Once she reached home, she placed the box down and took off her jacket, while talking to the necklace on her neck.
“I’m going to have a tough battle to fight tomorrow.”
“I’ve already sent the things that you need for tomorrow to your email, “
Nigel, on the other end of the line, calmly replied, “I have faith in you.”
“Us too,”
Neil also chuckled and said.
“But, Mommy, “
Neil sighed and said, “I still think that you should not be rash. Don’t expose Alice’s identity. She still has something on us. We still haven’t found a cure for Nigel’s sickness. If that scumbag Brettley finds out about your identity, all our hard work in the past will be for nothing.”
“It’s fine.”
Nigel’s voice was mature and sophisticated. “I actually… don’t care too much whether I can continue living or not. If the price for me living is too hard for all of you, I would rather… “
“Nigel.”
Before Nigel could finish his sentence, Bethan forcefully interrupted him.
“I have worked so hard because I hope that you live. Since you know that we have been sacrificing so much for you, don’t say such things in the future.”
Then, Bethan closed her eyes and exhaled a long breath. She erased the plan of revealing Alice’s identity on the paper.
No matter how much she loathed Alice or how much she wanted to expose her, Bethan still had to continue holding on for Nigel’s sake.
At least, until she truly got pregnant with Brettley’s child.
Bethan held onto her necklace and chatted with her children for a little while longer before exhaustedly retiring to bed.
That night, she had a realistic dream.
She dreamed that Alice had fallen down from Bay Bridge, the place where she fell from.
Before falling into the ocean, Alice glared at Bethan fiercely.
“If you don’t let me live, you and your children can stop dreaming of living! “
Then, Alice directly pressed the button on the remote control in her hand.
On the bridge, the three children that were running toward Bethan were instantly blown to pieces.
“No! “
Bethan woke up from the dream in a cold sweat.
The startled woman took a deep breath. She got down from the bed, went to the kitchen to pour herself a cup of water, and went to the balcony.
She initially wanted to calm herself down in the cold night breeze, but she was surprised to see a familiar black Maseratee downstairs.
It was Brettley.
She subconsciously looked at the time. It was almost 2 a.m.
What was he doing here at that moment?
The confused Bethan habitually picked up her phone and searched for Brettley’s number.
Just when she was about to call him, she stopped. The unhappy scene she had with Brettley that day appeared on her mind. She even got Lucas to pass on the message to him that besides work, she would not have anything to do with Brettley.
However, at that moment…
Bethan hesitated for a moment before looking for Lucas’ contact. She called him.
Soon, Lucas picked up. “Did we wake you up?”
Bethan furrowed her brows. “I woke up from a nightmare. I saw Brettley downstairs, he…”
“Someone was trying to kill you, “
Lucas said in a suppressed tone, “we only just managed to deal with him.”
Bethan paused a little. She found it rather hard to believe. “You said that someone was trying to kill me?”
“Yes.”
Lucas’ voice was rather hoarse. “You know this person too.”
“Who was it?”
“Jason Lane.”
Bethan gasped. She knew that Jason was a person without any morals. However, she did not expect that he would intrude into her place and tried to kill her that night when she just threatened him the day before!
This man was much more terrifying than she imagined!
“Yesterday night, when you got Mr. Morrison to send men to take Bonnie back to the mental asylum, he also got them to investigate Jason and Bonnie. He found out that Jason has been always using Bonnie. The move you did yesterday blocked him in his path.
“Jason has always been a vicious murderer. Mr. Morrison was afraid that something might happen to you, so he got men to secretly protect you near your house. Who knew that Jason would take action tonight.”
Bethan pursed her lips. Waves of shock and bewilderment washed over her.
She completely did not expect it.
Not only did she not expect Jason to take action so quickly, but she also did not expect…
Even when she had an unhappy encounter with Brettley during the day, he would still send men near her house to protect her in the middle of the night.
Bethan took a deep breath and invited Lucas sincerely. “Do you and Brettley want to… come up? I ’11 make you all some supper.”
Lucas laughed, “You don’t have to thank me, I’m only doing what I’m instructed to do. If you want to thank someone, thank Mr. Morrison. He has been keeping watch here since after work. If Mr. Morrison hadn’t been so smart, we would have never apprehended Jason immediately.”
Bethan paused for a while. “Then, c-can you… help me invite Brettley, get him to…”
“What?”
Before Bethan could finish her sentence, a cold man’s voice interrupted her on the other end of the line. “
You even need someone to help you express your appreciation?”
Bethan was silent for a while.
“In that case, Mr. Morrison, are you willing to come up for a cup of tea?”
Brettley’s voice was low and cold. “Forget about it. You’ve already asked me not to meddle in your affairs. I came over to help you tonight, only because Lucas has sent his men to follow Jason for the entire day. We’re finishing it off. From this moment on, other than work, I won’t meddle in your affairs anymore.”
Then, Brettley hung up the call.
Bethan stood by the balcony, looking at the black Maseratee starting its engine and leaving.
In the end, it was only a black dot in Bethan’s eyes.
Bethan gasped. She did not know what he was being angry about. She had an impulsive moment that afternoon telling him how Alice was Hailey.
However, not only did Brettley refuse to believe her, but he even said that if she were to continue keeping secrets for Hailey, he would not care for her in the future.
That afternoon, she was pissed off, so she told Lucas that other than work, she did not need him to meddle in her affairs.
Turns out, Brettley held his grudges strongly.
Looking at the car leaving, Bethan chuckled bitterly.
Brettley has done so many terrible things to her, yet she could still bear it and live with him peacefully.
Brettley, on the other hand, just because she angrily talked back to him, held his grudge. He has already helped her apprehend Jason, yet he still gave her the cold shoulder.
Bethan stood on the balcony for a long time.
It was until the night turned cold when she clutched her clothes tighter, turned around, and returned to her room.
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