Cynthal narrowed her eyes.
The situation was chaotic yesterday so she paid no attention to the woman’s appearance. As she was up close to her at this moment, however, she found her face to be flawless as if it was carved by an artist.
“You’re pretty, but you should also know that Brettley is my fiance. I advise you not to set your sights on him so shamelessly!”
Bethan smiled. Did she consider the fact that Brettley was her husband when she hooked up with him? With their roles switched, she had the guts to warn her not to be shameless? If this was being shameless, then Cynthal’s honor and pride were long gone! At that thought, she bore into Cynthal’s eyes coldly.
“Then, what if I insist? What can you do to me?”
She raised her eyes and glanced at the blazing sun in the sky.
“Can you kill me right now, in broad daylight?”
“That’s impossible,”
sneered Cynthal as she revealed a voice recorder from her pocket.
“You’re not the only one who can record things”
Bethan’s gaze narrowed. What a fast learner.
“I’m going to play this recording for Brettley now. You just wait to be fired!”
With that, she returned to her car with a smug expression on her face, started the engine, and drove away, leaving Bethan standing with a frown. She did not expect Cynthal would come up with such a trick and go to Brettley with the recording.
Still, it did not matter. Everything had just begun, and Brettley did not trust her much, anyway. …… Cynthal took the recorder and went to Brettley’s office in a frantic manner. In the office, a man was holding a transnational international conference facing the computer.
“Brettley!”
No matter how Lucas tried to stop her, Cynthal still managed to barge in. She rushed in regardless.
“I knew there was something wrong with the maid the moment I saw her in your house yesterday! I got the evidence after all!”
The man scrunched his eyebrows, his voice as cold as his eyes, making it difficult for everyone in the room to breathe.
“Get out.”
“Brettley, I…”
She wanted to continue, but the voices of the executives in the company blared from the computer,
“Mr. Morrison, if it’s inconvenient for you now, we can discuss it next time.”
Cynthal realized. Had she…interrupted Brettley’s work?
“We’ll discuss it next time.”
The man turned off the computer with a cold expression on his face and looked up at Cynthal’s pale face.
“Talk.”
Cynthal pursed her lips and pressed the play button on the recorder hesitantly.
“I advise you not to set your sights on Brettley shamelessly!”
“Then, what if I insist?”
“What can you do to me?”
“Can you kill me right now, in broad daylight?”
… After the recording ended, Cynthal looked at him righteously.
“Brettley, this woman who’s taking care of Nellie is selfish. She has ill intentions toward you! Didn’t you say you won’t allow any suspicious
characters to stay by your side for too long?”
The woman bit her lip and softly added,
“Although she does her best with Nellie, she doesn’t genuinely like her. Such a person can’t stay.”
“I know.”
Brettley leaned back in his chair lazily.
“But Nellie is very dependent on her now. She’s just returned to me, and I don’t want her to be unhappy. Besides, she takes care of Nellie quite thoughtfully.”
Cynthal fell silent for a while.
“Actually…I can take care of Nellie. No matter what, Nellie is my sister’s daughter, and we’re still related by blood…”
“You, taking care of her?”
Brettley curled his lips and smiled mockingly.
“How would you care for her with your slaps?”
The warm words that she had prepared were forced back down her throat. After a while, the woman sniffed,
“Brettley, about yesterday, I know that you misunderstood… But at first, I really didn’t know that Nellie was you and my sister’s child. I thought she was a fake, so I hit her…”
With that said, she even lowered her head and shed tears.
“I’m her aunt anyway, so even if I made a mistake because of a misunderstanding, you can’t do this…
“If my sister was still alive, she’d choose to let me, her Aunt, take care of Nellie instead of letting a conspiring stranger…”
Her sobs were extremely loud and extremely fake, and it somewhat upset Brettley. The man glanced at her.
“There have always been many who harbor ill intentions toward me,”
he scoffed.
“When I first got together with Bethan, didn’t you also hide a hidden agenda? Didn’t I allow you to stay?”
With his words, Cynthal’s tears stopped immediately. She opened her mouth and attempted to say something, but nothing came out. When he mentioned this incident, she knew it proved that Brettley would not act according to her wishes. After a long while, Cynthal sighed, turned, and left in frustration.
“Sir.”
After Cynthal left, Lucas knocked on the door and came in, placing a thick document in front of Brettley.
“This information on her was all collected abroad.”
His slim fingers flipped open the document.
“It seems that Bethan’s information was real.”
Lucas lowered his head and explained softly,
“She had indeed grown up, studied, and worked abroad, and just returned home a few days ago. However, Bethan was a senior jewelry designer when she was living abroad, and though she wasn’t considered a master, she was still good enough.
“Why would such a person come back here and be willing to come work for us as a maid for the Little Princess Nellie?”
Brettley narrowed his eyes. This file about Bethan was very detailed. Too detailed. It was so detailed that even important witnesses in each stage of her life were clearly marked out, but the more perfect it was, the more it seemed to conceal something deliberately. The man frowned slightly.
“Continue investigating. She said she’s short on money, but her annual salary as a designer abroad was quite substantial. She isn’t low on money nor is she a superficial woman.”
The man put his hands together and looked into the distance, gaze cold and indifferent.
“If her aim in approaching me is just me personally, then it’s fine.
“I’m afraid…”
He was afraid she had other goals. He always knew this woman named Bethan was not a simple character.
There were ten pages of information on Bethan.
Brettley studied the document for a long time but found no flaws in them. Mildly annoyed, he got up and went to the bathroom.
“Okay, you’ll have to take care over there.”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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