“She’s so young.Is she going to do well?”
“Yeah,” someone chimed in.
“Even if she has the ability, she still needs experience.It’s not good if you suddenly entrust her with such a heavy responsibility, right?”
“Who knows if her accomplishments were actually hers, or all thanks to Diarmuid.
You shouldn’t be tricked by appearances, director- “You shouldn’t talk behind someone’s back,”
Finn snapped, disgruntled since their words were very harsh.
His voice drew everyone’s attention, and they turned to find Abigail standing nearby!
Abigail’s appearance surprised everyone.
They were all briefly stunned, but they soon turned toward Finn.
“How did you know it’s actually here?”
None of them told him, after all.
Finn was just going to say that Yolanda told them, but Abigail spoke before he could.
“Is it really that hard for me to find out?’ Yolanda just arrived, and heard her-she realized right then that she should not have spoken in front of Finn.
After all, the boy did not understand the politics involved and would admit the truth straightaway.
If everyone else found out that she was the one who talked, they would definitely give her a wide berth.
Meanwhile, Abigail slowly approached the crowd, her gaze sweeping across those who just spoke nonchalantly.
“You know who Diarmuid is to me.Of course he’ll find out what I want to know.”
Dennis walked up to her then.
“Come, Abigail.Sit with me.”
Abigail sat beside him naturally, while the people who were quite enthusiastic moments ago stopped moving and stayed silent.
Abigail smiled.
“Why are you standing there? Come on, sit.”
They appeared cowed, but sat down nonetheless.
“I Know you all doubt me, and as such, I’ll accept any challenge.I’ll give up my post if I lose,” Abigail said.
Dennis turned toward her.
“Are you that confident?”
Abigail shook her head-she was not, but proving herself was the only way to make them shut up.
She had nothing to lose if they beat her anyway, since it just proved that her ability was lacking and that she should not take the post.
“Are you serious?” someone asked.
“Of course,” Abigail replied.
“You can pick the date, too-anytime except today.”
“Fine.Tomorrow it is.”
They had numbers on their side, and each of them had their own specialty.
“Only three of you get to compete,” Dennis said just then.
He knew his employees best, and that Abigail would definitely lose if they all got to challenge her.
Three, on the other hand, would not be difficult.
Since no one spoke, Dennis said, “What, you all want a go at her? Don’t you get embarrassed, bullying one person while you’re many? Three is already plenty, so why are you being quiet? Do you think you can’t win?”
“No.”
“Then, what is it?”
“…Fine.”
“Good.Then that’s decided,”
Dennis said, smacking the table.
“It’s the director’s farewell party, so we should all be celebrating,” Abigail said, rising to her feet and offering Dennis a toast.
“Thank you for acknowledging me.I’ll work hard so that you won’t be disappointed.”
“Of course, of course,” Dennis chuckled.
“I trust you, or I wouldn’t have sought you up.”
After they clinked glasses and Abigail put hers away, more people came to speak with Dennis.
He would have to drink a lot if they came one-by-one, and so, he called for a toast collectively as the atmosphere eased up.The farewell party ended at midnight, and it was not an occasion where one left early.
Abigail’s chauffeur arrived to get her when she left.She only drank one glass, but her cheeks were red even if she was not drunk.
The chauffeur also told her that Ricky Bernstein left the hospital after he woke up.
“I see,” she replied as she got into the car.
“Let’s go home.”
Ricky needed time to calm down anyway.
After they reached home, she suddenly got a call, and she answered it to a stranger’s voice! “Come over right now!”
Abigail frowned at the man’s snappy voice.
“Who are you?”
“We’re at Aerial Vision right now.”
“What’s that supposed to be?”
Those words only Abigail left confused.
An unfamiliar voice and an unfamiliar address? She naturally would not go there recklessly!
“Let me go…” A voice spoke from the other end then.
Abigail frowned —it sounded a little like Zachary Slate.
What was going on over there? However, whether it was due to a bad signal or something else, things began to turn noisy and choppy over there.
Unable to hear anything, Abigail hung up and alighted.
Diarmuid had reached home just then, and she stood there waiting for him to go in with her.
“Did you just come back?”
Diarmuid asked as he walked up to her, giving her a gentle hug when she nodded.
Before they could enter, however, Abigail’s phone rang again.She frowned as she answered, and Zachary soon spoke from the other end.
“Abigail, please help me…”
Abigail was confused, but asked tentatively, “Zachary?”
“Yeah, it’s me…You have to hurry…”
“Alright…” The call was cut off shortly after, and she only heard beeping.
“What is it?” Diarmuid asked—why was she frowning now? “] think it’s Zachary.”
“You think?” Diarmuid did not get it.
Abigail nodded.
“I’m not sure, but I think it’s him.”
“Why would he call you?”
Diarmuid growled, furrowing his brow just then— Zachary was bugging him to drink with him yesterday.
What did Zachary want now? Abigail wondered if Zachary was in a bad mood because of Lulu Adams, and it sounded like something had happened to him on the other end.
Looking up to Diarmuid, she asked, “Could you go with me? I’m worried.”
Diarmuid pursed his lips, but he put a hand over her shoulder.
“What could happen to him anyway? Let’s go in already.”
“I really think we should go,” Abigail said.
Diarmuid stared at her for a couple heartbeats before he eventually relented.
“Fine.”
They both got into his car, and he asked, “Where is he?”
Abigail thought about it for a moment.
“Aerial Vision, I think it was.”
Diarmuid had no idea where that was either, and turned on the navigator to find it.
They arrived around half an hour later.
Several men had subdued Zachary outside and there was bruising on his face—he had clearly been beaten up.
Abigail and Diarmuid alighted then, and Zachary grinned when he saw them.
“Hello there.”
“What is it this time?”
Diarmuid asked —it was as if there was no end to his mess.
“Nothing, really,”
Zachary chuckled, clearly in his right mind now.
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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