“So what was the point of all that?!” Zachary snapped.
“What do you think?” Abigail asked him in return.
“I think it’s pointless,” he replied.
Abigail heaved a long sigh and said, ‘ Me too. I mean, if a person likes you, that’s basically love, right? Can a person love you without liking you? That’s ridiculous.’
That was why she remained so composed when Zachary told her that Diarmuid only ‘liked’ her-from her perspective, that was good enough, since there was not much difference between liking and loving!
Zachary pouted. “Then why did you bother giving that crap?”
“I’m not,” she said, but Zachary pushed her out of her room before she could explain. “Fine, I get it. You don’t want me looking for
Lulu, right? I wont go.”
“As long as you understand.” Abigail smiled.
Zachary rolled his eyes after closing the door behind her.
Why should he listen to that?
He was not being particularly self-indulgent either, but his life was his own!
He made his decision, and he would see through it instead of listening to others.
His gaze seemed distant then, and there was no telling what was on his mind.
The next morning, Abigail did not see Zachary around the house. She asked,” He’s not up yet?”
“He was up when I woke up,” Mrs. Watson replied.
“What time did you wake up?” Abigail asked, knowing that Mrs. Watson always woke up early, be it here or back in Zidonia.
“Around five, I think?” Mrs. Watson frowned, not quite remembering the specific timing.
Abigail frowned, realizing Zachary was behaving unusually right then.
She promptly whipped out her phone and called Zachary. Thankfully, he answered.
“Where are you?” she asked urgently.
“At the airport,” Zachary replied bluntly, not bothering to hide.
Abigail’s fingers clenched on her phone. “What are you doing there?”
“I have something to do back home.”
Abigail certainly knew what he was up to. “You’re going to visit Lulu, aren’t you?!”
Zachary stayed silent, which basically admitted as much.
Abigail lost composure right then. “What are you doing?!”
“Why ask if you know the answer?”
“Get back here!’ Abigail snapped.
“If I did what you told me, would I have any dignity left?’ Zachary calmly retorted.
Furious, Abigail snapped, “You told me you won’t go!”
“Calm down. I’m going either way, and you cant stop me-there’s no point in getting upset.”
“Just get back here,” Abigail told him. “Whatever you want to say or do, let’s talk about this. Don’t make a mistake out of a moment of impulse, or you’d regret it!”
Abigail tried to speak as calmly as she could, even coaxing to get Zachary to return.
However, he was no child, and he would think things through before he made up his mind.
He was not just following his whims-he was an adult and certainly should not live like a brat who did things without thinking about the consequences!
“Don’t worry,” he said.
Abigail could not stop herself from bellowing at him right then. “Zachary!!!”
“You’ll hurt yourself getting upset like that. Anyway, I’m hanging up. I’m boarding my flight now.”
With that, he hung up, and he hung up on Abigail when she tried to call him again and turned off his phone on her second attempt!
Abigail was speechless, but she had been careless, not expecting this move from Zachary.
There was no stopping him now, so she must tell Lulu right away so Lulu had time to prepare.
Abigail scrolled through her contacts to find Lulu’s and dialed her number…
Lulu’s phone was on silent mode since the last time it rang, it woke Jean right after she put her to sleep.
Jean was crying a long while afterward too, so Lulu always put her phone on silent to avoid that from happening again-at least it meant peace for her baby.
Earlier, she left it on the couch while washing the dirty laundry, and she was now in the bedroom to feed Jean.
Lulu did not see or hear her phone vibrating repeatedly.
And after she fed Jean, she folded the laundry and put them in the closet. Once she was done with housework, she lay in bed and took a nap with Jean in her arms.
She did not sleep well, after all-in fact, she had not gotten a good night’s sleep after she and Martin consummated their marriage.
He would come on to her every night and for hours!
She therefore needed her nap to recharge during daytime.
Martin returned just then, putting some fish he brought in the kitchen. He was planning to make soup for Lulu since she has not been lactating much, and Jean was mostly drinking formula milk these days.
He worked for quite a while, gutting the fish and clearing the innards before he finally put everything into the pot.
He just bought a recipe book for soups as well, since he understood it was difficult for Lulu to raise a child alone.
Since he was still on leave, he decided to spend more time taking care of her.
When he left the kitchen, he saw Lulu’s phone vibrating on the couch and he went over to pick it up.
Seeing that it was Abigail, he headed to the bedroom to hand it to Lulu, but he did not wake her when he saw that she was napping.
The phone started to vibrate again, while Abigail was almost losing her mind since no one was answering.
Martin hesitated for a moment, but he eventually answered it.
Before he could tell Abigail that Lulu was asleep and could not take the call, Abigail quickly cried from the other end, “Why are you only answering now, Lulu?! I must have called you dozens of times-Zachary is flying back today, and he’s definitely coming to you. You need to find a way to avoid him.”
Martin frowned slightly.
”Hello? Lulu? Are you listening?!” Abigail asked.
“She’s asleep,” Martin said then.
Abigail was speechless, almost suffering a breakdown right then-did she just cause them trouble?!
“Don’t worry,” Martin assured her nonetheless. “I know about Zachary and I’ll handle it.”
Abigail was actually not sure how to respond, so Martin chuckled. “Lulu kept her phone on silent while she slept. I wanted to give it to her, but I decided against it since she’s still sleeping.”
“It’s alright.” Abigail could tell that he cared a lot about Lulu, and she was definitely too impulsive in saying so much because she did not hear her.
“Do you have any other messages you’d like me to pass to her, or are you going to call back later?” Martin asked.
“It’s fine,” Abigail replied. “Though I know Zachary, and he’ll be coming straight for your house.”
“Understood.”
“Have you fully recovered yet?” Abigail asked just then.
“I’m more or less fine now… Now that you mentioned it, I should thank you for saving me. I heard from Lulu that the doctor you sent operated on me.”
Martin was grateful, and he knew that Abigail only helped because of Lulu.
Moreover, Abigail had called urgently about Zachary because she was worried Zachary would affect Martin’s life with Lulu.
And to assure Abigail, Martin said, “Lulu wouldn’t have chosen me if she held any sentiment about the past, and I trust her.”
‘ Of course I know you trust Lulu.” Abigail smiled begrudgingly. “But I don’t trust Zachary…”
His move this time definitely left her flabbergasted!
“I’ll talk to him,” Martin said.
Abigail thought then that Martin was an upstanding person and that he loved Lulu to bits.
There probably would not be conflict and he would protect Lulu, right?
It was not as if she thought badly of Zachary.
In fact, she would save Zachary instead of Martin if she had to choose, since she knew Zachary longer and was closer to him.
She was only human, and she was not noble enough to abandon people she was attached with.
If anything, she was only nice to Martin because he was Lulu’s husband, which was an undeniable fact.
She would like Martin to protect Lulu because she was concerned that Zachary would harass Lulu for custody of Jean.
She had tried to reason with Zachary endlessly, but it could not be denied that Jean was Zachary’s.
He therefore had the right.
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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