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But Bent had expected this. So, he used his leg to hit her stomach.
Bethany screamed out in pain. She looked very pale. As Bent looked at her and smirked wickedly.“Baby, please don't mess with me. I'm not a gentleman.”
Bethany endured the cramping pain in her stomach. Squinting her eyes, Bethany looked at him with a look of hatred in her gaze.
"I don't like this expression in your eyes," Bent frowned. He then coldly squeezed her face and whispered, "Don't worry, I'll make the most beautiful tears pour out of these gorgeous eyes of yours!" After saying that, he loosened his grip on her face, and began to stroke down her neck.
When reaching her collar, he abruptly pulled the suit off her body, showing the flesh-colored breast patch hidden underneath.
"Bent!' Bethany panicked. "If you dare to touch me, I will never let you off. You will be put into prison!”
"Put me in prison?" Bent asked with a chuckle. "Do you know what's on the top?"
"Hmm?" Bethany subconsciously looked towards the ceiling.
A shiver ran down her spine as she
spotted the camera set up on the ceiling.
Bent patted her face, "You get it? I'm going to record every moment of our lovemaking process. If you call the police, I will post it online so that everyone can see how attractive you are. There would be nothing to do to fix this bad situation, even if your child is a hacker.”
"Ahhhhh!" Bethany freaked out. "You are insane, Bent!”
"You are right, I am a lunatic. "Bent smiled instead of being angry, “As long as I can do anything to make Zayn upset, I will do it. Then you had better obey me. Allow your child to recognize me as her father and be my woman. In response, I will treat you well. How about that?”
Bethany's lips trembled. She didn't say anything more. The tear unconsciously poured down her cheeks.
“The way you cry is incredibly beautiful!" Bent used his thumb to dip a drop of tears and twist it. His eyes widened with excitement, and he couldn't wait to lower his head as he was ready to kiss her eyes, the door of the room was kicked open with a bang.
Bent suddenly jerked his head up. His eyes were looking sternly towards the door. His face emerged with a touch of seriousness as he noticed Zayn at the door.
Why did he come?
"Mr. Meyer, help me!' Bethany also saw zayn. His appearance was the last straw for her. She eagerly reached out for his help.
Zayn's expression changed drastically when he saw her semi-naked appearance. Killing intent was seen in his eyes, which were usually icy. He made his way to the coffee table with his long legs. He landed a punch on Bent's face.
Bent wailed and fell directly from Bethany.
“lt was not over yet”, then Zayn followed up with a series of vicious kicks to Bent's body mercilessly.
After a short while, Bent was unable to stand on his own and die on the ground.
Only then did Zayn stop punching him. He exhaled lightly and checked his appearance before turning towards Bethany. He asked in a worried tone, "Is everything okay?”
Bethany covered her naked body with the suit and replied in a choked voice, "'I'm fine."
Zayn's face brightened considerably. His voice sounded relaxed as he said, "That's good.”
Luckily, he came in time. Otherwise, she would have been.
Thinking of this, Bethany felt like her heart was being squeezed, with a tingling sensation in her chest.
“Mr. Meyer, take me away!” Bethany pulled zayn's clothes. Her tear-stained face was filled with begging. She didn't want to stay here for even a second.
Everything here made her feel sick!
"Okay”. Zayn helped her down from the coffee table with his arm around her.
But as soon as Bethany's feet hit the ground, her body slumped, and then fainted.
When she woke up again, it was already the next afternoon. She blinked her eyes and turned her head to examine her surroundings. "This is..."
"My home!" Zayn sat on a chair next to the bed. He whispered, "You fainted last night, and perhaps you were being drugged. Since I think that my house is the nearest to the hotel, and there is a family doctor, so l brought the doctor here”
No wonder.
Bethany sat up and rubbed her temple. The blanket which was covering her slid down and she noticed that she was wearing black silk pajamas.
It was man-sized, and it was huge on her. She said worriedly, "My clothes..”
Zayn closed the business magazine he was reading and said, "Don't worry, the maid helped you change your clothes."
Though the pajamas belonged to him.
Bethany felt calmer after hearing that. She then smiled at him embarrassedly, "My apology, Mr. Meyer. I reacted too overly...”
She didn't want to be like this. But she was traumatized by what happened yesterday.
“Don't worry, I understand”. Zayn nodded, signaling to her that he didn't mind.
Bethany rubbed her face and said, "No matter what, I need to thank you, Mr. Meyer. If it wasn't for you, Bent would already... Oh, where's Bent?" She asked.
Zayn squinted his eyes and said frigidly, "In the hospital."
Yesterday, zayn fractured a few of Bent's ribs. He would need at least two months to recover.
Bethany smacked the bedsheet delightfully, Serves him right!"
Zayn smiled slightly seeing how happy she was, but his smile soon disappeared, "Gael found a surveillance camera in the resting area, but it didn't manage to capture the important parts. Bent insisted that you consent to it and hence he was found not guilty."
"I didn't consent to that!" The delighted look on Bethany's face was gone. She was now furious.
Zayn crossed his legs and looked at her, "I know that you didn't. Otherwise, you wouldn't ask me for help. But can I ask why he did that to you?"
Bethany's eyes flickered, "Didn't they capture that with the surveillance camera?".
“The surveillance camera doesn't record sounds,” answered Zayn calmly.
Her emotions were on a rollercoaster ride. At first, she was feeling down. But upon hearing him, she was glad.
This was great.
This meant that Zayn didn't know or hear everything that they had talked about.
Bethany lowered her eyelids and tried to hide the excitement in her eyes She put on an apologetic face and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Meyer, I cannot tell you what happened yet.”
M
Zayn pursed his thin lips and said, "It's fine if you don't want to tell me about it. Bent is found not guilty of assaulting you. That is what the police told us. But don't worry, I won't let him go that easily. I'll transfer him out of the headquarters.”
"Yes, thank you, said Bethany as she grabbed the blanket. She was grateful.
After that, she thought about something and touched her neck. There was nothing on her neck and she panicked.
Zayn stood up and took out a glittering red necklace from his pocket, "Are you looking for this?”
Bethany looked at it and it was firefox. she quickly nodded,“ Yes."
"Here.” Zayn passed the necklace to her.
She waved her hand and said, “Mr. Meyer, please give this back to Bent.”
Once she returned it, she wouldn't owe Bent anything.
"Give it back to Bent?" Zayn frowned.
Bethany said “yes”
Zayn closed his fist and clenched the necklace in his hand. He breathed slowly and heavily.
She noticed it, she asked quizzically, “What's wrong, Mr.Meyer?”
Zayn closed his eyes as if h was trying to suppress a certain emotion.
After a brief pause, he said coolly, “This necklace has nothing to do with Bent!"
"Nothing to do with Bent?” Bethany was taken aback.
He meant that Bent wasn't the one who bought the necklace, instead it was…
"Mr. Meyer, you were the one that bought me the necklace? ” Bethany gulped and asked. Her heart was beating fast.
Zayn didn't answer he agreed silently. Her face twitched, "I didn't know that. I thought it was Bent who bought me the necklace. But Mr. Meyer, why would you give me a necklace?"
“It's just an award for the Oceania project ” Zayn simply replied as he put the necklace in her hand.
Bethany bit her lips and said, “This is too much, I can't accept it. Mr. Meyer, please take it back."
Zayn didn't move. He just stared blankly at her, "I can't take back something gave away. Throw it away if you don't want it."
"What? Bethany almost choked on her saliva.
Was he serious?
The necklace was worth at least ten million. Only a rich man like him could say something like that.
Suddenly, someone knocked on the door.
Zayn turned around and said, Come in!"
The person opened the door.
A middle-aged woman peeked into the room, Mr. Meyer, lunch is ready. Would you like to have it downstairs?”
Zayn glanced at Bethany and said, “Put out one more set of flatware."
The middle-aged woman quickly knew what he meant. She smiled and asked, Did Ms. Quest wake up?”
“Yeah."
"I see, I go do that right now." She then closed the door and left.
"She's Ms. Sue she works for me at home”. Zayn introduced the woman to Bethany.
She simply nodded and made a mental note while looking at the retreating back.
Zayn then left the room. Then she lifted the blanket off her and got out of bed.
She opened the lid of the box, and Anand changed her clothes.
After changing, she looked at the necklace on the bed. She hesitated briefly, but in the end, she took it. She would keep it since he didn't want it.
She intended to give it back to him when she had the chance in the future.
Bethany tidied the bed while having thoughts in her mind. She then turned
around and walked towards the door.
The moment she got out of the room, she saw Zayn who was leaning against the wall near the room. She was startled. She patted her chest and said," Mr. Meyer, you're still here.”