恶霸鲁尼 奖学金

Abigail and Ethan turned in Nathan\'s direction. The man they were just talking about suddenly showed up. Nathan gave them a questioning look, darting his gaze back and forth between his son and Abigail. Nathan waited for them to answer his question.

"Dad, next week, the school will hold an event. It\'s Family Day! I am inviting Miss Abi to attend it with you. Please,  Dad, allow Miss Abi to join our school event. My classmates will bring their parents… both Mom and Dad. I will look pitiful if I will only bring you," Ethan mumbled, putting on a pitiful face. He put his palms together in a pleading gesture.

"I can attend on behalf of your mom. I\'m your Aunt, Ethan," Veronica butted in. She also arrived together with Stephen. Veronica shot Abigail a cold sharp glare. Her mood was ruined after seeing Abigail.

\'What is she doing here?! She is not supposed to be here. I thought Nathan, Stephen, and Aiden were the only people here. And what did I just hear? My nephew is inviting Abigail to attend Family Day. She is not even part of his family.\' Veronica was now fuming with rage.

Abigail sneered at Veronica. She could feel the hostility in the way Veronica was looking at her. She hadn\'t started yet but her target was already on the verge of erupting.

\'Nice timing. I will grab this opportunity to provoke her,\' Abigail thought to herself, smiling mischievously. She already thought of perfect revenge against Veronica.

"Ethan… your Aunt is volunteering to attend. I think my presence is no longer needed there." Abigail glanced at Ethan meaningfully.

Nathan: "No."

Ethan: "No."

The father and son duo responded in unison. The two both disagreed about letting Veronica attend Family Day.

"I already invited Miss Abi, Aunt. Besides, you are always busy. One of my classmates admired Miss Abi. She is her favorite actress so I promised her that I would bring Miss Abi with me during Family Day. I will introduce her to Miss Abi." Ethan was able to come up with an alibi.

"Dad, don\'t make me break my promise. Okay?" Ethan added, appealing to his father.

"Sure, you can bring her with us," Veronica suggested, still insisting that she would join them.

"But Aunt… the Family Day only has limited spots. A student can only bring two guardians. No more, no less!" This was Ethan\'s way of telling Veronica she couldn\'t come with them.

"Aunt, don\'t worry. I will bring you to another event… next time. But for now, I gave this spot to Miss Abi." Little Ethan gazed up, smiling at Abigail.

Veronica just forced a smile, hiding the anger and annoyance she was feeling at this moment.

"How about you, Nate? Are you okay with this?" Veronica asked Nathan, hoping that he wouldn\'t agree.

"I don\'t mind it. She can come with us during the school event," Nathan nonchalantly responded.

\'What?! How could he? People might think that Abigail is his woman!\' Veronica clenched her fists, eyeing Nathan with disbelief.

Veronica wanted to object but Stephen interrupted them. "Veronica, can we talk?" Stephen already read the situation. He could feel the heavy tension between Abigail and Veronica so he decided to separate the two.

"Did you bring the papers?" Stephen added.

Veronica nodded her head.

"Let\'s go to my study room." He immediately grabbed Veronica\'s elbow, gently pulling her toward his study room. Abigail gave Veronica a taunting smile as she walked away

Ethan felt relieved when his Aunt went with his Uncle Stephen. He didn\'t expect that his Aunt would suddenly volunteer to attend the school event. He thought Abigail would back out because of Veronica.

"It\'s finally decided. Miss Abi and Dad will attend together! Thank you!" Ethan said enthusiastically. He clapped his hands together, his eyes brimming with joy.

Abigail could only smile watching the young boy. After a while, Nathan spoke up, inviting the two to go to the kitchen and help Aiden. Upon arrival, Aiden headed straight to the kitchen to bring all the items they bought. Nathan already went ahead while Stephen welcomed Veronica at the entrance gate.

Abigail, Ethan, and Nathan were passing through the hallway when the young boy noticed the two robots standing outside the door. "Dad! Those robots. They are products of our company, right? What are they doing here? I saw them a while ago. It looks. like they are guarding that room. Who is behind that door?" Ethan expressed his curiosity with them.

"It\'s nothing. To test our new model, I let your Uncle Stephen use these robots. Your Uncle Stephen is conducting a simulation right now, testing the capability of those guard robots." Nathan explained to Ethan, hiding the fact that there was a patient behind that door.

"Oh… the Anti-robbery robots. It\'s so much fun! Why don\'t you bring a little version to our home, Dad? Riemcy, Powy, and Star_S will be happy to have a new friend."

"Sure. I will tell the tech team to make a little version." Nathan promptly responded. He was glad that Ethan\'s attention only focused on the robots, not on the thing he could see behind that closed door.

Abigail could only envy Ethan. Those robots are worth a million and he could have them easily with just one request from his father.

"Can you give me one robot too… for free?" Abigail asked Nathan jokingly.

"It depends… I\'ll give you one if you behave," Nathan responded meaningfully.

Abigail: "..."

\'What kind of behaving is he referring to?\' Abigail mused to herself.

Ethan could only giggle seeing the puzzled look in Abigail\'s eyes. Then Nathan tossed one last glance at the robots and the closed door. \'Hmm. I will test them later on. I will try to sneak in.\'

When the three of them entered the kitchen, Cherry was already there, helping Aiden. Cherry would be the main cook for tonight. They were now getting ready for their cooking session.

*****

[ At 7:00 pm… ]

Cherry, Nathan, and Aiden were almost done cooking when Abigail left the kitchen. She looked for her target, Veronica. Stephen and Veronica spent an hour inside his study just talking about Phantomflake and her medical records.

Stephen intentionally made Veronica very occupied so that she wouldn\'t create another scene while everyone was preparing for dinner. Veronica still had no idea that Cherry aka Black Rose was also in the house.

Stephen had just finished talking about Phantomflake\'s medicines when he received a text from Abigail.

[ Abigail: Are you still with Veronica? I wanna talk to her alone. Can I come? ]

Stephen blinked his eyes several times. He wondered if he read it right. Abigail wanted to talk to Veronica alone. For what reason?

Stephen was having conflicting thoughts about this. What if the two girls would suddenly argue and fight if he left them alone? Nathan would definitely get mad.

Stephen was about to reply when Abigail sent another message.

[ Abigail: Please don\'t tell Nathan. I will just ask Veronica about her sister. ]

Stephen remembered that Abigail knew Monica and they were also friends, according to Nathan.

\'Yeah… I think Veronica will be glad to know that Abigail is her sister\'s friend. I hope after talking, the two ladies will finally get along well.\'

[ Stephen: Okay. Just come here to my study room. I will leave the two of you to talk. ]

Abigail flashed her sly smile after reading Stephen\'s message. \'Wait for me, Veronica.\'

Five minutes later…

Abigail saw Stephen leaving his study room. She waved at him and slowly approached him.

"She\'s inside. She doesn\'t know that you are coming. But I told her to wait." Stephen informed Abigail in a low voice.

"Thanks, Steph. Don\'t worry. I will make this quick. You can go to the kitchen. I think they need your help." Abigail didn\'t want Stephen to stay outside so she just told him that others needed a hand for the preparation of dinner.

"Okay. Abi… Don\'t fight with her." Stephen reminded her. Abigail just smiled at him and nodded.

When Stephen left, Abigail finally pushed the door and stepped into the room. Veronica, who was leisurely sitting on the couch, frowned the moment she saw the newcomer.

"Why are you here?" Veronica didn\'t hide her annoyance and hostility toward Abigail since they were alone in that room.

"I came here to talk to you," Abigail responded, moving closer to Veronica.

This time Veronica stood up to face Abigail. "What do you want?"

Abigail sneered at her, taunting her with her mischievous gaze. "I have something important to tell you."

Veronica laughed sarcastically. "I\'m not interested."

"It\'s about Monica…"

Veronica stopped laughing at the mention of her sister\'s name. Her expression became more serious. "Why? Did your hacker friend tell you how they planned the assassination of my poor sister?"

"Heh. C\'mon, Veronica. Don\'t give me such a look. I can see through you. Don\'t pretend that you are mad and angry."

"What are you talking about?" Veronica scowled at her, her nose flaring.

"Hmm. I think Nathan hadn\'t mentioned to you yet that Monica and I knew each other. Your sister shared a secret with me… it\'s about you, Veronica." Abigail continued to provoke her with her words.

"What nonsense are you spouting, woman?!!" Veronica was on the verge of losing her patience. If she couldn\'t control herself, she would end up hitting Abigail. She thought she could do anything to her since they were just alone there.

"Monica told me that you were in love with her man, Nathan. You wanted Nathan for yourself… so I bet, you rejoiced when your sister died. And now, you want to replace Monica. Perhaps, you are grateful to Phantomflake because she killed your sister, that\'s why you are doing your best to treat her. Am I right?"

"CRAZY BITCH! How dare you accuse me!" Veronica totally lost it. She pushed Abigail and raised her hand to slap her.