Not One, But Two!

Chapter 166

The time was already 3 AM, and Carter felt that Abigail was messing with him on purpose.

If I'm going to the airport at this time, it means that I'm definitely taking an emergency flight. Once I get on the plane, I won't have any signal on my phone. When I get off the plane, it'll probably be 5 AM, meaning I'll have less than an hour before dawn. Within this period, I need to restore the data and hack my employer. Not only that, I also have to re-encrypt my bank card.

Carter felt that he didn't have much time, but Abigail couldn't care less how he handled the situation. Instead, she directly informed Alan.

"Carter will handle the situation himself, and you can keep all the money from the Buckley Group to yourself. If there's nothing else recently, please don't call me. I don't want to accept any orders within a year."

Upon hearing that, Alan felt a little resigned, but he was satisfied to receive a hundred million.

"Alright. You're the boss, but do you really think Carter will apologize to Greg in person? Isn't he afraid of getting caught?"

Alan was curious about this. NôvelDrama.Org owns this.

"Of course he's afraid, but you should know that other than me, no one is a match against Carter's skills. If Greg is clever enough to recruit such a talent, he won't need to worry about anyone messing with him again. Not only that, he will have a great weapon against others. He is a businessman, so he should know what benefits him the most. That is why from tomorrow onward, Carter will probably be a part of the Buckley Group," she replied.

Listening to her, he quickly asked, "But why did you give up such a good opportunity to him? King, aren't you already planning to retire? With your skills and reputation, the Buckley Group will definitely provide you a happy retirement if you join them."

"I don't want to rely on them."

After that, she hung up the phone.

Over the years, Abigail always used a voice changer when talking to Alan and her other informants, so they didn't even know whether King was a man or a woman, let alone the best surgeon in the world. That was why Alan was stunned when he heard that Abigail didn't need to rely on hacking to earn money.

Just as he was about to ask another question, she had already hung up the phone.

After ending the call, she felt a bit tired, but she was rather hungry.

She got out of bed and left the bedroom. When she saw Greg's uncooked meal in the kitchen, she suddenly smiled.

Looks like he was prepared to cook dinner when he received the problem from the company.

After shaking her head, she went into the kitchen and cooked the food swiftly before eating some of it. She left the rest for Greg and went back to her bed to lay down again.

Since there was no way for her to return to Valerie's, Abigail decided to make up for her sleep.

For some reason, she felt particularly tired today. Maybe my period is coming soon.

A few days before her period, she would always feel lethargic and dejected.

Therefore, she lay down on bed after drinking a sip of hot water.

Meanwhile, Greg felt his heart sank when he saw that his data had been completely hacked.

What is King doing?! If all of Buckley Group's data ends up gone, I won't pay him a single penny, let alone a hundred million. Not only that, I will put out a word to have this b*stard killed!

At the same time, Troy was also exasperated. "Mr. Buckley, King might have fooled us."

Looking at Greg's chilling eyes, Troy suddenly didn't dare to say anything else.

Just when they thought all hope was lost, the data in the computer began to recover slowly.

"M-Mr. Buckley, the data we've lost is being restored," Troy stuttered excitedly.

Immediately, Greg jumped up from his seat. When he saw that the data was being restored at a visible speed, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

King, you've really given me a scare!

Once more, Greg lit up another cigarette and stared at the screen.

After all the data was restored, a line of words suddenly popped up on the screen.

'Mr. Buckley, I'll be at your company's entrance in 30 minutes. I hope that you can ask your people to let me in so that I can apologize to you in person."

Carter's name was written at the end.

Reading his message, Troy was completely stunned.

"Mr. Buckley, is this true? Will Carter actually come here to apologize to you?"

Greg was also left startled.

Initially, he thought that King was only exaggerating, and he never expected anything more as long as the data was restored. Unexpectedly, King fulfilled his promise in the end.

"I'll go down personally."

After that, he put out the unfinished cigarette and went down straight away.

At 6 AM, Carter couldn't help but take a deep breath as he watched the tall building in front of him.

From today onward, I'll be a new man. Hooray!

Thinking about it, he entered the Buckley Group with a smile.

As expected, Carter met Greg the moment he went into the building.

"Mr. Buckley, I'm really sorry for what I did before. I hope that you can forgive me."

His apology was extremely sincere.

However, Greg gave him a cold glare and said, "How dare you say these words after hacking my company? What are you trying to achieve?"

"Oh—didn't King tell you? He requested me to do all this. Aren't you having good relations with him?"

"Good relations?" Greg frowned slightly.

In his mind, he couldn't come up with anyone around him who was skilled with a computer.

Suddenly, an image of his daughter, Arianna, flashed through his mind, but he quickly eliminated the possibility.

She is just a 5-year-old kid. No matter how good she is, she could never be King, who is ranked first among the hackers.

Seeing the looks on Greg's face, Carter couldn't help but feel a little worried.

"Mr. Buckley, please don't mess around with me. King said that as long as I apologize to you sincerely, you will take me in. Mr. Buckley, I know that you are brilliant at what you do, so I came to surrender myself to you sincerely. Not only that, I've also hacked my previous employer that hired me to hack you. You can treat this as my resume. It's all King's orders."

After listening to Carter's blabbering, Greg finally got an idea of what was going on. However, the more he heard, the more puzzled he became.

It feels like King has always been looking out for me all the time. There is no doubt that taking in Carter will help me tremendously, but this isn't the reason why we gave him this mission. Why is King helping me this much?

"Do you know who King is?"

However, Carter answered embarrassedly, "No. I only went against him on the computer. He is a brilliant hacker and I'm no match against him. In the last 2 years, he rarely accepts any orders. I believe that you are the only order he ever accepted during this period. That's why I assume that you have a good relationship with him."

Greg kept those words in mind and smiled. "Of course you are welcome to work for me, and I hope that you can treat this place as your own home. How much do you want for your yearly salary?"

"If you are only hiring me to do computer maintenance, I won't dare to command a high price."

In the past few years, Carter had earned a lot of profit, so he wasn't that concerned about the salary. All he needed now was a chance to walk away from his crimes freely, and the only person who could give him that protection was Greg.

After agreeing on a hundred million yearly salary, the two of them quickly printed out the employment contract.

"Who is the one who wanted to hack me?" Greg finally asked.

"It's Ethan Nolan."

Carter's words made Greg squint his eyes slightly.

"Isn't he grounded?"

"There are some things that don't require him to do it himself. It was his assistant who made the order and paid the bills."

Now that Carter was working for Greg, he didn't hold back anything.

Listening to him, Greg furrowed his brows and stopped asking any questions.

"Alright. You should rest. If you don't have any place to stay, I have a bunch of houses for you to choose from. You ask Troy to help you with the arrangements."

With that, he got up and left.

The sun is already up. I wonder if Abigail is awake or not. She doesn't have a good stomach, and I don't know if she'll eat something once she wakes up hungry.

Thinking about it, he got into his jeep and quickly drove back to Allie's Garden.

The moment he opened the door, he just so happened to see Abigail cooking breakfast.

Seeing him return, she smiled and said, "You're back. Has your company's business been resolved?"

"Yes. It's all done. What are you cooking? It smells delicious!"

He went over straight away and hugged her from behind.

However, the coldness exuding from his body caused her to shiver, so he quickly let her go and smiled. "I'll go take a shower first. I forgot that it's cold outside at night. I'm sorry for bringing the cold into the house."

Abigail was a little startled when listening to his words as she didn't expect him to be so thoughtful, so she couldn't help but feel a little warm inside her heart.

"You should brush your teeth too. The tobacco smell around you is killing me."

She spoke in a low voice, but it was satisfying to his ears.

"Yes. As you wish, my love."

"Get out!" Abigail scolded him with a smile, but she didn't stop her hands from cooking.

After taking a hot shower, Greg changed to a set of clean clothes and brushed his teeth a few times. He even smelled his own breath to make sure that there was no scent of tobacco left.

When he got downstairs, he could see that Abigail had already served all the food on the dining table. It felt as though they were living the life of a married couple, which was especially peaceful and pleasant.

He went over and gave her another hug.

"Sweetheart, give me a morning kiss," he pleaded shamelessly.

"Let's eat first. I'm hungry." She smiled.

Hearing that she was hungry, Greg immediately let her go.

"You should eat some porridge since your stomach isn't feeling well. It helps to soothe your stomach."

With that, he placed a bowl of porridge in front of her.

Abigail paused for a moment before receiving the bowl to eat.

In the meantime, Greg picked up his utensils and ate while saying, "Let me tell you something. I met someone interesting last night, and I like it very much."

Abigail paused for a tiny moment and asked, "Was it a woman?"

She didn't know how jealous she sounded when she said those words.

However, Greg only revealed a smirk and said teasingly, "Yes, it's a woman. She is quite interesting. Let me tell you how special she treated me. Last night—"

"I don't want to hear it. Let's eat quickly so that we can go to your mom's house for her check up afterward. Also, I think there's something wrong with the children, so we need to ask about them too."

This scumbag! I thought that he didn't come back for the entire night because he was busy with his company, but I can't believe he had a woman accompanying him the whole time. How dare he talk to me about that! Does he have a death wish?