However, Niamh still left with them.
The car arrived at the villa Felipe bought in the suburbs. He had already made Niamh’s favorite black tea.
When he saw Niamh, he poured her a glass of tea considerately. As usual, he displayed a gentle and elegant smile.
“Niamh, sit down and have some tea. I’ll explain to you what happened recently.”
Niamh smiled. “No need. I’m not drinking the tea as well.”
Felipe froze as he held the cup. Then, he looked over at her coldly.
On the other hand, Niamh was smiling calmly. Her eyes were twinkling with confidence. “I came here to talk to you about something.
Felipe felt that Niamh’s gaze looked familiar. He curled the corner of his lips in interest. “Go on.”
…
On the other side, after Kendrick sent Jackson to kindergarten, he went to a reliable agent to hire a maid.
Then, after he got back to the house, he realized Niamh was gone.
The old master was sitting in the wheelchair in the garden alone. His eyes were widened from anger as he kept on making sounds of protest.
Kendrick quickly went to Karen and Yvonne to ask them what was going on. The two of them stated that they had no idea.
However, they did see Niamh leaving with two men in black.
Kendrick found the security footage of the front door and saw that Niamh was taken away by Felipe’s men.
When he was about to go out to find Niamh, she came back unharmed.
Kendrick pulled her into a hug when he saw her. He held her tightly. “Nia, it’s good that you’re back.”
He felt relieved, and his deep voice was filled with worry as well as nervousness.
“Did Felipe ask someone to take you away? Did he do anything to you? Why did he let you come back?”
After letting her go, Kendrick asked worriedly.
Niamh smiled softly. “I’m fine. Felipe didn’t do anything to me. He didn’t cause any trouble for me as well. I said I want to come back to you, so he asked his people to take me back.”
Kendrick felt that something was amiss. How would Felipe be so kind? However, he did not continue questioning her.
Niamh walked over to push the wheelchair. When the old master saw her, he calmed down as well.
Yvonne was watching from one side and mumbled in dissatisfaction, “Aunty Karen, that woman is such a good actress. She pretends to look so vulnerable in front of Kendrick when she’s just playing dumb to take advantage of him.”
After she said that, Yvonne felt a piercing gaze looking over at her.
Then, she lifted her head to see Niamh looking at her profoundly. At that moment, Yvonne’s heart was racing.
What kind of hearing did Niamh have? Yvonne was speaking so softly. Did she hear her?
Niamh had indeed heard Yvonne, but she did not pay any attention to her. She pushed the old master into the guest room on the first floor.
The old master started moaning again. However, he was not as emotional as before.
Niamh pushed the wheelchair to the bed and closed the door.
After she closed the door, she turned around and looked at the old master who was trying to talk with a strange look in her eyes. Then, she started walking slowly toward him.
Kendrick felt that something was not right. He knew that Felipe would not let Niamh come back so easily.
He was worried if Niamh was being threatened. After he entered the house, he went into the old master’s room to look for Niamh.
When he saw the door closing, he hesitated for two seconds before opening the door and walking inside.
After he opened the door, he saw Niamh making the bed for the old master. When she saw him, she smiled.
“Kendrick, you’re just in time. It’s time for Grandpa to rest. You should help him to bed.”
Kendrick did as she instructed. He helped the old master into the bed comfortably and placed the blanket over him.
“Grandpa, rest well. Nia and I will be taking care of you, so you’ll recover soon.” Kendrick comforted the old master softly. There was a rare gentle smile on his face.
The old master could not move, so he could only blink to respond to him.
Kendrick held Niamh’s hand and left the room together. Ignoring the aunt and niece who were staring at them from the living room, Kendrick held Niamh and brought her for a walk outside.
Niamh frowned. “Kendrick, the GMA International Jewelry Design Competition is starting soon and I want to join. You should know that I learned jewelry design before I graduated. I want to use this chance to prove myself.”
Kendrick was slightly dispirited after he heard that.
She forgot the fact that she was Vera Quinn, so she also forgot that she was a famous and established jewelry designer.
“I want to stay home and work on my drafts these few days. This way, I can continue taking care of Grandpa. You’ll support me, right?”
Kendrick smiled with love in his eyes. Then, he nodded. “Of course, I’ll support my wife. As long as you’re happy, no matter what you want to do, I’ll fully support you and stay by your side the entire time.”
“Thank you, Kendrick.” Niamh smiled. Her sweet dimples were reflected in Kendrick’s eyes. They looked so lovely and alluring.
“What a coincidence, Niamh. I’m also taking part in the competition!” Yvonne interrupted all of a sudden.
Karen came to a realization and said, “I completely forgot about this! Yvonne, you studied jewelry design as well! What a coincidence, you can take part in this competition with Niamh!”
“Yeah.” Yvonne smiled in excitement and jogged in front of Niamh. She looked obedient and lovable. “Niamh, you’re more experienced than me. Can you go easy on me when the day comes?”
Niamh smiled softly. “The competition has to be judged fair and square. It’s not a good thing to win a competition that’s been rigged. If you don’t have the ability, you should just drop out of the competition. What do you think, Yvonne?”
“…” Yvonne wanted to play the part of an obedient girl to get close to Niamh in front of Kendrick. However, she did not expect Niamh to put her down instantly.
The corners of her lips twitched in embarrassment. Then, she heard Kendrick saying to Niamh, “My wife is right. Someone who can only win if the competition is rigged is not your competition at all.”
“Come, I’ll go buy some drawing tools for you.”
“Okay.”
Niamh smiled and nodded. She glanced at Yvonne who looked like she was constipated.
Yvonne scowled at Niamh’s back while clenching her fists tightly. “Who do you think you are? Do you really think I need you to go easy on me? Niamh, I’ll know who isn’t my competition soon enough!”
“That’s right!” Karen sat up on the sofa. “Yvonne, show her what you got and prove to that b*tch that the Yalemans are not weak!
“If you defeat her in the competition, then her reputation as the head designer of Miss L.ady will be ruined! When that happens, she’ll be so embarrassed!”
“Hmph, not only do I want her to be embarrassed, but I also want her reputation to be destroyed on the stage of the competition! If I can’t do that, then I’ll kiss her feet!”
Yvonne swore confidently. Then, she confidently took out the works that she plagiarized and won when she was in the first year of university. She used them to enter the preliminary contest.
Niamh took part in the competition soon after.
The results of the preliminary contest came out not long after. Niamh and Yvonne both got into the semi-finals.
Yvonne waved the invitation card to the semi-finals in front of Karen boastfully. She even emphasized that her ranking was above Niamh when they were in the preliminary contest.
Karen was proud of this ‘report card’. She felt that she could crush Niamh’s spirit with this.
However, Niamh was not bothered by this. She only worked on her drafts silently.
Her daily routine was pretty simple. She would draw in the morning and take care of the old master. At night, she would spend more of her time with Jackson.
She would read to the boy and teach him how to read. Sometimes, they would even make some arts and crafts. They were having the time of their lives.
Kendrick did not waste any time. Despite Felipe not making any moves recently, he knew he had to be hatching an evil plan at the moment.
He had promised that if he lost Waldburg Corporation, he would definitely get it back. This was not a joke and he had already taken action regarding this.
Plus, he knew that Felipe was still attracted to Niamh. If he wanted to keep the love of his life with him, then he needed to be one step ahead of Felipe.
…
A few days later, the day of the competition was confirmed.
After the semi-finals, Yvonne started to be troubled.
Her results in school were horrible as she would always hang around with the boys. She did not pay any attention to her school work at all. She would sleep all morning and spend her nights in bars. She was not a disciplined student at all and led an unruly student life.
She plagiarized and combined the drafts in the preliminary competition and semi-finals. She had nothing to offer.
Now that the finals were coming, she was perturbed.
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