Looking at the doctor joking seriously, Bethan, who had a stern face, finally could not help but laugh.
The tall Brettley got up from the bed and wore a clean shirt that Lucas sent over. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the doctor while buttoning up.
“What you’re saying is that my burns are fine?”
“Of course, you’re fine. Usually, the coffee in cafes wouldn’t be too hot. After all, it was made so that customers could drink them immediately at any moment.”
The doctor pursed his lips and said, “All you need to do is to put some medication on your burns. You don’t even need someone to help you walk. When this lady helped you in, I thought that it was serious. Turns out that it’s just a light burn.”
Then, the doctor mercilessly exposed Brettley’s pretense. “Just because you like her, you pretended to get hurt so you could take advantage of her, right?”
The entire room fell instantly in silence upon the doctor’s words.
Bethan lowered her head and furrowed her brows tightly. She had rather mixed feelings.
Brettley, on the other hand, did not find it awkward. He calmly changed the topic.
He took his phone out and showed the doctor a photo.
“Doctor, tell me: Could coffee create such an injury?”
Bethan immediately lifted her head upon Brettley’s words.
She quickly looked at the doctor.
The photo that Brettley showed the doctor was the burns on Fiona’s stomach!
Bethan held her breath while waiting for the doctor’s answer.
“This injury is pretty serious.”
The doctor furrowed his brows. He turned around and searched through his cases on the table for a very long time. In the end, he found a similar photo.
“I can’t determine what type of burn it is from the photo you showed me, just based on the injury. But, the burns on this photo are almost identical to the one that you showed me.”
Brettley immediately took the photo over.
The injury in the photo was almost the same as Fiona’s.
The doctor continued, “The patient from this photo had enemies who sought revenge on him. His enemies deliberately poured freshly boiled water on his stomach, and they poured almost half a kettle. That’s how he got his burns. Just for your information.”
Then, the doctor took the photo back from Brettley.
“If there’s nothing else, I’ll be seeing my next patient.”
Coming out from the consultation room. Bethan took a deep breath. She raised her gaze and looked at Brettley.
“You’ve heard what the doctor said. Do you still think I caused those burns on Fiona?”
That day when Bethan saw the burns on Fiona’s stomach, she felt that something was off.
After all, that day when the coffee spilled onto Fiona, her hands were splashed with it, too.
Although the coffee was hot, Bethan was fine after washing it off with water.
Why would Fiona be scalded so badly?
The doctor’s words a moment ago also confirmed Bethan’s thoughts.
The huge patch of burns on Fiona’s stomach perhaps had nothing to do with the cup of coffee!
Brettley furrowed his brows upon Bethan’s questions. He strode outside while saying flatly, “I reserve my opinions on this.”
Bethan was stunned for a moment, then she laughed.
“Reserve your opinions? Brettley Morrison, you don’t want to answer me because you know your beloved Ms. Blake is up to no good and you’re in the wrong, right?”
Brettley continued walking without stopping. “It’s up to you how you want to read it.”
Bethan stood in the same spot and looked at Brettley’s back. She smiled bitterly.
Here she was, worried he might be injured and helped him all the way to the hospital.
It turned out that once he was fine, he did not even thank her. Facing Fiona’s such obvious lies, not only was he not angry, he even chose to reserve his opinions?
“Right, by the way…”
Just when Bethan was looking at Brettley’s back smiling self-deprecatingly, Brettley turned over and looked at Bethan flatly.
“I hope there are no more unwarranted rumors about Fiona’s injuries until I can investigate this issue. Do you hear me?”
Bethan furrowed her brows. She was instantly infuriated.
“When Fiona pretended to be hurt and accused me, why did you not reserve your views? Why did you not investigate it properly, directly demanding me to apologize?
“Yet when it comes to Fiona, you want to investigate it properly and hope that there are no rumors about her?!
“Brettley, how much further are you going to indulge in Fiona? How much further can your double standards go?! “
Facing Bethan’s rage, Brettley narrowed his eyes.
“Have you forgotten that Fiona is currently the Morrison Group’s team leader partaking in the competition?”
Brettley’s gaze turned cold and stern.
“You’ve been replaced because of a scandal. Are you hoping that the team leader would be replaced once more because of a scandal? The organizers have already said that if there were problems with Fiona, they’d disqualify us! “
Brettley looked at Bethan and enunciated, “Weren’t you willing to sacrifice for Zayne, Samson, and the others? Just bear with it. Once the competition is over, I’ll give you an answer.”
Then, Brettley strode away.
Bethan stood in the same spot, looking at Brettley getting further and further away. She clenched her fists tightly by her sides.
Once there was a scandal, the organizers would disqualify the team from participating.
Since he knew there was such a rule, why did he not stop Fiona from scheming against her?
Instead, he forced her to give up her position to Fiona, then he got her to keep Fiona there because of her team…
Bethan shut her eyes and laughed bitterly.
Brettley never truly let her down. In his eyes, his new lover would always be more important than his exes.
The most amazing thing was that he clearly had double standards and was unfair, yet he could always find a way to justify his actions, making it as if he was a just and righteous person.
How nauseating.
How did she fall in love with such a selfish person back then?
Coming out from the hospital, Bethan just got in the taxi and headed back to Blue Bay Villa when her phone rang incessantly.
There were messages and calls, one after the other. Bethan lowered her head and looked through them.
Most of the calls and messages were from the design department and also the people on her team.
Bethan did not need to see to know that Brettley must have announced Fiona taking over her.
It made sense, too. There were only two days left until the competition. Big news like replacing someone last minute should be notified as early as possible.
Otherwise, Fiona would not be able to memorize the script on the design concept.
Bethan lowered her gaze and looked through each of the messages.
In the end, she directly addressed everyone in the competition team chat group.
(Swapping Ms. Blake as the leader is the conclusion Mr. Morrison and I came to. I was the one who suggested this. I hope all of you understand. Not only did I put in hard work for this competition, but everyone else, too.
(I hope all of you could cherish the work we put in. It doesn’t matter who leads the team. What matters most is that we win. I hope that all of you actively cooperate with Ms. Blake. Thank you.]
Then, Bethan let out a long sigh. She was about to leave the group chat when she realized a message was sent immediately after hers.
It was from Fiona.
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