Bethan smiled and looked at her. “
If you still have to pretend in front of me, isn’t that too exhausting?”
Then, Bethan sized Alice up, looking at the exact same face she had in the past. “It must have been really hard for you. Six years. You have put in a lot of work.”
Alice fiercely squinted her eyes.
After a while, Alice calmly changed the topic. “Did you know that Natasha is also in this hospital?”
“So? Are you trying to get Natasha to stab me too, Ms. Hailey? That would be good too. Let them repent for their mistakes in prison. How could they be worthy of the great Ms. Hailey calling them her parents?”
Alice narrowed her eyes fiercely.
After a while, she directly reached out and grabbed Bethan by the collar. She said in a suppressed tone, “
Bethan, stop calling me Ms. Hailey! If my identity is exposed in front of Brettley, you won’t be able to keep yours too! “
“Is that so?”
Because her right shoulder was injured, when Alice tugged on her collar, Alice could not struggle nor move. She could only go along with it.
Bethan raised her eyebrows and looked at Alice. “Will Ms. Hailey tell Brettley my true identity? If Brettley knew who I was, tell me which would most likely happen, u s falling in love and seeing you in humiliation, or Brettley still liking you more?”
Alice’s pretty face was completely distorted due to rage.
She glared at Bethan fiercely. In the end, she let go of Bethan.
“Of course, I won’t tell Brettley your true identity. Even if he knows that I am Hailey Walter, I still won’t tell him. Don’t you worry. If there is an Alice Peterson in this world, there would be another one too. Since you have given up the identity as Bethan Peterson, you deserved to see Brettley fall in love with other women! “
Then, Alice gritted her teeth and angrily left.
Bethan smiled while lying on the bed. “Mrs. Morrison, safe journey. I won’t see you off!”
What replied to her was the slamming of the door.
Looking at the ceiling, Bethan chuckled. Alice said that since she has given up the identity of Bethan Peterson, she deserved it to see Brettley fall in love with other women.
Was Alice still thinking that she was the Bethan Peterson from six years ago that naively likes Brettley?
Bethan, at that moment…
Other than getting pregnant with Brettley’s child to cure Nigel’s sickness, she thought of nothing else.
In the afternoon, Neil and Nellie came to visit Bethan. Other than comforting her and being heartbroken for her, they brought her another piece of good news.
Brettley agreed to let her take the two of them to the amusement park that has not yet opened to have a day of fun.
“Mommy, can you still come with us to the amusement park with your shoulder like that?”
Nellie looked at Bethan’s bandaged shoulder worriedly and asked.
“It’s fine. It’s nothing much. “
Bethan raised her left hand and ruffled Nellie’s hair. “I just have to not simply move my right shoulder. I can still go on the carousel with you and watch you and Neil play other games.”
Nellie sighed, “Grandpa is a terrible person! “
Neil pursed his lips. “Please call him Mr. Peterson. He is not worthy of becoming our grandfather! “
Nellie paused for a while before nodding furiously. “
Neil is right! “
Bethan, lying on the bed, looked at the two of them. She could not help but shake her head and laughed, “
Let’s not talk about the unhappy matters. Since we have the time, why don’t we plan a good route for tomorrow’s outing?”
Upon thinking about doing fun things, the two kids immediately got excited.
Neil laid by the edge of the bed while Nellie sat on the chair. They started discussing the schedule of the outing the next day.
Looking at how happy the both of them were, Bethan was also washed over by their happiness.
She spent the entire afternoon happily joking around with Neil and Nellie.
After dinner, Brettley came to pick Nellie and Neil back at Blue Bay Villa.
After getting Lucas to take them away, Brettley elegantly sat by the side of the bed.
He looked at Bethan’s right shoulder with his deep gaze. “Does it still hurt?”
Bethan shook her head. “The pain is long gone.”
Then, she took a deep breath, raised her eyes, and looked at Brettley. “Thank you.”
If Brettley did not arrive in time that morning, she would have been beaten up badly by Joseph’s men already.
If it were not for Brettley kicking Joseph when Joseph was about to kill her, her life would have been hanging by the thread at that moment.
Also, how could she forget…
The second before she passed out, she truly felt Brettley hugging her in his arms and rushing out of the office.
Brettley smiled. “If you really want to thank me, work hard. This project needs you.”
Bethan pointed at her injured right shoulder. “Are you sure you want to rely on a designer who has an injured shoulder?”
Brettley furrowed his brows and swept a glance at her shoulders. He said seriously, “The project could be pushed back for you.”
Bethan paused a little.
Large –scale projects like those had their schedules set very much earlier before. A few hours of delay would incur huge losses, let alone a few days.
Perhaps Brettley saw her confusion. He smiled calmly. “One of you is much better than me hiring five to six designers. You have helped me create huge value. It is only normal that we wait for you, as we should.”
Brettley’s voice was way too gentle. His gaze was extremely sincere.
Bethan could not help but blush.
The atmosphere in the room was silent yet a little flirtatious.
Bethan lowered her head. She did not want to let Brettley see her blushing face. “Mr. Morrison, don’t worry, I will work hard.”
At that moment, Brettley’s phone rang.
It came from Blue Bay Villa. He furrowed his brows and picked it up.
“Sir! “
On the other end of the line, the butler sounded extremely anxious. “Mrs. Morrison… she… tried to take her life at home! “
Alice’s sobs rang out. Her back shuddered while she sobbed.
Brettley sighed and gently patted her back, “This has nothing to do with you. You left Brettley and Natasha for so many years. Their actions have nothing to do with you.”
A hint of cunningness flashed across Alice’s eyes. She remained buried in Brettley’s arms.
After a while, Alice looked up still sobbing. “Is Bethan alright? I went to visit her in the hospital this afternoon. She treated me very badly. She said vehemently that I was the one that urged my father to harm her…”
Alice wiped her tears. Her voice was hoarse, “I have already tried my best to apologize to her, but she would not even accept it. She also said…”
Brettley gently rubbed Alice’s back. “What did she say?”
“She said that the apple does not fall far from the tree. Sooner or later, I will also…”
Alice choked. She was so agitated she could not finish her sentence.
The hand that Brettley was using to gently rub Alice’s back suddenly stopped.
After a while, he retracted his hands. “Are you sure that Bethan said that?”
Alice nodded fervently. Tears were still streaming down her face. “Of course. I was shocked too, that Bethan would say such a thing…”
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.