Abigail was speechless, and her fingers clenched over the steering wheel.
Even so, she softly replied, “Yeah.”
Diarmuid clearly heard her despite her tiny voice and he smiled faintly.
As they arrived home and got in bed, he wrapped his arms around her, and she stiffened so badly he felt like he was holding a warm rock.
Hence, he spoke to her to distract her.
“Did you know what I did to Tobey Kitsch’s family?”
“What?” Abigail asked.
“Tobey has only one son, so he and his wife dote on him a lot.So, I got him fired, and set it up so that the company he worked at filed a lawsuit against him for leaking company secrets.I then leaked the information that it was me, and that led to Mrs.Kitsch coming to meet me earlier, begging me to spare her son.I told him that I would destroy her son utterly the next time she messed with me, and she was so scared she promised to never do it again.” Abigail turned to look at him, saying nothing for a while.
“Or did I make a mistake?”
“No.”
Abigail shook her head.
“So?”
Diarmuid was puzzled, but Abigail simply wrapped his arms around his waist and leaned her cheek against his chest.
She remembered Henry Althoff and what she said earlier that day-that Diarmuid’s personality was shaped by his environment.
“I love you, Diarmuid.”
And she would offer him warmth, as well as a real family.
Diarmuid stiffened from her sudden declaration and he lowered his gaze.
“What’s gotten into you?”
“Nothing.” Abigail replied.
He tightened his embrace around her in turn.
“I love you too.”
Dennis Turner was retiring, and Hotmesh Research’s employees had organized a party for him-they did so on their own, although he wanted to keep things quiet.
However, none of them wanted to tell Abigail, even making an effort to hide it from her.
Still, everyone left when work hours were over, leaving her and Finn Crowe alone.
Somehow, Dennis managed to persuade him to be Abigail’s assistant- despite his reluctance, and was following her everywhere these days.
“Is something going on today? They usually won’t leave work until it’s time, but they’re all gone early today.”
“Is this about work? Can I refrain from answering if it isn’t?” Finn asked in return.
Abigail gave him a look.
“You don’t have to answer.” Finn glanced at his watch.
“It’s just ten minutes until work hours are over.”
“You’re my assistant-you only leave work when I do.”
Abigail told him, watching him as she added sternly, “This is work-related?”
Finn became anxious.
“No, they’re celebrating the director’s retirement today.It won’t do if I was the only one absent-“
He paused and clasped a hand over his mouth, knowing that he had just let the cat out of the bag.
Abigail raised a brow.
“Oh, so it’s Mr.Turner’s farewell party.”
Finn pursed his lips.
“They warned me not to tell you.”
“You didn’t-l just overheard it.Now, tell me where it is.”
Finn shook his head-he was not about to make another mistake.
“I’ll find them even if you didn’t tell me,” Abigail told him patiently.
“When that happens, I’ll just tell everyone that you told me about the party and the address.”
Finn protested right then.
“But it’s not me…”
“Do you think they’d believe you?”
Abigail countered, clapping a hand on his shoulder.
“I can just call the director and find the place.Your stubbornness doesn’t work with me at all.”
With that, she whipped out her phone.
“Stop, I’ll tell you…It’s at Hibiscus Garden.”
Finn never did get one over her.
Satisfied, Abigail stopped working and said, “Let’s go.”
Arriving at the venue, she asked the front desk, but they were not there.
Abigail turned sharply toward Finn.
“You tricked me?”
That was when a certain someone showed up!
Finn stepped away as soon as Yolanda King arrived.
Yolanda, who was keen on getting on Abigail’s good side, told her, “They gave Finn the wrong address.They knew he would talk and they wanted you to make the trip for nothing.”
Abigail realized that she had been careless-they certainly planned ahead.
She smiled.
“I see.”
Yoanda hesitated for a moment, and asked, “Could you forget what I said that one time?”
“I never took it to heart,” Abigail replied.
Relieved, Yolanda told her, “They’re at Azur Coast.You should go now!”
Abigail held her gaze as she said, “Thank you.”
“You’re welcome,” Yolanda replied, getting embarrassed from Abigail’s politeness.
As Abigail strode off, Finn followed her and asked, “You’re not going to let her come with us?”
Before Abigail could say anything, Yolanda told him, “You should go first.I’ll head over later since I have something to do here.”
In reality, she did not want to go to Azur Coast with Abigail-if she showed up with them, it would be apparent that she was the one who told Abigail.
Finn was not sharp enough to understand that, but Abigail was, so she left with Finn first.
Giving him a cool look, she muttered, “You’re such a nerd.”
Despite his good grades, he was really lacking when it came to interpersonal relationships.
Finn did not take it lying down, however.
“Says who? You’re the one who doesn’t accept Yolanda’s kindness.It’s not surprising that no one likes you.”
Abigail was actually left speechless from amusement.
“Just stick with me from now on,” she said.
Finn could not care less.
“I’d rather not.Did you think I would if the director didn’t threaten me?”
“How did he threaten you?”
Abigail was curious.
“That he would fire me if I didn’t work as your assistant,”
Finn grumbled.
“I thought you told him he could fire you if he wanted?”
Finn was stumped, and slowly said, “Mr.Turner told me that it would be a shame if I had to leave, since making it in wasn’t easy.I would also be letting down Mr.Kitsch, who instructed me…”
Abigail raised a brow, noticing that she had leverage against him now.
“That’s why you should work hard and make something of yourself.That’s the only way for you to repay Mr.Kitsch.”
“Of course,” Finn said determinedly, while Abigail smiled.
Azur Coast was a 5-star hotel, and Hotmesh Research employees had booked an entire hall for Dennis’s farewell party.
The decorations were exquisite, including a large banner that stretched over the center.
The party must have started.
Dennis was in the middle of the crowd, taking photos of the commemoration and conversing with everyone.
It was obvious that they all liked him and were reluctant to see him go- Abigail found him worthy of respect as well As she entered, no one noticed her arrival as they were all looking at Dennis.
“Director, I heard that Abigail’s sugar daddy is Diarmuid Althoff, but I thought you won’t be cowed by bigwigs…?”
“Of course not.I personally picked her because she is the right person and shows ability,”
Dennis retorted right then, leaving them stumped.
The air seemed to turn tense and everyone was trading glances-sudden silences were always terrible.
Someone eventually spoke up.
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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