Chapter 94
Abigail's brows knitted together as she flipped on her side. Greg's breath hitched as he quickly silenced his phone and tip-toed out of the bedroom.
He wasn't even sure why he cared about Abigail's feelings so much or the quality of her sleep, for that matter.
When he was in the hallway outside the bedroom, he called the person back and asked in hushed tones, "What is it?"
The other person on the line was Troy, and there was an urgency in his tone as he said, "Mr. Buckley, something happened at the company."
"I'll be right over."
Greg was somewhat conflicted after he hung up the call, for he had promised Abigail that he would make her breakfast, but as things stand…
He had no choice but to wake the servants and emphasize that they should not disturb Abigail. Then, he hastily put on a change of clothes and made his way over to the company.
Greg was already long gone by the time Abigail woke up. Even the kids had finished their breakfast and were playing in their room. Groggily, she glanced at the time and saw that it was nearly noon.
She felt rejuvenated after catching up on sleep. She got out of bed and washed up, then went into the living room.
Upon seeing that she had woken up, the butler immediately served her food. "Dr. Kain, Mr. Buckley went to the company to handle an emergency. Here, have some breakfast."
"Thank you," Abigail replied. She didn't actually plan on having breakfast. It was already 10.30AM, and she might as well wait until lunchtime. However, seeing as the butler had served her food, she would feel bad if she refused to eat. More to the point, she was a little hungry.
Presently, she pulled up a seat at the dining table, and she had only taken a few mouthfuls of food when she saw Alissa walking in.
"Mommy, can I have some money, please?"
"What's the money for?" Abigail wasn't one to indulge in her children's whims and demands. She was, by definition, a strict mother.
Alissa said quietly, "I want to get a pair of new boxing gloves."
"How much are they?"
"Three hundred."
Abigail slipped out the banknotes from her pocket, counted three hundred in cash, and handed them to Alissa. "Money doesn't grow on trees, so try to avoid loose spending habits."
"Got it," Alissa said as she giggled and walked away with the money.
As she watched her daughter leave, Abigail couldn't help her relief. She remembered how frightened she had been when she saw Alissa bleeding profusely.
breakfast, the butler came over
for her to stay here any longer. Just as she was leaving, she suddenly
how the girl was coping at the hospital. It seemed only right to pay her
to her own place, then threw on casual
as per Greg's solemn
Abigail entered her room and greeted, "Are we
a warm smile as she set
on financial management. "You need to rest up. You can always read after you recover from
use this chance to go
meant no one had visited the girl thus far. "Didn't you tell your friends
an accomplishment. Besides, I didn't want to
on Anastasia's part. "Where's the caretaker I hired
hiring a caretaker. I'm perfectly fine on my own. I feel bad enough that
far as Abigail could tell, Anastasia seemed like a good kid. She smiled and prompted, "So, have you thought about which companies you'd like
any of them would schedule me for interviews. Regardless of the company I eventually end up working for, I'll try to stick with it and gain three years
seemed to characterize most of her generation. Instead, she analyzed things and kept a cool head, then took
time she had outside of being a surgeon. She had no friends in Harrion, and all that
Abigail seemed rather friendly, and she teased a little mischievously, "Where's your
snapped out of her daze and gaped
elaborated, " I meant the hottie
He's
can tell from the look in his
if! "No, you've got it
Anastasia guessed, looking as if she thought their dynamics were a
mouth twitched. Ex-husband? We were never even married in the first place. Ah, forget it.
women conversed for a while more before Abigail
to take a nap when she got home, but she never expected
turned to walk away from them, but Emma still saw
cry, she lunged toward Abigail like
noticed how swollen Emma's face was,
going to kill you!" Emma shrieked hysterically as she extended her
for after she missed the first time, she spun on
Abigail's nerves. She deftly grabbed Emma's wrist before the
Do you call yourself a human? I'm your sister, whether you like it or not, but you still went ahead and let someone
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