“Alright, then.”
Looking at her, he smiled. “I’ll drink.”
She saved his life. Now that she wanted it back, how could he say no?
With that, he lifted the glass.
“Brettley! “
Fiona tugged at his arm, tears swimming in her eyes as she pleaded, “Don’t drink! “
Her tears flowed down her cheeks like two gushing streams of water. “Your body is already in very poor condition; you can’t drink anymore! For the past week, no one dared to make you drink, no matter how important that partner was! “
As she spoke, she raised her head and glared at Bethan, her eyes red as she hissed, “Ms. Bethan, no matter how badly you want to stop me from joining your team, you don’t have to joke with Brettley’s life?”
“If he’s hospitalized…”
“If he’s hospitalized, then you should go take care of him, Ms. Blake. “
Bethan smiled coldly, her indifferent eyes sweeping smoothly across the other woman’s face.
“Last time Brettley was hospitalized, you said you fell sick and refused to even leave your room. So as his girlfriend, all you did was visit him once, then for the rest of the time, I, his ex-wife, was the one who was caring for him. But the man who I poured my time and effort into taking care of drove straight to the Orchard Manor the moment he woke up, without even a word of thanks, just to carry you in his arms to the hospital for your operation. Now that your operation has been done, you wouldn’t fall so sick again that you can’t even leave your room right… “
She shifted her cold eyes onto Brettley and looked into his eyes. “It’s time you return everything that you owed me, am I right?”
Brettley could not help but smile bitterly to himself. Bethan said he should return everything that he owed her. She was right, he should. But even if he spent his whole life repenting, he could not return everything that he owed her.
The man took a deep breath, ignored Fiona’s sobs, took the wine glass, and emptied it.
One after another.
Outside the door, Lucas watched the scene unfold in front of his eyes, so anxious he felt as if his heart was on fire. He even called an ambulance just in case.
Eight consecutive glasses. Brettley emptied them all. When the last cup was empty, Fiona was practically lying in a puddle of her own tears.
Bethan sat in her spot with her heart aching in her chest.
This man…
He could really do anything for Fiona. He clearly knew he had problems with his stomach, he knew he had fallen unconscious not too long ago. But for Fiona…
He endured it all.
“Brettley…”
Fiona bit her lip, crying as she tugged at his arm. “I know you like me; I know you love me, but I didn’t know you would do so much for me…I…”
Brettley ignored her cries. He turned and glanced at Bethan emotionlessly. “Are you happy now, Ms. Bethan?”
“Yes. “
Bethan curled her lips and smiled. “Your love for Ms. Blake is deep and true, I’m ashamed.”
The moment the words left her mouth, Lucas led a team of medical personnel and barged into the room.
Before Lucas and the medical personnel left with Brettley in tow, the last sentence he said was, “Bethan, I never thought you could be so cruel! “
Bethan curled her lips. Was she cruel? Both Brettley and Fiona kept trying to harm her, they were the cruel ones!
If Brettley had really drunk such strong alcohol, then how could he possibly have the energy to talk to her so calmly after eight full glasses?
After all, she was not him, she could not be so cruel toward someone she once loved so deeply.
The so-called alcohol was nothing but alcoholic beverages with a color close to alcohol. These drinks were specially prepared for her by Bonnie, knowing full well that her alcohol tolerance level was poor.
They were merely kept in bottles of wine and other types of alcohol, but they did not contain alcohol at all.
“Bethan, if something happens to Brettley, I will not let you off the hook so easily! “
After Brettley left, Fiona sat in a chair, watching Bethan as she spewed such cruel words, tears swimming in her eyes the entire time.
Bethan glanced at her indifferently and then threw her a pack of tissues. “Are you tired from crying? I’m really curious, how come you didn’t follow Lucas and Brettley to the hospital even though you care about Brettley so much? Is it because I am more attractive to you…or are you still afraid that if you follow along, you will be asked to stay in the hospital to take care of him as I did before?”
At Bethan’s question, Fiona sniffed and could not help but say pitifully, “I stayed here because Brettley wanted me to stay here on his behalf.”
She lifted her eyes that were red from her crying and looked at Bethan. “Charmain and Arianna were beside me just now, they must have heard. Brettley said that hospitals are unlucky places, he asked me not to go.”
She wiped at her tears as she spoke. “It looks like Ms. Bethan doesn’t welcome me at all. If that’s the case, then I might as well go to the hospital with Brettley…”
At the woman’s words, Charmaine who was sitting beside her could not take it anymore and stood up. “
Fiona is right, just now Mr. Morrison did indeed ask Fiona to stay, he said he would be fine! “
As she spoke, she pulled at Arianna and asked, “You heard him too, right? You’re one of Bethan’s cronies, she’ll definitely believe you! “
Charmaine’s actions when she yanked at Arianna were extremely rough, as a result, Arianna let out a small cry in pain.
Samson stood up hurriedly and wrenched Charmaine’s hand off of Arianna then tugged her into his arms protectively, shouting, “Charmaine! What are you going?! “
Charmaine rolled her eyes at him. “I just wanted Arianna to admit that she heard Mr. Morrison’s words, that’s it. Why are you so protective?”
Samson frowned and sneered. “You want Arianna to join wade in the dirty waters with you, dream on! “
From her position in his arms, Arianna pursed her lips and lowered her voice, saying timidly, “Just now. Before Mr. Morrison left, he did indeed tell Ms. Blake not to follow them and stay behind instead… He even said these drinks can’t do him any harm.”
After saying these, the little girl raised her head and looked at Bethan wordlessly. “I heard him.”
“Now you’ll finally believe her?”
Charmaine snorted and said, “Mr. Morrison arranged for Fiona to stay behind. What right do you have to reprimand her for this?”
Bethan narrowed her eyes slightly. She laughed lightly as she side-eyed Charmaine. “I didn’t reprimand her, I was just curious. Since Ms. Blake does not care about Mr. Morrison’s condition, then stay. Even though I am the one paying the bill tonight, I don’t mind Ms. Blake’s presence.”
With that, she shifted her eyes to Shannon and Bonnie. “Ask the reception to arrange for our food to be served, tonight no one is leaving this place sober! “
Shannon nodded then left with Bonnie to prepare.
Very soon, the food was served. Everyone gradually relaxed from their previous careful and cautious attitude, inhaling the food as if they had been starving for days.
After their meal, the waiters removed the table from the room and they even started singing and dancing.
The atmosphere in the room was bright and lively, almost close to losing control, more like a disco instead of a hotel.
After the clock struck at lo, the group of bright and energetic young people finally left under Bethan’s endless nags.
Bonnie sent Shannon who was dead drunk home. Samson on the other hand, heaved Annie and stepped into a taxi.
After the crowd dispersed, only Fiona and Bethan were left standing at the entrance to the hotel.
Bonnie arranged for a driver to send Bethan home. The driver drove the car to the entrance and opened the car door respectfully. “Ms. Bethan, this way please.”
With that, he took another look at Fiona who was standing beside Bethan, and asked, “Is this your friend? Should we send her home too?”
“I’m not her friend.”
Fiona rolled her eyes, then lowered her head coldly and took out her phone, planning to make a call.
“Get in, “
Bethan snorted, “Who else do you plan on calling to pick you up? Christian is back in his hometown; Brettley is in the hospital. In Banyan City, who else can you call to pick you up? Don’t tell me you plan on calling Marianne, whom you fired yourself?”
Fiona narrowed her eyes and side -eyed her coldly, then finally pulled the door open reluctantly and climbed into the backseat.
Bethan was right.
Besides Christian and Brettley, she did not have any other friends in Banyan City. It was already so late, Christian was not in Banyan City and Brettley was still in the hospital, his situation remained unknown…
She did not dare to ride a taxi by herself either. It was so late now, she was a beautiful girl, what if something happened?
Even though she was reluctant to do so, but asking Bethan to send her home was her only choice now.
The engine revved into motion.
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