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Bethany went into the kitchen at the condominium to keep the items she brought from the supermarket. Then, she brought out her phone and put a video call to Erica.
The children were overjoyed to see Bethany on the other side of the phone as soon as the phone was connected and their faces appeared on the screen.
"Mommy, why did you buy so many ribs?" Jenna asked curiously when she saw Bethany taking out the ribs from the shopping bags.
Bethany smiled as she replied, "I'm going to cook some soup for Mr. Meyer. He was injured when he saved mommy. I need to express my gratitude.”
“Mr. Meyer? Who is that?” Jenna furrowed her brows as she asked with jealousy written all over her.
“He's my boss, did you forget? ”
“oh, oh!” Jenna nodded and said that she understood.
Bethany clapped her hands and looked into the phone and said, "Go and play with your sister. Mommy needs to cook now."
“Can I stay here and watch you cook? I want to learn something new as well” Jenna whined as she was unwilling to go back.
“You can watch me if you want, but it's not good for you to look into the bright lights from the screen so much. It's bad for your eyes. Go on and play for a while, then come back to watch me later on, I'll leave the phone connected, is that alright?”.
"Okay." Jenna ran to her bedroom to look for Vella immediately.
Bethany saw their bedroom door closed. Then she looked at Erica, who had been so quiet this whole time.
“What? What do you have in mind?” Bethany asked glaring at her disdainfully.
This is because she was very much aware of the fact that Erica never goes quiet unless she has something on her mind.
Erica didn't say anything, instead she picked up the phone and looked into the camera as if she was hoping to capture a tiny bit of something.
“What are you doing, Erica? Spill the beans already” Bethany was getting frustrated under her sneaky gaze.
“Well, it's nothing. I just felt that there is something different about you, babes. What happened to you?”.
“If you have something to say, just go ahead and say it already” Bethany demanded.
“It's nothing. You should go ahead and cook, I'm so damn hungry for your rib soup” Erica pretended to whine.
“Less I forget, have you come up with the best clothing materials for the fashion show?” Bethany asked when the thought of this matter popped into her mind.
Hearing this, Erica stopped yawning and a smile soon appeared at the corners of her lips.
With her eyes glittering with victory, she said, “You'll have to wait for my great plan, Benny! I've come up with the best deal and I'm sure you'll be so proud when everything is finally done” she sounded very confident and Bethany was forced to wonder what she had planned.
“counting on you to do good ”.
“This is more than just good. This is going to be marvelous!”With that, Bethany left her phone on the table and went back to the kitchen to prepare the food.
She just finished cooking when the doorbell rang. Bethany wiped her hand on the apron and went to open the door.
Jeffrey stood outside and smiled warmly, "Benny."
"Jeff, what brings you here? Bethany was shocked to see him.
Jeff waved his phone and said, “Have you forgotten I told you a few days ago that I would be back?”.
“I didn't forget but you didn't say that you would be back today. Why didn't you tell me? I would have gone to the airport to receive you!" Bethany stepped aside and took out a pair of bedroom slippers for him.
Jeff entered and said, "I wanted to surprise you. Oh yes, here are some presents for the baby." He handed over two presents to her.
Bethany accepted them graciously, "Thanks, Jeff.”
"You're welcome. You don't have to mention it though" Jeff looked around the sitting room and asked, "Where are they?"
"They don't stay here anymore." Bethany placed the presents down and invited him to sit down on the sofa. She then said, “I'll go get the food. I just finished cooking actually” She said as she pointed toward the kitchen.
The expression on Jeff's remained indifferent. Bethany did not mind and headed back to the kitchen to bring out the dishes.
She brought out the food and placed it on the dining table before going out to hand over the box of thermos to a driver, who was waiting downstairs.
After dinner, Bethany and Jeff were doing the dishes in the kitchen. Jeff looked at a thermos on the kitchen top and asked, "What's this?"
Bethany washed a plate, handed it over to him, and said, "It's some soup that I prepared for Mr. Meyer"
"You prepared soup for Zayn?" Jeff paused what he was doing and his expression darkened. Bethany did not notice the change and handed another plate to him, "That's right."
Jeff's smile waned and said” I heard that Mr.Meyer was injured. Are you so concerned for him that you prepared soup for him?"
Bethany was startled and almost dropped a plate. She looked down and replied guiltily. Since when am I concerned for him? I have my reasons for doing so."
Jeff noticed that she did not mean what she said. Jeff feared that she had started to have feelings for Zayn. His pupils constricted and his smile turned into a frown. He quickly composed himself and became his usual self as if nothing happened.
"Really?" Jeff faked a smile and asked, "Benny, do you know who I'll be performing the surgery for?"
"I know, it's someone familiar to both Doctor Davis and Mr. Meyer,” Bethany answered as she washed the last plate.
Jeff took over the plate, slowly felt it, and said, “Wrong, they are even closer than you think. Her name is Jessica Ferguson. She is the daughter of the owner of the Ferguson group. She met with an accident ten years ago and she did not recover fully. Seven years ago, she became vegetative."
"Oh! It's her!" Bethany recalled hearing Jeff's explanation.
The Ferguson Group was one of the most famous enterprises in Orange City. However, the Ferguson Group went bankrupt ten years ago. The CEO of the Group and his wife died soon after but their daughter survived.
However, the daughter disappeared without a trace after her parent's funeral. She did not expect her to become vegetative.
"This Jessica and Mr. Meyer were very close friends. They were very close since they were kids. If it wasn't for the accident, they might have been married now." Jeff looked towards Bethany.
Bethany was stunned and asked, "Married?”
“Yes, Zayn loves Jessica. After Jessica became vegetative, he never gave up trying to find the best neurologist expert so that he could get her to regain her consciousness. Mr. Meyer succeeded a month ago." Jeff placed the last plate into the cabinet.
Bethany was shocked and asked, "You mean that Jessica is awake?”
Jeff adjusted his spectacles and said, “She's awake but there is a large tumor in her brain. That is why I'm here to perform the surgery. I believe that once she recovers, Mr. Meyer would cancel the engagement with Danica and marry Jessica. After all, she is his true love."
True love!
On hearing this, Bethany felt a sharp pain in her heart.
Was I in the dark all these years? Why wasn't I told about any of this from the beginning?
Bethany clenched her fists tightly and her face turned dark involuntarily as she thought of this matter.
Jeff looked at her face turning pale and grinned slightly as he said, "It's getting late, Benny, I'll take my leave."
“Okay, I'll see you out ” Bethany mustered a smile and walked him to the door.
Jeff left and Bethany became sullen as she sat on the sofa.
She always knew that although Zayn was engaged to Danica, he did not love Danica. But then why did he not cancel the engagement with her?
Now she finally found out that Zayn had someone else he loved. He did not cancel the engagement as he was using Danica to temporarily be his fiancée.
Once Jessica recovered, then Danica would step aside. Danica seemed pitiful when considered from that angle.
“Mommy! ” Jenna rushed out of the room and stopped in front of the camera as she smiled brightly at Bethany, who had just rushed out of her daze.
Bethany snapped back to reality and asked, "What's wrong, honey."
"Has the godfather left?" Jenna asked.
"Yes, he just left. Where's your sister?" Bethany asked.
Jenna climbed onto the sofa and leaned her head on the armrest, "big sister is asleep. Mommy, I'd like to ask you a question."
"Go ahead, I'm all ears. I'll answer you with whatever I know." Bethany looked at her curiously without batting an eye.
The way Jenna looked at her was similar to Zayn's, "Mommy, who is my daddy?" Bethany never expected him to ask this question and bit her lips silently.
On seeing her reaction, Jenna tugged her arms together and folded her sleeve, with tears threatening to fall off her eyes, and asked, "Mommy, you know, right?"
Bethany nodded and said, "Mommy knows but I will not tell you."
“Why?” Jenna did not understand.
Bethany sighed, "Because your daddy already has a fiancée and would start a family soon. He will also have other children. In this case, do you still want to know?"
Jenna bit her lips and her eyes dulled and shook her little head.
Erica pulled her into her embrace while Bethany said, "Honey, why did you ask me this question all of a sudden?”
Jenna rubbed her nose and then said sadly, "Because some kids at the kindergarten said that I'm a fatherless wild thing. They even said that mommy was indecent to have a kid before marriage.”
"What?" Bethany was furious and looked terrified.“ Honey, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Bethany's eyes were red and fighting back her tears. Erica fixed her eyes on Bethany with an 'I told you 'look.
Jenna clenched her fists and replied, "l don't want mommy to be upset."
She had an agreement with Jordan never to tell her mommy what the kids said.
But this weekend there was a family event at the kindergarten. The kids at the kindergarten would go to an amusement park with their parents. All the kids in the kindergarten had their fathers to go with them except her. That was why tonight she had to ask.
Bethany felt very guilty and apologized, "I'm so sorry honey, I'm so sorry...” She never knew that her child was so affected by her marital situation.
Additionally, what was said by those children, it was clear that someone was behind these.
She would get even with the person who did this!
Bethany was filled with rage–her chest was filled with the anger that she felt after hearing what Jenna said. I won't spare the culprit.