She found it comical. She has said nothing from the start. If Brettley said nothing, she did not even know that all these coincidences were under the orders of someone else.
However, Hailey dared to turn it around and say that she was framing her?
Bethan gracefully put her utensils down. She calmly glanced at Hailey.
“Ms. Hailey, I suggest you think before you speak. First, I am not from Sea City. Your achievements in Sea City have nothing to do with me. I am only here for a couple of days. In the past few days, other than meeting you briefly at the reception previously, I have never seen you before. Why should I be jealous of someone who I have barely met, let alone frame?”
Hailey’s expressions suddenly turned ugly.
She harrumphed coldly and crossed her arms around her chest. She looked at Bethan condescendingly. “A brief encounter with me is enough for you to be jealous of me for your entire life! If it was not because of jealousy, why would you want to frame me?”
Bethan rubbed the middle of her brows. “I’ll admit that I do not have a social status like yours, coming from a noble family, but no matter how noble your family, it is just a mere facade.
“I came from a humble background, but I worked hard to become the best jewelry designer in Europe. Now that I’m back in Banyan City, I ‘m the principal Design Director of Morrison Group.”
Then, Bethan raised her eyebrows and swept Hailey a cold glace. “As for you, Ms. Hailey. I have heard of your news. All these years, other than cosmetic surgeries, it seems like you have done nothing much?”
Alice and Hailey’s faces instantly turned pale at her words.
Old Mr. Walter had a rather ugly expression too.
Bethan slightly frowned. She knew that she had crossed the line a little.
Thus, she laughed gently, “Ms. Hailey, I don’t mean anything by it. I’m only trying to say that you’re not worthy for me to be jealous about nor enough for me to frame you.
“Also.”
Bethan took a deep breath. “This is also the first time I’m hearing this from Mr. Morrison. If you said that you are being framed, the person that framed you should be Mr. Morrison and not me.”
Then, she picked up her utensils and continued eating with no regard for anybody.
Brettley narrowed his eyes at Bethan’s calm reaction. After a while, he lifted his head and looked at Old Mr. Walter and Hailey. “Bethan does not know about this. I alone got someone to investigate this, including the incident this morning.”
Brettley gently knocked the table with one hand. “
When Ms. Gwen wanted to expose Ms. Hailey during the press conference, I also stopped her. I did this because of the relationship between the Morrisons and the Walters. I’m willing to save the Walter family some face in front of the Sea City public.”
Then, Brettley raised his eyebrows. “Of course, if Ms. Hailey thinks that I’m framing her, I could only reveal all this evidence to the media. I’ll let the public be the judge.”
Brettley looked at Hailey with an extremely sharp gaze. “Let them judge for themselves whether I am framing Ms. Hailey or is she targeting my staff?”
The entire dining room was in dead silence upon his words.
Old Mr. Walter looked at Alice, who was eating with her head lowered. Then, he looked at Hailey, whose face was miserably pale.
He harrumphed coldly and slammed the table fiercely. “You unworthy daughter, kneel! “
Hailey was stunned. She immediately got up and knelt on the ground Old Mr. Walter was so furious his face was flushed. He pointed at Hailey on the ground with a trembling hand. “I have already told you earlier that some things are not meant to be! You insist on having them! Now that you have them, you started to act all high and mighty. Just because you think that you have the Walter family to support you, you do whatever you want in Sea City. Is that it?”
On the surface, Old Mr. Walter was reprimanding Hailey, but in fact, he was directing it at Alice who was eating with her head lowered.
Alice buried her head and kept eating non-stop. However, looking over from Gwen’s angle, one could still see that her face was miserably pale.
“Starting from today, you are no longer my child. You have no relationships with the Walter family!”
Old Mr. Walter rebuked coldly.
Hailey, who was kneeling on the ground, looked at Old Mr. Walter in shock. “Master…what nonsense are you talking about? I…”
Although she was not the real Hailey, she was assuming the role of Hailey at that moment.
If Old Mr. Walter was cutting off ties with her, that meant…
That meant that Alice would not be able to return to the Walter family in the future!
Old Mr. Walter harrumphed coldly, “You’re the one talking nonsense! You have done so many terrible things. Mr. Morrison is willing to let me deal with you personally. He has given you more than enough respect already!
“You are not allowed to have this meal! Go up and pack. The butler will send you out of the country.
You’re not allowed to come back for the next five years! Since you like to do whatever you want to do in Sea City, I’ll make sure you won’t come back in the next five years! “
Hailey was stunned for a very long time.
After a while, she subconsciously looked at Alice.
Alice has already finished her meal. She was playing with her phone as if this had nothing to do with her.
Hailey took a deep breath, slowly got up, and headed upstairs.
Seeing her leave, Old Mr. Walter exhaled deeply. He turned and smiled at Brettley. “Brettley, are you satisfied with this?”
Brettley smiled a little. He turned and looked at Bethan. “
Are you satisfied?”
Bethan did not expect that he would leave such a difficult problem to her. She was in a daze for a few seconds before she looked at Old Mr. Walter. “Old Mr. Walter, I have a question I can’t seem to figure out.”
“Tell me.”
“My friend and I asked around in Sea City yesterday. Everyone said that only with your permission could they lock people up in the Walter family prison in the backyard. Even your wife could not simply lock anyone up. Does that mean that you have a part in the kidnapping of Gwen’s father, Andy?”
The atmosphere in the dining room turned silent.
Old Mr. Walter’s expressions were somewhat ugly. He looked at Bethan coldly and said in an unfriendly tone, “How concerned you are of the Walter family, Ms. Bethan. You are right. Previously, only with my permission could they use the prison.”
Then, he inconspicuously swept a glance at Alice, whose head was buried extremely low.
His voice was quite cold, “But it’s different now. The Walter family prison is not only under my command, but my daughter’s too.”
Old Mr. Walter stroked his beard. “After all, I only have that one daughter. She will be taking over everything in the future, so I gave her the power to the prison. However, I did not expect that she would misuse the freedom I gave her to do such things. “
Bethan has long expected this response from Old Mr. Walter.
Thus, she smiled. “Then the news from the outside world is indeed lagging behind.”
Bethan lowered her eyes, picked up the teacup, and took a sip. “Mr. Walter, you should update the news to prevent further unnecessary misunderstandings.”
Then, she swept a glance at Gwen, who was pale in the face. “The incident where Andy was kidnapped and locked up in prison, although Ms. Hailey was the one that did it, from the outside, since only you have the authority to lock people up, so this was done by you.”
Bethan’s voice was calm, but every word was spoken with weight.
“The Larson family have been family friends with the Walter family. Mr. Larson has done so many things for you too. You should clear your name and clarify your innocence, so as not to hurt the feelings of others who do things for you too.”
Bethan’s words shocked everybody there.
Gwen subconsciously turned to look at Bethan, her eyes were filled with gratitude.
Brettley smiled a little.
Bethan’s intention was obvious.
She was paving a way for Andy and Gwen so that they could continue surviving in Sea City in the future.
At least, after she pointed this matter out to Old Mr. Walter, he has to apologize to Andy no matter what for the sake of his respect.
Also, Old Mr. Walter could not make things difficult for Andy for the time being. If not, others would think that he was taking it out on them because of Hailey.
Brettley narrowed his eyes and looked at Bethan’s petite, exquisite face.
This woman has exceeded his expectations of her time and time again.
He thought that Bethan would mention the prison incident just to blame Old Mr. Walter.
He never would have thought that she was looking out for Gwen and Andy.
However, Gwen and she were rivals just a few days ago. Just because Theo brought her to Gwen and Ben’s house to spend the night, the two of them had become such good friends?
One did not care about her father’s survival, only wanting to clear Bethan’s name during the press conference.
The other gave up the opportunity to blame the person who hurt her, just to make sure that Gwen would not be bullied in Sea City in the future.
At that thought, Brettley turned to look at Alice.
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.