Alice stared at the photos on her screen and narrowed her eyes. “Take pictures of her showering, and sell the photos online under her name.”
Bethan’s life would be a living hell!
As soon as Brettley left, Bethan wanted to take a shower. She found a towel and was about to do so when a sobbing Anne called her. “Bethan, what am I supposed to do?”
Bethan frowned. She stood in the bathroom and held the phone to her ear while she unbuttoned her shirt. “What’s wrong?”
“John got into a fight. We came out on a short trip and decided to stay at a hotel. Just as we were about to go to bed, I felt that something wasn’t right. I was concerned about how safe this hotel was, so I went online and learned how to detect hidden cameras in a hotel room…and it turns out there were cameras in our room! John was so angry that he got into a fight with the owner…”
Bethan frowned. “Did you call the cops?”
“We did, but this place is pretty rural. The police won’t be here until a while, and John is still being beaten up…”
Bethan let out a sigh and tried to think of a way to help Anne. “Where are you? Let me ask Zach and Yuri to see if they can help. “
No matter what happened, she had to protect Anne and John.
Anne gave her an address, and Bethan immediately contacted Zach and Yuri.
“Well, you came to the right people. We happen to have a lot of friends around that area! “
Zach reassured her, “Don’t worry, I’ll take care of this! “
Bethan hung up the phone and got in touch with Anne again. After half an hour, Anne called back to inform her that the police had arrived and John was sent to a clinic. “That was terrifying. Fortunately, I was smart and tried to detect if there were any hidden cameras in our room. If we hadn’t discovered them, God knows what they would do with the photos and videos they take of me and John! “
Bethan let out a sigh and continued to comfort her friend while she walked into her bathroom. Just as she was about to take off her clothes, she caught sight of her reflection in the mirror and frowned. “
Hey, Anne, how did you manage to find the cameras?”
Bethan followed Anne’s instructions and found the hidden cameras in her room as well. There was more than just one.
On top of the showerhead, in the bathroom mirror, on top of the television, on the coffee table, and in countless other locations. Bethan counted all the cameras she had found and realized that there were more than ten!
She removed them from their hiding spots and placed them on the coffee table. She took some photos as evidence before she called the cops.
As soon as she got off the phone with the police, she heard someone knocking on her door. Bethan frowned. “Who is it?”
“Ms. Bethan.”
The voice coming from outside the door sounded timid. “I’m the owner of this hotel. My name is Andy Larson.”
Bethan paused. She recognized that name. Andy Larson was Gwen’s father.
Many years ago, when she went to school with Gwen Larson, she recalled that Gwen’s family ran a hotel. She never thought that the hotel she stayed in was the one Gwen’s father owned.
Bethan knew Andy’s reason for visiting her at this hour. She set up her backup phone in the corner of the couch and started recording. With that, she let out a sigh and opened the door.
Andy and Gwen were standing outside her door, along with a man Bethan did not know but somehow seemed familiar to her.
Andy immediately put on a big smile as soon as Bethan opened the door. “Hello , Ms. Bethan. I just received a complaint that someone had installed pinhole cameras in our hotel without us knowing, so I’m here with my daughter and son – in -law, checking every room. I ‘in so sorry to bother you, but do you mind if we go in and take a look around?”
Bethan narrowed her eyes. Someone installed pinhole cameras in their room without them knowing? Bethan thought that the excuse was unbelievable. She curled her lips into a smile and flopped back onto the couch. “It’s okay. You don’t have to check my room anymore. I’ve removed all the cameras from their hiding places.”
Bethan pointed at the cameras on the coffee table. “
The police will be arriving soon, and the reporters are on their way as well. We’ll know soon enough if this was an accident or your hotel’s wrongdoing. “
Andy’s face lost its color when he heard that. Gwen immediately frowned. “Bethan, please don’t make this a much bigger deal than it is! My father already explained that it wasn’t our fault. Someone is trying to frame us and tarnish our hotel’s reputation by installing pinhole cameras in the rooms ! Why are you so stubborn?”
Gwen scoffed and continued, “Oh, I know the reason. You’re still holding a grudge over what happened last night at the cocktail party, right? I bet you placed these cameras in the room yourself to frame us!”
Andy furrowed his brows. “Gwen, don’t be ridiculous.”
“Am I wrong? This woman is a b*tch! She tried to steal Alice’s husband when she’s in Banyan City!
Alice was my best friend in high school, and any enemy of hers is my enemy as well! She’s a b*tch who steals other people’s husbands, and she doesn’t deserve to be treated kindly! “
Bethan could not help but chuckle at that. “I guess what I told you last night didn’t get into your brain at all.”
Gwen froze. Last night, Bethan told her about an incident that happened in high school, where she fought someone over a rumor.
Gwen frowned. “How did you know what happened to me in high school?”
Bethan gave her a small smile. “Not only do I know what happened to you in high school, ” she said as she pointed at the man who stood behind Gwen. “I also know that your husband was one of your classmates from the class next door in high school. “
Bethan had thought this man was familiar when she first laid eyes on him a few minutes ago, but as soon as Andy mentioned he was his son-in-law, Bethan remembered that Gwen used to have a crush on a boy. Unfortunately, that boy was not as innocent as he pretended to be.
“Gwen, there’s something you don’t know. When you were in high school, your husband was in love with Bethan Peterson, but Bethan never reciprocated because she knew that you liked him, and she couldn’t bear breaking your heart. This man, however, befriended you because he wanted to get close to Bethan Peterson. “
With that, Bethan glanced at the man. “Am I right?”
The man said nothing in response and instead shifted his gaze guiltily.
Gwen’s expression darkened, and she turned around to stare at her husband. “Ben, is she telling the truth?”
Ben did not answer, but his expression gave him away. “You b*stard! “
Gwen immediately slapped him across his face. “You told me you had been in love with me since high school. Was all of that a lie?”
Ben kept silent for a moment before he finally murmured, “Well, back in high school, you weren’t as pretty as Bethan Peterson…”
“You’re wrong. In my opinion, Gwen was adorable back in high school.”
Bethan crossed her arms at her chest. “Besides, even if she wasn’t as pretty as Bethan Peterson, you didn’t have to lie about it.”
Gwen was enraged by the sudden turn of events. She dragged her husband out of the room, and the both of them started arguing in the hallway. The door slammed shut with only Bethan and Andy inside the room.
“Mr. Larson,”
Bethan smirked. “If you want me to not make a big deal out of this and not leak this incident to the press, I can do so, but I have one condition.”
Andy paused. “What condition?”
Gwen’s angry voice grew louder by the minute. “
Why didn’t you tell me you used to like Bethan Peterson? Bethan even tried to convince me to give up on you. We even got into a fight because of this! It’s only now that I finally realize the truth: she wanted me to give up on you because she didn’t want me to get my heart broken! You pretended like you were interested in me when, in reality, you tried to get to her! “
All the noise and commotion that happened in the hallway slipped through the crack underneath the door and into Alice and Brettley’s room. At that moment, they sat across from each other on the couch as they ate the food Lucas had bought for them.
Hearing the argument coming from outside, Brettley smirked and glanced at Alice. “Don’t you want to see what’s going on?”
Brettley thought she would want to check on the fighting couple since she was their topic of discussion. However, Alice’s face was pale. She lowered her head and concentrated on eating. She pursed her lips and said, “I don’t want to make the whole situation even more complicated.”
In truth, she did not want to check on them because she did not want to have anything to do with Bethan’s friends. She feared she would expose herself. Since she had no idea what had happened in Bethan’s nor Gwen’s past, she did not want to mediate the couple’s fight and risk letting Brettley realize something was wrong.
Alice continued eating with her head down while she silently prayed for the two people arguing outside to leave.
So many years have passed since high school. Why were they arguing about those things, and right outside her door, no less?
Brettley raised his eyebrows at her. “Well, your friend stood up for you last night, so why aren’t you going to help her? Did you guys have a disagreement?”
Alice pursed her lips. “Not really. I just don’t think it’s appropriate for me to stick my nose in their personal business…”
“They’ve been fighting for ten minutes now.”
Brettley let out a sigh and put down his cutlery. Then, he strode over to the door and flung it open.
The scene in the hallway was shocking. Gwen had her husband pressed up against the wall. Her hands gripped onto his shirt collar as she yelled at him in such a position.
As soon as Brettley opened the door, the two people in the hallway froze and glanced at him. Alice had no choice but to come out of the room as well.
When Ben caught sight of Alice, his entire face lit up. It had been so many years since he last saw her, yet she was as gorgeous as ever!
Seeing Ben’s expression change, Gwen grew even more furious and gave him a forceful kick on his shin. Then, she gave Alice a sheepish smile. “Sorry, Alice. I didn’t know you and Mr. Morrison were staying in this room, so…”
Alice’s face was expressionless. “I thought you were making a scene in front of my room on purpose.”
Gwen smiled at her. “How can that be? I’m not that stupid.”
She let out a sigh before she continued, “
We’re here because Bethan discovered some hidden cameras in her room, so my father, Ben, and I came over to apologize and make things right…”
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.