Bethan could not sit idly by and let this matter go, considering the extent of Arianna’s burns compared to Fiona’s.
Since Brettley was adamant about sticking up for Fiona, Bethan would do the same for Arianna.
As soon as she thought of this, Bethan grabbed a chair and sat down gracefully, fixating her cold stare on Brettley. “We must get to the bottom of this.
“Today is only Ms. Blake’s first day working with me, but already she has spilled her coffee and threatened to fire my assistants, claiming that they were plotting to get rid of her. If this is the case, then what would happen tomorrow and the day after that? Does this mean that every person who upsets Ms. Blake is a bad one and should be fired for it?
“Does this mean that a week from now, even I, the Design Director, would have to give in to Ms. Blake’s orders?”
Brettley’s expression darkened when he heard this. He lowered his voice and snapped, “Bethan! Fiona has already tried to resolve things, don’t be so stubborn! “
“Am I not telling the truth?”
Bethan scoffed, then ordered in a stern voice, “Shannon, go to the control room and get the security footage. I want to see if my assistant deliberately frightened Ms. Blake in order to get rid of her, or if someone is attempting to frame her! “
Then, he turned around and glanced at Bethan coldly. “
I won’t fire your assistants, but please keep an eye on them in the future! If I discover them deliberately making Fiona’s life difficult or saying things like wanting to get rid of her…I won’t let this slide so easily! “
“I…”
Bethan was just about to say something in reply, but before she could finish her sentence, Brettley had already strode away, carrying Fiona in his arms.
He did not even want to hear if she had anything to say.
He cared so much about Fiona that he was willing to take her to the hospital immediately, as soon as he realized she was upset.
However, he never paid any notice to Bethan at all. She had lost two children just recently and had to work hard in order to pay her remaining two children’s medical bills. He did not even care how she was feeling after having been treated like this.
Bethan watched him leave and could not help feeling like an idiot. How could she have believed Jude and thought Brettley had fallen in love with her? How could she possibly have thought his feelings towards her were real?
Even if Brettley never had an affair with Cynthal and never plotted to murder Bethan six years ago…
It did not mean anything.
If a man did not care about you nor the children you shared… This did not mean he was a good person.
“President Morrison is head over heels for Ms. Blake…”
“I hope I can find someone like him who brings me to the hospital as soon as I cry and become upset.
That’s so sweet.”
“Shh… Don’t talk so loud in case Ms. Bethan hears. It must be torture for her to see how sweet President Morrison and Ms. Blake are.”
“Oh, you’re right. Let’s go back to work. She’s heartbroken now, so we better not get on her bad side…”
Although the employees had deliberately lowered their voices, the office was too quiet, so Bethan could still hear their whispers and murmurs.
She curled her lips into a sneer. Heartbroken? For Brettley?
Was he deserving of her love?
Bethan let out an exhale and composed herself. Then, she turned around and went back into her office.
She sat down in her chair, looked at the proposal on her desk, and suddenly, for the first time ever, felt like she could not concentrate on her work.
Every time she picked up her pencil, she would recall the way Brettley looked when he carried Fiona in his arms and walked away.
Bethan hurled her pencil away in frustration and clutched her head in her hands, silently scolding herself for caring too much.
Why did she care so much about them? “Director Bethan.”
Shannon, who had left for the control room a while ago, suddenly reappeared with a somewhat sheepish expression. “The people in charge of the control room said… we can’t get our hands on the security footage without President Morrison’s permission.”
“I had to plead with them for a long time and told them that I had lost my belongings, so I needed to check if someone in the design department had stolen it. Only then did they allow me to take a quick look at the footage, but they forbade me from taking it out of the room.”
Then, she let out an exhale and took out her phone. “
I secretly recorded it on my phone. Do you want to look at it?”
Bethan squinted and took Shannon’s phone from her. There was a video recording of the security footage with Fiona and Arianna in it.
From the video, it was evident that Fiona could have taken another shorter route from the kitchen back to Shannon’s desk. Still, she deliberately chose the longer path so that she could pass by Arianna.
Even before Arianna got up from her seat, she seemed to be looking for something around her desk, and Bethan could even hear Arianna swearing underneath her breath.
When Fiona made her way past Arianna’s desk, holding the cup of coffee cautiously, she even slowed down her footsteps and adjusted the angle of the cup.
Finally, Arianna slammed her desk drawer shut in frustration, and Fiona spilled the coffee all over Arianna. She even flung the remainder of the drink on Arianna’s back after realizing there was still some leftover in the cup.
“You were right. Ms. Blake spilled the coffee on Arianna on purpose.”
Shannon sighed, staring at Bethan. “I think Ms. Blake knows that Arianna is your assistant, so she targeted her in an attempt to send you a message telling you not to mess with her.”
Bethan narrowed her eyes and watched the recording again. “Well, it’s true. I shouldn’t mess with her at all.”
Shannon paused for a moment, then said, “Director Bethan, I don’t think you should give in to her just like this. Why don’t I show this video to President Morrison? That way, he’ll know what kind of person Ms. Blake truly is!”
Bethan snickered when she heard this.
She shifted into a more comfortable position in her chair and gazed at Shannon impassively. “So what if he sees this?”
She stared at Shannon with a self-deprecating expression and sneered. “Even if he finds out what kind of person his precious Ms. Blake is, do you think he’ll punish her? Or will he simply admit his mistake of wanting to fire Arianna?”
Shannon froze upon hearing this. She was perfectly clear that… none of the scenarios that Bethan mentioned would happen.
Brettley would never punish Fiona, nor would he admit he was wrong.
However, Shannon was still feeling disgruntled about this. “Does this mean we should just let this matter slide? Arianna was so badly scalded…”
Bethan rubbed her brows in frustration and recalled the pained look on Arianna’s face.
She let out a sigh and said, “I’ll let Mr. Morrison pay for Arianna’s medical expenses.”
When Brettley refused to pay Nigel and Nellie’s medical bills, Bethan did not object or argue with him because, deep down, she never wanted to let Brettley have custody over the two children.
Since she had raised them all by herself and never planned on letting Brettley take custody, it was natural that she would be the one to foot the medical bills.
However, this was not the case for Arianna.
Since Brettley was so fond of Fiona, he would not want Arianna to sue her in court over such a trivial matter, would he?
Shannon sighed, then lowered her head to glance at the time. “It’s lunchtime. Director Bethan, I’m going to visit Arianna at the hospital. Do you want to come with me?”
Bethan rubbed her brows again and said, “Alright. Let’s go together.”
The reason Arianna was targeted and framed by Fiona was that she was Bethan’s assistant. Bethan was the reason she had gotten hurt in the first place, so naturally, she was obliged to visit her in the hospital.
After calling Samson to confirm which hospital Arianna was at, Shannon and Bethan made their way to the hospital.
However, they did not expect that Arianna and Fiona would be at the same hospital.
As soon as they stepped foot in the hospital building, they saw Brettley hurrying back and forth to take care of Fiona. He had retrieved Fiona’s medication from the pharmacy and was trying to coax her into eating it.
Fiona was sitting on the bench like an obedient and adorable little princess. Meanwhile, Brettley appeared like a handsome butler, taking care of her meticulously.
He handed her the medication and twisted a bottle of water open, then passed it to her as well.
Fiona swallowed the medicine obediently and took a sip of water. Then, she lifted her head to give Brettley an endearing smile. “I’m fine. You don’t have to worry about me. Didn’t you hear what the doctor said? I was just too agitated, that’s all. It’s nothing to be worried about.”
Brettley lowered his head, took the bottle back from her, and twisted it shut again. “The most important thing to me right now is your health. I can’t possibly let anything bad happen to you.”
Fiona gazed at him, her eyes glimmering with emotion. “Thank you, Brettley. There’s no other man who treats me better than you do.”
Fiona knew that the reason Brettley was treating her so kindly was because of him and Bethan’s son, but…
She narrowed her eyes and glanced at Bethan and Shannon out of the corner of her eye, who had just entered through the door and had noticed the two of them. A glint of triumph flashed through her eyes.
So what if Brettley’s feelings for her were fake?
As long as she remained by his side, he would eventually develop real feelings for her!
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