Nigel has had a terminal illness before. Bethan was very clear on how a terminal illness patient should look like.
Moreover, even if Fiona had a terminal illness, that was the reason for Brettley to bully her and scheme against her.
What was she to Fiona? Why did she have to play according to Brettley’s book to care for Fiona?
Shannon was instantly stunned by Bethan’s words.
Yes. Even if Fiona had a terminal illness, it was not a reason for Brettley to treat Bethan that way.
She pursed her lips and did not know what to say at that moment. In the end, she could only hastily hang up.
After hanging up, Bethan raised her gaze only to helplessly look at Nigel, who was engrossed with his laptop.
“I finally found the time to play with you and Nellie, could you stop facing the laptop, please?”
Nigel furrowed his brows and looked at the videos on the internet. He slightly furrowed his brows.
“That’s strange. I just finished coding for the crack of my own virus. Those irremovable videos with the viruses had vanished in one night.”
Nigel scratched his head and said, “That’s very strange.”
Bethan shrugged and ruffled his head. “Why is that strange?”
Previously she did not know who was the one that posted those videos. After being notified by Fiona, she knew who it was.
Those videos had been deliberately released by Brettley to get Bethan to step down.
At that moment, Fiona was the leader of the team already. He has achieved his intended goal. Of course, he would delete the videos. “That’s not right.”
Nigel furrowed his brows and shook his head hard. “I’m very sure that Brettley’s people would not be able to post these videos with viruses. Mommy, do you still remember when Cynthal used the power of the internet to frame you? That time, I had tied my own viruses to the videos. No one from Brettley’s company could crack it. If they can’t crack it, they wou1dn’t be able to intercept my virus and recode it.”
Bethan was stumped at what Nigel said. She did not understand what he meant by coding and viruses, but she understood that what Nigel said was the videos were not posted by Brettley’s people.
If not him, then who else? Fiona?
It was even more impossible. Fiona was a woman who relied her life on Brettley.
Brettley gave her every cent. She would not know any hackers either.
At that thought, Bethan smiled and looked at Nigel.
“Tell me then, if Brettley did not obtain the virus, who else could?”
Nigel was silent for a very long time before finally lifting his head.
“I coded this virus myself. No one else could come up with the exact same virus as mine. Also, I have never given anyone the virus before, but…”
Nigel took a deep breath.
“I have passed this virus to Neil before.”
“So the person who tied the virus to the videos is Neil?”
Nellie’s eyes instantly widened upon Nigel’s words. Nigel was silent for a while, then he calmly furrowed his brows.
“I can’t be sure for now whether it was Neil or not. Perhaps someone might have obtained his flash drive.”
Bethan’s heart skipped a beat upon Nigel’s words.
“Meaning to say, the person who posted the video must have something to do with Neil, right?”
Nigel nodded.
“Perhaps they stumbled upon Neil’s flash drive, or perhaps it was someone who had a conflict with Neil and Uncle Theo back then.”
Then, Nigel pursed his lips.
“There is also another possibility…
“Neil was the one who posted the videos.”
Bethan was utterly stunned.
“Impossible! “
Nellie pursed her lips. “Although I believe that Neil is still alive, he would never do such a thing. All those videos were insulting and hurting Mommy! Neil would never do such a thing! “
Nigel nodded too. “Hmm, you are right.”
Then, he lifted his head and looked at Bethan seriously. “Mommy, don’t worry, I will observe it always.
When those people take any action again, I will be able to locate them. No matter who they are, we have to take Neil’s things back.”
Bethan pursed her lips and nodded. “Okay.”
She was not like her children. She did not believe that Neil was still alive.
However, Nigel was right.
They had to take back what Neil left behind. This was perhaps the last thing she could do for Neil.
In a luxurious five-star hotel in Banyan City.
A cold and handsome-looking child closed his laptop shut. He looked at the woman in front of him calmly.
“I have done according to your request. I have deleted all the videos with the virus.”
The woman smiled. She raised her hands and gently ruffled the boy’s head.
“How obedient.”
The boy’s expressions did not change because of the woman’s affectionate actions. He furrowed his brows.
“Where is Uncle Theo?”
The next evening.
The International Jewelry Design Competition was held at Banyan City’s largest exhibition center, as scheduled.
The moment the doors opened, Bethan and Anne followed the crowd in, all dressed up.
While entering the exhibition center, Anne could not help but purse her lips.
“If I were you, I would definitely not come here. Looking at the woman winning a prize because of your work, won’t you have a heart attack?”
Bethan smiled and walked in with the crowd. She laughed in a suppressed tone.
“If I were to have a heart attack because of this, I would have died many times over ever since coming back to Banyan City.”
Anne could not help but sigh at Bethan’s words. “You really can take it. If I were you, I really would have died many times over.”
Bethan laughed a little but said nothing.
Because they arrived early, so their seat was at the front. It was also more obvious.
Thankfully Bethan was wearing a mask, so no one recognized her as the woman who was being crazily cursed at on the internet a few days ago.
However, the moment Fiona led the team on stage, she immediately noticed Bethan.
Fiona narrowed her eyes and swept Bethan a cold glance.
She had to give it to Bethan. Bethan had such a strong mental fortitude.
If she were Bethan, she would not attend such an unhappy self-humiliating event!
Soon, the competition began.
President Calvin entered with Joey Charles and other internationally-renowned designers.
The competition order was based on a lottery. Unfortunately, Fiona’s team was the last to go on.
Anne sighed and said, “So we have to wait until the end of the competition before we can leave?”
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