If it was not because of Bethan and her two kids, she and Brettley would be head over heels for each other right now.
But then what happened?
Even till now, Brettley still treated her with cool detachment. Even though he never indicated that he wanted to abandon her, he never looked at her with the flaming heat and desire that he had for Bethan.
In this trip back to Sea City, since it was her strong- hold, she thought she could destroy Bethan once at all.
But unexpectedly, not only did she lose a puppet that she could use as her double, even Liam was defeated and now her father was about to be incriminated and sent to prison! The entire Walter family was about to break apart!
At this thought, Alice gritted her teeth in fury and hatred.
It was all Bethan’s fault!
All of this would not have happened, if it was not for her! The Walter family would not fall! No, Walter was still standing. They still had her, she was their last trump card. As long as she got rid of Bethan and the two little bastards, and regained her position in Brettley’s heart, it was only a matter of time before the Walter family regained their past glory.
At this thought, she was determined.
No matter what, she had to destroy Bethan, the thorn in her side!
Their journey lasted throughout the entire morning, and in the afternoon, they finally arrived back at Banyan City.
Bethan slept all the way through. When she awoke, she noticed there was a message from Gwen on her phone. Luke had already transferred her to a new hospital. Gwen sent her photos of the new hospital. The environment was perfect, with peach blossoms growing in full bloom in the yard. After replying to Gwen’s message, she lay in the passenger seat and stretched lazily. “Lucas, you can just drop me off at the Swan Lake Residences when you pass by the area.”
That morning, Neil and Nellie had already sent her a message, informing her they would be waiting for her at the Swan Lake Residences.
“Bethan.”
The moment her words left her mouth, Alice, who was sitting in the backseat suddenly said, “Neil and Nellie are still staying with you, right? Please call them and ask them to wait downstairs. We’ll pick them up when you get off. I haven’t seen the children in a long time, I miss them. It would be nice to have them come home and stay with us for a few days.”
She glimpsed at Bethan’s pale expression through the rearview mirror. “You haven’t given birth yet, so you don’t understand how much a mother will miss her children after being apart from them for a long time.”
As she spoke, she even shifted her eyes to Brettley for a short glimpse. “Dear, you miss them too, right? The four of us have been apart for so long, it’s time we reunite as a family, don’t you think so?”
The air in the car turned silent. Bethan’s whole body stiffened.
She had not seen both Neil and Nellie for days. This was the longest time she had spent apart from them since she gave birth to them six years ago.
She missed them dearly.
From the calls they shared this morning and yesterday in the afternoon, she knew the children missed her dearly too.
The fire in her heart that was burning with excitement at the thought of meeting her children was cruelly extinguished by Alice’s cold words, instead turning cold and frosty.
Alice was doing this on purpose. She did not have any feelings for Neil and Nellie. She was just trying to get to her, to get to the children.
“Brettley?”
Noticing Brettley’s continued silence, Alice even called out to him softly.
Only then did he blink and recover his wits. He coughed slightly, raised his eyes and looked at Bethan from the back as she sat in the passenger seat. “We’ll do as Alice says.”
No matter what, Alice was still their mother. Even though she had not lived with the children throughout the six years of their lives, after all, blood was thicker than water. Besides, Alice and the children were never close. This was one of the rare times she initiated a reunion with the children, there was no reason for him to reject her.
Bethan’s hands clenched into fists by her side, her nails cutting deep crescents into her palms. She bit her lip, holding on to the delusional idea that she might be able to spend some time with her children.
“What about at night… can I have an afternoon with them…”
She wanted to hold them and hug them tightly in her arms. Cook them a sumptuous lunch and just spend an afternoon with them. This was her most humble and lowly wish as a mother.
But Alice was determined to rob her of such an opportunity.
“But I really miss the babies.”
To make Brettley agree, she even used a term of endearment like ‘babies’ to describe Neil and Neillie. “Brettley, don’t tell me you don’t miss them?”
Brettley’s blinking eyes paused suddenly. Of course, he did. Before they left for Sea City, he had arranged for Lily to stay in Bethan’s apartment at the Swan Lake Residences to take care of the two children’s daily life and at the same time… to send him some photos.
His phone was filled with photos that Lily sent him. They were his precious treasure. He even cherished the photos of him two little children so much, what more their physical presence.
He frowned. “Why not do it this way. Alice and I are their birth parents, while Bethan is their foster mother, all of us love the children. We have been apart for too long, neither can bear to be apart from them any longer. Why not Bethan go and bring them down later, and follow us back to Blue Bay Villa.”
The man’s words made both Alice and Bethan pause slightly.
“No.”
“I don’t think that’s a good idea.”
Both women opened their mouths simultaneously. Deadly silence once again enveloped the car.
Finally, Alice took a glimpse at her phone then laughed lightly as she said, “Then we’ll just do as Brettley says. We are a family after all, we shouldn’t argue over a minor disagreement like this, don’t you think?”
Bethan bit her lip harshly. She wanted to reject it. Fervently so. But at the moment, in everyone’s eyes, she was just their foster mother. She did not have a say in these matters.
Sucking in a deep breath, she closed her eyes in despair. “We’ll do as he says then.”
“Bethan is so kind.”
Alice lay in Brettley’s arms, her lips lifting in a self-satisfied smile. On the screen of the phone in her hands, a message from a servant at the Blue Bay Villa was displayed.
“Adrian Morrison and Granny Morrison are already waiting in the Villa.”
Very soon, the car arrived at the Swan Lake Residences.
Bethan climbed out of the car with a weary heart and headed upstairs.
“Welcome home, Mommy!”
“Mommy! I miss you so much!”
Nellie said.
She took her keys, and the moment she opened the door to the apartment, the two children rushed out like two little tornadoes.
Neil and Nellie each hugged one of her legs, chattering away in excitement.
“Mommy, I knew you would come back at this hour, but Neil insisted you would come back later! “
“Mommy, in the past few days that you weren’t home, I asked Lily to teach me how to make coffee! I made your favorite Arabica coffee! “
“Mommy, I have it all planned out, you can’t go anywhere this afternoon. Just stay at home, read me stories and build Legos with Neil! “
“Mommy…”
Bethan lowered her eyes, looked at the two black little heads in front of her, the words were at the tip of her tongue, but she just could not spit them out.
Behind her, Lily stood in the living room, looking at her with a smile on her face. “Ms. Bethan, they purposely took a day off from school to wait for you. Since this morning, they were particularly excited, decorating the house as if it was the holiday season.”
Only then did Bethan notice the decorations hanging in the living room. Colorful banners were strung across the walls, their longing for written clearly across the banners in sloppy, childish writing.
Glued to the middle of the wall were a row of flowers that were shaped into words: Welcome home, Mommy!
Looking at the festive decorations in the room, Bethan’s heart was warm yet in pain, as if it had been burned by something hot.
She suppressed her tears of agitation and knelt down, “Neil, Nellie. Brettley’s car is still downstairs. “
Immediately, there was a change in Neil’s expression. Meanwhile, Nellie cocked her head to the side and looked at her mother in confusion. “What’s Daddy doing downstairs?”
“He’s waiting for us to go down.”
The woman held out her hand gently and ruffled the little girl’s hair. “
He misses the two of you too. And… Alice is here. She also wants to see the two of you. So, let’s go downstairs, and follow them back to Blue Bay Villa, okay?”
The little girl’s expression fell in an instant. She shook her head fervently, “No, no, no! Alice is so, so fierce! I don’t like her! I don’t want to go home! “
Bethan closed her eyes, her heart aching in her chest. How she wished they did not have to go home. If possible, she wanted to bring Neil and Nellie with her and leave Banyan City, go abroad to reunite with Nigel. Then their family could finally live happily together.
But…
She bit her lip, holding Nellie’s hand and said quietly, “Come on, be a good girl.”
The little girl’s eyes were bright with tears, she did not want to leave but had no choice in the matter. “
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