Eloise heard her calling her ‘Mom’ and was very happy. She replied, “He’s in the ward next to yours.”
He was actually next door?
Niamh turned around and had just moved when she felt the pain in her sprained ankle.
She moved cautiously and was about to walk into Kendrick’s ward when Felipe quickly walked over to her. Niamh’s path to Kendrick’s ward was obstructed.
Felipe had a worried expression on his face. He was holding a beautiful bouquet of flowers in his hand. “Eveline, you’re awake? Why are you standing here? Go back to the ward.”
He took Niamh’s shoulders with concern and hugged her, leading her back.
Niamh passed by the front of the ward where Kendrick was in and a sense of inexplicable loneliness emerged out of the blue.
“I thought you and Kendrick would settle your divorce certificate soon. I didn’t expect something like this to happen midway.” Felipe raised his long eyebrows, a touch of hurt appearing on his gentle, graceful, and handsome face. However, as he soon said that, he hid the hurt. He would never let Niamh see the unknown side of him.
Naturally, he would not let the person who kidnapped Niamh go.
Of course, he was also quite dissatisfied that Niamh and Kendrick had been obstructed again from getting their divorce certificate.
Did this mean that they could not make a clean break at all?
No.
He would never allow such a situation to happen again.
Jackson was sitting on the sofa on the side, shaking his legs. He was not very fond of Felipe and Niamh being so close.
“Mommy, Daddy hasn’t woken up yet,” Jackson said such a sentence with a serious expression suddenly, “Mommy, if Daddy wakes up from his sleep, he must see you first.”
Felipe understood what the boy meant, but he did not express his dissatisfaction. Instead, he smiled and asked Niamh, “I heard that Kendrick saved you?”
“Of course, Daddy saved Mommy. That’s because Mommy is Daddy’s most precious treasure,” Jackson answered without thinking on behalf of Niamh.
Niamh was speechless for a bit before smiling slightly. “Felipe, I’m not hurt badly, but I’m still a little tired. Go on ahead. I want to sleep a little longer.”
Felipe nodded. “Then, you have a good rest. I’ll see you later.”
“Yeah,” Niamh responded with a smile.
Not long after Felipe left, Niamh went to the door of Kendrick’s ward again. When she walked to the door and was still thinking about whether or not to enter, she heard movement inside. “Kendrick, are you awake?”
It was Winston’s voice.
Niamh quickly turned to the side and stood behind the wall.
With her gaze low, she saw Jackson blinking beside her while looking at her questioningly with his big, pure, and clean eyes. Niamh suddenly felt as if she had done something wrong and her cheeks became slightly warm.
“Mommy, what are you doing? Why aren’t you going in to see Daddy?” the little guy asked innocently.
A touch of ruddiness appeared on Niamh’s fair cheeks. “Your dad seems to have woken up, so I won’t go in.”
“Why?” Jackson fluttered his big lively eyes, not understanding.
Niamh bent over and touched Jackson’s head while smiling softly. “Jack, you’re still young and don’t understand many things. Mom is a little tired and wants to sleep a little longer. You can go in and see your father, but please don’t tell him that I was here.”
The little guy was now even more confused but nodded obediently.
Niamh returned to the ward and lay down quietly.
Recalling the moment when Kendrick was trapped in the fire and was unable to give any response, she felt an inexplicable lingering fear.
After Kendrick woke up, his throat felt dry and it was dark in front of his eyes. He stretched out his hand, but he could not even catch the outline of his palm.
Seeing that the situation was not quite right, Winston immediately called the doctor over. However, the first thing Kendrick asked about was Niamh’s condition.
“How is Nia? Is she okay?” His low voice was a little hoarse and weak.
“Niamh is fine, don’t worry.”
Kendrick breathed a sigh of relief silently, a peaceful smile overflowing from the corners of his lips. However…
He raised his left hand again and opened his eyes, looking at it for a long time. Still, he could not see anything.
He laughed at himself calmly.
The doctor arrived soon and checked Kendrick’s condition again.
Kendrick told him that his vision was blurry and that he could not even see anything. The doctor hurriedly did a test and examined him. It turned out that Kendrick’s retina was damaged by the excessive smoke, which meant that he was now almost similar to a blind person.
Was this retribution?
Kendrick still smiled, finally feeling deeply Niamh’s confusion and helplessness back then.
After learning that Niamh’s ward was next door, Kendrick quickly made the decision that he was leaving the hospital.
“Don’t tell Nia about my blindness.” He told everyone who knew about his condition that he did not want to cause Niamh any trouble.
He no longer had any regrets the moment she reached her hand out to him during that critical moment.
At least he knew that Niamh did not really hate him to the point of wanting him to die.
For him, this was enough.
Niamh slept deeply all afternoon, and when she woke up, there was no one in the ward.
She immediately got out of bed and carefully avoided stepping on her injured foot to go to Kendrick’s ward again.
She wanted to take a look at his condition and then leave, but she found that the ward was empty.
A nurse happened to be passing by, so she stepped forward and called out to them, “Excuse me, the patient in this ward, where did he go?”
The nurse glanced at the ward, smiled, and replied, “He was discharged not long ago.”
Discharged?
Niamh was stunned.
Although, since he was discharged from the hospital, it meant that he was not seriously injured.
She was thinking silently, but there suddenly seemed to be a feeling of loneliness flowing in her heart.
He was just across the wall. He had been discharged but did not come to say hello to her.
The corners of Niamh’s lips pulled up into a smile.
‘Eveline, he has already let go of you.
‘But why do I seem to be unable to let go again?
‘Why can’t I let go of this man who once made me want to die?
‘Don’t be stupid again.’
Eloise watched Kendrick leave from downstairs before heading back. She raised her eyes to see Niamh standing at the door of the ward in a daze.
She walked over quickly. “Eveline.”
Niamh abruptly returned to her senses. Seeing Eloise approaching, she asked casually,
“Has Kendrick been discharged from the hospital?”
“Yes, he… He was just discharged from the hospital.”
“Didn’t he hurt his leg? How did he get discharged so soon?” Niamh remembered that Kendrick’s hands and legs were injured.
Eloise avoided Niamh’s gaze as she went over to help her. She said slowly, “Since the doctor said he can be discharged from the hospital, I think there should be no major problems.”
“He’s fine. I don’t want to owe him anything,” Niamh said indifferently, revealing her determination to draw a clear relationship with Kendrick.
Eloise smiled and nodded, not daring to tell Niamh that Kendrick’s injuries were serious.
He had hurt the muscles and bones in his calf and was currently having difficulty walking.
He even lost sight in his eyes and could not see anything now.
…
After Felipe returned from the hospital, the first thing he did was to have his men investigate Niamh’s kidnapping.
Following the trail of Niamh’s kidnapping, he found Tanner who was hiding in an apartment building one step before the police. At the same time, he learned of the entanglement between Tanner and Niamh.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.