Bethan took a deep breath. “I understand that you and Brettley had always been business rivals. If you want to go up against him, I have no issue with that, but you can’t do it just because of me and my children. That is why, you can fight with him all you want in the future, but this time, please stop.
Just send me the evidence.”
Then, Bethan immediately hung up.
At the other end of the line, Malcolm closed his eyes depressingly, listening to the disconnected tone.
Six years.
It has been six years. He still could not get into her heart.
He was always an outsider to her. Malcolm closed his eyes and chuckled bitterly. In the end, he picked up his phone and dialed his secretary. “Stop the attack against the Morrison Group.”
In the evening, Bethan received the information from Malcolm. It was detailed. It showed in detail the information of every single person who was protecting Cynthal.
Bethan could recognize a few of them. She has even met some of them before.
They were indeed Brettley’s men.
Her heart grew colder as she flipped through the documents.
All these men were once Brettley’s cronies. How would these men dare to protect Cynthal without Brettley’s orders?
At that thought, she switched off her computer, reached her hand out, and clutched her forehead.
She has already known Brettley for many years. She once thought that she knew him well.
Six years ago, the things that Brettley had done to her for Cynthal was a huge sudden blow to her, sending her to the pits of hell.
Six years later, once again, she thought she knew him. She returned to him, wanting to take something from him so that she could cure Nigel.
However, she realized that she still did not know him well enough. He was probably the only person that she could never fully understand in her life.
“Bethan.”
Suddenly, there was a knock on her door. It was Gwen.
Bethan shook her head, shrugging all the complicated thoughts away.
She was going to leave Sea City with Brettley the next day. Her business trip has come to an end.
After this, she did not know when she would be able to meet Gwen again. She should properly bid Gwen and Ben farewell.
She collected her emotions, got up, and followed Gwen out.
Because Ben’s leg was injured, so the farewell celebration that night was only Gwen and Bethan.
Gwen took Bethan to the food stand that they used to frequent back in high school.
There were many people there that evening. It was rather lively.
Gwen poured some wine. She smiled at Bethan bitterly. “You and I have been friends for so many years. I almost sold you out. I blame myself terribly. I will drink to you.”
Bethan helplessly picked up her glass of fruit juice. “
Don’t drink too much. Furthermore, you never sold me out. You were risking your father’s life to help me, don’t blame yourself.”
Gwen pursed her lips. She wanted to say something else but stopped herself.
She picked up her glass of wine and downed it in one go.
Actually, before the press conference that morning, she received Brettley’s message that her father was safe. That was only why she dared to tell the truth of how Bethan was not the mistress.
Also…
The incident where Hailey respectfully called Alice Ms. Hailey.
She still did not dare to tell Bethan about that. Initially, she wanted to tell Bethan, but Hailey’s death that day was a huge blow to her.
If she were to tell Bethan, would she be the next one to get killed?
At that thought, Gwen bit her lips hard. She raised her glass once more and downed the wine.
That meal, Gwen drank a lot.
Initially, Bethan thought that Gwen was just sad because they were parting ways, but later on, she realized that Gwen seemed to have something on her mind.
“Bethan. I’m sorry.”
On the way back, Gwen kept repeating this.
Bethan helplessly hugged her. “What is there to be sorry about?”
“I have been keeping things from you.”
Gwen closed her eyes. She cried and laughed at the same time.
When Bethan sent Gwen back to her house, at the entrance, the intoxicated Gwen turned around and stuffed a letter into Bethan’s hands.
“A… love letter from me. Open it when you’re back in Banyan City.”
Bethan did not know whether to laugh or cry. She kept the letter and sent Gwen to the entrance of her house.
Once she made sure that Gwen had returned home, Bethan let out a long sigh and got in the taxi.
“Your friend is very drunk, “
The taxi driver chuckled lightly, “miss, the hotel that you’re going to is quite far from here. If you’re bored, you can sleep for a while. You look tired.”
Bethan shook her head. “I’m fine.”
However, Bethan did not know why the moment she said that, grogginess washed over her. She leaned back in the backseat dizzily and closed her eyes.
The taxi driver smiled maliciously and went the opposite direction from the hotel.
Bethan slept for a long time. She seemed to be unable to wake up from her dream.
She dreamt that she was dragged down from the car by someone while being unconscious.
She could not open her eyes, but she could feel that her legs were being dragged on the ground. They were bleeding and they hurt a lot.
The sound of men talking rang out in her ears. She could not hear what they were saying but she clearly heard things like raping then killing.
She wanted to open her eyes, but could not no matter what.
In the end, she woke up by cold water being splashed on her.
She opened her eyes and realized that everything was not an illusion nor a dream.
At that moment, she was in an abandoned factory. The air smelled of rust, gas, and mold.
Her hands and legs were being tied up by a rope. She was tied onto a chair and could not move.
The lighting in the factory was dim.
A few burly men stood in front of her, sneering at her.
Behind them, a middle-aged man was sitting arrogantly on a chair. He was holding an opened letter. He took a picture of the contents of the letter.
After sending the contents of the letter as a message, the middle-aged man smiled. He burnt the letter away and looked at Bethan.
“Do you know who I am?”
Bethan bit her lips. She bore through the pain on her legs and forced herself to calm down. “Yes. You’re the gang leader of Sea City’s largest gang, Liam Clark.”
Liam was quite surprised that she knew his name because the party that hired him told him that she was a woman from Banyan City.
“You’re a treacherous, murdering maniac. As long as you want to do it, no one would be able to catch you, but you are not for hire, never doing things for others.”
Then, Bethan forced herself to look at Liam courageously. “I have no grudge with you. Have you made an exception and started doing things for other people?”
Liam was impressed at Bethan’s cold, arrogant gaze.
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