Meanwhile, Charmaine’s face turned pale.
Who was this man, and where did he even come from?
“Don’t believe me? If you don’t, I can give her another one, and you can then see if they’re the same.”
Christian sneered and lifted Bethan’s chin, then lowered his head to kiss her neck–
“That’s enough! “
Brettley’s stern voice rang out from the door’s direction just as Christian’s lips were about to graze Bethan’s skin.
Startled by Brettley’s voice and tone, Christian immediately paused in his tracks.
Bethan seized this opportunity and released herself from Christian’s hold.
A flicker of disappointment flashed through Christian’s eyes.
Just a little more.
Even though it was just a fake kiss and that Christian knew Bethan would not let him kiss her, he still could not help feeling a little disappointed by this.
Brettley strode into the room impassively. “What are all of you doing here? Aren’t you all supposed to be doing work?”
Then, he turned around and fixated his cold gaze on Charmaine’s face. “You don’t have to come to work tomorrow.”
Charmaine was alarmed by this. “Mr. Morrison, I…”
“Morrison Group doesn’t need employees like you who obsess over their superior’s personal lives, “
Brettley sneered. “Just now, you forced Bethan to unwrap her bandage to prove that she really did hurt herself, and now, you’re interrogating her about a hickey on her neck.
“What about tomorrow, then? Will you come in and demand to know what goes on in my personal life as well? Do you need me to show you my bank account?”
Charmaine grew even more flustered. “I –I… That’s not what I meant at all! President Morrison, I didn’t mean that at all, I just… “
Then, she glanced at Fiona and said, “I was just sticking up for Fiona! You’re Fiona’s boyfriend, after all, but you left just now while carrying Bethan in your arms, so as Fiona’s best friend, this angered me, and I demanded to know what was going on, so — “
Before she could finish, however, Fiona furrowed her brows and shot Charmaine a cold glance. “What a nice joke, Ms. Ross. Since when are we friends?”
Charmaine’s entire body stiffened when she heard this. She froze for a moment, then asked, “What do you mean by this, Fiona?”
“What I’ in trying to say is that firing you is a good decision.”
Fiona let out a sigh, walked over to Brettley, and held onto his arm. “Don’t get too mad,
Brettley. Morrison Group is such a big company with a few hundred thousand employees; there’s bound to be a few bad apples mixed in. Since we’ve spotted them now, we should fire them as soon as possible.
There’s no need to get angry over this.”
Everyone in the design department had to catch their breath when they heard Fiona’s words.
Charmaine was the person who had always been close with Fiona. She put Fiona first and was always considerate toward her, but all of a sudden…
Samson snickered. “You’re a smart woman, Ms. Blake. You’re usually close with Charmaine, but as soon as she gets into trouble, you’re acting like an entirely different person. I admire your guts.”
Fiona curled her lips into a smile. “I’m usually close with you, too. It’s not a matter of being smart or not. I’m just simply telling the truth.”
Fiona did not want to risk offending Brettley because of someone as idiotic as Charmaine. However, since Brettley had just come back from sleeping with Bethan, Fiona knew she had to act much gentler and thoughtful than before so Brettley would feel guilty for cheating on her.
Any woman who tried to make a scene as soon as they found out their husbands were cheating was the most foolish person in the world.
Charmaine could not help but feel shocked at Fiona’s attitude. She backed away nervously and slumped down on the ground in exhaustion.
How was this possible?
She had always tried to help Fiona and treated her as her best friend. She was even willing to offend Bethan over and over again for Fiona, but at that point…
Charmaine let out an exhale and lifted her head to stare at Fiona, her gaze etched with hatred. “You said we’re not best friends, right?”
She sneered and took out her phone. “Fiona, don’t forget that I have a copy of all our text messages on my phone! I have proof of you ordering me to bully Bethan and make her life as difficult as it can get! “
“Is that so?”
Fiona blinked innocently at Charmaine. “When have I ever asked you to make Ms. Bethan’s life difficult? Why would I even do that? Ms. Bethan is Brettley’s favorite employee. She’s brought in significant revenue for Morrison Group, and she’s the star member of our team for the upcoming jewelry design contest.”
Charmaine clenched her teeth. “That’s because you’re jealous of her! You’re afraid that she might steal Brettley from you! “
“What are you talking about? Do you think Brettley would fall for anyone just like that? “
Fiona scoffed, then turned to smile at Bethan. “Don’t you agree, Ms. Bethan?”
Bethan, who watched all this unfold with a hint of amusement, did not plan on getting involved in this drama between Fiona and Charmaine. Fiona had singled her out, however, and she knew Fiona was trying to get under her skin, so she curled her lips into a smirk and replied, “Of course. Ms. Blake is such a beautiful woman, and you and Mr. Morrison are such a sweet couple. Don’t you think you’re perfectly capable of keeping Mr. Morrison under control and reining him in from all his lustful pursuits?”
Fiona’s expression darkened as soon as she heard this. She pursed her lips and was about to say something in response when Charmaine whipped out her phone and declared, “She’s not worried about Brettley falling for anyone else? Oh, please!
That’s the only thing she ever talks about! She’s constantly scared that Mr. Morrison would fall for Ms. Bethan, so she ordered me to make her life difficult! “
With that, Charmaine pulled up the chat history between her and Fiona and handed her phone to Brettley. “Look at this, Mr. Morrison ! Fiona’s the one behind everything ! She specifically ordered me to bully Ms. Bethan and make her life difficult! “
Brettley furrowed his brows and glanced at Lucas, who was standing to one side, impassively.
Lucas immediately stepped forward and took the phone from Charmaine , then proffered it to Brettley.
Brettley let go of Fiona to flip through pages and pages of Charmaine and Fiona’s chat history, frowning all the while.
Charmaine could not help adding in indignation, “
Fiona’s been jealous of Ms. Bethan since the start.
That’s why she tried countless times to make her life as difficult as possible!
“She deliberately poured hot coffee on Arianna, then tried to cause a misunderstanding by pouring vitamin powder into Bethan’s drink. I was the one who helped her; that’s why she was able to get the timing right and ended up getting misunderstood ! It’s all part of her plan!
“Mr. Morrison, you have to see her for who she truly is!”
Charmaine snarled through gritted teeth as Brettley continued to look through the phone.
Meanwhile, Bethan could not fight back her sneer. She knew everything that happened, even before Charmaine came clean with the truth. However, she was still curious to see…
She was curious to see how Brettley could possibly find an excuse to explain Fiona’s behavior, with Charmaine exposing her in front of so many people. Bethan had an inkling of what was about to happen.
She knew Brettley would somehow find a way to excuse Fiona’s behavior. She even guessed that he would probably delete the evidence while scrolling through Charmaine’s phone so no one else would be able to read them.
Bethan’s guess was somewhat correct.
After a moment, Brettley lifted his head and handed the phone back to Charmaine. “Is this the so-called evidence you were talking about? It looks like a normal chat to me.”
Charmaine furrowed her brows and snatched the phone from Brettley.
What she saw on her screen rendered her utterly speechless.
The chat history that she had meticulously saved had been replaced by some ordinary texts between her and Fiona.
Charmaine was wide-eyed with shock. How was this possible?
She had always been wary of Fiona, which was why she had deliberately saved these texts as proof, but what had happened to them? Who deleted and replaced them with ordinary, harmless messages?
As soon as she thought of this, Charmaine glanced at Fiona, who had been standing behind Brettley all this while.
Fiona gave her an eerie grin.
Charmaine immediately realized what had happened. It turned out she was not the only one who was wary of her companion. Fiona, too, had prepared in advance for this.
“Charmaine, I’ve been nothing but kind to you. I never thought that you’d do this to me one day…”
Fiona bit down on her lip and could not stop the tears from flowing down her face. She buried herself in Brettley’s arms and sobbed, “
Brettley, I’m so upset by this.”
Brettley furrowed his brows slightly but still pulled Fiona closer to him. “It’s alright now.”
Charmaine was so infuriated by this that she gritted her teeth in frustration. “Fiona Blake! You’re a lying, manipulative woman, you–“
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