Alice pursed her lips. She turned to have a look, her face was instantly pale.
The handphone…
Was the same one which she threw into the lake previously.
However…
Brettley saw her throwing the phone into the lake that day. She was worried that Brettley might overthink it and fished the phone up. That night, in the middle of the night, she got people to fish it up first.
She clearly remembered that she had already gotten her men to fish the phone up. Later on, she melted the phone with acid before throwing it at a trash bin outside.
How could that…
Alice’s mind spun crazily quickly. She laughed. “Brettley, this phone is exactly the same as the one I threw the other day. Did you buy a new one for me, seeing that I threw the other one away?”
Then, she buried her head in his arms and rubbed against him. “How thoughtful of you, Brettley.”
“Of course, I’m considerate.”
Brettley sneered, “I got Lucas to find the exact same phone, fished it out, and threw it back in the lake.”
Upon Brettley’s words, Alice’s face has lost all of its colors.
She felt her blood freeze.
Brettley calmly pried her hands off him. He picked the phone and switched it on.
“It took quite some time to fix this.”
Then, the phone was switched on with a sound.
The chat records on the phone were recovered. The one who contacted Irene with the number of an ‘Alice ‘. In the chat between them, she abetted Irene, and instructed her how to get to where the Walter family was…
Each chat was tapped open by Brettley in front of Alice.
The color on Alice’s face lost bit by bit with Brettley’s every tap.
After a long while, when Brettley had finally shown all the chat records, Alice was almost completely slumped on the sofa.
How could this have happened… Her plan was flawless… how…
“Alice.”
Brettley placed the phone down and looked at her coldly. “Do you think that your schemes and actions will go unnoticed?”
Alice gripped the armrest of the sofa tightly. She said nothing.
“I treated you as the person closest to me, yet you treat me like a fool.”
Brettley narrowed his eyes. His voice was as frigid as his gaze.
“We have been husband and wife for many years. You still understand me very well. You know the woman I hate the most is Hailey Walter.”
Alice gripped the sofa with both hands so tightly her knuckles turned white.
She bit her lips hard. Her heart hurt so much as if it were stabbed by someone with a knife.
Brettley changed into a more comfortable position on the sofa and sneered.
“Ever since the Walter family started moving about in Banyan City, Jude noticed it. Whether it was him or me, we all were willing to believe that it was Hailey who was behind all this. I even suspected a little whether Bethan was Hailey herself. However, I never had thought that the main culprit behind this was you.”
Brettley turned to and looked at Alice’s miserably pale face. “The only reason I was waiting for the Irene matter to end before looking for you is to give you a chance to turn a new leaf.”
Brettley has even thought that if Alice were to stop Mr. Walter and his daughter from moving on with the plan before the press conference, he could even treat it as if nothing has happened.
He would still continue to tolerate her and put up with her dirty tricks.
After all, he owed her too much, leaving her out in exile for six years.
Brettley’s wariness of Alice and his sense of insecurities were normal.
However…
Patience and tolerance have their limits too.
He could forgive Alice’s dirty tricks and her little antics once or twice.
However, what if it happened more than that?
If she has already changed and she was no longer the Bethan Peterson from six years ago, was Brettley still going to continue tolerating?
“Brettley…”
Alice slipped and slumped onto the rug on the ground from the sofa. She grabbed Brettley’s sleeve with teary eyes.
“Brettley… I know I did wrong. It’s really because you have been too close with Bethan. I really have no sense of security, that is why I would…
“Also, I have been against this plan from the beginning. It’s Yvonne and Mr. Walter, they came up with this idea on my behalf. I initially wanted to reject the plan, but I realized that you were always going to Bethan’s. You spend much more time with her daily than me. I’m really jealous.
“I have been apart from you for so long. I am really afraid that I might lose you. I can’t take this, that is why I half-heartedly agree with them…”
Alice wiped her tears and sobbed, “Brettley, please forgive me…”
Brettley lowered his gaze and looked at the woman sitting on the floor while grabbing his sleeve.
Alice’s face was still the face of the woman he owed the most to since six years ago.
However, at that moment, she was so vicious and manipulative that he could not believe that this woman was the same gentle and kind-hearted Bethan Peterson, the woman who would stand behind him.
Did he still love her?
He guessed that he still loved her. Bethan Peterson was someone he could not forget nor let go of for his entire life.
However, at that moment, Brettley was also very clear that he actually loved the version of her six years ago.
The version of her at that moment…
“Alice.”
Brettley closed his eyes and said in a low voice, “Let’s get a divorce.”
Perhaps if they split up, Alice would not let jealousy blind her. She might return back to the gentle and adorable version of her.
Divorce.
This word was like a huge hammer, smashing brutally on Alice’s heart.
No. They could not have a divorce!
If they were to divorce, that meant that all her years of cosmetic surgery and her effort had gone to waste!
She spent so much time and effort just to become Bethan Peterson, to become the unattainable woman that he had longed for.
If they got a divorce, her past six years would have been for nothing!
Alice bit her lips and hugged Brettley’s calves tightly. She grabbed onto the hem of his pants and shook her head furiously. “Brettley, I do not want a divorce! We cannot have a divorce! You’re the only person in the life that I care for the most! If you were to divorce me, then… my life will have no meaning anymore! “
Warm tears seeped into the thin fabric of his pants. Brettley’s heart seemed to be affected by her tears.
He closed her eyes. “Alice, I have given you chances. Not only once.”
“T-Then… then give me another chance! “
Alice held onto Brettley tightly. She extended her fingers and pointed it to the sky. “I swear I won’t make any mistakes anymore. Okay? Next time, I’ll do as you say. Alright? Brettley, don’t leave me, please? I have loved you for so many years. Don’t give up on me, please…”
Brettley lowered his gaze and looked at her teary face with darkened expressions.
Actually, Brettley did not feel good either. This was the woman he loved the most in his life.
She was kneeling on the ground humbly pleading with him. How could he bear too…
However…
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