“But every time you slept with her, you’d always treat me very kindly afterward… And so I came up with a new plan. I’d let you sleep with her and send her off afterward, taking her place instead.”
The night breeze picked up Alice’s fits of laughter and made it sound eerie and disturbing. “Bethan was the woman you’ve been sleeping with all this while, and vice versa.
“Now that she’s gotten pregnant with your child, she’s leaving you… And then… “
Alice lifted her head and took out a small pill from her pocket. “I asked someone to grind this pill up and put it into her drink, so now… “
Suddenly, she got up and leaped into the air in excitement. “Boom! Your baby is gone now! “
She cocked her head at Brettley and continued, “Do you know? I planted a bomb in Neil and Nellie’s car, and then, boom– “
Alice’s face twisted in a grotesque grin. “Your two children will die, just like that!”
With that, she broke out in fits of laughter that echoed through the night.
Alice continued to cackle, even when Brettley stared at her incredulously. He glared at her as he picked up his phone, ordering with an unstable voice, “Lucas, locate Bethan immediately, and contact those abroad to check on Neil and Nellie! Quick! “
Suddenly, Alice’s phone rang.
“It’s too late.”
Alice’s lips twisted smirk as she brandished her phone at Brettley. “This phone call means my plan has already succeeded. “
With that, she picked up the call.
Brettley could not hear what the other person was saying, but he could see Alice’s smile growing wider and wider.
Hanging up on the call and tossing her phone to the floor, she picked up the knife again and held it against her neck. “Brettley Morrison, I loved you so much that I even willingly turned myself into this monster for you, but you never appreciated my efforts. You never loved me back.
“Even if the outcome wasn’t what I expected, but… it’s good enough for me! Since I killed your children, you probably won’t let me get out of here alive either.”
With that, she let out an exhale and swung the blade toward her neck.
However, to her surprise, Brettley turned around coldly, not even giving her a second glance.
Alice’s hand started to tremble at the sight. She watched Brettley leave, feeling as though someone had stabbed her right at her heart.
Brettley walked away from her while talking into his phone at the same time, asking for Bethan and the children’s whereabouts.
He did not even bother turning around to check if she was alright.
Alice could hear the voice of one of Luke’s bodyguards ring out in the distance, “What about the lady who’s attempting suicide on the rooftop — “
“Let her die.”
These three syllables penetrated right through Alice’s body and engulfed her entire being in despair.
Nothing in the world hurt more than witnessing the cruelty the person one loved most harbored toward them.
She gave up everything she ever had for this man, yet he never loved her back.
Never!
Alice pierced the knife into her skin, staining the blade bright red.
The next moment, she slumped onto the ground in her own pool of blood.
Meanwhile, one of Luke’s men had taken Dennis out of his prison cell just a short while ago and escorted him onto the rooftop. They arrived just in time to watch Alice collapsing onto the floor.
“Hailey– “
Dennis shrieked, eyes widening as the blood seemingly drained from his face.
Luke frowned, then ordered his men to let go of Dennis. Immediately, Dennis rushed over to Alice’s side and held onto her.
Luke waved his hands dismissively. “Get a doctor. Maybe we can still save her somehow.”
Then, he glanced at the subordinate standing next to him and asked, “Where’s Brettley?”
Brettley had ordered him to bail Dennis out of jail and escort him to the hospital, but with them already here, where did Brettley go?
His subordinate answered in a low voice, “Ms. Walter said… she killed all three of Mr. Morrison’s children, so he’s now trying to track them down.”
Luke sucked in a deep breath. When he finally opened his mouth to speak again, his voice quavered slightly, “What are you waiting for? Go help him! “
The last place where Bethan’s phone signal appeared was the airport.
Brettley came out of the hospital and found his car. Immediately, he kicked the driver out of the vehicle and got into the driver’s seat himself, speeding toward the airport without a second thought.
It was all his fault!
He should have known.
He should have known Bethan was Bethan Peterson all along!
Brettley had had his suspicions about her in the past, but she always managed to find a perfectly logical explanation for her behavior.
Before Alice appeared in their lives, Brettley had already seen Bethan’s handwriting and guessed she was related to Bethan Peterson somehow, but as soon as Alice arrived, all his suspicions flew out the window.
Alice’s face was identical to Bethan Peterson’s, so he could no longer think that Bethan was his wife anymore. That was how Alice had managed to fool him for so long.
Brettley clutched the steering wheel so tightly that his knuckles turned white. It was all his fault.
It turned out the child in Bethan’s womb was his all along.
She had not slept with Theo at all!
Brettley could not believe that Alice had managed to trick him into believing the father of Bethan’s baby was Theo.
Brettley would never forgive himself if he ended up losing his unborn child!
It was already late at night, so the streets were empty, apart from Brettley’s car. He whizzed through the open roads, heading straight toward the airport, with Luke following closely behind.
Luke was worried about Brettley, so he immediately followed as soon as he saw him leaving the hospital.
“This man has gone crazy! “
Luke flung his cigarette away and stepped on the gas pedal, trying to catch up with Brettley.
However, no matter how fast his car went, he could not keep up with Brettley at all.
Suddenly, Brettley’s phone rang.
It was Lucas.
Brettley slowed his car down slightly and picked up the phone. “How’s Neil and Nellie?”
Lucas lowered his voice, “I managed to get in touch with Zach and Yuri. It… doesn’t seem good.”
Brettley immediately furrowed his brows. “What do you mean, ‘it doesn’t seem good’? Are Neil and Nellie safe?”
“Nellie… is safe and sound. “
Brettley could tell that Lucas was mincing his words as though there was something he wanted to say yet, at the same time, did not dare to.
Finally, Lucas let out an exhale and said, “Theo was there with them. Initially, he wanted to bring Neil and Nellie away, but he discovered that their bodyguards were Alice’s men, so they decided to split up instead. Zach and Yuri took Nellie along with them and pretended to leave the country, but in reality, they had been hiding in a house across from Neil and Nellie’s summer camp all this while.
“Alice’s men found Theo and Neil, but… They couldn’t escape and instead got trapped inside the summer house. They… “
Lucas paused for a moment, then continued in a choked voice, “They poured gasoline all over the house and set it on fire. The fire caused a gigantic explosion… The firefighters couldn’t even get in at all. Theo and Neil… don’ t have much of a fighting chance.
“Just now, Zach and Yuri told me that the firefighters have sealed off the scene entirely. Since none of them could get into the house, they’re forbidding anyone else to enter either. Nellie… watched everything unfold with her own eyes, and she was so traumatized that she passed out. Zach and Yuri are sending her to the hospital right now… “
Lucas finished his sentence and waited but did not hear any response from the other end of the line. “
Sir?”
The next moment, a deafening crash rang out through the phone. The next thing Lucas could hear was Luke’s worried voice calling out, “Brettley!
Brettley! “
Fortunately, because there were not many vehicles o n the street at this hour, Brettley’s car only collided with the road divider, even though he lost control of the steering wheel.
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