The entire room fell silent.
Zayne’s expression darkened, and he glanced at Irene but dared not speak.
Meanwhile, Arianna poured Bethan a glass of water and set it down in front of her.
Samson frowned, picked up the phone Bethan had tossed onto the table, and looked through its contents.
The color drained from Irene’s face. She tried to pretend as if she did not understand what happened. “Director Bethan, what are you talking about? I don’t understand– “
“Director Bethan found out about everything! Stop pretending! “
Samson put down the phone and glared at Irene. “Didn’t I tell you not to leak anything out to the public? Why didn’t you listen?
Don’t you remember what Director Bethan said to that crazy hag? She’s going to sue her for defamation!
“Do you somehow think you’re more important than Director Bethan’s boyfriend’s mother? She’s refraining from suing her out of respect! What makes you think she won’t sue you?”
Irene’s face was as pale as marble. She immediately kneeled on the floor with a thud and started pleading, “Director Bethan, I… I was just trying to get closer to the rest of the employees… They were gossiping about you in the group chat, so I wanted to.
She crawled over to Bethan and grabbed hold of one of her pant legs. “I didn’t mean to…”
Bethan frowned and flung her hand away coldly. She curled her lips into a sneer and was about to say something when her phone rang. Samson glanced at the screen and immediately handed her phone over. “It’s President Morrison.”
Bethan could feel a headache starting to form.
Bethan guessed that somehow, the rumors had made their way to Brettley. Otherwise, he would not be calling her at this hour for no reason.
She let out a sigh, picked up the phone, and strode out of the room. “Hello?”
“From tomorrow onward, Zach and Yuri won’t be working at Morrison Group Tower anymore, ” said Brettley coldly.
Bethan sucked in a deep breath. “Why?”
Neil had summoned Zach and Yuri over when Cynthal had tried to kill Nellie at the amusement park. If it were not for them, Neil would never have managed to open the door to the control room and stopped her and Nellie from falling out of the Ferris Wheel.
To a certain extent, Zach and Yuri had saved their lives.
These two brothers had come all the way to the city from their rural village just to seek a job. They did not desire much and were already content with working at Morrison Group Tower as security guards.
Was Brettley going to fire them over some false rumors that a newbie spread?
“No reason, “
Brettley answered curtly. “There are a lot of rumors about you circling around the company now, and I’ll try to find out who’s behind all this.
However, you’ve already delayed the project for too many days. You have to make progress tomorrow because there are still some other preparations I have to do afterward. As for the rest, I’ll take care of it for you.”
Bethan bit down on her lip. “Take care of it for me? How are you going to do that? Are you going to fire everyone who was supposedly involved with me, according to the rumors? If that’s the case, then shouldn’t you fire yourself first? You’re the original star of the show! “
Brettley could not help but snicker when he heard that. “Do you think the reason Zach and Yuri aren’t coming in to work anymore is because of you?”
“What else would it be?”
Bethan sighed and continued, “Brettley, the rumors involving me, Zach, and Yuri have been circling in the company group chat for only less than an hour, but you’ve already decided to fire the two of them. Do you somehow think that minor employees like them don’t have any dignity and therefore don’t have any right to explain themselves?
“You’ve already said it yourself that these are rumors, so how could you– “
Before she could finish, however, Brettley’s cold voice interrupted her, “Why? Are you involved with Zach and Yuri, after all?”
“What do you think?”
Bethan gripped her phone tightly.
She could not believe Brettley had asked her this; the question made her feel ashamed. However, because of Zach and Yuri’s integrity, she had no choice but to answer.
Brettley was a cruel, heartless man. Bethan was afraid that if she did not answer, he would truly think…
Brettley was not hesitant to fight with a distinguished family such as the Allens. There was no telling what he would do to Zach and Yuri.
Bethan sighed and bit down on her lip. “Mr. Morrison, when and where do you think I could’ve had relations with either Zach or Yuri, or both of them?”
Brettley fell silent when he heard Bethan’s question.
After a long while, he chuckled and said, “I don’t think you’re that desperate.”
Bethan snorted in indignation. “Well, since you don’t believe that I ‘m having sexual relations with Zach and Yuri, why did you fire them?”
“You think I fired them?”
Brettley lowered his head to glance at the time. “We can still make it if we leave now. Why don’t I bring you along to find them?”
Bethan frowned. “Why do we need to find them?”
“You’ll know soon enough.”
Brettley did not feel like explaining things to her over the phone. “Where are you? Lucas and I will come to pick you up.”
Bethan paused for a moment, then finally gave him the address of the restaurant she was at.
She hung up the phone, let out a sigh, then returned to the booth.
The atmosphere in the room was pin-drop silent. Samson sat on the chair, staring at the rest of them sternly.
Irene sat in a corner, so nervous that she did not dare speak, while Arianna and Zayne kept mum.
When Bethan entered the room, Samson immediately stood up and handed a phone to Bethan. “This is Irene’s phone. There’s a recording and some photos she took just now. I went with her to look for you, but I didn’t even realize how she managed to take these without me noticing it.”
Bethan furrowed her brows and took the phone from him. He was right; there were a few photos of her and Celeste that were clearly taken from a discreet angle, as well as a recording of them fighting.
Bethan played the audio for a while, then finally deleted everything. She walked over to Irene and handed the phone back to her. “I understand that you’re desperate to fit in with the rest of the employees, but you shouldn’t have done this by gossiping and spreading rumors about your superior.
“Please remove yourself from the group chats because, from today onward, you’re no longer one of Morrison Group’s employees.”
With that, Bethan turned around and left the room.
“Serves you right! “
Samson rolled his eyes at Irene, then grabbed his jacket and chased after Bethan.
Since Bethan had left and Irene had been fired, Arianna and Zayne exchanged glances and decided there was no point staying anymore. They picked up their jackets and exited the room as well.
Arianna could not help frowning and giving Irene a slight kick in her shin when she brushed past her. “
Director Bethan is one of the kindest people I’ve ever met! It serves you right to be fired! “
As soon as everyone had left , Irene slumped against the chair in resignation, gripping her phone tightly in her hand.
All of a sudden, her phone lit up with a new friend request.
It was from someone named Alice.
Irene was not in a good mood due to her sudden termination, so she immediately declined the friend request. However, to her surprise, her screen lit up again with another friend request from the same person, along with a message that read, (Hello, I’m enemies with Bethan. I want to buy something from you. If you’re willing to sell it to me, I ‘ll pay a very generous price for it.]
Blue Bay Villa.
Alice leaned against the sofa and ate fruits while watching television. She was clutching her phone in her hand and messaging someone named Irene.
She was in the midst of negotiating the price for the recording and photos when she heard someone open the upstairs study door. Then, footsteps were heard a s Brettley walked down the stairs.
Alice frowned and leaped up from the sofa. “Brettley, It’s late now. Where are you going? Working late tonight?”
Brettley furrowed his brows slightly. “Yes. I still have some stuff I need to take care of, and I might be home late. You don’t have to wait for me.”
With that, he turned around and strode out of the house.
Alice watched his retreating figure and gnashed her teeth in anger.
Brettley told her he was working late last night, but in reality, he spent the entire night in the hospital with Bethan!
Where was he off to this time?
Suddenly, Alice had an idea and immediately sent another message to Irene.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
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