Gwen’s ward.
Gwen leaned against her headboard and was so excited when she heard Bethan’s news that her hands trembled. “Are you really pregnant?”
Bethan grabbed Gwen’s hands and nodded earnestly. “
As soon as you’ve finished your surgery and I’ve made sure you’re safe, I’ll find a chance to leave.”
Gwen paused for a while, then gripped Bethan’s hands tightly in return. “Don’t wait any longer. Why don’t you leave now? You mentioned that Alice is here in Sea City now and that Jason… It’ll only get more complicated the longer you stay here. I can’t imagine what would happen if Brettley found out about everything.
“Why don’t I ask Luke to book your flight tickets and create an alibi for you here in Sea City, and you leave immediately?”
Bethan felt a surge of warmth pass through her heart when she heard this.
Gwen had still not recovered yet, but when she heard Bethan’s good news, she was even more excited than Bethan herself.
“I’ll call Luke right now.”
Gwen picked up her phone and was about to dial Luke’s number when Bethan stopped her.
“It’s okay. Waiting for a day or two won’t change things.”
Besides, everything that happened to Gwen, even the baby in her belly, was all because of Bethan.
She had just arrived in Sea City and had not even started helping Gwen convince Luke to let her abort the baby. If she left…what would happen to Gwen’s baby?
If she vanished without a trace, Brettley would not be willing to help Gwen either.
If that happened, then even if Bethan managed to give birth to her new baby and save Nigel, she and her child would still be forever indebted to Gwen.
As soon as she thought of this, Bethan let out a sigh and lowered her voice. “Have you forgotten that Luke’s men are protecting me? You don’t have to worry about Jason. As for Alice, I haven’t seen her in a long time now. Besides, she’s after Brettley, not me. I just have to keep my distance from him for the time being.
“I’ll try to convince Luke to let you do the surgery as soon as possible… I ‘ll leave this country as soon as you’ve undergone the abortion.”
Gwen paused for a moment, then nodded in agreement. She sighed and grabbed hold of Bethan’s hand. “You and your child will be fine.”
As soon as Brettley got back to the hotel, Alice immediately went up to him. First, she took his jacket and hung it on the coat rack, then retrieved his slippers for him like an obedient wife. She led him to the dining table and offered him a bowl of the crème br?lée she had made.
Brettley sat down at the dining table, gracefully picked up a spoon, and took a bite. “It tastes good. “
“Really? You’ve been busy at work and away from home a lot lately, so I specially researched what desserts to make and decided to enroll in a cooking class,”
Alice lied.
She was right about enrolling in a cooking class. However, contrary to what she claimed, the cooking class was just an activity for her to pass the time. The crème br?lée that she claimed to have made herself actually came from the restaurant downstairs.
Alice thought she had concocted the perfect lie, but she forgot that she had left the takeout box in the trash can next to the hotel room door.
Brettley had noticed the takeout box as soon as he entered the room, though he did not feel like exposing Alice’s lies.
“That’s so sweet of you.”
Brettley smiled as he took another bite. “It’s delicious. You can probably sell this if you want.”
Alice blushed when she heard this and feigned modesty. “I’m happy that you like it.”
With that, she brought out another bowl of crème br?lée for Brettley.
After Brettley finished both of them, he yawned and propped his head in his hand, leaning against the dining table. “Maybe I’m just too tired today.”
When she saw this, Alice knew that her drug was already starting to take effect. She immediately went over to help Brettley up. “If you’re tired, you should go to bed and rest.”
Then, propping Brettley against her body, she strode into the bedroom and laid him on the bed. She gently removed his clothes and helped him get changed into a fresh set of pajamas.
“Get some rest, ” she said, clutching Brettley’s clothes.
However, the man seemed to have fallen asleep already. Brettley said nothing in response as Alice instead heard only his breathing.
It seemed the drug had exerted its effects.
Alice curled her lips into a sneer and tiptoed out of the room, still holding Brettley’s clothes to her form.
She left the door slightly ajar behind her, so Brettley could still see her. He watched as she laid his clothes down one by one on the living room carpet and rummaged through every article of clothing.
After combing through his clothes for a while to no avail, Alice still did not give up and instead went through everything once again. Her search was so detailed that when she found a piece of tissue in Brettley’s pocket, she even laid it out and scrutinized it.
“How can this be…”
Even after her second search yielded no results, Alice conducted a third one, frowning in bafflement.
This could not be. She had looked through the entire house and even Brettley’s office after he had left for Sea City.
She even scoured the hotel room while he was out during the day, but she could not find the divorce papers. Therefore, she was certain that Brettley had taken the papers out with him, but…why could she not find them?
Amid her confusion, Alice suddenly heard a cold voice ringing out from the direction of the bedroom, “Need any help?”
Alice immediately stiffened when she heard Brettley’s voice suddenly echoing through the silent room.
She must have misheard it; Brettley had eaten the crème br?lée that she spiked with sedatives. How could he possibly have awoken?
This was impossible…
Alice shook her head and continued rifling through Brettley’s clothes.
“You don’t need any help?” the same voice rang out from behind her just as she was about to reach for his shirt.
Alice could no longer convince herself she was mishearing things.
She slowly turned around, feeling as though the joints in her entire body were stiff and rigid. She finally took in the scene behind her.
Brettley, dressed in a pair of gray pajamas, was leaning gracefully against the doorframe. He fixated his gaze on her, a smirk playing on his lips.
Alice felt as though her blood had run cold and her entire body had stiffened.
She opened her mouth but did not manage to say a single word. After a long while, she finally stammered, “Josh…Brettley.”
“Yes. “
Brettley curled his lips into a smirk and strode over, then slowly squatted down in front of her.
He grabbed his shirt out of Alice’s hands and sternly uttered, “What are you looking for behind my back? Why don’t you just tell me what it is, and I’111ook for it together with you.”
Alice was so nervous that she could not even form a single sentence. Her mind went blank.
This was not possible… How could this be?
She had put plenty of sleeping pills in the crème br?lée Brettley had eaten. The doctor had told her that this dosage would not harm Brettley but would surely put him in a deep sleep for a while.
She had ground the pills into powder and sprinkled it all over Brettley’s crème br?lée. He had eaten not one but two bowls of it, so how could he still be awake?
“Let me guess.”
Brettley picked up his clothes, set them on the coffee table, then sat down gracefully on the sofa.
He laid his arms on both sides of the sofa and leaned against the backrest, much like a dignified and majestic king. His gaze never wavered from Alice , who was still frozen in shock, and asked, “You’re looking for the divorce agreement papers, right? “
This afternoon, after he realized that Alice had spiked his food and rummaged through his hotel room while he was out cold, he immediately ordered Lucas to investigate everything that had happened in Banyan City.
According to one of his servants at Blue Bay Villa, Alice had searched through his entire study while he was gone, and she refused to let anyone else do it for her for fear of missing out on any clues.
When he asked his employees at Morrison Group Tower, they said the same thing.
As soon as he heard this, Brettley passed the divorce papers to Luke to safeguard them for him.
Brettley thought that Alice would back off after what happened this afternoon, but contrary to his belief, she became even more outrageous.
Alice shook her head furiously. “I… I’m not.”
“You’re not?”
Brettley raised his eyebrows and glanced at the clothes Alice clutched behind her back, trying to hide them from his view. “What are you doing with my clothes then if you’re not looking for something? Are you trying to smell them?”
Alice bit down on her lip. “Brettley, you’ve misunderstood. Actually, I…”
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