The photo was of a letter.
He furrowed his brows and tapped the photo. (Bethan, I’m telling you this in confidence. The Hailey that just died is not the real heiress of the Walter family. Alice is. X, Gwen]
Bethan slept through the entire night.
In her dreams, she dreamt that she was humiliated by many men. She dreamt that her dead body was disposed of in the wilderness.
She dreamt that Brettley and Alice drove over her dead body and happily returned to Banyan City.
She woke up from her nightmare screaming in fear. “Did you have a nightmare?”
When she came to her senses, Theo’s voice rang out gently in her ears.
Bethan opened her eyes. She was in a foreign environment. White walls and beds and it smelled of disinfectant.
She rubbed the middle of her brows and got up from the bed. “I’m at…”
“The hospital, “
Theo replied while pouring her some water. “You were attacked and kidnapped last night. Later on, you were rescued and sent to the hospital.”
Then, he passed Bethan a glass of warm water. “Do you remember anything?”
Bethan accepted the glass of water. She thought for a while. “A little bit.”
Last night…
After sending Gwen back home, she fell asleep in the taxi.
Later on…
She subconsciously lowered her head, wanting to check her own body.
Theo gently pressed into her arms. “You’re fine. They only force -fed and drenched you in alcohol. They did not do any substantial harm to you.”
Then, Theo sighed, “But if the person that rescued you came a little bit later… it would be hard to say then.”
Bethan bit her lips. She was drunk on alcohol, but while dazed, she still remembered bits and pieces. “Last night… was Brettley the one that rescued me?”
Theo nodded. “It’s him.”
“We’re in Sea City. He’s from Banyan City, how could he go up against Sea City’s largest gang?”
“He got the second-largest gang for help.”
Theo chuckled a little, “He’s a businessman after all. He is very smart. After he was sure that Liam Clark kidnapped you, he immediately went to Jones Gang alone to look for Luke Jones. He told Luke that he has a way to bring Liam down.”
Then, Theo could not help but sigh relievedly, “This was a great move. On one hand, Luke brought Liam down. The largest gang had no leader anymore, so Jones Gang could directly become Sea City’s greatest gang.
“On the other hand, Liam has owed the Walter family a favor. All these years, thanks to Liam’s help, they could remain invincible in Sea City for so many years.
“Now that Liam has fallen, the Walter family has lost their support. Even if Brettley does not target the Walter family, they would be not as great as before. This is the start of their downfall.
“Lastly, Luke gained a lot from this matter, but he still owes Brettley a huge favor. When the Jones Gang became Sea City’s greatest gang, Brettley could freely roam Sea City.”
Then, Theo could not help but sigh emotionally, “
Brettley killed three birds with one stone. I even suspected that he planned all these in advance, if not, this man’s ability to adapt is terrifying.”
Bethan closed her eyes. “Perhaps, he has already planned this from the beginning.”
Theo pursed his lips. “I… I don’t think so. I was just saying.”
Bethan’s gaze was flat. “During the inspection a few days ago, Brettley had a document that was the acquisition plan of the Walter family’s jewelry line.
“Back then, I was still thinking, the Walter family’s jewelry line is doing so well, how could it be so easily acquired? If last night’s incident was the downfall of the Walter family…”
She lifted her eyes and fixed her gaze on Theo. “Tell me, now that they are no longer the leading enterprise of Sea City, do you think the Walter family will choose to sell off their jewelry line?”
Theo was silent.
He was only just casually saying, he never would have thought that he managed to guess Morrison Group’s confidential business tactics. Theo took a deep breath. “Brettley is a businessman. It’s only normal that he would do this.”
“But I don’t think he would do that. Doing that would make you a target. If he missed, you might die in the hands of Liam.”
Bethan laughed self-deprecatingly, “Even if I die in the hands of Liam, he won’t care.”
Theo was once again silent for a moment.
“I think Brettley cares for you more than you think. “
At least, when he saw Brettley and Alice bickering over who to stay back to take care of Bethan, Theo saw sincere concern in Brettley’s eyes.
“That’s because you don’t understand him.”
Bethan turned to look out of the window. Her voice sounded far away, “He never once cared if I lived or died.”
Before breakfast, Theo got the doctor to do a routine check-up on Bethan.
Once they made sure that Bethan was alright, Theo brought her to have some breakfast before sending her back to the hotel.
When they reached the hotel, they bumped into Lucas.
“Bethan, I was just about to look for you,”
Lucas smiled and said, “Mr. Morrison said the work here is done for now. He wants you to pack up. We’111eave for Banyan City at ten.”
Bethan nodded, turned, and entered her room to start packing.
Outside her room, Theo was joking around with Lucas. “Can I tag along? I’m also going back to Banyan City.”
Lucas’ voice was filled with displeasure, “No! “
Bethan packed and smiled helplessly. Once she finished packing, she felt as if something was missing.
However, she could not seem to recall.
“Could it be a souvenir that your friend gave to you or something?”
Theo asked while leaning against the door with his hands crossed around his chest.
Bethan slapped her head. She came to a realization. She could not find the so-called love letter that Gwen gave to her!
Thus, Bethan opened her luggage up once more to look for it, but she still could not find it.
Finally, when Lucas was urging her to get into the car, only then did she remember the letter…
Liam seemed to have burned the letter when he kidnapped her.
Bethan sighed and got in the car with regret.
Because of the incident the night before, this time going back to Banyan City, he intentionally got Bethan to sit in the passenger seat in front.
He and Alice sat behind.
Once the door was shut, Alice grumbled unhappily, “
There’s another car, why do we all have to squeeze together. The car behind is being used to put our luggage. The driver is one of our men. He won’t kidnap Bethan.”
Brettley looked at her flatly, saying nothing.
Bethan was in the passenger seat giving Gwen a call.
The call did not go through the first time, the second time too.
She furrowed her brows and looked at the time. It was almost ten in the morning.
Even if Gwen was hungover, she should be up by then.
Thus, Bethan found Ben’s phone number and called him. She wanted to ask him about Gwen.
However, the moment the call went through, it was immediately hung up.
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.