“Kendrick, do you believe me?” Niamh looked at the man’s deep eyes seriously. “If you believe me, then believe in Cathy. She’s not an inhumane girl.”
Hearing this, Cathy’s eyes went red with guilt.
Kendrick slowly let go of Niamh’s hand. He chose to trust Cathy only because he trusted Niamh.
Niamh turned and went downstairs, and it did not take long before she heard Cathy’s instructions.
Although it was very faint, Niamh could hear it.
She had not expected Cathy to be a hypnotist who could control people’s hearts and thoughts so simply.
More than half an hour later, Cathy came down from the stairs. “Evie, Kendrick’s hypnosis has been undone. He hasn’t fully woken up yet. When he wakes up, he will completely remember you, how much he loves you, and everything between you both.”
Niamh breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. “Thank you, Cathy.”
Cathy felt even more ashamed. “Don’t thank me. I’m just trying to make up for it.”
“Evie, then I’ll be leaving first. I wish you and Kendrick happiness in the future.”
“Cathy, wait.” Niamh held her. “You told me on the phone that you’re leaving. Where are you going? Do you want to leave Glendale?”
“Yeah.” Cathy forced herself to put on a smile on her lips, revealing her charming dimples. “Felipe agreed to let me be with the man I like, so I’ve decided to look for him. I hope that one day, we can be like you and Kendrick and depend on each other for life and death.”
She smiled enviously, but her eyes were red.
“Goodbye, Evie. This may be the last time we meet.”
After Cathy said these last words, she turned around.
Niamh kept feeling as if something was wrong. She wanted to ask further, but just then, she vaguely heard Kendrick calling her name from upstairs.
She watched Cathy push open the door of the coffee shop, her thin body plunging into the cold, bitter wind as her figure gradually drifted away…
Niamh inexplicably felt that this would be her last meeting with Cathy.
She immediately went upstairs, and when she reached the last step, she stepped on air by accident due to her anxiety.
Just when her body tilted out of balance, Niamh’s waist was hugged tightly by a pair of strong arms.
With a little effort, the man drew her to the front safely.
A familiar cold fragrance filled her chest. Niamh raised her eyes suddenly and saw Kendrick’s gentle gaze on her.
There was deep affection in his eyes and a gleam of light.
“Kendrick?” Niamh called out to him tentatively, her heartbeat drumming slightly.
The man suddenly parted his beautiful lips and smiled. “Nia.”
He whispered her name softly and held her in his arms in the next second.
From his clear eyes, Niamh already knew that he had recovered.
“Nia, thank you for giving me another chance. Thank you for marrying me again.” He was grateful, and his voice was trembling. “This marriage, I will never let you down again.”
He let go of his arms and there was a trace of tears in his narrow, slender eyes.
Niamh looked at him. “Have you really recovered?”
He nodded slightly. “Hypnotism really is amazing. I seem to have had a dream, but it wasn’t a sweet dream.”
“Really now?” Niamh said in a playful tone, “Since you’ve woken up from the dream, let’s go.”
“Nia, wait for me.” Kendrick took Niamh’s hand. “Where are you going in such a hurry?”
Niamh paused for a while but did not shake Kendrick’s hand away. Instead, she looked solemn. “I think Cathy might be in trouble. I’m going to find her.”
…
Felipe drove to the hospital. He had never thought of taking time to see Cathy, but he was inexplicably concerned.
Yet, when he arrived at the ward where Cathy was staying, he found the room empty.
He asked the nurse only to find out that Cathy had forced herself out of the hospital early in the morning.
She had actually disobeyed his order and not allowed herself to recuperate. She actually left!
Felipe was choked up and immediately dialed Cathy’s number. The phone rang several times before it was finally connected. He murmured coldly and said in a hurry, “Do you know what you’re doing? Did I allow you to leave?!”
However, a calm voice came from the other end of the phone. “Sir, I found this phone by the river. Someone said that a girl has just committed suicide by jumping into the river. Was she your friend?”
What?
Jumping into the river? Suicide?
Felipe’s fingers that were holding the phone suddenly trembled. “What are you talking about? What do you mean jumped into the river? Hold the phone and don’t move from there. I’m coming over right now!”
He rushed out. As he was driving to the destination, Felipe was so restless that even his hands that were clutching the steering wheel were trembling slightly.
Cathy’s face flashed in his mind. She was looking at him carefully.
Felipe did not know how long it took before he finally reached the place where the person said that someone had jumped into the river.
The location was a bit remote and there were not many people watching, but some firefighters had gone down to salvage the situation.
Felipe walked over quickly. Just then, there was a man holding a mobile phone and looking at the photos on the screensaver before walking toward him. “Are you the boyfriend of the girl who just jumped into the river? Look at this, yeah? This is your girlfriend’s cell phone?”
Felipe recognized it at a glance when he saw the phone case with a cartoon design.
Cathy liked Pikachu a lot and many of her accessories were related to Pikachu.
This was undoubtedly Cathy’s mobile phone.
“There’s so much ice and snow. Jumping down like that, she must be dead. Were you two quarreling? Anything can be discussed between lovers, no? Why did you drive your girlfriend so mad that she’d jump into the river?” The man sighed regretfully, but when he saw Felipe’s solemn gaze shooting at him, he quickly shrank his neck and turned around before walking away.
Felipe walked quietly to the riverside, watching the firefighters as they went down one by one, returning with nothing.
He glanced around and found two surveillance cameras on the side of the road.
He immediately used his networks to obtain the surveillance footage, and in the video, he actually saw Cathy.
She stood by the river bank and ten minutes later, she jumped down without hesitation.
With this jump, Felipe’s heart seemed to sink.
Felipe’s mind was blank for a moment. There was only Cathy’s stubborn and lively voice echoing in his ears.
“Felipe, I like you.
“But I just like you!
“As long as I can stay by your side, I’m willing to do anything.
“Felipe, I want to be with you forever.”
Felipe’s heart trembled as he squeezed Cathy’s mobile phone.
He immediately ordered all his bodyguards to search the place where Cathy had gone down into the water.
After a day and a night, the bodyguards only managed to salvage a mint green hair tie from the water.
It was the hair tie she used to tie her hair.
Felipe’s slender fingers wrapped tightly around the hair tie. His entire body was as if he had completely lost his spirit.
The bodyguards came and reported, “Mr. Waldburg, the water in the river has been drained, but there’s no trace of Miss Cathy. She may have drowned and was washed away by the current.”
Felipe raised his reddened eyes suddenly. “Keep looking. If she’s alive, I have to see her. And if she’s dead… She’s not allowed to die without my permission.”
“Yes.” The bodyguards did not dare disobey him and quickly follow suit.
Felipe went to Cathy’s room distractedly. The room still held the faint fragrance of her.
He had been to this room countless times, but only now did he seem to have noticed the photo frame on the bedside table.
There was a photo in it. When Cathy graduated a few years ago, he had gone to her graduation ceremony and took this photo with her.
The woman in the photo was sweet and lively as she held his arm, smiling so happily.
“I forbid you to die, do you hear me?” he ordered in a low voice when his phone suddenly rang.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
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