Bethan furrowed her brows hard.
They had reached this point already. Why was Brettley still pretending to be a gentleman? Nonetheless, it was better than nothing.
To be by his side in this identity was much better than being his maid.
She took a deep breath, smiled, and looked at him.
“Okay.”
Seeing her smile, Brettley lowered his eyes and continued the work in his hands.
“I’ll get Lucas to send someone to fetch you and Neil to stay at Blue Bay Villa. I’ll also announce that you’re my new girlfriend outside. Get ready.”
Perhaps Bethan Peterson would not show herself because his ex-fiancée was Cynthal Peterson?
If he were to change it to Bethan, she should react to it at least.
Bethan looked up and asked calmly, “Will it be on TV? “
“Yes.”
Brettley swept her a glance. “If I’m not going to spread it out far and wide so that Bethan Peterson will see, why am I cooperating with you then?”
“Then, please play it on repeat at the mental asylum.”
Bethan smiled and looked at him. “If Mr. Morrison won’t heed my advice on how to punish Cynthal, I’m sure you’d be able to agree to such a simple request, right?”
Brettley’s hand paused a little while he flipped through the documents. He looked at her as his eyes turned rather cold. “How did you know?”
The news to the outside world was that Cynthal was studying in Ausland.
“This is a problem for you to think about, Mr. Morrison.”
Bethan gracefully turned and opened the door. “Are all your guards that trustworthy?”
If no one was an inside-man to Cynthal, how could she have possibly asked Natasha for help three times?
Upon hearing Bethan’s words, Brettley frowned hard at Bethan’s words, and it was after she left that he picked up the phone and got Lucas to enter.
“Change the guards guarding Cynthal.”
Lucas was stunned. “Did they do something wrong?” “You can consider it so.”
Brettley calmly leafed through the documents. “After changing them, let it be known that we need two among the previous guards who looked after Cynthal to help out again. Keep an eye on the two who applied first. Then, do a background check on them.”
Lucas paused for a while; he understood what Brettley was trying to do. He took a deep breath and was about to turn and leave.
“Hold on.”
Brettley pointed at the documents entirely soaked with dirty water. “Get someone to dry them, then get the experts to compare the writing once more.”
Lucas was taken aback. “It’s already in such a…bad state. I doubt the experts can do anything about it, can they?”
Brettley flatly looked at Lucas. “They’ll know how to.”
Whether it was hallucinations or whatever it was, Brettley felt that though the writings were smeared, they…looked even similar to Bethan Peterson’s handwriting.
“Courtney, stop crying.”
When Bethan returned to the design department and entered, she saw a group of designers surrounding Courtney with Shannon taking the lead, comforting Courtney.
With the spotlight on her, Courtney, like a princess, whimpered as she wiped her tears, “I genuinely didn’t do it on purpose. The president wants me to apologize to Bethan, so here I am. When is she coming back?”
Shannon sighed. She wiped Courtney’s tears away while grumbling, “Wait a little longer. That woman i s very manipulative. She hasn’t been back for a long time. She must be out there, seducing the president.”
Her words made Courtney cry even louder.
Courtney was crying so badly she had to gasp for air. “It’s also my first day here at work. I’ve been working very hard and did nothing wrong. I only thought that she looked pretty. The president isn’t the only one who likes her–I like her, too! That was why I went over to sit next to her. I was too nervous, and that’s why I spilled my cup of coffee and ruined her work. I swear I didn’t mean to do it. I don’t know why the president would be so angry…”
Courtney sobbed as she wiped her tears, “Do you guys think she’ll forgive me?”
“No, she won’t.”
A cold woman’s voice suddenly rang through.
Everyone immediately looked up.
Bethan’s slender and tall figure slowly sauntered into the office. “Girl, your acting skills aren’t bad. You could cry on cue. If you were to enter into the entertainment world, you’d probably go far.”
Bethan’s frigid voice coupled with her aloof aura made her look distant yet graceful.
Everyone was stunned.
Courtney was stunned, too, but she came to her senses after a while.
“Bethan, I didn’t do it on purpose. Honest.”
She sniffled as she stood up. “You’re too pretty. I accidentally did it because I was too nervous when I was next to you. Can you forgive me? The president wants me to apologize to you and get your forgiveness. Otherwise, I’ll…”
The more she spoke, the more aggrieved she was. She could not help but cry out loud, “Otherwise, I’ll have to be reviewed at the company conference tomorrow, and if I make another mistake, they’ll fire me! But, I didn’t make such a serious mistake like you. I only did it by accident…”
Courtney’s pitiful look broke Shannon’s heart, and the latter glared at Bethan. “She didn’t do it on purpose. Why are you not forgiving her? How long are you planning to drag this out? Courtney is my junior. If you want to continue working under the Morrison Group as a designer, you’ll forgive her right now! Otherwise, I’ll make it hard for you, too! “
Bethan raised her eyebrows.
She gracefully sat down at her desk. She lazily placed her long legs on her desk then picked up a document by the side and flipped through it. She sneered and said, “Wow, so you’re threatening me with my work? No wonder the Morrison Group’s jewelry has no stunning designs all these years. It turns out you spent all your energy on things like this.”
Bethan’s words made Shannon’s face turn blue.
Shannon could no longer maintain her elegant and graceful look. She immediately scolded Bethan, “Who the hell do you think you are? How dare you lecture me? Do you know anything about jewelry or design? How dare you comment on our design department? You’re nothing but an intern. What do you know? Do you think you’re the famed jewelry designer Moon? Do you think your words hold any weight?”
Bethan cocked her brows slightly, rather surprised when she heard her previous alias brought up.
“Bethan.”
Courtney sniffled and walked over humbly from the distance. She said with reddened eyes, “Can you forgive me? If you don’t forgive me, I won’t be able to answer to the president.”
“Sure, I’ll forgive you, ” sneered Bethan and pointed at Shannon. “You get her to prostrate herself three hundred times in front of me.”
Shannon’s eyes widened in fury. “Dream on! ” “You guys can dream on too, then.”
Bethan lowered her gaze and looked at the time before packing her things. “I’m done for the day. Bye! “
Bethan then sashayed away, leaving the group of designers glaring at her.
Bonnie, who watched the whole thing go down, immediately chased after Bethan, who waited at the bus stop for a bus.
“You’re amazing! “
Bonnie ran a little over and tapped Bethan on the shoulder. “You’re the first person I’ve met that could make them shut up! “
Bethan looked at the bus in the distance. “Is that so? “
“Yeah.”
Bonnie sighed. “Shannon has a bond with President Morrison’s grandmother. She was the one that got Shannon this job, so Shannon has been lording over everyone ever since. Shannon thinks that
President Morrison is filial, that he won’t say no to his grandmother, so she gets more and more arrogant. She doesn’t even respect his previous fiancée, Cynthal Peterson! “
Then, Bonnie carefully looked at Bethan’s face. “Do you know Cynthal? She is President Morrison’s previous fiancée, and she– “
“The bus is here, “
Bethan flatly interrupted. “I’ll be heading out now.”
Bonnie’s words were stuck in her throat. When she came to her senses, Bethan was already on the bus, and she could only watch as the bus left with clenched fists.
She could tell Bethan had something to do with Brettley Morrison. As long as she got closer to her, she would be able to find out where Cynthal hid herself sooner or later.
Bonnie closed her eyes. A man’s figure appeared on her mind.
“Don’t worry, Brother. I’ll avenge you…”
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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