At her flaring up, Neil cried even louder.
He laid on the ground and cried so badly he had to gasp for air. “Alice! “
Brettley immediately rushed forward. He bent down and hugged Neil in his arms, his heart aching. Then, he raised his head and coldly glanced at Alice.
“When we left this morning, you kept saying you want to properly spend time with the kids and get to know them better. Is this the way you do it with Neil?”
Alice bit her lips. She looked aggrieved. “Brettley, look at my dress! It costs…”
“No matter how much the dress costs, you still cannot treat your children this way! “
This was the first time Brettley saw Neil cry so miserably. He was completely heartbroken. “You know that we’re coming to the amusement park today, yet you insist on wearing such an expensive dress. Don’t you know what kind of environment the amusement park is?”
Neil, who was in Brettley’s arms, said aggrievedly, “Mr. Morrison, I want ice cream…”
Brettley furrowed his brows. He glared at Alice once more before carrying Neil to the ice cream stall.
“Brettley…”
Alice turned to look at Brettley’s back. She was just about to explain herself, when Neil, who was being carried by Brettley, turned back.
He looked at Alice and winked. Then, he smiled at her rather mockingly.
“Damn it!”
In the amusement park’s changing room, Alice unwillingly slipped out of her long, red dress and into a long shirt and long pants that the staff provided.
After leaving the changing room, she ran into Neil who had long since been waiting for her at the entrance.
“Ms. Alice, our beautiful day has just started.”
The little guy leaned on the door, licking on the new ice cream that Brettley bought for him and winked in Alice’s direction. “Later I would like to invite you to ride on the roller coaster, the drop tower and the swing pendulum ride too! “
He frowned slightly. “Ms. Alice, are you afraid of heights? I remember there’s also bungee jumping facilities in this amusement park.”
As he said that, he turned and glimpsed at her, “Initially, I planned to enjoy those rides with Mommy Bethan, but now that she hurt her shoulder, I have no choice but to invite you. Since you’re here today to bond with us children, then you wouldn’t reject an invitation from your beloved son and daughter to enjoy such exciting rides, right?”
Alice trembled slightly. She hated all these exciting, gravity-defying rides the most! If it was not because she wanted to teach Bethan a lesson, she would not have come here at all! Her initial plan was to act all lovey-dovey with Brettley in front of Bethan and take away her chance of spending time with the children when necessary.
As long as Bethan was unhappy, she would be happy.
But now…
Not only did she fail at causing trouble for Bethan, instead she was made a fool of the moment they entered the amusement park!
She glared at Neil viciously, expression venomous. “
What do you want?”
“Eyesores should know when they’re not wanted.”
Neil took a bite of his ice cream, and smiled in her direction. “It’s such a beautiful weekend, you should go and visit your father who’s in jail, or perhaps your mother, who’s in a bad mood because her husband is in jail. What do you think?”
Alice gritted her teeth, glared at Neil viciously again, and strode away.
Looking at the woman’s retreating back, huffing in vexation, Neil lifted the pendant hanging from his necklace and laughed cheekily, “Nigel, the idea you gave me is perfect! You’re the best! “
Nigel’s flat voice drifted in from the pendant, “I read up on her, she’s a germaphobe, has a fear of heights, and hates exhilarating rides like these.”
Neil smiled, his eyes curving into little crescents. “
But how did you find information about her? You already know her true identity?”
On the other end of the phone, Nigel hummed flatly in reply, then hurriedly changed the subject. “We must have chased Alice away.” “Then what about Brettley?”
“I just hacked into the surveillance system, Nellie seems to be having fun with him…”
Neil frowned. “Forget it, let him stay then. We’re leaving tomorrow, and Nellie likes him so much.”
In the amusement park outside.
Brettley was shooting at balloons with a BB gun. Nellie stood beside him, hugging a huge teddy bear. She smiled happily and glanced at Bethan, who was sitting at the side. “Mommy, my Daddy is great, isn’t he?”
Bethan smiled and ruffled the little girl’s hair, but remained silent.
The moment Alice stalked out of the dressing room angrily, the first scene that entered her eyes was of three of them, interacting with each other harmoniously, as if they were a happy family.
Her hands clenched tightly into fists beside her.
She strode toward them, and dove into Brettley’s arms the moment he put down the BB gun. “Brettley, I just got a call. My mother’s condition has worsened, and the news that my father is in jail upset her.”
She raised her eyes and looked at him pitifully. “Can you accompany me to the hospital to visit my mother, please?”
Nellie pouted unhappily the moment the words left her mouth. “No, don’t! “
“Daddy promised me just now, he would make szo points, and win me the biggest teddy bear as a parting gift! “
Alice secretly rolled her eyes at her and raised her head, her voice soft and gentle, “Brettley, since Nellie wants it so much, let’s buy the bear and give it to her, then can you accompany me to the hospital to visit my mother?”
Nellie pursed her lips. “I don’t want you to buy it! I want Daddy to exchange his points for it! A present that you buy with money is different from one that you earn with your effort and hard work! “
Alice frowned and glared at her. “How is it different! You’ll just get the same teddy bear! “
With that, she raised her head. “Brettley, visiting my mother is more important, I’m worried something will happen to her can you accompany me, please?”
She definitely did not want to continue staying here and be tortured by that little bastard, Neil. But if she left by herself and left Brettley here with them…
Was that not exactly what Bethan wanted?
At this thought, Alice even pulled on Brettley’s arm and started whining, “Brettley…”
Looking at her like this, a laugh escaped Bethan’s tight lips.
“Even if your mother was upset, she should have been the most upset yesterday. You weren’t even by her side yesterday, why are you suddenly such a filial daughter today?”
With that, she changed into a comfortable position and leaned back on the bench, holding Nellie’s hand a s she laughed lightly, “Besides, didn’t you just say this morning that you didn’t want to leave Neil and
Nellie, that’s why you came along. We haven’t even been here for an hour, and you want to leave already?”
Bethan was looking at Alice when she said these words.
Alice clearly read the taunt and condescension in her words. She narrowed her eyes viciously. She knew Bethan was saying these as revenge for her threatening words this morning.
“Alice.”
Brettley frowned slightly, pushing Alice away from him. “Bethan is right. This morning before we left, you put in so much effort to convince me to come along with you and have fun with the children. And now we just arrived but you’re already rushing to leave.”
“Exactly.”
Nellie took the fruit juice that Lucas just bought for her and sucked hard on the straw. “Neil even said he wants to ride on the roller coaster and drop tower with Ms. Alice later! “
She bit her lip, turned, and looked at Brettley. “Brettley. will you accompany me to the hospital, please? I’m really worried about my mother… “
“If you’ re worried, you can go by yourself. “
Nellie sucked in another mouthful of juice. “Daddy still needs to win me the big teddy bear! “
Alice bit her lip at the little girl’s words. Before she could say anything, Brettley opened his mouth and said faintly, “Since you’re so worried about your mother , ask Lucas to drive you home.”
Alice herself knew her reason was not strong enough to convince Brettley to give up the two children and leave with her. But still, she gritted her teeth secretly and pulled on Brettley’s sleeve in a whine, putting in a last-ditch effort. “Brettley…”
Bethan yawned and turned away, right at that moment she saw the carousel had started rotating. She lowered her eyes and whispered in Nellie’s ears.
Nellie pursed her lips and stood up, carrying her teddy bear in her hands. “Daddy, since you’re so busy, you don’t want to win the toy for me. After all, you haven’t given me any meaningful presents before, I’m used to it!”
With that, the little girl held Bethan’s hand and the mother and daughter pair headed in the direction of the carousel.
Seeing as the eyesores were finally gone, Alice heaved a sigh of relief, “Brettley, let’s…”
“Daddy.”
Before she could finish her sentence, Neil appeared out of nowhere, holding four tickets to the roller coaster in his hand. “Let’s try out this ride, okay? “
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.