Chapter 76

"Are you out of your damn mind, Greg?" Abigail muttered through gritted teeth as she glowered at the man at the customer service counter balefully. She didn't consider herself to have a short fuse, but ever since she met Greg, she was almost always tempestuous. Right now, she was on the verge of running over and smacking him upside in the head.

Greg seemed perfectly at ease as he pointed at Abigail and announced to the eager-looking crowd, "That there is my wife! Those of you in line before her, hink about my offer carefully. We're really in a rush right now, so if you leave and let her move up the line, then you'll get five hundred in cold, hard cash!"

"Me, me, me!" None of the customers waiting in line before Abigail hesitated to take up the offer, and they immediately left the queue to claim their reward like a murder of crows.

The ones who dropped by the supermarket were average working folks or nannies who worked for blue-blood families. Five hundred in cash was more than enough to cover their groceries for the day.

As expected, Abigail ended up being the first in line to checkout.

Greg sauntered up to her with a devilish smile. "Come on, pay up and leave."

She shot him a murderous look and said huffily, "You're insane!" She proceeded to check out the groceries in her basket while he called someone to bring cash over to fulfill his promise to the ten customers who had given up their spots at the counter.

When Abigail had bagged up her things, she walked out of the supermarket with Greg in tow.

She cast a sidelong glance at his empty hands, which were shoved into the pockets of his pants. Then, she looked at the grocery carrier bag she was holding. It seemed as if he had no intention of helping her at all, so she shoved the bag unceremoniously into his arms. "Next time you go shopping with a woman, make sure you offer to carry her bag. That's the mark of a gentleman."

Surprised by the bag thrown his way, he quickly caught it. Frowning, he asked, "I thought women were into bad boys."

"That's an outdated notion; most women are into gentlemen now who take impeccable care of them. Gentlemen, got it?"

"Not at all."

"And that's why you're a jerk," Abigail threw the words coldly over her shoulder as she walked away from him.

Greg didn't like the fact that he had just been called a jerk for no reason. His brows drew together, but he couldn't make a retort. The carrier bag she had thrown to him was also surprisingly heavy.

Considering that she was the mother of his daughters, he decided to let her win. Swallowing his frustration, he followed her to the parking lot and found his car, then placed the supermarket haul into the trunk. After that, he drove her to the hospital.

He knew that Abigail would not rest easy until she saw the girl from the accident pull through without a hitch.

It wasn't until they had pulled up outside the hospital that Abigail realized she didn't have her phone with her. I must have left it in the car back at the crash scene. She turned around and extended an arm toward Greg, saying, "Lend me money."

He tossed his wallet to her and said nonchalantly, "There's a bank card in there, and the pin is 105666. Just swipe it; I don't have cash with me at the moment."

She was just about to ask him to transfer her the money instead when she remembered that she didn't have her phone. As such, she opened his wallet to take out the card, only to see a woman's headshot in one of the dockets.

The woman had a sweet and delicate look about her that distinguished her from Abigail. She's obviously someone raised with a silver spoon in her mouth. The thought of this gutted Abigail for some reason, and she turned to ask Greg casually, "Is this your girlfriend?"

The picture was taken during her high school graduation, and he had kept it for years, so much so that

Sometimes, habits could kill.

though there was a bitter look in her

that he had a girlfriend, and she was also acutely aware that nothing could

squared her shoulders and slipped the card out of his wallet, then returned him the

said stoically, "I'll pay you back later." Then, she stepped out

withdrew cash, then bought a phone from the nearby store and a phone card. Then,

Abigail had disappeared through the hospital doors. He was holding onto his

at the hospital, the surgery for the girl had already wrapped up. The procedure went well, and she

the girl was put up in the VIP intensive care unit, and she was still unconscious when Abigail dropped in to

Seeing as she would have nothing better to do even if she were to

across her chest, and she knew her wound was in its healing stages. She asked for antiseptic from the nurse and tended to her

girl didn't wake up until three hours later, and she was startled to see

We got into an accident together. Do you remember

The girl nodded weakly.

medical and hospitalization bills have all been accounted for, so just recuperate in peace. You can come to me for anything at all, and I'll try my best to

well. I was in such a rush that I dashed out into the street when I saw your car idling there. I didn't think you'd pull away from the curb so suddenly.

needn't worry about it. All you have to do now is focus on getting better before we talk about anything else. I'll get you

on her if she were to fork out her own medical fees. She glanced at Abigail

do you need

I'll find a job and get my first pay. I'll pay you back for the medical fees and whatnot. After all, you weren't entirely in the wrong in the first place, and you shouldn't have

By the looks of this alone, she was sure

did you

"Financial management."

job recommendation once you get better. Now, get some rest. Is there

this when Greg walked into the room with a bag of food. "Karen made chicken soup and other food as well. I was thinking the girl might be awake soon, and she could do with a bit of food in

then asked, "Did your company

you talking about?" He found her absolutely infuriating at times, as if she wasn't capable of holding up a conversation

unfazed as she pointed out, "I mean, it must have closed down for good. Otherwise, you wouldn't be hanging

who wanted me to bring food to you and watch you eat up every last morsel. They were worried that you would skip out on your meals

saw their dynamics, she laughed and asked, "Miss Abigail, is this your

refuting this. "As if I would

the bag of food to Anastasia. "Here you go, young lady. Eat up and get better soon.

as

at Abigail then and said, "Come on,

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