Brettley, who was at a cafe, received Lucas’ call.
“Sir, Ma’am passed out! She is in the hospital now undergoing resuscitation!”
Brettley’s pupils constricted. “What else?”
After all the previous incidents, he no longer trusts Alice.
Lucas, on the other end of the call, paused for a while. “The doctor said that it seems to be caused by the aftermath of a car accident. Do you want to come over?”
Brettley’s expressions changed suddenly. The aftermath of the accident.
He remembered that rainy day.
Back then, when he rushed back to Banyan City from Sea City, it was already five hours from Bethan’s accident.
They were fishing in the sea and testing.
He stood under the rain and accompanied the people who were searching for Bethan for the entire night.
In the end, he fell sick, yet there was still no news about Bethan.
Experts said that the chances of her surviving were slim. Because of that, he even beat the expert up.
Six years have passed. He almost forgot how sad he was back then.
At that moment, when Lucas mentioned it, he finally remembered how hard it was for them to be together back then.
After a moment of silence, Brettley sighed. “I’ll be there right away.”
Once he hung up, Brettley lifted his gaze and looked at that woman in front of him rather guiltily. “Alice passed out. She’s at the hospital.”
Bethan smiled and took a sip from her coffee cup. “I think you better not get a divorce, Mr. Morrison.”
After announcing the divorce, here he was being anxious at the news of Alice passing out.
Who was he putting an act for?
Brettley furrowed his brows. “Divorce is one matter, being concerned for her is a whole other matter.
Indeed, I don’t like the present version of her, but after all, she has once been the person that loved me the most. She sacrificed everything for me.”
He stood up and put on his coat while furrowing his brows. “As for your resignation, I won’t agree to it. I f you dare to leave, I’ll make sure you won’t be able to survive in Banyan City. You should know that I have the ability to do so.”
Then, he turned and left.
Bethan sneered and called after him, “Mr. Morrison, you said that you don’t like this version of Alice Peterson six years later. What about Bethan Peterson six years before? Did you like her?”
Brettley paused a while. He smiled. “What do you think?”
Then, he left.
Looking at him leaving, Bethan closed her eyes and smiled bitterly.
Of course, she knew. He loved himself the most, but…
A moment ago at the press conference, when she was under attack and being humiliated and he shifted the focus all onto him, she had to admit that she was moved by his actions.
There was even a moment where she thought that if he were less of a womanizer and a scumbag, she could even forget about his past actions and choose to be with him once again, but…
It was only just a thought. After all, old habits die hard.
Back then, he could cheat on her with Cynthal Peterson.
At that moment, when he was with Alice, he had an ambiguous relationship with her.
Even if they would be together, sooner or later, another Cynthal would appear.
When Brettley reached the hospital, Alice had just been pushed out of the emergency room.
“What happened?”
“Sir.”
Lucas was silent for a while.
Thud!
He knelt to the ground with his head lowered. “You got me to pick Alice up to go back home, saying that you have things you want to discuss with her.
Because she has been constantly spying on you and doubting you, so I told her that you want me to fetch her to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get a divorce. I thought that since you already announced a divorce, I wanted to scare her a little. Who knew that she would pass out…”
Brettley helplessly rubbed his brows.
He turned around and sat on the bench. He looked at Lucas flatly. “I do not like other people deciding on my behalf.”
Lucas’ body stiffened. He lowered his head even more. “I know, but I just can’t stand her treating you like a criminal, spying on you.”
“This mistake will not be repeated. “
Brettley leaned back on the bench exhaustedly. “What did the doctor say?”
“The doctor said that it might have been the car accident years ago that caused nerve damage to the brain. She was too agitated just now, so she passed out…”
Brettley closed his eyes and exhaled. He stood up and walked toward Alice’s ward.
In the patient’s ward, she was lying in bed with an IV drip connected to her.
Her face was pale, her lips had no color at all.
Upon hearing the door open, Alice slightly furrowed her brows and raised her head.
When she saw that it was Brettley, she smiled with difficulty. “Who knew that you’d still be willing to visit me.”
Brettley furrowed his brows. He sat on a chair next to her and said in a gentle voice, “Does your head still hurt?”
“A little.”
She looked at him feebly. “I won’t be able to get a divorce today. Wait for me to be discharged…”
It was noon at the moment. The bright sun shone on her smiling face. There was a kind of fragility to her beauty.
Brettley’s heart constricted tightly. In the end, this was still the face that he loved.
Although her character has completely changed but seeing her smile, his heart would still break.
Thus, Brettley was silent for a while. “We don’t have to rush the divorce matter. You get well first.”
Back then, she met in an accident because of him. At that moment, she had relapsed, so naturally, he could not divorce her.
“I’m sorry.”
Alice lowered her gaze. Her voice was tender and weak. “I never would have thought that things would become this way…
“I have not been by your side for six years. I really do not have any sense of security.”
She lowered her head and wiped away her tears. “
Bethan is too amazing. I feel that I cannot compete with her, that is why I…”
“It’s all in the past. “
Brettley passed her a tissue. His low voice was rather helpless. “I’ll compensate her.”
Upon his words, Alice lowered her gaze. A hint of coldness flashed in her eyes, but she still pretended to cry and nod.
“You… you should compensate her. If she needs me to apologize to her, I will do it too.”
Seeing her crying, Brettley sighed heavily.
“Alice. Initially, I thought that after you came back, we could be happy together, but perhaps we have been apart for too long. You and I have both changed.”
Alice’s hand trembled a little.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
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