Bethan furrowed her brows in suspicion. However, she did not give it much thought. Perhaps there was no signal or something.
Bethan took a deep breath and fell asleep on the passenger seat.
When the car was on the highway driving toward Banyan City, Brettley’s phone rang.
He furrowed his brow and picked the call up. Then, his expressions darkened and turned serious gradually. After a while, he hung up. His voice was cold and serious. “Something happened to Gwen.”
When Bethan rushed to the hospital, Gwen was still in the emergency room.
Outside the emergency room was Andy with a tear- streaked face and Luke with a cold expression.
Ben, the person who ought to be there the most, did not even appear.
Coming out of the elevator, Bethan rushed over manically. “Uncle Andy, is Gwen alright?”
Andy grabbed her hand and only cried. He was sobbing so hard he could not say anything.
“My men rescued her.”
Luke furrowed his brows and glanced at Bethan. He was busy taking Liam down at the abandoned factory the night before, he only had a hurried glance at Bethan, not noticing her looks.
Looking at her in person at that moment, he realized that this woman indeed had what it took to make a man fall head over heels for her.
Bethan bit her lips. She immediately let go of Andy’s hands. She lifted her head and looked at Luke. “How is Gwennie?”
“Not too good.”
Luke frowned a little. “This morning my men found out that a bunch of Liam’s cronies went to the Walter mansion. When they came back, not only did they not try to find a way to rescue Liam, but they immediately targeted the Larsons.
“I owe Brettley a favor. I also know that the Larson family has some connections with Brettley, so I got people to secretly follow them. However, our gang was too busy today. My men were distracted, so the group of my men that followed the cronies lost them halfway.”
“When they found them. “
Luke turned his face to the side. He did not dare to look at Andy’s crying face. “When my men entered, the lady was tortured and beaten until she passed out. A few men were smoking as if they had just done the deed.”
Bethan felt as if something exploded in her head.
She could not hear what Brettley and Luke said after that.
“When my men entered, the lady was tortured and beaten until she passed out.”
“A few men were smoking as if they had just done the deed.”
These two sentences kept ringing in Bethan’s ears.
Bethan retreated backward, her face miserably pale. She clenched both her fists tightly.
A few men were smoking as if they had just done the deed.
That meant that Gwen has been…
Lune closed her eyes. Her heart was filled with despair. No wonder only Luke and Andy were here. Ben, her husband, was not there.
He must have thought that Gwen was dirty and impure. She was not worthy of him anymore.
Just when Gwen needed him the most, he avoided her because of these reasons.
Bethan closed her eyes.
A day ago, Bethan was telling Gwen that she was fated to be with Ben.
A day later, the person that she was fated to be with abandoned her.
“Bethan, don’t be too sad. Gwen has been rescued, right?”
Seeing how unstable Bethan was and how she was about to fall, Alice pretended to hold onto Bethan. “
She’ll be fine. It will only be a short period of dark history, that’s all. As long as Ben won’t mind, Gwen’s life will still be the same.”
Alice has long noticed that Ben was not there. Upon hearing what Luke said, she was even sure that Ben had abandoned Gwen, so she deliberately said what she said.
Upon her words, Andy’s expressions turned uglier. Bethan’s body stiffened too.
“Don’t worry.”
Alice became even more smug. She held onto Bethan, helping her sit on the bench by the corridor. “God favors the worthy. Gwen will be fine. Ben and she have been in love for so many years.
Their love is strong. He will not abandon her.”
Then, Alice looked around. “Where is he?”
Bethan bit her lips hard.
Everyone there knew about Ben’s change of attitude toward Gwen.
The act that Alice was putting on disgusted everyone there. She did it intentionally.
Seeing how no one responded, Alice got even bolder.
She furrowed her brows and looked at Andy. “Uncle Andy, where is Ben?”
Andy lifted his head. He looked at her. His lips quivered but he could not find his words.
Brettley furrowed his brows and looked at Alice. His voice was cold. “Alice, stop talking.”
Only then did Alice exercise a little restraint. “I’m only concerned. After all, such a huge thing happened to Gwen, it’s not right that Ben is not here.”
Bethan leaned back on the chair. Her mind kept replaying the scene where she was drinking with Gwen the night before.
From the beginning, Bethan was the one that offended the Walter family. She was the one who made Hailey jump off the building and the one who aggravated Old Mr. Walter.
Why did they want to do that to Gwen then? Gwen did not even do anything.
She did not even mention the Walter family’s name during the press conference.
Even if she was Gwen’s friend, they did not have to capture her and treat her that way, right?
Bethan could not figure it out. She was baffled.
After a long time, the door of the emergency room was opened.
Gwen, who was covered in injuries, was pushed out by the doctors.
“She is not in any danger anymore. It’s basically superficial injuries. There are no internal injuries of the organs or tendons.”
The doctor adjusted his spectacles. “But, she suffered a concussion as a result of a blow to the brain. She might lose some of her most recent memories.”
Bethan bit her lips and immediately flung herself by the side of Gwen’s bed.
Gwen was lying on the bed. The blood has been cleaned off her face. However, the bruises and a swollen, red handprint could be seen clearly.
Bethan bit her lips while holding back the pain that churned through her heart. She reached out and pried open Gwen’s sleeve and collar.
As expected.
Her arm, neck, and chest were covered in large patches of bruises and strangle marks.
It was as if they truly wanted her dead. Every injury was so serious it was as if they wanted to break Gwen’s bones.
Bethan sobbed, “Gwennie, I’m so sorry…”
If she was not rescued by Brettley the night before, perhaps Gwen would not have had to suffer this.
If she did not reconcile with Gwen when she came back to Sea City this time but she maintained her distance instead, perhaps Gwen would not have ended up this way.
The more Bethan thought, the more she blamed herself and the more disappointed she got.
In the end, Gwen slowly reached her hand out and gently put Bethan’s hair behind her ear. “I’m fine.
What are you crying for? You look the ugliest when you cry.”
Just by these two sentences, Bethan could no longer hold back her emotions.
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