“That’s right! We’re here to attend the wedding and also collect our money. Is that wrong?”
“Yeah! A dutiful son is obliged to pay his father’s debts. And when Adrian came to borrow from us, he used your name!”
“If you won’t settle this today, Adrian isn’t going to get married!”
Despite the noisiness, Brettley curled his lips into a smile. “Everyone, I’ll give all of you an explanation regarding that. But…”
He looked up at Adrian, who was standing on the stage in his suit, as well as at Jacqueline in her white wedding dress. “Today is Adrian and Jacqueline’s day. It’s not right for me to steal the limelight away from them. We’re here to attend their wedding.”
The people around him were stunned. Although they were reluctant, they dispersed.
“Mr. Morrison, I hope you’re a man of your word!”
“We’ve recorded you mentioning you’ll give us an explanation!”
“If you run from this, we’ll lodge a police report!”
Bethan furrowed her brow after hearing those. She knew it was normal for people to be selfish especially when money did not fall from the sky, but she remembered the upper-class people in Banyan City were mostly decent. It was odd how everyone was in a hurry and anxious to threaten Brettley to pay back the money Adrian owed.
‘What is going on?’ she thought.
“Adrian and Jacqueline are engaged with a newly established loan shark company in the city,” said Brettley, as though reading her mind, lowering his voice so only both of them could hear what he said. “
During this period, everyone who tried to collect their debts from Adrian was either beaten or harmed in another way. They hold grudges against him, yet they didn’t go against Adrian because they thought I have powerful influence here and that I’d be able to pay.”
Bethan instantly understood after that. ‘No wonder everyone is going after Brettley as soon as we step inside here. I guess if Brettley isn’t going to help Adrian, those people are going to tear Adrian into pieces at his own wedding! But…’
She was still worried about Anne. All she wanted was to get this wedding over and save Anne with Brettley.
She frowned and asked softly, “What are you going to do?”
These people were here to make Adrian pay. Would it not be better to tell these people Brettley was not going to help Adrian and let these people settle it with Adrian themselves?
“This wedding is going to be meaningless if I let them deal with Adrian directly.”
Brettley curled his lips into a smile after reading Bethan’s mind. He extended his hand out to rub her head. “
Let’s go. It’s been over a year since we last met my father.”
Bethan looked at him confusingly as she could not tell what Brettley had in his plan. Nonetheless, it was not the right time for her to ask about it.
She frowned and walked with Brettley toward the stage.
“I told you he’s going to be here.”
Jacqueline looked at Bethan and Brettley coldly from the middle of the stage. Hatred flashed in her eyes. “They had to come.
If Bethan cared about her friend’s life, she definitely would show up.
“Jacqueline, you’re amazing!”
Adrian got excited when he saw Brettley and Bethan attending the wedding.”
They’re here just like you said! You’re amazing!”
Jacqueline smiled. “I’m not that amazing, but I know their weaknesses.”
Bethan and Brettley were hypocrites, the type of people who valued friendship and loyalty as everyone said. So, Jacqueline had sent people to kidnap Anne to force and threaten Bethan and Brettley to attend the wedding.
A trace of coldness appeared in her eyes. Everyone thought Brettley and Bethan valued friendship and loyalty…but only she knew how fake they were.
Brettley kept her sister, Fiona, beside him because her bone marrow was a match with his son’s. He promised Fiona that he would marry her and be with her after she donated her bone marrow to his son.
That did not happen. As it turned out, Brettley and Bethan worked together and killed Fiona after she donated her bone marrow to their son!
Jacqueline clenched her fists tightly beside her body when she thought about the misery her sister suffered. A sister she never met before.
More than a year ago, she was able to track down her sister from overseas. She thought she could finally reunite with her long–lost sister and recompense for the sin she did by losing her sister when she was young.
When she reached Banyan City, however, the only news she got was knowing her sister was dead because of Brettley and Bethan. She sent people to search for her sister’s corpse for a long time, but they came up empty–handed.
Her sister was dead, and her body was nowhere to be found.
Bethan and Brettley lived happily ever after, and Bethan even gave birth to another child this year. They were able to live happily, but what about her sister?
Was death all that was meant for her sister?
Thus, Jacqueline decided to take things into her hands and created a plan for revenge. She waited for Brettley and Bethan to come back to Banyan City so she could execute her plan.
However, she did not expect that Bethan and Brettley would not have plans to return to Banyan City. They even moved their children to live in Merchant City.
In despair, she read that Adrian had broken up with Celia.
To exact revenge for her sister, she sacrificed herself and got together with Adrian, a useless middle- aged man.
Finally…
Finally, Brettley and Bethan showed up on the day she was to be married to Adrian!
Her enemy! She finally saw them in person!
“Father.”
Brettley and Bethan were standing in front of the stage.He curled his lips and smiled ambiguously. “It’s been a while.”
“Yes, it has been.”
Adrian quickly rushed down from the stage and shook Brettley’s hand excitedly when he saw Brettley and Bethan standing in front of the stage.
“You two are really here! Aunt Jacqueline said you were going to be here, but I find it hard to believe…but she’s right! You still care about me!”
Brettley looked at Adrian. When Adrian said ‘Aunt Jacqueline’, he frowned.
According to their age, Jacqueline and Brettley should be around the same age.
”He’s marrying someone around my age and expects me to address her as my aunt…’ He squinted.
Although he was not happy, he still politely looked at Jacqueline. “Ms. Grace.”
Jacqueline curled up her lips and smiled. “Mr. Morrison, we finally meet.”
She had worked so hard over the year for this day. Ever since she knew Brettley and Bethan were the ones who killed Fiona, she toiled rigorously to meet the nasty couple. Finally, that day arrived!
After that, she looked at Bethan and acted surprised. “Mrs. Morrison is as beautiful as how I imagined it.”
She had read through Bethan’s information and photo before, but she did not expect to see Bethan looking more stunningly in person. It was not hard to understand why her sister lost to Bethan.
However…
Jacqueline squinted, and a trace of coldness flashed in her eyes.
It was inappropriate and wrong of Bethan and Brettley to kill Fiona after they had gotten Fiona’s bone marrow.
“Are you saying you have gone through my photo or information before?”
Bethan asked with a raised eyebrow.
Jacqueline smiled and turned to grab Adrian’s arm.
“Adrian and I are getting married. You are her daughter-in-law, so it’s only natural for me to see your photo before.”
She smiled and looked at Adrian.
“Isn’t that right?”
Adrian was still immersed in the excitement of Brettley coming to his wedding and did not react immediately. After a while, he nodded sluggishly.
“Yes, yes. I’ve shown both of your photos to Jacqueline before! She’s really looking forward to being part of the family. We’re going to get along as a family in the future!”
“Get along?”
Brettley curled his lip and walked up the stage with Bethan. “I’m afraid there won’t be any chance for that.”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.