(Actually, I don’t want to be the leader, but Brettley persuaded me for a very long time. He said that this i s the best solution. As long as I lead, it’ll be fine. He also said that Ms. Bethan begged him for me to be the leader. I know that Ms. Bethan is thinking of the big picture, and I hope everyone does so, too. I believe that our team will win the competition! Ms. Bethan’s and everyone’s efforts won’t go to waste! ]
After Fiona finished, the two that helped Fiona ‘ expose’ Bethan during the meeting immediately chimed in.
(Yes, yes. Ms. Fiona, you have a great character, and you’re so talented! You’ll be able to lead our team to be champions! ]
(Way to go, Ms. Fiona! I’ll unconditionally obey your arrangements!]
Other than those two, no one in the entire group spoke up.
Bethan smiled and sneered. She immediately left the group chat.
She was too lazy to deal with Fiona already. Actually, from the beginning, she joined this competition not for its honors, but for the benefits that could come from winning.
Although she was once Moon, the jewelry designer abroad, she had completely retired that identity.
At that moment, she was just Bethan.
Therefore, she needed the competition to broaden her visibility and fame, so that she could earn more for Brettley quicker.
Although that was what she thought of initially, after slaving away day and night with her team members for the past half a month, Bethan had already treated the results of the competition as a recognition and reward to her and her team members.
The things that she initially did not care for, she truly cared for at that moment.
However…
Since Brettley wanted to take that to give it to his new lover, Bethan could not let the team members’ effort go to waste and be disqualified from the competition because of her own selfish reasons.
Bethan kept her phone. She closed her eyes and leaned back in the backseat, suddenly feeling exhausted.
She was mentally exhausted.
At that moment, her phone rang.
It was an unknown number. Bethan furrowed her brows and answered the call.
On the other end of the call, a relaxed and cheerful man’s voice rang, “Master, it’s me –Joey Charles ! I hear that you’re now in Banyan City. I ‘in going to be a judge in a competition in two days. Do you have time for a meal together?”
Hearing Joey’s excited voice, Bethan helplessly rubbed the middle of her brows.
“I’ve said many times that I’m not your master. You can’t simply call someone that.”
Joey could not help but laugh heartily at Bethan’s reaction. As always, she rejected and corrected him.
“To me, you are my master. You inspired me to design. You brought me into the world of jewelry design. You were my guide. You’re my master.
“Also, all these years, I’ve been paying attention to your work. I could immediately recognize your work and style.
“You should just acknowledge me as your protege. That way, when I realize someone plagiarized your work, I could still help you! “
Bethan did not know whether to laugh or cry at Joey’s nonsensical justification.
Bethan helplessly rubbed the middle of her brows. “If you truly think that way, then so be it.”
“Are you for real?! “
Joey, on the other end of the line, yelled excitedly. “You truly let me be Moon’s protege?”
Bethan shrugged. “Anyway, If I don’t agree to it, you’d still call yourself my pupil and lie to others, won’t you?”
Joey snickered embarrassedly. He invited Bethan to a meal after the competition once again before hanging up.
Once the call ended, the taxi had already reached Blue Bay Villa.
When Bethan returned home, her two kids were already standing by the entrance, looking at her in concern.
Nigel was still dejected. He was probably still struggling with the fact he could not crack his own virus.
Nellie’s expression was even more miserable. “Mommy, I heard that you…”
Bethan smiled. “How fast does news travel? Even my little princess has heard about it.”
Nellie pursed her lips. “Nigel is a hacker. He hacked into the Morrison Group’s chat, so he saw it…”
Bethan was slightly stunned. In the end, she helplessly sighed. “I seriously can’t hide anything from you two.”
She bent down and hugged Nellie in her arms.
“I ‘m fine. I’ve been working hard for so long, and I finally have reason to rest. I’m more than happy about it. The competition is in two days. After the competition, I’ll take you all around the city to have fun. Then, we’ll return abroad to look for your godfather. What do you say?”
Nellie bit her lip.
In the past, when she heard Bethan say such a thing, she would have refused and been unhappy about it.
She was different from her brothers. She never liked Uncle Malcolm from the beginning. She felt that Bethan should be with their biological father instead.
However, at that moment…
Nellie could not forgive the things her father did. Thus, Nellie took a deep breath and responded, “
Mmh! It’s a good thing you get to rest, Mommy ! “
“Why don’t I cook something nice for all of you tonight?”
Bethan gently pinched her daughter’s tiny nose, then slowly placed her and Nigel on the sofa before entering the kitchen.
All this while, she had been busy working. She had not cooked for her children in a long time.
Nigel and Nellie were lying on the couch. They looked at Bethan being busy in the kitchen and sighed a little.
“Nigel, do you think Mommy is pretending to be happy?”
“Of course.”
“What can we do to make her truly happy?”
“The adult mind is much more complex than coding. We’re still children, so all we need to do is be obedient and listen to them.”
“Mmh! “
Bethan finished making dinner. After dinner, she tucked them in bed.
It was already ten at night when she came out of the children’s bedroom.
She returned to her room. The floor of her room was covered with sketches that she worked on when she was home all this while.
The once spacious bedroom had even become her second studio.
Bethan sighed and gazed at all the sketches with mixed feelings.
She bent down and was about to tidy up the sketches when she heard a car honk coming from outside.
The honk was long as if it was trying to scream at someone.
Bethan furrowed her brows and subconsciously looked out of the window from her bedroom.
A blue sports car stopped in front of Blue Bay Villa.
Christian, who was in a black leather jacket, leaned against the car door and looked at Bethan’s bedroom.
When he saw her noticing him, Christian smiled mischievously.
He looked at Bethan and took his phone out. After a moment, Bethan’s phone rang. It was Christian calling.
Bethan furrowed her brows and picked up.
“Why are you here? Stop honking. I just put the kids to bed.”
Christian, on the other end of the call, laughed. “I heard that someone’s in a bad mood, so I want to take her out to relax and let off some steam. How about it? Care to join me? Let me take you on a ride. I took this sports car all the way here from my hometown. Why don’t you come and enjoy it?”
Bethan thought for a while before laughing.
“Sure.”
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