Hailey smiled lightly and looked at the busy Gwen in front of her.
“You’ve been talking for so long. Do you want some water?”
Gwen furrowed her brows and glanced at her phone. She shook her head. “No need. Two more phone interviews, and it’s done.”
Hailey gracefully smiled at Gwen’s words.
“Gwennie, don’t worry. I’ll keep my word. As long as you help Mrs. Morrison defeat Bethan at the press conference tomorrow, I’ll let Uncle Andy go.”
She then passed the tea which she had poured to Gwen.
“You don’t have to worry. Uncle Andy and I go way back, and I won’t make things difficult for him as well. He’s currently staying in the backyard of the Walters’ mansion, living comfortably.”
Gwen gripped her phone so hard that her knuckles turned while.
Everyone knew that the backyard of the Walters’ mansion was a prison! That place was heavily guarded, and it never saw daylight. It was a place they used to trap traitors of the Walter family!
However, Gwen’s father was not a traitor. He did not do anything wrong that offended the Walter family.
He was trapped in the prison just because Alice and Hailey wanted to bring Bethan down, so they used him to threaten Gwen!
Gwen bit her lips harshly. She calmly accepted and finished the two phone interviews.
In the end, she looked at Hailey flatly.
“Ms. Hailey, I’ve done what you asked. More than ten phone interviews and tomorrow’s press conference. I’m sure that’s enough to show you my sincerity?”
Hailey laughed arrogantly. She lowered her head and sent a message.
After a moment, she looked up at Gwen.
“That’s enough. I look forward to your press conference tomorrow.”
“You’ll be reunited with Uncle Andy.”
Hailey then kept her phone and left. The moment she left, Gwen received a call from Alice.
“Gwennie…”
Alice’s voice on the other end of the call sounded like she was crying. “Thank you so much for helping me! You’re my BFF! “
Gwen gnawed more on her lip. “Don’t mention it…”
Alice chatted with Gwen excitedly for a while before she ended the call.
“Gwennie.”
Ben, who was lying on the bed, looked at Gwen helplessly. “Are you really…planning to defame Bethan in the press conference tomorrow morning?”
Gwen closed her eyes. “I have no choice.”
Even if Bethan was her best friend in high school, they still did not have enough power to go against them.
Alice had the support of Hailey, while Hailey had the support of the Walter family, who was powerful enough to control the entire Sea City.
She could not be offended.
Bethan laid on the sofa and fell asleep unknowingly. After a long while, her phone rang.
It was a call from Theo.
“Bethan, where are you now?”
His voice was filled with anxiety. “I just came out from the police station and heard people start talking about you. I immediately called Ben. He said you’ve been taken by Brettley! Are you alright? Did Brettley do anything to you?”
“No. He took me back to the hotel. Why don’t you come to the hotel and look for me?”
Bethan took a deep breath. “Ben… What else did he tell you, other than I was taken away by Brettley?”
Theo, on the other end of the call, fell silent for a while.
“He said that Gwen has her own difficulties, too.”
Theo sighed helplessly. “Who did you say was targeting you? Is it Alice? But… This is Sea City, and Alice isn’t from here. Where did she get so much power to be able to threaten Gwen, who is a local?”
Bethan closed her eyes. “I want to know as well.”
Gwen was not only a local in Sea City. Her father,
Andy Larson, even opened the largest five-star hotel in Sea City.
Technically, there were not many people who could threaten her.
Suddenly, Hailey Walter’s face appeared in Bethan’s mind.
She bit her lip.
In Sea City, it seemed like only the Walter family would be able to threaten the Larsons and had Gwen willingly submit.
She held her phone and was silent for a very long time.
“I’m on the way to your hotel. Do you want to come to get me in the lobby?”
Seeing how there was no response from Bethan, Theo smiled. “I’m afraid I ‘ll end up in the wrong room. I’m also afraid that Brettley’s men would stop me from getting to you.”
Bethan was silent for a while. She stood up. “Okay. I’ll wait for you downstairs.”
Bethan hung up the call. She casually put on a coat and headed out of the door.
The moment she opened the door, the door from the room next to hers opened, too.
She subconsciously turned to look. Alice looked at her in surprise.
After a moment, her surprise turned into condescension.
“Ms. Bethan, when did you get back? I heard that you colluded with Yuri and hit Lucas unconscious, just so you could spend time with Theo.”
Alice smiled. She looked at Bethan’s room behind her. “Did you come back alone? Where is Theo?”
At that, Alice seemed to have suddenly thought of something. She reached out and covered her mouth.
“Don’t tell me that Theo saw the news and got angry at you? The people of Sea City sure like to spread rumors.”
Then, Alice smiled at Bethan. “Do you know where Theo is? Why don’t I help you persuade him to be less petty? After all, my husband, Brettley, is too exceptional. I don’t blame you.”
Bethan was too lazy to continue the nonsense with Alice.
She looked at the woman who blatantly tried to provoke her. “If that’s the case, Mrs. Morrison, you’ll have to keep a watchful eye on him. Otherwise…”
Bethan smiled as she walked up to Alice to whisper into her ear, “Otherwise, if another woman comes along and takes Mr. Morrison, all your lies will be in vain.”
Bethan turned and left, leaving Alice with shock and rage in her eyes.
The latter was rooted where she stood and watched as Bethan left. Her fists were clenched tightly.
Bethan grew even more arrogant!
Down at the lobby, Bethan sat on the sofa in her trench coat and waited for Theo to arrive.
She was a little sleepy, so she closed her eyes to rest a little on the sofa.
“Where did our boss go today?”
“I don’t know. No matter how we contacted him, his assistant was the one that replied, but we can’t take the assistant’s word as instructions from the boss. How annoying! “
“Won’t Boss always come around during noon to make his rounds, though? He’s not here today. Did something happen to him?”
The hotel staffs’ voices rang in Bethan’s ears. Her brows furrowed instinctively. Andy Larson, missing?
Her instincts told her that Andy Larson’s absence had something to do with Gwen’s change in attitude toward her.
She opened her eyes and walked to the staff that discussed among one another. After questioning them, Bethan was almost definite that something had happened to Andy.
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