Not One, But Two!

Chapter 246

Thinking of this, Jonathan sneered and uttered nothing.

As for Abigail, she knew what Jonathan was thinking, but it didn't matter much to her anymore. Her main intention was as clear as day. She wanted to let everyone know how much of a jerk Jonathan was. Still, it never crossed her mind that Lady Luck would side with her so much. Jonathan showed up right in front of Abigail even when she hadn't even thought of what she would do to him if she ever crossed paths with him.

Silently thanking Lady Luck, she thought, It's a shame if I don't know how to make good use of such a good opportunity, right?

In the meantime, Greg had fully grasped the meaning behind Abigail's words and actions now that he had witnessed the development of the matter. Therefore, he simply stepped out to help Abigail and added fuel to the already heated situation.

He took out his phone and called Victoria again.

Victoria picked up the call and asked in a hopeful demeanor, "Greg, could it be that you've decided to help Jonathan? I knew it! I know you still treat me well."

Hearing that, he snorted. "You?" Even so, he still put her on speaker.

At this point, Greg didn't care about allowing both himself and the entire Buckley Family to become gossip for others to discuss over their dinner. There were things that he had suppressed in him for the longest time. He kept it in his heart for way too long that he nearly forgot about it. Still and all, he felt a little frustrated thinking about it.

"Victoria, from what I see, the wonderful life that you're living thanks to the Buckley Family over the years has made you truly forget your standing, hmm?"

As Greg phrased his words in a rude manner, all the people around him instantly pricked up their ears for a moment.

Meanwhile, Jonathan was staring at Greg. All these years, he always felt that Greg and Victoria weren't very close. Despite hearing the outsiders saying that Greg had a close relationship with Victoria and how she had brought Greg up, Jonathan constantly felt that it wasn't the case and outsiders might be wrong.

Due to his doubtful feelings, Jonathan ever asked Victoria about this matter before. However, she never said anything. Not only did she not answer him, she even asked him not to ask about matters such as this. Now that he heard Greg's rude remarks, Jonathan suddenly felt a little uneasy.

Instinctively, he wanted to remind Victoria not to speak. However, Greg was fully prepared to face any possible interruptions. Unknown to everyone, the manager of the Food Hall suddenly appeared behind Jonathan and covered his mouth when he was about to speak.

In truth, the manager was actually having a hard time as he needed to smell the foul scent exuding from Jonathan. Due to his distance being close to Jonathan, he felt his stomach was churning, and he almost vomited out all the food he had yesterday. However, he could only endure it whenever he thought of Greg's order.

Meanwhile, Victoria was completely unaware of the situation at Greg's end. When she heard him say those words out, she was stupefied for a moment. Shortly after, she regained her senses. At that moment, years of pent-up inferiority suddenly angered her a little. Hence, she asked angrily, "What did you say, Greg?! If Mom heard your words—"

Ignoring the angry tone in Victoria's voice, Greg interrupted her before she could finish her sentence. "Oh, are you going to use Mom to oppress me again? In that case, my dear good sister, care to explain to Mom how you treated me when I was a child?"

Greg's eyes reddened involuntarily when he spoke. When the people around him saw his fierce look, they couldn't help but become frightened and take a step back.

Even so, Abigail wasn't intimidated by Greg's frightening aura at all. She had this doubt before, but he didn't mention anything to her. And thus, she didn't ask. Now that she looked at Greg in this state, it was clear to her that he was exasperated and even a little sad. Learning about that, she couldn't help feeling concerned for him.

Once again, Abigail went to hold Greg's hand and tried her best to give him strength. The moment she held his hand, she heard Victoria's voice sounded from the other end of the phone. "It's all in the past. Why do you still cling onto it?"

"Why am I still clinging onto it? Do you think I'll forget about the fact that you took a four-year-old boy to a clubhouse and watched me as I fended for myself?!"

Like dropping a bombshell, everyone was stunned beyond words as soon as these words escaped Greg's lips. Abigail was so shocked to the point that she felt as if lightning had struck her, and her body started shaking. Simultaneously, a stream of thoughts began rushing into her mind.

A four-year-old?! Victoria even took a young Greg to a clubhouse before?! How dare she?! Greg was just four years old then! That's equivalent to Alissa's age! Like every four-year-old child, he was supposed to enjoy a carefree life, yet Victoria took him to such a shady place! Is this what the outsiders meant by Victoria taking good care of Greg?! It's no wonder that Greg always had a distant relationship with Victoria. In my opinion, he is being extremely merciful by not taking her life. If it was me, I would've killed her!

After hearing that, Victoria was stunned, and her mouth trembled slightly.

"Greg, I—"

"Enough with your bullsh*t! You treated me like a commodity, and I was left to fend for myself. You would go out and enjoy yourself with the money you earned from that by yourself, but you never gave me food. Instead, you would lock me up in my room. Tell me—won't your conscience hurt when you told my mom that I fell asleep because I was tired from playing?! Not only that, you even threatened me that if I told Mom about all these, you would let those old men kill me. Wasn't that person you? So, why should I respect you, considering that you weren't a good sister to me?"

Listening to Greg, Abigail felt her heart hurt a little with each and every word that escaped his lips. Inside her mind, she couldn't help herself but think angrily, Victoria totally deserves to be shredded into pieces!

Although Victoria didn't know why Greg would spill this secret today, it didn't change the fact that she had been living with fear over the years. She was fearful that Greg would blurt these things out one day. Thus, she was rather relieved now that he had said it out. However, the confusion inside her also emerged at the same time.

"If so, why did you decide to pretend to be friendly with me and let everyone think we have a good relationship all these years?" Victoria's question was also exactly what everyone was thinking about.

Sneering, Greg growled, "Why, you ask? It's simple. You've saved Mom before! At the very least, you still have a little conscience for her regardless of what you did to me. Mom has asthma and she fell ill once when she went out without her medicine. Back then, you ran back home in the heavy rain just to get her medicine, and you saved her life. I know you did this because you're afraid that I would take revenge on you if my mom died, but for me, I'm still grateful toward you. After all, my mom might have long gone if you hadn't given her the medicine on time. Do you think I would have let you, the Fraser

Family, and your son to enjoy your lives until now for the things that you've done to me if it weren't for the fact that you ever saved Mom?"

Everyone had a surprise look on their face as soon as these words came out of Greg's mouth. Wow! It turns out that Greg is such a filial person.

Likewise, Victoria also finally understood. Feeling somewhat relieved, she thought, It looks like I've taken the right risk by being nice to Old Madam Buckley. Then, she quickly added, "Since you know I treat Mom nicely, you should also know that she will feel the saddest if we turn against each other. You must help Jonathan this time."

However, Greg merely sneered after he heard that. Then, he said, "Your good days are coming to an end."

With that, he immediately hung up the phone.

At the same time, Abigail knew that the words about today's incident would soon spread throughout the Internet. And if this incident reached Valerie, she would eventually demand justice for her biological son Greg, regardless of how much she liked Victoria, her adoptive daughter.

Greg was feeling a little suffocated by the smell of the place, and his mood had gotten real bad. Therefore, he stood up and said to the manager beside him, "The police will arrive in a while. Pass all the evidence to them. Starting from today, I don't wish to hear or see anything that's related to Victoria and the Fraser Family in Harrion."

With that, Greg moved his feet and left.

Watching as he left, Abigail hurriedly followed him.

Due to the chaos and interruption created by Jonathan, the two of them completely failed to have their lunch.

While following behind him, she stared at the dangerous aura exuded from Greg and couldn't help but feel upset.

Wanting to make him feel better, she hugged Greg from behind and whispered, "It's not worth it for you to get angry at a woman like Victoria. To be honest, I really didn't expect her to be such a person. You must be very upset when you brought up your past today, right?"

Hearing that, Greg simply hummed. Initially, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave. When he brought up his past a while ago, the fear and shame he suffered throughout his childhood nearly made him unable to control himself. He was so traumatized that he even cooped himself up even when he was seven or eight years old because of this incident. Thinking of his past, he felt completely unbearable. However, the current warmth coming from behind him melted his icy heart little by little.

"Abigail, I'm hungry," he suddenly said with his eyes looking a little teary.

At this moment, Greg felt that the whole world was nothing compared to Abigail.

He just wanted to pamper her, be nice to her, and love her.

Abigail knew that it wasn't easy for someone as prideful as Greg to cast his ego aside. Similarly, she also knew he did so and let everyone discuss his past was actually for her sake. Thinking of what Greg had done for her all these while, she felt really grateful. This man has really done a lot for me.

"Let's go eat elsewhere. The food served in the Food Hall doesn't taste as nice as before."

"Sure."

With that, Greg and Abigail went to a nearby hotel and ordered tons of food. They were obviously very hungry, but each of them didn't eat much.

He knew that she was feeling sorry for him, but he simply felt he was feeling a lot more relaxed now that he had vented out his sordid past.

Truth was, Greg wanted to spill out the truth every time he saw Victoria being so filial in front of Valerie over the years, but now that he had said it out loud, he wanted to see how Valerie would feel.

Looking at Abigail, he realized that there was a hint of distress in her eyes. Therefore, he couldn't help but say, "Although I want you to care for me all the time, the distress in your eyes will bring shame to me."

"Greg, can you stop being a ruffian?" In an instant, Abigail's sad mood disappeared thanks to Greg's words. It looks like he is feeling much better.

Pouring a glass of lukewarm water for Abigail, Greg then asked, "Are you venting your anger for Emma's sake?"

"You can say so, but that's not entirely the case," she told Greg about her thoughts. NôvelDrama.Org © 2024.

"Regardless of what, I'm still the daughter of the Kain Family. I couldn't care less about my reputation, but I don't want the children to be affected. Besides, Emma's an idiot. If I want to put my words in an impolite manner, she's simply a pawn used by others, so why should I get angry with an object? She's Philip's only daughter. I don't mind helping her, considering she can still be helped."

He instantly guessed something upon hearing Abigail's words. "Is Emma at your place?"

"Yeah, but don't worry. I won't treat her like royalty. She's not young anymore, yet she doesn't have the ability to take care of herself at all. She's been learning basic survival skills recently. If she can master

them, I'm sure she won't starve to death even if I chase her out."

Abigail made herself very clear that she wouldn't pamper Emma. Realizing this, Greg felt at ease.

"Did you know Jonathan would be coming to the Food Hall?"

"No, I didn't. It seems Lady Luck is smiling on us. I don't even know where I should start to find and collect the evidence, but the evidence was sent to me just like that. I can only conclude that Jonathan finally ran out of his luck."

Nonetheless, it wasn't entirely wrong for Abigail to say that.

Then, Greg asked about matters regarding the Kain Family again. Once he learned about everything, he finally understood the situation.

"I'll help you look at the matter of the Kain Family. Also, I'll investigate the reason why Philip was arrested. I'm curious about how you could describe the process of Jonathan's illegal money transfer in such detail, though. Could it possibly be that you know any hackers?"

After hearing Greg's words, Abigail paused for a moment. However, she then explained lightly, "Yeah, I know a hacker. It's someone from your company, Carter. I've asked him for a favor."

Once Greg heard that, all his doubts were blown away. "When did you get in touch with Carter? How was I not made aware of this?"

"Well, it wasn't me who got in touch with him. As you know, Aria is very good with computers? The two met on the Internet, and they occasionally chatted about topics regarding hacking. It was Aria who helped me and told Carter about it."

As Abigail spoke about this, there wasn't a trace of fear shown on her face at all. Therefore, Greg couldn't spot anything unusual about her. Even though the discussion over the topic was over, Abigail

still broke into cold sweat.

Clearly, Abigail was hiding something from Greg. Even so, it wasn't that she wanted to hide the truth from Greg. It was just that she wanted to find a suitable time to tell him about her identity as King. I don't know what Greg will think when I tell him.