Chapter 39 – Divorced! Now What to Do?

Bethan was just a lowly maid. How dare she try to go up against her? She clearly overestimated her abilities!

“Cynthal,

“ Brettley said in a low voice, which brought Cynthal back to the moment. She dimmed the arrogance in her eyes and looked at Brettley obediently. Her voice sounded gentle and humble.

“Brettley, what is it?“ Brettley was aloof toward her enthusiasm.

After a while, he looked at her.

“I do not wish for this to happen again. You’d better watch it.“ Then, he strode and left. Behind him, Lucas looked at Cynthal closely before turning around and following after Brettley.

“Lucas.

“ Back in the car, Brettley was leaning in the backseat. His long, slender fingers were gently rubbing the middle of his brows.

“How long have you been working for me?“

Lucas hesitated for a while. He smiled and said while starting the car,

“Sir, about six years already.“

“Hmm.“ Brettley leaned back and closed his eyes.

“I remember that you have a girlfriend, right?“

“Yes.“ At the mention of his girlfriend, Lucas has much to say about her.

“We were university mates. We have been together for almost eight years already. We recently started talking about marriage.“

“In that case, she should not be your girlfriend but your fiancée.“

Then, Jason smiled coldly and said,

“So, does your fiancée know…that you like Cynthal so much?“ Screech! Lucas almost swerved the car sideways at Brettley’s words. In a state of shock, Lucas stopped the car by the side of the road. He looked at Brettley from the rearview mirror with a pale look.

“Sir, I…“

“Was it really the company that transferred the money to the spammers’ syndicate?“ Brettley did not even open his eyes. His voice was light, but it landed heavily on Lucas.

“I’m sorry.“ Lucas gritted his teeth. He knew that he would not be able to hide this from Brettley. He lowered his head guiltily.

“Please let me explain.“ Brettley opened his eyes and looked at Lucas in the eyes sharply. That look made Lucas’s heart tremble with fear. He took a deep breath and looked at Brettley.

“I was helping Ms. Peterson because I pity her.“

“You pity her?“

“Ms. Peterson is your fiancée.“ Lucas sighed.

“If it were not for desperation, why would she, your fiancée, be so apprehensive toward a maid? She even had to spread rumors to get rid of the maid?“ Brettley looked at Lucas in the rearview mirror and smiled aloofly.

“She is being paranoid, yet she still wants to blame others.”

“Sir, you do not give her enough sense of security.

“ Facing his cold glares, Lucas braced himself and continued,

“Also, Sir, do you not realize? Ever since Ms. Nellie has returned to Blue Bay Villa and Bethan started taking care of her, your attitude towards Ms. Peterson has made a one-hundred-eighty degree turn.

“Sometimes, I even feel that your treatment toward Bethan, a maid that you have only known not long ago, is much better compared to how you treat Cynthal, your fiancée.”

Then, he hesitated.

“Sir, don’t you think that you are a little too nice to Bethan? None of the other maids in Blue Bay Villa has ever been treated this way.”

Brettley raised his eyebrows.

“Is that so?”

“Yes.“ Lucas nodded.

“You have been with Ms. Peterson for so many years, yet you have never bought clothes for her once. But, today, you especially picked two sets of clothes to give to Bethan.

“Last time, no servants in the house would dare to defy you. Those that did would have been fired. However, Bethan has contradicted you so many times, yet you are not mad at her. Neither did you fire her. Also…“

“Enough.“ Brettley coldly pursed his lips. He interrupted Lucas.

“I will pay attention to the distance between her and me in the future.“

Then, Brettley closed his eyes and lazily leaned back.

“Lucas. This is the first mistake you’ve made after working for me for so many years. I ‘ll forgive you for now, but it won’t happen again.“ Lucas was delighted.

“Are you going to pursue this matter?“ He meant Cynthal. Brettley smiled coldly.

“I have my plans.“

The report of the Ferris Wheel incident was not out yet. He could not determine if the incident has to do with Cynthal or not, but the incident that morning would not be forgotten so easily.

“But…“ Lucas wanted to say something else when Brettley suddenly opened his eyes. The temperature in the car dropped to sub-zero. Lucas immediately shut up and started the car. Ever since coming back from Cynthal’s apartment, Bethan has been unhappy. Even Nellie could see that she was not in a good mood.

“Aunty, could you make me some pastries? You’ll feel better eating pastries!

“ Nellie was hugging her stuffed animal in her arms in the living room. She looked at Bethan with her round eyes, her tone cautious. Bethan gently sighed and patted Nellie on the head.

“ I’ll go and make some for you now.“ Then, she went to the kitchen and got busy. Work would make her forget all about her emotions.

Nellie was lying on the sofa looking at Bethan working while sending messages to her brothers. Nellie: (Mommy is in a bad mood. Who did it?] Neil: (Most probably Nigel.] Nellie: (Why?] Neil: (Because Nigel became a spammer and created a program to scold Mommy! ] Nellie: (How horrible!] Nigel: (…] Nellie: (Nigel, don’t worry, hand it to me.

I’ll cheer Mommy up! ] Then, Nellie kept her phone.

She started planning on ways to cheer Bethan up.

However, the mind of the adults was really hard to grasp. Nellie thought that she was doing a good job cheering her Mommy up, but Bethan’s smile was always quite flat. There were still hints of sadness in her eyes.

Nellie tried all ways to cheer Bethan up all the way until before bedtime, but to no avail.

Nellie went to sleep in regret.

After putting Nellie to bed, Bethan received a message.

It was from Nigel. It only wrote, (I’m sorry]. Seeing the message, Bethan became silent. She knew that Nigel sent her this message because he was a spammer and was partly responsible for spreading the rumors and insulting her online, so he was apologizing to her.

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