She took a deep breath and suppressed her emotions. “I understand. I don’t have any news about Cynthal at the moment. Once I do, I ’11 notify you at once. Neil, please send Aunty Natasha off.”
Neil looked at Bethan’s terribly pale face, and his heart broke.
He jumped down from the sofa and quickly ran to the door to open it. “Aunty Natasha, please leave.”
Natasha furrowed her brows as she eyed the adorable-looking Neil. Truthfully, she did not really want to leave. “Didn’ t you just passionately invite me in? Why are you getting rid of me now?”
Bethan eyed Natasha coldly. “Didn’t you refuse to come in just now?”
Natasha was at a loss for words.
Not long after, she sighed, picked her handbag up, and left.
Slam!
The door was shut.
The moment Natasha left, Bethan could no longer hold back her tears as they streamed down her face.
She always prioritized family relationships. She blamed herself for not contacting her family when she was overseas.
Even before, she knew Natasha would misunderstand her, and she blamed it on them being apart for a long time.
When she heard Natasha say she was not upset at all after she went missing, however, Bethan’s eyes were opened. No one liked her from the start.
No one.
Her family, her lover… They only loved Cynthal.
“Mommy, you still have the three of us. “
Bethan did not know when it was that Nia1 stood behind her.
He reached out and grabbed Bethan’s finger, his voice weak but determined, “We’ll always be your shield.”
Once she turned around to hug Neil, Bethan shut her eyes and cried silently.
That night, she slept under the care of Neil. Neil once said that men were born to take care of women.
He was so mature that Bethan did not want to continue being vulnerable.
The next morning, when Bethan just woke up, Lucas brought men over and knocked on her door.
“Ms. Bethan. “
Lucas, who always called her by name, was suddenly polite to her. “Mr. Morrison’s car is downstairs. Why don’t you and Young Master Neil with Mr. Morrison now? We’ll get people to pack your things up and send them to Blue Bay Villa.”
Bethan hesitated a little. “Okay.”
She turned to look at Neil, whose expression was unreadable. He smiled at Bethan brightly before he looked up at Lucas. “What about Nellie?”
“She’s waiting for you all in the car, too.”
“That’s great! “
Neil exhaled deeply. He picked up his jacket and bag. Then, he pulled Bethan along and headed out. “Let’s go, Mommy! “
Walking behind Neil, she looked at her son’s adorable head. She could not help but ask in a soft voice, “Why are you not asking me what’s going on?”
She initially wanted to talk to Neil about the matters with Brettley once she returned home the night before, but Natasha’s appearance completely messed up her thoughts.
She never thought that Neil would not be hostile toward Brettley’s sudden arrival.
“Nigel told me everything,” said Neil in a half- whisper. “Just do what you want to do, Mommy. If it’s nothing too dangerous, we’ll always support you.”
His words warmed her heart to the core.
Bethan pursed her lips and grabbed Neil’s hand tightly.
Brettley’s car was parked downstairs quietly as they got down. A luxurious car appearing in a normal part of the neighborhood made the neighbors come out to have a look.
“My brother! “
Seeing Bethan and Neil walking over from the distance, Nellie excitedly got down from the car and ran over to them quickly.
After such a long time, she could finally call Neil her brother openly!
She pounced on the helpless Neil as she embraced him tightly.
He helplessly sighed. “Okay, okay. We see each other every day. Why are you so excited?”
“Oh… “
Nellie pouted. She forced herself in between Bethan and Neil, holding their hands as they walked to the car.
Brettley, who was sitting in the backseat, furrowed his brows at this scene. He suddenly had a feeling.
Why did Nellie also look like Bethan’s child?
Neil, Nellie, and Bethan got into the car.
Neil sat at the front passenger seat while Bethan and Nellie got in the back, sitting next to Brettley.
Brettley elegantly leaned against the leather seat with a faint smile. “I suddenly realized that Nellie looks a little like you, too.”
Bethan’s body suddenly stiffened, and Nellie’s expressions changed slightly as well.
“All beautiful women look alike.”
Neil, in the passenger seat in front, buckled his seat belt and leaned back elegantly.
“Beautiful people all look alike, but the ugly ones are ugly in their ways.”
Neil’s nonchalant words made Lucas almost laugh out loud.
Bethan and Nellie were also relieved.
Brettley, on the other hand, chuckled a little. “That’s true, but…”
Brettley casually swept a glance at Bethan. “Nellie still looks like my wife, Bethan Peterson.”
Bethan recollected herself and smiled at him. “Of course.”
She looked completely different from her past self, after all.
“Nellie, did that boy who gave you the lollipop in the morning look for you again in the afternoon?”
The atmosphere in the car gradually became awkward, so Neil calmly started gossiping.
Nellie shook her head a little. “No. He wants me to be his girlfriend. I didn’t say yes.”
Brettley and Bethan furrowed their brows at the same time upon those words.
They seemed to have forgotten their past topic as they lowered their gaze and looked at Nellie in unison.
“A boy pursued you with a lollipop?”
“How could you have a boyfriend in kindergarten?”
Nellie suddenly felt a huge pressure on her. She glared at Neil grumpily via the rearview mirror before she slowly explained to Brettley and Bethan.
“Well, I…”
The journey from Bethan’s house to the kindergarten was at least more than lo minutes. During that time, Nellie kept explaining about the incident yesterday in an attempt to pacify Brettley and Bethan.
Neil, on the other hand, lazily leaned back at the passenger seat in front and enjoyed the sun.
He would occasionally joke around with Lucas. “The weather today is great.”
Lucas helplessly shrugged. “You know how to find things for them to talk about.”
Neil winked at Lucas. “Isn’t this better than discussing who Nellie looks like more?”
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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