Not One, But Two!
Chapter 157

Chapter 157

Chapter 157

"Ouch!" Greg didn't hold back and he kicked Jonathan hard. Instantly, Jonathan fell to the ground withhis face plastered to the floor.

Emma was pained to see that, and she forgot about her fears and leaped forward to help him up.

"Jonathan, are you alright?"

"Get away from me!"

Jonathan had never experienced such humiliation before but that person there was his uncle, a manwho hardly anyone in Harrion dared to cross, so he could only vent his anger on Emma.

Suddenly, Emma didn't catch herself in time and she was shoved to the ground by Jonathan. Herpalms instantly were bruised.

Ever since Jonathan was discovered in Emma's bed, Sasha was quite clear on his behavior towardEmma. Right now, the older woman saw his mistreatment of Emma, and she was significantlydispleased.

"Jonathan, be a man and direct your anger at the person involved! Don't you dare vent on Emma! Don'tassume that you can just bully her because you come from the exalted Fraser Family! It won't lookgood for either of us if I make a fuss of things!"

Sasha had been quite pleased to have Jonathan as her son-in-law five years ago, but for the past fiveyears, he had no intention of signing the marriage papers with Emma, so Sasha had harboredresentment since ages ago. After all, five years of a woman's time was precious.

Emma had steadfastly waited for Jonathan for the past five years but right now, he seemed to have hiseyes set on Abigail. A few days ago, Victoria had even turned up here to insult them. In fact, Sashawas now kind of reluctant to let Emma marry Jonathan. After all, if the man treated her like dirt, whatwas the point of marrying into their family?

Sasha wasn't a kind person, but she treated Emma very well and she would never allow her daughterto be bullied and humiliated.

Meanwhile, Jonathan had never expected that Sasha, who usually flattered him, would dare to saysuch words to him. At that moment, he was angered beyond words. They must all be doing this onpurpose! They're purposely trying to humiliate me in front of Abigail!

Jonathan angrily tried to speak up, but Greg suddenly voiced out calmly, "Jonathan, you've draggedyour engagement with Emma for five years now. It's time for you to sign the marriage papers. After all,a woman's youth is precious and everyone in Harrion knows that she's yours. Both of you aren't younganymore, so I'll replace time to speak to Victoria and discuss the wedding date. Besides, as the futuregroom, I'm sure that you wouldn't renege on your words and break off the engagement, right?"

Greg's words caused Jonathan to suddenly lift his head and stare at Greg aghast.

Jonathan evidently was aware of his mom and grandmother's attitude toward Greg, so if the latteractually went and talked to Jonathan's mother about his engagement with Emma, then she definitelywould no longer object to it despite her dislike of the bride.

"Uncle Greg, this is my affair, so you shouldn't interfere," Jonathan said through clenched teeth.

Why does it have to be Uncle Greg of all people? Why does he have to go after Abigail and fight withme for her attention?

In the past, no matter what Greg wanted their family to do, they had no complaints and did everythingas he instructed. However, over the past few years, Greg had not actually provided as much help tothem as the public speculated.

The Frasers were able to get to their position today with some of Greg's help, but it was mostly due toJonathan and his father's efforts. Who gave him the right to interfere in my life?!

Abigail was my girlfriend from the start and there are plenty of women out there, so why does he haveto go against me?! He's just being disrespectful to Mom! Just because she's an adopted daughter, hethinks that she's just their servant, huh?! That's why he assumes that we should follow whatever theBuckleys say?! And now he even wants to meddle in my marriage. He's forcing me to marry Emma sothat I'll no longer have a chance to go after Abigail! He's going way overboard!

Just then, there was a burst of anger that welled up within Jonathan and it coursed through his body.

However, Greg paid no heed to Jonathan's current ferocious expression. The former merely turned tospeak to Abigail. "Let's go. Let's head home now."

"Okay," Greg had already helped Abigail fulfill her promise to Philip.

Meanwhile, Abigail couldn't contain her dislike toward Emma and Sasha, so she had no intentions ofstaying on any longer.

Subsequently, Greg took her hands in his and led her out of the house.

As Abigail looked at the bustling street outside, she was preoccupied with her thoughts about Philip'swords from earlier.

She had always felt that there must have been a reason for her mother's abandonment all these yearsand she was finally told the truth today.

She was supposed to be a product of love for her parents but because of Philip's presence, she hadbecome an abandoned child that no one cared about. If one asked if she felt angry about this, then shereckoned that she should feel angry but right now, she didn't have the energy to do so.

"What's wrong? What did Philip say to you? You seem quite upset about it."

Greg drove the car and brought Abigail to a slightly secluded park before pulling over.

She didn't hide anything from him and repeated everything that Philip had told her.

"Do you think that I should hate him for all that he did?"

Greg leaned back on the chair and spoke up calmly. "Well, it's quite hard to say. If you want to harborhatred then so be it. You don't have to care about the feud between the older generation."

"But the fact is, he did use his own blood to save my biological father's life."

At the same time, Abigail looked outside and said in a soft voice, "Although my mother did pay theprice, she should have realized this from the moment she sought Philip's help to save my father, right?After all, Philip nearly died in order to save my father. Philip has such an obsessive personality, so hewould obviously do anything to get what he wants. As for my mother, since she agreed to marry Philipthus even if she was truly in love with my father, she should have been mindful of her identity."

"Oh!" Suddenly, Greg exclaimed loudly and Abigail was startled by his outburst.

"What's wrong?"

Greg slapped his thigh and asked, "Did you mention that your mother and Philip are still legallymarried?"

"I think so. Philip mentioned that they signed the marriage papers and they had a marriage certificate.They never filed for divorce either."

Abigail wasn't quite sure why Greg asked that question, but she answered him dutifully.

Meanwhile, he smiled and mentioned, "Then what does that make Sasha? She's a home-wrecker, andthat makes Emma an illegitimate child too. Would you look at that! This mother-daughter duo is madeup of a home-wrecker and an illegitimate child and yet, how dare they behave so arrogantly and rudelyin front of you, who's the actual rightful daughter of the family? They must be out of their minds, huh?"

At that point, Abigail couldn't help grimacing. "Why do you always pay attention to the things that othersdon't generally care about? I meant—"

"You don't have to tell me what you meant. Right now, the thing is that you're the rightful daughter ofthe family. As for the two of them, one's a home-wrecker and the other's an illegitimate daughter, sohow dare they blatantly insult you? They must be delusional! Well, I won't let this slide. Since Philipdidn't tell your mother about your true identity, then you're still the rightful heir to the family fortune.Sasha and Emma won't be able to lay their hands on a single penny!"

After Greg finished saying that, he started to tally up Philip's fortune in front of Abigail.

Meanwhile, Abigail looked at the man in front of her and she suddenly felt quite amused by him. Herlow spirits from knowing the truth about her identity were lifted after hearing his words.

Gosh, this man always seems to be able to come up with all sorts of nonsense, but he always doesthings by looking at it from my perspective and doing it for my sake.

"Stop that. I'm not interested in their family fortune." She smiled as she spoke.

However, Greg shook his head and said, "It's alright to not be interested, but you should let the motherand daughter duo think that you are."

"Why?" Abigail was slightly surprised.

He turned to her with a smile and commented, "Regarding that, it's because they've always stayed atthe Kain Residence. They think that everything belongs to them, which is why they are so keen onarranging Emma's marriage. However, if they realize that you're actually the rightful daughter whilethey're worthless, guess what they would be most concerned about?"

"What would that be?" Abigail couldn't quite wrap her head around things yet.

At that point, Greg reached out and gently tweaked her on the forehead with a smile. "They wouldfrantically try and speed up the divorce process between Philip and your mom! Only after their divorcewould Sasha be able to ascend to her rightful position, and Emma would then be able to become alegitimate child."

"Philip won't agree to a divorce."

Abigail clearly remembered Philip's bigoted look. It had been so many years since then but up till today,he was still very agitated when he spoke about her mother. Abigail knew then that he had her mother inhis mind—be it from love or unwillingness to let go—and he definitely wouldn't agree to a divorce.

If he actually cared about Sasha and Emma's feelings or their positions, he would have filed for adivorce ages ago.

At that point, Greg smiled sinisterly as he spoke. "Well then, this isn't something we should concernourselves with. If Sasha wants to become the actual Mrs. Kain, then she would naturally have to replace away to get Philip and Adeline to go through a divorce. But you shouldn't be the one to instigate this."

As Greg looked at Abigail, there was a flash of distress in his eyes.

"You shouldn't have to bear the consequences for the things that Philip and your parents did. You didn'tget to control your birth and the life you had after that. Even if you aren't Philip's daughter, youshouldn't be the one to have to reveal this to your mother. After all, she harbors hatred toward you tothe extent that she doesn't even want to recall that she had you before. That's why even if you've cometo know your true identity, you've indeed lived by Philip's side all these years so she wouldn't believethat you totally have no feelings for him. That's why the only way forward would be for Sasha to tellAdeline about your past. That's the only way to evoke the guilt your mom has toward you so that shewill willingly bring you home with her." Greg was quite perceptive and he had everything well thoughtout, but Abigail couldn't help feeling slightly sad.

"It's just a simple process of identifying my family. Do I actually have to scheme for this?"

"My sweetheart, this isn't being scheming. This is just to make sure that you get the respect and lovethat you deserve. After all, you're the only one who's the most innocent in this matter. However, howhave all those non-innocent people been treating you all of these years?"

Greg never felt that he was a kind person, but he was definitely a very protective man. After all, Abigailwas his woman.

All of these years, she had suffered so much that she shouldn't have endured, so those who had hurther had to pay the price. It made no difference even if Abigail's biological parents were included in thatlist too.

Greg was aware not to take drastic measures because Abigail would be mindful of their relationship,but if her parents planned to just randomly claim their daughter and bring her back, then they werepretty much being wishful. I won't allow that! However, he kept these words to himself and he didn'tmention them to Abigail.

Abigail knew that he was just doing everything for her sake, so she didn't object to it. Meanwhile, shesuddenly recalled something and said, "Philip seems to be quite unwell. When I left the room earlier, Ithink he had a medical episode."

Greg wasn't aware of Abigail's current attitude toward Philip, so he merely replied calmly, "I know abouthis prior medical condition."