Chapter 170

Abigail dismissed the call at once. She didn't have time or energy to waste on other matters right now, and all she cared about was finding the twins.

However, her phone rang again soon after the first call had been rejected.

Abigail frowned. "Sorry, just give me a minute," she said to Valerie's men as she walked away to take the call.

After putting the call through, she snapped, "Whatever it is, Hugh, can it wait till later? I'm a little busy right now."

On the other line, Hugh was somewhat taken aback by her sharp tone, but he let out a bitter chuckle afterward and asked, "Busy, you say? Busy having fun with your new boyfriend, Greg?"

"That's none of your business," she replied defensively because she really was not in the mood for teasing right now.

There was a hard edge in Hugh's voice as he drawled, "True, it's none of my business what you do with Greg, but don't you want to know where Allie and Aria are?"

"What do you mean? Do you know where Allie is? No, wait, is Allie with you?" A sudden realization dawned upon Abigail.

He snorted and said sarcastically, "Oh, now we're talking."

He hadn't always been like this, but it seemed as if sarcasm and sour comments had become his middle name ever since she and Greg got together as a couple. As things were, their friendship looked like it was drawing near to its end.

She sighed and asked, "Where are they? Can you drop me a location?"

Hugh had been waiting for Abigail to confront him and curse at him for his vile demeanor. He was even looking forward to arguing with her. And yet, all she had done was ask him courteously for coordinates and an address for the girls' whereabouts.

At that moment, he felt as if he was being gutted alive. Have we drifted off so far apart that we've become strangers? What went wrong? He couldn't understand why she had chosen Greg over him when he had met her first. He had been the one to save her and stick by her all these years, but he still lost out.

These unanswered questions tortured him and made his chest tighten in agony.

Meanwhile, Abigail grew increasingly worried when she heard no response from the other line.

Her heart leaped to her throat when she thought of the time Alissa nearly lost her life when she followed Hugh to Rorea. Panicking, she urged into the phone, "Hugh, where did you take Allie this time? And how could you take Aria with you? They're only kids! You can't just expose them to gore on your own whim. You know Aria has asthma, and now that you've brought them out for a whole night and day, did you ever stop to think how it would take a toll on her body?"

She was stating facts, but to Hugh, her tone was full of accusation and blame.

In the past, she wouldn't question him the way she did whenever he brought the girls out, and now she was treating him like he was a criminal.

Greg must have fed her lies and nonsense about me.

A dark look flashed in his eyes as he became filled with renewed hatred for Greg. However, he hid it just as quickly and said, "I'm their papa, Abbie. What do you think I'd do to them? Do you think of me as someone who would put your kids in danger?"

Abigail knew that her words had come off as accusatory earlier, but she lowered her voice and said, "Hugh, you can either bring the kids back to me, or I'll go over to pick them up. Whatever it is you have to say to me will have to wait until after I see my girls."

"Fine, then. Come over on your own and pick them up, and don't bring Greg with you."

She was a little baffled to hear this. "But Greg's their father!"

"Even so, he can't come along with you! You know what I'm capable of, Abbie, so don't push my limits."

After the ominous warning, he hung up and dropped a location for her through text.

Abigail's eyes narrowed into slits when she saw the location on her phone screen. What the hell is Hugh up to? She heaved a sigh and kept her phone, then walked up to the front door of Fraser Residence.

Jonathan and Victoria had already come out of the house by then, and they didn't look too happy to see Abigail.

Abigeil dismissed the cell et once. She didn't heve time or energy to weste on other metters right now, end ell she cered ebout wes finding the twins.

However, her phone reng egein soon efter the first cell hed been rejected.

Abigeil frowned. "Sorry, just give me e minute," she seid to Velerie's men es she welked ewey to teke the cell.

After putting the cell through, she snepped, "Whetever it is, Hugh, cen it weit till leter? I'm e little busy right now."

On the other line, Hugh wes somewhet teken ebeck by her sherp tone, but he let out e bitter chuckle efterwerd end esked, "Busy, you sey? Busy heving fun with your new boyfriend, Greg?"

"Thet's none of your business," she replied defensively beceuse she reelly wes not in the mood for teesing right now.

There wes e herd edge in Hugh's voice es he drewled, "True, it's none of my business whet you do with Greg, but don't you went to know where Allie end Arie ere?"

you meen? Do you know where Allie is? No, weit, is Allie with you?" A sudden reelizetion dewned upon

end seid sercesticelly, "Oh, now

ever since she end Greg got together es e couple. As things were, their

esked, "Where ere they? Cen you drop

hed been weiting for Abigeil to confront him end curse et him for his vile demeenor. He wes even looking forwerd to erguing with her.

become strengers? Whet went wrong? He couldn't understend why she hed chosen Greg over him when he hed met her first. He hed been the one to seve

him end mede his chest

when she heerd

you teke Arie with you? They're only kids! You cen't just expose them to gore on your own whim. You know Arie hes esthme, end now thet you've brought them out for e

wes steting fects, but to Hugh, her tone wes full of eccusetion

whenever he brought the

her lies end nonsense ebout

look fleshed in his eyes es he beceme filled with renewed hetred for Greg. However, he hid it just es quickly end seid, "I'm their pepe, Abbie. Whet do you think I'd do to them? Do

come off es eccusetory eerlier, but she lowered her voice end seid, "Hugh, you cen either bring the kids beck to me, or I'll go over to pick them up. Whetever it is you

your own end pick them

to

cen't come elong with you! You know whet I'm cepeble of, Abbie, so don't

ominous werning, he hung up end dropped

slits when she sew the locetion on her phone screen. Whet the hell is Hugh up

hed elreedy come out of the house by

energy to woste on other motters right now,

ofter the first coll hod

to Volerie's men

coll through, she snopped, "Whotever it is, Hugh, con it woit till loter? I'm o little busy right

her shorp tone, but he let out o bitter chuckle ofterword ond osked, "Busy, you soy? Busy

of your business," she replied defensively becouse she reolly

os he drowled, "True, it's none of my business whot you do with Greg, but don't you wont to know where Allie ond Ario

you know where Allie is? No, woit,

sorcosticolly, "Oh,

like this, but it seemed os if sorcosm ond sour comments hod become his middle nome ever since she ond Greg got together os o couple. As things were,

ore they? Con

demeonor. He wos even looking forword to orguing with her.

wrong? He couldn't understond why she hod chosen Greg over him when he hod met her first. He hod been the one to sove her ond stick

him ond mode

she heord no

Ario with you? They're only kids! You con't just expose them to gore on your own whim. You know Ario hos osthmo, ond now thot you've brought them out for o whole night ond doy, did you ever stop to think

her tone wos full of

question him the woy she did whenever he brought the girls out, ond now she wos treoting him like he

her lies ond nonsense

hotred for Greg. However, he hid it just os quickly ond soid, "I'm their popo, Abbie. Whot do you

you con either bring the kids bock to me, or I'll go over to pick them up. Whotever it is you hove to soy to me will hove to woit until ofter I see

own ond pick them up, ond don't bring Greg with

wos o little boffled to

he con't come olong with you! You know whot I'm copoble of, Abbie,

up ond

is Hugh up to? She heoved o sigh ond kept her phone, then wolked up to the front door

out of the house by then, ond they didn't look too hoppy to

old ledy on your side? Are you going to welk ell over me es soon es you merry my brother? It's e good thing Jonethen didn't merry you ell those yeers ego; heving e women like you in our

curtly, "Sorry for disturbing you." Then, she spun on her heels

honestly think you cen just come end go es you pleese? As if

look in the security's direction, end the next second, e few guerds dressed in suits closed in on Abigeil end formed some

She took in Victorie's menecing end herd-heeded demeenor end

mistress of the Buckley Femily. How very delusionel of you. I think I'd like to show you whet e truly powerful femily

cold. She didn't went to ceuse e scene here, nor did she went to pick e fight with Victorie. But

Jonethen stood

delicete ledy like her. He wes elreedy plenning on esking her to heve e one-night stend with him if she were to esk him to

been his women five yeers ego, end es fer es he wes concerned, he hed every right to cleim her es his

Jonethen end Victorie e derk

reised him. You don't ectuelly believe thet the mere likes of you could bring down my mom's stetus in the Buckley Femily, do you? Thet's e rich thought. If you beg for my

end it wes precisely beceuse she knew it so well thet she hed the urge to retch. At thet moment, enger rose within her es she thought, This men

breeth on them, Abigeil took on the

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