“This time, he came back because he found out that before the Lane family died, they bought a lot of life insurance. The total amount of insurance has been calculated, and it was worth at least five hundred million. Bonnie is the only heiress of the Lane family, so the five hundred million is entirely hers…”
Bethan gasped. She knew it!
“Bonnie is a pitiful woman.”
Zach sighed. “Jason actually has a girlfriend, and she returned to the country together with him. However, his girlfriend is also quite smart. She didn’t show herself.”
Then, Zach sent Bethan a photo of Jason and another woman. “This is his girlfriend. Ms. Bethan, I ‘m only telling you this because Bonnie is your friend. I can provide you with even more proof if you need it.
Jason and I have known each other for many years, and we can’t possibly expose him, but you’re different.”
After they hung up, Zach sent Bethan a lot of photos. Jason indeed had a girlfriend abroad. Not only did he have a girlfriend, but he had a three-year-old son, too.
Bethan closed her eyes. Bonnie’s innocent face appeared in her mind. Bonnie’s naive demeanor made Bethan think back about how she used to be obsessed with Brettley.
Lying on the bed, Bethan’s mind kept replaying scenes of Bonnie and Jason, as well as Jason, his girlfriend, and his son.
She tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep with her messed-up mind.
In the middle of the night, she could no longer hold back. She got up from bed and called Brettley.
“Mr. Morrison.”
Once the call went through, Bethan was direct. “I remembered that the mental asylum Bonnie was in previously is under your control, right?”
Bonnie swapped places with Cynthal Peterson. Cynthal was sent in personally by Brettley.
Brettley, on the other end of the line, was silent for a while before sneering. “Bethan, it’s one in the morning. You call me at this hour asking about the mental asylum. Why? Do you want me to send you in now?”
“I need you to do me a favor.”
Bethan took a deep breath. “Bonnie is my friend, and she’s encountered a problem. I hope you can get your men to take her back into the mental asylum, Mr. Morrison.”
Brettley was silent for a while on the other end of the call.
“It’s the middle of the night. She’s just released tonight, yet you want her back in now. Is she really your friend?”
It could be the same for enemies.
Bethan bit her lip. “I can’t explain too much, but I need you to help me with this. I ’11 add another design to this project.”
When Brettley heard Bethan mentioning this, he furrowed his brows. “I have a question for you: When you design and you draw body parts like a hand or a neck, whose do you model after?”
Bethan paused for a while. She did not know why he would ask her this question.
However, she still answered honestly, “Mostly it’s a fictional hand, but if we were to design for someone specific, then we’d try to draw that person’s body parts.”
Then, Bethan furrowed her brows. “Why are you suddenly asking about this?”
“It’s nothing.”
Brettley smiled a little. He lowered his gaze and glanced at the photo he took of Bethan’s design in her office. “I’ll arrange the things according to what you said.”
“Thank you, Mr. Morrison.”
After hanging up the call, Bethan went to the kitchen to brew herself a pot of tea. She sat down on the sofa to write the requirements for her next design while secretly glancing at the time.
An hour after her call with Brettley, her phone rang. It was from Jason.
Jason sounded flustered and exasperated. “Bethan, what the hell do you mean by this? Bonnie was just taken away by the people from the mental asylum! They said that someone who picked her up reported to them that her mental condition was unstable, and that’s why they took her back! I didn’t say any of that, so it must’ve been you! “
Bethan changed into a more comfortable position on the sofa. She smiled a little. “Yes, I said that.”
“You! “
Jason sounded extremely infuriated. “What the hell are you trying to do? Bonnie– “
“Bonnie is just a five-hundred-million-dollar money tree. Now that she’s locked up in the mental asylum, you won’t be able to get it anymore, right? “
Bethan picked the teacup up and gently took a sip. “
Jason, didn’t you always say that I’m heartless? This time, I’ll truly be heartless.”
Jason gasped at Bethan’s words. “Bethan! You…”
“How much did Alice pay you?”
Bethan sneered. “
Could she give you five hundred million? On Bonnie’s side, without my consent, she won’t be able to come out from the mental asylum. A mental illness patient won’t be able to inherit that much. Even if she has inherited it, you won’t be able to enjoy a single cent from her.”
Bethan then changed into another comfortable position on the sofa. Her voice sounded lazy and aloof. “Jason, a wise man would know when to submit to the circumstances.”
Alice was not only the one in this world who knew how to bribe and buy off others.
Jason, on the other end of the line, was so angry that his teeth chattered. “What the hell do you want?”
“Tell me everything that Alice told you.”
Bethan narrowed her eyes. “Any movements from her in the future, you’ll have to tell me at first notice. If you hide anything from me, not only will I not let Bonnie out, but I ’11 also tell her about your girlfriend and son.”
Jason’s face lost all of its colors upon Bethan’s words.
He gritted his teeth tightly. “Mrs. Morrison was right: you’re a b*tch who stops at nothing! “
Bethan chuckled a little. “I’ll give you another chance to rephrase your words. Talking to me in such a manner, do you think I can’t head to the mental asylum and look for Bonnie now?”
Jason gritted his teeth and hung up the call.
Upon hearing the disconnecting tone, Bethan hung up with complicated feelings.
Sending Bonnie to the mental asylum was the only temporary measure she could think of; to get Bonnie to calm down and to prevent Jason from doing anything. It was the best solution.
On one hand, Jason would not be able to get Bonnie’s money. On the other hand, because of Bonnie, Jason would not dare to do anything to Bethan. He had to be afraid of her, too.
Still, Bethan understood clearly that Jason was a murderer.
She could not always have control over the man that crashed into her with ease and kicked her off the bridge. Bethan had to quickly find proof of Jason committing murder.
However, the incident happened six years ago. There was no surveillance nor witnesses. The bridge was rebuilt.
It was extremely challenging if she wanted to find proof.
Bethan closed her eyes and let out a long sigh. She…did not know where to begin.
Because she did not sleep well that night, the next morning, Bethan started making coffee for herself the moment she reached the office.
After two cups of coffee, she finally felt less sleepy.
She turned on a computer and saw an email in her inbox.
It was an email from Jason. It was the recording of the conversation he had with Alice the day before. The moment Bethan saw the conversation, she could not help but frown.
Alice might not expect that Jason would protect himself against her, too.
Bethan put on her headphones, listening to Alice’s voice in the recording. Her smile turned colder.
“Director Bethan! “
Before she could finish the recording, Shannon immediately pushed the door and entered!
“Something bad has happened! “
Bethan immediately took off her headphones. “What happened?”
Shannon was a mature person and was usually polite. If she hurriedly pushed the door and entered, something big must have happened.
“Irene.”
Shannon was sweating profusely. “The one that knelt and apologized to you yesterday. She jumped off the building! Although she didn’t die, she was close. She’s currently in the hospital being resuscitated. Before she jumped, she even left a note saying…”
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