Chapter Fourteen: Sleep TightThings don't improve straight away after that.
In fact, some things get worse before it gets better. Whereas Abigail had been trying to get closer to him previously, she is closed off and detached now, adamant on being as small and quiet as she can as she navigates through the house, like she's blaming him for having to come back to the home.
He acknowledges with a pain in his heart that she would have stayed with Elias. If he had given her a choice, she would not be back here at all.
He cut down his working hours, delegating some of the work to his underlings and allowing Lewis and John to return to their own work in the company. Having them on duty as her personal bodyguard had not endeared any of them to each other, and he is still angry at Lewis for losi
