“Ms. Fann, please get out of the car.”
Wendy was still delighted that she was served by Brettley’s men. She just did not expect to be dropped off at the police station instead. Alarm bells went off in her head.
“Isn’t Brettley inviting me to his house to have a look?” “He changed his mind.”
The driver smiled.
“He said that you’ve invaded other people’s privacy and even openly exposed it on the internet. Did you think that you weren’t breaking the law?”
Thomas and Yannie arrived at the hospital, surrounded by the cameras of the reporters.
They came out of the lift to see Bethan, standing by the doors of the ICU ward, as well as Gwen, who was in a wheelchair, beside her.
Bethan had no plans to visit Riley on that day. A month ago or so, when Riley was admitted to the hospital, Bethan visited Riley once every three days under the advice of the doctor.
That day was only the second day from the last time Bethan visited Riley. She initially did not want to come over, but after Gwen saw Thomas’ and Yannie’s live stream and heard that Riley was their child, Gwen insisted on going to see Riley.
Gwen was not in the best of health just yet, still hurt because of Luke not long ago, so Bethan could only give in and took her to see Riley.
They never thought that they would run into Thomas and Yannie just as they were about to leave…as well as a group of reporters.
“Bethan.”
Yannie’s eyes twinkled with mirth upon seeing Bethan. “You’re here to see Riley too!”
Bethan paused for a while. She furrowed her brow in displeasure at the reporters behind Thomas and Yannie. “Why are you taking so many people here to see Riley?”
From the moment Thomas mentioned Riley in the live stream, Bethan had already guessed that he would come visit Riley to put on an act. However, she did not expect that he would be so eager to do so. She also did not expect that he would take the reporters to the ICU.
Riley had always been in the ICU, not only because of her condition but more so because the ward was quieter.
The doctor had said that Riley needed a quiet and stable environment. Thus, after careful consideration, Bethan and Brettley did not move Riley to a normal ward. They were afraid that she could not get used to the environment.
However, at that moment, Thomas–Riley’s father–brought in a crowd!
It was then that Yannie realized that there were indeed too many people following after them.
From the moment they left the house, Yannie had complained to Thomas that there were too many people following them. Thomas, however, consoled her, saying that compared to the people who watched the live stream, the number of reporters was already considered few.
Upon hearing Thomas mentioning the live stream, Yannie felt a sick feeling in her stomach once more. After all, she was filmed the entire time without her knowledge.
Although she heard from Thomas that Wendy had been arrested, when she thought back to how she was only clad in lingerie, exposing her stretch marks to everyone in the live stream, she wanted to dig a hole to hide. This was also why she trusted Thomas who said that the more reporters there, the merrier. She felt that only by getting everyone to believe that she had given birth to a child for Thomas could she compensate for the awkwardness At|)&d{c helplessness she felt. However, at that moment, Bethan’s words made Yannie question the issue of the number of people there once more.
She bit her lip and muttered under her breath to Thomas, “Should we…get some of the reporters to leave? Riley is still in the ICU, you know? It’s not good to have too many people here.”
“Why not?”
Thomas sneered and looked at Bethan. “Is Riley’s condition that serious? Why does Riley’s case file say that her condition is already much better and that she can be transferred to a normal ward, but someone doesn’t want to transfer her out?”
At the mention of that, Thomas was angry.
Riley’s condition was clearly much better for the past month, but Brettley and Bethan did not allow her to be transferred to a normal ward. To Thomas, this all seemed too deliberate.
Brettley knew that Riley was Thomas’ daughter. He knew that it would not be easy for a person like Thomas to enter the ICU, yet he refused to transfer Riley to a normal ward.
Since they were always afraid of him coming to visit Riley, he decided to bring a group of people along One was to let everyone know that Riley was his and Yannie’s child, to put pressure on Brettley so that Brettley and Bethan would quickly return Riley to them.
Secondly, it was to tell Brettley that he had seen through their dirty tricks,
However, Thomas’ words convinced Bethan even more that Thomas was not a competent father to Riley.
She narrowed her eyes. “I was the one who didn’t allow the transfer. A child’s body is still unstable. Even if she has gotten better in a short while, if her sickness relapses in the general ward, she’ll have to be sent to the ICU again, so I decided to not let her go through the torture.
Bethan sneered. “Do you think it’s inappropriate, Mr. Howard?”
“It’s a pity,”
Bethan said while crossing her arms around her chest.
“Riley is still under our care right now. Although you’re Riley’s father, you’ve only visited her once in the past month. I don’t think you have the power to decide on her behalf.”
At that moment, the atmosphere in the corridor instantly turned cold as their conversation took a turn for the worse.
The reporters behind them might look calm, but they were secretly delighted.
Every reporter was secretly recording and taking pictures of the scene in front of them.
It was the standoff between Bethan and Thomas! What a sight!
One was the wife of Morrison Group’s president, and the other was a famous celebrity of Merchant City.
Their arguments were enough to be on the front page news for at least a week!
“Don’t get too excited now.”
Gwen, who was in the wheelchair, calmly looked at the reporters behind them. “I know that all of you are happy that you’ve found something juicy to report, but heed my advice: there are things that you can and can’t report.
“For example, if you report the argument between Mr. Howard Bethan, ruining his reputation, you’ll have to deal with a lawsuit from his publicity team.
“If you ruin Bethan’s reputation, well, have a guess… Do you think that Morrison Group and Larson Group will let you off the hook?”
Gwen’s words instantly silenced the reporters. Seeing the strange expressions on their faces, Gwen smiled. “Everyone, I’ll arrange for some fruits and snacks downstairs for you. Later, I’ll also give you photos that you can report of Mr. Howard and Ms. Flores visiting their children. As for the others, don’t butt in.”
Gwen was essentially giving the reporters a way to back down. The reporters looked at each other, turned around, and left. Yannie sighed in relief as the reporters took their leave. She looked at Gwen, who was in the wheelchair, gratefully.
“Thank you, Ms. Larson.”
If it were her, she would not be able to come up with such things to make the reporters go away.
“You don’t have to thank me.”
Gwen smiled and looked at Thomas. “You seemed to have a misunderstanding of Bethan and Brettley, no?”
Thomas sneered upon hearing Gwen’s words.
“There was never any misunderstanding between me and them.”
After all of what Brettley and Bethan did to Riley, what misunderstanding could there be?
In the first place, Brettley and Bethan lost their baby, so they deliberately took the newborn baby from the hospital and pretended that she was theirs.
The newborn baby was Riley! Thomas would not have hated them so badly had they taken care of Riley and treated her as their own, but what happened?
They failed to protect Riley. Malcolm had to take Riley from them, and Riley was nearly dead because of Quentin!
Quentin was captured in the end, and Riley was once more back with Brettley and Bethan.
However, they did not feel the bond with Riley when they reunited with her.
They continuously searched for their biological baby and neglected to accompany and take care of Riley.
If it were not for them, Riley would not have ended in such a pitiful, sickly state!
Brettley and Bethan were to blame for all the misfortune Riley had suffered, and that meant Thomas did not misunderstand them. He just knew them too well!
Amid Thomas’ train of thoughts, his mother’s recording voice rang in his ear. She said he should never ever be in contact with the Morrison family, especially Brettley.
After all, Brettley’s father, Adrian Morrison was a good-for-nothing person. Adrian was the one who caused his aunt’s death, and Brettley shared the same dirty blood as Adrian.
He sneered and raised his head to look at Gwen. “I know you just underwent a massive surgery not long ago while having lost your lover, Luke.
I know how frail you are, physically and mentally, so I don’t want to quarrel with you right now. At the same time…”
He squinted. “I hope you don’t get in the way of whatever is happening between me, Bethan, and Brettley.
The hatred between us isn’t so easily solved with just a word or two from you.”
After that, he looked at Bethan sharply. “What? You think you could bring along your friend since you and Brettley are running out of options to keep Riley?
I didn’t think you’d be that cold -blooded and ruthless like Brettley was in the past.
“You know, Yannie kept telling me how nice you were when I spent time with her lately, and I nearly thought twice about you. But…”
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