Not One, But Two!

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"That's an outdated notion; most women are into gentlemen now who take impeccable care of them.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

this, Greg recalled that he had, indeed, kept Genevieve's picture in his wallet. The picture was taken during her high school graduation, and he had kept it for years, so much so that it

Sometimes, habits could kill.

for admission. "She's pretty," she commented, though there was a bitter look in her eyes that did

had known for a while now that he had a girlfriend, and she was also acutely aware that nothing could ever work out between

squared her shoulders and slipped the card

back later." Then, she stepped out of the

and a phone card. Then, having committed her bank card details to

leave even after Abigail had disappeared through the hospital doors. He was holding onto his wallet absentmindedly, and his gaze

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

intensive care unit, and she was

families to fuss over them, but this girl was all alone in the room. Seeing as she would have nothing better to do even if she were to go

She asked for antiseptic from the nurse and tended to her wound, thereafter scrolling through her phone

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

into

The girl nodded weakly.

just recuperate in peace. You can come to me for

"I'm Anastasia Woods. The accident was partially my fault as well. I was in such a rush that I dashed out into the street when I saw your car idling there.

about it. All you have to do now is focus on getting

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

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

by Anastasia's offer. By the looks of this

did you major

"Financial management."

once you get better. Now, get some rest. Is there anything

soup and other food as well. I was thinking the

him in surprise, then asked, "Did your company close

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

down for

that you would skip out on your meals when you're left alone. I wouldn't be here if it weren't for their pestering," he said sardonically, not at

she laughed and asked, "Miss Abigail, is this

in refuting this. "As if I would marry the likes of

broke eye contact and turned to hand the bag of food to Anastasia. "Here you go, young lady. Eat up and

you," Anastasia said as she

said, "Come on, the girls are waiting to have