Chapter 411 – Second Chance Love of the Missing Groom Novel

Lara glared at Abigail and asked, “Seth loves you, doesn’t he?”

Abigail frowned.

“You’re imagining things—”

“I’m not.My groom ran away and came here to Zidonia.And the only woman he was in contact with is you.”

It turns out that Lara came to Abigail not only because she hurt Seth, but to find out what was going on between Abigail and Seth! Abigail raised a brow in turn.It seems this misunderstanding would persist if she did not make things clear.

“First of all, I didn’t even know that he’s a runaway groom.We were just neighbors in the past, and we’ve never met or been in touch since he moved abroad.You can even verify that.In fact, we were only reunited by chance because I needed plastic surgery, and he happened to be the surgeon arranged by a friend.We barely met that many times even then.” Lara certainly never found evidence that Seth was in contact with Abigail before returning to the country.

“Phen why did you hurt him?” she asked.

“Because he’s disgusting,” Abigail replied.

“What? Is that it?” Lara exclaimed in disbelief.

“Yes, that’s exactly it. We aren’t even friends, so you have nothing to worry about. In fact, I’m married —the man with me just now? That’s my husband.”

“Oh!” Lara gasped in surprise, relieved considerably and actually smiling.

“Well then, good job. Seth’s not running anywhere now.” Abigail asked.

“So? Can you go now?”

“Sure,” Lara turned and strode off, but soon paused.

“You won’t be seeing Seth again, right?”

“No, but you’d better keep him on a leash. Cripple him if he still tries to run off, keep him wheelchair bound. He won’t be going anywhere that way,” Abigail said half-jokingly. She naturally had her own reasons for wanting Seth to get married soon, and the first was because she did not want Seth to bug her anymore.

The second was that she was still traumatized after what Harvey Gooding did, and she would always hate Seth and Harvey for it! For Seth’s part, he probably did not like his fiancee—he would not have run away otherwise.

And it would be torture for anyone to stay with a person they disliked, would it not? Lara actually raised a brow, but Abigail’s ruthlessness made it obvious that she had nothing to do with Seth! “Well, that’s a little radical for my tastes so no,” she said, though it never crossed her mind that such extreme measures were viable.

“I won’t do it, but I will keep a close eye on him. Once he’s better, I’m taking him back to Minerva, and we will get married.” Once Lara was gone, Abigail turned to Eagle.

“How did she get in here?” She knew Eagle’s abilities, and Lara was never making it in if he did not let her.

“Mr.Althoff let her in,” Eagle admitted.

“Are you sure?” Abigail was left confused just then.

“Yes, ma’am,” Eagle answered assuredly.

But why would Diarmuid let her in? Lara looked violent when they saw her outside the building, or was Diarmuid not afraid that she would hurt Abigail? What was he thinking?! Professor Novsky arrived then.

“Director Bernstein?”

Deciding that she would not solve the mystery soon, Abigail gave up.

Turning to Eagle, she said, “You can head outside now.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

With that, Abigail and Professor Novsky headed towards the conference room, discussing as they walked together, “Actually, there’s this option I think we could go for…”

After Lulu and Martin finished their breakfast, the latter asked, ” Drive you home?”

Lulu was embarrassed.

“My home isn’t that far away. You’ve been up all night too, so you should head home soon.”

“Alright. Be careful.”

While Martin drove off, Lulu stood by the road, inhaling deeply the fresh air of the morning. She had been working the entire night, and she was now sleepy. She strolled along the road—she was not lying since she really was staying near the precinct, and she chose that place for the convenience of her job as well.

Once home, she took a bath, lay in bed, and closed her eyes. However, she suddenly sat up as she remembered something!

There were cameras in the walkways of the hotel where Lulu and Zachary had their tryst.Her identity would be exposed if he saw the recordings, and she should not cause trouble for him since he decided to start over.

Putting on her clothes, she hurried to the hotel.She spoke to the hotel management, but they had regulations against erasing it.

While she was left at a loss what to do, Martin arrived.

“What are you doing here?”

Lulu tugged on her own sleeve in reflex, pursing her lips as she felt nervous inside.

“W-What are you doing here?”

“I was going to check out,” he said.

Lulu then remembered that Martin had to lodge here because he was wounded.

“So? What were you doing here?” Martin asked just then.

Lulu hesitated.

“I-I wanted to ask them to delete the footage of me being here…”

Martin stared at her for a couple heartbeats, but soon said, “I’ll help.”

Walking up to the front desk, he flashed his badge and asked to delete the footage of Lulu.The management had to comply, and he left with Lulu when everything was done.

Martin did not ask her anything even as they left.

In fact, using his authority as a law enforcer to demand the hotel delete that footage was against the law, and he would be punished if the higher-ups found out.

“Aren’t you going to ask me why?” Lulu asked.

“Deleting the footage just means you don’t want to be seen,” Martin said.

“Would you really tell me if I asked you the reason, or would I just be putting you on the spot?”

Lulu lowered her gaze and smiled faintly.

“You are as smart as you are considerate, cap…Well, it’s true that I won’t know what to tell you.” Martin chuckled.

“Can I take that as praise from you?”

“Sure,” Lulu replied, less nervous now thanks to him.

“I was praising you anyway.” They both laughed.

Abigail did her best to finish work within regular hours so that she did not have to work overtime and go home early.

In fact, she was leaving early for the day.She should do something, after all—Diarmuid should not be the only one making sacrifices.

Getting in the car, she told Eagle, “Let’s go home.”

However, just as they drove out of the compound, she suddenly stopped him.

“Hold on…No, let’s go to Twinrise Enterprise instead.Since Diarmuid came to give her a ride yesterday, she should be the one who picked him up today.She checked the time and saw that it was just a little past four—it was still very early, and it was four when they arrived at Twinrise.She alighted and went inside.She had never been here with Diarmuid, and while everyone knew that Diarmuid had a wedding called off, they did not know who the bride was supposed to be.

Moreover, most of the employees here at Twinrise were new faces —most of Diarmuid’s key personnel had been diverted to Remy in Franconia.As such, the receptionist at the front desk did not let Abigail through right away when she asked to see Diarmuid, but called him instead.

When Diarmuid picked up, the receptionist said, “There’s a Ms.Bernstein here asking to see you.”

Diarmuid did a double take.

Bernstein? Just like Abigail’s last name? Hold on, did she really just come to his office? And she usually looked so busy…

Where did she get the time? He moved his cursor to click on the lobby’s cameras and saw that it really was Abigail standing there.He smiled without knowing it.

“Tell her that I won’t be seeing her.”

With that, he hung up and headed downstairs to receive her personally!

The front desk receptionist put down the phone and told Abigail, “I’m sorry, but Mr.Althoff refused to see you.Please leave.”

“What?” Abigail exclaimed in disbelief.

Diarmuid refused to see her? Did he do something here that she was not supposed to find out? Whipping out her phone from her bag, she called him directly, but no one answered.

As she frowned, the elevator nearby jingled before the doors opened and a ringtone could be heard.She looked up to find his towering figure striding toward her.

His shirt collar was a little loose, while his straight cut trousers hugged his long legs.He was hardly his usual impeccable appearance in suit and tie.

Abigail stared at him then, realizing then that this was how he usually looked while he was at the office, and it somehow made him appear mundane.

The receptionist saw the ringing phone Abigail was holding, and then at Abigail.She wondered then if she was Diarmuid’s bride for that wedding, which had to be called off for some reason.

As Diarmuid strode with a steady pace to Abigail, Abigail hung up, and the ringtone on his phone stopped right then.

“Weren’t you refusing to see me?” she asked.

“It’s a spot-check, isn’t it?” Diarmuid chuckled.

“That means I have to receive you personally.” The receptionist was left speechless.

Was that man really their boss, Diarmuid Althoff? When did he fawn over women so much? He was always cold to everyone in the office and rarely smiled.

His exchange with Abigail certainly broadened her horizon! Abigail was actually embarrassed by Diarmuid’s joke since there were people around.

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