After the meal, Brettley had to coax Nellie and Neil to get in the car to return to Blue Bay Villa.
Seeing the kids in the car getting further and further away, Bethan’s smile finally vanished.
She turned around and swept Brettley a glance. “I hope you keep your promise, Mr. Morrison. Let Nellie and Neil go to summer camp.”
Then, she walked over to the main road.
Brettley grabbed her arm. “Where are you going?”
Bethan furrowed her brows. She did not even bother turning her head around. “To the office.”
Brettley’s voice was calm. “Get in the car.”
Bethan coldly shrugged his hands off. “I’ll feel more comfortable taking a taxi.”
Then, Bethan strode over to the main road and hailed a taxi.
It was until Bethan got in the taxi and vanished within his sight, then Brettley furrowed his brow and got in the car.
“Sir.”
Sitting in the driver’s seat, Lucas sighed heavily, “Say, why is Bethan doing this to herself? There was once when she was just casually chatting with me. She said that Young Master Neil and Ms.
Nellie have always been with her since birth. If she really were to send them so far away, she should be suffering much more compared to you and Mrs. Morrison, right?”
Brettley harrumphed coldly. He said nothing.
Who was it to blame? If it were not for Bethan being paranoid, suspecting that Alice, their biological mother, was threatening the lives of the children, she would not have suggested an idea that nobody could accept.
Lucas sighed, “To be fair, Ms. Bethan has been working hard for the company all this while. She could only reunite with Young Master Neil and Ms. Nellie because of the plagiarism incident. She has only been with them for two days, yet now she wants to send them away. I wonder what she is thinking…”
Brettley closed his eyes.
Lucas’ words made sense. As an employee, Bethan was indeed extremely exceptional. He even promised her that if she did a good job, he would let her take a day off to take Neil and Nellie out to play.
At that moment, it looked like…
Suddenly, Brettley opened his eyes. “Our company’s amusement park, are they opening tomorrow?”
Lucas was stunned for a while. He immediately took his phone out to check.
“Yes, sir.”
“Delay the opening by one day and book the entire amusement park. I want to use it tomorrow.”
He was a man of his word.
Coming out from the elevator, Bethan only entered the main entrance of the design department when she was stopped by someone.
It was no one else but Joseph Peterson, who was just released from the police station the night before.
Bethan has only not seen him for a day, but he seemed to look much more haggard than when Bethan visited him that day.
“Ms. Bethan, I have something to tell you.”
Bethan furrowed her brows. She walked around him and entered. “I have nothing to say to you.”
Joseph immediately took huge steps and tried to stop her again. He said with a voice so soft that only the both of them could hear, “Lulu. Dad wants to talk to you.”
When Joseph muttered the word ‘Lulu’, Bethan suddenly stopped in her tracks.
That was how Joseph and Natasha used to call her when she was young. She has not heard that nickname in a very long time.
Bethan’s breathing stopped. Her blood froze.
She lifted her head, forcefully suppressed the shock and confusion in her heart, and glared at Joseph coldly. “Mr. Peterson, what are you talking about?”
A day ago, when she met Joseph at the police station, he looked like he wanted to murder her for good.
Why was there a 180-degree change the next day?
Not only did he call her the nickname that only a few knew, he even called himself her dad?
What on earth was he trying to do?
“Lulu.”
Joseph furrowed his brows. He said in a suppressed tone, “Why are you still calling me Mr. Peterson, I’m your dad! I know everything.”
Then, he continued and could not help but laugh. “
Lulu, you should have told me earlier. I have long recognized you. Why did we have to make things between us father and daughter so ugly? I booked a table at the cafe downstairs. Should we go there and have a chat?”
Bethan furrowed her brows. Her voice was ice cold. “Mr. Peterson, have you gone nuts after being in prison for a few days?”
Although she was not clear what Joseph was trying to do, Bethan understood Joseph and Natasha.
They could never hide secrets. If they knew of her true identity, the consequences would be unimaginably terrible.
Moreover…
Even if Joseph truly knew her identity, how did he find out?
First, Joseph never had the ability to find out what even Brettley could not find out.
Also, Alice would never tell them the truth. If Alice were to tell them the truth, that meant that she was handing over her only leverage to Joseph.
All this while, Alice had only been taking advantage of the Peterson couple. She would not do such a silly thing.
Thus, Bethan has reason to believe that Joseph was just deliberately trying to trick her, or, purely trying to disgust her.
Seeing how Bethan was not listening to him, Joseph could only sneer and go in closer.
“Lulu, since you’re not willing to reconcile with Dad, why don’t I go get Mr. Morrison to help persuade you? “
Upon hearing how Joseph wanted to look for Brettley, Bethan instantly furrowed her brows hard. She had a wary face. “What are you trying to do?”
Although she believed that Joseph would not know anything, Brettley was a paranoid man.
She has previously spent so much effort to get Brettley to give up suspecting her identity.
If Joseph truly looked for Brettley, even if it was just mentioned in passing by, according to Brettley’s character, he would see to the bottom of it.
Also, Bethan’s relationship with Joseph…
All it needed was a DNA report to explain it clearly.
Even if Joseph was just fooling her, she would not dare to let him say such things in front of Brettley.
Seeing how she was afraid, Joseph smiled. He was about to say something when Brettley’s aloof voice came from behind both of them.
“My dear father-in -law, you said that you want me to persuade Bethan?”
Brettley’s gaze seemed to be able to read through one’s mind.
“What do you need me to persuade her about?”
Bethan and Joseph shuddered at the same time upon Brettley’s words.
Bethan felt her entire body stiffened. She turned around with difficulty.
Brettley’s tall figure was gracefully leaning by the door. He looked at her and Joseph behind her rather teasingly.
“It’s just nice that I have the time right now. What do you want me to persuade Bethan about?”
Joseph’s face instantly turned pale.
He looked at Brettley stiffly. Then, he chuckled, “Of course, I was just… I wanted Mr. Morrison to talk to your staff. Tell her not to wreck other people’s families.”
Brettley elegantly entered. He directly pulled a chair and had a seat.
“Do you want to explain to me then, my dear father-in-law, how did Bethan wreck other people’s families?”
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