Adrian cleared his throat cockily.
“Why? Did he murder, steal, or commit any serious crimes?”
“None of those sorts. “
Brettley harrumphed coldly and crossed his arms at his chest. “Only, Mr. Adrian Morrison, you seemed to be closer to Alice than me.”
Adrian scoffed.
“Of course. Alice, in the end, still gave birth to three kids for the Morrison family. She suffered child labor, if nothing else.”
“Since you know the woman that gave me three children suffered child labor…”
Brettley frowned deeply, his gaze frigid. “Why did you help Alice go up against Bethan?”
Brettley’s words made Adrian frown.
“I’m helping the actual daughter-in-law of the Morrison family go up against the mistress. Am I wrong in doing so?”
“Is that so?”
Brettley harrumphed coldly. He slammed a stack of documents in front of Adrian.
“Back then when I married Bethan Peterson, you left Banyan City in rage because I didn’t get together with Hailey. You left for many years and had always hated Bethan Peterson. Why then, when she had become Alice, did you and she became a team?
“Not only did you help her get Jason out, but you even helped her bribe the Morrison family bodyguards, letting them listen to her orders. Are you helping your real daughter-in-law go up against the mistress, or are you helping Hailey, who wants to become the mistress, go up against the real daughter-in-law?”
Adrian narrowed his eyes.
Brettley was always a careful person. He would never easily express his suspicions nor come to a conclusion easily.
At that moment, the way he could so determinedly say such words proved that he had evidence of Alice’s true identity.
Thus. Adrian looked at Brettley coldly. “What do you think?”
Brettley was unable to refute Adrian’s rhetorical question.
Brettley closed his eyes. The disappointment in him washed over wave after wave.
“I’m your biological son.”
Why did his thoughts and feelings not matter in Adrian’s heart? Only Hailey’s was important.
Adrian smiled. “It’s because I know that you are my son, that is why I hoped you could be with the best girl on earth.”
Adrian looked at Brettley with bone -chilling iciness.
“It’s true. I don’t really like you that much. I had a good relationship with your mother, but your mother died while she gave birth to you, and I was quite reluctant to see you after that. I left Banyan
City and left you for your grandmother to bring you up. No matter what, you’re still my son in the end. I also hope to see you being happy. However, only the girl I arranged for you can bring you happiness, yet you defied me over and over again…”
Adrian sneered. “I thought that you were only blinded, and that was why I helped Hailey, time after time. I never thought that you’d be hopeless. Not only did you kill the woman that loved me the most in this world, but you also forced the woman that loved you the most to kill herself.”
Brettley smirked.
“I’d rather hope that she didn’t kill herself.”
At that time, on the top floor of Sea City, Brettley did not know everything that Hailey had done. He only thought she killed herself in embarrassment and rage because her identity had been exposed.
When Brettley knew what Hailey did to Bethan, Neil, and Nellie, she had already died.
If Hailey did not kill herself, he swore that he would not let her die such a quick death!
Adrian harrumphed coldly and stood up.
“Too bad Hailey has such a strong character–she never gave you the chance to torture her. If you’re here today to place the blame on me, then I can tell you that I’ve long known about the truth. Also, I don’t regret helping Hailey at all.”
Brettley’s hands which were on the stone table balled up tightly.
“Alice used the power you gave her to kill Neil. You won’t feel guilty about this at all, will you?”
“Of course, I won’t.”
Adrian looked at Brettley coldly. “I don’t even like you, and I equally hate your son.”
Adrian smiled. “But, Nellie is still quite adorable and likable.”
Upon saying that, Adrian turned around and noticed Nellie standing by the entrance in a daze with a teddy bear in her arms.
Stunned, Adrian subconsciously muttered in a low voice, “Nellie…”
It looked like Nellie had been there for a very long time. She must have overheard Adrian saying how much he hated Neil.
Nellie, with the teddy bear still in her arms, slowly approached Adrian with tears in her eyes.
She lifted her head and looked at Adrian. “Granddad, why don’t you like Neil?”
Adrian paused for a while. He immediately bent down and hugged her. “Nellie, you heard it wrong. I do like you and Neil. You must’ve misheard me.”
“I ‘m no longer a child. “
Nellie sniffled. She raised her two huge, clear eyes and looked at Adrian. “I heard what you said. I used to like you a lot, Granddad, but if you had something to do with Neil’s death…”
Nellie took a deep breath, grabbed Adrian’s hand, and fiercely bit him.
“Ouch! “
Excruciating pain came from Adrian’s arm. He furrowed his brows hard and almost instinctively tried to pry Nellie off him with his other hand.
However, the infuriated Nellie used all of her might and grabbed onto Adrian’s arm tightly, biting his hand.
It was as if Nellie would not quit until she bit off a part of Adrian’s hand.
Adrian was in so much pain that he grimaced. Seeing how he was unable to stop Nellie, he got enraged. He raised the arm that Nellie was holding onto, wanting to fling her away.
However, before Adrian could raise his arm, his shoulder was pressed on by someone.
It was no other than his son and Nellie’s father, Brettley.
“Dad, you’re already so old. Why bother with a child? When your men hurt Neil, have you ever thought how Neil would feel being burned and blasted to pieces alive? “Nellie biting you, no matter how painful it is, is just a mere fraction of what Neil suffered that day.”
“So, you have to bear this bite.”
Brettley’s words seemed to have encouraged Nellie. She held onto Adrian’s arm tightly and bit him hard. She was so exhausted that sweat started to form on her forehead.
Adrian was in so much pain that he was in cold sweats, too.
He tried his best to struggle, but he could not break free of Brettley’s clutches.
Just when Adrian was about to pass out from the pain, the door of the mansion opened once again.
Granny Morrison stood by the door with a wan expression and calmly remarked, “That’s enough. Even if you bite him to death, Neil won’t be resurrected from the dead.”
Upon hearing Granny Morrison’s voice, Nellie paused for a while before letting go of Adrian’s arm.
Nellie’s mouth was covered red with blood, nearly biting off a chunk of Adrian’s flesh at his hand.
He was in so much pain that he sweated profusely. He slumped and sat on the ground as he panted heavily.
“Are you alright?”
Brettley ignored Adrian, went around him, and approached Nellie. He picked her up, took a piece of tissue from the table, and wiped the blood in her mouth while being concerned for her.
Nellie pursed her lips. She did not push him away as usual but silently laid in his arms, not saying anything.
Granny Morrison sighed and walked over slowly with her walking stick.
“I heard the conversation between both of you just now.”
She walked over, bent down, and looked at the injuries on Adrian’s hand. She sneered.
“Your father passed away early, and I brought you up single-handedly. I was your father and your mother a t the same time. In your later years, you married and gave birth to a child. Because your wife had a difficult labor, you took it out on Brettley. You threw him to me to bring him up.
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