He chuckled. “Oh, you don’t have to thank me. I should be thanking you for such a successful operation on my mom. The reason she is-”
Bang!
Abigail suddenly shut the door in Harvey’s face, not bothered to hear the rest and leaving him on the other side of the door!
He suddenly felt like singing ‘It’s a sad, sad situation…”
Meanwhile, Abigail sat down and quickly asked, “What happened? Zachary has always been loyal to you. Why would he cheat on you?”
“Loyal?” Lulu laughed dryly, biting her lip for a moment before bursting out, “If he’s loyal, he won’t end up in some other woman’s bed, and she’s even pregnant now!”
Abigail was speechless. That was undoubtedly a bombshell!
“Could there be a misunderstanding?” she asked.
Lulu shook her head. “Zachary did it. He admitted it himself.”
Abigail was actually left bewildered then. “How did it turn out like this?”
“You know why. I wasn’t going to quit my job, so his mother got in our way again. It was obvious she despised me, calling me a jinx because I touch dead people everyday…”
Abigail pursed her lips. “Actually, you could have compromised and quit. Zachary definitely would have taken care of you-*
“Abigail,” Lulu snapped sternly, giving her a look. “I didn’t want to quit not just because I was afraid that he would cheat on me and I’d lose everything… but I actually don’t believe in marriage in the first place.”
She paused for a moment before continuing, “Did you know that my father remarried less than a year after my mother died? That woman had a child too. Although he did love my mother before, and I can understand that he wouldn’t want to spend the rest of his life alone, I can’t accept what he did. He neglected me completely after getting a new wife!”
Lulu remembered seeing how her belongings were thrown away, and her room occupied by her stepbrother.
She had been as shocked as she was furious, but her father said, “You’re going to marry anyway, and you don’t often come home. It’s fine to let your brother stay in the room, right?”
What brother? She was an only child. How could he treat someone else’s child like his own?
Meanwhile, Abigail held an assuring hand around Lulu, but she did not know what to say to comfort Lulu.
She understood how Lulu felt, because it was just like her own father and Samantha White.
“Who’s the woman anyway?”
Lulu laughed coolly. “The daughter of Centric United’s CEO. Zachary’s mother wanted her as his fiancee anyway, and with a bun in the oven, they’d just tie the knot soon.”
Abigail frowned. “Was Zachary’s mother behind it?”
Lulu asked, “Does it matter?”
“Of course it does,” Abigail said. “If Mrs. Slate was the reason Zachary got in bed with that woman, it means it was against his consent–that he didn’t mean to cheat on you.”
Lulu breathed a long sigh. “Doesn’t matter now. Even if he wasn’t willing, she’s pregnant with his child. Do you think he’d demand that she get an abortion?”
Iren became silent–Lulu was right.
With the other woman being pregnant with Zachary’s child while also being Mrs. Slate first choice for Zachary’s fiancee, Mrs. Slate would definitely urge them to tie the knot soon.
“But what about you?” Abigail asked.
Lulu turned to look elsewhere, but her gaze was unfocused.
After a long silence, she finally said, “Maybe we’re destined to never be together. It’s as if fate wants to keep us separate even after all that we’ve been through–we’re never getting back together.”
As Abigail sighed, Lulu wiped her face firmly and said, “Drink with me, Abigail. I’ll still be me after tonight, but no more tears or heartbreak for Zachary Slate!”
“Okay,” Abigail said, and headed for the door.
Noticing that Harvey was still waiting outside, she gave him their order, and Harvey quickly told an attendant to bring it..
At the same time, he peeked inside. “Drinking off your sorrows?”
“You can leave already,” Abigail told him. “Lulu and I are going to be here for a while–you don’t have to stay here.”
Harvey was worried, however. “What if you two run into some perverts after you get drunk? Just enjoy yourselves–if you really get drunk, I have rooms ready where you can rest.”
Abigail leaned against the doorway as she stared at him. “Perverts, huh? Takes one to know one, I guess.”
Harvey was speechless for a moment, but soon tapped himself on the chest. “Pervert? I am as good looking as I am gentlemanly! I’d never do something as underhanded as laying a hand on vulnerable women.”
Abigail actually smiled. “Really?”
“Scout’s honor.” Harvey held up a hand in solemn salute.
The attendant brought Abigail’s drinks just then, and as she took the tray. Harvey smiled. “Would you like some company?”
“Nope,” Abigail replied shortly, and shut the door in his face again.
Placing the tray on the table, she picked up two glasses and gave one to Lulu, who said, “Once I return to Sunny City, I’ll focus on my work and forget about him.”
Abigail stayed silent.
After all, true love could not be easily forgotten, and it was a painstaking process.
Although her eyes were red, Lulu added, “Thanks for staying with me, Abigail.”
“No worries, we’re friends!” Abigail exclaimed. “Cheers! Let’s drink to the good life!”
Lulu sniffled and picked up her glass. “And it will only get better!”
Clank!
They chugged it at once, and Lulu poured them more. “You’re stuck with me tonight.”
Abigail naturally would not refuse. “We’re going home drunk, or else.”
Lulu laughed.
Soon, they finished an entire bottle, and were clearly drunk.
Lulu was lying sprawled on the table, but she grabbed the other bottle to refill her glass. “Do we even need men? What are men to us? Another!”
Abigail was already lying on the couch, the world around her spinning and multiplying. Although she could not even muster her strength, she was still keeping up with Lulu. “Another!”
“Chug!” Lulu burped.
Abigail then suddenly clasped a hand over her mouth, and almost threw up right then.
Her cheeks were a peachy red, and she complained, “All men are scum…”
Diarmuid was gone for days, but he did not even call!
He must have forgotten all about her already.
“Yeah… Dogs, all of them.” Lulu said, not picky with her words now that she was intoxicated.
Cheers!
Another glass down the gullet, but this time, Abigail could not take it.
Her stomach was churning and in flames, leaving her entire body burning. “I think I’m going to be sick…”
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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