“Mommy, do you believe that we triplets have a mutual connection? Recently, Nellie and I felt Neil’s presence. He must still be alive.”
Bethan’s hands, which were carrying Nigel, tensed up a little upon his words.
She sighed and sent him back to his bedroom.
“You two must be missing him too much. I miss him a lot too. I would often dream of him.”
Nigel, who was being placed in his bed by Bethan, pursed his lips.
“But, Mommy. Nellie and I were not dreaming. We truly…”
“I know.”
Bethan sighed.
She gently tucked him in. “Let’s do this. You and Nellie have to get better soon. Once you two are cured, I’ll take you both to search for Neil. How about that?”
Nigel bit his lips. He knew that Bethan, with her adult- like thoughts, would think that her two children were talking nonsense.
However…
He would not be able to convince Bethan in such a short time. After all, things like telepathic connection have no logic nor proof to support it.
Nigel sighed and held onto Bethan’s fingers seriously. “We will definitely find him.”
“Yes! “
Bethan smiled and kissed Nigel on the forehead before turning around and returning to her bedroom. That night, Bethan did not sleep well.
She flipped around in bed, constantly dreaming.
At one moment, she dreamt that Brettley was kneeling in front of her, explaining to her saying that he had always liked her.
Another moment was Neil angrily holding Bethan’s hand asking why did she not bring Nigel and Nellie to look for him.
Bethan was being tormented by these dreams. She got down from the bed a few times. In the end, she consumed a huge dose of melatonin before falling asleep around three or four in the morning.
The next day, she went to work on time.
Once she entered the office, there was a constant chatter of discussions in hushed tones around her.
Among the discussions, there were even voices of envy.
“I thought that she would still be deep in the grief of President Morrison being together with Ms. Blake. Who would have thought that she already found a new lover.”
“After all, she’s so gorgeous. Sometimes, I even feel that it’s President Morrison’s loss for not being together with her.”
“Sigh, beautiful women would be easily pursued by men. When would I have the chance at sweet, sweet love?”
Bethan furrowed her brows tightly at the comments in the office.
From the way the staff was looking at her, she could deduce that they were secretly talking about her.
However, from what they were saying…
Since when has she had a new lover that she did not know about?
At that thought, Bethan, who did not have a good night’s sleep, had a headache once more.
She rubbed her throbbing temples and swept an aloof glance at the group of people whispering to one another in front of her.
“I have been the director for quite some time already, right? Have I been too nice to all of you all this while causing you to have the misconception that I am a person who does not need respect?”
Bethan’s tone was cold and stern. The moment she said that the entire office was in silence.
The staff looked at each other. They did not dare to say anything.
Bethan let out a breath. She turned to look at Shannon, who was using the calculator seriously by the side.
“We will need to revise the rules and regulations of the design department.”
Then, she swept the entire office with an indifferent glance.
“This is not the market, nor a cafe for you to gossip. I don’t need colleagues who disrespect others nor a staff that does not respect their superiors in my office.
“If I find out that this happens again, I’ll immediately report it to Brettley. I’m sure many others would want to work in the Morrison Group’s design department. Am I right?”
The entire office was in pin-drop silence upon Bethan’s words.
They could see that Bethan was truly angry. Everyone lowered their heads. They did not dare let out a single sound. They were afraid that a single breath would infuriate Bethan even more.
A condescending woman’s voice came from the corner.
“She’s also just working for others. What is she being so arrogant about? Even Ms. Blake is not as arrogant as her.”
The office was extremely quiet, so everyone in the office could hear her condescending remarks.
At that moment, everyone subconsciously turned to look in the direction in which the voice came from.
The person that spoke was no other than the lady that stood up for Fiona on her first day in the office when Fiona had a conflict with Bethan.
At that moment, she was sitting next to Fiona. She had a disdainful expression while organizing her things.
“Charmaine, stop talking.”
Seeing how everyone was looking at them, Fiona immediately voiced out in a suppressed tone.
“Ms. Bethan is the director. She’s uncomfortable being discussed by others, it’s only normal that she gave everyone a lecture. You…”
“What do you mean by that? What do you mean that I ‘m uncomfortable being discussed by others so I gave everyone a lecture?”
When Bethan heard what Fiona said, she sneered. Bethan crossed her arms around her chest and looked at Fiona coldly.
“Ms. Blake, care to explain?”
Bethan almost had a clear understanding of Fiona’s character after a few short days of interaction.
Fiona always liked to pretend to be innocent. On the surface, she might be pacifying the situation peacefully, but every word she said was stoking the fire.
Just like what she said to Charmaine at the moment.
On the surface, she wanted Charmaine to stop talking, but what was her real intention?
She was implying that Bethan was in a bad mood because everyone was talking about her, so she abused her power as a director in retaliation.
Fiona’s face turned a little pale upon Bethan’s words.
She bit her lips and obediently lowered her head. She did not dare to look at Bethan.
“Ms. Bethan, I’m sorry, I have misspoken. I did not mean that…”
“Then, what do you mean?”
Bethan smiled.
“I’m going to say it one more time. I am the person i n charge here. I do not want my staff to gossip about their colleagues and superiors during working hours. I want to reorganize the office culture.
“Although everyone might be discussing me today, if there were rumors about how Ms. Blake used her identity as Brettley’s girlfriend to abuse others, I would say the same thing too.”
Then, Bethan narrowed her eyes and looked at Fiona, who had her head lowered and was almost in tears.
“Ms. Blake, do you hear me?”
Fiona sniffled her nose. Tears fell uncontrollably. She lifted her head and looked at Bethan with reddened eyes.
“Director Bethan, in your eyes, am I someone who would abuse my power as Brettley’s girlfriend?”
Bethan laughed a little. She imitated Fiona and covered her mouth.
“Ah, I’m sorry, I misspoke. I’m not saying that you’re abusing others in the design department. I ‘m only stating an example.”
Then, Bethan swept a glance at Charmaine who was next to Fiona.
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