“You’re apologizing on this matter?”
Brettley nodded.
Bethan smiled and laughed mockingly. “Didn’t we already clear this matter up? Everything was Courtney’s plan. Mrs. Morrison was just someone who was tricked by Courtney.”
Then, she raised her eyes and looked at Brettley sarcastically. “Since if it was all Courtney’s fault, why did you need to apologize to me then, Mr. Morrison?”
Brettley chuckled bitterly, “As expected, you still care about this.”
He exhaled and lifted his head up. He looked at Bethan seriously. “I know what type of person Courtney is.”
Brettley got up, stood rather tiredly in front of the french window, and looked at the greenery down below.
“Alice is a smart person, she knows how to cover her tracks well. However, it is also hard for me to accept her excuses. I talked to her last night. She admitted that she was jealous of your talent and the relationship you had with your children.”
Looking at Brettley’s back. Bethan smiled. “So, Alice admitted it herself that she was jealous of me and that she was the one that did those things, yet you still choose to protect her, right, Mr. Morrison?”
Bethan bit her lips. She could not help but ask. “Brettley, do you just like Alice that much?”
Brettley paused for a while.
After a long moment, Brettley turned around and looked at Bethan closely. “You have never gotten married. You might not understand this. Other than feelings, there are also responsibilities in a marriage.”
He still remembered clearly everything Bethan Peterson suffered for him back then.
At that moment, even if she has changed, should he just give up and abandon her just because she made a mistake?
He should not.
Thus, he hoped that with his help and effort, Alice could turn back into the original Bethan Peterson.
“Alice is still good-natured. She is only… being blinded by jealousy now.”
Bethan could not help but laugh. When she was with Brettley back then, this man has never once shown her any feelings, nor has he been so tolerant with her.
If she has made just a tiny mistake, he would sternly reprimand her and demand that she does not repeat the mistake ever again.
However, at that moment, Alice has been going up against and harming others constantly, yet he brought up responsibility in a marriage.
How dare he, a man who killed his wife for another woman six years ago, dare to talk about responsibility to her?
“I know you must be unhappy with the way I handled things, “
Brettley turned around and said, “
But I will try to minimize your contact with each other. Alice will not work in the design department anymore. I will transfer her to a much easier position. That way, you don’t have to worry that she might have a conflict with Neil and Nellie if she’s not working. She won’t be able to disturb you working too.
“Lastly, “
Brettley looked at Bethan closely and said, “I can promise to fulfil one condition for you as compensation. Just mention it, as long as I can do it, I will.”
Bethan slightly squinted her eyes. “I do really have something.”
Bethan went to the study and took her laptop. She opened the summer camp information that Nigel sent to her.
“I hope Nellie and Nigel have a better education.”
Brettley furrowed his brows. He quickly scanned through the information on the summer camp.
“No.”
Brettley opened his mouth and said determinedly, “Neil and Nellie just returned to me and Alice for only a month. Now you want me to send them to such a far place. The summer camp is for six months. I don’t agree with it.”
Bethan closed her laptop. She lifted her head and looked at Brettley mockingly. “Mr. Morrison, you truly do not keep your promises. You were just talking to me about responsibilities just now. However, after saying that, you’re still not planning to bear your own responsibilities, isn’t it?”
Brettley’s gaze instantly darkened.
He looked at Bethan closely. “I said I agree to a condition, but that does not mean you can interfere in my family matters.”
“But, Mr. Morrison, you just said that I could suggest anything, as long as you could do it.”
“Sending your children to summer camp is not a very hard thing to do for you, right?”
Brettley squinted his eyes, saying nothing.
Bethan shrugged. She changed into a more comfortable position. Then, she gracefully produced a recording device from her pocket.
Under Brettley’s dangerous gaze, she pressed the play button.
Brettley’s low and husky voice rang out in the quiet living room.
“I can promise to fulfil one condition for you as compensation. Just mention it, as long as I can do it.”
Brettley’s face instantly turned blue.
Bethan chuckled and replayed the recording once again. She played it once more and replayed it again.
When Brettley heard it for the fifth time, he finally clenched his fists.
“I have to ask Nellie and Neil’s opinion.”
Upon his words, the bedroom door was immediately opened.
The two of them walked out holding hands. “We agree to it!”
Nellie ran toward Brettley. She reached out her tiny hands and tugged on Brettley’s sleeves. “Daddy, I want to learn more and widen my perspective.
Perhaps after coming out from summer camp, I’ll be much better than now! “
Neil crossed his arms. He sat on the sofa like a little adult. “Perhaps after attending the summer camp, I’ll discover my talent too and become a little genius.”
Brettley rubbed the middle of his brows helplessly. He knew it.
When Bethan told him about the summer camp, she must have discussed this with them already.
The only reason he said that he wanted to ask their opinion was that he already noticed two pairs of huge, black eyes, looking out from the crack of the door.
Brettley hugged Nellie in her arms with familiarity. “
Don’t you want to be closer to Daddy?”
Nellie smiled and kissed Brettley on the face. “We’re close enough! We don’t need to be any closer! “
Brettley raised his hands and pinched her little nose. “
How about you and Mommy?”
Nellie frowned a little.
She knew that Brettley was referring to Alice, but she pretended not to understand him. She pointed at Bethan. “Of course, I’m close to Mommy too!”
Brettley, who was hugging her, gently chuckled, “I’m talking about your biological Mommy.”
Nellie secretly rolled her eyes.
Biological Mommy. Her biological Mommy was Bethan!
“Of course, Nellie and her biological Mommy are close to each other too! “
Before Nellie could say anything, Neil, by the side, gently chuckled, “Nothing is more important than blood-related relationships.”
Then, Neil lifted his head and looked at Brettley. “Mr. Morrison, you said that Ms. Alice loves us a lot. I’m sure that she would agree for us to attend the summer camp, right? After all, every parent wishes for their children to be successful in life. When Nellie and I are successful, Ms. Alice won’t have to be jealous of Bethan Mommy anymore.”
Neil’s words were flawless and invincible.
Brettley slightly squinted his eyes and turned to look a t Neil. Neil was still smiling. He was so adorable it was irresistible.
Brettley helplessly chuckled. Fine.
Although he hoped Neil and Nellie would be able to spend more time with the family, Alice’s current state was indeed quite unsuitable.
It would be good for everyone to calm down a little. The family of four finished their breakfast, engrossed in their own thoughts.
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