That pushed Harvey over the edge.
Incensed, his eyes bulged in its sockets as he growled,” Don’t push me, Diarmuid Althoff. I’m no pushover.”
Diarmuid raised a brow. “So you’re saying that I am?”
That immediately left Harvey speechless-he certainly knew that Diarmuid was no pushover either, after losing to him so many times without once coming on top.
Still, his face flushed and his split flying across the room, he snapped, “You took my son, and that means you’re my enemy. I’ll destroy you even if it means my death.”
Even so, Diarmuid replied calmly, “I could say the same to you.”
Harvey almost slipped. “W-What are you talking about?”
“You still don’t get it?” Diarmuid growled, his patience wearing thin. “If you can’t remember, I’ll use your son to help you with that.”
“A-Are you threatening me?” Havey gulped, more or less coming to a realization just then.
Diarmuid knew.But that should not have been possible! How did that happen?!
“What are you talking about?” Harvey refused to admit it regardless.
Not bothered to waste his breath anymore, Diarmuid growled,” Keep playing dumb, and your son will suffer.”
Harvey was caught in a dilemma right then.
If he did not confess, Diarmuid would keep his son.
But if he did, he was admitting to his crime, and even if he returned the boy, Diarmuid would still destroy him.
Payback was inevitable given his personality.
Even as he sat limply on the couch in confusion, he asked,” How did you find out?”
“Does that question still mean a thing?” Diarmuid said shortly.” Return my child.”
Harvey felt like he could die from sheer frustration, but there was nothing he could do when Diarmuid threatened him with his own flesh and blood.
“Let me see my son first,” he said, wanting something out of this at least.
“No.” Diarmuid denied him right away.
Harvey was left speechless right then. He was certainly not content with this!
“My plan was flawless. How did you foil it again?”
How did it end up like this in the end?
“Cut the crap and return the child,” James snapped at that point, unable to stand him dallying.
Harvey sighed. “Look, the child was premature and I kept him in an incubator soon after I got him. You’d have to follow me if you want to take him back, but the condition is that I get to see my son in turn-my lips are sealed otherwise. You may have abducted my son, but I have your son too.”
Abigail heard every word in the room, and she glanced at the baby in her arms before opening the door.
Harvey frowned when she saw her.
“You’re here too.”
Abigail remained silent and impassive, but she shot him a cool look.
Harvey knew that Abigail hated him, but the feeling was mutual!
“Well, we’re not even friends now.”
With that, he strode outside, turning to look at Abigail at the door. “Don’t hurt my child.”
Abigail retorted icily, “I won’t punish a child for your crimes.”
“My crimes?”
Those words stung, and Harvey’s face contorted with rage.
” You’re the one who broke promises and kept pushing it. Would I have done it otherwise?!”
Seeing that Harvey’s emotions were out of control, Diarmuid squeezed Abigail’s hand so that she stopped talking.
If they upset him now, he just might self-destruct and hurt their child!
Understanding Diarmuid’s intention, Abigail refrained from arguing.
Even so, Harvey was relentless.
“Why aren’t you saying anything? What, do you finally understand that you’re at fault?”
Rearing his chin at her, he growled, “Since you understand, apologize to me now.”
James could not listen to another word of it.
“Dream on, Harvey Gooding.”
Harvey leveled a deadly glare at James, baring all his hostility right then.
As they stood off against each other, the air seemed to be ablaze and they looked like they were ready to fight!
Abigail walked up to Diarmuid just then, whispering, “Right now, we need to get our child back. Payback can wait.”
Right now, she wanted to make peace, and one must admit that it was the wise choice-pushing Harvey over the edge would do no one any good.
They had to take Harvey seriously while he still had their child.
On the other hand, it was not as if James had lost his usual composure, but Harvey was really being despicable!
He knew that Abigail and Diarmuid were married with a child but tried to meddle anyway, and he held a grudge when he failed.
It was utterly unreasonable!
Nonetheless, Diarmuid called out to James. “James, over here.”
Harvey became smug as he watched James back off, but he still insisted on Abigail apologizing.
Abigail, however, was a lot more agreeable. “I’m sorry.”
Hence, despite his frustrations, he more or less accepted it, and he left after seeing his child in his arms.He had kept Abigail’s second child in a maternity hospital at Sunny City, which his family invested
in during its founding.
That was why he could leave the boy there without worry- the staff would be diligent with caring for him, and there was no chance of anyone finding out.
Not even his newlywed wife knew that he kept a child there.
The lights in the walkway were bright white, and Abigail’’s heart started pounding the deeper they ventured in the building.
As her pace started to become irregular, Diarmuid held her hand within his large palm, offering warmth and security, and Abigail soon calmed down as well.
Soon, Harvey opened a certain door, and the nurse who was caring for the baby quickly spoke when she saw him arrive.” He’s growing well”
She saw the people behind Harvey halfway and she quickly stopped herself, quietly retreating to a corner as if worried she would misspeak.
Harvey pointed at the incubator. “There.”
Abigail quickly passed Harvey’s child to the nurse, and she then paused for a moment in hesitation before running to the incubator.
As she peered within, she saw that the baby inside was too small to bear any resemblance, and his skin was a little red. His eyes were closed as he was sound asleep, but the very sight left Abigail’s eyes hurting and she almost could not breathe from the stuffy sensation in her chest!
She pressed her chest firmly to breathe easier, but as Diarmuid gently patted her back, she was beaming despite her tears.
Feeling both sorrow and joy right then, she was a mess of emotions!
Zachary Slate was sitting alone in a room, staring fixedly at a sheet.
It was the result of Rainie Lang’s paternity test with Lulu Adams’s father, and there was no question about it-she was Lulu Adams!
It could only be her… but why did she not recognize him? Was she pretending, or was she really amnesiac?
It was likely that only Barbara and her husband knew the answers.
Putting away the sheet, he mustered his spirit and left his house.
Now that he had confirmed that Rainie was Lulu, he must go to her again and find out how she had ended up with Barbara.
By the time he arrived, Rainie had left for work-only Barbara and her husband were there.
Barbara was still polite to Zachary since she had a good impression of him, though he probably owed that to his generosity.
After all, he did pay her a month’s worth of rent and left, without asking for recommendations or anything.
She had been uneasy about that, but seeing that he had returned, she asked, “You’re still staying with us, yet?”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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