As soon as he said this, Brettley smirked. “Did you hear that, Mr. and Mrs. Allen? What you have to do right now is keep an eye on your son instead of causing a scene at my building entrance.”
He then turned around and glanced at Bethan. “You should go in first.”
Bethan pursed her lips, lifted her head to gaze at Theo, then finally turned around and entered the building.
“You…”
Celeste was seething with rage when she saw Bethan disappear into Morrison Group Tower.
However, she did not want to offend Brettley further, so she had no choice but to swallow her rage and keep quiet.
“Lucas.”
As soon as Bethan entered the building, Brettley gave a stretch and ordered, “Get Zach and Yuri to guard the front doors and tighten up security all around the building. Don’t let any troublemakers into Morrison Group Tower.”
“Yes, Sir! “
The color drained from Celeste’s face as soon as she heard that. Nathan, too, was so angry that he balled up his fists.
“Brettley Morrison! “
He snarled through gritted teeth and glared at Brettley’s retreating figure. “How dare you treat us like this? Did you forget that you were supposed to collaborate with us? We’re the only people who can supply you with the precious ores you want! Aren’t you afraid that we’d forfeit the contract and refuse to do business with you anymore?”
Brettley could not help but smirk when he heard what Nathan had said. He turned around to look at him. “I t seems as though you’re unaware that we’re buying these gemstones from you upon Bethan’s request, Mr. Allen.
“According to Morrison Group’s senior executives, we can always change the materials used for this project to diamonds. However, Bethan was the one who insisted on using your gemstones. She thinks they’ll be more suitable for her designs. If you want to forfeit our contract, I can convince Bethan to change her mind and use diamonds for her products instead, but…”
Brettley stared at Nathan with a steely look. “Are you sure you want to do that, Mr. Allen? I ‘m afraid you don’t want to find out the consequences of offending Morrison Group and any of its employees. “
Nathan’s face turned pale, then blushed scarlet. He clenched his fists and stared at Brettley. “Mr. Morrison, I don’t think the two of us should break our contract over a woman.”
“Look who’s talking,” snapped Brettley. “It’s you who caused a scene in front of my office building so early in the morning, yet you had the audacity to say this?”
Nathan was so affronted by this that he could not answer.
Shooting them a final smirk, Brettley turned around and strode into Morrison Group Tower.
Nathan and Celeste were rooted where they stood, and their faces contorted in rage. They were furious at the way they were treated. However, they did not dare to offend such a big corporation as Morrison Group, so they had no choice but to relent.
“Dad, Mom! “
Theo shot his parents a somewhat helpless glance. “I already told you that Bethan isn’t the kind of person you think she is, but you didn’t listen to me at all, and now you even followed me here! See what happened? Are you happy now that Brettley Morrison has humiliated you in public like this?”
“Shut up! “
Nathan was still irate from his encounter with Brettley and immediately vented his anger toward Theo. “You can have any woman in the world, yet you chose that b*tch Bethan and even announced your relationship on television ! If our relatives find out about her, you’ll embarrass both of us! Let’s go home, right now! “
With that, he grabbed Theo by his collar and dragged him into the car.
Celeste sighed when she saw the way her husband and son were behaving. She took out her phone and typed a message to Alice.
(Ms. Lync, we’re at the front door of Morrison Group Tower right now. I was about to slap Bethan on your behalf, but Mr. Morrison stopped me. I believe what you said about Bethan seducing Mr. Morrison now, but… He’s forbidden us to enter Morrison Group Tower now, and he threatened to forfeit our contract. We can’t do anything about Bethan. What do you think we should do next?)
Blue Bay Villa.
Alice stared at Celeste’s message and gritted her teeth in anger.
She narrowed her eyes and gripped her phone tightly.
Last night, she had called Brettley to ask where he was. He had lied to her, saying that he worked overnight at the office when, in reality, he had spent the entire night in the hospital with Bethan!
He was even willing to forfeit his contract with the Allens just for her!
Even though the Allens were not a big company, they were one of the few corporations who possessed the rights to mine this particular ore that Morrison Group needed. Therefore, many companies clamored to do business with them. Morrison Group had to fight tooth and nail just to get this opportunity to work with them.
Alice could not believe that Brettley was willing to lose the Allens’ business just for Bethan!
She let out an exhale and typed a reply to Celeste, her hands shaking, (What a surprise.]
(Please don’t be disappointed, Mrs. Allen. It’s not your fault. Bethan’s just too good at manipulating people. Don’t worry, though. Just focus on consoling Theo for now, and make sure he doesn’t keep in touch with Bethan anymore.]
At this point, Celeste was on her way back to her hotel. She glanced at Theo, whose hands were held down by his father. (Mrs. Morrison, why do you think… Bethan likes Theo?]
(Probably because of his wealth. She’s such a beautiful woman, so of course she’d seduce men with money and power. It can’t possibly be love, can it?]
Celeste frowned and stared at Alice’s reply thoughtfully.
The candidates that Lucas had recruited for the position of Bethan’s assistant were all very outstanding.
As soon as she arrived at her floor, she immediately interviewed all of them herself and finally settled on three candidates that she felt had the most solid foundation.
Two of them were men, and one was a girl. Together with Arianna, they would be a perfect quadruple.
Bethan spent the whole day showing them the ropes, describing their job scopes, as well as explaining the company’s confidentiality policies to them.
When it was time to get off work, one of the male assistants named Samson Matthews glanced at Bethan with a smile. “Today is our first day of work. Aren’t you going to treat us to dinner, Director Bethan? It’d be a good idea for us to get to know each other since we’re going to be working very closely in the future.”
Bethan nodded in good spirits. “Sure.”
Since Neil and Nellie had left for summer camp, she did not have much to do after work. It would indeed be a good idea to have dinner with her new assistants to lighten her mood.
“Director Bethan, “
Arianna piped in, glancing at Bethan’s shoulder worriedly. “Your injury… Are you sure it’ll be okay?”
Bethan smiled. “Don’t worry. It’s just dinner. It’s not like I’ll be drawing anyway.”
The five of them left the building, got into Samson’s car, and headed toward a nearby restaurant.
They had a simple meal together, but it was not long until the new assistants clamored around Bethan and insisted that she had a drink.
Bethan used her wound as an excuse to reject their offer. Then, she pretended that she needed to use the bathroom and quickly fled the scene for some fresh air.
Bethan was washing her face at a sink in the restaurant’s bathroom when she heard a woman’s voice from outside the bathroom. It grew louder and louder and was accompanied by the clicking of high heels. It seemed to be heading toward the bathroom.
“I thought that I’d end up with an outstanding designer as my daughter-in-law, but I was wrong! I never knew she was such a promiscuous woman! I guess it’s true that beautiful women aren’t ever good. Theo is too nalve! “
Bethan frowned. She recognized this voice… It belonged to Theo’s mother, Celeste.
Bethan felt her head start to throb. She never expected that her and Theo’s frantic announcement in front of the hotel entrance would end up causing so much trouble.
However, since she and Theo had just announced their relationship only a day ago, Bethan felt it was too soon to break up with him. On the other hand, if she continued to date him…it would cause even more trouble.
Bethan sighed as she recalled what had happened this morning at the entrance of Morrison Group Tower.
Then, she slipped into one of the bathroom cubicles and sat down on the toilet bowl.
Bethan heard Celeste enter the bathroom and walk toward the sinks, talking on her phone simultaneously.
“If it weren’t for Mrs. Morrison, I wouldn’t have known how shameless this woman was! Not only did she seduce Mr. Morrison, but Mr. Morrison’s assistant and Morrison Group’s bodyguards as well! Yes, that’s right. The two burly guards who stopped us from entering the building this morning were also her targets!
Even though she’s beautiful…she’s truly repulsive! She’s even dirtier and more disgusting than a toilet! “
Bethan remained seated in the bathroom cubicle. As soon as she heard Celeste’s rants, Bethan’s brows furrowed.
Despite the way Celeste had insulted her last night and this morning, Bethan did not take any of her insults to heart, mostly because she respected Theo’s mother.
However, the more she allowed Celeste to walk all over her, the more outrageous she got.
Bethan could not believe Celeste was spreading rumors about her sleeping with Zach and Yuri!
Hearing that Celeste seemed to be on the phone with a certain ‘Mrs. Morrison’, Bethan guessed that this was probably all Alice’s doing.
“How can I let such a promiscuous woman marry our beloved Theo?”
Celeste’s voice rang out from outside the cubicle door. “I’m planning to take Theo for a full-body checkup tomorrow. I ‘m worried he might have contracted some diseases from her…”
Before she could finish, however, she heard the cubicle door behind her slam open.
Celeste frowned and turned around, still holding her phone to her ear.
Bethan strode out of the cubicle nonchalantly, dressed head -to -toe in white, and Celeste froze, realizing that Bethan had overheard her entire conversation.
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