Bethan nodded. A moment later, she raised her head and looked at Luke. “Now in Sea City… you’re the one who calls the shots, right?”
Luke threw a confused glance at her. “You could say so.”
Gwen paused. “What’s wrong?”
Bethan sucked in a deep breath and looked at Luke. “I need you to arrange for some men to protect me here in Sea City.”
Luke was surprised to receive Bethan’s request.
He lifted his lips in a cold smile, gaze studying Bethan’s expression from top to bottom. “You have Brettley, why would you need my protection?”
Bethan remained silent.
Luke raised an eyebrow. “Why, did you have a fight?”
“Luke.”
Noticing Bethan’s ugly expression, Gwen hurriedly interrupted him. “Why are you asking so many questions? It’s not difficult for you to arrange for a few men to protect Bethan. “
The moment Gwen said this, sure enough, Luke stopped his questioning.
He smiled faintly. “It’s no big deal, I’ll transfer the man who was in charge of keeping an eye on Gwen to make sure she didn’t commit suicide again to protect you.”
Gwen frowned. “Is it enough?”
Somehow, she remembered he only arranged for a middle-aged caretaker to watch over her and prevent her from committing suicide again.
“Eight men still isn’t enough?”
Luke lowered his head and held the sandwich gently with his hand. “
Come on, open your mouth.”
Both Bethan and Gwen were stunned. Luke arranged for eight men to prevent her from committing suicide again?
Bethan could not help herself and threw a meaningful gaze at him again. It was obvious that now to Luke,
Gwen was a very, very important person… Not long later, Luke finished feeding Gwen the sandwich. He stood up, glanced faintly at Bethan. “Are you going to continue keeping her company?”
Bethan nodded.
Only then did Luke tidy up the plates, and turned and left. The door to the ward was closed once more.
Gwen lifted her head, frowning at a constant feature on her face, a hint of a cry in her voice. “He’s feeding me medicine to stabilize the baby… “
Bethan sucked in a deep breath, then walked over and held Gwen’s hand. “Don’t worry. It won’t take long. I’ve already convinced Brettley, he’ll help me persuade Luke.”
Gwen lowered her head quietly, nodding as she sobbed quietly, “Okay.”
At the moment, she had no other choice. She wanted to die, but failed. The food that she ate every day was based on a menu specifically designed for her by a dietician that Luke hired. It was impossible for her to suffer a miscarriage by accident.
Not to mention medicine to trigger a miscarriage. Every day, she was closely monitored here. No one could bring medicine in here. Without Bethan’s help, she had no other choice except painfully giving birth to a child that should not have existed in the first place. Just the thought alone felt suffocating.
A moment later , Gwen turned and glanced at Bethan. “
Why did you suddenly ask Luke’s men to protect you? The remaining followers of the Walter family are targeting you?”
Bethan shook her head. “No. It’s… some private vengeance I have back in Banyan City.”
Gwen sighed, “Don’t worry, Luke is practically the top overlord of Sea City, with his men protecting you, nothing will happen to you.”
Bethan nodded.
The two good friends sat together in silence for a while, then they felt too bored and started hunting for a new topic of conversation.
Their past was bitter, but the present was not all rainbows and unicorns either. The only thing that could make them happy was their time spent together as students. Back then, Bethan had yet to meet Brettley, and Gwen was not married to Ben Zeller yet. As they talked, they could not help but talk about the time when they played the online game, Lost, together.
“Actually, even after so many years, the game is still running.”
Gwen sighed, then took an invitation out from under her pillow. “Some time ago, I was bored and downloaded the game again and logged on.
Unexpectedly, a lot of the people we played with back then were still playing the game.”
She stuffed the invitation into Bethan’s hands. “This is the invitation that the clan leader sent me a few days ago. She’s getting married in real life and invited a lot of old friends in the game. I really want to go… but my health doesn’t allow me to… why not, you attend on my behalf? Maybe you might even meet the clan member that you had a crush on! “
Bethan accepted the invitation and laughed helplessly as she tore it apart, “I’m afraid the clan member from back then must have forgotten me a long time ago.”
In high school, in order to play with Gwen, Bethan downloaded Lost and registered for an account, even creating a character. As a rookie in the game, she stumbled around in the game, even walking was difficult for her.
Later, she met a clan member from the clan that she later joined. He taught her how to play the game, helping her level up and fighting bosses in dungeons, the two of them had a good time playing together.
During that time, Bethan gradually started to have feelings for him, and he too told her she was very special.
Later on, he said he only played the game to try it out, he was too busy with his job in real life and would stop playing. Since then, he never came online again.
After he left, Bethan was upset for a period of time, so she too put aside the game. The last day she logged onto the game was the day she registered her marriage with Brettley. She thought she should say a proper goodbye to her young love that ended before it even started.
But unexpectedly, when she logged into the game, she realized the clan member had sent her a message six months ago, telling her he was already in Sea City and wanted to meet her.
Reading the message, Bethan felt as if fate was playing a cruel trick on her. Because the date on the message, she remembered clearly, was the day she met Brettley.
The day the clan member sent her the email saying he wanted to meet her was the day she met Brettley and fell in love with him at first sight.
Later, she deleted the game and never logged in again.
Now, if Brettley did not question the time she met Gwen, she would have forgotten this game a long time ago, and what’s more, would never remember there was once a fellow clan member that she had a crush on.
Gwen handed her the laptop. “What if he didn’t? Do you want to go online for a look?”
Bethan tore open the wedding invitation, the date of the wedding was tomorrow, the name of the bride printed on the invitation was Clover Bailey. An unfamiliar name.
She frowned, looking at Gwen’s excited expression a s she turned on the laptop. “Do you really want me to attend the wedding on your behalf?”
“Yeah! “
Gwen nodded seriously. “Just go on my behalf, it’ll be… like fulfilling a wish of mine.”
Bethan paused, then sighed and agreed. But, since Gwen already turned on the laptop for her, Bethan accepted it and logged into her old account.
Unexpectedly, the moment she logged on, she received a message from the clan member. (I haven’t seen you for so many years, I never expected you would still be here.]
Bethan was so shocked she did not speak for a moment. A long while later, she sucked in a deep breath and typed a sentence into the chatbox. (I haven’t touched the game in a long while, it popped up during my conversation with a friend, so I logged in for a look.]
He sent her a smiley face. (This is fate indeed. I redownloaded the game too after someone mentioned it to me today.]
After another long bout of silence, he took the initiative and sent her a message. (Are you still in Sea City? Back then I came to Sea City to see you but failed. Coincidentally, I’m also in Sea City right now, would you like to meet up?]
Bethan paused, excitement bubbling in her chest. (I ‘m attending a wedding tomorrow, would you like to come along?]
(Alright.]
Reading the word ‘Alright ‘ that the man sent to her, somehow, excitement filled her chest. She never thought she could somehow reconnect with someone with whom she had lost contact for so many years. At least she could make up for past regret, right?
Looking at her smiling eyes, Bethan frowned. “What’s the matter?”
Bethan took a deep breath and turned to look at her, “
You are right. The clan member… is still here! “
At the same time.
In a five-star hotel in Sea City.
Brettley turned off the computer and took out his phone. “Lucas, find out who will be holding the wedding at the Ocean View Hotel in Sea City tomorrow.”
On the other end of the phone, Lucas was silent for a long while, and finally answered. “Sir, I found it.”
“It’s… Gwen Larson’s ex-husband, Ben Zeller’s wedding.”
The next day, Bethan was rudely awoken by Gwen early in the morning.
“Don’t forget you have a wedding to attend today! Remember to dress nicely, you still have to meet your clan members! “
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.