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Bethany shook her head in resignation and shifted her attention back towards her computer and got back to work.
However, different thoughts kept running through her mind as she looked down at her computer.
Bethany had spent the last few years hiding behind a fake identity to create an identity for herself and now, suddenly someone else is hellbent on taking credit for everything.
Nobody in the Meyer family is as innocent as they look and I won't let anyone fool me!
After work, Bethany decided to go pick up her daughter from the kindergarten before heading to Erica's place.
It had been so many days since she last saw Jenna, so she was anxious to see her no matter what happened.
She got to the kindergarten with a veil draped over her head to hide her identity.
She waited outside of the gate until the school was over and Jenna came out of the school while looking around anxiously for Erica.
Seeing her standing with a frown on her face, Bethany walked over to her.
Instantly, Jenna recognized who she was.
“Miss Burnett!” She rushed over and hugged her tightly.
Bethany felt her heart growing with immense joy at this sight. Her daughter must have missed her.
“Shush!” Bethany put a hand over her lips and the child instantly got the signal as she stopped yelling.
“I miss you so much, Miss Burnett. I thought you weren't going to see me anymore ”.
“I miss you too, baby. I was so busy dealing with the bad guys, that's why I didn't come around to get you. Miss Burnett is very sorry”.
“That's fine. I'll wait for you at home”.
“Come on, let's go home now”.
She took her hand and led her toward the car. Soon enough, they drove off hurriedly.
She asked Erica to help babysit for her before heading to Sunshine Restaurant since Jenna was so keen on not letting her off anymore.
She arrived at Restaurant at ten minutes to eight.
Bethany pushed open the door only to hear Joanna's voice, "Bethany, you're late!".
"Late? Bethany asked as she walked in and pointed to her phone and asked, "Didn't you say that we should be here at eight o'clock? How can I be late when it's not even eight?”
Joanna raised her wine glass and then smiled "I did say that it was eight but then I changed it to seven. I announced in the group chat, didn't you see it?"
Bethany pursed her lips and apologized, "I'm sorry. I did not join the group chat."
"Oh?” Joanna appear surprised and looked at the rest of the colleagues, asked, "Didn't any of you invite her to join the group?”
"No, the group is full!" Someone replied.
Joanna appeared to reply to Bethany awkwardly, "I'm sorry, Bethany. I thought that they had invited you to the group”
Bethany looked at her fake performance and Just grinned, "It's alright!".
She knew what was happening at this point. How could the chat group be full? They had already received Joanna's instructions not to invite her into the group chat.
Now that Joanna intentionally announced the change in timing in the group, it was obvious that she was making things difficult for her.
Just as Bethany sat down, Joanna placed a bottle of red wine in front of her and said, “Bethany, although you're not at fault since you're late, you should drink a bottle as an apology.”
Bethany pushed the bottle back towards Rebecca then said, "I'm sorry, Ms. Meyer. I can't drink."
Joanna did not expect Bethany to refuse her so directly and immediately became upset, "What's the meaning of this? Are you refusing me?”
"Of course not. I wasn't feeling too well and took some antibiotics. So...” Bethany took out a packet of medicine from her bag to prove what she said.
On seeing this, Joanna's expression turned even gloomier. She did not expect Bethany to resort to this!
“Ms. Meyer, as you can see, I can't drink wine tonight but I can drink some juice. Can l apologize to you for drinking a glass of juice? Bethany reasoned to Joanna.
Joanna snapped back, "Forget it! Juice? What good was juice as an apology?”
"Ms. Meyer is so magnanimous. I'll thank you first." Bethany chuckled as she kept the medicine. She did not prepare the packet of medicine on purpose.
When she was overseas, each gathering would involve some drinking, and each time she would have gastric problems after the session.
At the suggestion of Jeffrey, she started to keep a packet of antibiotics in her bag so that she had an excuse not to drink alcohol.
Joanna sulked for the rest of the dinner and the others also did not want to antagonize her by appearing to enjoy themselves.
Everyone felt awkward except for Bethany who hates heartily.
Just as dinner was almost over, she got up to use the restroom.
Just as she reached the restroom, a tall man came out of the men's restroom, grabbed her wrist, and pinned her against the wall.
Bethany was shocked by the sudden assault and wanted to scream but her mouth was covered by the attacker.
"Shush, don't make a sound. Help me or I will kill you!” The man warned.
Bethany was stunned and stopped struggling and desperately nodded.
The man noticed that she was behaving and grinned satisfactorily.
He then tucked his head towards her neck and pretended to kiss her neck.
Then, two men walked near them and said, "Search for him. He should be nearby.”
Go into the restroom to look for him.
"Yes sir!”
The two men separated and then one of them headed toward them.
His footsteps became nearer and caused Bethany tensed up in fear
The attacker noticed Bethany tensing up and biting her neck and whispered, "Relax, if I'm discovered because of you, I'll make sure you're buried with me".
Bethany's knees went wobbly when she heard this and almost could not stand.
The attacker grabbed her and embraced her in his arms. They appeared to be making out outside the restroom like a drunk couple.
As a result, the other man came toward them, paused, and then left.
Finally, the attacker released Bethany. It was only at this point that Bethany could have a good look at him.
He was handsome and looked dignified.
Although his clothes were simple and unbranded, they looked tailored and it was clear that his status was extraordinary.
The man checked Bethany out just as she was doing the same.
He then grinned and then said, "Thanks for helping. May I know your name? I will repay you if the opportunity arises.”
Bent stretched out his hand towards Bethany.
Bethany straightened out her clothes and did not shake his hand and calmly said, “No need. We won't have the opportunity to meet anyway.”
Although he looked important, he had been running away from some pursuers.
She would be a fool to be associated with such a person like him.
Bethany turned to walk away without saying much while looking at Bent again.
Bent rubbed his chin as he looked at Bethany and walk away like a predator tracking.
Joanna had left when Bethany returned to the private dining room.
She asked the other designers who said that Joanna had received a call and left immediately looking very worried. Perhaps something urgent happened.
Since the host for the evening ad left, the rest quickly ate and left the restaurant.
…….
The next day, Bethany went to the office and was asked to go to the conference room Just as she entered the conference room, she saw Zayn and Gael and greeted, "Mr. Meyer.”
Zayn did not expect to see Bethany and was about to acknowledge her greetings when he noticed the red mark on her neck. His expression immediately turned for the worse!
Who was she with last night? Was it Jeff or someone else? He thought angrily.
When Gael noticed that Zayn was staring angrily at Bethany, he quickly asked, "Mr. Meyer is something wrong?”
Zayn did not reply and just shifted his eyes and headed into the meeting room.
Gael could not figure it out but looked at Bethany as it was obvious that Zayn's sudden expression had something to do with her.
He did not ask but quickly followed Zayn into the conference room.
During the meeting, Bethany stood in front of senior management and explained her thought process for the newly styled production process. She also shared her thoughts about the fashion show and launch.
Her concept was very refreshing and attracted the interest of the senior management who started to engage with her on the feasibility of her concept.
Only Zayn remained quiet but stared at her as if a storm was brewing within him.