“No, you’re right. I have misunderstood you. I once thought that you were a responsible and committed man, that you were someone who’d take responsibility for his marriage and relationships, but what happened in the end?”
Bethan glared at Brettley coldly. “While you and I were married, you got together with my sister. You were even willing to hire Jason to kill me because of her! You asked me why I agree to Malcolm’s marriage proposal. What do you think?”
Bethan glared at Brettley angrily. The rage that she had suppressed for six years finally showed itself.
“I was pregnant with triplets. Jason crashed into me and, seeing how I was still alive, even called you.
What happened next? In the call, you told him to kill me. I was knocked off of Bay Bridge by him. If it weren’t for Malcolm’s yacht at sea at that time and him rescuing me from drowning, would I still be here now?
“My entire face was ruined because of that hit -and- run, but for the three strong lives in my womb, I endured the pain of disfigurement for seven full months ! It was only when the children were born did Malcolm help me undergo cosmetic surgery ! “
Bethan clutched her face and sneered. “Do you know, because of this face, how much I’ve suffered to just be able to live like a normal person? When I was bringing my children up in suffering, what were you doing? You were with Cynthal. You announced that Cynthal was your fiancée. You both said that I had an affair, that I left a note and eloped. You said I had an accident.
“You even produced a will and said that before I left, I asked you to take care of Cynthal, that I asked you to be with Cynthal! “
Bethan glared at Brettley fiercely. “Now, you have the cheek to ask me why I agreed to marry Malcolm? If it weren’t for Malcolm, my children and I would’ve been long dead! “
“So… “
Brettley closed his eyes. “Just because he rescued you and your children, you agreed to marry him?”
“What else, then?”
Bethan smiled mockingly and looked at Brettley. Her gaze was so cold, there was not an ounce of warmth in it.
“If I don’t marry Malcolm, who rescued me from the brink of death and treated my children like his own, should I marry you instead, the person who harmed me and my children back then and even killed a child of mine now?!
“Brettley, I was indeed blind to have fallen for you back then, but what makes you think that I’ll be willing to look at you right now?”
Brettley, sitting in front of her, furrowed his brows hard.
“Whether it was six years ago, or now. I’ve never hurt you once.”
Bethan sneered.
“So, what’s with Jason?”
The room was in silence for a few seconds.
Brettley lifted his head and looked at Bethan. “Jason has nothing to do with me.”
Bethan laughed. Did he still intend to keep up with the pretense, even at this stage?
Nothing to do with him, he said?
“If he had nothing to do with you, how did he get out of the mental asylum?”
Bethan looked at Brettley coldly, her smile drenched in mockery.
“Don’t tell me that a person whom you locked up could come out from the mental asylum without your approval! “
Brettley furrowed his brows. “He might’ve escaped. “
It has been a month since that dark day.
Bethan had been unconscious that whole time. Once Brettley made sure that Bethan was no longer in danger, he started getting busy with the three children.
He dealt with Neil’s funeral, helped Nellie get a psychologist for therapy sessions, then went to Malcolm to see Nigel and brought him back to Banyan City. He got all the best specialists in the world to treat Nigel.
He never cared to deal with an unimportant person like Jason, neither did he investigate how he came out of the mental asylum.
Indeed, after the incident with Bethan, Jason did appear at the airport. He even approached Bethan, but he did nothing.
The bottle of water that Bethan drank was prepared by Hailey.
That night, Hailey had bribed Luke’s two men that sent Bethan to the airport. They thought that it was just a bottle of water, that there should not be any problems with it, and that was why they let her drink it.
After his men investigated one round, they found out that after Bethan passed out from her miscarriage, he used her blood and her fingerprint to sign the letters for Bonnie’s discharge.
Because of that, even though it was infuriating that Jason did not help Bethan find a doctor when she passed out, Brettley did not do anything to Jason.
As for what Bethan said, the incident six years ago…
Brettley had no clue about it, let alone had anything to do with him.
“He escaped on his own?”
Bethan looked at Brettley in detest. She smiled mockingly. “Mr. Morrison, are you hearing yourself? Do you even believe in what you’ve said?
“You’re the one that locked him in. How could he escape himself? Jason isn’t a combat fighter; he’s only a brute from the countryside like Zach and Yuri! Your men have guarded the place so tightly, so how could he have escaped? What use is lying to me?”
Bethan had determined that Jason and Brettley were connected. His explanations at that moment were pointless and futile.
Brettley pursed his lips. He knew that explaining things to Bethan, who was deep set in her thoughts, was pointless.
He sighed, got up, and headed for the exit.
Bethan furrowed her brows. “You have nothing to say anymore, and that’s why you’re choosing to run, is it? How useless are you, Brettley?”
Brettley paused a little.
He smiled bitterly. “Since I can’t get through to you, I’ll go find Jason myself.”
Jason was still in Banyan City. Rather than arguing with Bethan, who was still a sick patient, he should just find Jason to clear things up.
“Getting Jason to give a statement, are you?”
Bethan sneered and closed her eyes in disappointment.
She should not have placed her hopes on this man. Brettley furrowed his brows and looked at Bethan seriously.
“Bethan, I know that you won’t listen to my explanations, but I still need to say this. The first time I met Jason was when Zach and Yuri went to look for Neil and Nellie that night.
“I didn’t know him six years ago. I also didn’t collude with Cynthal to harm you. At that time, I was in Sea City on a business trip. I was also surprised to receive the news of you in an accident falling into the sea.
“Later on, I received a call from the doctors saying you were pregnant with triplets. I rushed back to Banyan City in the rain. I tried looking for your body in the sea for three days and three nights, only giving up when there was no news of you.
“The will that you wrote, Cynthal gave it to me. I only planned to obey your will after I made sure that it was your handwriting, to take care of Cynthal on your behalf.”
Brettley sighed. “There must be a misunderstanding somewhere. I’ll send men overseas to bring Cynthal back.”
Then, Brettley strode away.
Bethan leaned against the head of the bed, her eyes narrowed as she watched Brettley leave. She sneered.
She did not believe a single word he said.
At that moment, no one knew where Cynthal was. With no one to prove his words, he could naturally come up with nonsense and blame everything on Cynthal.
He said that he would find men to bring Cynthal back, and Bethan would hold him to his word –she did not believe that Brettley could do it.
After all, if Cynthal came back and they failed to be on the same page, Brettley’s lies would be easily exposed.
How would Brettley dare to bring Cynthal back?
Coming out of the hospital, Brettley immediately got in the car.
“Lucas, to the mental asylum.”
Brettley also wanted to know how Jason escaped from such a tightly guarded mental asylum.
Lucas immediately drove away.
“By the way.”
Brettley, in the back seat, closed his eyes and rubbed the middle of his brows. “Is there any news on the men we sent to follow Cynthal?”
Lucas’s hands which were holding onto the steering wheel trembled a little.
“Yes…we’ve just received the news.”
Lucas was silent for a while before he took a deep breath. “We have…located the men that were following Cynthal, but… All of them are dead.”
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.