Not One, But Two!

Chapter 199

"What is it? Do you have something you need to do?" Abigail asked as she looked at Greg inquisitively.

"I need to take this call—company matters. Get some rest."

"Okay." She didn't press any further and closed her eyes.

Greg left the room with his phone, and when he was sure that he was out of earshot, he put the call through and said, "Speak."

"Mr. Buckley, Hugh was dropped off at Dock Number Three and loaded onto a ship. As of now, he's already left Harrion," Benjamin informed on the other line.

Greg's gaze darkened as he asked, "Whose men were behind this?"

"I'm not sure. They came out of nowhere, and they weren't from Harrion. These men are trained in combat according to the reports I've received, so I'm assuming they belong to a gang, though I don't know which. That said, we're sure that they don't work for Hugh because the way they treated him was rough and borderline disrespectful," Benjamin replied, having paid close attention to the men at the dock.

"Got it. Keep an eye on this, and as for the other thing I had you look into, have you found anything of substance?"

Benjamin paused when he heard Greg's grave tone, and as sudden realization dawned upon him, he said in hushed tones, "Yes, I have. Hugh's forces have been traced back to Seaferon; he's been an orphan for most of his life, but he was adopted alongside three other children by someone who went by the name Old Mr. Cautel. Now, these four kids are each in charge of different territories throughout Seaferon. Apparently, Hugh has recently gotten into a dispute with his second brother. Things got ugly between them, and the ambush today as well as Hugh's defeat and subsequent escape from Rorea were presumably his brother's doing."

After Benjamin relayed all the information that he had dug up on Hugh, Greg's lips curled up in a smile. An enemy of an enemy is a friend, Greg thought deviously. "Run a background check on this second brother and let me know the details. I plan on working together with him."

"Yes, Mr. Buckley," Benjamin agreed readily.

Then, Greg looked in the direction of the bedroom where Abigail was supposedly resting and felt a twinge of guilt. He didn't want to let her know of the things he had planned on doing to Hugh just yet.

"Come over to Allie's Garden and keep an eye on my girlfriend while I go out," he said to Benjamin over the phone.

Benjamin was admittedly stunned by the request at first, but he dared not question his superior and immediately drove over to the house.

It was only after Benjamin had arrived that Greg grabbed his keys and left.

Meanwhile, Abigail had planned on pretending to fall asleep at first, but the softness of the bed or perhaps her exhaustion eventually pulled her into slumber.

By the time she stirred from sleep, she noticed that Greg had left the house.

At that moment, she received a text from her subordinate informing her that Hugh had officially left Harrion, and it was only then that her heart felt as if it had been cut free of its suspension.

Now that one of her problems had been solved, relief washed over her. She straightened her clothes and got out of bed, whereupon she realized that her ankle was feeling much better. In fact, she could even put her weight on that foot without wincing in pain.

As such, she tentatively took a couple of steps, and when she was sure that she could manage walking, she crossed over to the door and opened it.

Just then, she was suddenly reminded of the fact that she had a pet feline at home.

Snowdrop is starving to death after missing out on meals for the past few

way into the living room with that in mind, but when she saw Benjamin

day, Ma'am," Benjamin greeted immediately as

need for formalities. I'm going back to my place next

me to keep

to refuse his gesture. "Here, you're going

hurried up to Abigail and grabbed her arm to steady her while she

over to Abigail's house next door. When Snowdrop registered her return, it meowed and

Come on, let's get

that both Snowdrop's food and water dish had already been filled up. When she remembered that Hugh was the last person to have stayed here, she figured

she called out suddenly. "Find a locksmith and get him to change the smart door's lock for

request startled Benjamin, so he asked skeptically,

will not question the orders given to him by his superior, got

in surprise at first, but

about Benjamin as a person, but she found herself suddenly thinking about Troy. Then, she recalled what Cody had said to her earlier that morning at the hospital. What could have possibly made Greg so devastated that he would go out to drink away his problems during the

better of her. "Benjamin, do you know where Troy is right now?" she asked casually when she

Buckley has put him

so?" Abigail pressed as she gazed

his head, looking somewhat bewildered as he replied, "I don't know. I

he's way past making mistakes. Unless, of course, his mistake has something to do with

you track him

can't. After all, I don't really

be telling the truth or trying to hide it from Abigail, but right now, she couldn't be bothered by it. Even more so, she could sense the wariness from his somewhat evasive demeanor. It looks

arms and was about to bring it back to Greg's, but she decided against it upon remembering that he wasn't a fan

upstairs to go through some files. Make

nod, but he did not follow

to make sure she was safe at all times. However, seeing as they were at her place and coupled with the fact that he was a man, he knew better than

courteous—if not chivalrous—move on Benjamin's part, and

her laptop, she quickly sent Carter a message.

'King,' he typed out in earnest. 'Where are you? Let's meet up over a meal—it'll be my treat. I have to tell you that this part-time job you recommended to me is awesome. All I do is keep an eye on cyber security,

from Abigail after her long absence, and while he was keeping up the conversation, he tried

and turned down his offer to buy her a meal. 'I'm not interested in having a meal with you, and don't even bother trying to track my IP address. Do you really think you can find me

tracked her IP address to some foreign server, which meant she had likely used a

up in person. I wouldn't mind if you're hideous or something,' he reassured, thinking that King only refused his invitation because they weren't

replied, 'You're overthinking this—I'm actually prettier than

and we'll see for