Chapter 3 Self-Defense

"You bitch!" Leah immediately got up from her seat and splashed Abby with a glass of water.

Abby turned her face away calmly as the syrupy water Leah splashed on her face. Everyone in the place instantly fell silent and stared at them.

"Was I wrong? How can you be so sure? Or... are they widows?" Abby looked at Leah again with a blank look in her eyes, she had been holding herself back for too long.

"You cheap, barren bitch!" Leah walked quickly, about to cross the other side of the table to grab Abby, but her husband immediately held Leah in place.

"If it wasn't for your face like a bar whore, Leon wouldn't be interested in marrying you at all! You're nothing without my brother, you gold digger!" cursed Leah.

Abby glanced at Leon, as if asking him to say something. However, Leon turned his face away while holding his forehead. Leon seemed to be abdicating his responsibility as a husband.

"Well then, my plus point is my face," Abby retorted, defending herself.

"What good is that face if you can't give my brother a child? My brother has been silent all this time out of pity for your poor family. My sister married you for nothing more than your face, and once your face becomes ugly, I'm sure-"

"Stop it, Leah!" snapped Leon. "I'm not here for noise, damn it!"

Leon smacked the table as he got up from his seat and walked away. Leaving Abby without a second thought. While Abby was silent there.

"Ah, seriously." Katherine sighed as she looked at Abby and Leah in turn.

"Honey..." Leon's father, who had been sitting reading the newspaper, looked at his wife.

"Don't you know, since you came into this family, our family has fallen apart? You put a strain on our relationship with Leon." Katherine gave Abby a sharp look.

"Honey..." Lenon, Leon's father could only call his wife softly.

Abby sighed and picked up her bag. She was about to leave. However, before she left, she knew she had made a mess there. Abby then looked at everyone there.

"I apologize for what happened tonight." Abby lowered her head slightly before she finally left.

Abby stared at Leon's car as it drove away. Leon left her at his family's house. It seemed that Leon was also upset about his actions just now. Abby then called Leon with a blank look, she wanted to make sure whether Leon would come back or not.

"You're not going to answer my call? I apologize for making a scene at your family's house. I'm going home by taxi. Be careful on the road!"

Abby sighed and took a taxi home.

***

"Good, Abby. Now, you don't have anyone to defend you. I wish my dad was still around. What would he say, I wonder?"

Abby stared at the picture of her father on her phone. A picture of her father looking stern and scary, with little Abigail by his side, crying after being scolded by her father.

Her father wasn't a perfect man either. Many bad things happened when she was with her father. Being with her father was actually a nightmare, but it was better than nothing. Because the real nightmare was when she no longer had a father.

Hearing the clicking sound that was a sign that her husband was home, Abby immediately stood up and ran out of the room. From upstairs, Abby saw Leon coming home with Beatrice.

"Beatrice?!" Abby furrowed her brows.

Abby walked quickly down the stairs. She stared at Beatrice who was laying a very drunk Leon on the sofa. Beatrice smiled sarcastically when she heard the sound of Abby's footsteps.

However, as soon as Beatrice looked at the way Abby was dressed, she instantly fell silent. How could she not, Abby's beautiful body wrapped in sleepwear was something she had never imagined. The modest way Abby was dressed did not make her body conspicuous.

Naturally, for a moment Beatrice could feel a sense of disbelief. She was suddenly intimidated just by the way Abby was dressed which highlighted the beauty of her body. Certainly, Abby would not be easily forgotten by Leon if her body was this beautiful.

"What are you doing here? How do you know our house password?" Abby gave Beatrice a sharp look.

Beatrice faltered slightly and turned her face away. Abby's appearance was too intimidating for her, so she had to turn her face away.

"Leon mentioned it when we were out front. He was drunk. I just intended to take him home. By the way, we were drinking together earlier. Something seems to be bothering him a lot, huh?" Beatrice looked at Abby, braced herself and spoke in her usual haughty tone.

"Oh, well. Just a moment." Abby instantly grabbed something from a nearby dresser drawer.

Beatrice furrowed her brows. She didn't have any thoughts about what Abby was doing. Abby approached her quickly and handed her a few bills.

"Thank you for bringing my husband home. Here's a tip for you."

"You bitch!" Beatrice swatted away Abby's hand which made all the money Abby was holding scatter and Abby didn't think much of it either.

Abby just rubbed her hand that was hit by Beatrice's hand as if disgusted calmly.

"What do you think I am? How dare you look at me like that!" Beatrice's breath caught, she seemed to be angry with Abby's attitude.

Beatrice looked at Abby who seemed to have a blank look and a very calm demeanor. She rarely saw this side of Abby. However, Beatrice also knew that Abby always had the courage to stand up for herself. Unfortunately, this attitude rarely seems to come out when Leon is around.

She didn't know why, but when she was with Leon, Abby was more likely to look helpless. And Beatrice thought maybe it was because of the social gap between them back then.

"Go away! I won't serve you as a guest. We're family." Abby smiled at Beatrice as she approached Leon who looked helpless on the sofa.

Beatrice gave Abby a vengeful look.

"Just watch how I will snatch him from you." Beatrice got out of there quickly.

Abby just shrugged her shoulders while shaking her head. However, the word snatch seemed to make Abby think about it too. What would Beatrice do.

***

"...I don't know if this is the right choice or not."

"You don't need to think about it. You just need to follow this choice. We've thought it through."

Abby woke up from her sleep and looked at Leon who had disappeared from their bed.

Abby left the room when she heard some people she recognized downstairs. Abby went downstairs slowly, and noticed how her family had gathered there.

Leon glanced at Abby who had just woken up in her sleepwear. And Leon glanced at his brother-in-law, Leah's husband who now looked stunned at Abby's new figure. Leon realized that Abby was too tempting.

"Why is everyone gathered here?" Abby asked as Leon approached her quickly.