“I ‘m also just trying to help you.”
Theo picked up the teacup and took a sip. “See, how much I love you.”
Upon his words, the office door was suddenly opened from outside.
The person standing by the door was Brettley, with a darkened expression.
He swept a frigid glance at Theo, then at Bethan.
“Director Bethan. The rules and regulations of the company clearly state that chatting with people unrelated to work is not allowed during working hours.”
Then, he looked at Theo coldly and enunciated, “
Please leave.”
Theo shrugged. He continued sipping his tea calmly. “If I’m a family member of the staff, I’m not unrelated anymore, right?”
“Whose family member are you?”
“I ‘m her boyfriend.”
Theo smiled at Brettley’s cold gaze. “Mr. Morrison, didn’t you know?”
Brettley smiled. “A boyfriend who has never once held hands?”
“How did you know I’ve never held her hand?”
Theo rolled his eyes at Brettley. He downed the remaining tea. “I’m pursuing Bethan because she is single and I a m single too. I’m different from you, Mr. Morrison. I don’t have someone waiting for me back home while still pursuing other women.”
Theo put the teacup down and looked at Bethan tenderly. “I’ll pick you up after work.”
Then, he turned and left elegantly.
Brettley glared at Theo leaving. It was until Theo completely vanished from the entrance of the design department, only then did Brettley harrumphed coldly and sat down on the sofa.
“If I find out that he still comes to look for you during working hours, I won’t let Neil and Nellie see you.”
Bethan rolled her eyes. She put the pen down. “Mr. Morrison, you kept saying that my friend is an unrelated person and that he is here disturbing me from working. I wonder what you are here for then, Mr. Morrison?”
Brettley looked at Bethan’s nervous face. He could not help but think back to her look the night before.
He calmed himself down and smiled. “Don’t worry, the incident last night won’t happen.”
Bethan glared at him. “You’re not welcome.”
Brettley leaned back on the sofa confidently. “What if I take Neil and Nellie over?”
Neil and Nellie.
Bethan has not seen them for almost a week. Although the two of them would secretly call them every night, hearing their voice and meeting them were two different things. Furthermore, they almost fell sick the night before…
At that thought, Bethan glared at Brettley coldly. “
Because of Neil and Nellie, I ‘ll reluctantly welcome you.”
After making an appointment with Brettley to have dinner at home in the evening, Bethan accelerated her work.
As soon as it was the end of the day, she packed up her things and left work straight away.
When she exited the office, she bumped into Shannon, who was also leaving. “Director Bethan, so early today?”
Bethan nodded. “I have something back home.”
Then, she strode out of the door.
Looking at her leaving, Shannon suddenly had a thought. She immediately took her bag and chased after her. “Are you going straight home?”
Bethan pressed the elevator button and entered it. “Is there anything?”
“Nothing.”
Shannon smiled and entered the elevator. She helpfully pressed the close door button on the elevator. “I was blind previously. I didn’t expect that a master of jewelry design would be just by my side. Now that I know that you are a world-renowned jewelry designer, I must learn from you.”
Bethan furrowed her brows. She ignored Shannon’s sycophantic praises. “If you gossip less, you would be much better than me.”
Shannon’s face turned pale, but she still followed Bethan closely. Initially, Bethan would still ask her to leave in annoyance, but in the end, she could not be bothered with her. If Shannon wanted to follow her, so be it.
Coming out from Morrison Group Tower, Bethan headed immediately to a supermarket near the office.
She has not seen those two kids for almost a week. She planned to make a good meal to reward them.
There was a crowd in the supermarket.
“Director Bethan, you even know how to cook. How amazing!
“Are you having guests tonight, Director Bethan?
“Director Bethan…”
Shannon kept yapping next to Bethan.
Bethan quickly picked out two huge bags of groceries and carried them to the cashier.
There was a queue at the cashier with a lot of people. “Are you the Bethan that was on the news recently?”
Suddenly, a woman approached her and looked at Bethan. “You’re the mistress that even the wife had to kneel in front of you today, right?”
Bethan furrowed her brows. She wanted to deny it when Shannon suddenly opened her mouth.
“You’re lying! Our Director Bethan is no mistress! Did you even see the news properly! It’s the wife that was being paranoid! She could not even control her man. How could she blame someone else?”
Shannon’s voice was very loud, it attracted the entire supermarket’s attention.
On the surface, she was trying to stand up for Bethan, but in fact, she was detonating a bomb in the supermarket.
Most of the people shopping at the supermarket were against Bethan.
At that instant, a heated discussion erupted. Bethan groaned secretly, but it was too late.
The women surrounded her and Shannon.
“It really is you! “
The previous woman who approached Bethan took her phone out and pointed it closely at Bethan’s face.
“You’re the mistress! “
“All mistresses should just die! “
“You cheating mistress! How dare you pretend to be all motherly grocery shopping?”
“Leave! “
The crowd started insulting her and kicking her. Some even threw rotten vegetables at her.
Shannon immediately raised both her hands. “I ‘m innocent! “
Then, she looked at Bethan coldly. “Director Bethan, I’ll make a move first. You… deal with this on your own.”
At that, Shannon immediately went past through the crowd and left.
Bethan was the sole target of the crowd.
She bent down, trying to protect the groceries that she just bought while taking her phone out, planning to call the police.
Before she could call, her phone rang.
She was being pushed around, so she could not stand properly. Her fingers lost control too, she immediately picked the call up.
“Where are you?”
Brettley was standing outside Bethan’s house together with Neil and Nellie. He calmly asked on the phone.
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