Before she could finish her sentence, Brettley’s brows furrowed. “You’re saying that someone installed pinhole cameras in Bethan’s room?”
Gwen nodded. “Yes, but I’m not sure– “
Brettley immediately stormed over and flung open Bethan’s room door. “What happened?”
Brettley’s sudden appearance startled Bethan, who was busy discussing with Andy in her room. However, she soon regained her composure and smiled. “It’s all settled now. Someone installed some pinhole cameras in my room, but Mr. Larson helped me remove all of them.”
Bethan pointed at the cameras on the coffee table. “
They’re all here now.”
Brettley glanced at the cameras. He strode over, picked up a few of them, and held them in his palm. “
There are so many of them. Whoever planted these in your room put in a lot of effort.”
He was aware of the news that circulated online about pinhole cameras installed in hotel rooms. Most of them were installed to capture the tenants’ private and intimate moments so they could be sold online. Because of that, the cameras would mainly be planted around the bed, couch, and in the toilet.
However, the cameras in Bethan’s room were a tremendous amount. It was blatant that whoever planted them wanted to observe whatever was happening in Bethan’s room from every angle imaginable.
“Did you call the cops?”
Bethan smiled at Brettley. “I redacted my report.”
Brettley raised his eyebrows at her. What did she mean, she redacted her report?
“I gave Ms. Bethan a generous sum of money in compensation, so she’s decided not to notify the authorities anymore. “
Andy sighed and stood up. “
Well, Ms. Bethan, I’ve done whatever I could, and the money has been transferred to your account. If there’s nothing more, I’ll be leaving now.”
With that, he turned around and left the room without even waiting for Bethan’s response.
“Stop fighting! Go back to bed! “
When he came out of the room and caught sight of the fighting couple, Andy glared at them.
Gwen and Ben exchanged glances and trailed behind Andy meekly.
Alice peeked through the crack in the door to make sure Brettley and Bethan were not paying attention to her before she gave Andy a questioning wink.
Andy looked at her, shook his head, and turned around to leave.
Not long after Andy’s figure disappeared from view, Alice received a text from him that read, (Ms. Walter, Bethan isn’t as nalve as I thought. Not only did we not manage to get any footage of her in the shower, but she used this whole incident to threaten me… Please delete all the images and footage I’ve sent you. Even if you don’t delete them, please don’t circulate them anywhere. Otherwise, the whole Walter family business will be affected.]
Alice narrowed her eyes as she read the message. Then, a malicious smirk appeared on her face.
The entire Walter family business, affected?
That was just Bethan. Even if the footage was leaked, there was no way Bethan could trace it back to her, and even if she did, there was nothing she could do about it.
Alice deleted Andy’s text from her phone and tucked it back into her pocket. She approached Bethan’s room, leaned against the doorframe, and asked with a smile, “Brettley, how’s Ms. Bethan? Is she okay?”
Brettley furrowed his brows. “She’s fine.”
Seeing that Alice had arrived, Bethan let out a yawn and started clearing the table. She put all of the cameras she had found into a small box and shot Brettley a glance. “Mr. Morrison, it’s getting late now. You should go back to your room and get some rest. Mrs. Morrison is waiting for you.”
Brettley felt uneasy upon hearing Bethan’s words. He frowned and glanced at her meaningfully. “Are you going to settle just like this?”
“Yes.”
Bethan curled her lips into a smile. “That’s okay. It’s not like they got any private pictures or video anyway.”
Brettley let out a sigh before he turned to leave. When he reached the door, Alice linked arms with him with a smile. “Brettley, that sounds terrifying. Do you think there are any cameras in our room, too?”
Brettley narrowed his eyes. “No.”
It was not the first time he had gone on a business trip. Every time he had to stay at a hotel, Lucas would always check the entire room beforehand.
Therefore, Brettley was not concerned about having cameras in his room at all.
This trip happened quite abruptly, so Lucas probably did not have any time to check both rooms, which was why the cameras in Bethan’s room were not discovered until moments ago.
When they went back to their suite, Alice immediately led Brettley toward the bedroom. However, he let go of her and said, “Go to bed without me.”
Alice frowned. “Brettley, it’s past lo at night now. You should get some rest, too. Is work that important?”
Brettley murmured a response before he turned and walked into the study.
Alice remained motionless as she watched him enter the study and closed the door after him. She bit down on her lip.
She had been with him for quite some time, yet he still refused to go to bed with her. Even if he had mistaken Bethan for her last night, he still did not want to go to bed with Alice. What was wrong with him? Was his heart made of stone?
She had done so much for him, yet he still treated her like a stranger!
It was most likely because of Bethan! Bethan was the only thing that stood in their way!
The only solution to that was to get rid of Bethan.
Meanwhile, in the study, Brettley sat down, placed the cameras he had in his hand on the desk, and said to Lucas, “Check the signal source for these cameras and find out if any footage was taken. If there is, trace the location of the receiver.”
“Yes. “
Lucas nodded and tucked the cameras away. “
Sir, where did you find these?”
Brettley furrowed his brows and answered in a disgruntled tone, “How dare you even ask me this? Why didn’t you check Bethan’s room beforehand?”
Lucas froze in shock. “What do you mean? Were these cameras inside Bethan’s room?”
Brettley glanced at him. “Yes.”
Lucas seemed baffled. “That… That’s impossible ! I did a thorough check of Ms. Bethan’s room before letting her stay there. Every time you went on a business trip with any of the company’s employees, I’ d check every single room beforehand–I ‘ve never missed out on anyone. You should know by now that I’m not a sloppy worker ! “
Lucas lowered his gaze to look at the cameras. “I can’t possibly miss on these. I already checked yesterday, and there was nothing.”
Brettley stiffened at his explanation. “When did you check?”
“I checked the rooms yesterday when you and Ms. Bethan were at the Walters’ place. Do you…want to check the surveillance cameras in the hallway?”
Brettley closed his eyes. “There’s no point. Do you truly believe the hotel owner when he said he wasn’t involved in this? Since they’re behind this, do you think they’ll let us find anything through the surveillance tapes? Why not think back about what happened yesterday? Did you come across anyone or anything suspicious?”
Lucas remained silent for a moment, deep in thought. After a while, he pursed his lips. “Yesterday. I checked Ms. Bethan’s room before checking yours.
When I came out of your room, I saw Mrs. Morrison standing in front of Ms. Bethan’s room, clutching the door knob. I didn’t know if she wanted to go in or if she just came out. When she saw me, she told me she thought Ms. Bethan’s room was yours…”
Brettley frowned. “Are you saying Alice was the one who planted the cameras?”
“No, no.”
Lucas immediately shook his head. “I just thought that was strange, that’s all. Ms. Bethan’s room is just an ordinary one, and yours is a presidential suite. It’s clearly written on the sign. You only ever stay in presidential suites whenever you go on business trips. The butler told me that before Mrs. Morrison left, she’d always book the hotels for you herself. By that logic, she wouldn’t be confused about which room you’re staying in…”
Brettley rubbed his eyebrows. “Don’t you think that Alice is different now? She doesn’t seem to remember a lot of things from the past.”
When she heard Gwen and Ben arguing out in the hallway, she did not seem concerned at all. In fact, she seemed reluctant to get involved. Even though she went out into the hallway in the end, she did not try to console them and instead got mad at them for making a scene.
Even if she experienced changes in personality due to the car accident, it would not explain how she treated her old friends from high school.
Bethan had a rough night. She kept having dreams then woke up from them before she fell back into another dream.
In her nightmares, Bethan’s photos were circulated all over the internet, and everyone judged and condemned her. Some even went so far as threatening to end her.
By the time Bethan got woken up by a phone call in the early morning, she was drenched in cold sweat. She picked up the phone with a throbbing head. “Hello, who is this?”
“It’s me, “
Theo’s voice rang out. “Nigel contacted me this morning and told me you were bullied in Sea City.”
Theo let out a sigh. “I still have some things to settle here at the art gallery, so I’ll only be able to go over to Sea City in the afternoon.”
Bethan paused. “I’m fine. You don’t have to come over.”
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