Not One, But Two!
Chapter 156

Chapter 156

Chapter 156

Suddenly, Philip's expression turned cold.

Meanwhile, Abigail had already guessed the reason. "My mom was pregnant."

"Yes! She was pregnant and yet, she didn't even realize it!"

Philip spoke through clenched teeth and he enunciated each word clearly, "I didn't tell your mom aboutit, so she thought that she'd fainted because of my rough actions plus her lack of rest during thatperiod. After that, I tipped the police about my brother and though I wasn't aware of the things that he'ddone all those years before, he was a gang member after all. Hence, there was plenty of dirt on him.Indeed, because of my tip-off and revelation, the police detained him."

Philip's eyes flashed with coldness and anger as soon as he mentioned that.

"I thought that without my brother around, Adeline would fall in love with me. Back then, I doted on herso much and I didn't even bear to let her do the house chores. Furthermore, I prepared meals for her. Ididn't even mind that she was carrying my brother's child. As long as she loved me, then I would treatthe child in her womb as one of mine. I only wished for her to stay by my side and fall in love with me.However, she was heartless and despite everything that I did, she was never happy at all. She eventried to kill herself initially."

What sort of relationship did they have?! Abigail looked at Philip's tortured expression and he seemedlike he hadn't yet gotten over that relationship even till today. Truth was, she didn't know what to sayabout that.

Meanwhile, Philip looked at Abigail's calm expression and he said bitterly, "You are quite similar to herin terms of personality. Back then, I told her that if she actually managed to kill herself, I would replace

someone to go in there and kill off my brother. I am a ruthless person, after all. As such, she remainedmiserably alive for my brother's sake, but she was indifferent to the world around her until she foundout that she was pregnant. At that point, she finally broke down."

"She had intended to abort the child and furthermore, in order to terminate the pregnancy, she did allsorts of drastic measures and attempted every form of self-harm that one could imagine. Despitethreatening her with my brother's life, it was futile and that was the first time ever that I saw her in sucha state of despair. She remained hopeful when we signed the marriage papers and she didn't even fallinto a state of despair despite being forced upon by me. However, the moment she realized that shewas pregnant, she nearly became insane."

"Originally, if she had actually aborted you, I would have been much happier. After all, you were not mychild, but hers and my brother's. However, inexplicably, I didn't condone her behavior. Furthermore, Itried everything I could to stop her from harming her unborn child. Somehow, I felt as if this child wasthe only hope left for the two of us to work out. I was afraid that she would harm herself, so I stood vigilby her day and night. Finally, she gave birth to you nine months later."

Just then, Philip's expression turned tender.

He then looked at Abigail and spoke softly. "That was the first time ever that I'd seen a baby come tothis world. You were so tiny and soft, and your cries were so weak. I thought that Adeline would fall inlove with the child just like me. After all, the child was a part of her too. However, from the moment shegrabbed the child and tried to slam her to the ground, I saw the anger and hatred in her eyes, and knewthat things would never work out between the two of us."

"After that, my brother was released from prison and he came to know that Adeline had borne me achild. Not only didn't he forsake her, he also forced me to divorce her. How could I possibly divorce heranyway? I would never have agreed to that. At this point, I didn't do anything else but keep a close eyeon Adeline and my brother. Adeline had been diagnosed with postpartum depression after giving birth,

and she hardly ate and drank. She didn't even show her temper and she was just like anexpressionless zombie. Furthermore, she paid no attention to the child at all. There were severalmoments when I was so tempted to tell her that this was the child of her and my brother but in the end,I managed to stop myself from saying anything."

"I didn't know what I was still looking forward to, but I just wanted to make her remember thatsomething had indeed happened between the two of us. Afterward, her condition worsened and I hadno choice but to send her to the hospital to receive treatment. However, I didn't expect her to leave withmy brother. In the end, my wife eloped with my brother! What was I to do at that point? I looked at you,so tiny and weak, and I wanted so badly to kill you off so that they would regret this for the rest of theirlives. But each time I attempted to strangle you, you would smile at me. You had a really pretty smileand it was exactly like the first encounter I had with Adeline."

At that point, there was a glint of tears in Philip's eyes. but he quickly turned his face in the otherdirection.

Meanwhile, Abigail finally knew the truth and she furrowed her brows tightly.

"You shouldn't have forcefully kept a woman who loved someone else by your side. It wasn't fair foreither you, her, or your brother."

"Tell me then, when was I treated fairly? Since I was young, I had to take care of my parents on behalfof my brother and I suffered so much. I took over his duty as the eldest son. It was just a woman, sowhy did he have to fight with me for her? Why couldn't he give her up? Besides, Adeline was my wife.She married me and we had a marriage certificate. Even up till today, after their elopement so manyyears back, they're still not a couple in the eyes of the law because Adeline remains my wife!"

Philip's emotions were slightly agitated.

Meanwhile, Abigail knew that Philip was a bigoted person.

No one could convince him otherwise once he had fixed his mind on something.

That being said, ultimately, there were some things that he just couldn't get his way.

Right now, Abigail could somehow understand Philip's feelings each time he saw her.

She wasn't his daughter, but he would continue to raise her because of her identity as Adeline'sdaughter. However, each time he saw her, he would be reminded of Adeline's elopement with hisbrother, so there was no way he would be able to truly dote on Abigail.

If one looked at this from another perspective, Philip hadn't actually done anything bad to Abigail. Infact, it was quite kind of him to raise her to adulthood.

This was something that Abigail had to be thankful for.

She had no means of interfering in the older generation's feud and she didn't know how to resolve theissue either. However, Philip, who was currently standing in front of her, was a pitiful person too. Hewas serious in his relationship and yet, he'd fallen for a woman who would never belong to him. He wasindeed a pitiful guy.

At that moment, Abigail realized that her resentment toward Philip had dissipated significantly.

If one had to judge Philip's behavior back then, he had indeed made mistakes, but Adeline wasn'texactly exemplary either. As such, no one could clearly put a right and wrong to things at this point.

However, the word 'uncle' remained lodged in Abigail's throat and she couldn't quite express herself.

Suddenly, Philip stumbled and he fell into the chair.

"What's wrong?" Abigail quickly went forward to check on him, but he pushed her aside.

"You should leave now. You've got all of the information and you know that I'm not your biologicalfather. I'm also a b*stard who forced himself on your mother and made her think that you were mychild. That was why she'd ignored you all of these years. I know that Mr. Buckley has the ability to helpyou locate your mother, so I won't interfere in anything else that you choose to do from now on. I justhope that you remember your promise to me. I know that Emma's wronged you in the past, but she'smy daughter after all. I'm obligated to help her in life. I also have to prioritize the family, so her marriagewith Jonathan has to be a success. You can blame me for prioritizing interest and being selfish and Iwouldn't care. I wouldn't mind you blaming me for taking advantage of this to gain interest either. I'vesaid everything I have to say and I've even told you things that I shouldn't so you should go now."

At that point, Philip didn't look well and his face was terrifyingly pale.

Meanwhile, Abigail noticed the cold sweat on his forehead. As a doctor, she could tell that there wassomething wrong with his health.

"I'll send you to the hospital."

"You don't have to act nice! It's natural that you'd hate me very much! All these years, I made you thinkthat you were my daughter and yet, I didn't give you the least bit of love as a father. I even instigatedmy biological daughter to harm you. Why are you acting nicely in front of me right now? Get out of theroom! Leave!"

Philip's eyes were icy and he exuded coldness and indifference.

If this had happened in the past, Abigail would definitely be stung by his behavior but now, she seemedto know this man better.

Right now, he clearly had a past medical condition and he was suffering through it.

"This is for pain relief. I'd prescribed this and planned to send it over to Anastasia, but it looks like youneed some if you don't plan to go to the hospital for the time being."

Abigail placed the pain relief medication on the study table and then she turned around to leave thestudy room.

As soon as Greg saw her walk out, he immediately stepped forward. "How are you feeling? Iseverything fine?"

"Everything's fine." She smiled and nodded her head at him.

After replaceing out the truth, Abigail somehow became at peace with herself.

Meanwhile, Sasha and Emma both revealed shocked and jealous looks on their faces upon seeingAbigail walk out of the study room.

Philip's study room was usually off-limits to everyone.

As for Jonathan, there was a flash of frustration in his eyes upon seeing Abigail.

"Abigail, you—" Emma had just spoken when Greg shot her a cold glare.

"You must not want your tongue, huh?" There was a sharpened Swiss army knife in Greg's hand andhe was toying with it. His cold glare frightened Emma significantly and she instantly cowered behindSasha.

Meanwhile, Jonathan's expression darkened. "Uncle Greg, it's not nice to intimidate one just becauseyou're in a higher position, right?"

"Oh?"

Greg looked at Jonathan, who clearly was displeased, and the former suddenly smiled while saying, "Ienjoy intimidating others, so do you have a problem with that? Well, how about you try and flex yourposition and intimidate someone to show me?"

Greg's words were full of arrogance and Jonathan felt a burst of anger within him at that point.

However, Greg seemed to replace things too boring and he continued to mention, "Oh—by the way, youshouldn't be rude to Abbie from now on. You should address her as Aunt Abigail, alright? If you can'tremember that, I can slowly guide you until you actually take it to heart."

Jonathan's expression was thunderous at that point.

Meanwhile, Greg couldn't care less and he wrapped his arms around Abigail's shoulders. "The air inhere is polluted so let's go. I'll bring you for a ride."

"Okay." She nodded and stepped forward to walk out of the house with Greg.

As she brushed past Jonathan, he suddenly reached out and grabbed her wrist while revealing a sadlook. "Abbie, are you really going to treat me this way?"

"Let go of her!" Greg's eyes darkened instantly. Meanwhile, Abigail didn't say a word, but sheimmediately twisted Jonathan's arm and pressed him to the coffee table as she spoke coldly. "Don'tyou dare touch me! You're filth to me."

Her words were barbed and it was much more effective than any other weapon. Jonathan's expressionturned ugly in the blink of an eye.

Abigail Kain, you b*tch! How dare you? I've been very nice and yet, you're being extremely rude to me!Well, don't blame me for being vicious if that's what you've chosen! There was a vicious look that

flashed across Jonathan's eyes. At that point, Greg couldn't stand seeing Abigail hold onto Jonathan'sarm, so he lifted his leg and kicked Jonathan on his butt.