Not One, But Two!
Chapter 247

Chapter 247

Chapter 247

Because of Greg, the Fraser Family was completely wiped off the surface of Harrion. Since the peoplefrom the prominent families were all elites, they took the initiative to cut off all cooperative ties with theFraser Family after they learned about the grievances between Greg and Victoria. To make mattersworse, even the bank began to urge the Fraser Family to repay their loans. In the blink of an eye,everyone started going against the Fraser Family, and things no longer favored them.

As to why the situation turned out this way, it was all thanks to Jonathan's ill-behavior. He tookadvantage of the fact that he was related to the Buckley Family, and he hadn't been very genuine whendealing with others. As a result, such behavior of his had long infuriated others. For that reason, hisdownfall took place like a greased lightning.

Surely, this matter was also made known to Valerie. Despite currently being far away from Harrion, shestill heard and knew about it somehow.

When Valerie learned about the matter, she was shocked. The news left her devastated, as it neveroccurred to her that her most trusted adoptive daughter would treat her beloved son in such a way.

At that moment, past memories began flooding her mind. She remembered how she didn't have time totake care of Greg because of her work back then. Then, she remembered Greg's age at the time theincident took place. After that, she remembered there was a period of time where he became gloomyand quiet. So this was why he instantly lost all his spirits and strength at that time. Not only that, heeven cooped himself up for a short while. As these thoughts circulated inside her mind, Valerie wishedto slap herself badly.

Never once did I imagine that Victoria would take Greg to that kind of place at that time!

Will I still be able to see Greg alive now if it hadn't been for his strong ability to withstand pressure?

At once, Valerie snapped back as she didn't dare to think further. The mere thought of the possibilitymade her feel a chill running down her spine. Feeling the lingering fear within her, she satdumbfoundedly on her spot and couldn't bring herself to get up for a long while.

Naturally, Lisa knew Valerie's present mood. Truth be told, she was also very surprised when she firstheard about the matter. Like Valerie, she didn't expect the gentle and quiet Victoria to be so malicious.

Then, she remembered that Greg had passed the age where he needed his mother the most. Anuncomfortable feeling struck her as she could feel the powerlessness Valerie felt as a mother.

Thus, she suggested. "Old Madam Buckley, why don't you give Mr. Buckley a call?

It was only then did Valerie seem to have some reaction. Looking at the housekeeper in front of her,she suddenly burst into tears.

"Tell me, what kind of a mother do you think I am? I don't even know anything about what happened tomy son, and I still love an adoptive daughter like Victoria as if she's my baby. On top of that, I evenwronged Greg several times for her sake! Does a person's wickedness really come from their core?How old was she at that time? How dare she do that to Greg?!"

Enraged, Valerie was trembling all over as she spoke.

In the meantime, Lisa was afraid that Valerie would get too angry to the point something terrible wouldhappen. Therefore, she quickly said, "Old Madam Buckley, human beings are sinister. It's just that wewere blinded by her façade. Thank goodness that it was a close call for Mr. Buckley, and he managedto overcome his trauma."

"We may discuss this matter leisurely like it's a close call now, but for Greg, it was a disaster back then.He probably has hated me since then. All these years, I have always felt that he was rebellious. I waseven more dissatisfied, especially when he told me that he fancied Genevieve before. But now that I

think about it, it seems like he has never discussed anything with me. He has always been making hisown decisions by himself. Previously, I didn't know why he acted so defiant and like a b*stard. I came torealize how much of a failure I was as a mother now that I finally know the reason behind hisdisobedience."

The more Valerie talked about it, the sadder she became.

Meanwhile, Lisa kept comforting her on one side. Eventually, Valerie calmed down a little, and a traceof maliciousness gleamed deep in her eyes.

"Since Victoria dared to treat Greg in such a way, she can't blame me for being unkind to her. Sheenjoys treating Greg like that, doesn't she? In that case, replace someone to send her to the red-lightdistrict. Despite her age, I'm pretty sure men in their fifties or sixties will still enjoy having some fun withher."

I can treat Victoria as if she's my own daughter because I feel that she has done a lot to Greg over theyears. Since she dares to act against Greg, she must bear the punishment of the Buckley Family. Afterall, Greg is the head of the Buckley Family.

Once she relayed her order to the housekeeper, Valerie went back to her bedroom. After thinking for along time, she called Greg.

The call went through and Greg answered, "Mom."

Just as Greg had predicted, Valerie would definitely seek him out once she learned about the news. Itwould be a lie to say that he could put the hate away, but Greg knew that the past had passed. Sincehe couldn't change the past, he thought he might as well take this opportunity to ask for somethingfrom Valerie.

When Valerie heard Greg's voice, she choked up for a moment.

"Son, I have misunderstood you all these years. I didn't expect Victoria to be so bad at such a youngage. You—"

Before Valerie could finish speaking, Greg interrupted her, "I'm fine. But if you really feel that you'vewronged me, you can always make it up to me by treating my Sweetheart and children better in thefuture."

Upon hearing that, Valerie paused for a while. Sure enough, she knew who Greg referred to as'sweetheart'. She didn't have much confidence in the first place, but she couldn't replace any reason torefute him now that she heard his words.

"Why don't you two just get married soon since you like her so much?"

"Got it."

Greg hung up the phone. Then, he looked at Abigail who was beside him, and said cunningly, "Yourmother-in-law just asked us to hurry up and register our marriage. What say you?"

Upon hearing that, Abigail paused for a while. Smiling, she murmured, "I'm fine with it, but I wish to waita little longer."

"Wait a little longer? Our children are all grown up. I'm afraid another little one will come along if wewait a little longer. Things won't look nice for us by then, will it?"

When Greg heard Abigail said she wanted to wait a little longer, he truly felt that his marriage journeywas a very rough one.

I have asked for her hand in marriage several times, but why won't she say yes? I thought we haddiscussed this before. Why do we have to wait a little longer again?

Seeing Greg's state, Abigail couldn't help but let out a hearty laugh. Suddenly, a mischievous thoughtcame into her mind, and she wanted to tease him.

"That's great. We can include all three children into our household registry. I must say, that's not a badidea."

"Stop joking around, Sweetheart."

As Greg spoke, he wanted to grab Abigail's hand. However, she smiled and ran away from him.

"If I catch you, you're screwed!"

"Oh—you're going to be in trouble if I catch you!" All of a sudden, Greg cheered up. Then, he movedhis feet and chased after Abigail. For a moment, the two were chasing each other on the road, muchlike children. Their cheerful laughter rippled, causing people to look sideways at them.

Just like that, Abigail and Greg enjoyed their outing for the whole afternoon. They didn't go anywhere ordo anything. They walked around the mall and when they got tired, they went to the park nearby,thereafter sitting down and chatting while basking in the sun. Nonetheless, they still had fun.

While hanging out with Greg, a sudden thought came to Abigail's mind. She felt that even sitting quietlywas a form of happiness when she was with the person she loved.

Slowly, her mind wandered off elsewhere, and she thought about the Fraser Family. Thinking that theywouldn't show up in front of her from now on, she felt as if she finally vented out the pent-up angerwithin her.

I can't believe that I was so naïve that I would actually fall for a man like Jonathan back then. Now thatI'm no longer in a relationship with him, I realized my feelings for him weren't love at all. It was nothingmore than a mere support I seeked when I was young and frivolous.

Sensing Abigail was being awfully quiet, Greg suddenly asked, "What are you thinking?" As he askedthat, he took her into his arms. With a domineering demeanor, he added, "How can you think aboutanother man when an outstanding person, such as myself, is sitting by your side?"

"Stop feeling so good about yourself, will you?" Despite blurting those words out, Abigail actually felt allwarm and fuzzy.

They sat for a while until Abigail suddenly thought about her wanting to make her daughters somethingdelicious for dinner this evening. With that, she took Greg's hand and headed straight to thesupermarket.

Once they arrived at the supermarket, Greg looked around and thought to himself, My visits tosupermarkets have become frequent ever since I'm in a relationship with Abigail. It gets so frequentthat I even familiarize myself with checkouts and other businesses.

Seeing Greg leave the supermarket with his hands full of grocery bags, Abigail smiled and announced,"It seems like you're still somewhat useful to me after all."

Upon hearing that, Greg felt a little disgruntled. "Why do you make it sound like I have no other usethan buying groceries? How about I warm you up tonight?"

Upon hearing that, Abigail rejected him, and she turned around and left.

This man is really getting more and more ridiculous. Any words he blurts out is a dirty joke. I can't standhim!

In the meantime, Greg simply chuckled when he looked at Abigail leave. Putting all the things into thetrunk, he then drove back to Allie's Garden with her.

Once they arrived at Allie's Garden, both Alissa and Arianna ran out to greet them. They were veryhappy to see Abigail came back home and excitedly circled around her, chatting nonstop.

When Greg saw the children were so excited, he took the things to the kitchen. Shortly after, he took offhis jacket, rolled up his sleeves, and started cooking.

Looking at Greg, who was cooking earnestly in the kitchen, Abigail curled up the corners of her lipsslightly. This is the happiness I want.

Abigail played with the children for a while, and Greg finished making the meal.

"Go and help your daddy serve the food," Abigail instructed the two children, and they ran to thekitchen to serve the food on the dining table.

The four of them sat around the dining table and enjoyed their meal. It was an enjoyable dinner indeed.

After the meal, Abigail helped the children take a bath. Once she was done putting them to sleep, shegot up and walked out of the room.

Upon seeing Abigail, Greg whispered, "You still want to go back to the Reeves Residence at such anhour?"

"There's something that I have to deal with, so I'm going to make a short trip back. You go to bed first,and I'll move back here tomorrow."

"Let me drive you there." Greg didn't stop her anymore because he knew it was generally difficult tomake Abigail change her mind.

Even though the two didn't talk much along the way, the atmosphere was very good. It was also at thatmoment that Abigail felt it wasn't a bad idea for her to consider growing old with Greg.

When they arrived at Teal's house, Abigail suddenly threw her arms around Greg's neck, and her warmlips immediately pressed against his.

Feeling surprised at the sudden kiss, Greg paused slightly. Immediately after, he wrapped his armsaround Abigail's waist, deepening the kiss.

As the two kissed each other passionately, the temperature in the car instantly rose a little, and Greg'shands strayed all over the place.

"Sweetheart, I won't let you get out of the car if we let things continue like this."

Abigail's breath hitched when she heard that. Even so, she said with a smile, "Silly, we have a longtime ahead."

Upon hearing these words, Greg was delighted. Although he was reluctant, he still let Abigail go. Then,he watched as she entered the Reeves Residence. Trying to calm himself down, he took a deepbreath. However, he couldn't help but smile when he noticed that Abigail's scent was still lingering inthe car.

It looks like I really need to marry Abigail quickly.

Abigail felt warm all over after getting out of the car. Thinking that everyone was asleep, she gentlyopened the door. However, she didn't expect that Emma was still up. She stared at the other woman'ssilhouette as she bustled around, cleaning up the kitchen. At that moment, a sudden thought poppedup in Abigail's head, and it was only then that she recalled Emma was here to learn how to cook today.

When Emma heard the sound of the door closing, she turned her head slightly and saw Abigailstanding in front of her. However, Abigail merely glanced at her lightly and made her way upstairs.

Finally, Emma couldn't hold herself and shouted, "Allie!"

Upon hearing that, Abigail paused slightly and halted her tracks. However, she didn't look back. Just asshe was contemplating on whether to turn around or not, she heard Emma say, "I've made roastedtomatoes. Could you taste them and let me know if it's alright?"

Since it was rare for Emma to speak in such a manner, Abigail couldn't help but feel a little curious.Therefore, she turned around to look at her.

Regardless, she still couldn't bring herself to be nice to Emma just yet. "Roasted tomatoes? Is that allyou made the whole afternoon? Have you ever counted how many ingredients that you've wasted? Youonly learn how to cook at this age, yet you're not ashamed to ask for my praise or recognition. How oldare you exactly, Emma Kain?"

Abigail's words sounded very harsh, and there was even a hint of impoliteness to it. If it was the oldEmma, she would've long risen up to her feet and scolded Abigail. However, she didn't do so this time.

Biting her lower lip, she said humbly, "I'll try harder."

Truth was, Abigail had never seen this side of Emma before. For that reason, she actually viewed herin a rather different perspective for the first time ever.

It's impossible for Emma to be able to learn how to cook for the whole afternoon, but she succeededtoday. Thinking of that, Abigail naturally wouldn't pick her anymore.

"I'm tired, so I'm going to rest now. If you have something that you want to talk about, let's just talkabout it tomorrow."

With that, Abigail turned around and left.

Seeing how resolute Abigail's steps were, Emma asked in a fit of panic, "Allie, was the Fraser Family'smisfortune your doing?"

Upon hearing that, Abigail frowned slightly. "What do you wish to ask?"

At the same time, Abigail was deep into her thoughts. I know Emma always has feelings for Jonathan.Perhaps she wanted to upset me when she ruined my marriage in the past, but she never once gaveup on Jonathan in these five years. Not only that, she even dwelled in misery when the Fraser Familycalled off the wedding. Emma must have fallen deep for him along the way.

But why is she asking me this right now?

Is she implying that she wants to continue to be my enemy simply for Jonathan's sake?