Female Novel
Chapter 843 Work Must Go On
Xavien's forehead was beaded with sweat as he said, "I have alerted the bodyguards. They will behere to rescue us soon!"
Upon hearing that, Abigail hummed in response.
Jonell must be the one who had placed this group of men here.
He has become even more roguish now that Sean is gone.
Xavien persisted for over ten minutes. Finally, the team of bodyguards arrived and surrounded thefive cars. At once, gunshots erupted.
"Stay in the car. Just let the bodyguards handle the situation." Xavien stepped on the gas pedal.
"Okay." Abigail knew Xavien would be held accountable by Sean if something happened to her.
Upon arriving at the hotel, a group of individuals immediately surrounded Abigail and Xavien.
"Ms. Quinn, can you manage?" Xavien inquired Abigail, who stood beside him.
Abigail removed her jacket and revealed a snug T-shirt underneath.
"Of course."
Despite saying so, she didn't immediately take action since engaging in a shootout outside the hotelwas unwise. After all, it would attract the attention of the state police and lead to lengthyexplanations.
Moreover, the group of individuals approaching them were tall and muscular. Not to mention, eachheld a baseball bat.
Once the timing was right, Abigail tossed the piece of clothing that she was clutching in her handand immediately grabbed one of the individuals' baseball bats. She passed it to Xavien beforekicking away the man who had attacked her.
Her movements bore no mercy, and she was remarkably skilled.
Meanwhile, Xavien watched in admiration.
She seems to have grown even more formidable since our last encounter.
Within minutes, she had effortlessly subdued six burly men.
Xavien, on the other hand, merely knocked out three. As he watched the men wail in agony on theground, he arched his eyebrow and remarked breezily, "Ms. Quinn, your skills have improvedrecently."
"Every day during the months of getting kidnapped, I had fought with Simond and his sister, Sage.In fact, Sage can no longer defeat me." Abigail chuckled.
At that time, she figured that focusing on improving her fighting skills would come in handy for herescape.
However, she didn't manage to apply them.
Xavien leaned the baseball bat against the ground and sighed. "Mr. Graham probably won't stand achance in a dispute with you in the future, will he?"
"Oh, please. Can't you wish something good for our relationship?" Abigail put her jacket back onafter saying that.
Abigail and Xavien had been investigating Jonell in New Yoke for several days. Indeed, they haduncovered some leads.
"Six months ago, a group of individuals at his estate headed to the winery's vineyard for grapeharvesting. I suspect Luna was among them." Xavien handed the information to Abigail.
Abigail furrowed her brows and scanned through the information. "Have you checked the winery?"she inquired, looking solemn.
"Previously, I wasn't aware he had a winery," Xavien replied. Luna could have been relocatedmultiple times within these six months.
Both fell into silence.
Abigail set down the information file and sighed. "It will be extremely challenging to trace the staffmobility at this winery."
"We must investigate even if it poses difficulties. We can't uncover any leads if we don't delve intoit." Xavien had gotten used to scrutinizing trivial details such as these.
Abigail glanced at him. "No wonder you can work for him so long."
"Indeed. Mr. Graham won't even consider hiring me if I don't possess some special skills." Xavienchuckled. Then, he promptly instructed his team on the investigating task.
He provided guidance while his team diligently delved deeper.
"By the way, is Sean's money secure?" Abigail was slightly concerned.
With news of Sean's disappearance at sea circulating, many will be itching for action.
"The app Andrew developed is highly secured. It won't get hacked anytime soon." Xavienexpressed his confidence in Andrew.
In the following days, Abigail didn't run into Jonell again.
With nothing else to occupy her time, she shared a children's hat design featuring killer whaleelements on her Instagram.
Since Alana had been inactive on Instagram for quite some time, her Instagram update instantlyenlivened her followers.
'Wow! This hat is so cute! It looks like it's meant for babies. Can't we adults have one, too?!'
'Oh my gosh! It's a killer whale! I love killer whales, but this hat is too small for me to wear. I urge foran adult version of this hat!'
'Somehow, I can't shake off the feeling that this hat holds some implications. Could it be a hint thatAlana and Sean are getting married?'
'Yo, what's up with the comment above? Missing out on the recent trending stories?'
Just like that, the comments poured in enthusiastically. However, there were fewer mentions ofSean's name after the fourth comment.
Abigail smirked upon seeing everyone still being as lively.
Indeed, she had designed the killer whale hat for her and Sean's future child. While others had hatswith a tiger head design, she had opted for a more innovative killer-whales-inspired design.
As soon as she logged off Instagram, Garrett called.
"I saw the photo on Instagram. It's pretty adorable. What's the story behind it?" Garrett remainedskeptical about the news of Sean plunging into the ocean.
"What do you mean?" Abigail acted dumb.
"I'm curious about the hat. Is it a tribute? Or is it some form of preparation to welcome your child?"Garrett was as curious as a cat.
"Mind your own business. You're not purely calling me to talk about this, right? So, what do youwant?" Little did Garrett know, Abigail was reprimanding him inwardly. Why is he being such abusybody and prying for information? He should just focus on his work.
"I thought you'd neglected your duty as a designer. It's been nearly two years since we last releasedyour works at Fairy Meadow. The orders have dwindled. We would have ceased operation if wedidn't hold out hope for a masterpiece from you." Garrett expressed his frustration.
At once, Abigail grasped his point.
He wants me to get back to work.novelbin
"I still have other priorities at the moment. That hat design was just a quick sketch." Abigailstruggled to come up with new designs.
"Miss Quinn, please take time out of your busy schedule to brainstorm. Fairy Meadow is on its lastlegs," Garrett said with a hint of desperation.
L.Moon's staff can still design costumes for movie production crews, but Fairy Meadow facesdeclining orders to the point that our employees will potentially lose their jobs.
Fans are only interested in Abigail's designs. They don't acknowledge the work of other designers.
Because of this, the clothing created by other designers at Fairy Meadow is experiencing dismalsales.