The man who was waving the knife at her knelt to the ground and the knife fell onto the ground with a clunk.
Bethan was stunned. She came to her senses only after a long while.
When she comes to her senses, the man that was about to stab her a moment ago has been apprehended by two burly men in black.
“Take him back to Sea City.”
A man next to them lit a cigarette and coldly instructed them.
Bethan furrowed her brows. “Luke Jones?”
Luke smiled thuggishly. “Tsk, how rare of you, a great designer, to still remember me.”
He let out a puff of smoke.
“How much does the Walter family hate you? This man escaped to Banyan City. I initially thought he came to seek refuge with Brettley. Turns out, he came here to kill you.”
Luke lowered his head and kicked away the fruit knife on the ground.
“If it were not for Brettley’s wisdom and alertness that predicted that he would come for you, your life might have ended here tonight.”
Bethan furrowed her brows and subconsciously looked behind Luke.
As expected, not far in the distance from Luke, she saw Brettley.
He still wore the same black handmade tailored suit that he had worn for years. He was so regal and cold that it kept one at a distance.
Compared to the last time she saw him, Brettley has gotten thinner and a little bit more distant and cold.
He was leaning against a red-bricked wall of one of the shops, with his head lowered, scrolling on his phone. It was as if Luke and Bethan had nothing to do with him.
Bethan gritted her teeth.
All this while, she had resorted to all ways to try to see him and get closer to him.
However, she failed every single time.
Bethan did not expect to see him here at such a moment. She was just ambushed and almost died, but the person that yelled at her to watch out was Luke.
The people that kicked the thug over were Luke’s men.
Brettley, on the other hand, the man that Bethan thought she knew best, did nothing at all when she encountered such a dangerous situation. He even pretended that nothing had happened and continued playing on his phone.
A sense of bitterness appeared in Bethan’s heart.
Even though she and he did not have much of a relationship, just based on the fact that she just helped Brettley bloom in the jewelry business, this should not be the attitude of Brettley at that moment.
“Are you still going to chat?”
Brettley, who had his head lowered all this while, kept his phone. He flatly swept a glance at Luke. “Things are done. Let’s go.”
Then, Brettley turned and was about to leave.
Luke furrowed his brows. Even he could see that there was something wrong between Brettley and Bethan.
When they were on the way there, Brettley was still worried that Bethan might get injured. He chose to drive himself and raced all the way there, yet, once he reached, he pretended as if it had nothing to do with him?
“Brettley Morrison! “
Bethan furrowed her brows and rushed forward. She opened her arms wide and blocked his path.
“How long are you going to avoid me for?”
Brettley raised his eyebrows and flatly swept a glance across Bethan’s face.
He has not seen her for a long time.
Ever since he knew the meaning of her design, he has been trying to avoid her at all costs.
Since she said that he was evil and aloof, a person that should have long died, why should he appear in front of her and make each other unhappy?
Only that, Brettley did not expect that Bethan would openly block his path in the streets.
Brettley lit a cigarette. He stood there elegantly mixed with a hint of thuggishness.
“I’m avoiding you?” “Are you not?”
Bethan raised her head and met his gaze fearlessly. “I have been trying to look for you all this while but fail every single time. If I attend a company meeting, you will refuse to join in. If you’re not avoiding me, then what are you doing?”
Brettley inhaled a huge puff of the cigarette and turned to look opposite the road.
Outside Bamboo Palace, Theo, in white, was still hugging a bouquet of roses. He lowered his head and looked at his watch and looked around anxiously at the same time.
Brettley smiled and exhaled smoke at Bethan. “Ms. Bethan, you leave your boyfriend waiting for you, yet here you are questioning me if I’m avoiding you or not. It’s not good, right?”
Bethan bit her lips. Of course, she knew that being late was not a good thing. Obviously, she was already late! However, to her, the chances of being able to bump into Brettley were much rarer.
Bethan bit her lips. “Brettley, answer me. How long are you planning to avoid me? All this while, I have thought long and hard. I have never done anything that made you angry or dissatisfied. Also, now I’ve already helped your jewelry company have a great start. I want to know the reason you’re avoiding me.”
Brettley sneered, “You don’t need to know.”
Then, Brettley lifted his legs and was about to go around Bethan.
Bethan furrowed her brows. She unrelentingly opened her arms wide, continuing blocking in his path.
“Brettley, how the hell have I offended you?”
Brettley was rather annoyed. He sneered. “Ms. Bethan, don’t you know it clearly?”
Brettley took another puff of the cigarette. He was wrapped in a mist of smoke. He swept Bethan a flat gaze.
“Evil, cold, something that should have long died but still existed. Isn’t this how I am in your opinion?”
Then, Brettley raised his hands and flung Bethan’s hand away with force. He turned and left frigidly.
Bethan remained in the same spot, stunned.
Cold, evil, and something that should have long died
Her brain stopped working for two seconds before Bethan finally understood.
Previously, Brettley took away her design with a skull that she once drew for Nellie as a game.
Also, after Irene’s incident came to an end, she and Theo met with Brettley’s best friend, Jude.
When Jude entered, Theo and she were still discussing what the skull symbolizes.
Those words from Brettley seemed to be the explanation she gave Theo previously, about what the skull meant to her.
At that thought, Bethan’s body could not help but stiffen.
Thus…
Did Brettley think that she thought of him as someone evil, cold, and should be long dead?
Although back then when she drew this, this was her thought.
However, at that moment, she needed Brettley. She needed to get close to him.
“Tsk, tsk. Looks like you guys are in a fight.”
Suddenly, Luke’s thuggish voice rang out in her ears. Bethan lifted her head.
In front of her, Luke inhaled the last puff of the cigarette. He threw the cigarette butt into the bin. “
You two are pretty interesting. The first time I met Brettley was because he wanted to rescue you.
“That day at the abandoned factory, seeing him carrying you away, I thought you two were a pair. Who would have thought that you two weren’t?
What are you two playing at now? A lover’s quarrel?”
Bethan lowered her gaze. “You won’t understand.”
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