She did not trust him.
“Likewise.”
Jason sneered and looked at Brettley.
“Mr. Morrison, actually, I don’t understand. Is Bethan, this woman, that important to you? If you really liked her, why did you hire someone to murder her back then? You got her killed six years ago, yet you pretend to be deeply in love six years later. Don’t you feel disgusted by your actions?”
Brettley fiercely narrowed his eyes upon Jason’s words. The surrounding temperature turned cold too.
He glared at Jason coldly. “Watch what you’re saying.”
Since when did he hire someone to get Bethan killed?
On the day of her accident, he was in Sea City for an extremely long meeting from morning till afternoon.
That time, he was out on a business trip for a long time. He missed her a lot too.
That morning, Cynthal returned to Banyan City. He even prepared a present for Cynthal to bring back to Bethan.
After being married for so long, he might not like her in the beginning, but later on, he fell for her deeply.
Brettley thought that once the meeting was over, he would return home to tell her that she has become an indispensable part of his life already.
However, the incident that happened later on….
He lost his chance forever to confess this to her.
“Did you not?”
Jason laughed, “The person that hired me back then told me clearly that you were the one that wanted Bethan killed. The person also said that Bethan was not the person that you loved, yet she took up the position of being your wife for so long. You could not stand her anymore.”
Every word Jason said made the surrounding atmosphere drop by a degree.
When he finished saying that, the coldness and rigidness oozing from Brettley was even colder than the AC.
Brettley narrowed his eyes and looked at Jason. “So, back then, the person that hurt Bethan…” “It was really you?”
Back then after Bethan’s accident, Brettley and the police had investigated for a very long time.
In the end, they only managed to find out that the truck was a stolen one.
Back then, the driver’s face could not be seen clearly because the traffic surveillance was destroyed.
Jason smiled and admitted it generously with a chuckle, “Of course, it was me.”
Then, Jason relaxedly placed both his arms behind his head. He looked at Brettley lazily. Brettley furrowed his brows tightly.
“Why are you pretending to be so shocked, Mr. Morrison? Back then, funds were transferred from your company’s account to fund my escape. If it wasn’t you, who would possibly be able to get the company to transfer five hundred thousand dollars to such an irrelevant person like me?
“I know that you want to please Bethan right now, you want to pretend that the incident back then had nothing to do with you. If it was previously, you could just give me a hundred thousand or two and I’ll play along with you to keep your secret.”
Then, Jason raised his brows and looked at Bonnie through the window, who was grabbing onto Bethan and talking to her outside.
“But now, I have her. When I marry her, I would also become one of the wealthiest in Banyan City. If you want me to play along with your act…”
Jason rubbed his fingers together. “You need to give me more money.”
Brettley narrowed his eyes fiercely. Six years ago, the public account, five hundred thousand dollars.
He still remembered clearly.
The five hundred thousand dollars was all the bonus and salary for Cynthal as his personal secretary.
At that time, Cynthal professed with grief that her sister Bethan Peterson went missing. She wanted to take out all of her money from her salary to help look for her.
Even when Brettley said that he would search using all his powers so that Cynthal did not need to spend any money or effort, she was still determined to do so.
Brettley was touched by Cynthal’s actions, so much so he even got the bursary to give her more money.
Initially, it was only three hundred thousand, but it was increased to five hundred thousand in the end.
He never would have thought…
Brettley squinted his eyes and swept Jason a cold glance. “Back then, the person that contacted you saying that I wanted to kill my wife was a woman, was it?”
Jason nodded. “Ah, you finally recalled.”
Brettley took a deep breath and stood up. He looked at Jason condescendingly.
“Why are you telling me so much, aren’t you afraid?”
I’ll get the cops to arrest you?”
After all, Jason was the one who created such an accident that forced Bethan to change her looks. If accountability was taken, Jason would not fare well too.
Jason laughed.
“If the cops would arrest me, the person that did it, wouldn’t they also arrest you, the mastermind behind this?”
He chuckled unrestrainedly, “Brettley, don’t forget, we’re in the same boat! “
Looking at how arrogant Jason was, Brettley could not help but smile.
He bent down and said in an extremely cold yet overwhelmingly authoritative tone, “Then, let’s see shall we, whether you and I are on the same boat or not.”
Then, Brettley turned and left.
He needed to return to the office to check on the accounts from six years ago as well as investigate some stuff.
“Bethan.”
Outside Bamboo Palace, Bonnie grabbed onto Bethan’s hand. “I think there must be some misunderstanding between you and Brettley.”
Bethan looked through the window. Brettley had just finished talking with Jason and was storming off angrily. She sneered. “What misunderstanding could there be?”
Brettley kept telling Bethan that he did not know who Jason was and was not well acquainted with him.
However, when she left with Bonnie, when it was only Brettley and Jason left, Brettley started reprimanding Jason.
Bethan could even guess the reason Brettley was reprimanding Jason.
It was only because Jason did not play his part well that made Bethan see the signs.
Brettley was a pretentious man right from the beginning.
“But…”
Bonnie sighed. She grabbed Bethan’s hand tightly. She wanted to calm her down. “Jason has told me before that he does not know Mr. Morrison well at all. Even if he might lie to me about other stuff, he did not need to lie to me about this. I have been with Jason for so long, but I have never seen him interact with Mr. Morrison. Have you misunderstood Mr. Morrison?”
A misunderstanding?
Bethan harrumphed coldly. She swept Bonnie a flat gaze.
“You might believe what Jason says, but I don’t.”
Bethan felt that Jason only told Bonnie that he was not well acquainted with Brettley and was most likely trying to help cover for the things that Brettley has done.
Bonnie furrowed her brows.
“Bethan, although Jason has also lied to me about other things, there is no need for him to lie to me about this. You…”
Before Bonnie could finish her sentence, her phone rang.
It was Jason.
Sitting in the restaurant, Jason looked at both of them outside through the window coldly.
“Are you done? Are we still eating or not?”
His tone was a little fierce. Bonnie’s heart skipped a beat. “Yes, yes, we’ll eat! “
Then, she immediately hung up and pulled Bethan back into the restaurant.
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.