Chapter 60 – Divorced! Now What to Do?

“I never knew that you have such a strong grip on m y great-granddaughter.” When Nellie’s cries were far away, Granny Morrison harrumphed. She sat by the side.

“But the more you’re like that, the more I can’t let you stay. If you can get my great-granddaughter to listen to you, you can get her to go up against us.” Granny Morrison’s tone was filled with detest.

“Who knows what atrocious things you would come up with once you have a standing in our family.” Bethan smiled faintly.

“You’re overthinking this.”

“I only like Nellie.”

“You like her?” Granny Morrison harrumphed coldly.

” More like her dad! When I still didn’t know of Nellie’s existence, I didn’t know you were so manipulative. Using Nellie’s love and reliance for you to live in Blue Bay Villa without any holdbacks. You pacify Nellie on one side while seducing Brettley on the other. You have a beautiful face yet an ugly heart!

” Bethan had long guessed that Granny Morrison would say that. She gently chuckled.

“Granny Morrison, your deduction is pretty logical, but it’s all wrong, sadly.”

Bethan then eyed the necklace on Granny Morrison’s neck.

“Ms. Peterson gave you more gifts?” The necklace this time was the same series as the previous one. Of course, it was fake as well.

Granny Morrison rolled her eyes coldly at Bethan.

“Cynthal gave this to me. She has such a good eye for things like these. Much better than you! More importantly, Cynthal is Nellie’s blood -related aunt ! You’ll never be able to compete with that ! If I had to pick between you and Cynthal, I’d pick Cynthal to be my granddaughter- in-law in a heartbeat.” Then, Granny Morrison harrumphed.

“As for you, you should know your place. You only headed to Blue Bay Villa to deliberately get close to Nellie and Brettley just because of money, right? If one million isn’t enough for you, name your price, but don’t be too greedy.” Bethan, on the bed, looked at Granny Morrison’s necklace and laughed gently.

“Yes. One can’t be too greedy. It doesn’t mean that the more million-dollar necklaces you have, the better, doesn’t it?” With furrowed brows, Granny Morrison could no longer tolerate Bethan’s mocking tone anymore and hid the necklace under her clothes.

“Don’t change the topic! How much to get you to leave?” Bethan shut her eyes and sighed. After a while, she opened them.

“I’ll leave, but I don’t want your money. I have a request.”

“What is it?”

“I want to leave after your birthday banquet.” She knew that she could not be Brettley’s maid for too long. First, this was not part of her plan. Second, living under the close scrutiny of Brettley, she would one day expose herself. Brettley had already suspected her in the intensive care unit a moment ago.

However, even if she wanted to leave, she had to wait until the birthday banquet, when Brettley announced Nellie’s identity to the family. Only then would she be relieved. If Brettley openly announced that Nellie was his daughter, Cynthal would not be able to do things to her so easily. After all, if anything were to happen to Nellie, Cynthal would be the first suspect. She would not be so dumb as to let other people know how cruel she was. Granny Morrison sneered,

“Deal.” A thought then occurred to her.

“Cynthal is going to give me Mr. Y’s most precious jewelry during my birthday banquet, so it’s good that you stay back. You can see what invaluable means. I hope by then you’d still have the guts to call them fake.” Bethan smiled.

“Sure.” She wanted to see how pretentious Cynthal could be. Also, it was about time to settle everything with Cynthal!

When Granny Morrison left, Nellie came running into Bethan’s ward. She locked the door and buried herself in Bethan’s arms sobbing, aggrieved.

“Mommy, I don’t want to be away from you. Please don’t agree with Great-Granny. I’ll try to find a way to let you stay!

” Bethan shook her head helplessly.

“Don’t waste your effort on this.” She cupped Nellie’s face.

“You have to grow up eventually, right?” Nellie sobbed but said nothing.

“Don’t worry, I won’t let you be in any danger. When things are settled after a few days, you can safely stay with the Morrisons. Although there are many terrible things about your father, he treats you well, and that goes for your Great-Granny, too. I can see she loves you a lot.” Nellie bit her lip in dissatisfaction.

“She doesn’t love me! If she did, why would she not let you stay with m e?”

“Because she’s an adult, so she has more concerns.” Bethan, in fact, understood where Granny Morrison was coming from. After all, Nellie was the precious daughter of the Morrison family. If such a precious baby relied so much on a maid, no one in the family would accept that.

“I don’t care. I just don’t like her.” Nellie pouted capriciously.

“If she dares to get rid of you, I won’t be friendly to her next time!”

Seeing how stubborn Nellie was, Bethan sighed. She could only comfort Nellie before she eventually persuaded the girl to leave. It was already dark when Nellie left. The nurse brought dinner in. After placing her dinner right in front of Bethan, the nurse took the remote control out and turned on the television.

” Are you bored here?” Bethan ignored and smiled. She lifted her head and saw Cynthal’s pretentious face on the television. Cynthal was smiling at the camera.

“There are rumors online that my fiancé Brettley Morrison is unconscious, and I ‘d like to announce that those rumors aren’t true. He’s a busy and mysterious person, after all. Rumors saying that he’s lying in the hospital are undeserving. Of course, our relationship has always been great. The marriage is ongoing.”

“By the way.” Facing the reporter’s camera, Cynthal showed off the ring on her right ring finger.

“Brettley gave me this two days ago.”

The reporters who knew what it was looked at her with widened eyes.

“This is one of the two Mr. Y custom -made rings!”

“It was sold at a sky—high price overseas! Who would’ve thought Ms. Peterson would have one!”

“Looks like it was Mr. Morrison who bought them…” Bethan swept a glance at the ring on the television as she ate her dinner. The ring on Cynthal’s finger was undeniably a fake. The real one was with Malcolm Quinn. If Cynthal dared to show the ring in such a high-profile manner, that meant that the deal with Malcolm had been made. Not only did she buy the fake Stargazing series, but she also got the ring. Bethan was lucky. Among the materials that Malcolm sent her, she should be able to make a new ring. At that thought, Bethan took her phone and sent Neil a message. At first, Neil checked up on her agitatedly, then he got serious. (The fire nearly burnt down everything, and the furniture is basically gone. Godmom previously said that this belonged to her relatives. After the fire, she told me that she bought the house with her savings and decided to give you the house, so we don’t have to pay for the house. The things that we brought back from overseas are all gone, though. The sketches that you asked for had been burnt, too, but I could get an electronic copy from Uncle Malcolm. I could print it out for you.] At that, Neil took a deep breath. (Mommy, what should we do next? Because of the fire, I had no choice but to let the scumbag know that you’re my mother. We have to be careful when we deal with him in the future.)

Neil was only six, yet he spoke like a mature 26-year- old.

Bethan sighed gently and replied, (I’ve decided to leave Blue Bay Villa after Granny Morrison’s birthday banquet (Are you going to let Nellie stay back?] (Yes.] (We’ll have to deal with Cynthal Peterson first, then.]

Neil replied quickly, (I got Zach to gather important evidence. Even if the scumbag isn’t going to do anything, I’ll take these to the police. Cynthal is going to jail for a few years]. Bethan sighed. Her son was always so mature and understanding. (Try to comfort Nellie these few days; she doesn’t want me to leave her. Since you were the one to suggest her going back to Brettley, you should take responsibility for this.] Neil was silent for a long time before he eventually brought up that Anne had returned to end their conversation. After a long while, Bethan’s phone rang once again. This time, it was a message from Nigel.

(Mommy, I’ll deal with Nellie. She listens most to me. Just handle the Cynthal matter with Neil.] Nigel rarely sent messages to Bethan. Looking at the text in her phone, Bethan sighed. (Thank you.]

(No worries.] Nigel sighed. (Mommy, I personally don’t care if I could live for many years, but I’m worried for you. I’m worried for Neil and Nellie, too. You’ve been hurt so badly, yet you refused help from Uncle Malcolm. I’m afraid you won’t be happy in the future. Neil is too reckless. Although he’s smart, he doesn’t see the big picture. He’ll be at a disadvantage sooner or later.] (Nellie is also too capricious and emotional. She always likes to throw a tantrum. I’m worried for the three of you, and that’s my motivation to live on, but if all of you are unhappy because you want to save me, I’d rather die.] Bethan shut her eyes and was silent for a long time.

(Don’t think too much. I’ll find a way to cure you. All of us will be happy.] Bethan felt out of breath after she sent the text. The room was too suffocating. Bethan hesitated for a while, then she got down the bed. She pushed the door open and walked out. The hospital at night was not as noisy compared to daytime. It was terrifyingly quiet. In a striped hospital gown, Bethan walked aimlessly around the corridors. Unknowingly, she walked to where Brettley was. Through the window, she saw Brettley. With an IV drip still sending fluids into his body, he went through a document seriously in his other hand. From Bethan’s angle, she could see his angular side profile. It was cold, regal, charming, and mature. Looking at him, Bethan could not help but think of the first time they met. Even if she did not love him anymore at that moment, she could not deny that Brettley looked just like the man of her dreams. Just when she was looking at Brettley’s side profile in a daze, Lucas said faintly from beside her,

“Bethan, Sir is asking you to go in.” Stunned, Bethan immediately came to her senses. When she looked once again, Brettley was still looking at the documents in his hand. Noticing her gaze, he stopped what he was doing and looked at Bethan. His lips moved a little.

“Come in,” he seemed to say to her.

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