A message from Lucas popped up on her phone. It was a message with a photo of Jason being tied up in both hands.
(Mr. Morrison said to let him take over Bonnie’s place in the mental asylum.]
Bethan pursed her lips and transferred a hundred bucks to Lucas.
(Buy him a cup of coffee on my behalf.]
She was not willing to owe Brettley anything. On the road in the distance from Swan Lake Residences.
Lucas passed the phone to Brettley.
Brettley coldly swept a glance and laughed, “Because o f her, I used five or six secret agents, yet in her eyes, it is only worth a cup of coffee?”
Then, Brettley looked at a beverage shop by the road. “
Go.”
Lucas was lost. “Go where?”
“Get coffee.”
Lucas paused for a while, before immediately getting down from the car to buy coffee.
10 minutes later, Lucas passed the coffee to Brettley. He sat in the driver’s seat while looking at the news on his phone.
“Everyone is discussing Irene’s press conference tomorrow. They are pretty angry at this incident. There are even companies that sponsored Irene, hoping that she could get back on her feet. Would Bethan be fine attending the press conference under such circumstances?”
Brettley took his coffee and gently took a sip. “I’ve said it. I won’t meddle in her affairs anymore, but…”
Brettley smiled. “The coffee is not bad.”
The next morning, before Bethan woke up, Anne’s call came.
“I just saw what you said in the interview yesterday! Bethan, are you nuts? You cannot go to the press conference! Everyone knows about Irene’s incident. I joined a group that was supporting Irene. Everyone was talking about preparing rotten eggs and vegetables. Don’t go!”
Bethan was still groggy. Upon Anne’s words, she could not help but yawn. “I’ll be fine.”
“What could you have arranged for? You really cannot be rash at this matter! I thought Brettley would at least care about you. I just called him actually. Turns out, he only said that other than work, the other matters had nothing to do with him, then he hung up! I was so pissed. I wanted to ask him. If you’ re not in a good mood, how could you produce good work for him?”
Bethan laughed helplessly, “I get it, Anne. I know you’re worried about me. I have made my arrangements.”
After simply comforting Anne, Bethan yawned and hung up.
While brushing her teeth, she turned on her phone and roughly browsed through the news that day.
The Walter family media company has been putting all their money’s worth into hyping Irene’s news.
Almost all of the headlines in Banyan City had been taken up by Bethan and Irene’s conflict.
Alice was clearly planning to ruin Bethan’s reputation completely.
Bethan smiled coldly and called Theo.
10 a.m.
In one of the sports arenas in downtown Banyan City, it was extremely lively.
A banner was placed in the most prominent place. It wrote, (Seek Justice for Irene Cook, Fight Against Evil..)
There was a crowded group of reporters.
Every one of them had their heads lowered. They were busy dealing with the questions they were about to ask.
In the corner, Bethan, in a face mask and a cap sat together with Theo, who was equally dressed up. They pretended to deal with the notes in their hands. Their actions were too professional. On top of that, they both have press cards, so no one suspected them.
On the stage, the emcee was narrating the incidents that Irene has suffered through the past few days.
Below the stage, besides the reporters, many supporters of Irene came with banners, as well as other passionate onlookers.
“Okay, since everyone is caught up to speed, let’s welcome today’s main guest. A new generation of an inspirational lady, Irene Cook! “
Irene, who was in a wheelchair, was pushed up the stage by a volunteer.
At that moment, Irene’s face did not have any color. There were still purple bruises on her face.
She looked feeble and was pushed to the microphone.
“Hello, everybody. I ‘m glad that you can attend my press conference. Although I don’t look too bad, I ‘m not a celebrity nor a social media influencer. The only reason why I wanted to hold this press conference is to bring justice to a woman who has been using her connections and power to suppress others evilly.”
Theo gritted his teeth. “This woman sure is shameless enough! “
Bethan laughed a little. She patted his arm to get Theo to calm down.
Soon, the reporters started asking questions.
“Ms. Cook, can you tell us in detail the events that took place that night?”
Irene wiped her face and started complaining tearfully, “That night was the first day a colleague and I started working. Bethan initially did not bother with us, but one of our colleagues got her to buy us a meal, so she forcefully agreed to it.
“Halfway during the meal, she said she wanted to go to the toilet, but she did not come back after a long while, so I went over to look for her. Turns out, I heard her arguing with another person. That person said that she had been with a lot of men…”
Then, Irene could not help but sob, “I initially did not believe it, but at that time, Bethan was very fierce. She told that person that if they were to continue talking, she would beat them dead. When I overheard that, I was scared half to death because I always thought that Bethan was a very gentle and kind woman.
“I accidentally made some noises and Bethan noticed me. Then, she choked me by the neck and told me that I was fired. She said that if I were to tell anybody of that night’s incident, she would take my life…”
Upon Irene’s words, the reporters gasped.
The crowd was in a heated discussion. Who knew that Bethan, who was so gorgeous and capable, would be so arrogant!
Irene, on stage, continued with a teary eye. “She is powerful and influential, I could only surrender, so I only complained a little in the staff’s group. I never thought that she would send men to beat me up that night. They even forced me to eat the trash from the bin…
“I truly could not take such humiliation, so I reported it to the police. Who knew that even when the police knew that the men were sent over by Bethan, they still said that they did not have enough evidence, so they could not do anything to her. Bethan became even more arrogant then.
“I knew I was no match for her, so the next day, I went to her office to kneel and apologize to her, but she still would not let me go. She said she wanted to get rid of me. I had no choice, that was why I chose to jump off the building…”
“I hope all of you could help me seek justice on my behalf. Since my suicide was not successful, I am fortunate. I should continue living my life, but I believe that since things have progressed to this state, Bethan would not let me go. I don’t have enough evidence to send her to prison. That was why I could only come up with this solution. I hope everyone will hold her to high moral standards, so she won’t be able to target me in the future.”
Irene said with such sadness, some reporters wept. The audience was sad for her.
The reporters were angrily discussing among themselves in hushed tones.
“What a poor little girl. Who the hell is this Bethan?”
“Apparently, she is the mistress Brettley Morrison is keeping in his office.”
“Not only that, she even has a famous artist as her boyfriend. Such amazing tactics…”
The comments were harsh and ugly. One more than the other.
Bethan, who was in the eye of the storm being heavily discussed, lowered her head and doodled on her paper in boredom.
“Bethan?”
Seeing how Bethan was distracted, Theo furrowed his brows and reminded her in a low voice. “It’s almost your turn.”
Bethan came to her senses. She realized that it was already number seven, according to the order in which the reporters asked their questions.
Bethan was number eight.
Bethan took a deep breath and tidied her notes. When reporter number seven sat down, she calmly stood up.
“Ms. Cook, since Bethan is so powerful and influential, aren’t you afraid that she might seek revenge after this press conference?”
Irene furrowed her brows. “I believe that the righteous would win over the evil. I have a huge fan base. So many kind-hearted people are standing behind me, I would not be afraid of a person like Bethan.”
“In that case, Ms. Cook, after this, what plans do you have? Are you still planning to be a Designer Assistant?”
Irene smiled. “I have not considered this.” “No, you have already thought about it.”
Bethan sneered and gave Theo a look. Theo instantly aimed the projector at the huge screen.
Bethan took the remote control and opened up photo by photo. “Ms. Cook, since you have already signed a deal with a media company, I ‘m guessing that you are planning to become a social media influencer or a celebrity, right?”
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