Not One, But Two!

Chapter 119

Chapter 119

Ethan sported a dark expression, and the atmosphere in that place felt suffocating. The hacker gulped. Fortunately, he had leaped away from his computer in time, or he would've become injured. King was truly incredible. Not only had she found their location, she even managed to detonate their computer. However, Ethan appeared to be fuming now.

"Damn it! Who is King? Find out for me!" An incensed Ethan swept everything on the table to the ground.

The hacker replied cautiously, "No one knows who King is. She usually doesn't take on tasks, but once she does, she never loses. She's a legend in the hacking world."

"Greg is lucky enough to have King's help. Find out how much money he offered her, and we'll invite King over with double the amount."

His words made the hacker fall into a dilemma. "Young Master Ethan, King only accepts tasks when she feels like it. When she's in a good mood, she'll accept the task even if it's just a small amount of money. When she's in a terrible mood, she'll turn down the offer even if it's 100 million."

"She's really something, but I like it. Just find out more about her for me."

Ethan no longer felt heartbroken for the computer. After all, he hadn't expected to steal any secret information from Greg to begin with. It was just that he was feeling unresigned, so he wanted to create some trouble for him. Since King had made a move, he'd better keep it lowkey for the time being.

As soon as Greg arrived at the company, Troy said to him, "Mr. Buckley, King has accepted our task and stopped the other party from hacking into our system. However, there might be something wrong with her brain."

"What do you mean?" Greg frowned.

Troy hurriedly explained, "We offered her 100 million, but she rejected it and only took 10 million. Don't you think there's something wrong with her?"

Upon hearing that, Greg was surprised as well. There's someone in the world who doesn't want more money? That's odd! "Are the company's secrets safe?"

"They're all safe, and it seems that King destroyed their computer. Our engineers said she used a program that can detonate a computer." Admiration was written all over Troy's face. "King is truly amazing. If I have a chance to meet her in the future, I'll certainly take a photo with her."

"We'll talk about it if you can find her."

Since the crisis had been solved, Greg felt frustrated. He was supposed to be keeping his girlfriend company at home. However, he had rushed over to the company to find that the problem had been settled. If he went home now, he might disturb Abigail's rest. At the thought of this, he decided not to return. "I told you to get the villa renovated. Has it been completed?"

Troy had no idea why Greg wanted to get the villa renovated, but he still replied honestly, "Not so soon, Mr. Buckley. It's still in the process of renovation. However, if we don't touch anything else and only install an air purification system and some other stuff, we can speed up the process a little."

The fact that Arianna suffered from asthma concerned Greg. Even if she never stepped out of Allie's Garden, the air quality was not good enough for her in the house. In that case, he'd rather pause the renovations and install the air purification system first. "I'll listen to you then. Install the air purification system first and don't touch anything else."

Upon hearing that, Troy started chuckling. "That'll be quicker. We can get it done by tomorrow."

"Tomorrow? Alright, tomorrow that is. You'll go over and supervise their work."

"Sure." Troy immediately agreed to it.

There was still work to be handled in the company. Since Greg was already here, he decided to get to work.

After Abigail was done with her tasks, she recalled that Ethan was still investigating her. Nevertheless, she had entrusted Arianna to divert his attention, and she believed that her daughter would do a great job. She moved her sore neck a little and took a shower. Even though Greg had told her to take an afternoon nap, she wasn't actually sleepy. With that said, the serenity in the afternoon still made her decide to lay on the bed, and she slumbered off just a while later.

In her dream, she could see that she was surrounded by fire. She kept screaming, but she was unable to get out of it. Meanwhile, the anxious cries of her daughters were heard coming from the other side. She was so flustered that she was about to go mad. "No! No!"

She sat straight up, only to realize that she was already drenched in sweat. The warm breeze from outside the room whisked across her and made her become fully awake. She couldn't remember when was the last time she had this sort of nightmare.

Five years ago, she left Harrion when she was pregnant. She fled from the city in a ship, but a group of people from a larger vessel intercepted them and captured all of the passengers. At that time, Abigail had no idea who they were or why they detained them. Both nervous and terrified, she was waiting and suffering.

Three days later, she finally found out what awaited her. That was a crime syndicate who captured people from ships, but they only kept the strong ones and started training them. Those who were weaker were directly hurled into the ocean.Property © NôvelDrama.Org.

At that time, Abigail was horrified. She had always believed that the Kain Residence was a terrible place, but it wasn't until that moment did she realize the outside world was much more cruel than what she had gone through in the Kain Residence. Due to the fact that she was pregnant, she was almost pushed into the ocean. Fortunately, someone pleaded with the criminals on her behalf, so she was allowed to stay.

The following training was harsh. Even though she was pregnant, those criminals had never been kind to her during training. In addition, she thought that she was going to lose her life on the desert island. Then, there came a day when she was forced to kill. The order made her feel that she was unable to take it anymore.

The immense pressure made her stomach feel excruciatingly painful, and she could even see that blood was sliding down her thighs. Then, she came down with a fever and started spouting nonsense. She would laugh and cry for no reason as she lamented that life had been unfair to her. She also couldn't believe that she was so unlucky.

Upon determining that she was unable to survive, the instructor told some people to hurl her into the ocean. The pungent smell of the sea water almost made her pass out. Just when she thought that she would lose her life with her unborn kids in the ocean, she was saved by Hugh, for he had happened to pass by that place.

With Hugh's help, she gave birth to her children and started a new life. As she recalled the past, she glanced at her right hand. She could still vividly remember the cruel killings on the desert island. Evidently, she felt fortunate that she had left that place instead of losing her life there.

Now, she was the best surgeon in the world, and thanks to her experience on the desert island, she had acquired some self-defense skills. However, she was unwilling to recall her memories from that period of time, and it never crossed her mind that those memories from the past would haunt her in her

dreams on this day. She shuddered as she suddenly felt cold. Then, she took a shower and let the warm water wash away the sorrow in her heart.

After staying under the running water for a while, she dried herself with a towel and put on her clothes. As she walked down memory lane earlier, she was reminded of Hugh. Without the care and protection of Hugh, she would never have survived, much less given birth to her kids. Since Hugh had already left this place, she wondered how the man was doing and felt worried for him.

Then, she fished out her phone and sent him a message. 'Take good care of yourself and don't get injured again.'

Nevertheless, he never replied to her, so she wondered what was going on with him. Unable to fall asleep again, she logged into the mobile game and realized that Alec and the others were all online, so she decided to have a training session with them.

Meanwhile, Greg wasn't done with his work until evening rolled around. He shook his head and took a look at his wrist watch before saying, "There's no need to work overtime today. Get off work now. Go home and spend some time with your family."

It was the first time the employees heard Greg saying such a thing, so they cheered in joy. Greg picked up his coat and left the place in a jolly mood, but he was stopped by Troy. "Mr. Buckley, there's a cocktail party tonight that you must attend."

While Troy was distressed, Greg frowned and asked, "Cocktail party? When will it take place?"

"8:00PM. There's still some time."

Greg took a look at his wrist watch and realized that it was only 5:30PM. There should be enough time. At the thought of this, he called Abigail and said, "Abbie, can you attend a cocktail party with me tonight?"

Upon hearing that, Abigail was startled. "Me? I don't think it's appropriate. I'm not from your company, after all."

"You're my girlfriend."

Whenever Greg said this, his tune sounded proud. When Abigail heard that, she couldn't help but smile.

"Alright."

"You're the best girlfriend in the world. Will you kiss me please?"

The fact that Greg was publicly displaying his affection for a woman stunned everyone at the scene. In the past, he always said that he was in love, and they all knew that he had been wooing Genevieve, but he would never express his love for her in public because Genevieve didn't allow him to do that. Now that Greg was showing his love so publicly, all of them grew curious.

Someone who was brave enough couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Buckley, are you in love?"

A joyous Greg decided not to hide it from them as he replied with a smile, "Yes, I'm in love. If this turns out to be successful, I'll give all of you a bonus."

"Mr. Buckley, I'm sure that you'll get what you want."

In order to get the bonus, all of them started giving Greg their best wishes.

Upon hearing that, Greg was ecstatic. "Troy, give them 10,000 each now."

"Yes, Mr. Buckley." Likewise, Troy felt that it was something worth celebrating.

After all, Greg had been wooing Genevieve for 10 years, but he was unable to express his love for her in public. Now that he was with Abigail, he could finally do things with her just like any other couple. Certainly, it was worth celebrating.

However, Troy had no idea what was on Greg's mind. In truth, the man just wanted to go home immediately and prepare some food for Abigail.

When he moved along Golden Avenue in his car, he came across a dress that would surely look lovely on Abigail. He couldn't help but stop his car and took a closer look. Then, he told the shop owner Abigail's size and bought it. Following that, he stepped out of the shop with a jovial expression.

He wanted to buy things for Abigail right now, and he was overwhelmed by this sudden urge to do so. Then, he took a stroll along Golden Avenue and bought all the clothes and bags that he thought would look beautiful on Abigail. Oh, I still have to buy her a pair of heels.

When he appeared before Abigail with several bags in his hands, she was speechless. "What are you doing?"

"Don't all women love these? I bought them for you. Let's see if you like them."

Greg took her hands and wanted to show her what he had bought for her. Just then, her phone started ringing.