Brettley, how dare she behave like that? Can’t we find another designer to take over this project? You should get rid of her. An employee who dares to beat their boss isn’t worth keeping…”
Brettley did not respond. Instead, he stared at a distance, his eyes narrowed.
After Alice had finished putting ice on Brettley’s face, Celeste approached her cautiously and asked, “Mrs. Morrison, you’re friends with Bethan. You… You should know what kind of person she is, right?”
“She…”
Alice paused, feigning embarrassment, and finally let out a sigh. “That’s Bethan’s personal business. I don’t have a say in anything at all. She’s a very gifted designer, and I’ll have to give her that. I agreed to this marriage because I thought it’d be beneficial to both parties in terms of business.
However, Bethan’s private life is…”
Alice sighed again and added, “I thought that since you’re all artists, you’d be more open-minded and wouldn’t care much about things like this…”
The color drained from Celeste’s face as soon as she heard that. She turned around and glanced at Nathan.
“Let’s go home, now! “
Nathan announced as he grabbed Theo’s collar. “I forbid you to see that woman ever again! “
He then shot Brettley an apologetic look and said, “
I’m so sorry you had to see that, Mr. Morrison.”
Brettley closed his eyes and waved his hand as a dismissive farewell. After the three of them left, Alice continued to sit next to Brettley for a while.
“Brettley, it’s getting late now. Why don’t we go home now?” she asked coyly as she laid in Brettley’s arms.
Brettley closed his eyes and recalled the look in Bethan’s eyes when she had slapped him.
Despair, anger, hatred.
That was the first time Bethan had ever looked at him like that…
Suddenly, Brettley’s phone rang. It was a call from Lucas.
“Sir, Bethan’s on the Bay Bridge right now! Is she considering…suicide?”
Brettley felt as though his blood had run cold. He gripped his phone tightly and enunciated slowly, “
That’s impossible.”
“But…”
Lucas’ frantic voice rang out from the other end of the line. “She climbed onto the railing of Bay Bridge! Sir…should I call the police?”
Brettley had tried to compose himself, but as soon as he heard that, his calm facade crumbled. He roared into the phone, “Keep an eye on her! “
With that, he hung up the phone and stormed out of the room.
“Brettley… Josh–“
By the time Alice finally came to, Brettley had already disappeared around the end of the hallway.
She was so furious that she immediately smashed the tableware onto the floor.
Bethan! That b*tch!
If she wanted to die, they should just let her be!
She deserved to die! She should have died six years ago!
Brettley came out of the hotel lobby and hopped into his car. He harshly stepped on the gas pedal and sped toward Bay Bridge as fast as his car could go.
He finally realized why Bethan had stared at him like that.
She hated him so much that she wanted to take her life!
No… He could not let her die!
Starhill Hotel was more than ten minutes away from Bay Bridge, but Brettley managed to arrive within five minutes. When he finally arrived, he saw Bethan still sitting on the railing.
She had taken off her shoes and removed her jacket, sitting barefoot on the railing as she gazed at the night sky in the distance.
As soon as Brettley got out of the car, Lucas approached him and whispered next to his ear, “
She’s been sitting there ever since I called you. I didn’t dare get close or peep a single word lest I trigger her by accident…”
Brettley frowned and gazed at Bethan’s chiseled side – profile. She was so beautiful that it neared perfection.
However, at that moment, her eyes were etched with despair, helplessness, and doubt, as if…recalling some distant memory.
Bethan was indeed reminiscing.
She sat on the railing as she stared out at the sea in the distance.
Many years ago, she had ended up in her accident with Brettley’s driver and plummeted into the ocean right at this very spot.
This was also where Malcolm’s ship had rescued her and led her to start a new life away from Banyan City.
This was the place where she and Brettley’s lives veered off in different directions.
Bethan sat on the railing and lamented her fate. She had survived a car crash, facial disfiguration, childbirth, and plastic surgery. All of this led her to her new life abroad.
Even though it was not easy, Bethan still managed to persevere through these hardships, one by one.
What she currently experienced paled in comparison.
She should not have been so upset by this. She should not have cared so much.
“Are you going to jump?”
Suddenly, a low voice rang out next to her.
The voice that rang out of the blue startled her, causing her entire body to jolt, tipping her slightly in the direction of the water.
“Be careful! “
Brettley’s hand immediately grabbed her wrist and pressed her down against the railing. As soon he made sure she was safe, he roared, “Why are you so upset by this? It’s just a little hiccup. Are you that desperate to marry Theo?”
Bethan froze. Did Brettley think she wanted to end herself?
She smirked and swung his hand away. “Don’t worry –I won’t die. You’ll probably die before me.”
Brettley, who had done so many despicable things, was still alive. How could she kill herself over such a n insignificant matter?
Brettley felt like laughing. “Well, if you’re not going to jump, what are you doing here? Admiring the view?”
Bethan smirked. “Why? What’s wrong with that?”
She lifted her head to gaze at the water beneath her. “
This seems like a very suitable place to dump a dead body.”
She turned around to look at Brettley. “Isn’t that right, Mr. Morrison?”
Bethan was trying to get Brettley to recall that this was the exact place where he had attempted to murder her.
However, Brettley did not know what Bethan meant and instead interpreted it as something else.
He narrowed his eyes. “You’re going to commit suicide and frame me for murder…because I stopped you from marrying Theo?”
Bethan froze for a moment, then chuckled. “You have a very good imagination, Mr. Morrison. This does sound like a good idea.”
She let out a sigh and gazed at a distance. “If my death would mean that you receive the punishment you deserve, then it sounds like a fair trade.”
However, Bethan knew that would not happen.
She nearly died many years ago, but not only was Brettley unaffected by that, he even got engaged to Cynthal.
Not only did he manage to land another woman, but he also received a reputation as a faithful and devoted husband.
Therefore, Bethan did not want to die. Not before Brettley did, at least!
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.