Soon, the car stopped in front of the kindergarten.
Nellie promised Brettley and Bethan multiple times she would not let any boy have any chances of pursuing her, and Neil promised he would take good care of Nellie. Only then did they get down from the car and head into the kindergarten.
Once the car door was shut, Bethan looked at the back of the two entering the kindergarten and sighed a long sigh. “How worrying.”
Brettley raised his eyebrows. “You know, Nellie is my daughter, ” he sneered. “To those that don’t know this, they might think that Nellie is yours instead.”
Bethan’s eyes dimmed. Then, she laughed gently. “I’ve taken care of Nellie for so long. We have a bond.”
Then, she turned her head and looked out of the window, saying nothing anymore.
“When we reach the company, I’ll let everyone know that you’re with me.”
Brettley calmly swept her a glance. “I ‘m giving you a chance to steal corporate confidential data, but whether you can do that is up to your own abilities. Of course, you have to put on a good act with me. Perhaps, when all things are done, I might even reveal some information to you.”
Bethan inwardly sneered at his words. The Morrison Group’s corporate secrets might be worth millions to him, but to her, it was nothing.
The only thing she missed from him was actually… She thought back about the other night.
Bethan silently recomposed her thoughts and forced herself to stop thinking about them.
“Thank you, Mr. Morrison.”
She smiled. “I ‘ll put on a great act.”
The car arrived at Morrison Group Tower.
Bethan thought that when Brettley wanted to announce her identity in front of everyone, it would be done during the company conference in the morning or at another venue.
What she did not expect was that those from the upper management would arrange themselves at Morrison Group Tower once the car stopped.
All of the staff and executives lined on two sides by the entrance, opening a path in the middle.
Looking out from the car, the two sides of the red carpet were people in black.
This was the first time Bethan saw such a huge ensemble.
She turned back and looked at Brettley in a daze.
“This is how we welcome important guests to the group, ” said Brettley calmly in a low voice. “You’re the first woman of mine to enjoy this.”
Bethan was speechless.
It did not need to be that formal, did it?
At that moment, someone knocked on the car door.
Courtney stood outside with a smile. She was in a pink long dress, her long hair freshly curled with a crystal hairpin to top it off. She looked as exquisite as a fairy tale princess.
She smiled and knocked on the car door. “President Morrison, are you getting out of the car now? Has our guest arrived?”
Brettley swiftly opened the car door. Once the car door opened, Courtney smiled and looked into the car. “Is our guest…”
She stopped midway in her sentence, and the smile on her face froze because behind Brettley was Bethan, who made her incredibly unhappy the day before.
Courtney pursed her lips and recollected herself before she turned to smile at Brettley. “Did you bump into Ms. Bethan on the way, and you kindly give her a ride after that?”
Courtney then shot Bethan a cold gaze. “Ms. Bethan, although you know the president, we have guests today. What are you still staying in the car for? If our guests see you, they’d think that the women of Morrison Group are of your quality.”
Bethan chuckled gently. “Okay, I’ll get out then.”
Just as she was about to get out of the car, Brettley held her back.
He calmly got out of the car and stood next to Courtney, towering over her with his height. Courtney could not help but blush as her heart started to race.
To stand so closely next to him, she was satisfied! Courtney shyly bit her lip. “President, you…”
The next second, Brettley reached out his long arms and immediately lifted Bethan in his arms, much to Courtney’s bewilderment.
Bonnie and Shannon among the crowd were just as shocked –so were the other staff and executives of the Morrison Group.
Even Bethan was so stunned that she could not say anything, nor did she dare struggle. She could only whisper in Brettley’s ears, “What are you trying to do?”
“This is how you should be treated as my woman.”
Brettley smiled and chuckled in a low voice. He carried her and walked past the group, entering the building.
Bethan, who suddenly lost her balance, instinctively hugged Brettley’s neck, her chest pressed against his. She could feel the rhythm of his heartbeat and breathing.
Also… There was that pheromone scent she had been obsessed with for almost ten years.
She lifted her head and eyed his angular jawline.
The surrounding staff gasped. Bethan had never been so much in the limelight.
She hugged Brettley’s neck tightly, unable to comprehend whether she felt pain or misery more.
Back then, she longed for him to treat her so domineeringly yet gentle.
Bethan Peterson loved him for so many years but got nothing from him. Bethan, at that moment, only took two months to get everything she wished for.
Everyone watched as Brettley carried Bethan across the lobby and into the elevator, going up to the President’s office on the top floor.
Everything felt surreal to Bethan the moment her feet landed on the ground. It was like a dream, but a much crueler one.
After all, in the dream, Brettley was carrying Bethan Peterson, but in reality, Brettley was carrying the current Bethan.
“Do I need to give you some time to reminisce?”
Brettley’s low and cold voice pulled Bethan back to reality, and she abruptly came to her senses as she met his cold eyes.
She smiled awkwardly. “I’m just a little taken aback. We’re just putting on an act, but I didn’t expect it to be such a huge one.”
Brettley’s eyes dimmed a little. He did it on purpose.
Since he was putting on an act with Bethan to get Bethan Peterson’s attention so she would return to him as soon as possible, he had to truly make her jealous.
After Bethan Peterson left back then, he went through her computer, diary, and social media. He saw how she said she liked being under the limelight, and she also liked him carrying her proudly as he walked through the crowd.
That was why he deliberately arranged for it that day.
He even got people to take photos to post them on the internet, especially foreign websites. He hoped Bethan Peterson would see it. She must have seen it. She cared about him so much; she would definitely be jealous.
At that thought, he calmly lifted his head and looked at Bethan. “You must know that no matter how big an act we put, the relationship we have is fake.”
Bethan paused for a while before she smiled. “Of course. I know that it’s fake.”
Was any part of Brettley real?
“You can go back to work.”
He lowered his gaze and flipped through the documents in his hands. “If your colleagues ask about this, do you know how to answer?”
“I do.”
When Bethan got back to the design department, the group of designers huddled together to gossip about her in half-whispers.
Upon seeing her return, Bonnie cleared her throat. The crowd instantly dispersed.
One of the colleagues boldly came over and asked, “
Bethan, what relationship do you have with President Morrison?”
“The one you just saw.”
Bethan swiftly arranged the things on her desk. With a smile on her face, she added, “He carried me to work. What do you think? “
“But, ” that person paused for a while. “All these years, President Morrison has always been deeply in love with his wife. His love for his wife is as deep as the ocean. Aren’t you afraid that President Morrison will treat you as a…substitute?”
Upon those words, everyone’s interest was piqued. They tried to listen as closely as possible.
Everyone seemed to hold their breath, afraid they would miss out on the gossip of the century.
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