Chapter 15
Cold.
It was a chill that went bone deep.
Abigail leaned against the edge of the bathtub. Although the cold water
sluicing against her skin helped somewhat, it was still a terrible ordeal to
endure after she was drugged with an aphrodisiac. Fortunately, she
somehow managed to drift off to sleep.
She soaked in the cold water all night, and the next day, she felt somewhat
dazed.
Before she left, she also made it a point of informing Dahlia. “Sean went out
early last night and didn’t come back all night. I don’t know what he’s doing,
but I’m not waiting for him; I’m going to work.”
She didn’t care about what Sean was up to. She just wanted Dahlia to inform
Lína that the two of them hadn’t consummated their marriage last night.
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Also, she wasn’t the one who ran away.
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She didn’t even know how she left Graham Residence. When she stood at the
doorstep of her studio, Luna was taken aback by her pale face. “Where did
you go last night? How did you end up like this?”
Then, she hastily went over to support the dangerously swaying Abigail. Yet,
the moment her skin touched Abigail, she could tell that Abigail was definitely
running a high fever. “Why did you come here when you have a fever?! I’m
taking you to the hospital right now.”
Abigail weakly waved her hand in dismissal. “No, I want to go home and
sleep. Just give me a ride.”
Then, she instinctively touched her belly as those words fell from her lips.
That was the spot where she had received numerous injections to stimulate
ovulation. After she left that dreadful place the last time, she was
traumatized enough that just hearing the word ‘hospital‘ could make her
nauseous.
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As Luna had been her best friend for many years, she immediately
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understood what Abigail meant. “Okay, we don’t have to go there if you don’t
want to. I’ll take you home.”
Then, she caressed Abigail’s forehead out of concern as she immediately put
aside her pressing work and drove Abigail back to the apartment.
As Luna puttered about, pouring her water and frantically searching for
fever–reducing medicine, she started questioning, “Did Sean bully you? You
were fine when you left. How did you end up in such a state?”
Abigail didn’t want to worry Luna, so she didn’t tell Luna the truth. “It’s nothing.
I probably didn’t sleep fitfully last night. You know how I am with my blankets. I
probably just caught a cold. So, you can go back now. I don’t want to infect
you with whatever I’m coming down with. Besides, I’ll make sure to take the
medicine. I’m sure I’ll be as fit as a fiddle soon enough”
As she said this, she forced herself to open her eyes. “I finally managed to get
our business back on track. I won’t feel at ease if you’re not there to ensure
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that everything goes smoothly. Please just return to the studio as soon as
you can.”
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The 2.8 million she got by soaking in cold water all night came at a high cost.
She couldn’t afford to lose it again.
The heartbroken Luna parted her lips to say something, but she couldn’t even.
find the words to comfort Abigail. She truly couldn’t imagine how badly
cornered Abigail was feeling that she started viewing money as more
valuable than her life. She remembered that Abigail had always been rather
minimalistic, just what had happened to her?
Finally, she gritted her teeth and took out her phone. “I’ll head to the studio
right now, so don’t worry.
“Just have a good rest. I already told my brother that you’re sick, and he’s on
his way.”
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Abigail was awakened by the knocking on the door.
She remembered that Luna had said her brother, Zachariah, would come to
take care of her before she fell asleep. So, that was probably him. Although
she didn’t want to move, she struggled to sit up and open the door.
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As she opened the door, she was met with a pair of familiar almond–shaped
eyes.
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