She let out an exhale, and suddenly, an idea popped into her head. “I’m actually looking for women’s hair. Yes…”
Alice thought that this was the perfect excuse. “I’m looking for women’s hair. Some of my friends that I met through the cooking class taught me how to determine if our husbands are cheating on us. One of the things they taught me is to look for hairs on our husbands’ clothing that belonged to other women…”
Alice thought she had come up with a perfect reply, though it only served as Brettley’s amusement.
“Alice. Did you forget what I told you when we were drafting the divorce agreement contract?”
The color drained from Alice’s face. Her lips started to tremble in fear. “You said…you’ re giving me one last chance… If I… If I ever suspected you of cheating on me ever again, we would… We would… “
No matter how hard she tried, Alice could not seem to utter the last word.
“We would divorce.”
Brettley spoke impassively, face devoid of emotions.
He crossed his legs and leaned back against the sofa gracefully. “I ‘ll give you one last chance to tell me what you’re looking for. Are you really looking for other women’s hair?”
Alice slumped onto the floor as soon as she heard this. She lifted her head and shot Brettley a somewhat helpless look. “Brettley…” she trembled. “Can you pretend you didn’t see any of that?”
She did not dare tell him the truth.
“If you don’t want to be honest with me, then I’ll make my guess.”
Brettley looked down at Alice from his seat on the sofa and continued, “You’ve been very quiet and obedient for a while now. I naturally thought you had changed, but you didn’t at all. You were just afraid that I’d divorce you, so you didn’t dare do anything bad to Bethan.”
Brettley propped his chin up with one hand and glanced at Alice, whose face was as white as the wall behind her. “While I was here in Sea City, you searched my study and my office at Morrison Group Tower, but you couldn’t find the divorce papers at all, so you assumed that I brought them along with me on my trip.
“You came all the way to Sea City because you knew that as soon as I returned to Banyan City, I’d put the divorce papers back into my study or office, and you wouldn’t be able to look for them without me noticing. Now that I ‘m in Sea City, it’s much easier for you to search for them because if they’re not in the hotel, they’d be with me.
“That’s why you came all the way here and spiked my food twice, just so you can find the divorce papers without me knowing, right?”
The color drained from Alice’s face as soon as she heard this. She never expected to get exposed on her first day arriving in Sea City.
Alice closed her eyes in despair.
It turned out that the money she had given the butler and Brettley’s secretary did not manage to bribe them after all. Otherwise, Brettley would not have found out if it were not for them.
Emotions of despair and hopelessness clouded Alice like spider webs.
She knew that this time…Brettley would not give her another chance. She had experienced firsthand just how cold and heartless this man could be.
Despite that, however, she still wanted to try her luck. “No, that’s not it…”
She clung onto the hem of Brettley’s pants and pleaded, “Brettley, listen to me…”
“Alice,” said Brettley as he rubbed his eyebrows in exhaustion. “Let’s get a divorce.”
Brettley did not want to continue this any longer.
He gave her chance after chance and picked up after the messes she had made. He was willing to do this because he knew this was the woman he used to love and that she had borne him two adorable children, but everything had changed.
This woman was willing to spike his food so she could get ahold of the divorce papers. What other lengths would she go to in the future?
Was he just a tool for her to use out of spite and jealousy?
Bethan Peterson was never this type of person before. She loved him with all her heart, but she had boundaries.
Alice had none.
Brettley did not think Alice loved him at all. If anything, her feelings toward him were just that of possession and control.
Brettley could no longer tolerate this anymore. He did not want to lie to himself anymore.
“I’ll be getting custody of the children after the divorce. If there’s anything you want, just let me know, and I ‘ll try to fulfill you. I hope this will be an amicable breakup.”
Brettley glanced at Alice’s pale face and added, “I hope we can still be friends in the future.”
This was the last straw.
Alice lifted her head in despair. “Are you really going to divorce me? You’re divorcing me because of that b*tch, Bethan, right? I knew it! I knew that the only reason she came to Sea City with you was to seduce you! “
Alice’s face was etched with hatred and resentment. “
It’s her fault! Everything’s her fault! Things were fine between us when you kept a distance from her, but as soon as you got in contact with her again, you’d always change! “
Brettley furrowed his brows when he heard this.
How did Alice know there was a period of time that he and Bethan kept a distance from each other?
“Alice, you’ve been following me, haven’t you?”
The atmosphere in the room fell silent.
Alice’s face turned an even paler shade of white. She… had inadvertently revealed something she should not have…
Brettley fixated his cold gaze on Alice. “The reason you didn’t do anything bad to Bethan lately isn’t that you had changed. It’s because Bethan and I had maintained a distance and didn’t see each other all this while, right?
“Alice, you never once thought you were wrong, did you? You didn’t even try to reflect on your mistakes, and instead, you sent some men to follow me around, didn’t you?”
Alice could not say a single word in response to Brettley’s interrogation.
She could tell that Brettley was furious. Alice closed her eyes in hopelessness.
No matter what kind of outrageous stuff she did in the past, Brettley had never once gotten angry at her a t all. Even though he found out that she had spiked his food with sedatives, Brettley did not even yell at her.
However…
Alice sat on the carpet and clenched her fists in anger. She lifted her head to stare at Brettley. “Yes, I did. I know about all the times you slept with Bethan. Brettley Morrison, I’m your wife, and Bethan is the mistress! She’s the one breaking up our marriage. A m I wrong for trying to get rid of her and stopping her from seducing my husband?
“Besides, the reason you’re asking for a divorce right now is all because of that b*tch, isn’t it?”
Since there was no point in hiding the truth, Alice decided to come clean with everything and accuse Bethan of breaking up their marriage.
Maybe, just maybe, Brettley would come to his senses and pity her.
When she thought of this, Alice immediately let out an exhale and tried to pile all the blame on Bethan. “
Everything was fine between us for the last two months that you stayed away from Bethan, but what happened now? You met up with Bethan, and immediately the next day, you came to Sea City along with her!
“I came all the way to Sea City, and on my first day here, you decided to divorce me? It’s all her fault ! She’s a sl*tty b*tch! You– “
A loud crash interrupted Alice before she could finish her sentence.
Brettley slammed one of the cups onto the floor. He clenched his fists and glared at Alice, fury boiling in his eyes. “That’s enough! “
Everything was her fault, but she could always find a way to blame Bethan for everything!
Brettley glowered at her and growled, “I’m telling this one last time: our divorce has nothing to do with Bethan. She’s been Theo’s girlfriend for a long time now, and ever since that happened, I’ve never touched so much as a strand of hair and kept my distance from her.”
Alice frowned but could not stop herself from saying, “She came to Sea City to seduce you…”
“I came here on a business trip, and she’s here to visit a friend! “
Brettley snapped, shooting Alice a murderous glare. “I ‘m warning you: don’t you ever dare say anything like this again.”
Then, he turned around and stormed out of the room.
When he reached the door, however, Brettley frowned and added, “She’s already pregnant with Theo’s child now, and she never even gave me a second thought. It’s about time you stop everything, too.”
With that, he strode out of the room, slamming the door behind him.
Alice sat on the living room carpet, staring dazedly at the direction Brettley had left.
Bethan…was pregnant with Theo’s child now?
Alice lowered her head and frowned as she pondered this.
How could this be? Bethan never liked Theo back.
Before she came to Sea City, Alice had contacted Theo on the phone. He sounded glum and depressed as if Bethan had broken up with him.
How could it be that…
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