Bethan’s heart leaped into her throat. Brettley’s meaning was clear.
He did not have any tasks for Jason, so he decided to let him work as a security guard for the time being.
Which meant that…her suspicions were right.
Brettley had indeed sent Jason to kill her. Otherwise, he would not have said that.
They talked for a while more after that before Jason glanced at the time and said, “Well, it’s almost time to send Zach and Yuri to the airport now.”
He shook the car keys at hand and extended an invitation to Bethan and Brettley. “There are still empty seats in the van. Would you two like to send them off at the airport?”
He even shot Bethan a faint smile. “I’m a pretty good driver. Would you like to see for yourself, Ms. Bethan?”
Bethan frowned and immediately shook her head. “It’s getting late now. I have to go home and get some rest. “
With that, she walked over to Zach and Yuri and shook hands with them, respectively. “Help me take good care of Neil and Nellie.”
They grinned and shook her hand in return. “Don’t worry, Ms. Bethan. Neil is our boss, and Nellie is his sister. We’ll definitely take good care of them! “
Then, they bade Brettley farewell and got into the van. Jason started the car and set off, heading toward the airport.
Bethan watched the van become smaller and smaller and could not help but sigh.
“Do you and Jason…know each other?” came Brettley’s sudden question next to her ear.
Bethan paused and finally came to. She gave Brettley a faint smile and answered, “Of course not. How could I possibly have known him?”
Brettley narrowed his eyes searchingly. “The way you looked at Jason just now…”
Bethan pursed her lips. After a moment, she let out another sigh and said, “I was just feeling a little sorry for Bonnie.
“Do you remember her? She was the reporter who pretended to work as an assistant at Morrison Group. She had done all that because Cynthal had promised to tell her of Jason’s whereabouts if she obeyed her orders.”
Bethan lifted her head to gaze at Brettley intently as if trying to detect any emotion from his face. “You must’ve known about this, right?”
Cynthal and Brettley had probably been in on this together. This was why Cynthal was able to use Jason to threaten Bonnie.
Bethan continued to stare at Brettley, attempting to see if any of this jogged his memory.
However, there was no expression on the man’s face at all. Instead, he looked back at her impassively. “
What happened, then?”
Bethan closed her eyes and let out a bitter chuckle. “
Bonnie is the same person who pretended to be Cynthal and was sent into the mental asylum in her place.”
Brettley frowned and seemed to recall something. “
She and Jason…”
“She’s Jason’s sister. Well, to be specific, they grew up together, and now she’s hopelessly in love with him.”
Bethan turned around and walked out of the yard with Brettley while at the same time explaining Bonnie’s story to him.
Finally, she got onto the black Maserati and turned around to glance at Brettley. “Mr. Morrison, don’t you think she was foolish?”
Brettley narrowed his eyes slightly and nodded. “Yes, she was.”
He tilted his head to meet Bethan’s gaze. “Is this why you reacted that way when you saw Jason? You felt sorry for Bonnie because she sacrificed so much for him?”
Bethan lied through her teeth, “That’s right.”
Brettley chuckled. “I never expected you to take pity on a na?ve girl like her.”
Bethan shifted into a more comfortable position and leaned against the car’s backseat. “Well, it’s because I used to be just as nalve as her.”
“Oh?”
Brettley turned around and looked at her in amusement. “Is that so? Why don’t you tell me the story of your past, Ms. Bethan? I’m really curious as to what kind of man would make you fall so hopelessly i n love that you couldn’t distinguish between right and wrong anymore.”
The atmosphere inside the car grew quiet.
Bethan curled her lips into a smirk and gazed at Brettley with clear eyes. “Mr. Morrison, what kind of man do you think would make me fall so hopelessly in love with?”
She stared at him with a gaze so intense and cold that Brettley felt as though he was the man who had disappointed her. He could not help but feel uneasy by her stare.
He tilted his head away from her and chuckled. “
Well, I know he probably isn’t someone like me.”
Bethan felt like laughing at his response. Instead, she turned away from him and instead stared in front of her. “You’re right. He wasn’t like you at all. He was someone irresponsible, selfish, and didn’t take responsibility for the people around him at all.”
Bethan snuck a meaningful glance at the man next to her and could not help noticing Brettley’s sharp and chiseled side -profile. “He was totally different from you, Mr. Morrison. You’re responsible and loyal both to your family and your wife. How could anyone possibly compare the two of you?”
Brettley furrowed his brows. It was rare to hear Bethan praising him like this, but somehow, her compliments made him feel uncomfortable.
After a long pause, he smiled and said, “Well, since he’s such a bad person, why did you like him?”
“I was na?ve and probably blind, ” said Bethan as she beamed at him. She enjoyed criticizing Brettley right in front of him without him knowing it.
She knew that Brettley could probably tell something was wrong. However, he could not seem to put his finger on it. Knowing that Brettley was probably trying to put two and two together made her feel exhilarated, so she continued, “I was young and nalve, so I thought if I loved him, he’d love me back, and we’d be together forever. In reality, he didn’t like me at all, and as time passed, he resented me more and more…
“Until eventually, in the end, I realized that this man wasn’t worth my time at all. He was selfish and arrogant and didn’t care about anyone apart from himself. He didn’t deserve anyone’s love, yet ironically, many other women besides me were crazy for him…”
Brettley frowned at her words.
Seeing how animated Bethan was, Brettley had a feeling that she was talking about him, but…
He narrowed his eyes and fixated his penetrating gaze on Bethan. “When did you start liking him?”
“Eight, nine years ago, I think. It was too long ago.”
Bethan gazed out the window and added impassively, “
We’ve broken up for a long time now. Thank God I was able to get out of that relationship while I could
Brettley stared at her back coldly.
She had fallen in love with this man eight or nine years ago and gotten to know Alice eight years ago.
If his suspicions were correct, that the man she was talking about was indeed him, then it could only mean one thing.
She was Hailey Walter.
Brettley recalled what Jude had said in his office the day before.
“Anything can happen, but I do hope that beautiful employee of yours isn’t Hailey Walter. Otherwise, it’d be disgusting to know that you slept with the woman you hate the most, multiple times.”
Brettley frowned and felt a flurry of emotions swirling about in his mind.
He continued to stare at Bethan’s beautiful side profile and found it hard to believe that the stunning, kind woman before him was the same person who had devised a plan to kill Bethan Peterson.
Finally, the car arrived at Swan Lake Residences.
Bethan let out an exhale and opened the car door, appearing to be in a good mood.
Before she got out of the car, she even bade Brettley farewell with a smile. “Thank you, Mr. Morrison, for listening to my rant. Good night! “
With that, she turned around and got out of the car.
“Bethan.”
Before she could step out, however, Brettley furrowed his brows and stopped her. “You haven’t told me what happened to the scumbag that you fell in love with.”
Bethan paused, then grinned and replied, “He died. “
She feigned innocence and questioned Brettley, “Why are you asking me this, Mr. Morrison?”
Brettley narrowed his eyes. “No reason.”
With that, he slammed the door shut, and the car pulled away.
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.