Chapter 29 – Divorced! Now What to Do?

He had watched the surveillance video: The little boy went straight for the main control room after Nellie had an accident. When he found that the door of the main control room could not be opened, he used the two security guards who had gone up the stairs to achieve his goal without hesitation. This little boy’s wit and ability to react to changes even

surpassed many adults.

“Why do you have to know?”

Neil took a sip of orange juice to conceal his panic.

“Are you trying to steal my tricks and do good deeds like me in the future?”

The little guy’s tone of serious ridicule amused Brettley.

“Why are your mannerisms so adult-like?”

He was so mature that he did not seem like a six-year-old child. Neil looked at him and frowned, thinking for a while.

“Maybe it’s because my father died early; the grass on his grave was already two -feet -tall before I was born. That’s why I matured early.”

When the little guy said this, he was smiling. No matter how hard he tried, Brettley found his words awkward, but he just could not put a finger on why it sounded like that. He turned his head and looked at this child who was as old as Nellie, trying to comfort him,

“Your dad will turn into a star and look over you in the sky.”

He had no experience, but in the American dramas Lucas watched, people seemed to comfort little kids like this. Neil rolled his eyes silently. Did that not sound too old-fashioned? He shrugged.

“Forget it. If my scumbag father turned into a star and looked down at me from the sky, I might not dare to go out at night.”

“I’ll be disgusted to death.”

Brettley was stunned. How come he felt that this child grew particularly rude every time he mentioned his father? Was it because children who lacked their father’s love were particularly vulnerable? Inexplicably, he thought of Nellie—she was already six years old. In the six years before she returned to him, did she live as a fatherless child, too? He coughed slightly.

“Life without your father…is it very tough?”

“Not really.”

Neil curled his lips and smiled evilly at Brettley.

“A scumbag like him, the sooner he dies, the better. Although I’m his son, I also want to rid society of a bane like him.”

The line baffled Brettley.

They could not continue the conversation any further. Seeing that the atmosphere was about to grow cold, Neil reluctantly gave face to him.

“What are you asking me this?”

”

I just want to know that for a child like you, who lived without a father suddenly found one, what do you hope he’ll do for you?”

In the past, Brettley was such a cold and distant person that he barely even talked to his friends. He did not know why, but it felt like he had seen this little boy before, inexplicably wanting to get close to him and chat with him.

Neil rolled his eyes and guessed that Brettley asked him this question because of Nellie.

Did this scumbag want to make it up to Nellie? The little guy frowned and thought of what Nellie had said to him.

“Neil, if you return to Daddy, what do you want Daddy to do for you? I hope that Daddy will be like Mommy and cook me delicious food. Like Mommy comb my hair, pick out my clothes, and also tell me a bedtime story like Mommy!

“ Neil hesitated for a while and removed the girly ‘hair-combing’ as he answered,

“I hope my father can cook for me, pick out my clothes for me, and tell me bedtime stories.”

Brettley raised his eyebrows.

“Do you still need someone to tell you a bedtime story?”

This little boy was mature enough to tell other children a bedtime story.

“Of course I want to listen to bedtime stories! ”

Neil was upset.

“I’m still a child! You can’t ignore the fact that I ‘m only six years old just because I ‘m smart, resourceful, cute, and handsome!

“ Brettley had no comment on that.

“Okay.”

The man wrote down Neil’s requests in his mobile phone and asked Lucas to pay their bill. Glancing at the already pitch-dark sky, Brettley stood up.

“It’s getting late. Should I send you home?”

Neil glanced at Zach who was lying on the table and then at Yuri who stood in the distance, afraid to come over.

“Okay.“

Brettley led him into the car.

“You saved my daughter, and I should thank you. What would you like as a token of my gratitude?”

”

It’s fine.”

Neil waved his hand. ”

It’s enough that you provide work for my two brothers here.”

With that, he looked out the car window.

“I do hope you’ll thoroughly investigate this matter and teach the people behind it a lesson. Fulfill your responsibilities as a father and take good care of your daughter.”

The little boy’s words silenced Brettley for a long time. He never expected that he would be rendered speechless by a six-year-old boy one day. It did not take long for the car to reach

the address Neil gave him. As the car rolled to a stop, the little boy got out of the car, said goodbye to Brettley, and entered the apartment complex. Once the car was out of sight, he wriggled out of the building, walked to the housing area opposite, took out his key, and opened the door. In the master bedroom, Anne was already asleep. Neil quietly crept into his bedroom.

“Nigel,

“ he phoned Nigel as he laid on his bed.

“I found out that the scumbag isn’t as bad as I thought.

On the other side of the phone, Nigel laid in his hospital bed as he held a mobile phone in one hand and the IV catheter in his other hand, busily pumping blood into his veins.

“If he had no good qualities at all, Mommy wouldn’t like him that much. Neil nodded.

“You’re right.

“Even if he has some good qualities, though, he’s still a scumbag! He’s nothing compared to our godfather!

“ Late at night. Blue Bay Villa fell into silence. After putting Nellie to sleep, Bethan walked out of her daughter’s room with light feet. Although the little girl was always calm and composed, she was so frightened after what happened that she could not sleep at night. Bethan put in a lot of effort but failed to make her fall asleep. In the end, she could only promise Nellie that when she woke up tomorrow morning, she would show her the album that had her old photos. Only then did the little girl finally fall asleep, the promise of tomorrow filling her mind. The album that Bethan promised to show Nellie was the one she left in the attic when she married Brettley. She did not know if it remained there. The woman took a deep breath and made sure that everyone in the villa was asleep before she tiptoed to the door of the study, turned on the light, and climbed up to the attic. The attic was full of dust, and it looked like it had not been cleaned for many years.

Bethan switched on her flashlight and flipped through the dust for a long time before she found the photo album at last. Dusting off the cover, she opened the album gently. The photo album was of Bethan’s youthful and innocent appearance when she was 16. She raised her hand and gently stroked the face of the woman in the photo album as emotions welled in her chest. She had not met Brettley yet when she took the photos in this photo album, and she did not know that there was a man that could not be warmed in this world, no matter how hard she fanned and showered him with her love. She sat on the floor as gazed at herself in the album. Without realizing it, her mind drifted…until the door of the study room suddenly opened!

Clap!

A tall figure appeared at the door. As soon as Brettley opened the door, he saw the woman sitting on the ladder. She was sitting on a chair with a photo album on her lap, looking at the contents of the photo album. She was wearing a pale -yellow nightdress, and her long curly hair languidly spread out, hanging at her waist, making her look even more slender and petite.

Under the dim light, her freely hanging legs looked sexy and charming, but on her small, fair feet, she was wearing the same cartoon plush slippers as Nellie. The man’s roaming eyes paused. This woman, she was still awake in the middle of the night, striking such a pose in his study, was she trying to seduce him? She almost died during the day, and yet now that night had fallen, she still harbored such intentions! Thinking of this, his expression turned cold. He walked over and asked,

“What are you doing?”

Her position on the ladder was shaky and unstable, and she was looking at the photo album in a trance. She was so shocked by his arrival that her hands shook and the photo album in her hands slipped out of her grip. At that moment, she quickly reached out and grabbed the album, her body falling forward. Brettley frowned, almost instinctively, he stretched out his arm to catch her.

“Boom!

“ The two fell to the ground together. Bethan didn’t expect Brettley to appear suddenly, let alone save her when she fell. She looked at the man who was crushed under her in astonishment. This was the first time she has observed Brettley from such a close range since she came back. His facial features remained harsh and delicate, but he looked tougher and more manly compared to

five years ago. She stared at him, lost for a moment. Brettley lay on the ground, the fragrance from her body attacked his nostrils, for a moment, he was inexplicably confused.

After a while, the man’s low-pitched voice rang out indifferently,

“You still don’t want to get up?”

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