Chapter 85 – Divorced! Now What to Do?

But even if they broke up, it should be because of issues between them and not because of the misunderstanding caused by her.

“I’ll only take a few minutes of your time.“

Bethan frowned. “I ‘m not here to put in a good word for her, I’m here to explain the misunderstanding I caused.“

“You…“

When they were talking, the crowd had already reached the entrance to the elevators.

John scoffed and entered the elevator immediately. Bethan had no choice but to follow him upstairs.

In the elevator, she was afraid John would run away, so she unconsciously held onto his sleeve, lowered her voice and said, “Listen, I can explain…“

The minute the words left her mouth, a man’s condescending voice rang beside her, “John, why would you bring your woman to a business dinner? “

Another man laughed, “I heard you just got a new girlfriend a few days ago, a young, pretty girl who’s never been in a relationship before, is this her?“

“You’re so lucky, not only is your girlfriend pretty, she’s so needy too.“

John opened his mouth to explain but did not know how to.

In the end, he could only pull Bethan’s hand off of his sleeve harshly.

Bethan smiled faintly and raised her hand again to pull at his sleeve.

From the start, he never intended to talk to her, what more listen to her explanation.

Now that there was such a good opportunity to approach John, how could she give it up so easily?

Besides, if she acted as if she was cheap and easy, it would be easier to explain that the pregnancy tests were hers, making Anne seem even more pure and chaste, right?

With that thought in mind, she smiled and glanced a t John’s colleagues. “Should we stop talking about this? He seems embarrassed.”

Even though there was no ambiguity to her words, they had already concluded that Bethan was John’s girlfriend.

The group of men laughed.

Bethan smiled and took John’s arm, lowered her voice and spoke in his ear, “If you don’t want to have anything to do with me, then listen to my explanation later. Otherwise, I will make you a joke in front of your entire company tonight!”

John choked in shock.

He snorted but stayed still, he did not dare to pull Bethan’s arm off of his sleeve.

This woman was so bold and daring!

Whenever any of the men asked about her and John, she responded generously.

It’s just that, somehow, for an unknown reason, she always felt a chill on her spine, the atmosphere in the corridor was tense and depressing.

As if a gaze was staring at her, carelessly but also intentionally.

She furrowed her eyebrows and looked back subconsciously.

At the end of the corridor, a tall man was leaning against the wall, cold and noble.

He held a cigarette between his fingers, smoking on it lazily while talking to the people around him.

The pair of obsidian eyes were staring coldly at her hand that was holding John’s arm.

Bethan felt embarrassed, as if she had been caught cheating.

But thinking about it again, she found it ridiculous.

Right that morning, he told her he did not plan to take responsibility. Now not to mention the fact that she and John weren’t really a couple, even if they were, it was none of his business.

With that thought in mind, she curled her lips and turned to smile at John’s colleagues. “Everyone, John and I have something to discuss. Can he join you later? Would you mind?”

“No, not at all!”

The man who acted like the manager shot a friendly smile at her. ” But we are meeting with an important partner at dinner later, don’t keep him for too long.“

“Thank you.“

Bethan curled her lips up in a charming smile, turned around, and led John away.

Brettley stood at the end of the corridor, watching as Bethan and the strange man disappeared in the direction of the stairwell. “What line of work are those people involved in?”

“Oh, they’re staff members of a small company, here to meet a staff of mine to discuss a cooperation of some sort.”

Jude Smith, a close friend of Brettley’s, curled his lips in a faint smile. “Why… are you interested?”

Brettley frowned and put out his cigarette. “Not at all.

He knew that woman was not as simple as what she portrayed herself to be.

“What do you really want to say?“

After closing the door to the stairwell, John shook off Bethan’s hand. ” Don’t explain, don’t try to lie to me! With an easy woman like you as a friend, Anne can’t be that clean herself! “

Bethan rolled her eyes.

If it were not for Anne’s countless tears for this man, she really wanted to beat him up!

She suppressed her anger. “Mr. Young, I don’t know which remote, deserted island you grew up in, you’re so close-minded. I linked my arm through yours because I just wanted to force your hand in front of your colleagues, and force you to come over and listen to my explanation. I didn’t kiss you or sleep with you, and you say I ‘m casual? Haven’t you ever been in contact with the opposite sex growing up? Besides, if it wasn’t for Anne, that loyal fool who is still crying for you at home, do you think I would come and see you?”

When Bethan said that Anne was still crying, a hint of worry appeared on John’s face. “Is she… still crying?”

It’s been seven hours since they quarreled, and she was still crying?

“Of course! “

Bethan rolled her eyes at him. “If you don’t believe me, go to her house now and you’ll see how swollen her eyes are. If she’s really the kind of person you think she is, the ones that sleep around and act all innocent in front of you, would she cry so much? “

John fell silent.

A moment later, he pursed his lips. “Then the pregnancy tests in her house…“

Bethan rolled her eyes again. “They’re mine. When the two of you were arguing, I was sleeping in the other bedroom. The silly girl didn’t want to disturb my rest, she thought she could explain herself clearly, so she didn’t wake me up.“

John was silent. “ ..“

Did he wrongly blame Anne?

Seeing him ask about Anne with a concerned tone, the anger in her chest receded a little, at least he was not totally heartless.

But John was still confused. “Why is your stuff lying underneath her sofa?“

“They fell underneath the sofa when I was opening the parcel.“

Bethan laughed, “I bought dozens of them. When they arrived, I counted them and realized there was one missing. I thought the seller was trying to trick me, I even got into a fight with him. I didn’t expect it to be lying underneath the sofa.“

She bought dozens…

How complicated was her private life?

“Right.“

Bethan took out her phone. “If you still don’t believe me, I can show you the order form I made for my purchase.“

John shook his head. “There’s no need for that.“

Now that she had explained everything, he could confirm without looking at the order form now that he had misunderstood Anne.

“She… is she okay?”

“Not really.” Bethan shrugged. “She’s still sitting at home, crying.”

“If you didn’t have a misunderstanding and quarrel because of me, I wouldn’t bother to come here and find you. Someone like you who misunderstood Anne so easily is not good enough for her!”

John was silent for a while, before raising his feet and heading downstairs. “I ‘m going to see her now.”

After taking two steps, he stopped again. Tonight’s dinner… was very important to him.

When the manager specifically brought a few of them to the dinner appointment today, he said that no matter what methods were employed tonight, whoever successfully secured the deal would be promoted.

But right now… he wanted this opportunity, but he was worried about Anne, and could not bear for her to continue crying.

Bethan read his mind with a single glance.

She leaned on the railing and smiled at John. “Go. I will handle the client for you. In your colleagues’ eyes, I am your girlfriend anyway, any deal I secure would definitely be yours.”

He glanced at her suspiciously. “Can you… do it?”

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