Not One, But Two!
Chapter 46

Chapter 46

Chapter 46

"I can't believe you're still acting up when you're in this state," Abigail mumbled to herself. She didn'tsee anything wrong with treating Greg that way—he wasn't even a patient in her eyes. Abigail hadalways applied the same simple and aggressive approach to patients like him. However, the nursesaround her were shocked.

"He's Mr. Buckley, Dr. Kain," one of them said.

"I don't care who he is—he has to listen to me as long as he's here." Abigail finished her sentence in adomineering tone before she told the nurses to send Greg to the ICU. Then, she went over to Arianna'sroom.

There were a lot of things that Arianna couldn't eat due to her asthma. Before entering the operationtheater just now, Abigail had specially ordered some food for her. When Abigail entered the ward, shefound Arianna jabbing her finger against her tablet. "Have you eaten?" Abigail's voice turned softerwithout her realizing it.

Arianna looked up and gave Abigail a faint smile when she saw her. "I've eaten, Mommy. Have youeaten? Where's Daddy? I told him to remind you to have lunch. Why don't I see him anywhere?"

Abigail felt a warm sensation spreading across her chest when she heard what Arianna said. "As longas you and Allie are here with me, I'll always feel better." Abigail gave Arianna a gentle hug. WhenAbigail recalled how Greg had been worried about his daughters before he entered the operationtheater, she asked Arianna a question. "Do you like Daddy a lot?"

"Yeah," Arianna replied with a nod.

"How much do you like him?"

"A lot! I like Daddy as much as I like Mommy," the young girl replied. Abigail was rather shocked aftershe heard what Arianna said. It's only been such a short while—does Greg matter that much to mydaughter already? She didn't ask anything else after that, but she told herself that she would have tobring her daughters away once she got her mother's files.

Abigail and Arianna chatted for a while more before they heard the ding of a notification that Ariannahad received on her tablet. "Are you talking to Alissa?"

"Yeah!" Arianna nodded, but she didn't show Abigail the tablet. Abigail was respectful toward herchildren's privacy, so she simply patted Arianna on her head with a smile. "You shouldn't chat for solong because staring at the screen is not good for your eyes. I'll go take a look at my patients. Yourdaddy has some stuff to handle, but he might come over a little later. You should get some rest. Call meif you need anything, okay?"

"Okay. Bye, Mommy!" Arianna waved goodbye, and Abigail smiled before leaving the room. AfterAbigail left, Arianna took a look at the information that Alissa had sent her on the tablet. It was a DNAreport. "How did you get Daddy's sample for the DNA test, Allie?" Arianna was impressed.

Alissa responded in an arrogant manner, "You don't need to know how I got it. I have my ways. Whatdo you think? We've confirmed that Greg is our actual father. Do you feel more secure now?"

"I always knew he was our father." Although Arianna claimed that she knew all along, she hadunconsciously spread her lips into a huge grin that made her seem especially happy.

"Pfft! You might have felt like he was our actual dad, but we still need evidence to be sure. You shouldprint a copy of this report. I can't keep it with me."

Arianna was rather confused after she heard her sister. "Why do we have to print a copy? It's goodenough that we know about it, right?"

"That's why I say you're an idiot. There's no use in us knowing about it. I heard Daddy say that we stillhave a grandmother staying in the hospital. I'm not sure if Grandma will like us. What if she doesn'twant to have us as her granddaughters? What if she doesn't allow Daddy to have us as daughters?With this DNA report, Grandma will have to take us in."

Arianna immediately nodded upon hearing what her sister said. "Yes, yes! You're right, Allie. I'll print itout now."

"Be careful. Don't let Mom see it, or else she'll be sad," Alissa reminded her sister.

"I got it." After Arianna ended the call, she secretly cheered over the fact that Abigail respected theirprivacy. The young girl lifted the sheets up and got off the bed before tottering over to search for aprinter in the hospital. However, she wasn't allowed to use it, so the only one she could use was theprinter in her mother's office.

I wonder if Mommy's there, she thought as she headed toward Abigail's office. Fortunately, Abigail hadgone on one of her rounds, so she wasn't in the office. Arianna hastily printed the report out. However,before it was done printing, she heard footsteps coming from outside. The young girl was so shockedthat she quickly squatted down and hid below the office table.

Abigail opened the door to the office before walking in, with Greg following behind. Greg looked ratherpale. "How dare you use a tranquilizer on me, Abigail? Is this how you treat your savior?"

"You don't seem too tranquil now, do you?" Abigail was surprised by how quickly Greg had woken up,but she no longer checked on him after she saw that he seemed fine.

Greg lost his temper when he heard Abigail's words. "That's not the point! The point is that you had thenerve to do such a thing to me!"

"You're my patient. It's the only thing I can do since you're not cooperating with me. Alright, you canleave if you're feeling fine. People might think we have something going on if they see you here,"Abigail uttered. She was about to sit at her desk after finishing her sentence, but she then heard thewhirring of the printer.

Arianna had been hiding under the table the whole time, and she felt like her heart was about to leapout of her throat when she heard the printer. Greg was obviously intrigued by the sudden sound, andhe found himself staring at the words on the piece of paper that had been printed. A DNA report? Gregfrowned as he snatched the paper over before Abigail could get to it.

After the last DNA report had been forged, Greg no longer did it again. Now that he saw Abigail havinga copy of his sample with Alissa's, he changed the way he looked at Abigail. "Do you need to do this?Don't you know whether Alissa's my daughter or not? Or have you slept with too many men toremember which child belongs to who?" When he imagined Abigail making love with another man, hefelt a boiling rage in his chest.

Abigail didn't know what was going on, but her face darkened when she heard Greg blabbering. "I wantyou out of here now!" she cried.

"What? Are you angry because I got it right?" Greg took a step forward and grabbed Abigail's arm."How did you get the title of the best surgeon in the world?"

"Do you think I'll hesitate to sew your mouth up? I want you to shut up now!" Abigail hadn't intended toget mad at him since he had just taken a beating for her. However, his words were simply too much.When Arianna heard them getting into a fight, she quickly wiggled her way out from under the table."Mommy, Daddy, I was the one who printed the report. Stop fighting!"

Arianna's sudden appearance came as a shock to both Greg and Abigail. "What are you doing here?"Abigail frowned. Greg immediately loosened his grip on Abigail's arm when he saw his daughter. "The

air's really bad here, darling. Why don't you stay in the ward?"

Arianna wasn't distracted by Greg's words, and she stared at them as she explained herself clearly. "Iwas the one who made the report because I wanted to know if Daddy is biologically related to me. I feelsafer with this data. I was afraid that Mommy would get angry, so I didn't tell her about it."

Abigail was aware of her daughter's capabilities. She felt both guilty and sorry for her daughter. "I'm notblaming you for anything, you silly girl."

"But Daddy misunderstood the situation." Arianna gave Greg a disapproving stare. Greg suddenlyrecalled how Alissa had taken a few strands of his hair when he was collecting his own sample. He hadassumed that his children wouldn't know what a DNA test was, but he hadn't expected kids nowadaysto be so smart.

After a while, he realized that he misunderstood Abigail. When he remembered how he had utteredthose words to Abigail in front of his daughter, he quickly apologized to Abigail. "I'm sorry. I was tooharsh before clarifying the situation just now."

Abigail froze for a moment. She assumed that Greg had apologized to her because he didn't want toleave a bad impression in front of his daughter—he wouldn't typically apologize to her otherwise. So,Abigail didn't respond to him at all.

However, Arianna quickly tugged on her mother's hand. "Daddy apologized, Mommy. You should tellhim that it's fine."

"No." Abigail wasn't about to lower her ego. She didn't want to act in front of Greg and her childrenbecause it was simply too tiring. Furthermore, she figured that her daughter would be able to deal withsuch conflicts. Greg clearly didn't agree with the way that Abigail was acting. He was about to say

something when Arianna's soft and innocent voice filled the room. "Why don't you buy Daddy a meal,Mommy? I bet you guys haven't had lunch, right?"

When Greg heard Arianna's words, he recalled how he had promised his daughter to remind Abigail toeat her meals on time. Abigail seemed to have forgotten to eat lunch as she was too busy treating hiswounds. "That's right. You still owe me a meal. You owe me a second one now. I'm hungry; I want toeat." Greg was acting like a useless man.

Abigail recalled that she had asked Greg for a meal before she went to the Mortimers' place. They hadmissed the meal just now. However, when she saw the anticipation in her daughter's eyes, she simplymassaged her temples as she spoke. "Fine. I'll buy him a meal."

"Can I go with you guys, Mommy?" Arianna gave them a hopeful look.

"Didn't you eat earlier?" Abigail could tell that Arianna was trying to seize every opportunity to spendtime with her father, but this made Abigail feel more insecure than ever. "I thought I'd eat a little more.Furthermore, I've never eaten with both Mommy and Daddy."

Greg felt an ache in his heart when he heard his daughter's words. "Come on! Daddy will bring you outfor a meal!"

Greg lifted Arianna into his arms before glancing in Abigail's direction. He didn't say anything, but therewas a threatening look in his eyes. It was almost as if he were saying that he would kidnap the younggirl if Abigail didn't allow her to go along with them.

Abigail couldn't bear to disappoint Arianna, so she took a deep breath before giving in to them. Thethree of them left the office together, and Greg brought the DNA report along with him. Ariannascrunched her face together. I'm dead this time! Allie is going to call me dumb when she hears aboutthis. But what matters the most is that I get to have a meal with both Mommy and Daddy, right?

Arianna pushed all of her unhappy emotions aside as she lay on Greg's shoulder while staring atAbigail, who was following behind them. She felt like the happiest child ever at that moment. However,as Abigail looked at Greg, she frowned once more.