She forced herself to not let her tears fall.
“Since you have never liked me before, stop harassing me already, please? Once Nigel and Nellie get well, I will obey the agreement we signed, I will bring the company’s earnings up to the number agreed on the contract. Once everything is done, I will leave with the children. By then, I will return Blue Bay Villa exactly like it was to you.
“But before that, I hope to never see you here. Stop being so indecisive, Brettley. I hope tonight’s incident won’t happen again. I am an open and honest single mother. I do not want to be caught red-handed being together with my ex-husband by his current girlfriend.”
Then, Bethan subconsciously wanted to open the door and get out of the car.
She still could not open the car door.
Even after she said so much, Brettley still did not unlock the car door.
Bethan shut her eyes and chuckled bitterly. “What do I need to do for you to let me go?”
Brettley closed his eyes and held onto the steering wheel tightly.
He said in a low and hoarse voice, “I can do that, but you have to promise me one thing.”
Bethan wiped away her uncontrollable tears. She tried her best to hide her emotions.
“What is it?”
“Christian Moore.”
Brettley took a deep breath. “You cannot be with Christian.”
This was the main reason he came that night.
He might not have any more chances being with Bethan in this life, but she could be with Malcolm Quinn or anybody else, but not Christian.
“Don’t worry.”
Bethan agreed without even asking him the reason.
“Our children are already six years old. I won’t be like you, being together with Ms. Blake who barely turned twenty-one.”
Brettley chuckled bitterly and unlocked the car door.
“I won’t be together with Christian. I also hope that you would keep your word, Mr. Morrison. Before I leave Banyan City, I hope you won’t come over here.”
Then, Bethan opened the door and strode away.
Brettley sat in the driver’s seat, looking at Bethan leaving until she entered the villa.
After a long while, Brettley sighed. He wanted to drive off when he noticed a drop of liquid on the back of his hand.
It seemed like tears, or perhaps something else. He closed his eyes and dialed Jude.
“Let’s drink.”
Jude, on the other end of the call, has known Brettley for many years. Just from those two words, he could understand what Brettley was feeling.
Jude sighed and said calmly, “Where are you?” “Blue Bay Villa.”
“You still went to look for her in the end.”
Brettley held onto his phone and was silent for a very long time before saying in a hoarse voice, “She said that I…have never loved her before.”
Bethan said that in his heart, Cynthal, Alice, and Fiona, were more important than her, but what she did not know was…
He was nice to Cynthal because he was feeling guilty. He thought that Bethan had already passed away, so he wanted to take good care of her most beloved sister.
He treated Alice nicely because Alice pretended to be her.
Fiona, on the other hand… Brettley closed his eyes.
If Fiona did not donate her bone marrow to Nigel and if Nigel were to die…
Would Bethan still live well?
However, Brettley could no longer say those things to Bethan. He would not be able to.
Even if he told her, what use was there?
She would still think that he was lying to her. Jude, on the other end of the call, sighed.
“I’ll leave now. Same old place. I’ll keep you accompanied.”
In the villa, Bethan was on the balcony on the second floor. She looked at Brettley’s car leaving. Tears fell silently.
Brettley did not offer any explanation. Not a single sentence.
Other than asking her not to be with Christian, he said nothing else.
He did not even retort saying that he did not care for her or say that he had once liked her.
He tacitly agreed to everything she said.
“Mommy.”
She did not know when he came, but Nigel was standing behind her.
Bethan wiped away her tears and forced a smile. She turned around and looked at Nigel.
“Why are you not in bed yet?”
“Why are you not in bed?”
Nigel was hugging onto a thin blanket, standing by the balcony.
“It’s late and getting cold.”
He passed the blanket to Bethan.
“If it will make you better by standing here, at least put this on.”
Bethan paused for a while. Then, she laughed. She raised her hand and rubbed Nigel’s head.
“You sure are understanding at such a young age.” “Of course,”
Nigel sighed and said, “are you crying because of Brettley?”
Bethan paused for a while. She touched her blushing cheeks due to crying. She knew she could not hide it from Nigel, so she nodded.
“How did you know?”
“Besides him, who else would upset you so badly that you would cry here?”
Nigel reached his hand out and gently held Bethan’s finger.
“Mommy, although I’m still a child, I might not understand the things between you adults, but…”
Nigel fished out a piece of candy from his pocket and placed it in Bethan’s hand.
“Whenever I ‘m in pain, the nurse would give me a piece of candy. She would always say the candy would relieve the pain. I used to think that she’s childish, treating me as an ordinary kid, but Mommy, why don’t you try it?”
Bethan held onto the candy. She did not know whether to laugh or cry.
“Do you think I’m even more childish compared to you?”
Then, Bethan bent down and lifted Nigel up.
“I ‘m not sad and no longer in pain. Let’s go to bed.”
Nigel sighed and nestled himself in Bethan’s arms.
“I really don’t know how to cheer you up. It would be great if Neil was here. Every time you’re upset, all he needs to do is say something and you’ll laugh out loud happily.”
Upon hearing Nigel mentioning Neil, Bethan’s body stiffened a little.
She bit her lips. She was unspeakably upset as if a piece of her heart was missing.
Nigel seemed to have understood what Bethan was feeling. He pursed his lips, lifted his gaze, and looked at Bethan seriously.
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