He gently lifted Bethan’s chin and stared straight into her eyes. “What do you mean, someone like me? What kind of person do you think I am?”
Bethan let out a sigh. She seemed like she was about to say something but decided against it. She turned her head away from him. “I’m sure you know the answer.”
Was Brettley that ignorant? Did he need her to tell him all his wrongdoings?
Brettley chuckled and tilted his head until his mouth hovered right next to her ear. “Do you think I ‘m a hypocrite because I planned on divorcing Alice but changed my mind in the end?” he said in a cold voice.
Bethan’s breath caught in her throat. “Isn’t that true?”
“Alice is my wife.”
Brettley let out another chuckle. “
She abandoned everything she had just to marry me and became my wife for three years. She suffered hardships and difficulties. Even though my family treated her badly, she still tried desperately to bear m e a child. Eventually, she got pregnant, but she almost died.”
Bethan’s entire body stiffened upon hearing Brettley’s words. It turned out he knew everything. He knew about everything she had gone through and sacrificed just to be with him.
Bethan’s lips curled up in a smirk. “Is this the reason you changed your mind about divorcing Alice? All because of what happened many years ago?”
“Yes.”
Brettley heaved a deep sigh. “I’ll never be able to pay her back for everything she’s done.”
Bethan closed her eyes and snickered. If she was not familiar with him, she would have been tricked into thinking he was a faithful and devoted husband. She, unfortunately, knew him too well.
She would not have gotten into that accident if it was not for him.
If it were not for him, Cynthal would not have gotten pregnant with his child and stayed with him for so many years.
If he truly was that devoted of a husband, why did he declare to the public his intention of divorcing Alice? All of a sudden, he changed his mind and tried to justify his actions as he brought up everything his wife, Bethan Peterson, went through.
This deceitful, two-faced man disgusted Bethan to the core!
Just as she thought of that, she suddenly felt a twinge of pain that shot up her neck. The next thing she saw was how Brettley dangled the necklace in front of her face with a hint of triumph in his smirk.
“Just as I thought.”
There was a microchip embedded in the necklace, along with a tiny switch. Brettley fiddled around with the necklace and said to Bethan with a smile, “Is this your way of contacting that mysterious hacker? Neil and Nellie both have this necklace too. Do all four of you contact each other through this?”
Brettley narrowed his eyes. He grew more curious about the person behind this necklace. Not only was that person a skilled hacker, but he maintained frequent contact with Bethan, Neil, and Nellie. Who was he, and why did the three of them try so hard to protect his identity?
Was it Malcolm? It did not seem likely.
Malcolm was Brettley’s biggest competitor, so Brettley naturally knew almost everything about him.
Malcolm was not as adept at hacking as this mysterious person was.
“Give it back to me! “
Bethan rushed forward like a madwoman and tried to snatch the necklace back from him. However, Brettley did not like giving things back. He dodged her effortlessly and said, “
Why not tell me who this person is, then I’ll give you your necklace back.”
Bethan bit down on her lip and gave another futile attempt. She wrapped her arms around Brettley’s waist and tried to grab ahold of his arm in an attempt to seize the necklace from him. She was so agitated that she did not notice how intimate this position was. Her hand and chest kept bumping into his belt buckle as she tried to pluck the necklace from his hand.
Before long, Brettley’s body started to stiffen. He lowered his gaze and shot her a cold glance. “Get your hand off me.”
His voice was steely and cold.
Bethan bit her lip and glanced at the necklace before she finally released her grip on his arm.
Brettley frowned even more. “I meant the other one.”
Bethan froze and looked down before she realized her other hand clutched his belt buckle. Flustered, her face turned red and she drew back her hand immediately. “Give me back my necklace…”
Brettley let out an exhale and stared at the tiny switch on the necklace through squinted eyes. “If I press this button right now, will I get to find out who the mysterious person is?”
“Brettley Morrison! “
Bethan glared at him. “Don’t make me hate you! “
Brettley’s hand stiffened.
The distress and resentment in her eyes made him pause in his tracks, but this hesitation lasted for only a moment. A few seconds later, Brettley sneered.
He just wanted to find out who this hacker was that helped Bethan all the while. He did not intend on doing anything bad to that mysterious hacker. Why would she hate him because of that?
Brettley pressed the button, but a childish voice rang out from the necklace, “Mommy! If you encounter any troubles, don’t be sad! Nellie will always be here for you. Neil said that we should record our voices and keep them in this necklace so that it’ll feel like we’re always there next to you.”
All of a sudden, Neil’s voice rang out, “Even though we’re not physically there with you anymore, you still have to take care of yourself. You’re such a trusting person, and I’m always scared that you’ll be bullied. Please remember to take your meals on time, and go to bed on time, too. Just because we’re not there with you anymore doesn’t mean you can disregard your health.”
The last thing they heard was Neil and Nellie’s unanimous voices, “Mommy, we love you.”
The room fell into silence. After a few moments, the children’s recording repeated. “Mommy! If you encounter any troubles, don’t be sad! Nellie will always be here for you…”
Brettley froze upon hearing this. He lowered his head in shame. “This…”
“Are you happy now?! “
Bethan cried out as tears streamed down her face. She snatched the necklace from his hand and put it back on. “I’ve lived with Neil and Nellie for six years! Separating us wasn’t enough, and now you want to take away the messages they’ve recorded for me, too?”
Brettley lowered his gaze. Bethan’s familiar face hovered before him, but it was covered in tears. Her tears slid along the curve of her jawline and fell onto the rug beneath her.
“I ‘m sorry.”
This was the first time Brettley felt that his actions had crossed a line.
Perhaps the only reason she touched her necklace last night was that she wanted to listen to the children’s messages. She just wanted to listen to their voices, but he misinterpreted the entire situation.
Brettley closed his eyes. “I thought this necklace was “I don’t know what hacker you’re talking about. This necklace means the world to me because it’s the only thing I have left that connects me to Neil and Nellie. If you want to know who gave me this necklace, I can tell you. It was Neil, but you don’t believe me, do you?”
She lifted her head and fixated her gaze on him.
Brettley let out a chuckle. “You’re kidding me. How can Neil even know–“
“Do you even understand him?” interjected Bethan before Brettley could finish his sentence. “Neil and Nellie have returned to Blue Bay Villa for a long time now, but have you ever tried to get to know them and learn what they like or what they’re good at?
“Your father was the one who discovered Nellie’s talent and love for jewelry designing. What about Neil, then? Do you know anything about your son? ” snapped Bethan. “What do you do all day, besides obsessing over Alice?
“You’re a terrible father, “
Bethan spat. “Of course, Alice is just as terrible a mother. I guess you both truly are made for each other.”
Bethan let out a sigh and pulled open the door behind him. “It’s getting late now, Mr. Morrison. Please hurry back so you can go to bed with your wife.”
Brettley frowned upon hearing her steely tone. He glanced at her with a somewhat complicated expression. “Bethan.”
“Although you brought up Neil and Nellie, please remember that right now, you’re just one of Morrison Group’s designers. You have no right to comment on my private matters, much less the way I raise my children.”
Brettley’s gaze was steely and hard. “I apologize for what happened just now. I overstepped a boundary, and I ‘in sorry for that, but I don’t need you to teach me how to raise my children.”
With that, Brettley turned around and left. Bethan stood next to the door, motionless as she watched him strode off and disappear into his room. She watched the door close behind him and let out a scoff.
Meanwhile, back in his room, Brettley did not immediately make his way to the bedroom. The hotel room that Lucas had booked for him was a presidential suite and came with an attached study.
Instead of going to bed, Brettley went into the study and started doing work.
Back in her room, Alice laid in her bed as she scrolled through the photos on her phone. The hotel that Bethan and Brettley were staying in was under the Walter family’s belt. Although they never publicly announced the acquisition of the hotel, the Walters indeed owned it.
Before Bethan’s arrival, Alice had instructed the hotel manager to install pinhole cameras in Bethan’s room. At that moment, Alice went through the images the hidden cameras had captured.
Every single photo depicted Bethan and Brettley together. There was one of Brettley staring at Bethan’s chest, another one of him pressing her up against the door with her hands clutched over her chest, and finally, one of Brettley extending his hand toward Bethan…
A glint of envy and hatred flashed through Alice’s eyes. She saved all the photos into her phone’s photo album. “What is she doing now?”
“She seems to be looking for a towel. I think she’s about to take a bath soon.”
Alice squinted. “Did you install cameras in the bathroom as well?”
“Yes.”
“Take pictures of her showering! “
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