Chapter 30 – Second Chance Love of the Missing Groom Novel

“Whitney is right there,” Diarmuid prompted Abigail then. “Don’t you want to make her jealous?”

Abigail pursed her lips, but steeled herself and reached out to wrap her hands around his neck and put her lips on his. The instant she kissed him, however, Diarmuid felt a jolting sense of deja vu. The woman that night held him in the same way… Still, before he could savor the taste, Abigail quickly pulled away after her lips touched his.

“I’m going now.” She reached for the door again, and found Whitney standing just in front of the car, clearly having seen what just happened.

Her face seemed to become a mix of different colors and utterly grotesque. The sight of her misery, jealousy, and anger makes it all worth it for Abigail! Abigail kept her head high and walked proudly to the hospital lobby. That was when Diarmuid wound down the window and flashed a gentle smile. “I’ll pick you up after work.”

Stan turned to stare at him at that instant, while the nurses and doctors who were coming to work all threw Abigail looks of envy.

After all, Diarmuid was the most eligible bachelor, having both money and looks!

Such gentle, affectionate treatment was undoubtedly the fantasy of every lady!

At the same time, Whitney was clenching her knuckles, her veins bulging.

However, she had to grit her teeth and bear with it as she strode into the hospital.

She could not demand to know anything from Diarmuid now, because she had no right.

Meanwhile, Stan sensed that Diarmuid seemed to care more about Abigail now, and asked, “. Do you like Ms. Bernstein?”

He certainly did not expect-Diarmuid to go that far… Nonetheless, Diarmuid slowly looked up. “What, are you interested?” “No… Weren’t you saying that she’s unclean?” Stan quickly explained, since the Diarmuid he knew would never accept such women.

Even so, Diarmuid countered, “I’ve had women before too, haven’t I?”

Was he saying that they were even? Stan decided to say nothing to that, and drove off.

Once Abigail was inside the hospital, Whitney shoved her against the wall and snapped,” What is this? Are you trying to assert your dominance?!”

Abigail did not fear her however, and retorted, “Just giving an eye for an eye. I had no issues with you, Whitney, but you tried to hurt me anyway!”

She was staunch, reinforced by the strength of a mother! Whitney did not deny her crime either. “I was just checking if your child belongs to Diarmuid.”

Abigail’s eyes seemed to turn red then, and slapped her across the face!

The resulting smack was at once crisp and resounding! “Did you just hit me?!”

Whitney was left stupefied-she never expected Abigail to do that!

Abigail had hit Whitney so hard that her palm was numb, and her eyes were filled with fury. “You’re a doctor. You know that an amniocentesis to a mother in early pregnancy will cause a miscarriage. A slap is a lot less than what you deserve!”

She would not be this merciful if anything were to happen to her twins! On the other hand, Whitney had never ever suffered such indignation and humiliation her eyes went red as she snarled, “Abigail Bernstein!” However, she had barely raised her hand when someone caught her wrist, and she turned to find Zachary watching her.

“W-What are you doing here?” she stammered.

Zachary shoved her aside. “Did you think you could do anything you want if I’m not around?”

“She hit me first!” Whitney cried, pointing at Abigail. “Can’t you see my face?”

It turns out that Zachary had seen Abigail do it, but he had also heard their entire conversation. “You were trying to hurt her baby, weren’t you?”

Whitney could not say anything to that, and turned furiously to glare at Abigail. “Don’t get so full of yourself!”

Once she left, Abigail’s nerves finally eased, but Zachary was staring at her. “What happened to you? How did you get pregnant? Was it Diarmuid?” Abigail shook her head. “No.” “Then who’s the father?” Zachary’s voice became louder, but he quickly noticed his own agitation and lowered his voice. “You don’t even have a boyfriend-how did you get pregnant?” Abigail hung her head. “Don’t ask.” “How could I not? You’re pregnant without getting married, so are you raising your child alone? Just tell me who it is. Did they dump you? I’ll help you!” Zachary exclaimed.

He was actually surprised that Abigail was pregnant, because she had always been conversative and preserved her integrity.

And yet, here she was, pregnant out of wedlock. “I don’t know,” she said, and despite always finding it hard to talk about that night, she did not keep it from Zachary. “Diarmuid and I are married in secret, but there’s no love there. My father just wanted a connection to his family, and the Althoffs could not refuse–my grandfather had once saved Henry, and my father used that debt as leverage.”

Zachary was not at all surprised, as he had already sensed that something was unusual when he found out that Abigail was acquainted with Diarmuid.

He also knew that Abigail’s father had always treated her harshly, but had never imagined that she would be forced to be Diarmuid’s wife!

“Well then, how did you actually get pregnant?” Zachary asked. “…” It was once again something hard for Abigail to talk about.

“Were you raped?” Zachary realized that he was out of line after asking, and quickly explained, “Wait, I don’t mean…”

“No.” Abigail, however, was not upset. Despite the harshness of it, she could not deny that she had made a mistake.

However, she had definitely not been coerced.

“It was consensual, but I don’t know who it was.”

Zachary felt his cheeks twitching. “Do you really think Diarmuid would let you live if he finds out? His wife, pregnant with someone else’s child? You know his ego-he’s going to smother you!”

Abigail suddenly realized that she had never considered that problem, but she had only just found out that she was pregnant herself!

“Please keep this a secret for me. I don’t mind a divorce, but not before my mother has fully recovered. At least let her get better before she finds out, and I’ll leave this city after the divorce.”

With the money Lionel had given her, she could sustain a living, and she still had a job.

“Just get an abortion,” Zachary reasoned, feeling a terrible sense of disappointment just then. “Why give birth to a child whose father you don’t know? You’re not making sense!”

Abigail simply flashed a bitter smile. “It’s my child.”

How could she bear to cut down her own flesh, growing inside her own body? Looking up to meet Zachary’s gaze, she said, “I’m feeling a little sick. I want to check if my children are sine.”

“I’ll make the arrangements,” Zachary replied-though he did not agree to her keeping her children, he did not want to see her suffer either.

Be that as it may, Whitney stepped out from the shadows after they left the room, her eyes twinkling, “So that’s what happened!”

In reality, she never left the room, and simply hid herself.

Now she understood that there was no love at all between Abigail and Diarmuid. Also, Abigail did not even know that her children were Diarmuid’s after he got her pregnant that night.

Diarmuid did not even know that Abigail was the woman from that night either, even though they were married!

“Hahaha!!!” She laughed out loud. “I still have a chance!”

After leaving work in the evening, she headed to the Light Group headquarters and intercepted Diarmuid!

“I want to talk to you,” Whitney told Diarmuid. She was brimming with confidence, because she knew that she would inevitably come up on top!

Diarmuid gave her a cold look, but asked, “Need more money? How much is it this time?” “No, it’s not about money. I’m pregnant with your child,” Whitney said, and took out an ultrasound sonogram-which she got after she performed the amniocentesis on Abigail.

Naturally, she wrote down her own name instead of Abigail’s.

In the end, she did not want to test if the child was Diarmuid’s with the amniocentesis-she needed evidence to trick Diarmuid!

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