She only had to remember that his hands had touched Annie, and she wanted to resist his touches now. She has never done that before.
She knew that his hands had touched many other women before, but that was a long time ago, long enough to blur it out, but last night…
The intimate picture of him and Annie have been published on all sorts of magazines and newspapers, they all were talking about the perfect moment, the picture as clear as only possible. His hands were on Annie’s hips, and his drunken face. This picture was the only thing Abigail could think about now.
She couldn’t do anything intimate with him now.
She turned around, and turned her back towards him.
But Joshua didn’t care as much.
She was standing far away, and shivered, even if there was sunlight, she still felt cold, and that coldness was coming from her heart.
There was a tombstone in the graveyard, it had the best spot in the whole yard, the most expensive and pretty space.
In front of the gravestone was a man, this man was Joshua.
Joshua didn’t hug her and fall asleep like they used to, but instead he gave her some clothes and took her here.
They were standing by Michelle’s tombstone, she has been dead for three months, and she, Abigail, had been in their house for three months.
In these three months, the only thing she gained was the baby in her belly.
Joshua’s body was as if frozen, it has been two hours already and he hasn’t moved. His gaze full of love, was laid on the picture on the stone, his long fingers were stroking the smiling girl, just as he was stoking the face of his loved one.
Michelle, you are so lucky, so so lucky.
Abigail was thinking.
Her look rested on the pretty back of Joshua. This Joshua was a little less insidious and a little more handsome. It made people think, any man with such a back like his, must be handsome and loving.
He was handsome, but not loving. He was cold, heartless, this is what Abigail felt most from him.
Three months, for Abigail, was almost the same as three years, her whole life has changed, and these changes are going to affect the rest of her life.
To Joshua, this was probably not more than three days.
Abigail saw the look on Joshua’s face right now, she thought they looked like a couple who have been separated for three days, and now they were reunited.
Why did he take her here? Abigail didn’t quite understand. She thought he took her to show regret and sorry to Michelle, but he has been standing there for two hours now, and still hasn’t told her to do anything. She was just waiting, and guessing.
His tall body suddenly stood up, turned around, his face insidious.
What was he going to do? Abigail was scared by his face expression, he walked towards her, his sharp gaze on her face.
He took something out from his pocked, it was something black — a gun!
He was going to kill her!
BANG; BANG; BANG. Three bullets rushed passing her head into the dark, all this happened within seconds, and Abigail wasn’t even able to react to it, she closed her eyes and waited for the pain.
But nothing happened, the shooting stopped, and then, she heard something fall to the ground, just behind her!
Abigail turned around, and noticed surprised, that there was a stranger dressed in black on the ground, he was holding his shoulder in pain, from the two bullet holes were blood running! And another one was on his foot, which was also bleeding.
“Ahhh , ohhhh!” She couldn’t help but to scream out loud, and then backed away. Joshua who was behind her took her into his arms.
She looked at him thankfully, in this situation, she really needed a hug from him.
Joshua looked at the person on the floor coldly, and pressed his lips together, when he opened his mouth, his voice was also ice cold, “Tell you boss, my father, that some things need to be taken slowly, otherwise, he will be the dead one.”
The man realized that Joshua didn’t want him dead, and stood up, trying to run away.
“How… how do you know this was the work of your father?” Abigail was still shocked, and asked him.
“Hah, what did you think? Don’t you know what kind of person my father is? So, how does it feel to be killed by your own boss?”
“Boss?” Abigail was confused, repeating what he just said. Joshua let go of her and started walking towards the car.
“Why did you say that your father is my boss?” She followed Joshua and sat down in the back seat. Abigail thought for a while but had to ask.
He always liked to mention her in the same sentence as his father, but why was that?
She didn’t get an answer, and Joshua stepped hard on the gas, the car left the graveyard in high speed.
Abigail was thrown into her seat, she was afraid the sudden movements might hurt her baby, so she held on tight and fastened her seat belt.
When they were back in the house, Annie, Stacy and Albert were sitting in the living room, Albert’s face was serious, and Stacy was sitting next to Annie, telling her something in a small voice, Annie was wiping her tears, looking very wronged.
Joshua consciously pulled Abigail tight into his hug, and walked pass Albert, making him so angry, that his face took on a dark color, as if it was about to storm any minute.
“Stop!” Joshua stopped his walk when he heard the demanding tone in his father’s voice, they were standing at the stairs, Joshua let go of Abigail, put his hands in the pockets, and then turned around elegantly, half facing his father, with a lazy expression on this face.
He didn’t care at all about his father.
Albert was getting more angry, and exploded, “What is this! Just tell me what exactly you wan!”
“What I want?” Joshua didn’t even want to look at him.
Albert smashed his hand on the table, and stood up, he took a few steps towards Joshua, then stopped. His face was serious, and he started to scold his son. “You are crossing some lines here, you actually want Annie to leave? Is the woman there really more important than Annie?”
Albert looked at Abigail, his sight full of scorn.
Joshua turned his body to Abigail, and looked at her as well, then he laughed coldly, “If she is important or not, shouldn’t you know?”
“You…”
Albert was so furious that he was unable to speak.
“Unbelievable, unbelievable!” Albert was repeating this one word, and walking up and down in the room.
“Joshua, how are you talking to Dad!” Stacy stood up and was blaming her brother, then she looked at Annie, and said, “Annie is so good to you, and you are already engaged, why are you making her sad?”
“Stacy, it’s okay, it’s all my fault.” Annie didn’t forget to use this chance and put herself as the good person, waiting for someone to pity her.
“Annie, how is this your fault? It’s this bitch’s fault!” Stacy’s eyes rested on Abigail, full of hate and blame.
Abigail didn’t feel very comfortable so she turned around, and didn’t want to stay there anymore. She didn’t even want to be there, being blamed for no reason.
“You…” Albert looked at Stacy and Annie, then he looked at Abigail, his eyes were flashing with unhappiness and dissatisfaction. “You should leave, I want to talk to him alone.”
Abigail sighed, she put her hand on the railing and was about to walk up the stairs, when she was pushed from behind.
Before she could fall, she was able to hold herself, then she heard the evil voice of Stacy next to her ears saying, “Don’t be happy to early, I won’t forget this.”
She smirked, then let go of Abigail, and her and Annie went upstairs. Abigail fixed her clothes and was speechless about this situation.
She made sure that both of them were gone before she went up.
When all three of them vanished, Albert went back to the couch and sat down, legs crossed.
“What have I told you? Don’t get involved with these kind of women, right now, only Annie is of any use for us, but you don’t listen! If you are going to get her father angry, he is going to draw back the contract with us, is that what you want?”
Albert was explaining to Joshua, but Joshua didn’t want to listen, and quickly said to his father, “You mean, that your virgin murderer should be killed directly?”
“What does that mean!” Albert’s surprise was obvious, he was feeling guilty conscience about what he has done, and on top of that, it didn’t even succeed. This guilt made him not pay attention to what Joshua was saying, and ignored the fact that he was indicating a special relationship between him and Abigail.
“You don’t know what I mean? Haven’t you already done something for me?”
“That… that was for your own good!” He couldn’t bare it when someone was ripping his covers off, and he felt very awkward now. His sight was darkened and he tried to find excuses.
“This is for your good, not mine.”
Again, Joshua has guessed his father’s thoughts right.
Albert’s face went red, then pale, he couldn’t stand the words coming out of Joshua’s mouth. “Shut your mouth! This was all for you, everything I have, will be yours!”
“I don’t need it!” Joshua didn’t care at all about his father, and even less about his properties.
This was a joke, his company was at least ten times as big as the one of his father, his finances were stable, he had enough business, and there were so many other companies dreaming about cooperating with him. He didn’t care for what was Albert’s.
“You!” Albert raised his fist up high in the air, but it was frozen there. His son was half a head taller than himself, and it was pressuring him. Joshua was not the small skinny little boy anymore, and he was not the boy anymore that would just let himself get beaten up.
He was big now, he has inherited all the good parts of himself and his wife, he was not only a handsome young man, but he was the cold blooded murderer of the business world, he has swallowed and ruined uncountable other companies, he was more cruel than himself, and he was smarter than himself.
These years, he as his father, could only get to know about his son over the newspapers, these were the only ways he would get to know about the features of his child.
And this son of his clearly didn’t even get his approval, and went ahead and was now the big person in the business world. He was proud of his son, but also endangered by him.
He was still holding on to the death of his mother and his sister, and he swore to himself, that he wouldn’t let himself go.