Samson scoffed and plopped himself down in the seat across from Bethan. “What an unpleasant coincidence. This morning, she injured my Arianna, and now, her servant is causing me so much trouble! ” he complained, affronted.
Zayne slowly handed everyone their cutleries and said, “She’s not yours.”
Samson rolled his eyes. “She will be, soon enough. You can’t beat me! “
Zayne chuckled at Samson’s declaration. “We’ll see.”
Bethan let out a sigh and started eating. Youngsters at this age were so sure about what they wanted. Their lives were laid ahead of them, clear as day. Unlike her, She had met Brettley around their age, an age where one should have experimented with love. However, because of Brettley, she never managed to experience love and relationships to the fullest.
“Ahem.”
Feeling a little annoyed by Zayne and Samson’s spat, Shannon immediately interjected, “
Actually, I have something to tell you guys.”
Samson and Zayne both fell silent and turned around to look at her.
“That woman’s dress… “
Shannon let out an exhale and continued, “I bought the same one for my mother before–the exact same style, brand, and material. I picked it out for my mother myself, so I’d recognize it anywhere.”
Samson gave her a thumbs up and said, “Judging from the clothes you usually wear, I didn’t think you’d be so generous to spend so much money buying clothes for your mother. You’re a good daughter! “
Shannon rolled her eyes at him. “What I wanted to tell you was, that dress doesn’t cost fifty thousand dollars at all! I bought it at a department store, but even then, it only cost five hundred. I couldn’t believe my ears when the lady demanded fifty thousand dollars from us in reparation.”
She glanced at Bethan and added, “The lady said Fiona was the one who bought her the dress. Do you think… Fiona lied to her about the price, or was the lady just trying to scam us?”
Bethan curled her lips into a smirk. “I’d say the former is more likely.”
The woman kept bringing up Ms. Blake and seemed to be very proud of Fiona. In that case, if Fiona managed to land a boyfriend like Brettley yet only bought her most loyal servant a five-hundred-dollar dress, the lady would not have thought she was a good employer at all, much less be so faithful toward her.
Just as the three of them continued to discuss this interesting revelation, Bethan’s phone rang.
It was a call from Brettley. “Where are you?”
Bethan smiled. “I’m at the hospital’s cafeteria.”
Brettley paused slightly, then said, “That’s perfect. I need your help. I’m a little busy now, and Fiona’s condition is still a bit unstable, so she can’t go downstairs either. Fiona’s maid had just called us and said someone was bullying her in the cafeteria. Gather the rest of your troops to help her. I’ll ask her to meet you downstairs.”
Bethan’s hand that held her phone immediately stiffened when she heard this.
She never expected Brettley would call her because of this, and he wanted her help settling this matter, no less.
Bethan let out a cold sneer. “Ms. Blake must really mean the world to you, Mr. Morrison. You even want me to help clean up her servant’s messes.”
Bethan did not lower her voice when she said this, so naturally, her three companions heard what she said and immediately fell into silence.
They stared at Bethan with wide eyes and tilted their heads to eavesdrop on her conversation.
Bethan did not seem to mind this and instead continued talking to Brettley, “I guess to you, Mr. Morrison, nothing is more important than your girlfriend. You threatened to fire my assistants when they offended Ms. Blake, but now, Ms. Blake’s servant just so happened to get into a dispute in the cafeteria, yet you want me, Design Director of Morrison Group, to clean up her mess?
“Mr. Morrison, do you think my assistants, three youngsters who put in all their time and effort for Morrison Group, are less important than Ms. Blake’s servant, and an arrogant one, no less?”
Brettley immediately furrowed his brows when he heard this. He glanced at Fiona, who had her blood drawn by a doctor, and replied in a low voice, “Bethan, don’t be so harsh. Mrs. Collins is Fiona’s only servant, and she has worked for her for many years now. She’s always been a committed worker, and Fiona thinks of her as family.”
“Is that so?”
Bethan sneered. “If Ms. Blake thinks of her as family, then why did she lie to her? Is that what family is to her?”
Brettley fell silent for a moment, then said in a stern voice, “Bethan, what are you talking about? I know you’re upset over what happened between Fiona and your assistant today, but she’s a part of my life now. Can’t you let go of this grudge for my sake?”
Brettley had been comforting Fiona and accompanying her to all her body checkups the whole morning. The bone marrow transplant was set for two weeks later, so he could not afford to let anything bad happen to Fiona.
He could not let Fiona get tangled in a dispute between Mrs. Collins and another party, yet at the same time, he could not settle it himself. That was when he recalled seeing Bethan and Shannon in the hospital, so he decided to ask them for help.
He never thought Bethan would insult him like this, however.
Brettley let out an exhale and rubbed his brows in frustration. “Since you don’t want to help, then it’s fine. I’ll ask Jude to help me take care of this.”
“Mr. Smith is the CEO of his company. Don’t you think it’s a little redundant to ask him to settle a small dispute like this? “
Bethan interjected coldly. “
Why not take care of this yourself, Mr. Morrison?”
Brettley frowned. “I already told you I’m a little busy now.”
“Well, since you can’t come down to the cafeteria, why don’t we go find you?”
Brettley froze when he heard this. However, before he could make sense of what Bethan had said, she let out a scornful chuckle and added, “By the way, I forgot to tell you this, Mr. Morrison. The person who got into a dispute with Ms. Blake’s devoted servant is me.”
With that, she hung up the phone.
Brettley, still clutching his phone, froze momentarily in shock.
This was too much of a coincidence. The person who had gotten into a disagreement with Mrs. Collins was none other than Bethan.
“Brettley. “
Fiona, who had just finished getting her blood drawn, spotted Brettley standing at the door and immediately asked, “How was it? Did Ms. Bethan agree to help? If she did, that’d be great. Mrs. Collins has always been loyal and kind, and since we’re new to Banyan City, I’m worried she might’ve been taken advantage of.”
Brettley tucked his phone away and sighed as he walked back into the ward. Sitting on a chair next to Fiona’s bed, he asked, “Did Mrs. Collins tell you who she got in trouble with?”
Fiona shook her head and answered sweetly, “She told me she was bullied and said there were four of them. Two men and two women…but she didn’t tell me who they were. She doesn’t know them, of course.”
In reality, Fiona knew fully well who Mrs. Collins had a run-in with.
Mrs. Collins had video -called her at that moment, and Fiona instantly spotted Bethan, Shannon, and the two assistants sitting at a table a short distance away the moment the call connected.
Moreover, Mrs. Collins had complained to Fiona about her run-in while pointing toward them at the same time, so how could she not have known? It was precisely because of this that she suggested asking Bethan for help.
Brettley did not seem surprised by her answer. He closed his eyes and heaved a deep sigh.
“Brettley?”
Fiona lifted her head and fixated her soft, gentle gaze on Brettley’s face. “What’s wrong?”
“The people that Mrs. Collins had a dispute with were Bethan and the rest.”
Fiona, who was leaning against the headboard, immediately widened her eyes in shock and clamped her hand over her mouth. “How can this be? Mrs.
Collins has always been honest and simple-minded, and she rarely had run-ins with anybody. I know that Ms. Bethan is also a good person, so how could they have gotten into an argument? There must be some kind of misunderstanding, right?”
Brettley grew more frustrated by this before he suddenly exhaled and pressed Fiona down onto the bed. “Bethan said they’ll come upstairs to settle this, along with Mrs. Collins. You’ve already had a run- in with her this morning, so this time, just stay in your room and don’t come out. I’ll take care of this.”
Even though Brettley had known since the start that Fiona and Bethan would never get along, he still wanted to minimize the number of conflicts they would get into.
After all, Bethan thought Fiona was a competitor , but in reality, she would be Nigel’s savior.
“Would it put you in a tough spot?”
Fiona bit down on her lip, and her eyes started brimming with tears once more. “Let’s just drop this… I’ll call Mrs.
Collins and ask her to apologize to Ms. Bethan so we can get past this. Even though she’s like family to me, technically, she’s only a servant… It’s okay if we don’t have her back.
“But for Ms. Bethan, it’s different. She’s one of the most crucial employees of Morrison Group’s jewelry design department, so she’s obviously very important to you… Don’ t get into trouble with her for my sake, will you?”
With that, Fiona sniffed and continued, tears welling up in her eyes, “I don’t know what’s gone into Mrs. Collins’ head. Why did she offend Ms. Bethan?”
She lifted her head and stared at Brettley pitiably. “Brettley, am I a burden to you? I never wanted you to get into trouble with Ms. Bethan, but… “
Brettley felt a twinge of pain shoot through his heart when he saw how understanding and guilty Fiona was. He let out a sigh and pressed her back onto the bed, tucking the blanket around her. “I’ll take care of this. You just stay in here and don’t make a sound. As long as you don’t come out, Mrs. Collins and Bethan’s dispute will have nothing to do with you.”
As soon as he finished his sentence, his phone rang. It was Bethan. “Mr. Morrison,”
Bethan’s stern voice rang out, both from the phone and from the hallway outside Fiona’s room. “We’ve arrived at the hallway. Why don’t you come out and settle this once and for all?”
Brettley could not help frowning when he heard
Bethan’s tone.
“Wait for me,” he ordered coldly, then immediately hung up the phone.
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