Marianne glared at Fiona and was so furious that she could not even speak. “Ms. Blake, you…”
“Mrs. Collins, I’m very disappointed in you. “
Fiona sniffed, wiped her tears away, and said in a pained voice, “You’ve been working for me for more than a year now, but why haven’t I noticed what kind of person you are until now? Maybe it’s because I treated you too kindly, and you took it all for granted.
With that, she stared at Brettley with tears in her eyes and said, “Brettley, I want to give Mrs. Collins her final paycheck and let her leave now. Even though I didn’t find out what kind of person she is until now, it’s better late than never. I’m worried that if I continue letting her work for me, she might be a bad influence on me… “
Brettley let out a sigh and gently pulled Fiona closer. “
Alright.”
He then lifted his head to glance at Marianne, whose face was as pale as a ghost. “Mrs. Collins, please go back to Orchard Manor and ask the butler to process your termination.”
The color drained from Marianne’s face when she heard this. “Ms. Blake! “
She bit down on her lip and immediately grabbed onto Fiona’s arm. “Ms. Blake, I must’ve been mistaken. When you gave me this dress and told me it cost five hundred dollars, I must’ve misheard you and thought it was fifty thousand instead. Please don’t… Don’t fire me, please? I… I’m willing to get a pay deduction ! “
Marianne’s grip on Fiona was so tight that she furrowed her brows in pain. “Mrs. Collins, you’re hurting me.”
The second Fiona said that, Brettley stepped forward and flung Marianne’s hand away forcefully. He was so strong that Marianne lost her balance and crashed onto the ground so hard that she struggled to get up.
“Lucas. “
Brettley frowned and dialed Lucas’ number. “
Send some men over to take this woman away.”
A few moments later, the hospital security guards arrived to escort Marianne out of the hospital.
“Ms. Blake! Ms. Blake! “
Marianne continued to wail even as the guards dragged her into the elevator. “
You can’t do this to me! I know your secret…”
When Marianne said this, Bethan saw a glimmer of malice flash through Fiona’s eyes.
“What a pity.”
As soon as the elevator doors slid shut, Fiona composed herself and said, “Actually, Mrs. Collins was always kind to me. How could she have done something like this? I had to switch a few times before I finally found a servant I liked, and I…”
Brettley noticed Fiona’s crestfallen expression and immediately tried to console her, afraid that she would collapse again, “Don’t worry. I’ll find you a better one.”
“Brettley, I don’t think I want a new servant anymore. I can take care of myself. What if another one like Mrs. Collins comes along? I wouldn’t know what to do…”
Brettley frowned upon hearing this. “But you need someone to take care of you now.”
“It’s okay.”
Fiona bit down on her lip and said in a gentle voice, “I remember that a while ago, you found a renowned hematologist named Rowena Shaw from abroad. Can you ask her to become my doctor? I want to invite her to live in Orchard Manor and look after me when I ‘m sick. As for my day-to – day life, the servants at Orchard Manor can take care of me.”
Bethan, who at that moment was propped up by Shannon, immediately frowned.
Dr. Rowena Shaw.
This was the doctor living at Blue Bay Villa and taking care of Nigel.
Bethan had put in a favor from her doctor friends and specifically requested Dr. Rowena’s help in finding a suitable bone marrow match for Nigel, but all of a sudden… Fiona was asking Dr. Rowena, a world- renowned specialist in hematology, to take care of her? How dare she even request this? She did not even have any hematological diseases!
Just as Bethan thought Brettley would refuse…he contemplated for a moment and replied, “Alright. I’ll let her know today.”
“Brettley Morrison! “
Bethan bit down on her lip and glared at Brettley. “Do you know where Dr. Rowena is and who she’s taking care of right now?”
Brettley glanced at her impassively. “Of course I know.”
He wrapped his arms around Fiona and said, “I’ll get Nigel another doctor that’s just as good as Dr. Rowena, but now, Fiona’s health is a much bigger priority.”
With that, he turned around, his arms still wrapped around Fiona. “Bethan, don’t forget what you said just now. You told me you’ll resort to being a timid little dog.”
Bethan stood motionless, glaring at Brettley’s retreating figure, and clenched her fists in fury.
This man always managed to surprise her! Whenever she thought he could not get even more outrageous, he always managed to outdo himself.
Nigel was his son! How could his own son, who was gravely ill, be less of a priority to him than a girlfriend that he knew for only three days?
Bethan could not wrap her head around this at all. “Director Bethan.”
Shannon sighed and gently grabbed hold of Bethan, sympathetic saying, “I always knew you had a child who was very sick, but I didn’t expect it to be…”
She never expected that the child belonged to Brettley as well, but what shocked her the most was that Brettley Morrison, CEO of Morrison Group and one of the wealthiest men in the country, refused to pay for his own son’s medical treatment.
Not only did he not care about his son’s life, but he was also even willing to take away his son’s doctor and give her to Fiona, who did not even appear to be sick.
This astounded her.
Shannon’s words managed to pull Bethan back to reality. Sighing, she gently gripped Shannon’s hand and lifted her head to glance at Zayne, who had been silent all this while. “Please don’t tell anyone else about this.”
Bethan did not care about Brettley’s ego. She did not want word to get out so no one would know how bad she and her children were doing.
She did not want anyone to pity her. That was the last thing she wanted.
Shannon bit down on her lip and glanced at Zayne, both of them nodding after.
As soon as she got their promise, Bethan let out a bitter chuckle and said, “I’m sorry you had to see that.”
Then, the three of them entered the elevator.
“Director Bethan, do you think Fiona did all that on purpose? “
Shannon furrowed her brows and could not stop herself from asking. “Just now, when we were at the cafeteria, I saw Mrs. Collins video call Fiona to complain about us, so Fiona obviously knew that we were the ones caught in a dispute with her servant. Yet, she still asked President Morrison to settle this dispute for her.
“Also, she didn’t even help Mrs. Collins at all and instead blamed her for everything. She pretended that she had nothing to do with this and betrayed Mrs. Collins, the woman who had been serving her loyally, just so she could appear righteous and honorable in front of President Morrison… “
“Most importantly, “
Zayne suddenly piped in, pushing his glasses up, “she stole the specialist taking care of Director Bethan’s son.”
Shannon smacked herself on the forehead in realization. “You’re right ! I almost forgot about this!
She must’ve done that on purpose to get back at you! “
Bethan narrowed her eyes. “Yes.”
She had already connected the dots herself. She knew everything that happened was not just a coincidence.
She guessed that Fiona had already planned this when she first gifted the five -hundred-dollar dress to Marianne and told her it was worth fifty thousand dollars. Otherwise, why would she have asked Brettley to settle Marianne’s dispute, yet at the same time, refuse to stand on Marianne’s side?
Fiona had probably planned this so that she could fire Marianne with cause and, at the same time, make herself appear like a kind and understanding woman in front of Brettley.
However, it just so happened that the people Marianne had gotten into a dispute with were Bethan and the rest, therefore allowing Fiona to play a bigger and better game.
Fiona was a much more calculating opponent than Bethan expected.
By the time Bethan, Shannon, and Zayne returned to Arianna’s ward, she had already finished her lunch.
Samson was throwing the empty takeaway boxes into the hallway trash can when he saw them coming out of the elevator. He frowned and glanced at Bethan. “I was just about to go find you. Why are you back so soon? Did you manage to settle everything?”
Bethan composed herself and gave him a reassuring smile. “I guess you can say that. Not only did we manage to get out of paying the compensation, but the servant got fired as well.”
Samson raised his eyebrows in puzzlement before snickering and said, “Well, Brettley Morrison had finally done something useful, then.”
As soon as he said this, Shannon and Zayne’s expression darkened.
“You stay here and take care of Arianna. I’ll foot the medical bills. If there’s anything you need, just call me.”
Samson paused for a moment, then nodded in reply.
“Alright.”
Bethan went into the ward to comfort Arianna before leaving the hospital a while later with Shannon and Zayne.
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