Chapter 293
The black car blocked the road ahead. The windowe rolled down, revealing half of the man’s face. To Abigail, that face was all too familiar,
Ralph’s voice was indifferent. You won’t get to Gibson Villa going this way. Are you planning to walk all the way t
y there!
Abigail looked at him, unsure how to respond. What she wa
Ralph said. “Cobridge has changed a lot in the past three years. You won’t make it on foot. I’m heading to Gibson Villa”
wanted was just to get far enough from the prison to find a ride home.
Abigail didn’t understand. She thought. Is he offering me a ride?
She stood there for a moment in a daze. Ralph looked more mature and composed now, no longer as unruly and arrogant as he had been:
three years ago. For a second, Abigail drifted into old memories and didn’t know how to answer,
Ralph, however, had run out of patience. He got out of the car with a cold expression and stepped in front of her. “Get in. I’ll take you back. How much longer are you planning to stand here!”
His words made Abigail fall silent. She didn’t know why Ralph was here, and she didn’t want to know. Thinking of her grandfather Wyatt, she turned and got into the car.
Inside, there was an unfamiliar, floral scent that made Abigail feel disoriented. She had sat in Ralph’s car before: Back then, he’d always kept candy in the car, and it’d always had a sweet smell. The candy had been for her.
Because of that candy. Abigail had once believed she was special to Ralph. She had once been happy, thinking the feelings between them were
But the truth was, she had once heard him with her own cars, speaking about her to his friends with nothing but disdain.
Ralph had said, “It’s just some cheap candy. That’s all it took to get her wrapped around my finger. I only gave it to her because I felt bad for her.
“That engagement? It was just some joke between our grandfathers. Besides, the Gibson family has more than one heiress”
The people around him had all agreed. In their eyes, Daniella, who had grown up with a wealthy upbringing, was a much better match for Ralph than Abigail. And Abigail, to them, was nothing more than someone Ralph humored because he happened to pity her.
Abigail thought about how the gifts Ralph gave Daniella were nothing like the candy he used to give her. Now that Abigail looked back, it was clear how much or how little–Ralph ever cared about her.
Abigali never liked to force anything, not even an engagement that had originally belonged to her.
She had brought up ending it with Wyant. Wyatt loved her and thought she’d been wronged, and wanted to go confront Ralph about it. She stopped him and asked for his agreement instead.
Wyatt agreed, but before the engagement could be called off, she ended up taking Daniella’s place and going to prison.
It was only then that Abigail realized she was never that important to them. To be honest side from Wyatt, everyone else the Gibson family
© and Ralph–never truly welcomed her. She was like an intruder who had disturbed their perfect little family.
They never said it outright, but everything they did made it clear they wanted her gone. And yet it wasn’t like he had done anything wrong
Abigail had grown up struggling to survive in an orphanage. Even after being adopted, she lived cautiously.
She once thought her birth parents must have really loved her to go through all that effort to find her. But reality hit her hard.
They already had an adopted slaughter they adored, showered her with affection. Abigail wasn’t like that she’d grown up scraping by with nothing
They looked down on Abigail, treated her like she didn’t belong. If it hadn’t been for the blood tie, they wouldn’t have wanted her at all
Back then, only Ralph had paid attention to Abigail’s mood when she was feeling down. He’d offer her candy to cheer her up. To her, Ralph was like the light of her life. But that light only touched her for a brief momen.
Three years in prison was enough to repay whatever debt she owed the Gibsons for bringing her into this world. As for that so–called family, she didn’t want it anymore. She didn’t want Ralph either.
The car pulled into Gibson Villa. As it came to a stop, a girl in a white dress walked over with a bright smile on her pretty face “Ralphie, what took you so long? Stevie and I have been waiting for you forever.”
Stephen followed right behind, draping a coat over her shoulden.
Daniella’s smile froze the moment she saw Abigail. Her eyes turned slightly red, like she had been wronged.
Chapter 293
“Abigail! Why are you in Ralph’s car?” Stephen questioned right away, his brows furrowed in what looked like obvious displeasure.
1 ran into her on my way here. Didn’t
you
send someone to pick her up? Ralph asked. His words made Stephen fall silent.
Stephen thought. What am I supposed to say? That I did go but left her behind because I was pissed off by her antitude?
“Stevie must’ve forgotten. Daniella said lightly, “Abby, why didn’t you call us? Good thing Ralphie ran into
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