You gave me a good idea.”
With that, she sucked in a deep breath and turned to leave.
“Where are you going?”
Looking at her retreating back, Nellie frowned, and hurriedly walked to the corridor with her short legs.
“I’ll go home now.”
Bethan paused and smiled at her. “We will meet again soon! “
Will we meet again soon?
Nellie sighed, her father’s words from last night ringing in her ears.
She realized she still had other things she had yet to tell her mother.
For instance, when Daddy said he did not really want to protect that evil Aunt Cynthal; it was just a method to force Mommy to come back to him.
The little girl sighed silently.
She knew she was the only one who would believe this, if she told Mommy, Mommy would definitely say that it was just Daddy’s excuse.
But she did not believe it was just an excuse. When Daddy said that yesterday, she could read the sincerity in his eyes, it was exactly like the look in her two brothers’ eyes!
She was willing to believe Daddy’s words, she also believed, with time, Mommy would believe him too!
It just was not the right time yet.
After leaving Blue Bay Villa, Bethan took a taxi and went straight to Anne’s house.
Since the apartment Anne had found for her and Neil was burned down by Cynthal, she could only stay with Anne now for the time being.
“Bethan, don’t be sad.”
Anne placed a plate of cleanly washed fruit in front of Bethan, then sat down beside her and patted her shoulder comfortingly. “After the birthday party, Neil and even Nigel, who’s so far away, told me everything about your family situation. Don’t give up, there’s always a way!”
Bethan nodded, smiling bitterly as she picked up a cherry tomato. ” I’m sorry, Anne. For not telling you about my past before.”
“What’s there to be sorry about?”
Anne smiled. “With a past as sad as yours, if it was up to me, I wouldn’t want to talk about it either. And…
Anne pushed Bethan’s shoulder playfully, a smile on her face. “If you told me before that you are Brettley’s ex-wife, I would definitely think you were bragging! You know, Brettley and us, we don’t belong to the same world. Since the day I heard his name, he has been standing on a pedestal, all I could do is look up to him…”
Bethan pursed her lips, listening to Anne, mixed emotions broiling in her chest.
Anne was right.
She and Brettley never belonged to the same world.
All those years ago, she did not know the cruel realities of the world and insisted on marrying him, breaking the boundary between them, and laying beside him in his bed.
The ending… it was a fairly miserable one. “Bethan, what do you plan to do in the future?” Anne’s words brought her back to reality.
In the future?
Bethan curled her lips in a faint smile, switched into a more comfortable position and lay back on the couch. ” I plan to sleep, sleep for three who le days and then we’ll see! “
Anne said, “You make it sound like Brettley didn’t let you sleep in the Blue Bay Villa.”
” It’s true, he didn’t let me sleep much last night.”
She yawned, leaning back on the sofa. “One more thing, Anne, do you have a pregnancy test at home?”
Anne rolled her eyes at Bethan. “Do you think someone who has been single forever, like me, would have something like that at home?”
Bethan smiled. “But I heard from Neil that a handsome uncle has been pursuing you recently? “
As soon as she uttered these words, Anne’s face instantly turned red.
“We just… we just got together, we’re not at the stage where I need to use a pregnancy test yet!”
Looking at her blushing face, Bethan’s mood instantly improved.
She smiled and turned on the TV with the remote control. Just as she wanted to continue teasing Anne, the doorbell rang.
“Delivery!”
Delivery?
Bethan turned and glanced at Anne. “Did you order takeaway?”
Anne shrugged. “It’s for you.” Bethan opened the door suspiciously.
The delivery man handed Bethan a paper bag. Back in the room, Bethan opened the paper bag. “Splatter— “
The item that fell out of the paper bag was exactly what Bethan just mentioned, a pregnancy test!
Bethan looked at the pregnancy tests that fell all over the floor, stunned.
Compared to Bethan who was so shocked that she could not speak, Anne was much calmer.
“When you said on the phone that something happened between you and Brettley last night, I knew it. Although I usually don’t have one in my house, I can buy them for you.”
Bethan did not know whether she should laugh or cry.
She picked up the order form, looked at Anne’s name displayed across the page, and sighed helplessly, ” You bought them with your own name. Aren’t you afraid these tests will be discovered by your new boyfriend, and you won’t be able to explain yourself?
Anne curled her lips. Just when she was about to say something, Bethan’s phone rang.
It was a call from Neil.
“Mommy.”
His voice drifted in from the other end of the phone, he sounded as if he was sneaking around. “I gave an excuse that I had to go to the bathroom and called you from there.
I almost got caught, the kindergarten teacher almost found my phone! “
Bethan kept quiet. “…”
She sucked in a deep breath. ” Neil, now that you’re attending kindergarten, you must listen to your teacher. If the school forbids you from bringing a cell phone, then don’t bring it.”
“But Mommy, I brought my phone so I could contact you! You should know how smart I am. I wouldn’t have attended kindergarten if it weren’t because Godmother said that I would look more like an ordinary child if I did!”
Anne, who was sitting beside Bethan, was quiet as well.
She just felt that Neil should have a normal and happy kindergarten experience, just like any other normal child.
Bethan’s three children were incredibly smart, but she always felt that they were too mature and worried that they would lose out on a lot of the fun experiences children their age enjoyed.
“Your godmother is right. You should live like an ordinary child.”
“Hah!”
Neil flattened his lips. “But they’re all so childish!”
“Oh, right.”
Suddenly, the little boy lowered his voice, “Mommy, are you okay, Nellie told me that you got kicked out this morning…”
Bethan held a palm against her forehead helplessly. Nellie was like a little speaker, blasting everything to her brothers.
“She’s in a bad mood now, you’re her older brother, so remember to comfort her. “
” I know! ” The little boy sighed helplessly, ” I knew you would say that.”
“You get along with your godmother over there, don’t make us worry! “
Before Bethan could reply, he lowered his voice, “My teacher is looking for me. Mommy, I’m hanging up!”
With that, he really hung up the phone.
Bethan clutched the phone tightly in her hand, listened to the beeping tone, and rubbed her finger between her eyebrows helplessly.
Beside her, Anne listened to the conversation between the mother and son, staring in disbelief.
Bethan glanced at her helplessly. “Because of how I educated them, these two children… I always feel that they’re the adults and instead, I am the child.”
A moment later, Anne smiled wryly. “Bethan, I don’t think… the problem with these two kids is because of your style of education.”
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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