Not One, But Two!

Chapter 213

"Mom, what are you planning to do?" Emma asked excitedly.

"Find someone to tail Abigail and see where she goes. We'll give this information to Old Madam Buckley. Let's see how Abigail gets out of it this time." Sasha's eyes flashed viciously.

Abigail is getting too arrogant. If I don't start making plans in Emma's and my best interests, who knows what will happen in the future? Philip is starting to side with Abigail too. That isn't good.

Emma had long since wanted to get back at Abigail, so now that Sasha had given her the go-ahead, she quickly got someone to start tailing Abigail.

When Abigail exited the Kain Residence, she saw that Greg was still sitting in the car, but the bottom of the vehicle was now littered with cigarette butts.

Her brows creased slightly as she walked over to him.

"What on earth do you want?"

"I just want to keep you company." Greg looked up, and his eyes made it clear that he was dead serious.

This moved Abigail a little, but she squashed that feeling down. "Greg, you should know that—"

"I know everything I need to know, but I still can't let you go. I know my mother disapproves of us; she even did some horrible things, so it's only natural that you're angry. Of course, I don't expect you to forgive her, and I won't even ask you to do it, but Abigail, this has nothing to do with me. You can't rule me out just because of my mother's biases, right?"

Greg knew what she was about to say, so he broached the subject before she could do it.

He was not as calm as he seemed on the outside; in fact, deep down inside, he was apprehensive. Abigail had always been very cut and dry with her feelings. She would not hesitate to end things if she found a reason. He was terrified that she might break up with him.

Abigail felt awful as she looked at Greg. "I didn't rule you out."

"But you're planning on staying away from me, and you're even planning to slowly push me out of your life. So, in the end, you're going to ask for a breakup, aren't you? I didn't cheat, and I didn't do anything to hurt you, so I refuse to let that happen."

He had an aggrieved look in his eyes as he stared at her.

She felt a little disgruntled by his actions and words. He's feeling aggrieved? Aren't the girls and I the ones who should be feeling aggrieved?

However, after looking into his eyes, Abigail couldn't find it in her heart to act mercilessly toward him. "You can come if you want, but I can't promise that you'll have a place to stay since it's not my home."

Abigail climbed into her car after saying that.

Greg remained hopeful as she had not rejected him from coming along with her.

However, soon after leaving the Kain Residence, someone from the Buckley Family came and stopped her. It was obviously some ploy that either Emma or Sasha cooked up.

Abigail's eyes glinted icily because she should have tossed Sasha and Emma to Antarctica.

"Miss Kain, Old Madam Buckley would like to see you. Please come with us."

They sounded courteous enough, but Abigail asked impassively, "What if I don't want to?"

"Well… Miss Kain, please don't make things difficult for us. We are determined to bring you back with us."

"Let's see if you dare!"

Greg got down from the car and came over in a huff.

The men were startled as they had never expected to see Greg here.

"Mr. Buckley, we're simply acting on Old Madam Buckley's orders."

"Go back and tell my mother that as long as I'm here, Abigail won't be going anywhere." Greg threw Abigail a glance.

She had mixed emotions about this, but she closed her car window and sped off.

"Miss Kain!"

The men wanted to stop her, but Greg kicked one of them in the knee and he fell straight to the ground.

"Mr. Buckley…"

The man felt helpless about this, but he did not try to get up.

Finally, Greg declared icily, "I might have stepped down from everything, but I'm pretty sure it'll be a piece of cake for me to handle you guys? How about it? Shall we give it a try?"

He was clearly asking for a fight, but none of them had the guts to make a move against him.

Even though Greg didn't have any official position at the moment, as long as he was still Valerie's son, none of them dared to pick a fight with him.

"You must be joking, Mr. Buckley."

"Get lost, all of you! If I ever see any of you hounding my future wife again, I won't go easy on you!"

Greg went back to his car and sped after Abigail.

The men were at a loss for what to do. One of them even asked hesitatingly, "Igor, what do we do now?"

"What else can we do? Mr. Buckley might have stepped down, but we all know that Night Assassino and the entire Buckley Family's fortune will go to him eventually. So, go ahead and try to block Dr. Kain if you want to lose your job with the Buckleys."

The other subordinates had nothing to say.

Valerie had not been in charge for a long time. Although Greg had handed everything back to her, he would still be the person who took over in the end. Everyone was clear about this, so none of them dared to disobey his command.

"Pass the message along that we can just play along. As long as Mr. Buckley remains beside Dr. Kain, we won't stop her."

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The men did as Igor said.

Abigail drove straight to the Reeve Residence. Greg followed behind her, but he was startled to see that she had come to the Reeves. This time, he did not follow her to the door. Instead, he simply killed the engine and waited inside the car.

He knew about the Reeves. They came from a line of medical professionals and kept a low profile despite being one of the Four Prominent Families. Teal Reeve was the only daughter of her generation, so when Abigail had decided to try and treat Teal earlier, Greg was quite worried that she might end up offending the Reeves and bringing trouble upon herself as a result.

Nevertheless, it seemed that she had not only evaded any possibility of trouble, she even had the support of an extremely influential family. Valerie would probably think twice about coming over to demand that Abigail leave with her even if she found out that Abigail was staying here.

Even so, Greg did not want to leave. He had nothing better to do anyway, so he was happy to just sit around and wait for his wife.

Abigail stepped out of the car and went straight into the house. She did not bother to see whether he wanted to come in or not.

When Teal saw her coming in, she looked out the window and spotted the car outside. "Mr. Buckley came with you? Why don't you invite him in?"

"Don't mind him. He likes sitting in the car."

Abigail took a seat. "My daughters are still asleep?"

"Yeah." Teal nodded.

Abigail's brows creased slightly, but she did not continue this subject.

"I've checked and confirmed that Greg was the one who gave Quinn the medicine, but it was Sasha who found it. I don't know what to say about this, but I do hope that you'd be willing to go a little easier on Greg for my sake."

This was the first time Abigail had ever pleaded on someone else's behalf.

"I can do that. You're the one who saved me from the poison. If it weren't for you, I don't know if I'd still be alive right now. So, naturally, I'm happy to comply with your wishes," Teal answered without much surprise.

Abigail shook her head and said, "Me saving you has nothing to do with Greg and Quinn's deal. Even if Greg weren't a part of this, I would still save you. I won't try to defend him either. He did something wrong, so he should pay for his mistakes. I just hope that you will spare his life."

Greg should have prepared himself for the consequences of failure when he decided to plot with Quinn. Abigail did not want to get involved with this. She only wanted to save his life to repay her gratitude to him for raising her.

She still had Sasha and Emma clambering to try and mess with her, but she wanted to see whether they would still have the time and effort to do that once the Kain Family lost its prominence and status in society.

Abigail never considered herself a good person since she was no saint and was not about to act like one.

Teal seemed to have gotten the message as she smiled and said, "Okay. I know what to do. The Kains tried to poison me, so they must pay for it. From tomorrow onward, the Reeve Family will start making their move against the Kains. We'll have to see if the Kains can weather this storm."

Abigail nodded impassively as she was not particularly concerned about the Kain Family's future. "I'll check in on my daughters."

"Alright."

Then, she headed upstairs.

Both girls were blissfully asleep without knowing anything about the tension among the adults.

Abigail was in turmoil as she gazed at them.

They had just reunited with their father, and they had a pretty good impression of Valerie as well, but she was about to separate the girls from them again. It was something unfair for the girls.

Then again, Abigail would not be willing to compromise just because it was unfair for them. That was not her style, and she wasn't about to change that.

So, she rose to her feet and stared out the window. Greg was still sitting in the car, and a spark of light glimmered now and then.

She knew that he was smoking again.

He had been smoking a lot today, which made it clear that he was in a terrible mood.

If Abigail were being honest, she knew that Valerie's actions had nothing to do with Greg, but no matter what, she was still his mother, the one who struggled to raise him since she was young. Abigail did not want to put Greg in a tough spot between her and Valerie, so that was why she asked for a break so they could cool their heads. It would eventually lead to a breakup in due course.

Unfortunately, Greg picked up on that and was shameless enough to refuse to listen to reason.

Abigail's head began to throb a little whenever she thought of him. She closed the curtains at once. Out of sight, out of mind.

Arianna stirred a little as if she was about to wake up.

Abigail rushed over, and when she saw Arianna slowly opening her eyes, she asked in concern, "Are you uncomfortable in any way?"

"No. Mommy? Why are you here?"

Arianna tried to get up but felt a little woozy, so Abigail immediately pulled her child into her arms.

"Don't move. You'll feel better if you lie down a little longer before getting up."

Arianna finally realized that she was in an unfamiliar environment. "Mommy, where is this? It's not Grandma's house, right?"

The word "Grandma" pricked Abigail's heart a little, but she smiled and said, "No. I have something I need to do with Ms. Reeve, so I'll be staying at her house for a while and I brought you girls with me. Grandma also needs some rest, so you girls shouldn't look for her for now."

Abigail decided against telling the children about what was happening between the adults. She wanted them to only remember Valerie's kindness toward them.

"Oh. What's the matter with Allie? She's even more of a sleepyhead than I am." Arianna chuckled lightly. This was her first time seeing Alissa in a deeper sleep than her.

"Let her sleep. It'll be a ruckus once she wakes up."

Arianna laughed at the thought of how destructive Alissa could sometimes be. "Mommy, I didn't bring my laptop with me. It's still at Grandma's house."

Arianna suddenly recalled her precious laptop.

"I'll buy you another one soon." Abigail stroked Arianna's head gently and assured her for a bit before leaving the room.

The moment she left, Alissa suddenly opened her eyes and tugged at Arianna's clothes before muttering, "Something feels wrong about the way that Mommy is acting."