However, Diarmuid was seeing red, and he naturally could not stand Abigail.
Unable to calm down, he paced around even as his molars gnashed audibly. His eyes were gleaming with irrepressible rage, and he knew very well that he was upset because he had seen the unsavory side of the woman he wanted!
It shattered all the dreams he had of that night!
Still, feeling as if everything he had seen or heard would keep replaying in his mind, he strode out of the room.
Abigail followed him by instinct. “Mr. Althoff…”
Still fuming, Diarmuid snapped, “Get away from me!”
Abigail stopped in her tracks-even if Diarmuid sincerely wanted to give her a chance, he was not in the mood to talk after what just happened.
Tactful as ever, she stopped following him. She came today hoping that Diarmuid would let her keep her job as a doctor. That seemed impossible now, so she prepared to leave as well… until she saw the man at the entrance, who was heading inside Blue Bridge.
Harvey was going to hang out at Blue Bridge for the night when he encountered Diarmuid at the entrance, and smiled in greeting. “Mr. Althoff…”
Diarmuid gave him a brief glance but ignored him, and strode into his car.
Harvey took no offense–Diarmuid was infamous for his poor temper, and he remained grinning.
In the distance, Abigail did not catch what they were saying. She only saw Harvey saying something to Diarmuid with a smile, and her chest tightened right then.
Diarmuid had thrown Harvey at her to molest her!
And now, he had told her to come here, so that Harvey could finish his job?!
At that very moment, she wanted to kill Diarmuid and then herself.
That man was evil… No, he was an animal!
Did he have to humiliate her repeatedly even if he did not like her?!
She turned and tried to hide inside Blue Bridge, but Harvey spotted her anyway.
“Abigail Bernstein!” Spotting her familiar figure, he jogged toward her and grabbed her arm. As Abigail spun in panic, Harvey exclaimed in delight,” Let‘s see where you‘re going to run off to this time!” He had been looking for her everywhere, only to run into her here of all places! Truly, anything you want always falls into your lap when you least expect it!
Calming herself , Abigail smiled. “I‘m not running. I had something urgent to attend to last time, so I had to leave.
Harvey narrowed his eyes. “Do you take me for a fool? My neck hasn‘t healed yet, and I still haven‘t forgotten that fierce look on your face when you pressed your scalpel against my skin!”
Abigail‘s heart raced. She had managed to escape last time because she was prepared, but she was not this time, and she was not going to get away easily.
As such, she had to try to charm him.
Smiling apologetically, she said, “That was definitely a mistake… I didn‘t mean to hurt you.”
“Really?” Harvey, however, knew very well what had happened then, but simply smiled evilly instead of debating it with her. “Well, if it was a mistake, that means you must be willing to play with me, right? Shall we continue where we left off?” Abigail panicked. “Wait…” “You don‘t want to?” Harvey laughed icily. “You said it was a mistake, right?”
Suddenly, his expression turned menacing. “I‘m telling you – no one in this world dares to hurt me! You‘re the first, and I‘ll never live it down if I spared you so easily!”
Then, holding her wrist with a vice–like grip, he snapped, “Come with me!”
Abigail struggled as hard as she could, knowing that it would be over for her if she followed him!
“How did you know I was here? Did Diarmuid tell you?”
She still had hope that the man was not this crazy! Nonetheless, Harvey grunted impatiently. “Yeah.”
In Harvey‘s mind, Abigail was basically a gift from Diarmuid anyway.
At the same time, Abigail’s heart turned cold.
So it really was Diarmuid! “I have a private room here where we can enjoy ourselves properly.” Harvey smiled at her. “Honestly, it‘s weird why wouldn‘t Diarmuid want a ravishing beauty like yourself? Does he really not like women?”
Diarmuid never had a girlfriend, and everyone knew that he surrounded himself with men.
Many called him impotent, while others called him homosexual–either way, he could not be normal!
Abigail laughed coldly.
Diarmuid Althoff, not liking women? No, he just did not like her!
Just look at how upset he was because he saw Whitney messing around with Chad-that simply meant he cared, did it not?
“Still, I should thank him properly.” Harvey chuckled as he continued. “There’s no way I would make your acquaintance if not for him!”
Even if he was hurt that other day, the way Abigail held a scalpel at him and threatened him was a memorable moment.
Women tend to appear unwilling all the time—but all they do is yelp and yell, no? Not her!
He did not notice Abigail’s gaze gleaming coldly as she breathed through gritted teeth, “I should really thank him!”
Harvey‘s eyes twinkled. “So, are you coming with me?”
Abigail breathed, “Of course…” But even before she finished, she lowered her head and bit his hand. Then, as Harvey yelped and flinched in pain, Abigail seized the moment and headbutted his face!
Blood shot out of Harvey‘s nostrils. “Oof!”
As he clutched his face in pain, Abigail seized the opening to run away.
She was in fear, but she did not spare her strength as she fled.
After all, things would end horribly for her if she was caught! She must get away!
As if having the wind in her sails, she ran at top speed, turning from time to time and checking if Harvey was catching up.
She did not slow down even if there was no one behind her, and finally reduced her pace when she reached a crowded spot.
Sweat drenched her hair, and she stopped to sit beside the road in exhaustion.
Wheezing, she watched as people of all sorts walked past, and suddenly buried her face in her palms as she sobbed.
She bit her lip violently as she felt inconsolable hatred toward Diarmuid!
She could not live with him–not after how he had repeatedly tried to hurt her, and she might even get killed one day!
She must get away from him, but she just could not think of anything just then!
Curling into a ball as she sat feebly by the road, she looked just like a miserable and lonely puppy abandoned by its owner.
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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