know its target, right?”
Bethan laughed lightly. “Yes, Ms. Walter mentioned an important point.”
Then, she clicked on another document.
“After finding out the ghostwriters who discredited me are connected to the butler, I pulled all stops to investigate this company before I found the person i n charge. After promising the person in charge better job prospects, he exposed a recording of his conversation with the butler.”
Bethan clicked on the recording elegantly.
“That’s not enough. Hire more people. We must destroy Bethan! Get them to keep searching the sentence ‘Bethan is a mistress’. When they discredit Bethan, get them to praise Mrs. Morrison at the same time! “
Every sentence came out of the butler’s mouth. The crowd was engulfed in a frenzy once again.
The butler knew he was done for after the recording played out.
Dennis turned pale as a ghost. The evidence was absolute.
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