Abigail simply closed her eyes and pretended to sleep, even after Diarmuid’s food delivery arrived and he tried to wake her.
“Fine, we can’t wait until you’re hungry.” Diarmuid said.
That was when Seth arrived.
Seeing Diarmuid’s glare, he explained, “I’m just checking the patient’s recovery progress.”
Diarmuid stood by the bed, keeping a close eye, and he pulled up Abigail’s collar when Seth started to loosen it, leaving Seth speechless.
Nonetheless, Seth smiled. “I’m a doctor. I mean no harm.”
Diarmuid leveled him a hostile look. “There are quack doctors too.”
Abigail was left speechless, but she quickly smiled and apologized to Seth. * I’m fine.”
Naturally, Seth could sense Diarmuid’s enmity.
“Alright. Just take your time to rest, and you’ll be fine,” he told Abigail, and left.
Feeling utterly humiliated, Abigail snapped at Diarmuid, “Get me discharged right now.”
Diarmuid stared at her. “Why? But you haven’t recovered.”
‘I can recover back home-lI’m a doctor, I know what I should watch out for. Now, go, or you’re just going to keep suspecting everyone and Say all that nonsensical rubbish.”
“I can get you a specialist,” Diarmuid suggested.
“Nope,” she refused. “I can take care of myself-having a stranger in the house would just make things difficult.
“I won’t get you discharged for now. I will take you home for now if you’re not comfortable with staying in this hospital—l’ll drive you here again tomorrow.”
“That’s a hassle.”
“It isn’t.”
Abigail was actually amused just then. “Have you ever looked in the mirror, Diarmuid Althoff?”
“Why?”
“You look like one of those nagging grandmas.”
Diarmuid was speechless.
Zachary and Lulu arrived when Diarmuid and Abigail arrived home, while James and Ricky came as well.
James was there to brief Diarmuid about work, while Ricky wanted to talk to Abigail.
As everyone ran into each other outside the hilltop mansion, Rick’s eyes widened so much they could pop out when he saw Lulu!
At the next instant, Ricky dashed forward and pulled Lulu to his side, snapping, “Where have you been? They were all saying that you’re dead, so why are you showing up now? And what are you doing with Zachary Slate? Don’t you think he’s hurt you enough?”
Lulu’s heart stirred when she saw the disappointment in Ricky’s eyes.
He really cared about her, did he not? Why else would he be so concerned?
“Ricky, you’re just a brother to him, so stop being delusional.” Zachary took Lulu’s hand then. “Don’t listen to him-he’’s just a kid who hasn’t seen the world.”
His words almost left Ricky with a stroke, and he naturally did not let go. ’ What, should she listen to all the crap from you, who’s supposedly an adult? I may be younger, but I at least have a conscience. You were the one who hurt her, and yet you’re so thick- skinned that you’d still show your face around her!”
With that, he turned to Lulu. “Tell him you hate him-tell him to let you go and to never bother you again.”
Abigail was just about to speak when Diarmuid scooped her up in his arms and headed inside the mansion.
“Ricky’s a hothead,” she complained worriedly. “He might start fighting Zachary.”
“Let them sort it out themselves,” Diarmuid said with an edge in his voice. ‘Don’t meddle, and focus on getting better.”
Abigail was inconvenienced anyway, and so, she had to listen to Diarmuid.
Outside, Lulu did not push Zachary away, so Ricky did it himself.
Thus the shoving began, with no one backing down.
As a scuffle looked inevitable, James stepped in between them, pulling Zachary away. “Just let Ricky have this one. He’s a kid-“
“Who’s a kid? I’m an adult.”
Ricky absolutely hated being called a kid-he might be relatively younger in their group, but he was an adult with responsibilities outside.
“I’m on your side-“
“I don’t need your help,” Ricky snapped at James.
With that, James turned silent-he was not crazy enough to meddle when it was not asked for!
“Go on. Beat each up all you want,” he said, leaving without giving a damn.
Ricky kept tugging at Lulu’s hand just then. “Come with me.”
Nonetheless, Lulu shook his hand off and said, “I don’t know who you are.”
She certainly did not remember him, but she could tell that Ricky was genuinely on her side.
However, she was not leaving so soon because she wanted payback, and staying at Zachary’s side made that easier.
Still, Ricky was left in disbelief. “Did you forget how he treated you before, Lulu?”
‘I did,” Lulu replied-but she could still tell who the villains were.
Ricky frowned. “You forgot?”
Impossible!
“What did you do to her?!” he bellowed, pointing at Zachary just then.
Zachary did not bother and he simply pulled Lulu along. “Come, let’s go in already-“
Still, convinced that he had done something to make Lulu forget about him, an enraged Ricky lunged forward and started punching Zachary. “You two-timing, lying asshole! I’ll kill you!”
Zachary took a step back, eluding Ricky, but Ricky relentlessly lunged at him again.
Unable to dodge, Zachary wrestled with Ricky, trading blows.
Soon, their faces were battered and bruised, and Ricky was clearly losing!
He did not know strategy and was just relying on brute strength!
Zachary was incensed by then. “Stop trying to play adult, weaning brat. Learn to survive first!”
As he spoke, he launched a lightning quick jab at Ricky’s face, but before it made contact-
Thud!
There was a dull sound, and Zachary’s felt as if his head was splitting, while his vision started to black out!
He turned and saw the person standing there!
Zachary was left flabbergasted as he saw Lulu standing there with a club in her hands.
He had never expected her to blindside him!
“Lulu…?”
What was she doing?
He was totally confused!
Lulu pretended to look shocked, and she stammered as she explained, “I-I was trying to hit Ricky…”
Her words left Ricky even more frustrated, and he kicked Zachary from behind, catching him off guard and knocking him to the floor. Then, he leapt on top of Zachary, straddling him while raining fists on his face left and right…
Zachary, stunned by Lulu’s hit, could not fight back just then!
In the house, James frowned at what he was seeing from the cameras. “Should I get involved?”
Ricky might really kill Zachary there…
Diarmuid spared the screen a brief glance and said, “Go.”
James stepped out of the mansion right then, pulling Ricky off
Zachary and warning him, “Keep this up and you’re out of here!”
Ricky spat spitefully at Zachary nonetheless.
At the same time, James was puzzled—Lulu had been standing nearby as Ricky clobbered Zachary without moving a muscle.
Watching her just then, he asked, “Why didn’t you help Zachary?
He was being given the beatdown of his life there…”
“I was so shocked,” Lulu replied callously.
James could not actually argue with that, but he could sense that she was being cold to Zachary nonetheless.
“Come in already,” he said, and headed into the mansion himself.
Zachary was aching all over, but he did not forget to take Lulu’s hand. “Let’s go.”
Ricky was the furthest behind, his eyes red as he watched them!
Lulu turned just then and saw the look on Ricky’s face, and something clicked in her.
Though she empathized with his pain, he noticed her look and started to move toward them.
However, Lulu quickly turned away and put her arms around
Zachary’s, asking in concern, “Are you alright?”
Zachary shook his head. “I’m fine.”
The pain actually subsided just from Lulu’s show of concern.
Ricky lowered his outstretched hand when he heard that.
He did not want to watch Lulu and Zachary flaunting their affection, so he turned to leave.
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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